Behind the Scenes in Washington by Rodney Dutchk er
The magazine piece reviews Kennedy's SEC appointment as Roosevelt allocates influence between liberals and Wall Street. It notes Lehman's bid to bar a Jew from SEC, Ickes witty deflections, Tugwell's letters about the food and drug act, and Copeland's Senate role while warning of a harsher regime for drug regulation and a new chamber of horrors for cosmetics and fake patent medicines.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Roosevelt
New Securities and Exchange Commission
Kennedy
New York
Boston
Wall
Jim Farley
Democratic National Committee
Wall Street
SEC
Four Horsemen
Pecora
Landis
Robert E. Healey
George C. Matthews
Gov
Herbert Lehman
Lehman Brothers
Ben Cohen
Tom Corcoran
RFC
Securities and Stock Exchange Acs
Fletcher
Rayburn
Ickes
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Colonel MacIntyre
Tugwell
Congress
Drought Causes Mass Fish Die Off Near Batesville
Thousands of fish are dying in the Leona River 15 to 20 miles south of Batesville Zavala County as water ceases during drought. Ranchmen move livestock to other pasturage due to water shortage.
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Uvalde
Leona River
Batesville
Zavala County
Postal Receipts Jump For Del Rio Post Office
Del Rio post office reports fiscal year receipts of 28 867.71 dollars, up 10 807.71 from the prior year. Postmaster B J McDowell cites Radio Station XER and the Brinkley staff as drivers of the increased mail volume.
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del Rio
B. J. McDowell
XER
John R. Brinkley
McDowell
Bugscuffle Band Of Bandera Will Play Here Friday
The original Bugscufle Band of Bandera known throughout the State will offer a 20 minute program in Del Rio Friday at 5 p m on Main Street. The band en route to the Hudspeth ranch on Devil's River will play for a barbecue celebration. The band includes about 25 players many old time fiddlers with stops in Hondo Sabinal Uvalde Brackettville and Comstock on the way.
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Bandera
del Rio
Main Street
Hudspeth Ranch
Devil's River
Hondo
Sabinal
Uvalde
Brackettvale
Comstock
Absentee Votes Cast At Noon Tuesday
Thirty nine absentee ballots had been cast by noon Tuesday according to County Clerk W A Hopkins. The second day of in person voting continues until July 25 and by mail until July 26. Voters out of the county on election day July 28 may cast an absentee ballot.
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W. A. Hopkins
Roosevelt in Colombia Port Cartagena Arrival
President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived at the Cartagena harbor on July 10 around 10 a m aboard the Houston to meet President Enrique Olaya Herrera for a formal luncheon, marking the first American presidential visit to South America.
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Cartagena
Colombia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
South America
Houston
Enrique Olaya Herrera
Gang Guns Blaze In Kansas City Ambush Kills Leader
Kansas City July 10. Gangster guns opened fire in front of a hotel injuring and possibly killing John Lazia northside Democratic leader. Police arrested rival Joe Lusco and fifteen of his followers after the attack. Lazia had been convicted of failing to file federal income tax returns and sentenced to a year in jail.
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Kansas City
John Lazia
Lazia
Joe Lusco
Lusco
Two Gunmen Exchange Fire with Dallas Officers
Two gun men, believed escaped convicts wanted for robbery, opened fire on Dallas officers on the highway west of Dallas. One was captured while the other abandoned a stolen car and fled into a wooded area. The episode followed a midnight robbery of the Bird Brothers service station in Jacksonville.
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Dallas
Here
Bird Brothers
Jacksonville
Asa Jones Brother Killed in Horse Fall at Catarina
Word of the death of Zeno Jones of this city, about 60, brother of Asa Jones, was received here Monday. He died from injuries after a fall from a horse in Catarina on Monday. He was unmarried.
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Asa Jones
Catarina
Zeno Jones
Mr. Jones
Britain to Aid France If Invaded
French foreign minister Louis Barthou said Britain would aid France if the Franco-Belgian area were invaded. After talks with British officials, Barthou said Britain sanc tioned in principle eastern security pacts with France participating, though Britain is not a signatory. France and Britain are agreed on the European situation, but no formal pact exists.
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London
Louis Barthou
Britain
France
Barthou
England
Legend Points Way To Buried Stone Work On Kingston Ranch
In Balmorhea in Toyah Valley excitement grows over the Kingston ranch find of Duncan and Joe Kingston. A Mexican ranch hand dug at a crosspoints marked site and uncovered stone work with a second wall and dirt fill. A large boulder lay at depth near Phantom Lake amid old Indian pits suggesting a prehistoric settlement. The shaft may lead to an Aztec mine or a great cavern, with bones arrows and spear heads found. archeologist sought to date the site’s period.
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Kingston Ranch
Balmorhea
Toyah Valley
Duncan
Joe Kingston
Here
Phantom Lake
Texas Gets Fifth Of Acreage Cut Money
Farm administration adjustment program payments reach Texas for wheat and cotton totaling 49 million dollars, about one fifth of national benefits. Lamb County leads Texas with 1.38 million, followed by Ellis County 1.25 million and McLennan 1.02 million.
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Texas
Washington
Lamb County
Ellis County
McLennan County
Laredo C of C Pushes 4 Highway Surfacing
The Laredo Chamber of Commerce seeks state highway funding to hard surface 32 miles of Highway No 4 from near Webb to the Dimmit County line toward Catarina and Uvalde and to complete 45 miles of Zapata County Highway No. 4 including five miles each side of San Ignacio. The Zapata section will connect Laredo and Brownsville as a link in Highway 4.
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State Highway Commission
Webb Station
Dimmit County
Catarina
Uvalde
Zapata County
Laredo
Brownsville
U S Court Sentences 15 in One Day on Immigration Tariff Cases
In a single session U S District Court at El Paso sentenced 15 defendants to terms at La Tuna prison farm or with suspended sentences for tariff act and immigration law violations. Fourteen deportees had their sentences suspended with orders not to return to the United States, some with further travel restrictions.
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LaTuna
el Paso
United States District Court
R. J. McMillan
United States
Virgilio Perez
Carlos Martinez
Laguna
Juan Hernandez
Tornato Faz
Miguel Maldonado
Juan Morales
Jose Cardenas
Jose Silva
Caspar Mendoza
Ricardo Ortiz
Jesus Rodriguez
Lucio Perez
Ramon Gonzales
Francisco Lopez
Roberto Rivero
Pedro Rodriguez
Wenceslas Valdez
la Tuna
Valdez
Herminjillo Villareal
Petronio Perez
Arturo Cordova
Edmundo Ibarra
Fernando Garcia
Pantaleon Gonzalez
Three Women Die In Oklahoma Car Plunge
Late News reports city of Bartlesville Oklahoma where Mrs. Freda Holt Mrs. Margaret Harmon and Miss Lawrene Harmon died as their car plunged off a highway embankment near midnight. Three other women were injured with no survivors able to explain the crash. The bulletin also notes a Bolivian communique denying Paraguayan victory claims in the Fort Ballivian sector of the Chaco front.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Freda Holt
Margaret Harmon
Lawrene Harmon
Here
LA Paz
Fort Ballivian
Chaco Front
Swisher County Plans 44th Anniversary Picnic
Tulsa notes Swisher County will observe its 44th anniversary with an annual picnic on July 17. The Old Timers Organization, formed last year, will hold a meeting as part of the celebration, with citizenship participation expected.
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Tulsa
Swisher County
Del Rio Birth of Triplets Draws Attention Amid Drought
In Del Rio Texas Mr and Mrs Ramon Garcia welcomed healthy triplets two boys and a girl born Monday afternoon on Madison Lane. The babies weighed a combined ten pounds with individual weights of four pounds three and a half pounds and three pounds. Attending physicians Dr D A York and Dr W F Meredith said all are vigorous and healthy. Senator Tom Connally wired Secretary Henry Wallace urging drought relief for sheep and goats, seeking government pricing for healthy animals at 250 per head for sheep and 150 for goats.
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Ramon Garcia
Madison Lane
D. A. York
Wi F Meredith
York
del Rio
Tom Connally
Henry A. Wallace
Connally
Last Rites For John Norvell Jr At Henderson
Funeral services for John Norvell Jr a 39 year old former Del Rio resident were held Monday at 5 p m in Henderson. He died unexpectedly Sunday at his Pittsburg Texas home. Survived by widow parents and one brother Charles.
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John Norvell Jr
Henderson
Montgomery Ward & Company
Mr. Norvell
Charles
Alabama Textile Workers Vote to Strike
About 30,000 textile workers in Alabama mills voted to strike. A Birmingham meeting Sunday will set the strike date. Demands include cutting hours to 30 per week and a minimum of 12 dollars for 30 hours, restoring the 40 hour code wage from the previous 9 dollar minimum.
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Alabama
Huntsville
Ala
the Times Today
Alabama Mills
Birmingham
The
Times
Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures
Partly cloudy and warm conditions continue tonight and Wednesday. Yesterday’s high reached 98 degrees with a low of 78, and the low this morning was 78.
Uncertain Weather and Odd Animal Tale
A weather note forecasts generally fair and warm conditions with scattered showers likely in the Southeast and South Central regions through tonight and Wednesday. An odd proverb appears: the dog that kills wolves is killed by wolves.
Reichstag meeting and Nazi crackdown reported in Berlin
In Berlin July 10 Nazi leader Goebbels denounced foreign press as liars amid an international broadcast. Hitler summoned the Reichstag for a session on the second revolution while secret orders and arrests by storm troopers and Schutzstaffel spread nationwide. Potatoes shortage adds to simmering tensions.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebels
World Tonight
Hitler
National Reichstag
Munich
Schutz Staffel
Karlsruhe
Observatory to Be Built in Texas as House of Magic
Cleveland report details a 125 ton rotating observatory dome tested before shipment to Marfa Texas where it will become McDonald Observatory at 7000 feet in the Davis Mountains. The 62 foot diameter dome rides on 26 steel wheels atop a circular track powered by a five horsepower motor. An interior platform may carry about 20 observers while the telescope’s large three ton 80 inch glass mirror awaits final assembly and shipment.
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Cleveland
McDonald Observatory
Davia
Texas
Observatory
Marfa
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U.S
U. S
Paraguay
Hindenburg
Reich
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Eft
Adolf Hitler
Neu
Deck
Garcia
Dionne
North Woods
Canada
West Texas
East
Reichstag
House of Magic
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