Clement Wood Author of Dr John Brinkley Life Story
The piece notes Clement Wood, a New York writer, author of Prickly Pear and several works on history, psychology and poetry. It mentions his two books The Outline of Man's Knowledge and King Henry the Rake, plus other writings and historic subjects. It also references Margaret Whaley and a comment on Austria restoring the Hapsburgs.
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Clement Wood
John R. Brinkley
New York
Prickly Pear
Wells
Henry
Henry VIII
Wood
Rome
Del Rio Wool Houses to Offer 1.65 Million Pounds in Sealed Bid Sale
Two Del Rio wool companies announce a combined 1 650 000 pounds of long and short wool in eight and 12 month clips to be sold in sealed bids Tuesday. The Del Rio Wool and Mohair Company offers 400 000 pounds and Producers Wool and Mohair Company 1 250 000 pounds with morning and afternoon sales at different warehouses. A prior June 13 sealed bid sale of the Producers clip was canceled amid market turbulence. since then the market has steadied, and William H. Wright of Wright Brothers predicts strong prices and a full sale of the Del Rio accumulation.
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del Rio Wool and Mohair Company
Producers
Wool and Mohair Company
William H. Wright
Wright Brothers
Boston
Wright
del Rio
De-establishing old fashioned hospitality in this country
A columnist laments intrusive visits and rising costs of hosting relatives. He advocates inviting more friendly behavior toward guests and criticizes reliance on tourist camps, pricey coffee, and dieting while noting the strain of family gatherings and notices of gate crashes, laundry bills, and spider scares.
Weather Outlook Del Rio Area
The Del Rio area will see generally fair weather tonight and Friday. Yesterday's high reached 97 degrees and the low was 79. This morning's low is 76 degrees.
Earthquake Hits Shizuoka District in Japan
In Shizuoka city, 100 miles southeast of here, a quake killed 24 and injured 58. Police survey found most damage confined to Shizuoka with 47 buildings destroyed as the tremor was felt locally.
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Tokyo
Shizuoka
Noted writer Ray Long dies of gunshot wound in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Cal July 11 Funeral services were held for Ray Long 54 editor of Cosmopolitan and former editor of the International Magazine Company at a local mortuary Rupert Hughes delivered a brief eulogy Long died Tuesday night in an emergency hospital from a gunshot wound found in his bedroom with a small rifle beside him He was born March 23 1878 in Lebanon Indiana and began in newspapers in 1900 About 20 friends attended the service and the body was cremated ashes placed in a vault pending final disposition.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Ray Long
Rupert Hughes
Long
Cosmopolitan
International
Good Housekeeping
Lebanon
Ind
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
City Tax Collections Reported by Dawson
City tax collections in the last ten days totaled 1028.60, according to City Tax Collector W T Dawson. Taxpayers may pay in installments to forestall suits slated for September courts, with no penalty or interest for using the split payment plan.
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W. T. Dawson
Dawson
Boys smarter than girls These figures prove it
Stephenville July 11 Are men smarter than women Here are facts for speculation Of 116 honor students at John Tarleton College 59 were boys 57 girls Of 28 distinguished students 19 were boys 9 girls Of 11 students who made above zero in all subjects 8 were boys The two students who scored 94 or above in every subject were boys
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Stephenville
John Tarleton College
Ethiopia Mobilizes Five Thousand Black Shirts for War
Desperate Ethiopia gathers volunteers and vows to continue the struggle against Italy. Premier Mussolini asserts the decision is irrevocable as Ethiopian forces, though poorly equipped, mobilize vast numbers with a mix of modern and ancient weapons. The clash recalls 1896 Adowa where Ethiopian fighters repelled Italian forces.
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Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Adowa
Brewster Not Threatened On Holding Bill
Ernest Gruening an interior department official testified to the House rules committee that no threat or promise was made to persuade Representative Brewster of Maine to vote to abolish unnecessary holding companies as President Roosevelt desired. Brewster said he planned to remain in his hotel while the House voted. Gruening testified after RFC official Thomas Corcoran denied he thumbed his nose at the opposing lawmaker.
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Ernest Gruening
Interior Department
House Rules Committee
Brewster
Maine
Roosevelt
Gruening
House
Thoms Corcoran
RFC
Unfavorable Corn Prospects Aid Hog Balance
Secretary Wallace sees poor corn prospects as help to balance hog production. Farm officials feared a bumper crop would spur rapid hog expansion, stabilizing supply and prices.
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Washington
Wallace
Farm Administration
American Legion to Convene Tonight at Odd Fellows Hall
Roy Chastang post commander announced a meeting of the American Legion in Odd Fellows Hall tonight. He urged all members to be present and participate in the gathering.
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American Legion
Odd Fellows Hall
Roy Chastang
Mr. Chastang
Woman Aims to Break Transcontinental Record
New York July 1 Laura Ingalls departed Floyd Bennett Airport at 4 31 a m for Burbank California in a bid to set a transcontinental speed record for women.
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New York
Laura Ingalls
Floyd Bennett Airport
Burbank
Cal
Butner Suicide Ruled in Kansas Railroad Wreck After Death
Sedalia report states James Garfield Butner, 54, engineer in a Kansas wreck that killed two other trainmen, died from poison diagnosed as suicide. Coroner Snavely announced no inquest. The crash occurred when a passenger train collided with a freight engine near Parsons April 26, injuring Harry Healey and B. D. Tower.
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Sedalia
James Garfield Butner
E. C. Snavely
Butner
Harry Healey
B. D. Tower
Parsons
Kan
Wool and Mohair Struck From AAA Bill
Senator Borah led the Senate to remove wool and mohair from the commodities listed in the AAA Amendment Bill to be subject to Federal marketing regulation. All wool producing states agreed. Chairman Smith accepted the proposal without debate. The Senate then approved a Steiner-Agams resolution calling for a Senate investigation of the wool industry with $10,000 in expenses.
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Borah
Smith
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Hitler Fraternities Clash With Pupils Over Asparagus Gaffe
In Berlin on July 11 the Nazi regime moves against university fraternities. Borussia Heidelberg is suspended for two years after members joked about Hitler eating asparagus during a Reichstag speech. The German Students Union backs von Schirach’s measures as authorities target the civil order and the influential fathers of many students.
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Berlin
Germany
von Sehirach
Hitler
German Students’ Union
Verein Deutscher Studenten
von Schirach
Old Borussia
Heidelberg University
Reichstag
Speed Is Key to End Dole by 1936, FDR Says
President Roosevelt urged speed in the work relief drive to end the dole by 1936. He praised PWA state directors for managing a $3.7 billion program and called for quick employment to help 3.5 million people. He emphasized keeping politics out and coordinating federal relief agencies to finish the job this year.
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Dole
FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Waws
PWA
Mr. Roosevelt
Interior
Harold Ickes
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Works Progress, Pwa
National Emergency Council
CWA
British Foreign Secretary Comments on Italy Ethiopia Tensions
London July 11. Sir Samuel Hoare told the House of Commons that Italy’s expansion claims did not justify war and Ethiopia is not a sufficient cause. He pledged Britain would pursue any reasonable chance to prevent war and denied rumors of a Franco-British blockade or plans for coercion.
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London
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Italy
Ethiopia
England
France
Britain
Disputed Public Utility Bill Delay Sparks Senate Action
In Washington on July 11 the Senate sent the disputed public utility bill to conference. It instructs conferees to press a provision Roosevelt wanted outlawing unnecessary holding companies within seven years. A House disagreement on this section led to a request for further instructions.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Wheat Drops In Opening Trade On Bigger Crop View
Wheat fell more than three cents a bushel at the opening as traders weighed government forecasts of a larger crop this year. Also reported, Texas was allotted 81,073.50 for eradication of the peach disease from work relief funds assigned to the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine.
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Washington
Texas
Bureau of Entomology
House OKs TVA power expansion over Roosevelts objections
The House passed by 277 to 100 a bill to broaden the Tennessee Valley Authority powers, removing an objectionable time limit clause. The measure moves back to the Senate for action on amendments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
TVA
Final survey of Red Cross work in area completed
San Felipe relief workers list eight known dead or missing from the June flood. Four bodies recovered, four others missing and presumed swept away. Two bodies found near Laredo, unidentified but likely from San Felipe. Eight homes rebuilt with lumber and adobe, rent properties rebuilt by owners. Red Cross National Chapter spent 750 dollars, local chapter 500, with locals funding clothing and food. Munal commends Del Rio residents and merchants for cooperation.
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San Felipe
H. D
Pete” Munal
The
Red Cross
Laredo
Rio Grande
San Felipe Creek
Rec Cross
Red Cross National
Munal
del Rio
Chinese River Disaster Reported Death Toll 2000 to 3000
Unconfirmed reports from Hankow say between two thousand and three thousand people drowned at Yenshihhsein in Western Henan when the Lo River rose twenty feet. The town was reportedly wiped out.
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Hankow
China
Yenshihhsein
Henan
Del Rio tax collector warns delinquent 1934 roll
Del Rio Independent School District tax collector Nellie Buchanan warns taxpayers that a one month grace exists to pay 1934 school taxes without penalty. The 10 percent penalty is waived until August 15, after which 6 percent interest and a $1 delinquent cost fee apply. About $9489 is currently delinquent.
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Nellie Buchanan
del Ria Independent
Buchanan
Suicide record clerk notes self when found dead
New York July 11 191? Jacob Anekstein a 51 year old records suicides in the chief medical examiner's office for 26 years. He was found hanging from a bathroom door by his wife with a note saying this is a death by own action I am sick. He was on vacation from his night clerk duties.
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New York
Jacob Anekstein
Anekstein
Examiner's
MacDonald urged to cap career by hanging himself
In Parliament on Tuesday a Welsh Labour MP proposed Ramsay MacDonald end his retirement by suicide. George Daggar said the prime minister’s passing would do no harm and that some would like to read in the paper that he had “gone out and nang himself.”
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
George Daggar
Labor Party
Nang
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