Garner to Rest in Texas After Congression adjourns
Washington July 12 Speaker John Garner plans to rest at his Uvalde Texas home after Congress adjourns He aims to forget visitors telegrams and letters for three weeks while recuperating from illness Then he will travel to Albany to meet Governor Roosevelt on campaign plans
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Washington
John Garner
Uvalde
Texas
Congress
Garner
Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ranchman Hubby Released On Two Bonds In Bigamy Case
Juanita Tiger's Ranchman husband Alex Glasscock, Texas and Mexico stock man, was freed on two bonds of 1500 each on bigamy and mortgaged property disposal charges. Indicted for marrying Juanita La Homa Tiger in Mexico while not divorced from Pink Glasscock, and for auto loan disposal. He posted bonds after complaints and left town, returning Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Alex Glasscock
Texas
Mexico
Glasscock
Juanita la Homa Tiger
Oklahom
Nava
Coahuila
Pink Glasscock
Mother sues son for 10000 over car crash injury
A Kansas City mother sues her son for 10000 alleging injuries from a July crash on August 10, 1930, when riding as a guest in his car. She claims willful negligence for ignoring protests and trying to speed around a truck, the automobile overturning and throwing her forty feet.
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Kansas
City
Kan
Caroline Barker
George Barker
Barker
Sonora Bank Sells 1932 Mohair Clip On Consignment
Sonora Wool and Mohair firm announces disposal of a 250000 pound spring mohair clip. The entire lot is consigned to A. W. Hilliard and Sor of Boston via Central Texas Trading Co Lampasas. An advance of 20 cents per pound and freight to Boston apply to kid hair. adult hair carries only freight. The clip has awaited sale after a warehouse pool failed and disbanded. About 50000 pounds are kid hair. The fleece ships this week.
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Sonora
Sonora Wooland Mohair Company
A. W. Hilliard and Sor
Boston
Central Texas Trading Company
Lampasas
Labor auctioned of jobless recalls in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a welfare worker and philanthropist Louis Byrens oversaw a controversial event where unemployed labor was auctioned off. The scene drew strong reactions as activists criticized the act and called for worker protections.
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Los Angeles
Louis Byrens
Five Held for Grapeland Bank Robbery
Grapeland Texas July 12 three men and two women were held today in connection with the $2 000 robbery of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank yesterday. Officers declined to reveal where the men were held and said more arrests are expected soon. The bandits’ car was found abandoned eight miles east of Grapeland. Two men robbed the bank at noon and locked the vault. they overlooked a sizable amount of gold and currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grapeland
Texas
MacDonald Defends U S On War Debt Stand
Premier Ramsay MacDonald told Parliament that no nation should blame the United States for its war debt stance. He said the Lausanne treaty was not an ultimatum to America and that the U S is ready to help, though no pledge was given on how debts would be met. He urged European nations to first examine their own households before seeking aid in Washington.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Parliament
United States
MacDonald
America
Oil Driller Forces Target Range Shift
LAREDO July 12. Due to oil discovery near the 12th U S Cavalry target range at Fort Ringgold Starr County cavalry moved to Fort McIntosh rifle range east of Laredo. Troop E 12th Cavalry with three officers and about 88 men are already there practicing. Other troops will alternate until August 15 from Fort Ringgold and Fort Brown until the regiment finishes rifle firing.
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Laredo
12Th U. S. Cavalry
Fort Ringgold
Starr County
Fort McIntosh
12Th Cavalry
Fort Brown
Del Rio Post Office Savings From Furlough Plan
Del Rio post office expects annual savings of about 3400 dollars under a furlough plan. The exact five day work pattern is undecided and would depend on individual preference, while a straight ten percent pay cut would yield 2820 dollars.
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del Rio
U.S
B. J. McDowell
Tax Collections In Sutton County And Sonora
Sutton County 1931 tax collections reach about 82.27 percent of the assessment totaling roughly $116000 since November 1 1931 under the Split payment plan. City of Sonora reports 889.95 in second half payments for 1931 levies in June and early July, with 295.60 unpaid. city finances deemed sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Sutton County
J. E. Grimland
George E. Smith
June Brides Break Amarillo Marriage License Record
June in Amarillo set a new high for licenses under the Texas three day notification law. County Clerk Ted Blackburn issued 25 licenses, up from 19 in May, and June marriages topped 50 as couples crossed the state line to obtain licenses.
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Amarillo
Texas
Ted Blackburn
Government disbands Bonus Army as tickets go unused
Washington dispatch reports the campaign to disperse the Bonus Army faltering. In three days only 591 of about 15,000 veterans left their encampment using government rail tickets. The offer expires Thursday, with 1,400 new arrivals and a 443 man California band among reinforcements.
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Washington
Bonus Army
California
Sterling Eyes Prolonged Texas Special Session
Dallas July 12 Gov Ross Sterling says Texas legislators may convene a long fall session to tackle state economy measures. He expects the legislative efficiency committee report this fall to guide cuts by abolishing overlapping departments and bureaus. If the report is delayed the session would focus on allocating gasoline tax funds to assume road bond debt of counties and districts tied to state highway construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Ross Sterling
Gov. Sterling
Legislative Efficiency Committee
Mexican Gold Mine Promoter Held in Fraud
Fort Worth reporters say nine individuals were charged by federal indictments with use of the mails to defraud. The cases name J. M. League in an oil project tied to Gregg County and allege a fraudulent Mexican gold mining promotion by Tracy Richardson, described as a soldier of fortune, along with E. W. Jarman and Samuel Morse in a six count indictment alleging tales of a lost Spanish mine and fabulous wealth in Mexico.
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Fort Worth
Federal District Attorney
J. M. League
Gregg County
Mexico
Tracy Richardson
E. W. Jarman
Samuel Morse
Will Rogers Named Candidate In Oklahoma Primary Runoff
In Moore Oklahoma 33 year old school teacher Will Rogers led a field of 25 Democratic hopefuls for congressman in Oklahoma. Voters confused his name with the famed cowboy philosopher causing wide surprise. He faces Mrs Mable Bassett in a runoff.
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Will Rogers
Moore
Okla
Si Lang
Oklahoma
Rogers
Mable Bassett
Reynolds Heir Reynolds Death Declared Suspect
The coroner's jury ruled the death of Smith Reynolds an unknown assailant slaying. Sheriff Transon Scott said the official investigation remains open and ongoing with no closure yet. He emphasized the case stays unsolved and a mystery until further steps are taken.
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Winston Salem
Transon Scott
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco
Scott
Reynolds
Bailey homesteads own economy driven campaign in Michigan
Orrin Bailey of Owosso Shiawassee County travels across Michigan by thumb, staying with relatives and friends each night as he pursues the Republican nomination for governor. He estimates his campaign will cost under 100 dollars.
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Owwosso
Mich
Orrin Bailey
Shiawassee County
Michigan
Ranch Land Sold for Three Cents An Acre During Houston Presidency Claim
Canyon Texas July 12 Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum receives unpublished letters from Texas republic era. Writings include 1840 values for land claims 320 acres to 1280 acres and Houston election prospects. Notes mention land near Houston and plans for Texas capital.
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Sam Houston
Texas
Houston
Jones Bigelow
Arnold
West Texas cattle and grain markets rise boosting prosperity
Sus tained price increases in cattle sheep and hogs have added about 3 million dollars to West Texas prosperity and enlarged the market for range products. Rain slows grain harvest briefly but stimulates markets as prices advance. fat lambs and cattle gain and bankers see higher paper values. Packers lack meat while feeders and ranchers expect better prices this fall.
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San Angelo
West Texas
Middlewest
Marketing of Livestock Could Stabilize Prices Says Leader
Delph Briscoe of Uvalde and president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association cautions that orderly marketing is key to holding recent price gains. He argues that dumping livestock would derail progress and urges marketing in small, timed shipments to sustain demand as pasture cattle near market.
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Delph Briscoe
Uvalde
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Briscoe
Kansas
Oklahoma
U S Salary Cut Goes Into General Fund
Washington July 12 Comptroller General McCard McCart states all federal expenditures for the new fiscal year will be about 754 million dollars lower than 1957. Savings from furloughs must go to the treasury, not to sustain departments with reduced appropriations. Some workers face reduced earnings and the economy bill of 159 million dollars adds to budget savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCard McCart
United States Treasury
Congress
Stolen Money Orders Cashed in Beaumont
Nine postal money orders worth ten dollars each to Floyd Beatty were cashed in Beaumont after being stolen from the Port Sullivan post office in June. A short blond man cashed them over the weekend at local drug stores, police report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Floyd Beatty
Port Sullivan
Milam County
Tech President to Be Selected Soon
Difford B. Jones, chairman of the directorate, said the selection of a permanent president to succeed the late Dr. Paul W. Horn is expected within two weeks. The prospect group has been narrowed to a very small number according to the Lubbock Journal.
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Lubbock
Texas
Difford B. Jones
Spur
Texas Technological College
Lubbock Journal Today
Paul W. Horn
Jones
House Votes To Act In December Veto Buried
Washington July 12 The House rules committee postponed action on the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Board probe delaying the inquiry until the December session. The Wagner-Garner relief bill, vetoed by President Hoover, was not brought to vote and was sent to the Ways and Means Committee with Hoover's veto message. Senator Wagner proposed a revised relief bill in the Senate to allow Federal Reserve Banks to loan to individuals with Fed Board approval, while Hoover's veto targeted individual loans from Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds.
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Washington
House
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Hoover
Wagner-Garner
Ways and Means Committee
Wagner
Senate
Federal Reserve Banks
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Terrell County Tax Collections Boosted in June
Terrell County tax records show $15,125.22 collected by Tax Collector Lee Gook. Of this, $1,592.12 came from school taxes and $365.54 from the delinquent 1930 roll. About 90 percent paid by spit tax payers as fiscal year closes June 30. reports and delinquent lands list to be published after final approvals.
Sonora Mohair Clip Sells for 20 Cents
Special Correspondent reports the First National Bank of Sonora shows strong June 30 findings with deposits up over $44,000 since December 1931 and loans reduced by $15,900. Cash on hand and with banks rose from $79,154.66 to $147,717.73. Rediscounts climbed to $118,629.22 from $49,529, while commercial bonds increased by $4,600. Undivided profits dipped modestly to $24,600.25. Fixed assets unchanged.
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Sonora
First National Bank of
Weather Outlook Del Rio and Vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures last night reached 92 with a low of 74. This morning’s reading was 75, indicating mild conditions ahead.
Weather Snapshot from a Fragmentary Page
Partial OCR note indicates a forecast mentioning thundershowers in the extreme west and remaining days likely dry or unsettled. The fragment lacks full context, locations, or timing but points to scattered thunder activity confined to far western areas.
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Reserve Board
Speaker
Juanita Tiger
Suesson
Sonora Bank
Vivian Revyerts
Europe
MacDonad
Senora Good
Sterling
States
Reeder
Margaret E. Melter
Gohsen Ind
Arthur Jordan
Indianapolis
Jordan
Todana
Butler University
Tech
Veto
Terrell County
East
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