Debates Over Debunking Politics and Poll Talk
The piece critiques political claims and electoral college projections. It notes Poland suspending war debt payments to the United States due to finances and cites headlines claiming Landon leads Roosevelt in electoral votes. It mentions Borah aligning with the Republican nominee and Rev. Stanley High joining Roosevelt’s publicity committee amid broader partisan commentary.
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United States
Landon
Roosevelt
San Antonio
Frank Kent
Stanley High
The
Christian Herald
Democratic Publicity Committee
High
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Four Smallwood family shot dead in Virginia hills
Four members of the Smallwood family were found shot to death in their Blue Ridge mountain home near Providence Chapel. The victims were Mrs. May Smallwood age 50, her sons Elbert 21 and Alfred 19, and her mother Mrs. Virginia Elsen 90. The husband, Nathaniel Smallwood, shot Sheriff William Smallwood. He is believed to be living in Pennsylvania.
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Winchester
Smallwood
Blue Ridge Mountain
Providence
May Smallwood
Nathaniel Smallwood
Elbert
Alfred
Virginia Elsen
William Smallwood
Pennsylvania
71 Aspirants Run for Seats in Congress
With 71 candidates seeking congressional seats the race moves into the primary season. Local nominees include notable contenders from major parties and a mix of incumbents and new hopefuls shaping the contest. The crowded field tests party strategies and voter reach ahead of the elections.
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Congress
We Crave the Sensational in Weather and Politics
The column rails at shock value as essential for public life and notes Texans in July primaries set records for congressional races. Wright Patman and R. Ewing Thomason are unopposed. Harris County shows 14 candidates while state legislature features dwindling opposition and several unopposed seats. The piece also recounts the death of Dr Cadman and his radio church influence.
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Anand
Texas
Democratic Party
Texas Election Bureau
Wright Patman
Texarkana
R. Ewing Thomason
el Paso
Harris County
Houston
Columnists weigh in on street critics and campaign race
A Midland Reporter Telegram quips that a man who spends spare time knocking his boss risks dismissal. The Marshall News notes the national campaign narrows to Eleanor versus Peggy Ann as it reaches a pivotal stage.
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Midland Reporter-Telegram
Eleanor
Peggy Ann
Marshall News
Italy Declines Locarno Conference Attendance
Rome reports Italy will not attend the Locarno conference with Britain France and Belgium in Brussels next week marking a second refusal to join European powers. Premier Mussolini also refuses a delegation to the Dardanelles conference at Montreux despite earlier pledges to return to European councils after sanctions were abolished.
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Italy
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Brussels
Benito Mussolini
Montreux
Switzerland
European Council
Marshal Kills Negro To Frustrate Escape
VINTON La July 13 Marshal Remy Benoit shot and killed Roosevelt Gaston 25 negro prisoner after an escape attempt. Benoit said the prisoner struck him and broke for liberty. Gaston was arrested on burglary charges in Beaumont authorities hands.
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Marshal Remy Benoit
Roosevelt Gaston
Benoit
Beaumont
Dr Parkes Cadman Dies Noted Radio Pastor
Brooklyn July 13 Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Dr S Parkes Cadman famed radio preacher and pulpit orator who died Sunday from peritonitis after a ruptured appendix He was stricken last Sunday night and died that day
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Brooklyn
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Church
S Parkes Cadman
Cadman
New Police Chief of San Angelo Indicted
SAN ANGELO July 13 W B Wilson new police chief is free on 300 bond after indictment for aggravated assault by the 51st District Court grand jury. The panel also reported 10 indictments against nine individuals. the chief’s charge was the only misdemeanor. The case stems from a fight with 16 year old Charles Cooper Jr. Ramon Guerrero 21 was indicted for murder in the fatal stabbing of Lezaro Arroyo 22.
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San Angelo
W. B. Wilson
Liberty
51St District Court Grand Jury
Wilson
Charles Cooper Jr
Ramon Guerrero
Lezaro Arroyo
Father Drowns In Heroic Rescue Of Small Daughter
Brownsville reports John S. Lane 31 of Progresso drowned while rescuing his 12 year old daughter from a similar fate. The girl is identified as Lane, wife Mrs Arthur Moore of San Benito.
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John S. Lane
Progresso
Lane
Arthur Moore
San Benito
Rescue Dramas on Quiet Shore Turn Fatal for Child
Tremer Mooretan gresso and a child were swept into deep water as a swell hit them. The father swam to aid and kept the girl afloat until Downey Davis Jr of Mission arrived. Lane drowned while the women were saved by Davis and two youths.
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Tremer Mooretan Gresso
Downey Davis, Jr
Mission
Lane
Davis
July Term of Court Opened by Montague
The Del Rio District Court opened its regular July term with Judge Brian Montague delivering the customary charge to the grand jury. Homer Holman was named foreman. other jurors include Hernan Cadena M D McNutt J Turney Terrell J W Dinsdale T J Jarrett I F Ingram J E Quigg Roger Gillis R M Crosby J C Dudney and J R Philpott.
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Brian Montague
Hernan Cadena
Homer Holman
M. D. McNutt
J. Turney Terrell
J. W. Dinsdale
T. J. Jarrett
I. F. Ingram
J. E. Quigg
Roger Gillis
R. M. Crosby
J. C. Dudney
J. R. Philpott
del Rio
Rail Week Kicks Off With Minute Blasts
Trains in local yards saluted the Second Annual Railroad Week observed July 13 to 18. About 18,000 train whistles sounded across the West in a coordinated salute.
Del Rio Plans Participation in Railroad Week Festivities
Del Rio joins Railroad Week observance as 500 Western towns celebrate a year of railroad progress. The period highlights streamlined trains, air conditioned cars, and faster schedules signaling the industry’s strong comeback.
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del Rio
Argu
Iron Horse
Swift
Engineer Killed as Freight Trains Crash Near Magnet Grover
HOT SPRINGS Ark July 13 4 One man killed and 12 injured four seriously when two Rock Island freight trains collided head on on a curved grade near Magnet Grover 12 miles east of here Bob Crawford Little Rock engineer of one train was killed instantly The locomotives were tele-
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Ark
Rock Island
Magnet Grover
Here
Bob Crawford
Little Rock
Five Meals a Day Back Beat Hunger Says Diet Expert
Santa Barbara July 13 Dr William D Sansum, a leading dietetics authority, argues five meals a day improve appetite and energy. He says three meals leave blood sugar too low by midmorning, reducing mental and physical function. breakfast is often skipped, worsening 10:30 fatigue.
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William D. Sansum
Long
America
Mr. Sansum
Dr. Sansum
NYA to Allocate 10 Million for Youth Work Projects
Washington announced a $10,000,000 NYA program for the first quarter of the new fiscal year. Aubrey Williams said Texas will receive $390,800. The age rule was revised. youths 16 to 18 with NYA jobs may keep them, but no new hires under 18. NYA work aided boys on relief, mostly light tasks on park projects in cities.
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Aubrey Wiliams
Texas
NYA
Search Being Made for Man Believed Wandering in Daze
Report notes a man described as wandering in a daze prompting a search. Local police and volunteers scoured area around the old mill district for several hours with no immediate sign of the missing man.
Missing Skidmore engineer tied to Round Rock search
J B Arnold and M T Gonzautlas of the State Bureau of Intelligence left for Round Rock chasing a dazed man linked to a beating with a rock. Sheriff identified hat and shoes near Round Rock as belonging to Bryan Black, 40, civil engineer of Skidmore who had been missing since July 6.
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J. B. Arnold
M. T. Gonzautlas
State Bureau of Intelligence
Round Rock
Bryan Black
Skidmore
Arnold
Quincy Lubber
Fort Clark to Get New Water Tower
The War Department will spend 16000 dollars to erect a 150000 gallon elevated water tank at Fort Clark. Authorization came from the Commanding General of the Eighth Corps Area, Fort Sam Houston, after Senator Morris Sheppard pressed for the project and informed the War Department of Fort Clark’s need. Jas C Netts of the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce passed the details from R R Potter, assistant secretary to Senator Sheppard.
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Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
War Department
Jas. C. Netts
del Rio Chamber of Commerce
R. Potter
Morris Sheppard
Sheppard
Voters Urged to Notify Address Changes in Val Verde
Voters in Val Verde County who moved between precincts must notify Tax Assessor-Collector Lyle 8 Almond by July 20. Ablchond said changes save time, as updating precinct lists requires removing names from one list and adding them to another, with verification to ensure accuracy.
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Val Verde County
Lyle 8. Almond
Ablchond
Spears Campaign for Texas Senate District 26 Gains Momentum
San Antonio attorney J Franklin Spears, a Bexar County state representative, runs a vigorous bid for the Texas Senate in the 26th District covering Bandera Bexar Kerr and Kendall Counties. He previously pushed for higher sulphur taxes while in Austin.
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J. Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Texas Senate
Bandera
Bexar
Kerr
Kendall
Spears
House of Representatives
Bexar County
Austin
Spears Seeks State Senate Seat in Nearby District
Franklin Spears, a member of the House of Representatives, runs for a place in the state senate. He announced intends to challenge for a seat in the upcoming election.
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Franklin Spears
The
House of Representatives
Spears Runs for Senate in 26th District
The article profiles Spears running for the Senate in the 26th district comprising Bandera Bexar Kerr and Kendall counties. It notes his prior House work pushing speedy enforce ment of criminal law and reducing costs to taxpayers. It highlights his sponsorship of the Texas Securities Commission and collaborations with Hon. Stanford Payne on livestock funding and predator control, plus tax efforts on sulphur and industry statistics.
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Texas Securities Commission
Hon
Stanford Payne
del Rio
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Payne
Spears
Negro Shot Dead in San Felipe Cafe Slaying
Clarence Warrior age 33 of Brackettville was killed Sunday evening about 7 near a Negro cafe on Giulis Avenue in San Felipe. George Henry Lee was shot in the head. Robert Harris, a Del Rio porter, was jailed in Val Verde County after the incident as investigators probe a money dispute over alleged theft. No hearing held yet as grand jury convened Monday.
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Clarence Warrior
Giulis Avenue
San Felipe
George Henry Lee
Robert Harris
del Rio
Paralyzed Woman to Die in Sing Sing Electric Chair
Mrs Mary Frances Creighton a 36 year old mother of two lies in a Sing Sing death house cot as prison officials prepare to carry her to the electric chair Thursday night after a life of paralysis and fear.
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Ossining
N. Y
Mary Frances Creighton
Sing Sing
Nutty Squirrel Shot by Indianapolis Police
A heat crazed squirrel in Indianapolis reportedly bit several people and attacked officers before a policeman shot the animal on Saturday. The incident occurred as police responded to reports of a wild animal in a city area.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Heat and drought lash the Midwest and South in 1936 disaster
On July 13 reports describe extreme heat across the Middle West and East with life saving rains in parts of the Northwest and South failing to arrive. Prostration and drowning deaths number at least 247 as crop damage surpasses 300 million dollars. WPA to open regional office at Bismarck to aid five states and AAA expands aid to 59 Kentucky and Georgia counties. Resettlement Chief Rexford Tugwell cites about 2.25 million people needing rapid assistance in Georgia and Alabama.
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Works Progress Administration
Bismarck
Ndp
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Minnesota
WPA
Oklahoma
Grouth
AAA
Kentucky
Georgia
Rexford Tswell
Alabama
Indian Murderer Hanged at Dawn on State Gallows
Karl Gardner an Apache Indian murderer was hanged at dawn on the state gallows in San Carlos Arizona after a 33 minute wait. He killed his wife and infant son claiming the government would hang him and vowed to take it like an Apache. The body fell as the trap sprung and the victim groaned while the physician confirmed death after twenty examinations.
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San Carlos
Ariz
Karl Gardner
Gardner
Showers Sweep Across Del Rio to Brackettville
General showers fall Sunday afternoon bringing 0.7 inch moisture to Del Rio. H L Molyneux notes more rain likely tonight and Tuesday. Showers extend from Del Rio to Eagle Pass with scattered returns Del Rio to Brackettville. Juno reports half an inch and district notices indicate widespread rain with only high showers in many areas.
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del Rio
United States
H. L. Molyneux
Eagle Pass
Brackettville
Juno
Roosevelt Opens Bridge Link NYC Bridge System
Officials from city state and nation led by President Roosevelt dedicated the $64,000,090 network of bridges and elevated highways linking Manhattan Queens and The Bronx in a major public works achievement.
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Roosevelt
Manhattan
Queens
Bronx
Del Rio and Vicinity Weather Update
Partly cloudy with showers tonight and Tuesday. Yesterday’s high 89 and low 73. This morning's temperature 72. East Texas and West Texas report cloudy conditions with occasional rain in the southwest and west coast. Showers extend into extreme southeast Texas.
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Texas
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