Angelo Set for Sheep Raisers Convention Plans
Angelo prepares for the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association convention and sale with a national speaker list at Mayer & preparing Lina. Ed Blanton and H W Broome announce the program with Arthur Hyde senator Morris Sheppard and Tom Con Wells among invited speakers. Events include dances, barbecues, a women’s luncheon, and talks on wool marketing and finance.
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Ban Angelo
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
BR 8S
Mayer
Lina
Ed Blanton
H. W. Broome
Uentertainment Commmittee
Couisis
City Auditorium
Amagnalonikiy
Stream of Progress in Maverick County Irrigation Project
A photograph shows the main canal section of Maverick County's 32 mile power and irrigation project. The view looks north at the Del Rio Eagle Pass highway crossing the canal. The canal width at the water line is 42 feet and the expenditure noted is 6 600 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick County
del Rio- Eagle Pass
Three Murder Cases Set in Marfa Court
The Presidio County grand jury in Marfa will review three murder charges and three felony counts. J. P. Thomas, linked to the discovery of a body in an abandoned well, faces one major case. Other indictments involve two Mexicans and a physician tied to a long-murred victim whose $9,000 stash and body were found in a well near Marfa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Preaidio County
J. P. Thomas
del Rio
Presidio
Mexico
Thomas
San Antonio
Stolen Nash Car Stripped on Highway Found in Del Rio
A Nash sedan stolen in San Antonio was found Wednesday by the sheriff's department near the highway between Del Rio and Comstock. The vehicle had been stripped of several parts and abandoned by the roadside.
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Nash
San Antonio
del Rio
Comstock
Sheriff's Department
Four Army Aviators Die in Midair Collision Over Brooks Field
Four Army flyers lost their lives when two planes collided at 400 feet over Brooks Field in San Antonio. Victims include Major Charles W. Hart of Pennsylvania, Captain Charles J. Chamberlain of New York National Guard, Lt. Austin Rogers of Columbia Missouri, and Cadet Endicott Longacre of San Antonio. Rogers reportedly was instructing Longacre at the time as Hart trained nearby.
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Army
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Charles W. Hart
Pennsylvania
Charles J. Chamberlain
New York National Guard
Hart
K. Austin Rogers
Columbia
Endicott Longacre
Rogers
Longace
Major Hart
Conductor Patrick Murphy Retires After 50 Years on B. & O. Railroad
Patrick Murphy retires in Portsmouth Ohio after a half century as a conductor on the B and O railroad receiving a pension. His long service marks a notable career with the company and community recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ohio
Patrick Murphy
Desert Scenes Painted On prison Wall Display
In Bl Centro California on July 16 1930s era report notes Sheriff Georgy L Campbell had Charney Wrench confined in the county jail who painted desert scenes on an old tree wall for pastime. The artwork shows wilted hills rocks brush and cacti including ocotillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centro
Calif
Georgy L. Campbell
Charney Wrench
Sient
Countly
Wrench
Hungarian Flyers Cross Atlantic for Propaganda Flight
The trans Atlantic plane Justice for Hungary, piloted by George Brodres and Alexander Magyar, approached Budapest after passing Ling Austria at 12 30 noon. They expected to land at 2 30 o clock Central Standard Time. The flight aims to advance Hungarian political propaganda.
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Budapest
Hungary
Justice
Ling
Austria
George Brodres
Alexander Magyar
Del Rio Public Schools Set to Open September 14 1931
Del Rio will begin the 1931 32 term on Monday September 14 as announced by Superintendent Roy M Andrews after a school board meeting. Holidays noted include Armistice Day Thanksgiving New Year’s Washington’s Birthday San Jacinto Day with a one week Christmas break between terms and a final closing date of May 27 1932.
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of del Rio Public Schools
Roy M. Andrews
Washington
Boy Attends Fifteen Schools Across Four States
John Hatton Bigbee, aged eleven, has attended 15 different schools and advanced six grades. His father travels for work, taking the family along, and the boy has studied in four states to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
John Hatton Bigbee
Canal project nears completion in Quemado Valley work update
Progress on the two mile wood rock cut of Maverick County’s canal system shows Denison finishing the last rock cut, with lining to begin three miles below headworks. Earthwork advances with draglines and major concrete work on the main canal finished, as pumps lower the water table and bridges open to farm delivery. Continued on Page 6.
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Woond
Maverick County
Denison
iUnere
Gunting
Seapillway
Trinityfarm
Quemado Valley
Bart Moore, Inc
Central Power and Light Company
Pinto and
Las Moras Syphons
Las Moras
Quemado
O Connor Leaves Sul Ross for Pacific Coast Project
Jack O Connor former Sul Ross English instructor and author of Con quest resigned his chair at the college and is gathering material on Hollywood for a satirical novel. His future plans are not announced.
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Alpine
Jack O'Connor
Sul Ross State Teachers
House Orders Rush Probe of Oil Industry
Texas House orders Attorney General James Allred to begin an investigation into the oil industry for monopoly conspiracies to restrain trade and violations of anti trust laws. Legislature awaits relief bills creating a three member conservation commission as proposed by Governor Ross Sterling.
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HOUSE
Austin
J.P
James ¥. Allred
House of Representatives
Texas
Conservation Commission
Ross Sterling
Walter Woodward
Coleman
R. M. Wagstaff
Abilene
Sterling
Pecos and Devil's River Caves Yield Historical Bevs
Miss Emma Gutzietz of Mark Twain High School and director of Witte Memorial Museum led a San Antonio museum expedition into the Pecos and Devil's River country with Miss Vivian Carson and Tom Miller to seek Indian hieroglyphics and paintings. They copied colorful rock carvings near Langtry and found cave floors dug up with skulls bones primitive knives and other flints as the party planned visits to the Sellers ranch Blazed Trail area.
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Emma Gutzietz
Mark Twain High School
Witte Memorial Museum
San Antonio
del Rio
Vivian Carson
Tom Miller
Gutzietz
Miss Carson
Mr. Miller
Pecos
Devil's” River
San Antonio Museum
Orig
Langtry
Sellers Ranch
Grain farmers face disaster from price drop in Kansas
Kansas farmers confront historic wheat glut as July futures dip to a record low of 50.5 cents per bushel on the Chicago exchange. Record prices fall across markets while some growers plow under crops and debate a debt moratorium. Some cast wheat onto streets or donate grain to charities amid unemployment aid concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
City
Southwest
Chicago
SP Will Aid Move to Check Typhoid Menace
Southern Pacific Lines representatives studied maps at city hall to drain a stagnant pool at the Pacific Fruit Express re siding rack. Oil spraying has continued to reduce mosquito breeding as rains necessitate reapplication, aiming to curb typhoid fever risk in Del Rio and protect border towns.
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Southern Pacific Lines
Pacific Fruit Express
del Rio
Teachers Stump Students as Greene County Spelling Bee Cancelled
In Catskill New York teachers supervising the Greene County spelling bee misread several words given to entrants. The contest was halted and a fresh spelling bee was ordered to resume with correct wordings.
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Catskill
Greene County
Dreamer Recovers After Paralysis Stroke
Dreamer B H Aycock of Sterling City credits a dream with curing paralysis in his leg after a stomach injury caused by a kick. He awoke from a hospital fire dream and found himself standing, walking on a leg that had been inert for weeks though still slightly crippled.
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San Angelo
B. H. Aycock
Sterling City
Aycock
Typhoid Becomes Fatal for Harold Garner in Del Rio
Harold G Garner 19 died Wednesday night at 11 50 after several weeks with typhoid fever. He resided at 701 Garner Street Del Rio and was taken to Del Rio Hospital for emergency surgery. Funeral arrangements were made by Doran Funeral Home with burial in Belton. Survivors include wife Mrs Will Elia Garner, parents Mr and Mrs G W Garner Temple, sister Miss LaVern Garner Temple, and uncle C R Garner Belton. G W and C R Garner had worked for the State Highway Department.
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Harold G. Garner
del Rio
Garner Street
del Rio Hospital
Belton
Texas
Doran Funeral Home
Will Elia Garner
G. W. Garner
Temple
LaVern Garner
C. R. Garner
G. W
State Highway Department
Hall to Finance New Flight Upstages Post Gatty Plan
Oklahoma City July 16. Oilman F C Hall announces sponsorship of a new world flight to beat the Wiley Post Harold Gatty record in the Winnie Mae. Gatty will not be asked to join. Hall backed the Winnie Mae flight with 50000 dollars and names Frank Hoover of Oklahoma City to pilot the sister ship. Navigator to be announced later.
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Hall
Post and Gatty
Oklahoma City
U.P
F. C. Hall
Oklahoma
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Gatty
New York
Post
Frank Hoover
Del Rio Man Gillis Eyed for Federal Farm Board Seat
Del Rio ranchman Roger Gillis is mentioned as a potential member of the Federal Farm Board amid two vacancies. Supporters cite his leadership of the National Wool Marketing Corporation and trips to sheep and goat centers. Units were left by C. C. Teague and Samuel R. McKeivie as two posts open.
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Roger Gillis
del Rio
Federal Farm Board
del ‘Oo
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Gills
America
Farm Board
C. C. Teague
Samuel R. McKeivie
Weather Roundup For Texas Night And Friday
The Weather Dei Rie and Vicinity reports partly cloudy conditions with showers tonight and Friday. High yesterday reached 95 with a low of 75 this morning. West Texas expects showers in the west and north, while East Texas stays unsettled with scattered showers.
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Texas
Post and Gatty Demands for $1,500 Spurned by Texas Towns
San Angelo July 16 Harold Gatty and Wiley Post world flyers would visit San Angelo for 1500 but the San Angelo Board of City Development rejected the offer. The aviators proposed an exclusive West Texas appearance and state welcome with chamber telegrams backing the effort. A New York agency reply asked what the proposition was.
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Post and Gatty
Texas
San Angelo
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
World Fliers
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Aviation
Max Bickler
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Gillis
Angelo
Manger
Uie Country Club
Franklin W. Hobris
New England
Charles W. Habba
Angelo Naional Bank
Rand
Sol Mayer
E. S. Mayer
Brown FP. Lee
H.W. Reich
Roosevelt
William H. Atwell
Nelon Phillips
Ormer
Supreme Court of the State
R. E. Thomason
Claude Hudspeth
el Paso
Fritz Lanham
Fort Worth
Marfa Cour
Dra
Atlantic Ocean
Canal
Oconnor
Hollywood
Solons
Allred
Devil's River
Harold Garner
Leege
West Texas
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