Senate approves unemployment relief bill and deadlocks on home loan
Washington reports final congressional approval of a 2.1 billion unemployment relief measure sent to the White House. The Senate votes 44 to 20 to keep the Glass currency expansion in the home loan bill, while the House opposes it, risking the bill’s demise this session. Republican Leader Watson calls the home loan bill dead.
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Senate
House
Washington
White House
Congress
Watson
Borah
Riot Threat Arises at Capitol as Bonus Army Move
In Washington on July 16 a disorder threatened to flare when members of the Bonus Army rushed toward the Capitol after Congress convened. Walter W. Waters, commander of the group, was arrested for crossing the plaza but released with orders to stay away from the Capitol and control followers.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
Bonus Army
Walter W. Waters
Waters
Veterans Loan Bill Sent To White House
The Senate sent to the White House a bill cutting veterans bonus certificate loan interest from 4.5% to 3.5% and allowing loans on certificates under two years old. It would let veterans borrow immediately on adjusted service compensation certificates, aiding about 200000 former soldiers to obtain quick loans.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Absentee Ballots Rise in Primaries
Absentee votes total about 230 directed to county clerk W. A. Hopkins. The tally shows roughly 85 percent from Latin voters and 15 percent from American voters, with Tuesday midnight July 19 as the cutoff for casting absentee ballots.
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W. A. Hopkins
Roosevelt and House Hold Open Air Political Conference
In Marblehead Massachusetts on July 16 Governor Roosevelt met with Col. RE M House, confidant of President Wilson, for an open air political conference. Details of their discussion were not disclosed as Roosevelt continued a weeklong tour ending near Portsmouth the following day.
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Marblehead
Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Col
RE. M. House
Wilson
Beverly Farms
Roonsevelt
Little Harbor
Portsmouth
Kincaid Quits as Sheep and Goat Association Officer
T A Kincaid resigns as president of the Sheep and Goat Raisers Association of Texas citing financial condition. Del Rio vice president Roger Gillis to assume acting presidency if the executive committee accepts the resignation. Copies sent to all committee members. next annual election planned. John N Garner reports campaign spending of 28.95 split among Democratic party and federal funds.
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Austin
John N. Garner
Congress
Democratic Party
Sam
Oe Gillis
del Rio
Sheep and Goat Raisers Association of
Texas
T. A. Kincaid
Ozona
Kincaid
Gillis
Roger Gillis
Sheep & Goat Raisers’ Assn
Borderway Span Contracts Awarded in Texas
The State Highway Commission in Austin announced contracts for two borderway spans and Terrell County grading work. Kelly and Isaacs will build a Sabina River bridge in Uvalde County for 33776 dollars, Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron for a Nueces River bridge at 167778, Petroleum Iron Works for steel spans at 32743, and Thompson and Simpson for 8.5 miles of grading and drainage in Terrell County at 19496.
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Terrell County
Borderway
State Highway Commission
Austin
Sabina River
Kelly and Isaacs
Waco
Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company
Dallas
Nueces River
Petroleum Iron Works
Beaumont
Thompson and Simpson
San Angelo
Dryden
Kidnapped Houston Man Released In Missouri Village
Grover C. Leach an automobile salesman from Houston was forced at gunpoint to drive to New Madrid Missouri from Houston by a kidnapper who kept the demonstration car and left Leach on a highway near New Madrid. The abductor claimed he had killed a man near Houston and needed to reach Missouri.
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New Madrid
Grover C. Leach
Houston
Leach
Missouri
Sunday Is Last Day For Precinct Change
Voters who moved between precincts must notify Lyles S. Almond, County and State tax collector, by Sunday to vote in the July 23 primaries. Receipts will determine eligibility and be distributed to precincts. The fax collector's office stays open until 5 pm Sunday to allow changes and obtain exemption slips.
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Lyles S. Almond
Almond
Two-Gun Killer Slays Pair in Mexico Village
Mercedes, Texas July 16. Jacinto Zamora Rio Rico saloon owner and Roberto Lorez Mercedes were shot to death last night at the Rio Rico saloon by an unidentified two gun man. Chief of Police Larios Rio Rico wounded in the arm as killer fled. Larios said the assailant walked to an automobile fired on Lorez then Zamora. Rio Rico customs officers fired twice. one shot is believed to have taken effect. Rio Rico sits seven miles from Mercedes across the Rio Grande.
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Mercedes
Texas
Jacinto Zamora
Rio Rico
Roberto Lorez
Larios
Zamora
Lopez
Rio Grande
Two Listed as Dead In Amarillo
Dr. Benjamin M. Primer, head of the city county health unit, found two people officially recorded as dead were alive in a vital statistics check. In a separate case he also discovered one death recorded twice.
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Amarillo
Benjamin M. Primer
Capitol Faces Bonus Demonstration After Hours of Protests
Veterans marching for a bonus rallied near the capitol as doors were closed to noncredentials. Police and congressional leaders debated access and law enforcement while Brig. Gen. Glassford considered whether the grounds could be entered. Speaker Garner urged law obedience.
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Capitol
District of Columbia
Senate
House
Garner
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Grounds
Pelham D. Glassford
Washington
Botanical Gardens
Rangers Raid at McCamey Roadhouse Triggers Welcome
A Texas Ranger raid at Gooaman roadhouse near McCamey caused a brief hold-up scare as three Grandfalls cowpunchers, mistaken for robbers, played their assigned role. The night included buzzers signaling danger, a Crane City justice, 125 attendees, gambling fines, and later federal charges against three men.
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Girvin’ Road
Crane City
Grandfalls
Walter Stapp
Cummings
Herman Ott
Durand Kidnap Plot Foiled In Chicago Estate Arrests
Durand of Chicago disrupted a kidnap scheme after two alleged conspirators were captured at the child’s grandparents’ estate. Photos show Joseph Verdico, 35, and Peter Cunniff, 52, with Detective Timothy Donovan. An inset features Mrs. Jack Durand and Patricia.
Nine Die In Saltillo Flood
Nine bodies recovered Saturday from flood waters in Saltillo Coahuila with officials saying about 20 residents remain missing after a Thursday night cloudburst. The lower city remained under water as searching parties comb the inundated area.
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Saltillo
Coahuila
Associated Press
del Rio
State to Pay All Warrants and Pensions
Texas State Treasurer Charley Lockhart announced a call for 1.2 million dollars in outstanding warrants. General revenue warrants up to 151 064 would be paid in full or purchased up to 153 951 if not discounted with affidavit. Confederate pension warrants through October 1931 would be paid or purchased if endorsed and undiscounted. Highway loan fund Confederate warrants through June would be paid if endorsed and not discounted.
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Austin
Charley Lockhart
Lockhart
Highway Loan
Oklahoma City Counterfeiting Suspects Held
Nine men said to have arrived from Pampa Texas last month were jailed in Oklahoma City as suspects in an alleged counterfeiting plot.
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Oklahoma City
Pampa
Texas
Allen Charged With Murder Of W G Clegg In Piedras Negras
J Frank Allen was formally charged with the murder of W G Clegg 36 a prominent Eagle Pass citizen shot to death Thursday midnight in a Piedras Negras saloon. Trial follows 72 hours after the charge under Mexican law with possible bond until then. Clegg was president of the Eagle Pass Rotary Club and director in the Chamber of Commerce.
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Piedras Negras
J. Frank Allen
W. G. Clegg
Eagle Pass
Concensus
Allen
Clegg
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Electric Service Company
Capone Toils As A Tailor In Federal Prison
Atlanta July 16 Al Capone once a Chicago gang boss now serves time in a federal penitentiary and quietly stitches garments in the prison tailor shop. He has grown pale from confinement and lost about ten pounds after months in prison.
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Atlanta
al Capone
Chicago
Winter Palace
Florida
Federal Penitentiary
Capone
Hidalgo G O P Not To Present Ticket
Edinburg Texas July 16 Hidalgo county will not present a G O P ticket this year the executive committee announces There will be a full county Republican state in 1934 however it is stated
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Edinburg
Texas
A -Hidalgo
Three Held in Death Quiz Trapping Camp Tragedy
Joseph Smith of Del Rio is dead after a brawl at his trapping camp near Standart. Emmett Turk and Mrs Turk were beaten, with Turk in a Brackettville hospital. Three men Haymon Everett Vivian Pinkston Cecil Mc Clure are held for questioning in Kinney County.
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Joseph Smith
del Rio
Emmett Turk
Kinney County
Smith
Standart
Turk
Lilly White
Pearsall
Brackettville
Justice of the Peace
Tanneberger
Del
Texas
Mary Kelly
Mary Smith
R. J. Smith
Ozona
Texana Elledge
Tom Turk
Dave Smith
Jimmie Smith
Tom
Fred Cook
Albert Cook
Sabinal
Billings Loses Leg After Accidental Self-Inflicted Shot
Grover Billings 23 was critically injured when his gun discharged while he sat with it across his lap during a squirrel hunt on Shawcross ranch near Laguna. Doctors amputated his left leg at the knee due to shredded arteries. he is the son of Mr and Mrs E W Billings of Del Rio.
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Grover Billings
Billings
Shawcross Ranch
Laguna
E. W. Billings
del Rio
Weather outlook for Del Rio area remains warm and fair
The Del Rio region is forecast generally fair with continued warmth tonight and Sunday. Highs are expected around 90 degrees, with overnight lows near 76 and a morning low of 77. Winds from the west and southwest will be light to moderate through the period.
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