The Right to Be Let Alone and Other Observations
A collection of opinions notes how life would improve without chores, critiques of governance, and reflections on famous editor Stanley Walker. It mentions ex Kaiser, Ethiopian army appeals by Fort Worth colored residents, and Prickly Pear’s Texas migrations amid job changes.
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Fort Worth
Ethiopia
Italy
United States
Stanley Walker
Texas
New York
Hearst
Prickly Pear
Keeping Cool Heads in Congress Amid Turbulent Times
In Washington the presiding officers of House and Senate strive for calm as they oversee the President's major legislative measures. Speaker Joseph W. Burns is pictured with a loosened collar and mopped brow as he examines papers under pressure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Joseph W. Burns
What Other Columnists Are Writing About
A parade of opinions from Washington to Lloyd George and Tugwell. The piece lampoons the word plan, notes Congress lobby fights, and mocks 96 year old John D Rockefeller while praising philanthropy and wealth in American life.
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John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Merrimac
United States Navy
Supper Table
Brownwood Bulletin
War Department seeks 92 million to map border and coast areas
The War Department requests 2 million to map areas along coasts and borders deemed strategically important. The program covers about 37 440 square miles of new maps and 38 320 square miles of revised maps across numerous states and the District of Columbia, coordinating with the Geological Survey and Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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WAR Department
Washington
Works Applications Division
Ickes
Army
Defense
Geological Survey
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Air Corps
Army Engineers
Paroled Murder Assault Convict From Del Rio
Elias Flores, convicted in Del Rio for assault to murder by a 1933 district court jury, received a general parole for deportation from Governor James V. Allred. The charge followed an October 23, 1933 knife attack on constable R. W. Chappell in Comstock. Flores was sentenced to four years and has served about 18 months.
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Elias Flores
del Rio
James V. Allred
Flores
R. W. Chappell
Comstock
Pinkston
Joseph Smith
Standard
Kinney County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Brackettville
Light Shower Tamps Del Rio Moon Eclipse Night
A light shower recorded Monday night in Del Rio brought .05 inch of rain and obscured the total lunar eclipse. The shower raised Del Rio’s annual rainfall deficit to 14.10 inches above normal, per H. L. Molyneux, government weather observer, with clouds intermittently hiding the moon during the partial eclipse.
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del Rio
H. L. Molyneux
Ouster Efforts Fail in Texas Young Democrats
In Fort Worth the executive committee of the Young Democrats of Texas defeated a resolution to remove Elliott Roosevelt from the posts as vice-president of the state group. The vote reflected internal party tensions and leadership struggles within the organization.
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Fort Worth
Young Democrats of Texas Today
Elliott Roosevelt
Chinese paper slurs micado editor jailed in Shanghai
In Shanghai on July 16 Doo Young Yuen publisher of the New Life Weekly received 14 months hard labor for publishing an article insulting the Japanese Emperor. About 200 Chinese students rioted in court, shouting anti Japanese slogans as embassy officials sought safety amid scattered propaganda.
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Shanghai
Doo Young Yuen
New Life Weekly
China
Japan
Doe
Dao
Nanking
Kuomintang
Chinese Nationalist Party
Two Delegates Die In Mexico Student Congress Pararde
In Monterrey two delegates to the National University students congress were killed when shots rang out into a parade. Police said Ines Gonzalez fired without motive as the students passed, and he was beaten by fellow students before authorities arrived.
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Mexico
Monterrey
National University Students Congress
Ines Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Weather update for Del Rio area
Partly cloudy conditions persist tonight and Wednesday. Yesterday’s high reached 96 degrees with a low of 70, and this morning’s minimum was 74.
Prisoners Taken to Huntsville Penitentiary
Three inmates from Val Verde County jail were moved to Huntsville to begin sentences. Vivian Pinkston, Crisoforo Galindo and Carlos Cuellar face terms for murder and burglary. Pinkston claimed self defense in a Standart area killing. Galindo and Cuellar received two year terms.
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Val Verde County
Huntsville
W. R. Crane
Vivian Pinkston
Crisoforo Galindo
Carlos Cuellar
Nineteen Cars Registered in First Half of July
The Tax Assessor-Collector's office reports nineteen new car registrations in the first 15 days of July. Del Rio leads with seventeen registrations, followed by Sanderson and Langtry with one each.
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Lyle S. Almond
del Rio
Sanderson
Langtry
Sealed Bid Sale Of Wool Under Way At Del Rio
A sealed bid sale of 1 650 000 pounds of wool conducted by the Del Rio Wool and Mohair Company and the Producers Wool and Mohair Company opened at the Producers warehouse. The first five of seven lots sold by morning. Del Rio wool offerings of 250 000 pounds set to begin at 2 p m. Buyers include William H Wright Max Robbins John Allison Tom Richey C D Stokes Charlies Angel Jones Donald Jackson Hughes Russell Martin and Jim Hill.
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del Rio Wool and Mohair Company
Producers Wool and Mohair Company
William H. Wright
Wright Brothers
Max Robbins
San Angelo
John Allison
Adams & Leland
Tom Richey
A. W. Hilliard & Son
C. D. Stokes
Winslow & Co
Charlies Angel
Hallowell
Jones & Donald
Jackson Hughes
Studley & Emery
Russell Martin
Robert M. Pitt
Jim Hill
Francis & Co
Representative of Georgia Tries To Adjourn Congress
Washington July 16 Democratic leaders watched today an attempt by Representative Deen of Georgia to force early adjournment. They noted that if any man held the key it was Senator La Follette of Wisconsin who was promised a vote on a tax bill if he allowed rapid passage of the resolution extending 501 million dollars of nuisance taxes.
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Washington
House Today
Congress
Deen
Georgia
House
Representative Deen
Senator LaFollette
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Posse Sifts for Slayer of Two Tacoma Policemen
In Puyallup Valley a large posse and Justice Department agents hunted for the killer who shot Police Chief Frank Chadwick and Patrolman Harry Storem. Authorities linked the fugitive to William Dainard, alleged brain of the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, as highways were blocked and searchers combed underbrush.
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Tacoma
Department of Justice
Possemen
Puyallup
William Dainard
George Weyerhaeuser
Puyallup Valley
Frank Chadwick
Harry Storem
Free Life Saving Instructions At Moore Park Pool
Free life saving instruction will be given at Moore Park pool by Clyde O Bryant preparatory to examinations. Courses run for junior and senior students for pool privileges or season tickets. Mabry Ogle will coordinate examinations with senior life savers allowed to swim free.
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Clyde O’bryant
Moore Park
Mabry Ogle
Moore Park Pool
Swedes Probe How Long Prosperity Can Last
STOCKHOLM July 17 The question in Sweden is how long the present prosperity can continue as recovery is tested by international demand. Steady export markets good crops vast resources and industry rationalization along with lower gold prices for raw materials support Sweden's economic upturn despite lingering uncertainties.
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Stockholm
Sweden
National Guard Maintains Order In Textile War
Steel helmeted national guardsmen took up presence in Pelzer North Carolina as textile tensions flare Local officials fear danger after a partial mill walk out yesterday mills did not reopen today
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National Guard
Pelzer
N. C
Allred Names P. A. Martin Associate Judge
Governor Allred appoints Judge P A Martin of Wichita Falls to succeed Judge Hal S Lattimore as associate justice of the Fort Worth Court of Civil Appeals in Austin on July 16 4.
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Austin
Allred
P. A. Martin
Wichita Palls
Hal S. Lattimore
Fort Worth
San Angelo jail condemned for U S prisoners
The Tom Green County jail in San Angelo has been condemned as a Federal jail and will stop housing federal prisoners after July 18. Sanction came from Sanford Bates after inspector Roy J. Casey found a kangaroo court run by the jailer, wife of a deputy sheriff, with whipping for fines and unsafe food handling.
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Fort Worth
Tom Green County
San Angelo
Bates
Roy J. Casey
Bureau
Val Verde County Jail Cleared After Water Restored
Federal prisoners were moved from Val Verde County jail to Bexar County jail in May 1935 due to no running hot water. They later went to Austin with other Federal prisoners after inspectors cited laxity. An inspector later declared Val Verde ready after hot water was supplied.
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Val Verde County
Bexar County
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
Val Verde
Line Fishing for Mackerel in Port Lavaca Weathered Seas
Port Lavaca on July 16 reports shrimp fleet crews idle due to heavy squalls have turned to line fishing for mackerel. Captain Harry Smith of a Port Lavaca seafood company notes unusually heavy mackerel runs near Pass Cavallo four to five miles below Port O Connor. A party of four boasts a 100 pound trout catch in three hours, per Roselle Clegg of a local fish handling concern.
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Port Lavaca
Harry Smith
Pass Cavallo
Port O'Conner
Roselle Clegg
Court strikes down processing taxes under AAA in 2 to 1 ruling
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled the Agricultural Adjustment Act processing taxes unconstitutional. The decision found no authority to tax by the Secretary of Agriculture, striking both processing and floor taxes as unconstitutional. The court split two to one, in the Hoosac Mills case, with a prompt Supreme Court appeal anticipated.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Hoosac Mills
Circuit Court of Appeals
Brewster No
Secretary of the Agriculture
Supreme Court
Washington
Circuit Court of Appeal
Justice Department
Rites set for J P Lancaster at 5 p m
John Fletcher Lancaster 87 died Monday at his daughter’s home from a fractured hip. Born May 14 1648 in Texas he rancher farmed in Guadalupe County before moving to Del Rio in 1931. Funeral at Doran Funeral Home at 5 p m Tuesday. Survived by widow Matlie, daughter Mrs Long and three sons E F Lancaster P H Lancaster Quilie Lancaster, plus 11 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
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John Fletcher Lancaster
Jac. Y. Long
East Eighth Street
Lancaster
Montgomery County
Texas
E. F. Lancaster
San Antonio
P. H. Lancaster
el Paso
Quilie Lancaster
Frederick
Okla
Labor Party Nominates General Coxey for President
Gen. Jacob S. Coxey, 81 from Massillon Ohio and renowned for Coxey's Army in 1894, was nominated without opposition by a small National Labor party convention in Omaha. He had previously run as the party's 1932 candidate with Leslie Erickson of Minneapolis named as his running mate.
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Omaha
Jacob S. Coxey
Parter- Labor Party
Massilon
Ohio
Coxey
Lesie Erickson
Minneapolis
Borger Chamber Backs Firework Sale Ban
Borger July 16 14 people were injured by explosions on July 4 prompting the Borger Junior Chamber of Commerce to urge city leaders to ban the sale of fireworks for future holidays.
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Borger
Borger Junior Chamber of Commerce
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