Behind the Scenes in Washington by Rodney Dutcher
Rodney Dutcher reports that U S Soviet trade and debt settlement talks stall over secrecy and disputed promises. He cites impasses at the Export-Import Bank, interdepartmental opposition, and varied theories about Russia’s debt terms and credits amid a wary Tokio.
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Washington
Rodney Dutcher
Russia
M. Litvinov
Litvinov
Moscow
State and Commerce Departments
Hiram Johnson
Tokio
Roosevelt
Legal action to allow colored voting in Texas
In Austin on July 19 a petition was presented in the Texas Supreme Court seeking a writ of mandamus to compel election officials to permit Negroes to vote in Democratic primaries. Plaintiffs name Governor Miriam A. Ferguson Attorney General Allred the State Democratic Executive Committee Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee and Jefferson County election officials as defendants.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Miriam A. Ferguson
Allred
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Hunter Supporter To Speak Saturday In Greenwood Park
J. J. Calloway will speak Saturday at 8 p m at Greenwood Park in support of Tom Hunter for governor. Organizers invite any candidate to speak for or against their own candidacy or in support of another candidate.
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Hunter
Greenwood Park
J. J. Calloway
Tom Hunter
Bodies of 120 flood victims found in Poland
Warsaw reports the bodies of 120 flood victims recovered with 180 still missing. New flood danger feared near Cracow as mountain floods surge into valleys. Over 55,000 lack food and shelter as rivers overflow and crops ruined.
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Poland
Warsaw
Cracow
Hay Fever Sufferers Plan Rag Weed Campaign at Lufkin
In Lufkin on July 13 a crowd of over 100 hay fever sufferers gathered at the public library to address rag weed. The group, dubbed the Order of Kerehoo, planned a weed cutting drive for the week ending July 21 with the mayor’s proclamation backing the effort.
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Lufkin
Kerehoo
Texas cities seek costly centennial site bids
Corsicana Texas July 19 Spirited bidding for the 15 million 1936 Centennial celebration continued after a Texas Centennial commission meeting. Bids for the site must be submitted by September 1 1934. Mayors of bidding cities must sign the offer. the site must cover at least 200 acres for development including walks streets lagoons parks and landscaping.
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Corsicana
Texas
Texas Centennial Commission
Oakland Votes San Francisco Amid Regional Strike
July 19 report from the San Francisco area notes a general strike easing under federal state and city pressure. Alameda County strike committee plans a Oakland vote on ending the walkout with East Bay transportation expected to resume tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Alameda County
Oakland
East Bay Transportation Service
Carmen's
High 88 percent 1933 tax collection reported
Tax Collector Lyle Almond announced that eight percent of the 1933 tax assessment was collected by June 1934 totaling 41 566 55 with state 26 126 63 county 12 336 06 and several district schools. Delinquent tax payments for 1931 and 1932 added about 14 000 in June.
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Lyle 5S
Almond
Comstock
San Felipe
Four Absentee Votes Cast Thursday
Only four ballots were cast in person on Thursday and no absentee ballots arrived by mail, according to the county clerk's office records.
Junk dealer Pepper charged with stealing load in Randolph
Brockton July 19 reports Patrolmen Cousins and Leary confronting Alex Pepper a junk dealer who handed him a warrant for stealing a load of junk in Randolph Pepper was told to get to work and face charges in the case tied to the Randolph theft.
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Brockton
Mass
Alex Pepper
Cousins
Leary
Cousin
Pepper
Randolph
Miniature Pioneer Cabin Presented to Panhandle Museum
A tiny replica of Colonel and Mrs. Charles Goodnight's Palo Duro Canyon home was donated to the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum by J. W. Martin. The exact log cabin, built in 1876, features cedar fences and no nails, with rooms for cowboys, kitchen, and the Goodnights, reflecting the early Panhandle settlement.
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Goodnights
Palo Duro Canyon
J. W. Martin
Clarendon
Panhandle- Plains
Martin
Freddy Martin Wewerka
el Reno
Oklo
Colonel Goodnight
J. T. Christian
Claude
Pueblo
Yolo
Goodnight
Panhandle
Texas
City Bans Night Cow Runs in Richmond Streets
Richmond officials pass an ordinance prohibiting cows from running at large in the streets at night. The law aims to curb disturbances and protect public safety during late hours.
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Richmond
W. Va
Police Drop Connor Case in Five-Day Disappearance
White Plains New York police dropped the case of Robert Connor after solving angles in the child’s five day disappearance. Captain Philip McQuillan said he was convinced the child had not been kidnapped. District Attorney Frank Coyne said the case is not closed and rejected wandering theory.
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White Plains
N. Y
Robert Connor
Philip McQuillan
The
Greensborough
Frank Coyne
Bar Association Backs Plan for Texas Legal Reforms
Vernon reports a special legislative committee, led by Judge W N Stokes, to present 15 proposed criminal procedure amendments to the Texas Legislature. The measures aim to curb technical loopholes, grant jurists greater authority, and tighten venue rules while limiting peremptory challenges and defining trial judge control over juror questioning and severances. The program, approved by the Bar Association and District Judges, would also adjust appeals rulings to justify technical reversals.
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Vernon
W. N. Stokes
Texas
H. C. Pipkin
Amarillo
Texas State Bar Association
Stokes
The
Bar Association
District Judes’ Association
He Is Great Whose Failings Can Be Numbered Ex
A concise quotation discusses virtue and flaw, noting greatness exists despite countable faults. The line highlights the paradox of excellence amid imperfections and invites reflection on character and merit.
Southern Pacific Employees Get 2.5 Percent Pay Increase
Pay day August 1 for about 60 Southern Pacific Railway workers in Del Rio will bring a 2.5 percent raise. The higher salaries started July 1, but the extra amount will appear on August 1 checks. The payroll increase is estimated at around $1,400.
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S. P
del Rio
Southern Pacific Railway
Burglar Charles Wilson Captured After Radio Alert
In St. Louis a quiet night ends as Officers Rennekamp and Meinhardt arrest Charles Wilson after a police radio broadcast names him as wanted for burglary of a saloon. Wilson is taken to headquarters.
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ST. Louis
Rennekamp
Meinhardt
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Americans Hurt in Missouri Pacific Train Wreck Near Mexico City
Fifteen passengers were injured and six feared fatally when the Missouri Pacific international train from St. Louis overturned except for the locomotive and a dining car sixty miles north of Mexico City. Dispatches warned several Americans were hurt.
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Mexico City
Missouri Pacific International
St. Louis
South Talks Platform in San Angelo for Congress Bid
Chas L. South of Coleman laid out his platform in a one hour address on the San Angelo court house lawn. He urged a protective tariff on wool mohairs frozen meats and other raw products and called for veteran aid widows and orphans protection along with timely soldier bonus payments. He opposed cancellation of foreign war debts and suggested repayment with flexible interest reductions. He urged a more equal distribution of wealth and stressed social and economic reforms for the nation’s future.
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Chas. L
Coleman
21St
Court House
San Angelo
Mr. South
Congress
Nine Artists Draw CCC Work In Eighth Corps Area
Nine artists from Texas Colorado Arizona New Mexico are drafted to depict Civilian Conservation Corps activity in the Eighth Corps Area. Based at Fort Sam Houston they work 40 hours weekly on art only, furnishing materials themselves and turning works to the government. Names include William Lewis Lester Dallas Emile Gladroz Fort Worth Charles B Martin David Philips Grover Olinger Jr Floyd Peterson Denver Earl Carrey Arvada Cole John Dorman Santa Fe Creston F Baumgartner Phoenix with three month terms and possible extension.
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San Antonio
Texas
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
CCC
Tree Army
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
William Lewis Lester
Dallas
Emile Gladroz
Fort Worth
Charles B. Martin
David Philips
Grover Olinger Jr
Floyd Peterson
Denver
Earl Carrey
Arvada
Cole
John Dorman
Santa Fe
Creston F Baumgartner
Phoenix
German government seizes grain control amid bread price hold
Berlin July 19 German officials fixed high prices for wheat and rye as the government took full control of grain stocks from harvest to bakery but bread prices will stay at current levels.
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Berlin
County offers five-cent bounty for jackrabbits
Collingsworth County commissioners announce a bounty of five cents per pair of jackrabbit ears delivered within 60 days to curb crop destruction. The measure follows reports of rabbits harming fields across the county.
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Wellington
Plcollingsworth
Windmill stolen from Hodges farm near Stinnett
A wind mill was stolen from the J. T. Hodges farm near Stinnett. The thief took an 10-foot mill a 24-foot steel tower and the casing from a 100-foot well. The windmill stood only about half a mile from the Hodges home.
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Stinnett
J. T. Hodges
Hodges
Olson assumes North Dakota governorship in peaceful move
Lieutenant Governor Ole H. Olson, acting governor, takes possession of the chief executive’s office in Bismarck. He posts a proclamation revoking the Legislature’s special session called by William Langer. Doors to the two houses are locked as Adjutant General Earle Sarles backs Olson. legislators gather in the city to decide next steps with Langer’s majority intact.
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Olson
State House
William Langer
Langer
41 Texas Counties Placed in Drought Area by FCA
The Farm Credit Administration added 41 Texas counties including Brown Cherokee Falls Jim Hogg Lavaca Nacogdoches and Washington to the emergency drought classification. Loans will be advanced for livestock feed and forage production. Angelina County was added to the secondary drought list for loans to buy livestock feed and for summer and fall plowing and winter seed wheat and rye.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Texas
Brown
Cherokee
Falls
Jim Hogg
Lavaca
Nacogdoches
Angelina County
Albany Bank Robbers Identified by Officials
Officials of the First National Bank identified James Lucas and Jack Hardin as the gunmen who robbed the bank of 12000 in currency and travelers checks yesterday. Prompt indictments are expected.
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Albany
First National Bank
James Lucas
Jack Hardin
Texan Dies From Fall At Farm Workersville Pole
Texan Bill Ballard, an employee of the Texas Louisiana Power Company, died from head injuries after falling 60 feet from a pole here two days ago. His body was sent to Prisco, Texas for burial. Survived by his widow and one daughter.
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Farmersville
Bill Ballard
Texas- Louisiana Power Company
Prisco
Texas
Silent Sermon in Sign Language for Funeral
In Denver on July 19 a funeral for Billy Tuskey was conducted without spoken words. Billy's deaf parents could not speak or hear, so Reverend Homer E. Grace delivered the sermon in American Sign Language.
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Denver
Billy Tuskey
Billy
H. Tuskey
Homer E. Grace
Weather for Del Rio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy weather expected tonight and Friday in Del Rio and nearby areas. Yesterday’s high reached 100 degrees while the low dropped to 78. Morning temperature this day was 76.
Weather outlook shows warm trend with unsettled East Coast
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and continued warmth tonight and Friday, with unsettled conditions near the East I coast. No other significant changes expected beyond localized storm potential along the eastern seaboard.
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