Second Presentation of Her Majesty Friday Night Standing Today
Voting updates show Lois Nell Whitehead leading with Violet Miers close in second and Bertha Mae Weathersbee gaining 1 000 votes. Ivy Der Newton withdrawn leaving 11 candidates. Friday 8 45 pm stage appearance at Princess Theater to boost votes. election ends Saturday night. Dr and Mrs A J Brown and family plan a Los Angeles visit with Dr Brown’s mother Mrs H Brown.
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The
Federation of Women’s Clubs In
Lois Nell Whitehead
Violet Miers
Bertha Mae Wathershee
Ivy der Newton
Princess Theater
Mater
Emma Fawcett
Julia Texie Boggess
Aes
Lucille Love
Berta Mae Weathersbee
Frances Laughlin
Bertie “Faylor
Dorothy Smith
Hazel Brown
Dorothy Walker
Mrs. A. J., Brown
Betty and
Glen
Miss Lois
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Ware
Los Angeles
Cal
Dr. Brown
Mrs. H. Brown
Stock Movements in Langtry Area Show Rising Activity
Jap Lowe ships 49 fat cows to Fort Worth at 60 dollars per head after buying from L. Rust. Langtry rancher Lem Henderson ships 400 million goats to Sabinas. stock trade expected to surge over the next 30 to 40 days. W. C. Hodge sells lambs for 11 cents a pound near Langtry. An 18 month Angora billy tops at 550 dollars in Rocksprings, with Sim Reid and Can Can named among buyers. lowest price 101 dollars, others reach 360 and 320. Canadian Texas sees strong calf prices for fall delivery as Oasis Cattle Company buys 300 mixed yearlings and calves at 50 dollars per head, and Luther Harlan buys 400 short yearlings and mixed calves at 49.75. Rich Brown sells 300.
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Langtry
W. C. Hodge
del Rio
Canadian
Texas
Oasis Cattle Company
Garrett Parnell
Noda
Luther Harlan
W. H. Hardage
Rich Brown
San Angelo Names Young Woman To Represent City
Miss Catherine Funk of San Angelo chosen as city princess for the Sheep and Goat Waisers Association coronation in Del Rio on July 31 to August 2. Her maid of honor is Miss Jean Henderson. escorts to Del Rio not yet chosen.
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San Angelo
Catherine Funk
Fila Funk
West Beauregard Avenue
del Rio
Sheep and Goat Waisers’ Association
Funk
Jean Henderson
Lee Henderson
Alta Loma
Miss Funk
West Texas
Fort Worth
Curry School of Expression
Texas Christian University
Ward-Belmont College
Nashville
Tenn
Miss Henderson
Henderson
Ozona
New York City
Mills College
California
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Connally Seeks Mohair Standards for Trade Labels
Senator Tom Connally pressed for quick action by the Commerce Department to set minimum mohair standards aimed at preventing imitations from low grade wool. Jules Klein promised a process where genuine mohair, pile weight, moth proofing, and color fastness would define quality, with industry input leading to a conference and eventual consumer confidence via labels.
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Washington
Promses
Department of Commerce
Texas
Tom Connally
Jules Klein
Secretary of Commerce
Connally
Department
Klein
Bureau of Standards
Baby Eugene Jack Moseey Born in San Antonio
A baby boy named Eugene Jack Moseey was born July 20 to Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Moseey of San Antonio.
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T. B. Moseey
San Antonio
Eugene Jack
Leon Scales Dies From Ranger Accident
Funeral services for Leon Scales age 36 formerly of Del Rio were held in Calhoun Louisiana. He died from injuries after a fall about ten days earlier in Ranger. Survived by widow and 14 month old daughter Elizabeth four brothers three sisters.
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Leon Scales
del Rio
Ranger
Calhoun
Mr. Scales
C. P. Scales
del Rio Bank and Trust Company
del Rio Bank &Trust Company
Cr. P. Seales
Mr. Seales
Coatopa
Ala
San Angelo
Scales
Elizabeth
Speed Boat Shatters St Louis to New Orleans Record
Special to The New The 59 year old St Louis to New Orleans record of 96 hours 31 minutes set by the packet Robert FE. Lee was broken by a bogie speed boat owned by Dre Louis LeRoy Memphis. It docked at 6 45 this morning and registered 88 hours.
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ST. Louis
St Louis
Soviet Agents Execute 16 In Siberia Today
United Press report from Moscow states sixteen Czarist White Guards were executed by Soviet secret agents at Khahbarovek Siberia for plotting to destroy Russian ammunition depots and for crossing from Manchuria. The group had been active in the East for six weeks and aided by Chinese officials. Reports of firing between Russian and Chinese patrols reached Tokyo newspapers.
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Moscow
Russia
Khahbarovek
Siberia
Manchuria
East
Manchurian
Tokyo
Snook Jury Is Being Selected
The jury selection in the Dr. James H. Snook murder case continued in Columbus Ohio with three women and four men in the jury box. Snook showed more interest as the session opened on July 25.
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Columbus
Ohio
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Nix
Snook
Mojave Desert Heat Claims Family in Breakdown
A man woman and six children died after their car broke down in the Mojave Desert. The tragic incident occurred under extreme heat with the victims stranded far from civilization.
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Mojave Desert
Cal
St Louis Flyers Push Endurance Flight Beyond 295 Hours
The St Louis Robin remains aloft over Lambert Field past 295 hours as Dale Jackson and Forrest O'Brien push toward 500 hours in a sustained endurance test. They report good spirits and steady progress while earning per hour bonuses from local sponsors.
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Yale
Red” Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forrest O’brien
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Angeleno
Trotsky accuses China amid Russo-Chinese crisis
Leon Trotsky, residing in Constantinople, told an Associated Press correspondent that if the Soviet Government is drawn into war the opposition in the USSR will defend the 1927 Bolshevik revolution. He said the aggressor is the Chinese Government and defended existing Chinese Railway regulations. He spoke from his Prince's Island villa as he recovers from illness.
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Constantinople
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Associated Press
Unclear Narrative Reflections On Youth Attractiveness
A reflective meditation discusses the idea that every young woman one meets seems to have a clear sense of her own beauty, framing charm as a universal conviction learned through life. The piece emphasizes perception and self-awareness rather than concrete events or dates.
Hatcher Announces Texas Governor Candidacy
Dallas State Treasurer W Gregory Hatcher declares his bid for governor He vows to discuss official acts of all public officials from governor to constable and to cut state running costs from fifty million to forty million dollars if elected.
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Dallas
W Gregory Hatcher
Texas
Texaco Station No 2 Erected Near First Baptist
Texaco Station No. 2 is being erected on the vacant lot across from the First Baptist Church with FE N Cade of Houston in charge. Work began Monday and the station is planned to open by September 5. Brick and stucco building will feature four pumps facing Fast Garfield and State Highway No 3. The lot size is 2x111 and the foundation is being laid.
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Texaco
First Baptist Church
FE. N. Cade
Houston
The
Texas Company
Cade
Garfield
Texaco Company
Pope Pius XI ends Vatican isolation in grand Rome procession
In Rome crowds of about two hundred thousand gathered at St Peter's and in St Peter's Square as Pope Pius XI, holding the Sacred Host, blessed the world from the Vatican steps for the first time since 1870. The Eternal City saw a vast, orderly turnout of Roman Catholic visitors hoping to glimpse the pontiff.
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Rome
Italy
Pius XI
Vatican
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Square
Vatican Grounds
Rocksprings Angora Goat Show Elects Officers Again
W W hipper of Brackettville was reelected president at the ninth annual Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association meeting in Rocksprings. J E Robbins and Arthur Davis were named vice president and secretary-treasurer. The sale continues with an expected 4000 to 5000 attendees and a dance to close. Highest bid for a goat was 550 dollars for an 18 month old Angora sold by Sim Reid. Congressmen Hudspeth and McCloskey praised tariff support. resolutions urged Senators to back the tariff measure.
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Texas Angora Goat Raisers’ Association
John Parker
Harper
Sim Reid
Rocksprings
W. Whipper
Brackettville
J. E Robbins
Arthur Davis
Sam Parker
Angora
Claude B. Hudspeth
House
Senate
J. J. Gulley
Duke Taylor
Frank O Landrum
Hudspeth
Fl Paso
Augustus McCloskey
San Antonio
Yorn Connally
Morris Sheppard
Association
J. W. Hutt
Bob Davis
Fred Barwood
Weather Outlook Del Rio and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday in Del Rio and vicinity. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with scattered showers in the southeast portion.
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del Rio
West Texas
Increase of 50 Per Cent in Last 90 Days Reports Consul
Consul Pena states Del Rio sees a surge in tourism from Texas and other states with about 10 outsiders per day in the last three months. He credits improved Mexico security, hunting prospects, and a new border permit system easing firearm and import permit access for Americans.
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Pena
del Uphias
Lisalidro Pena
del Rio
Mexico
Texas
Dalas
San Antonio
Houston
Consul Pena
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Fl Paso
Villa Acuna
United States
Slo
War Department
Mexico City
Tragic Accident In Langtry Claims Skiles Child
Emmet Skiles, formerly of Del Rio, backed a heavy truck from a Langtry garage yesterday. His 15 month old daughter, playing in the yard, was run over and killed instantly. The child’s body was taken to Uvalde for burial.
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Emmett Skiles
del Rio
Langtry
Harry J Leahy Sanity Hearing Shows Clear Minds
Seven witnesses testified in Georgetown on July 25 that Harry J. Leahy is sane and understands murder consequences. Only defense witness was his sister Mrs. J R Sullivan of Corpus Christi recounting a 20 year old delirious period. State witnesses included Huntsville warden FF Harrell and Beeville attorneys Marvin Johnson and W B Gayle among others.
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Georgetown
Harry J. Leahy
J. R. Sullivan
Corpus Christi
Leahy
Sullivan Toid
FF. Harrell
Huntsville
B. M. Tavilor
Light Townsend
H. FE. Moore
Marvin Johnson
W. B. Gayle
Beeville
E. H. Payne
Goliad
Divorcee Irene Head to Be Released Today
Borger reports Mrs Irene Head, a beauty parlor operator, will be released today after a perjury charge tied to a recent divorce suit. Judge J W Jones plans to post a $1,000 bond, and Head refused to provide any further testimony.
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New
Borger
Irene Head
Helt mi Jad
J. W Jones
Head
Bones
Critics Attack Wickersham Views on Prohibition Enforcement
Bishop James Cannon Jr and Dr F L Crawford, speaking for a Methodist group, call Wickersham's views hazy and puzzling in a letter to governors. They approve federal state cooperation to enforce the dry law but fault his suggestion that laws could be modified to become reasonably enforceable, calling it defeatist and uncertain.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
F. L Crawford
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Wickersham
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Governors’ Conference
Cannon-Crawford
Old Fogy on Borger Arrest and Press Freedom
Amarillo editor Gene Howe faces arrest in Borger over alleged publicity about the town. He pleads not guilty and is released with fines suspended pending his next paper. Old Fogg ponders press freedom and compares to earlier Texas cases while noting other legal dustups and political chatter.
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Gene Howe
Amarillo
Borger
Justice of Peace
del Rio
Mr. Howe
Old Fogg
Texas
MaKenzie
Esyhin
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L. Rust
Lem Henderson
Sabinas
United Press
Apparenty
China
Hatcher
Vmres
Pope
United Preas
Rockspring
Emmet Skiles
Harry J. Leahy Sane
Borger Jalil
Old Fogy
McKenélie
Bob” Shuler
Main Street
Dommie
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