Behind the Scenes in Washington by Rodney Dutcher
The piece discusses farm labor woes under AAA and labor probes, noting communists as seemingly only sympathetic to tenants and sharecroppers. It analyzes Roosevelt, Farley, Dooling, and Tammany Hall’s political role and hints at efforts to reform New York politics and graft perceptions amid the White House alliance.
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Washington
Rodney Dutcher
AAA
Labor Department
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Pete Dooling
Tammany
New York State
White House
Tammany Hall
Cleveland
Wilson
New York
New York City
Strike Strikers at Chicago Stockyards Demand Wages
Pickets of 800 stock handlers march at the Chicago stockyards amid hundreds of cattle sheep and hogs starving in pens as they press for wage increases. The tense scene highlights labor action and livestock distress in the industrial hub.
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Chicago
Sheep Price To Be Set At Meet Monday
Washington officials said a Monday meeting would decide the price for sheep bought under the drought relief program on Western ranges. A tentative plan proposed $2 per head for sheep, regardless of use, with $1 for condemned animals. Connally urged Secretary Wallace to adopt $2 for sheep and $1.40 for goats.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Wallace
E. W. Sheets
Sheets
Connally
Tom Connally
Monarch mine ships four-pound gold brick to Denver Mint
In Deadwood South Dakota on July 28, the Monarch gold mine in Two Bit Gulch, idle for years, resumed operations last fall and shipped a four-pound gold brick valued at $1,622.88 to the Denver Mint, signaling a boom in the area.
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Deadwood
S. D
Two Bit Gulch
Monarch
Denver Mint
Returns From State Elections Restricted In Extra Editions
State election returns will be available only in an extra edition of The News published about 9 p m. Congressional district and county results will be shared via the Election Bureau telephones or a street screen near the Princess Theatre. The Texas Election Bureau rules bar radio megaphone telephone or screen postings for state results.
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Election Bureau
Princess Theatre
Texas Election Bureau, Inc
News
Election Bureau Sets Time for Primary Returns
The Election Bureau will begin primary returns after 7 30 p m with congressional district and county results. State totals will appear in a News extra around 9 p m, with one or two more extras later. County returns will be flashed on the street screen near the Princess Theatre. Do not call before 7 30 p m.
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Princess Theatre
Central
Princess
Caldwell barber shop owners form new association
In Caldwell County, local barbers banded together forming an association with Sam White-Sides of Lockhart elected president and R. E. Johnson of Luling chosen as secretary treasurer.
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Lockhart
Caldwell County
Sam White- Sides
R. E. Johnson
Luling
Archduke Otto Watches Austrian Situation From Belgium
Archduke Otto and other Hapsburgs living in Belgium monitor the Austrian situation with keen interest. Comment on their behalf was declined.
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Brussels
Archduke Otto
Belgium
Rioting in Kohler leaves two dead and 40 injured
Kohler Wisconsin erupts in strike riots as 250 National Guard cavalrymen join 200 deputy marshals to quell unrest. The violence costs two lives and injures about 40 as authorities move to restore order in the industrial village.
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Kohler
Wis
National Guard
Milwaukee
Del Rio Weather: Generally fair tonight and Sunday
Forecast for Del Rio and surrounding area calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday. Yesterday’s high reached 90 with a low of 74, and this morning’s minimum was 74. West Texas will be mostly sunny except for thundershowers in the Rio Grande Valley this afternoon or tonight, with thundershowers also in the South and East this afternoon or tonight. Sunday should be generally fair except for showers near the coast.
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Rio Grande Valley
Liens Cleared on San Felipe Water Works Aid Progress
City Clerk E F Howard said fourteen thousand dollars in liens were removed from the San Felipe water works Friday leaving two thousand dollars in encumbrances that should be cleared early next week. With liens retired the Del Rio P W A loan and grant of seventy seven thousand dollars will likely proceed without delay pending any new complications. Howard cited a Texas Supreme Court decision on Houston extending water works debt as a warning against new warrants issued against municipal utilities until prior issues are retired.
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Houston
Raymond Hamilton
Hamilton
Hempstead-Houston
Dallas
112 Cavalry
Texas National Guard
Yester
San Felipe
Howard
del Rio
City of
Supreme Court of Texas
Public Works Administration
Uvalde Man Sells Large Wool Shipment to Boston Firm
Fred Horner of Uvalde sold about 330000 pounds of Fall and eight months Spring wool to Studley and Emery of Boston. About 140000 pounds were Fall and 190000 pounds Spring. Reported price 18 cents per pound. Jim Hill of Robert Pitt Company Inc bought a car of wool in the territory. No mohair activity reported.
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Fred Horner
Uvalde
Studley & Emery
Boston
Jim Hill
Robert Pitt Company, Inc
Vote Light in Del Rio at 1 P.M
Six hundred seventy four votes had been cast in the Democratic general primary in Del Rio's seven precincts by 1 p.m. Precinct tallies enumerate Court House 57 Graf Hotel 95 Central School 78 San Felipe 86 Lockley Garage 149 Madison Lumber Company 119 next door Montgomery Ward 89. Val Verde County poll list totals 3,669 names with about 400 aliens.
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del Rio
Court House
Graf Hotel
Central School
San Felipe
Lockley
Madison Lumber Company
Montgomery Ward & Co
South Main Street
Val Verde County
Omaha strike hits street railway workers in unanimous vote
Omaha Nebraska July 28 workers for the Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway company struck Thursday morning after a unanimous Wednesday night vote. A few strikers gathered at car barns with clubs and bricks but discarded them at police request. The company took no action to move cars and told returning workers to report back this afternoon.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha & Council Bluff Street Railway Company
Death of William Reitz er in Dunlay noted at Quihi burial
William Reitz er 65 of Dunlay was crushed by a bull yesterday and buried Friday at Quihi Cemetery. Survived by widow Julia Reitzer two daughters Louise Huegele of Devine and Margarette of Dunlay. three sons Oscar of San Antonio Theodore of Dunlay and George of Hondo.
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Hondo
William Reitzer
Dunlay
Quihi
Julia Reitzer
Louise Huegele
Devine
Margarette
Oscar
San Antonio
Theodore
George
Government Drives Nazis Over Border in Austria Clash
Troops and Heimwehr units drive Nazi forces from Strata and areas near the Yugoslav border at Eibiswald and Lamprechthausen as fighting rages in southern and western Austria. Reports say hundreds killed or wounded, with thousands of Nazi casualties and ongoing clashes around Styria Carinthia and Salzburg amid fears of a renewed putsch.
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Vienna
Yugo-Slavia
Strata
Austria
Carinthia
Heimwehr
Heimwehrmen
St. Veit
Feldkirchen
Bleidberg
Saldamsee
Tauren Rai
Farm course to open at Texas A M College Station
Texas A M College campus hosts the silver anniversary Texas farm demonstration short course this weekend. The program features basic demonstrations lectures and discussions with concurrent meetings of the State Board of Education County School Superintendents Rural Pastors conference and several agricultural and beekeeping associations.
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College Station
UP Texas
Texas A & M College
State Board of Education
Rural Pastors
Texas Beekeepers’ Association
Texas Agricultural Writers’ Association
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Clifton family signs Chicago midget city contract
Austin’s only midget couple Mr and Mrs J E Clifton and their 68 year old daughter Myrna Myrie signed with Midget City of the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. They left Friday and will begin engagements August 1.
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Austin
J. E. Clifton
Myrna Myrie
Chicago
Three Men In Metal Gondola Launch Stratosphere Flight
In Chicago and Rapid City reports the world's largest balloon with Major William Kepner Captain Albert Stevens and Captain Crgil Anderson lifted at 5:45 a m Mountain Time for a stratosphere ascent. Ground control received word of altitude goals and radio updates from Washington as crews aimed for 10000 feet and beyond.
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Rapid City
William KE. Kepner
Albert W . Stevens
Crgil A. Anderson
Benjamin 1D Foulois
Army Air Corps
Washington
Reeves County Leads Section in Cattle Purchases
Reeves County heads West Texas in cattle bought for drought relief with 9 000 head purchased and 4 000 more applications. County Agent Ted Johnson oversaw purchases in Reeves Ward Winkler and Loving Counties with appraisers Edwin Finley and A B Cooksey. Major buys include 2 200 head from Jim Tubbs Ward County and 1 700 from the Lake ranch Reeves County. Ward 400 head Loving 1 200 Winkler 1 800 as ranchers dispose herds amid drought.
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Ward
Winkler
Loving Counties
Ted Johnson
Edwin Finley
A. B. Cooksey
Loving County
Reeves County
Jim Tubbs
Ward County
Lake Ranch
Plan to Develop Inexpensive Flivver Planes Progresses
Washington July 28 47 Administration efforts to boost aviation move ahead with a low cost flivver plane. The Commerce Department has secured 100000 dollars from a special presidential fund and will allocate part of it to the project. Officials claim the concept is practical and a plane has already been produced close to their vision.
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Washington
PWA
Department of Commerce
Cattle Relief Auction Shows 10000 Head Offered
Work under the government drought relief plan to buy cattle in Burnet County is active in Marble Falls. County Agent A. J. Cotton said about 10,000 head have been offered for purchase under the program.
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Marble Falls
Burnet County
A. J. Cotton
Treasurer Named to Fill Unexpired Term in Austin
Walter Bremond Jr., president of Capital National Bank of Austin, has been chosen city treasurer to fill the unexpired term of Eldred McKinnon, who resigned. The appointment creates a key leadership swap in Austin's municipal finances.
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Austin
Walter Bremond Jr
Capital National Bank of Austin
Eldred McKinnon
Port Aransas Jetties Repair Contract Awarded
The War Department announced a contract for repairing the north and south jetties at Port Aransas. J Depuy of San Antonio, Texas, will perform the work for $110,370.
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Washington
War Department
Port Aransas
J. Depuy
San Antonio
Texas
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