City to Install 160 Horsepower Diesel Engine at Waterworks
City officials announced a $20,000 contract awarded to Fairbanks Morse Co of Dallas for a 160 hp diesel engine and pump at the Water Works. The new unit will replace two 100 hp semi Diesels, ship from Dallas in five weeks, and save about three quarters of electricity costs.
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City
L. J. Bochat
Fairbanks-Morse Company
Dallas
Ciy Commission
Bochat
Boehai
Cowboys win both games vs San Marcos Red Birds
Bobby Cannon and the Cowboys swept a weekend two game set from the Red Birds of San Marcos. They won 8 to 5 and 7 to 2 as the offense raged, with 22 hits in the second game and each Cowboy tallying 1 to 4 hits. Saxon earned four hits in six trips. Sparks started, Lynum finished, and Stobaugh led San Marcos with three hits. The Cowboys prep for San Angelo in West Texas League play slated for Wednesday to Friday at 4:30 p.m.
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Bobby Cannon
Cowboys
Red Birds
San Marcos
Saxon
San Angelo
Sparks
Lynum
Stobaugh
Barnum
Word of the Cowboys
Melugin
Gallo
Del Rio Welcomes Peerless Texas Implement Factory
Peerless Texas Implement Company opens a Del Rio plant on Ogden Avenue opposite the Southern Pacific depot with $50,900 incorporated capital. C. L. Crosby of San Antonio, inventor, serves as director and the plant will manufacture the Crosby land leveler in eight ten and twelve foot sizes for farmers. The facility aims to produce up to 9 machines monthly and includes a machine shop with distribution duties and local officers Judge Joe L. Hill president B. G. Stafford vice president and C. A. Challege treasurer.
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Peerless ‘Texas Implement Company
del Rio
Ogden Avenue
Southern Pacific
Nfe W Crosby
C. L. Crosby
San Antonio
J. C. Netts
Louisiana
California
Netts
Joe L. Hill
B. G. Stafford
C. A. Challenge
Elueter
Auburn Prison Mutiny Stopped by Guns and Guards
AUBURN N Y July 29 Machines guns on prison walls ended a bold uprising at Auburn prison. Warden Edgar S Jennings said dawn found all but four of 1700 inmates accounted for after a bid to break out during a baseball game. Two convicts were killed eleven injured and several firemen and guards were hurt. A wide manhunt for the four escapees is underway.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn Prison
New York
Edgar S. Jennings
Bromley Flight to Tokyo Ends in Wreck Disappointment
Thousands of Tacoma residents gathered at the airport on Saturday night to watch Harold Bromley depart for Tokyo but witnessed a wreck at dawn. Bromley escaped injury, and today officials announced the flight will be attempted again this summer, drawing renewed public enthusiasm.
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The
United Press
Tacoma
Wash
Harold Bromley
Tokyo
Bromley
Hoover Proclaims Pact Averting Potential Russian Chinese War
A ceremony under a large chandelier features Kellogg Borah Hoover Stimson and Coolidge as central figures in a pact aimed at averting a broader war in Russia and China. The image captures the influential leaders reacting to the announcement and their roles in initiating the accord.
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Kellogg
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Stimson
Coolidge
Plane motor show signs of stopping at 386 hours
The St. Louis Robin pilots Dave Jackson and Forrest O Brine admit the challenger set is weakening after passing 386 hours at 9 17 am. They note the engines are getting weak but insist the issue will last about one hundred hours, hinting at cylinder trouble.
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United S R ST. Louis
Dave Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
St. Louis
Minnesota flyer and co-pilot badly hurt in crash
Captain P. L. Criston and co-pilot Owen Haurhland sustained serious injuries when their endurance plane named Minnesota crashed near Chamberlain Field in Minneapolis today.
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United Vre
Minneapolis, Minn
P. L. Criston
Flyer
Owen Haurhland
Minnesota
Chamberlain Field
China Withdraws Troops Pursuant Nanking Orders
Reports from Shanghai indicate Chinese forces in Manchuria have been withdrawn from frontline positions in line with Nanking orders. It is understood Soviet troops have received similar instructions. The move signals easing tension between China and the Soviet Union.
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Shanghai
China
Soviet Union
Manchuri
Manchuria
Siberia
Nanking
Russia
Rocksprings Show Praised by E K Fawcett at Ranch Event
E K Fawcett and wife of Del Rio attended the bir show and sale in Rocksprings where he praised the event as the best goal meeting ever held. He credited the Record for aiding ranching marketing and spoke of his long land holdings and cattle, noting Del Rio’s upcoming Saver Raisers convention in another city.
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BK. Pawcett
del Rio
Mr. Fawcett
Beth
Fawcett
Weather Outlook Del Rio and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday for Del Rio and vicinity. West Texas remains cloudy with thunderstorms in the extreme western portion tonight and Tuesday.
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del Rio
West Texas
Texas
Mexico May Waive Identification During Convention Period
A report from Villa Acuna said Mexico may delay the border ID cards law until after the Sheep and Goat Ratters convention. Consul Linandro Pena noted possible arrangements for early card issuance and urged residents to obtain certificates of identification from Mayor Long for verification by Mexican officials.
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Villa Acuna
Linandro Penavid
Thea Imspector
Pena
Mayor Long
Aviators Killed Near St Louis in Plane Crash
ST LOUIS July 29 George Lea Tambert vice president of Von Hoffmann Aircraft Corp and a student flyer thought to be Harold Jones of New York died when their aircraft fell several miles from St Louis. The crash occurred in the country.
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ST. Louis
George Lea Tambert
von Hoffmann Aircraft Corporation
Harold Jones
New York
Ranchmans Roundup at Sonora Tested by Big Crowd
Sonora July 29 The fifth annual Ranchman's Roundup at Ranch Experiment Station near Sonora on August 6 and 7 promises the largest crowds of any livestock meeting in the region. The program lists more than twenty talks and as many events, including inspections, lectures by leading ranch and farm officials, wool and goat judging demonstrations, a dance, and a post mortem by veterinarian A Tunnicliff.
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Sonora
Ranch Experiment Station
W. H Cameron
B. Conner
H. W. Rieck
Roosevelt
T. A. Kincaid
Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
T. PD. Hobart
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Roger Gill
del Fo
W. L. Aldwell
Wadspeth
Paso
Frank P. Holland
Farr and Ranch
Dallas
Albert K. Mitchell
American Hereford Association
Abert
N. Milk
Sheets
Washing
D C
Vienry T. Fletcher
American Angora Goat Breeders Association
Texas Rambouillet Sheep Breeders’ Association
Extension Service
Maggie W. Barry
Kate Adele Hill
J. M. Jones
A. B. Conner
W. H. Dame
Dance Program at Dobkins Garage Preparations Underway
In advance of the Sheep and Goat Raiser convention a temporary wooden floor is being laid over the cement at the Dobkins Motor Sales Company garage. Ten carpenters work on the hardwood floor, to be finished by Wednesday. Ceiling fans are installed and other preparations continue.
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Dobkins Motor Sales Company
Tom Miller
Miller
Ozona Crowned Queen Contest Produces Princess
Miss Mary Kincaid of Ozona was named princess after Ozona finished sixth among Southwest Texas towns in the Sheep and Goat Raisers pageant. Emmia Pawcett won queen with 105,295 votes, while Violet Miers and Nell Whitehead placed second and third. Final coronation plans and accommodations for visiting queens were announced by Miss Miers.
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Ozona
Texas
Violet Miers
Mary Kincaid
T. A. Kincaid
Kincaid
Ozona Lions’ Club
del Rio
Miss Miers
Emmia Pawcett Tay
Pawcett
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Dure
Miss Whitehead
Queehesses
Cises
Miss Powers
San Pelipe Country Club
Vollowing
Rinna Fawcett- Denne
Julia Texie Boggess Roca
Lucille Love
Bertha Mae Weathbersbee
Frances Laughlin
Bertie Taylor Sires L
Dorothy Smith
Hime A
Hazel Brown
Nedskeoe
Lois Nell Whitehead
Dorothy Walker
Federation
Queens
Chanmiber
Commeres
Paceant
Federatier
del Rio Evening News
Paul Pou
Princess Theater
P. W. Townsend
The
Central Pharmac
Ross Drew Store
Borer Grocery Company
Julien Howze
Roach- MacLymont Company
Home Confectionery
United Cigar Store
Roswell Motel
Quality Clothes Shop
Bluebird Cafe
Ideal Beauty Parlor
Elks’ Club
Rotary Club
Lids’ Club
Morehouse
Evans
Roswell
Hal A. Hamilton
George W. Cox
F. Nicot
C.K. McDowell
Georgee E. Love
W. FP
Sheep and Goats for Sale During Convention
Sheep and goats for sale during the annual Tests Sheep and Goat Paimners Association convention arrive and are penned at the Del Rio Wool and Mohair Company warehouse. More than a thousand Rambouillet and over 200 Angora animals are listed, with several sellers missing only a few entries.
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Paimners’ Association
del Rio
Win, Fiddel and Sons
Monmouth
Oresan
W. al Knapp
Balmorhea
Texas
Willie Williams Cripple News Seller Heads South
Willie Williams a self described crippled Nepetas will spend several days in Del Rio selling the Del Rio Evening News to fund his cross country journey from Buffalo New York to California. At 33 he was injured by falling timber but remains optimistic and carries credentials from city officials from towns he has visited.
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Willie Williams
Nepetas
del Rio
Willie
Buffalo
N. Y
California
Williams
Four Die When Train Fets Car In Illinois Collision
Four people died when an eastbound Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train struck a car near Galva Illinois on July 29. Edward Tenpie a Galesburg banker and his wife Miss Dora Fullson were killed along with Finis Farr of Charlevoix Michigan who died on the platform.
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Galva
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