Colorado towns flooded by rain storms
Weary veterans retreat west as bonus marchers move across Pennsylvania toward Johnstown. State police and highway department direct about 3,000 men while Governor Pinchot arranges passage toward Wet Virginia. Federal troops evacuated veterans from government property in Washington before returning to Fort Meyer.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Washington
Highway Department
Pinchot
Virginia
District of Columbia
Hoover
Fort Meyer
Ging
U. S
Anacostia Camp
Pennsylvania Avenue
Guity
Johnstown
University of Texas launches $3.5 million building program
The University of Texas at Austin unveils a nine building plan totaling 3.5 million dollars. A $1 million, 27 story library is planned as a centerpiece and other structures include engineering, dormitory, geology, physics, auditorium, union, architecture, and home economics buildings. Financing comes from oil-well revenues on university land in Pecos country where 100,000 barrel wells are common and holdings total about 40 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas, At Austin
Pecos
West Texas
Ousted Chick Association member fatally shoots official
Exiled from the International Baby Chick Association C A Norman of Knoxville Tennitor rose at a meeting in Milwaukee and shot President Charley Sawyer of Hoytville Ohio. Secretary Reese Hicks of Kansas City was critically wounded as Norman continued firing before killing himself.
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Milwaukee
Mexico Pays Homage To Miguel Hidalgo
The flag at the Mexican consulate hung at half mast marking a July mourning sequence for Fr. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. The article notes Hidalgo sparked Mexico’s independence with El Grito on September 15, 1810 and was executed July 30 after capture in Coahuila. It also lists July dates for Obregon Benito Juarez and Emilio Carranza.
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George Washington
Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Hidalgo
Acastila de Bajan
Coahuila
Chihuahua
Obregon
Benito Juarez
Emelio Carranza
Lindbergh
Mexico lifts free duty on construction materials
Consul Lisandro Pena reports that border towns in Mexico lose the import duty exemption for building materials after Saturday noon. The decree cancellation halted building in Villa Acuna, with protests planned and officials noting U S materials become primary for local construction due to Mexico's high tariffs.
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Mexico
Lisandro Pena
Rubio
Department of Property
Mexico City
Pena
Villa Acuna Chamber of Commerce
Villa Acuna
United States
Pearsall Uvalde and Hondo Jourdanian Highways Sought
A Texas delegation will ask the State Highway Commission to designate two new routes. One would run from Pearsall in Frio County to Uvalde in Uvalde County, led by Judge John J. Pranglin and Judge Green B. Fenley. The second would connect Hondo on State Highway 3 in Medina County to Jourdanton in Atascosa County via Devine, linked to State Highways 3 and 97 under County Judge R J Noonan.
Mrs Wild Dies in Yonkers. Cash Found Sewn in Clothes
Police found more than $2,000 in currency sewn into the clothes of Mrs Mary Wild of Yonkers New York after her death. The oddly concealed funds prompt questions about the cause of death and possible motive or heirs.
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Mary Wild
Yonkers, N
Khaki Shirts planned to challenge money power in U S
In Washington and Long Beach reports detail two unrelated events. A woman in Long Beach commits suicide at a party attended by friends. Separately Walter Waters announces a new national group named Khaki Shirts, formed by veterans evicted from camps, aiming to challenge moneyed interests and mirroring fascist party styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bonus Army
Walter W. Waters
Bonus Expeditionary Forces
Johnstown
Waters
Camp Marks
Germany
Italy
Torch Bandits Fail to Loot Bank of Santo
Burglars failed to loot the First National Bank of Santo as a hole was burned in the vault door and only an electric fan was missing. Investigators believe two drums of acetylene gas stolen from a Mineral Wells warehouse were used in the failed robbery attempt.
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TORCH
Bank OF Santo
First National Bank of Santo
Here
C. Hatcher
Coahuila Cattleman Dies in San Antonio
Leopoldo F. Cantu, 42, an official of the Coahuila Cattlemen’s Association in Mexico, died at a San Antonio hospital after a month of treatment. His body was sent to Piedras Negras for funeral and burial, accompanied by cousin Manuel Aguilar. Survivors include his parents and four sisters.
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San Antonio
Leopoldo F. Cantu
Coahuila Cattlemen's Association
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Manuel Aguilar
Seed Loan Agent Henry Witherington Sentenced
Henry Witherington, a Houston County farm demonstration agent, pleaded guilty to fraud related to federal seed loans in Alabama. He was sentenced to four years in the United States penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dohan
Ala
Henry Witherington
Houston County
United States Penitentiary
Truck Load Law Injunction Won by State
The Texas attorney general's department secured a temporary writ of injunction in Travis County District Court halting truck operators and their attorneys from seeking action in state courts to block enforcement of the 17000 pound lead limit. The Supreme Court had upheld the law's constitutionality. Assistant Attorney General Hooper filed today and said further injunctions are sought in remote areas to prevent enforcement of a valid state law.
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Austin
Attorney General’s Department
J. D. Moore
Travis County
Supreme Court of the United States
Hooper
Hunter wins West Texas ballots for governor race
Nearly complete returns from 42 counties show Hunter with 26 437 votes, Ferguson 25 996 and Sterling 22 503. Analysts expect Sterling to gain roughly four votes for every Ferguson vote to challenge for the governorship.
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Hunter
West
Texas
James E. Ferencon
Rog Sterling
Texas Election Bureau
Ferguson
Sterling
Fergu- Hun Ster
Terling
Midland Erect
Nolan Wenn Waesees
Presidio
Schleicher
Owesenes
Winkler
Essere
Odessa Man Held For One of Pecos River Mysteries
Odessa resident Fred Moutray, 38, was indicted at Fort Stockton on murder charges in the 1930 Pecos River death of R. H. Poland whose nude body was recovered near the Pecos River in March 1930.
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Odessa
Pecos River
Texas
Fred Moutray
Fort Stockton
R. H. Poland
Here
Man and Widow Held In Probe of Murder
In St Joseph Missouri Mrs Allie Elifrits 39 and J W Boose 44 detained by police as they investigate the slaying of Ed Elifrits 53 whose body was found in a ditch two miles south of Hopkins. He had been shot in the neck and beaten.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Allie Elifrits
Maryville
J. W. Boose
Ed Elifrits
Elifrits
Hopkins
Alpine Paper Confirms Terrell Lost By Narrow Margin
Alpine Paper reports official Brewster County count not released but suggests J Tarney Terrell polled 452 votes rather than 552. Townsend of Alpine appears to win the nomination for State Representative by under 100 votes. Several Alpine residents had claimed 552 votes for Terrell, later corrected.
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Alpine
Terrell
Brewster County
J. Tarney Terrell
E. E. Townsend
Avalanche
Chiefs of Railway Kingdoms To Confer on 4 Power Plan
Leaders of four rail giants prepare for talks in New York as the Interstate Commerce Commission advances a plan to merge 205 railroads into four systems. Each chief has reduced his salary: Atterbury 121,500. Bennet 90,000. Willard 100,000. Williamson 80,000.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Internstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Presi
Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Bennet
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Williamson
New York Central Railroad Company
Bright Spots New Brighton Plant Reopens
Fifty men returned to work at Standard City Products in Fallston. Commerce department reports 15 percent rise in US cotton cloth exports for the first half of this year versus 1931. University of Texas notes 31 percent jump in unfilled orders in cotton manufacturing. Dallas Federal Reserve Monthly Review cites higher livestock prices, healthy ranges, and sericultural prospects boosting district confidence.
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New Brighton
Standard City Products Company
Fallston
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Austin
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Dallas
Monthly Business Review
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Farm prices rise in July as hogs and cotton gain
The Department of Agriculture reports a general advance of 5 points in farm prices for the month ending July 15. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics index shows prices at 57 percent of the pre war average, the largest rise since July 1929, driven by hogs cattle eggs and cotton.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
TireVandalism Reported in Bronx Vehicles Punctured
In the Bronx New York about 200 automobiles had tires slashed or punctured in a single night likely using ice picks. The incident suggests a coordinated act causing widespread damage to cars across the borough.
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Bronx
N. Y
Wife slain in dance quarrel in Longview
A family quarrel led to a fatal shooting at a tourist court in Longview Texas. Mrs Bessie Heal was killed and her husband wounded critically after three bullets struck her as she left in their car. He then shot himself. John Smith, the victim’s father, witnessed the incident.
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Longview
Texas
Bessie Heal
Corpus Christi to Pay Off in Scrip
Corpus Christi announces salary changes for city officers and employees. Starting July, half of monthly pay will be in cash and half in scrip payable when countersigned by the comptroller. The comptroller will call vouchers as money becomes available. Beginning August 1 drastic salary cuts take effect.
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Corpus Christi
Twins Born to Cow Rutherfordson
N C personal item notes that C P Briscoe's milk cow recently delivered twins, a male and a female, in a rare livestock birth report from the region.
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Rutherfordson, N. C
C. P. Briscoe
Colorado cloudburst floods hit Denver area homes
A torrential rain storm swept Colorado flooding hundreds of homes and damaging crops. In Black Forest near Colorado Springs a wall of water hit Templeton Creek area. Colorado Springs suffered about 250 damaged homes while Pueblo areas saw about 2,000 residences flooded with no fatalities reported.
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Denver
Colorado
Black Forest
Colorado Springs
Templeton Cmp
Pueblo
August Term County Court Opens Monday
August term of County Court convenes Monday before County Judge Roger Thurmond. Dockets show more criminal matters than civil, with cases including theft, swindling, assault, obtaining lodging by fraudulent means, tax violations, and illegal voting among numerous defendants.
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Roger Thurmond
State of Texas
Jimmie Henderson
Jas. O. Wright
Arch Miller
Alfred Allee
J. C. Shaw
Albert Taylor
A. B. Bowers
St. Charles Hotel
John P Butcher Texas Capitalist Dies After Illness
John P. Butcher, 65, capitalist and president of the Cummer Manufacturing Company with plants in Paris Mineola and Beaumont Texas and holdings in several cities, died today after several weeks illness. He was a prominent business figure with eastern state interests.
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Paris
Texas
John P. Butcher
Butcher
Cummer Manufacturing Company
Mineola
Beaumont
Weather Forecast for Del Rio and Vicinity
Mostly fair tonight and Sunday with light to moderate westerly to south westerly winds on the coast. Maximum yesterday 96.8 degrees, minimum 7.6? This morning 78 degrees.
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del Rio
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Jack Dempsey
Mineral Wells
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Wichita
W. W. Atterbury
Daniel Willard
J. J. Bernet
F. E. Williamson
A. J. Stratton
H. W. Sherod
Roy Lowry
Fred L. Belameyer
W. E. McCulley
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Santiago Orozco
B. Cardenas
H. J. Lowe
Santos Rodriguez
Vicinte Flores
Juan Pena
David Ortiz
John Butcher
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