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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1935
Page
2
Dun and Bradstreet reports improved trade and retail activity last week after NRA termination. Wholesale volumes rose on reorders while future commitments waited on price trends. Retail sales rose 6 to 15 percent from a year earlier with weather helping gains in the Southwest.
A playful local item notes a cat in Lake Bluff TL being belled to save birds in the Chicago suburbs. The scene riffs on bells warning mice and birds as townsfolk cheer Cock Robin, while an ad mentions mimeograph and paper weights for sale by The Herald Printing Co.
Oklahoma City June 8. The First Battalion 120th Engineers of the Oklahoma National Guard will move 206 enlisted men and 13 officers by 28 trucks into Texas along Highway 66 west of Erick for a two week Summer encampment in Las Vegas New Mexico. Units from Wetumka Idabel Norman and Oklahoma City join the battalion for movement and bivouac at Amarillo on June 8 returning June 23. The 120th Engineers is a mixed New Mexico and Oklahoma regiment with only the Oklahoma unit mobilizing for this exercise.
About 50 boys joined the cooperative batching plan at John Tarleton College, learning to manage finances and living efficiently. The group posted strong scholarship, avoided discipline issues, and averaged $38.36 per semester on living expenses, with some spending as low as $7.75 per month.
Harvard Law professor Felix Frankfurter, expert on the Supreme Court, advised the Roosevelt administration on how far to interpret the high court. His input helped delay a test case involving the NRA and Schechter, amid White House ties to business interests and NRA leaders' push for a decision before June 16.
GC. R. Garner of Amarillo had his dairy herd judged by Joe Ridgeway of Fort Worth as the highest among five Texas herds. Ridgeway, one of eight authorized American Jersey Cattle club judges, averaged Garner’s herd of 11 cows and three calves at 84.3 points a high good plus rating.
Advice on maximizing mileage focuses on tuning the carburetor and fuel system for warm weather. Irregular idling and backfiring indicate a rich mix, while leaning during acceleration or downhill runs signals too lean a mix. Clean or replace spark plugs to improve efficiency, with proper spark potentially saving one gallon per ten gallons.
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