A Worldly Quip and National Chatter From a Prairie Page
Aimee returns from around the world with no new husband in sight as men grow more cautious. Brisbanes notes men stay briefly, and the Prince favors school mil training while Greta Garbo vacations in Sweden. The Young Democrats resist constitutional change, bootlegging persists, and Roosevelt hosts a press conference with far fewer than 345 notable reporters. A San Antonio violin school opens amid jokes about violinists. Kidnap suspects in a Western Coast case are young, paroled, and described as small fry.
Columns and remarks blend through wartime drafts and dispatches
A collage of quotes notes Huey Long avoiding 1917 draft as a notary public. Manchukuo decorations proliferate with 6970 Order of the Prosperous Club medals built in Osaka and a 30000 more promised next year. A Hollywood actress cites conflict between art and marriage. Joliet warden prizes optimism over hoodlum players.
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Manchukuo
Kentucky
Order of the Prosperous Club
Osaka
Del Rio Area Weather Report
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Yesterday's high reached 87 degrees and the minimum was 75. The morning low was 77 with winds from the west and east across the region.
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West and East Texas
Mail Resumes Transit by Kerrville Route
A Del Rio Fast Freight Line truck carried 81 sacks of delayed mail from San Antonio and other eastern points to the post office at 10 am. Mail will resume via Kerrville and Rock Springs road with aims to restore daily San Antonio departures and all directions’ service as quickly as possible.
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del Rio
Kerrville-Rocksprings
Ray Ross
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Ross
Reguar
North Texas
el Paso
West Coast
Painter
Nueces River
Uvalde
Rain floods Sanderson. railway bridge and tanks overflow
Two and a half inches of rain drenched Sanderson late Sunday afternoon, filling draws and tanks to overflow. The heavy downpour swelled draws and submerged the railway bridge at Moffett, delaying the westbound passenger train until 11 p.m.
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Sanderson
Moffett
Clipper Flying Blind on Return Trip to Hawaii
At Midway Island the Pan American clipper seaplane fled the takeoff in clear weather. The crew flew the 1,500 miles to Honolulu using only instruments after the curtains were drawn in the cockpit. The return flight to the U S mainland was expected to take just over nine hours and thirteen minutes due to headwinds.
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Clipper
Hawaii
Midway Island
Honolulu
United States
Loomis Aids Liberia Recognition After 1930 Break
In Washington on June 17 Honorable John Loomis, U S financial adviser in Liberia, helped secure diplomatic recognition for Liberia after years without it. The move hinges on reforms to end forced labor, improve sanitation, and bolster the government’s finances under President Edward Barclay. Loomis will return to Del Rio Texas after August legislature session. Britain delays recognizing Liberia, seeking assurance that Kru tribes face no tyranny in Monrovia. Washington expects the condition to end.
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Washington
John Loomis
Liberia
Loomis
America
del Rio
Texas
United States
Edward Barclay
Britain
Great Britain
African Republic
Monrovia
Hamer in Gun Battle During Kirbyville Kidnap Probe
Jasper County deputy sheriff Clint Hamer and officers chased two suspects in a sedan after a tip placed William Mahan in Kirbyville. The pursuit ended when the men fired an automatic weapon, wounding no one. Tire tracks later led officers to believe the suspect doubled back through Kirbyville.
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Clint Hamer
Jasper County
Harrison Hamer
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
Kirbyville
Mahan
Hamer
Funeral Services Conducted Monday For Tabor Child
Funeral services for Betty Jane Tabor six month old daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Tabor were held Monday from the family home at 106 East Broadway with Rev G Robert Forrester of the First Christian Church officiating Interment followed at Masonic Cemetery under Doran Funeral Home direction The baby died Sunday at 3 pm Surviving are the parents three sisters Geneva Virginia and Wanda Lou and two brothers J B and Bobbie
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Betty Jane Tabor
LaGrange Homes Swept Away by Colorado Flood
LaGrange reports extensive flood damage from the Colorado River with 25 Negro huts and 10 white homes destroyed. The river stood at 51 feet and continued to rise, contributing to a $2,000,000 damage estimate tied to the Austin area over the weekend.
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LaGrange
Colorado
Austin
Del Rio Area Roads Remain Open Amid Damaged Highways
Highways near Del Rio are largely open but described as rocky and narrow. Detours direct traffic via routes through Macre Quemado Eagle Pass Catarina Laredo and other county roads as officials await water recession before planning Nueces traffic handling.
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del Rio
Highway Department
Sycamore
Brackettville
Eagle Pass
San Antonio
Macre
Quemado
Carta Valley
Nueces
Calles Leaves Politics for Return to Ranch in Mexico
General Plutarco Elias Calles, former president and dominant figure, withdrew from politics after a five day crisis and said he would move to his Sinaloa ranch tomorrow. President Lazaro Cardenas retains governing power as Calles resigns, arguing Cardenas policies are too radical.
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Mexico
D. F
Plutarco Elias Calles
Sinaloa Ranch
Lazaro Cardenas
Calles
Cardenas
House Advances Tax Bill to Extend Temporary Taxes
The House approved a resolution extending two year temporary taxes and sent it to the Senate. The measure would raise about $500 million annually. Amendments to the farm adjustment act were taken up for debate.
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HOUSE
Washington
Senate
Senate urged probe into alleged Japan pact violation
Senator King of Utah proposed a Senate resolution to investigate whether Japan's Manchuria seizure and China demands violated the Kellogg peace pact or the nine power treaty. The move comes as Tokyo actions have drawn condemnations as treaty breaches.
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Washington
Senate
Japan
China
King
Utah
Manchuria
Unlucky Thursdays Bring Severe Storms to Del Rio Area
Del Rio reports a string of deadly and damaging storms on Thursdays this year. March 21 wind and cloudburst wrecked tanks at Illinois Pipe Line, April 4 lightning struck a home, a tornado damaged Quemado Valley, and a nine inch flood drowned four and washed out bridges.
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Illinois Pipe Line Company
del Rio
Quemado Valley
Dr Truett Plans Globe Circling Preaching Tour
Dr George W Truett longtime Dallas pastor and Baptist World Alliance president will launch a year long preaching journey encircling the globe. He has yet to decide whether to split foreign mission work into two six month segments or spend a full year at the task and hopes to be in Texas for part of 1936 the centennial year.
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George W. Truett
First Baptist Church
Dallas
Baptist World Alliance
Truett
Five Die in Auto Crash Near Lakeview
Five persons killed in a Dallas Highway collision near Lakeview late yesterday. Four women died at once and J. E. Tyson of Dallas died later. The women named are Mrs. A. O. Hammer of Waco, Mrs. M. M. Myers of Peoria, Mrs. J. E. Tyson and Mrs. J. E. Wiley of Austin.
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Waco
Lakeview
Dallas
J. E. Tyson
A. O. Hammer
M. M. Myers
Peoria
J. E. Wiley
Austin
Villa Acuna Man Nabbed on Theft Charge
A Villa Acuna resident is held for burglary investigation after police arrest occurred Sunday at 3 a m by Sheriff A E Steinmetz between Main and Gunner Streets. The companion fled as the sheriff pursued four blocks and fired several times to deter him. The suspect remains in county jail for further inquiry.
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Villa Acuna
A. E. Steinmetz
Main
Gunner
Steinmetz
Red Cross holds meeting on flood relief for San Felipe families
A special Red Cross gathering at the Chamber of Commerce, with National reps Miss Gertrude Girardeau and George E. Smith, outlines plans to aid 80 destitute Mexican families in San Felipe. Committees form for finance, funds, and relief of food, clothing, and shelter with local civic partners.
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Red Cross
National Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
San Felipe
George E. Smith
Gertrude Girardeau
National Disaster Reserve
Mexican Chamber of Commerce
H. Conger Jones
A. J. Taillon
QO. M. I
Selma Stoeckle
The
Pete” Munal
Val Verde County
Mesdames W. M. Abbey
Geo. W. Cox
Clarence Herreford
Pete Geib
Frank Schmidt
W. ©. Ford
Alymer Gilmer
del Rio National Bank
Editors Oppose New Deal in Poll of 514 Leaders
Newsdom reports 514 editors and publishers from 38 states show 34 percent fully back the New Deal and 19 percent partially, while 48 percent oppose it. Majorities reject the National Recovery Act and other bills, yet back home and work relief and social security programs. A 1934 poll of 2035 papers differed with a majority approving the New Deal.
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Newsdom
Rains Halt Melon Harvest In Laredo District
Heavy rains over the past month totaling 5.11 inches in Laredo and nearby areas have slowed cantaloupe harvesting and sales. Of 1000 to 1200 acres ready for gathering only 51 car loads have been shipped.
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Laredo
Japan presses for new Chinese slice amid army threat
Rengo news service from Hsinking reports a high military council ordered Governor Sung Cheh Yuan of Chahar Province to resign. If the National Government does not remove him, Japan says it will act. The move signals intent to extend control over Chahar and Hopei provinces and dictate Chinese administration and garrisons.
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Hsinking
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Chahar Province
China
Military Council
Sung
Chahar
Hopei
Flood Provides Vacation for 30 S P Emploees
About 30 Southern Pacific Railway workers are on enforced vacation until train traffic normalizes. Officials expect traffic to resume by week’s end, with repairs in the Nueers River area and the construction of a new bridge and roadbeds required before tracks can be replaced.
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The
Southern Pacific Railway
Nueers River
Governor Takes Hand in Omaha Street Car War
Governor Cochran invoked martial law in Omaha ordering street cars off the streets at 11 a.m. after the company refused to name an arbitrator. The National Guard, about 1,800 men, took control Saturday night. Strikers accepted the ultimatum and produced an arbitrator today. Two people died and many were injured in the disturbances surrounding the strike.
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Omaha
Omaha, Neb
Cochran
Ickes Raises PWA Funding for Red Bluff Dam
Secretary Ickes announced a rise in the PWA loan and grant for the Red Bluff dam project on the Pecos River elevating the total to 2.884 million dollars. The increase covers the dam power house and transmission line due to higher site costs. Additional boosts included New Mexico Fort Sumner water system funds growing from 58 000 to 65 000 dollars.
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Washington
Ickes
PWA
Red Bluff
Pecos
New Mexico
Fort Sumner
Flood Victim Identified as Mrs Ramon Flores in San Felipe Creek
The body of Mrs. Ramon Flores, third flood victim recovered since Thursday, was found near the Gilchrist place on San Felipe Creek about 5 p m Saturday. She was identified by family ties and buried Sunday. The rescue effort continues for the fourth victim and about five others missing. Local relief groups and officials coordinate clothing, food, and temporary housing as Red Cross and other organizations assist flood survivors.
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Gilchrist Place
San Felipe Creek
Ramon Flores
Clyde Carr Hurt As Blast Wrecks His Lunch Stand
Clyde Carr suffered shock minor burns and a wrenched back in a Monday morning explosion that wrecked his lunch stand on North Main Street. He lit a cigaret to trigger the blast which sent a sheet of flame toward the ceiling. Buell Shaw stepped outside as the destruction ripped through the interior.
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Clyde Carr
North Main Street
Mr. Carr
Buell Shaw
North Heights
Cattle Die From Overeating Weeds Across New Mexico
In San Miguel County, and other regions, cattle losses mounted as a dietary disorder linked to consuming excessive weeds was described by Dr. F. L. Schneider of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. The condition caused stock fatalities and prompted reports of extensive deaths.
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Albuquerque
N. M
F. L. Schneider
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
San Miguel
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