E P Weletams Victim Of Heart Attack
E P Weletams dies of a heart attack in Sabinas Mexico on Monday. Funeral services for Williams will likely be held in Del Rio on Wednesday. He had recently lived in Det Rio area, worked with the Cutesy Off Company as manager, and was about years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P Williamws
del Rio
Williams
Sabinas
Mexico
Eegie
Parage
Det Rie
Mr. Willams
Sr. Rio
Aver Mocquet
Villa Acuss
del Rio Chon
Celticenta
Bond Set For Six Men In Rum Raids
Six men were bound over on liquor charges after raids near De Roosot Bracketville. Defendants including Hage and Brace faced counts for possession and sale of 34 pints of home brew and were cast in default of 30 pounds bonds. Others named include Prince, Urrades, and Civetranateo with additional liquor violations linking to Brackettville and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Smith
Port Clark Soitiers
Hage
Prince
Lawrent
Jew Urrades
Leon Civetranateo
Brackettville
Renmito Ramon
le International Pridee
Del Rio High School Band Holds First Practice
The Del Hio High School Band begins Thursday night rehearsals at Greenwood Park. Joe King says the number of players is not fixed, but a 20 piece band could form soon. Musicians should contact Professor King or the Chamber of Commerce.
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del Hio High Scheol
Greenwood Park
Joe King
Professor King
Chamber of Commerce
Pair Accused of Payroll Murder Executed in Columbia
JP Ray Coleman and Paul Johnson were executed in the electric chair in Columbia for the December 1928 murder of Earl Beleue, paymaster for the Dayton Millis. Coleman admitted guilt while Johnson denied participation. their wives watched from outside the death chamber.
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Columbia
Ray Coleman
Paul Johnson
Earl Beleue
Dayton Millis
Coleman
Johnson
Southern Cross Encounters Fog Over Atlantic Flight
Dublin dispatch reports Captain Kingsford-Smith in the Southern Cross flying westward over the Atlantic at about 100 miles per hour. By 8 45 this morning the craft was 700 miles west of Ireland and roughly 1 200 miles from Newfoundland, with foggy conditions en route.
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Dublin
Ireland
Kingsford-Smith
Southern Cross
Atlantic
Irish
New Foundland
Bank Raids Reported in Multiple States
A sequence of bank robberies across states includes Grand Rapids and Clarendon episodes. Robbers stole bonds and cash, unmasked or armed, with victims and witnesses affected by the incursions. Several unknown assailants carried away sums ranging into the thousands in cash and securities.
Suit Involves Partnership in Filling Station
Juttre W. P. Littleton named defendant in district court suit for accounting and partition filed by RH Ward. Case concerns operation of the T and T Service Station on Main Street with parties involved in partnership matters of the filling station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juttre
W. P. Littleton
RH Ward
Main Street
Monthly Credit Luncheons Plan For Merchants
The Pel Rie Retail Merchants Association approved a monthly credit luncheon on the third Tuesday. John Rowland, president, presided. George Love was elected luncheon chairman. Brief talks by John Rowland, George Love, J. P. Bendis, Dudney and E. Horton were given. There will be advance programs and member reports to aid credit men and improve service.
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Pel Rie
Reweca Lion
Hotel Roswell
George Love
John Rowland
Association
John
J.P. Bendis
Dudney
WE. Horton
Rowland
J. T. Laugntin
Servier
Election Rioters In Bolivia Turn Violent at La Paz
Washington dispatches report eight killed and 23 injured in election demonstrations at La Paz Bolivia. Rioters tore up streets and damaged property Sunday. Leaders of the mob were imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
la Paz
Bolivia
Brady Woman Hurt In Crossing Accident
Mrs. Alfred Englehardt of Brady was seriously injured when a Santa Fe train struck the Englehardt car at a grade crossing near Eden at 7:16 this morning. Her husband and their 6 year old daughter escaped with minor bruises. It was the first grade crossing accident on the Santa Fe branch in 19 years of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Alfred Englehardt
Brady
Englehardt
Santa Fe
Eden
Salesman Wakes Bond In Tennessee Swindle Case
Maurice Chatines charged in Alpine fraud involving a $260 bond posted Monday afternoon. Alleged offense dated June 6, 1929, with preliminary hearing set for July 6 in Judge Jolles district court. Chalk presided jury in September 26, 1929, recommending sentence. Chatines linked to a washing machine company case and prior embezzlement and forged instrument charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Chatines
Alpine
Joseph Jolves
Chalk
Arman
Eptente
de Chauines
Jersey G O P Adopts Repeal for Platform
Republican readers at an uc conference drafted a repeal of prohibition for the party platform. Dwight W Morrow, winner of the Republican nomination for the Senate, attended the conference as the plank was prepared by the committee before the convention opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renton
W Morrow
S&s
Senate
Forty Convicts Slain in Burman Jail Riots
Rioting prisoners at Central Rangoon Jail in Burma attack guards and attempt a breakout. About forty convicts and six sentries are killed. hundreds of inmates are wounded before militia recovers control after ammunition runs dry. Nearby travelers Mr and Mrs Walmsley and children depart for Port Arthur for a weeks long visit.
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W. Walmsley
Ckcjaren
Lizabeth
May
Evelyn
Port Arthur
Third Dragline Joins Main Canal Work on Maverick County Project
Pagle Pass June 24 activity on the main canal of the Maverick County irrigation project adds a third dragline, a 3T Monaghan, to begin north toward Pinto Creek. Machines Nos. 7 and 16 continue work, with 16 temporarily mired but freed by logs and a firm mat road. Overall, about 400,000 yards had been excavated by June 22 as the team aims for 7,000,000 cubic yards in the first section from intake to the Power plant.
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Pagle Pass
Monaghan
Texquite Creek
San Diego
Rio Grande
Cotulla
Bedell Moore
Pinto Creek
Wood
Trinity Farm Dragline
Shaiceway
Central Power and Light Company
Murphy Attacks Eagle Pass Political Machine In Del Rio Speech
San Angelo attorney E. E. Murphy, candidate for Congress, denounces El Paso political machine and calls for breaking its grip on the 16th district. He praises Claude Hudspeth, urges busting trusts and redistributing power, and supports railroad law reforms. Del Rio series with the Cowboys noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Eagle Pass
E. E
Pat) Murphy
San Angelo
Hon
Co. B. Hudspeth
Val Verde County
el Paso
John L. Dodson
Cumberland University
Dodson
Thomason Murphy
C. C. Directors Gather Tonight
The Chamber of Commerce board meets at 8 oclock Tuesday night in the chambers rooms with no business transacted at the last regular meeting due to lack of a quorum. One director has been urged to appeal Tuesday's meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Aeeal
Assault charge filed against H B Terrell
San Antonio June 24. H B Terrell of Austin brother of former comptroller S H Terrell is free on bond facing an assault to murder charge after a Sunday night altercation at his sister Miss Alta Terrells home. He is alleged to have slapped her causing a cut lip and a head wound. she fled through the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
H. B Terrell
Austin
S. H. Terrell
Alta Terrell
Tne
Terrell
Prisoner Delayed Medical Aid Endangers Life
Tyler dispatch reports State prisoner H. B. Harkness, convicted of chicken theft, awaiting approval to receive medical care. Crowded penitentiary kept him in county jail delaying an appendectomy, worsening his condition with little hope of recovery.
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Tyler
H. B. Harkness
Harkness
May Births Surpass Deaths In Del Rio And Nearby Cities
Del Rio reports 11 births and 9 deaths in May per state health department figures. In the 10,000 to 20,000 population bracket Bic Spring records 17 births and 1 death, while Eagle Pass in the 2,560 to 10,000 group shows 4 births and 8 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
State Department of Health
Eagle Pass
Mattie Bell to Visit Thursday by Ex-Students Group
Mattie Bell, head football coach at Texas A and M College, and F E McQuillen, secretary of the Texas A and M College Ex-Students Association, will be entertained Thursday by the Del Rio A and M Ex-Students Association led by Lyle Almond. Former students are urged to contact E S Flmer, secretary of the local ex-students association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Bell
Texas A. & M. College
F E. McQuillen
del Rio A. & M
Lyle Almond
E. S. Flmer
Intentions to Wed Filed by Sanchez and Maldonado
Notice records that Benito Sanchez and Cosma Maldonado filed intention to wed in the county clerk's office. The filing indicates plans to marry, signaling the legal step toward nuptials.
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Benito Sanchez
Cosma Maldonado
Parker Firm Buys 250 Registered Sheep in Local Trade
G Ho Parker and Sons purchased 150 registered backs from Dave Cooper and 100 from Roger Gillis. Prices were 25 dollars each to Cooper and 26 dollars each to Gillis. Sheep deliveries arrived to Schilling Parker Monday.
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G. Ho
Dream of Shipwreck Triggers Leap From Window
In Montpelier Vermont on July 4 1774 a man awoke from a shipwreck dream and leaped from a bedroom window with his wife in his arms both occupants were lightly injured authorities said the incident occurred at the couple's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Bareld Weise
Five Victims of Weekend Mishaps Recovering
Marcellus Lowe of Brackettvale had a fractured rib from a Loop Road wreck Sunday night and was moved from a local hospital to his home Tuesday morning. Two other youths with cuts and bruises have recovered. Vernon Perry, seriously injured Friday night, is reported as “fair” and staying at his mother's home. Roberto Rodriguez, burned from placing a lamp near a gas line tank, left the hospital Monday night. Felix Rodriguez remains hospitalized after a Sunday car crash into a truck left him with a fractured rib.
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Marcellus Lowe
Brackettvale
Loop Road
Vernon Perry
Roberto Rodriguez
Felix Rodriguez
Roberto
Gun Shots During Dance Incident Injures Villagomez
Engineer Villagomez of San Carlos was shot Sunday during a dance at Jiminez and transported to Piedras Negras where no medical aid was available in Jiminez. Jealousy sparked the quarrel. he is expected to recover. Villagomez worked with Jose Sanchez Mejérada on San Carlos agricultural development.
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Villagomez
San Carlos
Jiminez
Piedras Nepras
Jiminez Seation
Jose Sanchez Mejérada
Lyle Almond Operates Garfield Service Station
R. H. Old Man forms partnership with Lyle Almond at Garfield Service Station on Garfield Street. Almond leased the station from the Texas Company February 15. Ward, a veteran service-station operator, joins as partner and standard associate in local operations.
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R. H
Old Man
Lyle Almond
Garfield
Garfield Street
Hoover Likely Veto on World War Veterans Bill
President Hoover denounced the World War veterans bill calling it bad legislation and signaled a veto. The measure passed the Senate 66 to 6 after House approval, and a conference is expected to send it to the White House today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Senate
House
White House
Congress
Sheriff closes Keno and six concessions at Alums Exposition
The sheriff and district attorney ordered six carnival concessions shut at the Alums Exposition Shows on the Loop Road after a meeting. The losses included the keno game and wheel and clothespin prize devices where chance was a major factor. Concessions requiring skill like doll racks and the ball drop remained open. The same carnival company had been warned previously and returned to reopen outside the city limits.
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Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Office
Carnival
Loop Road
Midwest Heat Wave Claims Dozens in Death Toll
A severe Midwest heat wave killed at least 24 people across Illinois Nebraska Iowa and Missouri. The Central West saw record temperatures up to 106 degrees and multiple sunstrokes drownings and fatalities linked to the extreme heat. Local reports name Frank Willis near Tulsa and George Winner as among the victims.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Iowa
iiUners
Missouri
Cintrala
Oklahoma City
Frank Willis
Tulsa
George Winr
Black fugitive sought by Kerr County officers
A 21 year old Black man nicknamed Alien Fifer, jailed in Villa Acuna for weeks, likely to be delivered to Val Verde County sheriff Wednesday by immigration authorities. Kerr County seeks him for escaping custody after a 25 year sentence for a serious case involving his father in law. Villa Acuna plans to deport him for local handover at the crossing.
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Fifer
Villa Acuna
Val Verde County
Crystal City opens new 15-room hospital
Crystal City Texas opens a 15 room hospital equipped with X-ray and fluoroscope laboratories under Dr Cary A Pindexter and superintendent Mrs L Lunetta. The institution is named Crystal Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal City’s Hospital
Crystal City
Tex
Cary A. Poindexter
L. Lunetta
Crystal Hospital
Weather Summary Del Rio Vicinity and Texas
Del Rio area reports generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Yesterday’s high reached 91 and low 76. West Texas and East Texas expect fair skies with broken clouds tonight and likely tomorrow.
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Grand Rapids
Koble. Hi
P—Pour Fandita
Bendita
Ermpiewes
Corhiers
Ron Texas Bank
Clarendon
Texas
Demsey County
Rex King Morgan
Nora Kuna
San Mates
Calif
Kuna
Denver
Morgan
Colorado City
de Chatines
Jersey
Maverick County
Raps Thomason
West
A. A Glover
Meyer
San
Angelo
BE. M_ Johnson
Board of City Development
E. FE. Lowrie
Claude B. Hudspeth
Southwest
Fagle Pass
Sunasy
del Rio Cowboys
C. C
H. B. Terrell
Miss Terrell
Thusday
Keno Game
Stock News
Midwest
West Texas
East
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