Quick Work Of Employes Halts Serious Blaze At Del Rio Refinery
Workers at the Del Rio Refinery east of the city prevented a major blast when a head valve blew off. Crew members including C A Bparks and FR A Ballard shut valves, battled flames, and kept a large fire from threatening life and property. Insurance covers $5,000 damage. operation resumed after days offline.
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Heron
del Rio
Wie
A.b Wrather
C. ‘A. Bparks
FR. A. Ballard
Inurance
Newlay
Rush Repair of Camp Wood Rail Line to Uvalde
June 23 report states the Uvalde Northern Railroad between Uvalde and Camp Wood will resume service in the latter part of the week after over a week of suspension. Heavy rains damaged six or seven bridges and the road bed, with damage estimated at 10000 dollars. intermittent service has continued, but no regular trains since the Nueces Canyon flood.
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Camp Wood
Uvalde
Uvalde Am Northern Railroad
This City
Camp Weer
Bombers Irradiate Vacant Stores in Kansas City Attack
A car speeding through Kansas City early today tossed a bomb at vacant store buildings. The blast shattered windows and caused property damage. No injuries were reported.
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Kansas City
Local youth injured by falling pigeon box
L B Walker Jr. reportedly rests at his parents home after Tuesday afternoon head injury from a pigeon box. He was knocked to the ground but regained ease by Wednesday morning.
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L. Bo Walker Jr. D
Broadway
LL. B
Manning baby born to W H and wife Will Jr
Mr and Mrs W H Manning welcomed an eight pound boy born Tuesday. The child has been named Will Jr.
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W. H. Manning
Will Jr
Laborers clash with foreman as border patrol agent shot
June 25 Laredo report says Robert Kelsey a Border Patrol member was ambushed by three smugglers and wounded one during a gun battle before Patrolman Edwin Brown arrived. The smugglers fled with their wounded as officers scour nearby for leads. Kelsey a Denton teachers college graduate who served overseas in World War II was hospitalized with a chance to recover.
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Laredo
Robert Kelsey
Border Path
Kelsey
Edwin Brown
Asa Aloe
Brown
Keepy
To Teacher's College
Denton
Montague Pleads for Continuance Of Trial By Jury
Montague, a Texas attorney, urged the Del Rio Rotary Club to support continuance of jury trials amid federal encroachment on states rights. He cited historical liberties and warned against broader central government power. The luncheon featured music, Boy Scouts funding update, and plans for a local play season. Ulric Floss, incoming Rotary president, was in Chicago for Rotary International duties.
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Seainet
del Rio Rotary Club
Howl Iswell
Brian Montague
Montague
Texas Railroad Commission
Haig
Holmes
Mary and
Louise Turner
George E. Love
Nueces River
Barksdale
Grant
Ulric Floss
Chicago
Rotary International
Nine year old hunter kills bear with .22 rifle
Johnny Herdenbrooke, a nine year old hunter, shot a bear with his .22 calibre rifle. The incident followed his earlier daring crawl into a mother's coyote den to steal six puppies.
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Stampord
Mont
Jonnpy Herdenbrooke
Johnny
Michigan Woman Wins Piety Prize at 103
Birmingham Michigan June 25 UPI Sara Allen 90 is described as the oldest member of her venerable church at 103 years, highlighted as a model of church attendance and devout behavior.
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Birmingham
Mich
Sara Allen
Jealous Feud Ends in Jilted Mexican Swain Gunshot Injury
Antonio Villagomez, a Mexican agricultural engineer, was brought to a local hospital after a shooting south of Vulla Acuns. J Talaman tes, accused of the crime, has been turned over to Piedras Negras authorities. The altercation began over a conversations with a statuesque senorita. A 45 caliber pistol fired by a rustic admirer struck Villagomez in the chin, severing a tooth and injuring his throat. Lead fragments and bone remain though surgery stopped for now. The victim’s condition is improving but weakened by blood loss.
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Antonio Villagomez
Sar
Carios
J. Talaman
Tes
Piedras Negras
Dimmez
Vulla Acuns
Villagamez
Fire destroys fifty planes at Universal Lines airport
A morning blaze at Universal Lines airport in Chicago destroyed fifty airplanes valued at 7.25 million dollars. Three hangars were affected and a detonating explosion started the fire. a sleeping crew escaped unharmed. Ten tri motor Fokkers worth 960,000 each were among the burned aircraft.
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Chicago
Univversal Lines
Universal Lines
Uvalde Wool to Be Sold in Private Sale
Wool from Uvalde and surrounding towns including Del Rio will be disposed of at private sale. The 499 060 pounds and 6 000 000 pound pool at San Angels are being handled by Horner and L Schwartz Co. The pool was withdrawn from a Texas Wool and Mohair Warehouse Association option and will now be marketed by the National Wool Marketing Corporation. Co operatives received advances of 20 and 22 cents.
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San Angels
del Rio
Uvalde, Horners
L. Schwartz Company
Avalee
Texas Wool and Mohair Warehouse Association
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Fred Horner
Jake Schwartz
Oil Seep Claims Highlight Miller Campaign
D A Franks, a Dallas attorney, speaks for Barry Miller for governor and cites seepage under prison lands in Brazoria County. He says his own tract borders the prison farm and has seen several high offers to lease land. Franks touts Miller’s prison relocation platform as prudent.
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Edgewood
Tex
D. A. Franks
Dallas
Barry Miller
Franks
Brazoria County
Miller
New Band Debuts Thursday in Greenwood Park Concert
The Del Pio High School Band will give its first public performance at 8:39 p.m. Thursday in Greenwood Park. Director Joe King explains it is a concert, not a practice. The 20 member ensemble has completed four practice sessions.
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del Pio High School
Greenwood Park
Joe King
Endurance Fliers Near New Air Mark in City of Chicago
Ken neth and John Hunter piloting the plane City of Chicago reached 328 hours aloft at 8:40 am in Chicago, with under 100 hours remaining to beat the endurance record. The crew believes they will surpass 420 hours before forced down.
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Chicago
Kenneth and
John Hunter
Southern Cross Lands After Transatlantic Flight In Fog
Harbor Grace Newfoundland reported Captain Charles Kinersford Smith and three companions landed the Southern Cross at 6 00 am EST after 31 hours 35 minutes aloft from the Irish Free State to North America. A fog and fuel shortage forced a halt near the American coast with compass and weather problems. Headwinds and landing difficulties occurred as they circled off the coast 99 miles from midnight to morning. Plans to press on to New York are uncertain. The crew may face a bereaved father of navigator J Patrick Sau.
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Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Charles & Kinegsford-Smith
Southern Cross
Harbor Grace Field
Fiers
Atlantic Ocean
Irish Free State
North America
America
New York
Republicans Have One Polling Place for Local Voters
The Republican party plans a single polling place in Del Rio for the July 26 primary. Dee Newton, county GOP chair, says the exact location is not yet set. In past elections rivals used most public buildings and law requires 100 yard separation between opposing parties’ boxes. Precinct primaries will be conducted at June, Vinegarone and Comstock. It is reported that Val Verde County GOP costs will be paid by a general fund rather than assessments.
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Republican Party
Wilh
del Rio
Dee Newton
Republica
Val Verde
Contract Awarded To L. J Miles For Bean Shuma Highway Work
The State Highway Commission awarded a 5.7 mile project between Bean and Shuma to L. J Miles of Fort Worth. The contract, bid at 116 256 dollars, covers grading and drainage structures to eliminate two hazardous railway crossings between Langtry and Shamila. A proposal seeks Val Verde County participation to close the 12 mile gap on State Highway No 3, now No 99 by federal designation.
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Langtry
Shamila
State Highway Commission
L. J Miles
Port Worth
Bean
Shuma
Sihumla
Val Verde County
Funeral Services Of E.T. Williams Not Yet Arranged
The body of E. T. Williams, about 50, died of a heart attack near Sabinas, Mexico, Monday and expected to arrive in Eagle Pass at 2 PM Wednesday. Local undertakers have no instructions about interment or whether services will be in Texas or elsewhere. Williams operated La Mision ranch near Musquiz Coahuila and was a pioneer Wyoming oil operator, founding E. T. Williams Oil Company in 1917 and bringing in the first well in Salt Creek's second Wall Creek sand.
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E. T. Williams
Sabinas
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Texas
la Mision Ranch
Musquiz
Coahuth
Willams
Wyoming
Cordinate News Dispatches
Casper
E. T. Williams Oil Company
Wall Creek
Salt Creek
Pension measure sent to Hoover for veto
The House passed the pensions bill without debate and sent it to President Hoover for expected veto. Speaker Longworth asserts 154 Republicans will back the president, aiming to block Congress from overruling the veto.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Longworth
Howe
Congress
They Won't Give Me a Chance to Go Straight Says Salesman
Maurice de Chaulnes, a Del Rio automobile salesman facing a third swindling charge, protests that he has tried to reform and that reports misstate a loaned deal with H. Oliver in Alpine. He explains the dispute over a Chrysler and Ford trade, with a $68 assumed debt and a $102 balance cited by Oliver, and cites ongoing legal action set for July 10, 1930.
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Maurice de Chaulnes
Alpane Ly
Chaulnes
del Rio
North Heights
de Chauines
Alpine
H. Je
Oliver
R. H. McKinney
Thare
Special Session Of Senate To Discuss Treaties
President Hoover announces a special session of the Senate to discuss treaties. White House officials say a large majority favors the session for this purpose and the president is assured of support.
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Senate
Washington
Hoover
White House
Grain Market Slump Sparks Farmers’ Losses Across Crops
Chicago June 25 Farmers of America face a projected loss of 1.125 billion dollars from a grain price slump. Statisticians cite lower prices for wheat corn oats rye and cotton compared with a year ago. Wheat trades around 3.83 dollars per bushel, near wartime lows, while corn and cotton also show steep declines amid a glut in the markets.
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Chicago
Farmers of
New Orleans
Chicago Board of Trends
Freien
Sears
Jail Break Fails to Free Black Man In Kerr County
An appeal filed in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals challenges a 45 year sentence for Mose Crawford in a case from Christmas Eve. Fifer claimed self defense. other fugitives from the jailbreak include Ernest Young and Louis Gutierrez, arrested or at large in Texas and Mexico. Immigration talks aim to deport the Black prisoner to Kerr County authorities.
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Piter
Kerrville
Neers
Villa
Louis Guiteriig
Quer
Young
San Antonio
Fifer
Villa Acuna
Gutierrez
Sigure Ina
Kerr County
Day Changes Woman's Mind as Farmer Marries
Miss Agnes Veazey aged 25 attempted to shoot Marlin Darby a 36 year old farmer near Senatorta Auss after charges were filed. The following morning the couple married and she withdrew the charge with the court ruling a wife cannot be required to testify against her husband.
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Senatorta
Auss
Agnes Veazey
Marlin Darby
Farmer
Here
Concrete Foreman Bruised in School Construction Fight
Concrete foreman EF. C. Flinn supervising concrete pours at Clem Anderson Co. faced a brutal scuffle after overtime pay dispute at a high school job. Flinn was slashed by a hacksaw and struck with a hammer as laborers used bricks in the melee.
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EF. C. Flinn
Clem Anderson
General Contractors
Flinn
Yiino
Government spends Millions in Texas cites aviation center plans
The document outlines large federal investments in Texas with Randolph Field cited as a key aviation training hub. It lists costs for Federal buildings in Dallas and Brownsville, post offices in Lubbock and Galveston, and a major project at Randolph First estimated at 59 million dollars with total outlays potentially reaching 25 to 39 million. The plan envisions training 1100 aviation students annually as construction proceeds rapidly.
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Texas
Randolph Pierdntonia
Dallas Fier
Federal
Brownsville
Fort Worth
Galveston
Lexarkana
Lubbock
Addi
Hiouston
Randolph First
whHe
Wy Fi
Weather outlook fair with mild temps in Texas
The report notes generally fair weather tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Yesterday’s high reached 85 and low 79, with similar conditions across West and East Texas.
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Texas
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