Soft Ball Puts Carrizo Springs Sheriff on Crutches
The page notes that a soft ball incident has sidelined the Carrizo Springs sheriff, comparing soft ball to football in danger and golf for uselessness as headlines include Six Die in Head-on Crash and Three Dead in San Marcos Wreck. Chicago papers report triple slayer publicity affecting police work. Machine Gun Kelly recounts a past kidnaping thrill while Urschel enjoys freedom.
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Carrizo Springs
San Marcos
What Other Columnists
James M Barrie began as a journalist and many British contemporaries also practiced reporting in India. Chesterton remarked on Fleet Street with horror yet remained a journalist to the end. The piece notes Bernard Shaw Joan Galsworthy and H G Wells as notable cases and cites Wells as possibly the greatest journalist of them all next to Shaw. It references My Lady Nicotine a hymn to tobacco and shows how newspaper men populate its chapters with dreams of murder and editorial peril.
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Joan Galsworthy
H G Wells
Gabworthy
Wells
Shaw
Barrie
Experience Bs
A. “Ti
the Times
New York Times
Britain to Discuss Action on Non-Intervention Spain
Britain considers abandoning the hands off Spain policy as Germany and Italy oppose a broader naval patrol. Cham berlain calls cabinet to discuss possible withdrawal amid fears of arms smuggling and a deadlock in non intervention talks. Soviet Russia endorses the patrol plan while Germany and Italy urge resignation of observers.
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Spain
Chamberlain
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
France
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Belgium
Britain
Valencia
Leipzig
Algerian
French Senate Grants Chautemps Dictatorial Finance Powers
In Paris on June 30 the Senate approved Camille Chautemps' government sweeping dictatorial financial powers by 82 votes to 67 after a speech by George Bonnet the new finance minister noting that inflation devaluation and new taxes are unavoidable.
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Chautemps
Paris
Camille Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
George Bonnet
Senate
Semi-Annual Border Patrol Inspection Set for Del Rio
A semi annual Border Patrol inspection will be held in Del Rio Thursday with 32 agents expected. A pistol meet between Del Rio and Eagle Pass teams is planned Thursday afternoon at 1 30 at the pistol range on Highway 3 east of Del Rio. the public is invited to attend.
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Border Patrol
del Rio
A. S. Hudson
Eagle Pass
Highway 3
Beauty Contest Idea Sparks Indian Tribe Warpath
In Flagstaff Arizona more than 1000 Navajo contestants and rival tribes threaten disruption over a planned Southwest Indian powwow beauty contest. Officials worry the plan to publish a princess photo spurs fierce opposition from Spe Hopi Havasupai Zuni and Apache factions. Tribal maidens will wear elaborate native costumes not bathing suits.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Arizona
Southwest
America
Tony Richardson
Funeral Rites For Former Golf Star In Sonora
Funeral services for Francis McGonagill 32 former Texas professional golf champion were held in Sonora First Baptist Church conducted by Rev D M West. He was found shot to death Friday in his Dallas home. Survivors include his mother Mrs Hollie McGonagill and brother Jimmy McGonagill.
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Francis McGonagill
Texas
Sonora
First Baptist Church
D M West
Bronte
West
McGonagill
Aso
Parkside Country Club
Dallas
Hollie McGonagill
Jimmy McGonagill
J. L. Davis
W. E. Wallace
Ben Meckel
Detective and Son Sentenced in Kidnapping Plot
Newark New Jersey June 30. Ellis Parker Sr chief of Burlington County detectives and his son Ellis Jr were sentenced to six years and three years respectively in federal prison for conspiring to seize and torture Paul H Wendel into a false Lindbergh kidnap confession. An appeal was announced to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Newark
N J
Pee Ellis Parker Sr
Burlington County
Federal
Ellis Jr
Paul H Wendel
Parkers
Wendel
Lindbergh
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Scouts Court of Honor to Award Merit Badges
A Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held Thursday evening at 7 30 at Moore Park. Merit badges for completed work will be presented. The public is invited and those interested in Scout work are cordially invited. Parents of the Scouts are urged to be present.
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Oclock
Moore Park
Water carnival to host July 16 swimming events at Moore Park
The water carnival announces 16 July events at Moore Park sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Federated Clubs. Both junior and senior divisions include 40 yard free style 30 yard breast and back strokes. Diving events compulsory dives include front back swan jackknife and full or half. A 40 yard freestyle relay and underwater distance swim are planned.
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Moore Park
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Federated Clubs
Leslie Cranfill
Ralph Ross
Weather De Rio and Vicinity Fair Tonight and Thursday
Weather report for De Rio and area calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Highs and lows described include a maximum yesterday and a minimum of 100, with this morning’s low around 73 and a current temperature near 75.
Increase in Marriages in Val Verde County
Dan Cupid reports a record half year in Val Verde County with 92 marriages in the first six months of 1937. County Clerk W A Hopkins notes this is 14 more than the 78 weddings in the same period of 1936, with many Mexican couples seeking licenses and June considered a romantic wedding month.
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Val Verde County
Dan Cupid
Val Verde
W. A. Hopkins
Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
General rains lift outlook for western ranges and wool strike fails
A federal district report notes rains in late May and early June boosted crops and ranges in the region while retail and bank activity showed May gains. In Aston a wool handlers strike collapsed over a closed shop demand as negotiations stalled and wool movement stayed idle in Boston.
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West
Texas
Son of President Franklin D Roosevelt Jr Weds Ethel du Pont
In Wilmington Delaware on June 30 1934 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and Ethel du Pont were married in a simple country church ceremony at 4 pm. President Roosevelt and du Pont family members attended as spectators while the couple exchanged vows in the flower-banked chancel.
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Ethel du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr
Christ Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
du Pont Clan
Roosevelt Signs 1.5 Billion Relief Bill In June
Washington reports Roosevelt signed a large relief bill. The same day Arthur Kent told a congressional committee that Myron Tasior of United States Steel, Mrs. Taylor, and the late Alfred du Pont cut taxes by incorporating family residences.
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Arthur Kent
Treasury
Congressional
Myron
Tasior
United States Steel Corporation
Taylor
Alfred du Pont
Fingerprint Link Teased Between Bybee Escapee and Slaying
Oklahoma City June report states finger prints on a flashlight near the bed of nightwatchman W. H. Bybee connect Eastham Prison Farm escapee to a slaying. Clint Miers of the state crime bureau notes the evidence centers on a flashlight found near the bed of the murdered man in Byars.
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State Crime Bureau
Picketshurl Rocks at Workers as Steel Mills Open
Canton Ohio June 30 picket clashes injure five iron workers as Republic Steel mills reopen under guardsmen protection. Explosions halt Bethlehem Cambria works at Johnstown pa. mayor appeals to Roosevelt and Earle to deploy state police to guard reservoirs. One death reported in Beaver Falls from tear gas shell. Widespread back to work progress reported across seven state strike area with 38 240 workers back at work of 87 180 normally employed.
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Canton
Republic Steel Corporation
Three Canton
Bethlehem Steels Cambria Works
Johnstown
Daniel J Shields
Roosevelt
My City
Lewis’ C. I. O
Beaver Falls
George Mike
Aliquippa
Moltrup Steel Products Company
Roy Leventry
Republic
Youngstown
Bessemer
C T. O
Memorial Day Chicago Battle Report Reveals Back Shots
Senate civil liberties committee released an unpublished coroner report showing seven of ten people killed by police in Chicago during the Memorial Day clash were shot in the back. Police Commissioner James P Allman testified he had not personally investigated the shooting and had not seen the coroner’s report as he awaited an inquest.
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Washington
LaFollette
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Chicago
James P Allman
Stevenson Presides for Last Time As Rotary Head
Stevenson presided as president of the Rotary Club at the Roswell Hotel on a Wednesday meeting. Sir John R Brinkley was named the new president and pending his return to Del Rio in the fall. J A Forman, vice president, will preside. Dr Brinkley tours Europe after attending the Rotary International convention in Nice. Prince Sam H Walk of Central Power & Light spoke on electricity distribution and Grover C Poole gave a wool growing talk. The club voted to have its name removed from the placard at Moore Park swimming pool, where it appeared alongside the American Legion and Lions Club.
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Stevenson
Rotary Club
Roswell
Sir John R Brinkley
del Rio
J. A Forman
Dr Brinkley
Europe
Rotary International
Nice
Prince Sam H Walk
Central Power & Light Co
Grover C Poole
Moore Park
American Legion
The
Lions Club
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Illustrated London News
Bernard Shaw
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London
Rome
Ellis Parker Sr
Avalde
San Antonio
de Rio and Vicinity
By Ima JO Fleetwood
Bernarr MacFadden
New York
Miami
Uthwest
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Aston
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Board For Arbitration
Daniel J. Donovan
International Longshoremen’s Association
Boston
Boston Wool Trade Association
Steel Head
Oklahoma City
Clint Miers
Three Republic Mills
George H Earle
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