Electric chair murder case ends in execution after long appeal
The body of former Olympic pistol champion Dr. Hix was buried after his execution in the electric chair for the murder of a medical student during a June 1929 trial. Witnesses described a sordid romance and claims of self defense as his guilt was established.
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Colume
Catmi Neriing Ceatt
Parerwni Sheers
Howard Siemon
le Pit i Ohin
Toda
Ras
Aberut En Iis
Berty
Aines Howard Sporter
Charntes Ull
Ie Wil Vis
Snook
Theornflix
City of Columbus
Miss Hig
Healu
Miss Hix
Wimenel
Daugher
Dr. Hix
Pistel Markeman
United States
Bern Lineman Mistake For Police Captain
Houston march report describes a mistaken-identity assault in which a lineman was attacked after an incendiary liquid was thrown into a car. The victim, misidentified as Police Captain J J Kuykendall, suffered facial burns. officials note the two men are unrelated.
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Irene Houston
Livestock prices fall across market week
Kansas City report shows lambs down about 1 00 points with top near 19 60 for lambs and 9 85 close for the week. Heavier lambs 84 0 to 90 6. Ewes 5 25 to 5 45, feeding lambs 50 to 9 00. Cattle uneven to 25 lower, hogs very slow and below prior quotes as shipments dominate.
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Kansas City
Dallas Wins Tax Suit Over Out-of-County Property
The Dallas contesting city appealed a District Court ruling in Denton County. The Second District Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a municipality may not be taxed on property owned outside the county where the city lies. The decision concerns Lake Dallas land taxed in Denton County.
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Fiy
United Pres
March Winds Roar In Northwest As Calm May Predicted
Gusts up to 30 miles per hour sweep in from the northwest on Saturday morning. March's changeable pattern shown by H L Molyneux indicates February brought little rain to Val Verde County with a total of 0.81 inch in mist. February warmth averaged 0.72 degrees above normal while January ran 5 degrees below, with 76 percent sunshine across the days.
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Val Verde
H. L. Molyneux
Weather Bureau
Oil firm executive visits Del Rio properties
RJ Berry president of Mid-Kansas Oil and Gas Company and Ohio OF Company toured the Yates pool area on Saturday and inspected Del Rio properties with the company vice president. They plan to return to Del Rio Sunday night. The Del Rio tank farm is part of Mid-Kansas holdings here.
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RJ. Berry
Mid- Kansas Oil and Gas Company
del Rio
Mid-Kansas
Taft Shows Improvement as Speech Returns After Crisis
Reports say former president William Howard Taft improved today with doctors noting a rise in blood pressure and his ability to speak again. Immigration case against Juan Martinez links him to a Rio Grande crossing near Eagle Pass with a $1 per head fee scheme and a preliminary hearing set by U S Commissioners in Del Rio.
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Priiug Ollers
Vais
Juan Martinez
Val Verde
United States
Smith Prijay
Martines
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Washington
Willian Howard Taft
Taft
Rio Grande
Carnival to Leave Alamo Exposition After Sheriff Oversight
Carnival show plans to move on Saturday night after two weeks on the road under sheriff surveillance. One concession, a wheel game, has been closed for two nights by order. The act will depart to Alpine after leaving the Alamo Exposition.
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Alpine
Villa Acuna Proposes Mexican American Tourists Association
The National Chamber of Commerce of Villa Acuna is forming a Mexican American Tourists Association in affiliation with the national body in Mexico City. Del Rio and the Mexican Chamber of Commerce will join, and copies of correspondence with national officials have been received. The national group was asked for subsidiary formation requirements.
Hawkey Smoot Wool Tariff Attacked by Senator Goff
Senator Goff scored the Hawkey Smoot wool tariff bill as class legislation pushed by a Democratic Western coalition. The coalition controlled tariff matters in the Senate today.
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Washington
Goff
Senate
DIES OF PNEUMONIA AT EAST THIRD STREET HOME
Emily Furenia Stratton daughter of Mr and Mrs K V Stratton died Friday morning at the family residence on East Third Street from pneumonia. The body was sent to Dallas by the 11 oclock train for burial with arrangements by Doran Funeral Home. Mr Stratton works at the Steam Power Plant on Devil's River.
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Emily Furenia Stratton
K. V. Stratton
East Third Street
Dallas
Doran Funeral Home
Mr. Stratton
Devil's River
Mexicans Flood River Border With Frijoles
Three aliens arrested Wednesday after wading the Rio Chande below Del Rio tell federal authorities they came for work due to scarce frijoles. Bonds set at 3800 dollars each. failure to post bonds leads to jail. They await federal court actions starting March 17. Names given: J. A. Salinas 42 Domingo Garva 34 Macedonio Barrera 36.
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del Rio
United States
Uus
J. A. Salinas
Domingo Garva
Macedonio Barrera
Del Rio Gossip Sparks Tales Of Crossing Rivers And Schoolmarm Meetings
A Del Rio column compiles tales from locals about crossing the river and riverine curiosities. It recalls a traveler from Ohio seeking river access, a mumbled card scam, boarding house chatter, and a youth flooded with solicitous newspaper praise for 25 cents.
County Sends Firs Slayer to the Chair
Hess Tyler, convicted of killing Bryan Nall at a Hall County grocery, was sentenced to die in the electric chair by a Hall County jury after forty hours of deliberation. Nall was killed January 30 during an attempted assistance at the store where he worked. Tyler showed no emotion during the sentencing reading.
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United Preas
Memphis
Texas
Hess Tyler
Bryan Nall
Hall County
Nall
Tyler
Mexican tomatoes may be shipped through city to Texas
An inquiry about 1b of shipping tomatoes from Mexico to Texas via Del Rio instead of Los Angeles was sent to Mexican consul Lisandro Pena by Hillsboro merchant Carlos R Garcia. The investigation found many Texas tomatoes are grown near Del Rio and pass through Los Angeles and San Antonio, with added freight costs increasing the price.
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Mexico
Texas
Los Angele
Lisandro Pena
Carlos R Garcia
Hillsboro
Br. Pena
del Rio
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Funeral of Fighter Pred Mahan in Brackettville
Funeral services were held at the Catholic Church in Brackettville for Pred Dummy Mahan who died near San Francisco after tangling with a parachute while jumping from a plane to regain his hearing. His mother lives in Brackettville.
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Brackettville
Mahan
San Francisco
Census Work Begins In Val Verde County
Comstock hosts census chief Comstock G A Stewart as he starts the commercial census canvass Saturday morning. He will return Monday with Del Rio and other county points to be covered later. All commercial establishments will be interviewed as part of this separate census effort.
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G. A. Stewart
Val Verde
Comstock
del Rio
Narrow Escape From Burning Rooming House
News arrived Friday of two Del Rio youths, Jack Sellers and Major Dobkins, escaping a fire in a San Antonio rooming house on Elmira Street that burned in the early hours, forcing their exit through a window.
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San Antonio
del Rio
Jack Sellers
Major Dobkins
Elmira Street
Grand Jury to Probe Fort Clark Shooting Crews
Kinney County grand jury convenes Monday to hear about the Fort Clark gunfire that killed one soldier and wounded another. The phantom shooter, described as a maniac armed with a 12 gauge and buckshot, remains unidentified. District officials and local press will travel to Brackettville to open district court.
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Fort Clark
Kinney County
Grand Jury
Joseph Jones
Julian LaCrosse
J. Sutherland
del Rio
Brackettville
Smith Detained On Liquor Smuggling Charge In Fort Worth
Howard Smith 23 of Fort Worth remained jailed Friday after defaulting on a 2900 dollar bond on liquor smuggling charges. He claimed he could post bond later. Authorities seized a Ford coupe containing 80 gallons of alcohol and 116 pints of whiskey.
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Howard Smith
Smith
Fort Worth
Mary Louise Nelson Among UT Honors Students
Mary Louise Nelson daughter of Prof and Mrs M BR Nelson of this city is named to the University of Texas honor roll for the past semester. She is a Del Rio high school class of 1999 graduate with three A grades one B and one C plus record.
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Mice Mary Louise Nelson
M. BR. Nelson
University of Texas
Mary Loulse
del Rio High School
Texas University
Wealth vs happiness says poor envy riches yet fear greater cares
A proverb from Woman's Home Companion notes that the poor imagine wealth brings happiness while the rich find more riches bring more worries and less contentment.
Del Rio Area Sees Bright Business Outlook Says Chamber Rep
Anthony Van Tuyl of the U S Chamber of Commerce reports strong business sentiment in Del Rio and West Texas. He notes irrigation and power projects, a 6 6 million Maverick County development, Santa Fe rail expansion toward Del Rio, and San Carlos Villa Acuna links boosting Mexico trade. Wool prices also lift regional optimism.
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del Rio
Anthony van Tuyl
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Commercial Organization
Texas
Tay
Eagle Pass
Maverick County
Central Power Light Company
Bece Ae Ae Rio
San Carlos
Tuyl
Tayl
Santa Fe
Sonora
San Angelo
Villa Acuna
West Texas
Mexico
Devil's River
Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood Rings in Daley at Little Theatre
Miss Dolores Bishop will wear an emerald cut crystal necklace a matching bracelet Hollywood rings in three colors and a beaded belt rope of tinted pearls and other costume jewelry for the title role in Daley at the Little Theatre on March 7.
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Hollywood
Dolores Bishop
Daley
Little Theatre
Weather Forecast for Tel Ric and Vicinity
Tonight will be cooler with lower temperatures in the 50s after a high around 70 yesterday. Expect clear to partly cloudy skies and light winds as conditions ease overnight.
West Texas Fair Weather Update
Cold night ahead with a sharp temperature drop across the region. Sunday brings continued cold, with wind chills from 20 to 26 degrees in the northwest and nearby areas.
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West Texas
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