Candidacy Pushes for City Election Judges in Del Rio
Four mayoral candidates in Del Rio Texas petition Mayor Jno Y Long to appoint Prosser R Martin as judge in City Hall Precinct No 1 and G P Arnold as judge in San Felipe Precinct No 10 for the April 5 1932 city election. The letter dated February 29 1932 is signed by George H Garrett Mike Averill L Stanley Otto Koog urging fair representation on the election boards.
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Jno
Jnc. Y. Long
del Rio
Texas
Prosser R. Martin
City Hall
G. P. Arnold
San Felipe
Geo. H. Garrett H
Mike) Averill L. Stanley Otto
Texas Offers To Buy Bridge At Clarksville
The Texas Highway Commission offered to purchase for $40,000 a toll bridge across Red River just north of Clarksville connecting Texas and Oklahoma. Oklahoma would pay half the price. If rejected, talks would open with Oklahoma for a free bridge five miles down the river, estimated at $60,000 to replace. current owners seek $75,000.
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Austin
Mar
Texas Highway Commission
Red River
Clarksville
Texas
Oklahoma
Sterling Addresses East Texas Groups
Governor R. S. Sterling spoke to East Texas Federated Women's Clubs in Jacksonville and will travel to Washington on the Brazos for an Independence Day program sponsored by Breham and Washington counties tomorrow.
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Sterling
East Texas
Austin
Mar
R. S. Sterling
Jacksonville
East Texas Federated Women’s Clubs
Washington-on-the- Brazos
Breham
Washington County
C. G. Whitten Dies At Wichita Falls
C G Whitten a 46 year old oil industry figure and receiver for Co C Julian Oil Corporation died at Wichita Falls at midnight after a heart attack He served as campaign manager for Tom Ball during Ball's 20 year ago gubernatorial bid.
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Wichita Falls
Mar
C. G. Whitten
Co. C. Julian Oil Corporation
Tom Ball
Ball
Oil Production Shows Increase in U S Daily Output
Tulsa report notes the Oil, and Gas Journal cites a 32,893 barrel daily rise in U S oil production with virtually every field showing growth News also mentions New Jersey anglers spending 5 million dollars yearly on fishing accessories.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mar
United States
Gas Journal
New Jersey
Banks Close for Independence Day in Del Rio
Del Rio two banks will close all day Wednesday in celebration of Texas Independence Day as announced by officials. Del Rio National Bank and Del Rio Bank and Trust Company will suspend operations for the holiday.
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del Rio National Bank
The
del Rio Bank and Trust Company
Love for Commissioner in Precinct 1
Geo. E. Love, Border Grocery Company manager, announces his run for county commissioner of Precinct 1. The first primary is on the last Saturday in July. Love has lived in Del Rio 16 years and served on the Independent District school board two or three terms while active in civic affairs.
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Geo. E. Love
Border Grocery Company
Love
del Rio
Roach- McLamont Company
Independent
George Love
East Texas Oil Company Posts Bond in Fight
Peoples Petroleum Producers posted a $1,000 bond with the clerk of the Federal Court in Tyler to support a temporary restraining order. The order blocks officers from enforcing proration on five wells. In New York, Sinclair Consolidated stockholders approved a merger with the Prairie companies.
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East Texas Oil Company
Tyler
Mar. 1
U.P
Peoples Petroleum Producers
New York
WPRI
Sinclair Consolidated Today
Prairie Companies
Marfa Legion Looks to Bring Veteran Hospital
Marfa Texas March 1 Plans were set to pursue a veterans hospital for Marfa and vicinity. The American Legion Post outlined advantages of the region, especially for throat and lung diseases, and will present Marfa as a formal candidate to the locating committee.
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Marfa
Texas
American Legion
Cooler Weather Predicted for Del Rio Tonight
Forecasts call for relief from summer heat with generally fair and somewhat cooler conditions in the Del Rio area over the next 48 hours. The high reached 88 Monday, the year’s high by two degrees. the low was 60 with 63 this morning. A heavy shower occurred shortly after midnight, matching rain predictions.
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del Rio
Unified U.S. Army flood plan evolves through long shared project
The Mississippi flood control program under the U.S. Army Engineers consolidates many smaller efforts. Since 1928 a 325 million dollar federal appropriation funded levee raising to 18 then 21 feet and channel developments from the gulf to Cairo. The Jadwin plan evolved into the adopted plan with New Madrid and Bonnet Carre floodways protecting Cairo New Orleans and other port cities through floodways and fuse plug structures.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Mississippi River
Gulf
Twin Cities
Ohio
Missouri
Tennessee
Army
Jadwin
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Cairo
Illinois
New Madrid
New Orleans
Bonnet Carre
Niagara
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisiana
Dallas Lawyer Becker enters Texas attorney general race
Ernest Becker a Dallas attorney and certified public accountant announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for Texas attorney general. A two time candidate with an anti trust platform, Becker leads a Dallas movement to oust the city council, charging domination by big business as the issue.
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Dallas
Mar
Ernest Becker
Texas
Becker
Independence Day Program Arranged in Austin
Texas Independence Day will be celebrated with a program by the Texas Centennial Committee in the Senate chamber. A committee of Representative T. H. McGregor and Will H. Mayes organized it. Principal speakers include former Governor Pat M. Neff and Mrs. Clara Driscoll Sevier of Corpus Christi, with Cullen F. Thomas of Dallas presiding.
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Austin
Mar
Senate
T. H. McGregor
Will H. Mayes
Pat M. Neff
Clara Driscoll Sevier
Corpus Christi
Cullen F. Thomas
Dallas
House Panel OKs Wheat Bill for Relief Distribution
The House Agricultural Committee approved a bill to distribute 40 million bushels of Farm Board wheat to relieve distress. In Pennsylvania 2,274 enterprises received charters in 1931 per State Department recaps.
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Washington
Mar
House Agricultural Committee
Harrisburg
U.P
Pennsylvania
State Department
State probes 60 fraud suits against fake mutuals in Texas
Texas Attorney General records show nearly 60 suits in six months against wildcat insurance and benefit societies using old charters to fleece the public. Investigations note 1 million dollars a year in losses, with schemes including bogus pensions, lobbying funds, and charter fraud. Each suit seeks injunctions and charter forfeiture.
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Austin
Mar
U.P
James V. Alfred
Texas
E. F. Johnson
Old Chartered Company
Department of State
Jeff Peters
O. Henry
Smith Enters Name In Bay State Presidential Primary
Al Smith former New York governor and 1928 Democratic nominee authorizes friends to enter his name in Massachusetts presidential primary. The move ties Smith to early 1930s national politics and Massachusetts party ballots.
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Smith
Eroston
U.P
al Smith
New York
Massachusetts
Devil Changes Name in Pall River
In Pall River Massachusetts a man formerly known as Walter Doboolek officially changes his surname to Jaworski. The notice notes Doboolek’s Polish origin by explaining dobolek means devil.
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Pall River
Mass
U.P
Walter Doboolek
Jaworski
Dobolek
Devil
Contracts Set For Roads Across Texas Work Totals 802 968
Contracts for highway construction totaling 802 968 dollars were awarded by the State Highway Commission in Austin with more lettings planned today. Awards cover 307 miles of concrete paving 18.9 miles grading and drainage 39.4 miles base and surface improvements and 15 concrete culverts across multiple counties including Freestone Wheeler Van Zandt Randall Crockett Atascosa and Fort Bend. A Pecos County caliche base contract was withheld and Gonzales County officials were notified to justify route changes for Highway 112.
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Austin
Mar
State Highway Commission
Pecos County
Van
Pecos River
Upton County
Hannah Construction Co
Fred and Dan Hall
Waco
DeWitt
Smith Creek
Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co
San Antonio
Atascosa
Jourdanton East
Purvis & Bertram
Fort Worth
Fort Bend
Richmond
Russ Mitchell, Inc
Houston
Gonzales
Nixon
Luling
Caldwell-Gonzales
Wilbarger County
Vernon
North
Highway bids opened for 108 miles across 19 Texas counties
State Highway Commission opened bids on road projects totaling 108 miles in 19 counties. Contracts for two bridge projects and four county maintenance jobs were reviewed. Brown County see asphalt surfacing on 20 miles of Highway 10 toward Brownwood. Potter County concrete paving on 11 miles of Highways 5 and 115 toward Moore County. Leon County concrete pavement on 14 miles of Highway 43 from near Buffalo eastward.
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Austin
Mar
State Highway Commission
Brown County
McCulloch
Brownwood
Potter County
Canadian River
Moore County
Leon County
Buffalo
Young Girl Is Grand Champion At San Angelo
Audrey Faye Kidd, 10, from Loyal Valley Mason County, won the grand championship at the first Fat Stock Show and Hereford Show and Sale with an 880 pound Hereford calf. Dorothy Smith of Rochelle took the senior champion. Mason County also captured the best five calves prize.
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San Angelo
Mar
Hereford
Audrey Faye Kidd
Loyal Valley
Mason County
Miss Kidd
Dorothy Smith
Rochelle
Joe T. Davidson
Ozona
Necessary Names Secured on 18th Amendment Vote
Washington March 1 145 House members signed the petition for a vote on re submission of the 18th amendment. The vote will come before the House on March 14.
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Washington, Mar
House
Youth Killed When He Strikes Rabbit
Gilmore Rosenberg 22 Brackens New Braunfels died from his own shotgun when the butt struck a rabbit. Funeral services are set for Wednesday.
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New Braunfels
Mar
Gilmore Rosenberg
Brackens
Jail’s Only Prisoner Plays Solitaire in Hart Jail
Charles Giedman, a farmer, received a 30 day sentence for illegal fishing. He is the jail’s sole inmate and passes time by playing solitaire instead of pinoche.
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Hart
Mich
Charles Giedman
Giedman
Cost to Run U S Government Then and Now
An historical note compares annual operating costs of U S departments from 150 years ago at about 8000 dollars to modern spending near 17 million dollars per year. This highlights a dramatic rise in government expenditures over time.
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United States Departments
Peace plan accepted by Japs
Shanghai dispatch reports that fighting resumes along the front as Japanese planes bomb the Markham Road yards and damage rail lines. Chinese forces hold key positions at Tazang while observers say Japan must perhaps sacrifice 10,000 men to gain victory, potentially signaling openness to peace terms.
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Shanghai
League of Nations
Orient
Markham Road
Shanghai Nanking
Tazang
Japan
Shirakawa
Japanese View on Shanghai Peace Plan Endorsed by Tokyo
Tokyo reports the League of Nations round-table plan to end Shanghai hostilities is acceptable to Japan. The Foreign Office says Japan will not accept simultaneous withdrawal, insisting on Chinese troop withdrawal from Shanghai before Japanese forces pull back.
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Tokio
Mar
W.P
League of Nations
Shanghai
Foreign Office
Geneva
National Chinese Central Executive considers new army commanders
Loyang China March 1 The National Chinese Central Executive Committee met to consider appointments for three new army commanders General Feng Yu-Hsiang known as the Christian General was proposed as head of forces defending Shanghai.
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Loyang
China
National Chinese Central
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Shanghai
Jury Selection Underway In Dickson Bank Robbery Case
In Columbia Mississippi on March 1 a jury was being chosen to hear the trial of N A Dickson former Kilgore Texas theatre operator charged in connection with a local bank robbery Dickson appeared in court in fashionable attire.
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Columbia
Miss
U.P
N. A. Dickson
Kilgore
Texas
Del Rio Area Weather Forecast
Weather in Del Rio and vicinity mostly fair tonight then Wednesday fair and colder with a cool trend. Yesterday’s high 88 and low 60. current morning low 63.
Weather Outlook Wednesday Frost Risk in Extreme West
The forecast calls for generally fair skies and somewhat colder conditions on Wednesday with possible frost in the extreme west. In the southwest, conditions remain fair but colder with a frost risk in that area as temperatures dip.
Weather outlook for the east and northwest regions
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with possible showers in the eastern half tonight and Wednesday, while the western coast remains drier. Cooler air moves in from the northwest tonight and Wednesday across the west and north areas.
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West Coast
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Merrill E. Compton
United Press
Jadwin Plan
Allred
Freestone
Navarro County
Limestone County
F. P. McElwrath Construction Co
Corsicana
Wheeler
Shamrock
L. E. Whitham & Co
Sues Pickford
Mary Mulhern
Jack Picford
Los Angeles
Pickford
Mary Pickford
Miss Mulhern
John C. Burns
J. A. Whitten
J. E. Boyscott
Coleman
Shanghai - Nanking
Whangpoo River
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