45 VETERANS APPLY FOR LOANS
About 45 Del Rio veterans have applied for full 0 percent loans on adjusted compensation certificates issued to ex-service members. J C Netts aids filings with roughly 1 in 10 applying Saturday and about 46 visiting Monday. Applications come from San Antonio and Dallas, with one through a Brownsville bank. Vets plan to spend loans on clothing, home items, farming equipment, and some luxuries. Many anticipate maturity in 14 to 15 years, while some fear unforeseen hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
J.C Netts
Otheir
Mr. Nett
San Antonio
Washington
Dallas
Brownsville
del Hin
Cour
Holpee
Light Frost Not Hurting Del Rio Buds This Week
Frost in Del Rio did not damage fruit trees in bloom across the city. Morning sun and light freezing temperatures spared most buds as March winds stripped some petals, but new shoots and leaves appeared Tuesday and growers expect the crop to survive. Temperatures were below freezing in North Texas and the Panhandle, with winter garden crops reportedly undamaged in the lower Rio Grande Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Texas
Panhandle
United Preas
Winter Garden
Rio Grande Valley
Willis Babe Burned By Scalding Water
Jessie Clare Willis aged 20 months son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Willis was seriously burned when he fell into a bucket of scalding water Saturday morning while playing in the yard at Mrs Mary James home where the family resides No improvement was noted in the child's condition early Monday afternoon his mother reported Mrs Walter Oswalt of Killeen sister of Mr Willis arrived Monday to help care for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Clare Willis
Marvin Will
Mary James
Walter Oswalt
Killeen
Oswalt
Willis
Household Helper Employment Plan endorsed by Buffalo mayor
Plan A id for Women in Buffalo launched to place unemployed women in jobs similar to the national Man A Block campaign. The Household Helper Employment Plan carries the endorsement of Mayor Charlies A. Roesch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Charlies A. Roesch
Fourth Case of Smallpox Quarantined in City
The report notes a fourth smallpox case this half year with quarantines lifted for three earlier cases. Chickenpox cases and arm soreness from vaccinations are rising locally as health officer Dr. B. F. Orr notes mass vaccination efforts and school absences due to fever and arm reactions.
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B. F. Orr
Orr
Cattle Theft Trial Opens in Junction
The cattle theft case involving McIntyre and associates resumes in Junction after delays. Judge Montague postponed briefly as witnesses arrive. defense lawyers include M E Blackburn and Weaver Baker with support from Henry Russell and Coke Stevenson. Prosecution teams feature Dayton Moses and others from Fort Worth and Pecos as the case moves forward with multiple indictments previously dismissed for lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntyre
Pete McIntyre
Howard Savage
George
John Mcintyre
Honard Savage
JF. Sutton
San Angelo
A M. E Blackburn
Junction
Will Morris
San Antonio
Weaver Baker
Yadieta
Henry Russell
Pecos
Coke Stevenson
Dayton Moses
Fort Worth
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Heavy Gale Aids Norfolk Shipping Distress Call
The Shipping Board motor freight er Seminole reported distress 66 miles southeast of Cape Henry in a heavy gale. The Coast Guard cutter Mascoutin was sent at top speed to assist early today.
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Norfork
Shipping Board
Seminole
Cape Henry
Coast Guard
Mascoutin
Razor-Cut Corn Death Claims Refugio Satelo
Refugio Satelo aged 46, long time Del Rio resident and local Gairy operator, died Monday after a brief illness. He reportedly contracted bioaxi poisoning from a minor cut while trimming corn with a safety razor blade on his foot. Funeral services had not yet been completed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Refugio Satelo
Gairy
del Rio
Satelo
Tequila Caught on Eagle Pass Bridge
Deputy U S marshal H E Walker returned from Eagle Pass with news that Pedro Barrios and Fabian Fernandez were arrested for liquor violations. Each faces a $1000 bond and a Federal Court hearing next month. The pair had 11 quarts of tequila on crossing the bridge and await the proceedings in Del Rio jail.
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H. E Walker
U. S
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pedro Barrios
Fabian Fernandez
Barrios
Fernandez
Sam
Terrell Test Deepens with No Showings
Mid Kansas Oil & Gas No 1M H Goode in Terrell County tied to a dry, sweet gas find at 5606 feet with 6.5 million cubic feet daily but no formation details and no change after deepening to 5618 feet. The well shut down to replace a gasoline engine with steam power amid uncertain formation identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co
H. Goode
Terrell County
No 1 Goode
Yates
Pecos County
del Rio
Sun
Scott
O. O. Owens
No 1
Val Verde County
Mid-Kansas
Goode
Pennsylvania
School Board to Set Date for Inspection
Del Rio School Board members are summoned to an executive session at the Senior high school to determine a date for final inspection of new and remodeled buildings. Officials expect contracts to be acknowledged as completed by week’s end after about $200,000 in work across the Senior high and remodeled Junior, West End, and North Heights schools. Sam H. Walk, board president, will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio Schoo Board
Buth
West End
North Heights
Sam H. Walk
Comstock
Langtry
Juno
Brackettville
Oklahoma City man killed during grocery store robbery
Police say a man believed to be Lee Means was killed today while attempting a robbery at a grocery in Oklahoma City. The store proprietor Allison Smith shot the intruder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lee Means
Allison Smith
Pleas for Spring Cleanup Bring Jobs
Three more women joined the Del Rio unemployed list as 152 stood registered at the Free Employment Bureau. Employment for three men arrived Monday and more prospects were named for Tuesday while homeowners requested help to hoe weeds and clean up premises. Call 615 the day before to ensure morning availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Employment Bureau
del Rio
Bureau
Unemployed Committee Ejected From Albany Legislature
In Albany on March 3 a committee of 20 unemployed men rose during the clerk’s journal reading and shouted relief requests. State troopers ejected the group amid crowded galleries and intense excitement as the assembly halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Legislature
P O Receipts Show February Gain in Del Rio The Rio Grande Area
February postal receipts in Del Rio and nearby rose by 240 dollars compared with February 1930, signaling improving financial conditions. Postmaster B J McDowell announced the figures after compiling the month’s statistics. January 1931 also rose over January 1930, suggesting a returning prosperity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
B. J. McDowell
Belton Murder Suspects Held In Minneapolis
Advices from Buffalo Minnesota say one of three men held there as suspects in the killing of Belton filling station operator Will Sanderford had spots on his clothing. A blood chemist has been engaged to test the spots.
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Belton
Mar
Buffalo
Minn
Will Sanderford
Clergyman urges marriage if $5 and love exist
The Rev J. J Walker of East End Christian Church in Memphis told young men to marry if they have five dollars and a girlfriend who truly loves them. He framed the advice as practical guidance for securing a stable future through wedlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
J. J Walker
East End Christian Church
Car Theft Suspect Claims Capone Tie in Del Rio Arrest
Bobby Roberts, who claimed membership in Al Capone’s gang, was arrested in Del Rio after a Ford roadster theft in Atlanta. He bragged of coming “down here” with Capone’s men and threatened violence as Sheriff Bud Whistler escorted him to jail.
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Bobby Roberts
Scarfarte al Capone
del Rio
Atlanta
al Capone
Bobby
Mexico
Chi
Bud” Whistler
Roberts
Valdosta
Scarface al
Tree planting at schools starts today in Del Rio region
PTA projects begin as senior and junior high plant shrubs with help from PTA members, School Board, and vocational agrculture students led by R. H. "Bill" Rogers. First plant shipment arrived. health nurse to visit in April for child and pre-school exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Brown
Central Parent-Teacher Association
P. T A. and School Board
R. H
Bill” Rogers
del Rio
Gun accident at ranch wounds Kal Bradford palm
Kal Bradford Rocksprings ranch man underwent operation at Williams Sanitarium to remove jacket fragment from a bullet that entered his right hand when a gun he was handling exploded. The accident occurred at his ranch several days earlier. Bradford and his wife with their son traveled to Del Rio and stayed at the Del Rio Hotel with his aunt Mrs. Ed Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kal Bradford
Rocksprings
Williams’ Sanitarium
Mr. Bradford
del Rio
Bradford
Ed Smith
Plot to wreck Texas train nipped in bad plot
Jacksonville Texas March 3 detectives trap several Negroes wanted in a plan to wreck an I and G N passenger train. A rail was broken and tracks obstructed with cross ties. Homer Bounds 19 was found unconscious by the tracks and said the suspects beat him to silence an alarm as they worked to pile ties on the line. The No 7 train was halted by the engineer before the obstruction reached the engine.
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Texas
Jacksonville
Mar
G. N
Homer Bounds
International
Great Northern
Bounds
Young Smuggler Caught With Six Pints of Mescal
Antonio Hernandez, a reportedly young rum runner, was arrested on the Del Rio side of the bridge Monday with six pints of mescal. He remains in jail on a $300 bond set by U S Commissioner Smith, awaiting federal court hearing next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Hernandez
del Rio
Antonio
U. S
Smith
Rangers Continue Raids in Kilgore
Rangers raid Kilgore Texas as oil boom town crackdown continues. The first woman arrested in the raids is the wife of a man jailed yesterday when 300 were taken into custody. Fingerprint equipment is at an abandoned church to classify captives and identify any wanted individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore
Texas
East Texas
Edna Cooper Found After Five Day Memory Loss
Actress and aviatrix Edna Mae Cooper vanished for five days after a plane crash. She recalls only taking off in a airplane at Hollywood and was discovered yesterday at a friend's home in Monterey California.
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Monterey
Cal
Edna Mae Cooper
Hollywood
Hearing Delay in Dick Owen Preliminary Case
Preliminary hearing for Dick Owen on charges of assault with intent to murder in the shooting of Jack Terry at Jack's Place on Devils River road was postponed until Wednesday morning at 10. Two witnesses remain. bond will be revised after the arraignment. Other testimony covered intoxication, language, and the shooter’s aim at Terry's legs. Brian Montague now defends Owen with W P Wallace Jr. prosecuting.
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Dick Owen
Jack Terry
Jack
Devils River Road
W. P. Wallace
Owen
Terry
Jiff Bud" Whistler
Douglas Terry
C. W. Holden
A. V. Allen
de Crosse
Adolphe Ernest DePalma
Ralph DePalma
United States
Dickens
Jack’s
Brian Montague
W. P Wallace Jr
Child Sought in Flaming Garage Fire
Fire at a small frame garage behind Bryant Simpson’s residence on Third Street caused slight damage. Del Rio firefighters found five or six bales of hay burning. a two year old child, initially missing, was located nearby playing with other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant Simpson
Fast Third Street
del Rio
Del Rio Area Weather Forecast Outlook
Fair conditions expected tonight through Wednesday with frost likely in outlying areas. Maximum near 64 degrees and minimum around 36 with light winds and no precipitation anticipated.
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