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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1935
Page
1
The column surveys NRA leadership quitting public life, critiques Democratic administration, and cites political forecasts. It mocks figures like Senator Thomas, Kennamer, and Huey Long, notes partial recovery of Lindbergh ransom, and recalls a Texas settler anecdote while railing at press reactions to Gigli and Annie Laurie.
The editor proprietors of a severe intellectual magazine suspend publication after discovering profits, calling it a bore. Once plausible, profit now seems fresh and striking, prompting jaded editors to seek new originality. They are busy with plays, novels, film scenarios, and forthcoming criticism volumes, suggesting the move is a retreat to greater profits.
A humorous debate among Democrats yields the Republican punchline that Christopher Columbus was the greatest Democrat. He set out without knowing direction or a plan but completed the voyage on borrowed money. The column ends with pithy aphorisms about risk and missteps.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, long hailed as the great dissenter, died at 2:15 am from bronchial pneumonia two days before his 94th birthday. Burial is planned at Arlington, with a soldiers' funeral on Friday. The article portrays Holmes as a towering, progressive voice defending individual rights and state authority, highlighting his court tenure since 1882 and his distinctive Boston manner.
Portrait of Justice Holmes born in Boston in 1841, his Civil War wounds, Harvard education, and rise to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The piece notes his later life after two 1922 operations, long service on the Supreme Court, famed opinions, and a memorable exchange about imported cigarettes. He married Fanny Dixwell. their 57 year honeymoon ended with her 1929 death.
Kinney County grand jury in Brackettville returned five indictments during a regular District Court session. Four indictments cover felonies and one cites a misdemeanor. The Jap Lowe case is scheduled for Thursday.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death penalty for Joe Palmer convicted of killing Major Crowson in a case linked to the Clyde Barrow gang. Palmer and Raymond Hamilton faced murder charges, and all three escaped the penitentiary death house on July 22.
The Senate passed a relief bonds bill totaling 3.5 million dollars and budgeted the funds plus 1.5 million for the remaining months of the year. A general NRA revision is predicted under the new legislative program to end compulsory codes except where required.
Fragment mentions Washington on March 6 and a debt burden the administration desired. No clear persons or organizations identified beyond generic references.
Joy Wyatt Fifteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs P A Wyatt died at 3 a m Wednesday from heart disease She had been in Del Rio for treatment and came with her mother from the J H Fisher ranch in Langtry country where her father works She was a junior at Langtry High School Her sister Flora drowned at Bassett ranch May 16 1932 Survivors include her parents and her ninety year old maternal grandfather J A Tegart of San Angelo Funeral services will be held in Medina Thursday afternoon.
Col. John H. Brandt of Los Angeles a Fifth Cavalry veteran attended the 80th anniversary at Fort Clark. He served 1885 to 1890 saw action against Indians in Kansas Nebraska and Wyoming. He notes pay of 13 dollars a month and few entertainments and recalls no war debt left to future generations.
German officials said the British White Book on German armaments influenced Berlin to postpone Sir John Simon's visit to discuss European problems. The foreign office announced talks from London were definitively off and could not foresee when they would restart.
Five men were injured today in Havana as customs inspectors struck. The port chief Oscar Hernandez was among the wounded as chaos erupted at the Customs house with three bombs exploding in quick succession.
A two year old photo from Warm Springs shows Huey Long and Jim Farley as friends with Roosevelt. The caption notes the pair drifted from allies to contenders as Huey calls for a Senate investigation into Farley’s activities.
Supt Roy M Andrews reported clashes over a resolution for academic freedom for teachers at the National Education Association convention in Atlantic City. The northern proposal to delay action on federal aid to equalize education was tabled and the resolution passed. Andrews and J C Cochran led a Texas delegation of 150 superintendents on a Texas special train, visiting New York and Chicago before returning home.
Four members of a Shamrock family died and three others were injured in a crash two miles west of Alan Reed as they returned from church. The deceased are Mr and Mrs Ralph Inman and their daughter Norma, 2, and Mrs Inman's father Ralph B Daly. None of the injured is in serious condition. The truck driver's name was not learned.
Miss Alma Chapman’s pet alligators Allie and Oola emerged from their water to eat for the first time since October 15. The pair loudly honked for food signaling spring. Chapman had urged friends to bring winter blankets during the cold period.
Prescott Arizona March 6 Scott White 78 former Arizona secretary of state and sheriff for eight years at Tombstone died last night in the Arizona Pioneers Home He had lived in Arizona since 1881 White a beloved pioneer and Westerner led a colorful career from mining at Bowie to ranching in Southern Arizona before entering politics Born in LaGrange Texas he attended Trinity University Waxahachie and the University of Virginia.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to repeal provisions for publication of income tax returns. Leaders plan to seek a special rule to bring the repealer to the floor for a vote this week.
Charles L. Burton, conductor of a freight train from San Antonio to Del Rio, suffered a paralysis stroke and was taken to Santa Fe General Hospital. He emerged from a coma but remained paralyzed.
Washington March 6 The House Ways and Means Committee voted 14 to 11 to favor the American Legion bill for cash payment of the bonus over the Patman currency expansion plan. The panel adopted a motion to report the bonus bill for floor action and preferred the Vinson financing plan over Patman.
Uvalde police seized burglar Jim Stanford and associate Joseph Jung Tuesday evening. Stanford, accused of robbing the Rice Hotel, was taken into custody by Sheriff Smythe and Patrolman Miller, who found him after a description by Sheriff Steinmetz. Jung is being held for investigation.
In Paris on March 6, Corsican deputies Cesar Campinchi and Horace de Carbuccia dueled over an article in de Carbuccia's weekly. Campinchi was shot in the wrist with an artery severed. The men left the field unreconciled and police prosecution seemed unlikely as his condition was not grave.
Sheriff Patterson and a farmer reported a lone, long haired man leapt from an open type plane that landed in a Cooper field. The man, barefoot with worn shoes, boarded a nearby bus and fled down the highway. No crew or ownership details were learned.
The brief notes a fair and colder night and a Thursday that is partly cloudy and colder. It records yesterday's high at 82 degrees and low at 49, with this morning's low at 55.
The forecast notes colder conditions in West Texas and the Southeast with a colder trend. Southwest remains milder with partly cloudy skies and cooler air for Thursday.
Weather forecast notes colder air moving into East Texas with a likely freeze in northern areas tonight and into Thursday. Residents should prepare for frost and potentially damaging temperatures.
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