Tugwell Sees Quiet Exit From Official Life Looming
In Washington a profile of Rexford Tugwell hints at a diminishing role in the New Deal, with talk he may leave the official scene while remaining as an informal advisor. The piece notes Tugwell’s push for food and drug regulation and his involvement in AAA battles, suggesting a looming farewell amid counterpoints and party maneuvering.
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Tugwell
Rexford Guy Tugwell
New Deal
Puerto Rico
White House
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
Moley
Four Young Men Rob Whitesboro Bank
Four armed men robbed the Whitesboro National Bank today taking about $13,000 and releasing three bank officials before fleeing toward the Red River bottoms. They escaped in a sedan and were seen later in Sadler, dropping tacks on the road to hinder pursuers.
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Whitesboro
Red River
Sadler
Tey
Del Rio City Clerk Receives Puzzling Letter from Georgia
A Columbus Georgia resident wrote to the Del Rio city clerk asking how a man can start with nothing. He requested a photograph of Del Rio and land prices, ending with a request for guidance on “how to start without anything to start.” City official E F Howard seeks help from any Rican with ideas on replying to the man who wishes to go Texan.
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E. F. Howard
del Rio
Columbus, Ga
Howard
Hoboes Pass Through Del Rio In Nine Days
In nine days 332 hoboes have passed through Del Rio as city patrolmen monitor the influx. Most are young men age 16 to 25, traveling with no fixed destination. The flow is split roughly between eastbound afternoon trains and westbound morning trains, with two policemen and two Immigration Border Patrol officers stationed to deter begging and petty theft in the railroad yards.
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del Rio
Cole Blackwell
Sheriff Recovers Stolen Car Near Comstock
Sheriff A E Steinmetz recovered a heavy sedan stolen from Edgar L Pierson of Houston on Pecos Hill west of Comstock. The wrecked vehicle had bent fenders but little damage otherwise. The driver fled after the crash and was not caught. Pierson had reported the theft and planned to fetch a replacement from Del Rio.
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Edgar L. Pierson
Houston
A. E. Steinmetz
Pierson
del Rio
Steinmetz
Pecos Hill
Comstock
Littl
Owner Has One House Renter Thousand Quote
A concise aphorism states the owner holds one house while the renter bears a thousand, reflecting on housing burdens and ownership disparity.
Roy Hudspeth Tops Fort Worth Market With 7 Cent Lambs
Roy Hudspeth of San Angelo led the Fort Worth lamb market with 272 lambs at 7 cents a pound averaging 87 pounds. The flock was raised on his 640 acre Miles by Woodrow Wilson stock farm and fed 110 days on habra, maize heads, hegira stalks, and cottonseed cake. Hudspeth plans to fatten more lambs on Sutton County holdings and will ship about 24 cattle cars from his Sonora ranch to Kansas pastures on April 10.
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San Angelo
Roy Hudspeth
Fort Worth
Hudspeth
O G Bell Appointed Assistant Vice President at Shreveport Bank
O G Bell son-in-law of Mrs H W Dockery has been elected assistant vice president of the Commercial National Bank in Shreveport. Bell joined the bank as bookkeeper in 1927 and was assistant cashier from 1930. His career spans Tombstone Nogales El Paso Columbus N M and the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank branch.
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O. G. Bell
H. W. Dockery
Commercial National Bank
Shreveport
del Rio
Bell
Tombstone
Ariz
Nogales National Bank
el Paso Bank and Trust Co
First National Bank of Columbus
N. M
el Pass
Federal Reserve Bank At
Dallas
Aileen Dockery
Silence Is the Virtue of a Fool Bacon Quote
A Bacon quotation on silence frames quiet restraint as a sign of wisdom or folly, reflecting on how speech reveals character and judgment in public discourse.
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Bacon
Bluebonnets Bloom Despite Winter Cold at Del Rio
Bluebonnets bloomed Friday in the yard of the Del Rio and Winter Garden Telephone Co on Pecan Street. Field bluebonnets were not yet seen near Del Rio, with blooms expected near Cienegas Creek later this year. Laurel bushes around the courthouse were also in bloom, two plants thriving in purple contrast against the stone building.
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del Rio
Court House
Veterans to Hold Mass Meeting in Del Rio
Val Verde Post No. 23 of the American Legion will sponsor a county mass meeting of veterans in Del Rio on March 15 at the Elks Club. Art Kramer, commander, named Austin Waller as chairman with Phil Garoni and Pete Martinez on the arrangements committee. The event aims to boost membership and inform veterans of current issues.
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Val Verde
American Legion
del Rio
Elks Club
Art Kramer
Austin Waller
Phil Garoni
Pete Martinez
Legionnaires
J. FE. Puquay
Edward A. Hayes
Decatur
Ill
San Angelo
Hayes
Puquay
Congress
Fuquay
Registration for relief spikes in Val Verde County
County relief administrator E. S. Block reported a surge in registrations over the last two weeks with as many as 45 people registering in a day and about 40 daily in recent days. He linked the rise to the first CWA payroll cuts and noted no March relief funds yet allocated for Val Verde. The aged and sick are prioritized if funds exist. late registrants await future funds.
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E. S. Block
Val Verde
Block
Ma Signs Measure Placing Refineries Under Commission
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson approved a bill from the special session placing refineries under Texas Railroad Commission supervision. She also signed measures raising production tax from one-tenth to one-eighth of a cent per barrel to fund enforcement of conservation laws and make prorations violations a felony.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Mexican President invited to visit Villa Acuña Sunday
President Abelardo L. Rodriguez of Mexico, on a tour of Northern Mexico with stops in Monterrey and Saltillo, may visit Villa Acuña Sunday. The Villa Acuña Chamber of Commerce urges the visit to Palestina, the National Irrigation System No. 6 headquarters, 18 miles from Villa Acuña.
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Abelardo L. Rodriguez
Mexico
Villa Acuna
Rodriguez
Republic
Monterrey
Saltillo
San Carlos
Palestina
Mexican Accused Of Pursuing Wife With Knife Fined
A 45 year old Mexican man was fined 21.70 by City Judge C D Smith for being drunk and disorderly after police arrested him near the San Felipe Creek bridge following a call from his wife. Witnesses said the man pursued his wife with a knife but she fled to a neighbor before contacting police. The case is reported as the third similar charge, with two prior fines in County Court.
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C. D. Smith
Blackwell
San Felipe Creek Bridge
Auto injuries fatal Malakoff incident
Bertha Garrett, five, died from injuries after an automobile driven by a Corsicana man struck her in Malakoff. The crash occurred yesterday and the child passed away today, authorities said.
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Malakoff
Bertha Garrett
Fire damages Walter Klein residence in Fairview addition
A Thursday night fire damaged the home of Mr and Mrs Walter A Klein in Del Rio s Fairview addition with losses exceeding 1000 dollars The blaze was detected about 845 pm while the couple were at church Neighbors alerted the fire department which responded as the fifth alarm since January 1 according to Chief Harry Arman Joe Wurz owner of the property said the loss was partly insured
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Walter A. Klein
Fairview
NRA moves to enforce rules and expand code staff
Washington reports the NRA seeks to enforce its rules by prosecuting violators and expanding the central code compliance staff. Hugh Johnson aides push quick staffing to speed cases as the President calls for sterner enforcement. Two industrial leaders committees delay action until next week amid ongoing negotiations over shorter working hours.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Insull May Travel If Health Guards Placed
Physicians reporting to the ministry of the interior say Samuel Insull, former Chicago utilities magnate, could travel on embezzlement charges if health precautions are provided.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Ministry of the Interior
Chicago
Youth Dies of Wound in Denison Shooting
Dan Canafax aged 21 died in a Denison hospital from a forehead gunshot wound. He was found yesterday with a revolver at his side.
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Denison
Dan Canafax
Traffic Violations Rise as 65 Tickets Issued in 10 Days
Chief Cole Blackwell reports 65 tickets issued for traffic violations in 10 days. Most fines were for parking too close to corners and overtime on Main Street. First offenses are $2, with doubles on the second offense.
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Cole Blackwell
Blackwell
City builds new concrete bridge over irrigation canal
Construction of a 12 foot wide concrete bridge over the San Felipe irrigation canal at Mills Street proceeds under city direction. R. E. L. Bush oversees the project, paid for entirely by the city with labor and materials, replacing the old wooden deck bridge.
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San Felipe Irrigation Canal
Mills Street
R. E. L. Bush
CWA
Bill Likely Passed To Guarantee Home Loan Bonds
Word received by Stanford Payne, county home loan appraiser, says the government bill guaranteeing bonds for home loans may pass in a few days. No difficulty is expected in disposing of the bonds after passage. Del Rio records show more than 159 applications for home loans on file with Grady Lowrey, county attorney, and Payne.
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Stanford Payne
Payne
del Rio
Grady Lowrey
Death toll rises as two air crashes claim lives
In Chardon Ohio Army Mail Pilot Otto Wienecke perished when his mail plane crashed in a heavy snow squall near a farm while ten mail bags were saved. In Daytona Beach Private Ernest Sell died in a bomber mail plane crash shortly after takeoff. Pilot Lieutenant Reid and Private Floyd Marshall were injured as motors failed and the craft went down two miles south of the city. Eight Army flyers have died in these incidents.
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Wienecke
Newark
N. J
Cleveland
Here
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ernest Sell
W. M. Reid
Floyd Marshall
Editor in Jail for Refusing to Name Letter Writer in Kentucky
FRANKFORT Ky March 9 Acting Louisville Courier Journal editor Vance Armentrout spent an hour in jail for refusing to reveal the author of a letter sent to the paper. County Judge L B Hamilton freed him, calling confinement illegal and issuing a writ of habeas corpus. The letter signed a member of the house of representatives drew scrutiny from the Kentucky house lobby investigating committee.
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Frankfort
Vance Armentrout
Louisville Courier-Journal
L. B. Hamilton
House of Representatives
Courier-Journal
Weather forecast notes cold Saturday with highs in fifties
Partly cloudy tonight with a colder Saturday and a freezing start. Yesterday's high 53 and low 44. Morning temperature around 38.
Panhandle Snow Tonight With Cold North Freeze
Weather bulletin notes snow in the Panhandle and colder readings in the North tonight. The Rio Grande Valley warms while the North faces freezing tonight and a colder Saturday ahead.
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Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Weather sketch hints at rain east tonight into Saturday
Occasional rain is expected in the East tonight and Saturday. Warmer conditions will push into the South and East tonight, with warmer coastal areas. Colder air moves in Saturday, especially in the West and North, with freezing temperatures possible in the North.
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Insull
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