Uncertain Texas Wool Market Amid Mohair Remodelling Talks
Texas Wool Marketing Corp president Judge Roger Gillis notes uncertainty as sales of spring mohair rise, with 2.7 million pounds already reported sold. Co op traders await effects on prices, listing volumes from Ryder Brown, Central Texas Trading, Campbell Ward, and others with prices around 22 to 24 cents for grown hair and 33 to 34 cents for kid hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Parker
Ryder Brown
Berugut Alot
Tor Ritch
Tesas
Pores Campbell Ward Company
Collins and
Aim&man
Ducers Wool and Mohair Company
del Rio
Prev Thaiman
Bandera
Fred Blam
Prederickebury
Bowles and Lanicks Stand Trial for Bowles Murder
Wealthy Portland businessman Nelson C Bowles and his former stenographer Alma G Lanicks faced trial in Hillsboro Oregon charged with murder in the mob killing of Bowles wife Leone Bowles last November. Prosecution argues Bowles was killed when she confronted Miss Loucks about her affair with Bowles. Defendants say Leone Bowles died by her own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowles
Leone Bowles
Miss Loucks
Fourth Mistrial Quashes Charges Of Cattle Theft
In Junction on March 10 the district court discharged charges against A. H. McIntyre of Port Brockton after the third jury failed to reach a verdict following 49 hours deliberation on the cattle theft case. Howard Gavage’s case was dismissed, Pete McIntyre’s was continued, and all relate to 12 head of cows stolen from Frank Waddell in Pecos County in September 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. McIntyre
Port Brockton
Joe Montague
Howard Gavage
Pete McIntyre
H McIntyre
Frank Waddell
Pecos
Uwee
H. McIntyre
Uiree
Fire Fighters Hold Friday Dance For Charity
Del Rio Volunteer Fire Department reports a Black Cat dance on Friday the 13th to benefit the firemen's baseball club in the City League. Proceeds go toward uniforms and equipment for the smoker eaters. Tickets available from any member of the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Tree Planting Advances For Moore Park Pool Project
County to complete work on a pool at Moore's Park as volunteers plant about 50 pecan and ash trees and two dozen crepe myrtles. J C Netts of the Moore's Park Trustees says prints from San Antonio will guide design before financing talks. The pool would be 60 by 160 feet with an oval shape, diving board, and varying depths. April elections will choose five county and district trustees and four Del Rio School Board members to fill vacancies.
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Moores Park
W E. Simpson
San Antonio
Tuemiay
J C. Netts
Moore's
Khwas Antennet
Simonen
County End Dwirter
Mark Grennie Adams
J. W. Inghram
Bob Kobbenn
Herman Cadena
J. E White
del Rio
W. FP. Littleton
L. Rust
Co. B
District Court
Commissioners Court
Roger Gillis
Hassie Galloway
M. Zuberbueler
T. J. Jarrett
Roger Thurmond
W. A. Hopkins
Legge to Speak in Alamo City Tonight
Alexander Legge former Farm Board head will lecture on banking and agriculture at the Plaza Hotel in San Antonio tonight. Del Rio residents and others have reserved 206 plates for the banquet led by W M Abbey. Delegations from Del Rio Sanderson Rock Springs Kerrville and other west Texas towns attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Hoard
Plaza Hotel
San Antonio
W. M. Abbey
del Rio
Alamo City
Legge
Wit
Farm Board
Abbey
Sanderson
Rocksprings
Kerrville
West
Texas
County Courthouse to Pick Depository for Next Year
A special Commissioners Court session will be held next Tuesday to determine the county depository for the coming year. Bids will be opened and the winning depository chosen during the conference following Monday’s session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioners Court
Investors urged to seek Mexican consuls guidance
The Mexican government asked prospective investors in Mexico to obtain required information from Mexican consuls or the Department of Commerce in Mexico City. L Pena, the Mexican consul, said the move protects Americans from fraud as some have been defrauded by impostors claiming ownership of lands and mineral rights in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Department of Commerce of Mexico
Mexico City
L. Pena
Mexican Consi
Government of
Boy Shot in Head Playing With Gun
Eight year old Jose Jimminez, Mexican youth, was accidentally shot in the back of the head while playing with a .22 rifle Saturday. Physicians removed the bullet and report the lad will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Jimminez
Eaker Makes Nonstop Night Flight to New York
Captain Ira Eaker, Army flyer, finally lifts his heavily loaded plane on the third try and takes off from Long Beach for a nonstop night flight to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Cal
Ira’ Eaker
Army Flyer
New York
Election Open for Stock Law Vote in Val Verde County
A petition signed by 56 residents prompts a special stock law election in the Del Rio Loop Road region of Val Verde County to bar horses mules jennies and cattle from running at large. The county court has ordered an election with date to be set later amid complaints of stock damaging lawns and shrubs along Loop Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Verde
del Rio
Loop Road
Family of Five Stranded Here By Auto Bills
A family of five, including wife, two grown daughters, and a son, were stranded in Del Rio after car trouble and garage bills drained their funds. The father sought any available work at the Free Employment Bureau, which dispatched six men and added four more positions, while two more locals joined the unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Free Employment Bureau
Hastings Theft Suspect Wanted On New Robbery
SEMINOLE Okla Mar 10 UP Search was underway for a bandit gang suspected of raiding the First National Bank at Hastings Nebraska and fleeing with 27000 dollars a few weeks earlier. Jimmy Creighton, named in the Hastings robbery, has been identified by photograph as one of two men who robbed Earlsboro Oklahoma yesterday of 3000 dollars.
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Seminole
Okla
Hastings
Neb
Jimmy Creighton
Bank of
Earlsboro
Rangers Find Red Kidnapping Stories Hoax
In Austin, March 10, Rangers reported no evidence to back charges that two Communists were flogged in Dallas by a masked gang. Governor Sterling said Edwards the Communist attorney had been seized but was unharmed and that the case may be a pre arranged effort to sway sentiment. The Rangers would continue to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mar
Dallas
Sterling
George Edwards
Edwards
Rangers
Oil Advisors Map Twenty Rules for Industry Revival
Twenty recommendations from the oil advisory committee were forwarded to governors of affected states. Delegates from eight southwestern areas urge proration and stricter controls, higher crude prices, import limits, and oil conservation. They call for immediate proration of East Texas fields with fair prices aligned to national production levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Advisors
Texarkana
Mar
Oil Advisory Committee
Aves
East Texas
Fortune Tellers Avoid Del Rio After $500 Loss Warned
Gypsy groups flee Del Rio after a $500 loss report to county authorities. A warrant was issued for Matam Red Cloud. Officials say state laws against fortune telling will be enforced if gypsy bands return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gypsy Grapevine Telegraph
del Rio
Matam
City health officer weighs dog vaccination mandate
A San Antonio clipping misled a reporter into linking dog vaccination with smallpox. City Health Officer B. F. Orr explains rabies prevention, noting the dog vaccine protects against hydrophobia and suggests it may be wise to require use on all dogs.
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Jett
San Antonio
del Rio
Co op Meeting In Del Rio Plans Delegates For Sonora
About 35 to 40 ranchmen attended the Southwest Texas Wood and Mohair Marketing Co operation meeting in Del Rio with Horace Fawcett presiding. Delegates from the Del Rio unit will be named for a March 20 Sonora gathering to select directors for the National Co operative Organization. Judge Roger Gillis explained mohair market breaks caused by outlaw selling, and the first 1931 mohair shipments from Del Rio were set to go to Boston on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Texas Wood and Mohair Marketing Co-operation
Coop
del Rio
Horace Fawcett
Fawcett
New Mexico
Texas
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Marketing Corporation
Boston
Three Die In Oklahoma Plane Crash Near Mounds
An Oklahoma accident near Mounds killed three people and injured two others. The deceased were David Reed 19 Mrs J T Reed 53 and a youth named Casey. Pilot J R Hays and J T Reed Jr 15 were injured.
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Mounds Okla
Mar
David Reed
J. T. Reed
Casey
J. R. Hays
English Bigamist Hangs for Murder
Alfred Rouse, 36, a noted bigamist, was hanged in Bedford for the murder of an unknown man. Prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence showing he killed a passenger in his car and set the vehicle ablaze to erase his past life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
England
Alfred Rouse
Rouse
Bank Guaranty Fund Balance Under Supervision
A five member UP-A committee will supervise the distribution of 2.5 million dollars in the abolished State Bank Guaranty fund under a bill from Representative J. R. Donnell in the Texas House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mar. 10
State Bank Guaranty Fund
J. R. Donnell
Townsend Inspects Big Bend Rangers Patrol Trip
Captain Light Townsend of the Texas Ranger camp returned to Del Rio Monday after a 분 trip through east Texas and the Big Bend district inspecting his company and its operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light Townsend
Texas Ranger
del Rio
East Texas
Big Bend
Eight More Auto Owners Face Parking Tickets
Eight more auto owners found tickets on their cars on Main Street and were ordered into Corporation Court for overtime parking. Chief Henry Bridge said those who did not appear would be charged with contempt of court and face fines of 12.79 dollars, higher than the customary 2 dollar rate, as he seeks to enforce the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation
Main Street
Henry Bridge
Cme
Bridge
Retired Service Men Eligible to Office in Texas
A transinstitutional amendment passed the Texas House allowing retired officers and enlisted men from the Army Navy and Marine Corps to hold public office. If the Senate approves a referendum would be held statewide in 1932 on the question.
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Austin
Mar
Indian Confesses Marchand Killing in Erie County Court
Nancy Bowen, a Seneca Indian woman, admitted killing Mrs. Clothilde Marchand in Buffalo New York claiming the white woman was a witch. She pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Erie County court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Nancy Bowen
Clothilde Marchand
Erie County
Val Verde County to Remodel Courthouse and Jail
The Val Verde County Commissioners authorize a remodeling program for the courthouse built in 1887 and the county jail, with estimated costs from 15000 to 20000 dollars. H T T Phelps of San Antonio will draft plans, bids will be sought, and Del Rio labor used for repairs.
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Val Verde
H TT. Phelps
San Antonio
Roger Thurmond
Sister of Slain Woman Collapses At Murder Trial
Valparaiso Indiana March 10 Mrs Muriel Clemens shrieked tainted and was carried from the courtroom during the murder trial of Virgil Kirkland 20 charged with killing her sister Arlene Draves at a queer drinking party A state attorney denounced the defense as Arlene's body was exhumed a second time and the case was expected to reach the jury before night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Ind
Muriel Clemens
Virgil Kirkland
Arlene Draves
Arlene
Weather forecast for Del Rin and vicinity
Mostly fair tonight and Wednesday. Yesterday’s high 64 and low 30. Tonight and Wednesday remain mostly fair with warmer conditions. Partly cloudy at times with a gradual warmup across the period.
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Nelson C Bowles
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Ore
Fire Fighters
Wwoore Plunge
Eaker
Valerie French
Farl of
Ypres
Lord Brougham and
Vaux
Lord Brougham
Red
Momer
B. F. Orr
Sonora
Bank Guaranty
Townsend
Big Bend Rangers
Betty
Barbara Moses
Luke Charles
State Normal College
Natchitoches
Indian
Marchand
T. Phelps
Santone
Jael
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