Stockmen clash over proposed Texas sales tax at convention
At El Paso the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association debates a $600 million state sales tax. Delegates split with two favoring the tax and others likely opposing. The group also backs Federal Farm Board activities while warning against an oleomargarine tax. Governor Sterling warns of ongoing belt tightening as business stagnation lingers.
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EL Paso
Mar
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Joe D. Jackson
Alpine
Jackson
Federal Farm Board
Ross S. Sterling
Texas
Dayton Moses
Association Attorbe
Eight Hurt in Two Separate Car Crashes
Two auto accidents left eight people injured as responders transported victims to area hospitals. Authorities investigated both crashes for cause and traffic flow impact.
School Board Reelects Roy M. Andrews and Hikes Salary
Superintendent Roy M. Andrews is reelected for one year by the Independent District school board. His salary drops from 4500 to 4000 dollars annually. Andrews has not formally accepted for another year. The next board meeting after April elections will appoint three new trustees. petitions circulate to list Fritz Wehner W E Tinnin and Chas N Daniel. Holdovers include C B Dutch Ward L Rust and Frank Walton.
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Roy M. Andrews
Independent District
Andrews
Fritz Wehner
W. E. Tinnin
Chas. N. Daniel
C. B. “Dutch
Warda L. Rust
Frank Walton
Tariff Urged by Texas Cattle Raisers at Convention
In El Paso the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers' Association meets for its 56th annual session. A resolution seeks a high protective tariff on imported hides, with the majority favoring this and supporting current beef cattle tariffs. Governor Ross Sterling spoke to the group.
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EL Paso
Mar
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
J. M. West
Houston
Ross Sterling
Del Rio Graduates Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Two Del Rio High School graduates earned Phi Beta Kappa membership. At the University of Texas Dick M. Burrell is among 28 new members this semester. Frank Stallknecht, son of the Rev and Mrs Stallknecht, was elected to the honorary fraternity at Blinn College Brenham Texas recently.
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del Rio
University of Texas
Dick M. Burrell
Frank Stallknecht
F. H. Stallknecht
Blinn College
Brenham
Texas
Banker's Body Found In Fire-Razed Arkansas Home
W. E. Watkins banker and real estate operator was found dead in the ruins of his home after a fire swept the residence in Mena Arkansas this morning.
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Banker
Mena, Ark
W. E. Watkins
Del Rio Area Weather Tonight Through Thursday
Weather forecast for Del Rio and vicinity shows cold tonight with a high near 75 yesterday and a low near 48. West Texas becomes fair and cooler with frost in extreme west tonight. Thursday brings fair weather, possible showers in the northeast and cooler conditions, followed by continued partly cloudy skies with showers in the east and south portions.
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West Texas
Gas Leaks Kill Six in New York Homes
Gas leaking into two Blanche Street homes in New Windsor New York killed six people in one house and left four others unconscious in a nearby residence. Officials believe leaking gas mains caused the tragedy. The dead include John Likaskowski 60 his wife and four daughters aged 9 to 30.
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New Windsor
N. Y
Blanche Street
John Likaskowski
Panhandle Blast Injures Three Men
A mysterious gas explosion in Panhandle Texas damaged three buildings in the business district. Roscoe Vance was critically injured while Butch Raines and L F Rogers sustained lesser injuries. The blast occurred over Rogers Grocery, broke windows citywide, and caused about 50000 dollars in damages.
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Panhandle
Texas
Roscoe Vance
Butch Raines
L. F. Rogers
Rogers Grocery
Debate on Tax Bill Limited to Five Minutes
A general debate on the tax bill ends at 10 30 tomorrow night under an agreement in the House. The bill will be taken up under the five minute limited debate rule for votes on each provision of the revenue raising measure.
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Washington
Mar
U.P
Aimee Semple McPherson Undergoes Blood Transfusion
In Los Angeles on March 16 UP reported evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutto had a blood transfusion at Montesano hospital. She rested comfortably afterward with no danger cited. Her husband attributed the collapse to strain from her religious and charity work.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutto
Montesano Hospital
Chicago Divorce Granted Over Late Night Ham and Eggs
Mrs. John Blanchard obtained a divorce in Chicago after her husband returned home at 3 a m and forced her to wake and cook him ham and eggs, ending the marriage.
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John Blanchard
Chicago
Funeral Rites Today for Harrison L Hamer Jr
Funeral services for Harrison L. Hamer Jr. 16 held at 4 p.m. at Doran Funeral Home with Rev. James F. Black. Interment in Westlawn Cemetery. Born October 12, 1915 in Snyder Texas, he moved to Del Rio, later to Big Lake, died after an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix. Survived by parents four brothers F A Daniel Robert Wilmall and one sister Mrs Scott Yancy.
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Harrison L. Hamer Jr
Doran Funeral
James F. Black
Westlawn Cemetery
Snyder
Texas
del Rio
Big Lake
F. A
Daniel
Robert
Wilmall
Scott Yancy
Brackettville
Shanghai battle losses rise in Japanese invasion
Shanghai authorities fixed civilian casualties at 6000 killed 2000 wounded and 10000 missing in the fighting between Japanese and Chinese. An estimated 160000 families were affected by the invasion with property damage listed at 350000 dollars.
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Shanghai
Mexican Gold Mine Promoter Arrested
Tracy Richardson, 41, a globetrotting promoter, was jailed in Tyler after an arrest in Nacogdoches on charges of using the mails to defraud in a Mexican gold mine promotion. He claimed the mine was legitimate and has been working in local oil fields for about two months.
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Tyler
Texas
Tracy Richardson
Soldier of Fortune
Europe
Asia
South America
Nacogdoches
Mexico
Richardson
Wakefield Man Reunites With Stolen Car After Garage Find
John Froton of Wakefield Massachusetts recovered his car that had been reported stolen and bought a year ago for 25 dollars. He found it stored in a garage but was charged 200 dollars in storage fees.
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John Froton
Wakefield
Mass
Froton
Eagle Pass Mayor In Critical Condition After Operation
A telegram from Harold Walker son of Mayor W H Walker said the Eagle Pass official is dangerously ill in a Temple hospital after an operation performed last Thursday. Little hope is held for his recovery. Mayor Walker was moved from Eagle Pass to Temple eleven days ago and had been ill from an obstructed bile duct.
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Eagle Pass
Harold Walker
W. H. Walker
Temple Hospital
Walker
Temple of
Warehouse Meet Set in Junction by Texas Wool and Mohair Group
Members of the Wool and Mohair Warehouse Association of Texas will meet in Junction on March 25. J Miles O'Daniel of San Angelo, president, called the meeting. The association handles most of Texas' annual 60 million pounds of wool and 15 million pounds of mohair, with this year’s mohair crop about 1.5 million pounds below last year.
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San Angelo
Mar
U.P
Wool and Mohair Warehouse Association of Texas
Junction
J Miles O'Daniel
Texas
Kidnaper Releases Girl 18 Near Los Angeles
Orpha Debusk an 18 year old Huntingdon Beach girl was bound and kidnapped in a car by an unnamed kidnapper who warned the escort Clarence Double 21 not to alert police. Double notified police and the kidnapper fled as hills southwest of Los Angeles were searched. Debusk was later freed in the hills north of Los Angeles with four dollars and told to go home.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Orpha Debusk
Huntingdon Beach
Clarence Double
Double
Here
Detroit Kidnapper Given Life Term
Warren Ohio March 16 Dowell Hargraves confessed kidnapper of James Dejute Jr 12 year old Niles school student was sentenced to life imprisonment He waived jury trial Police found Hargraves and John Demarko with the boy in a cellar after a tip Demarko faces trial next week Judge Lynn B Griffith called kidnapping one of the most cruel crimes and said it is becoming too prevalent.
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Warren
Ohio
Mar
Dowell Hargraves
James Dejute Jr
Niles
Hargraves
John Demarko
Demarko
Lynn B. Griffith
No Developments In Lindbergh Case
Rochester New York March 16 United Press reports Stanley Crandall paroled kidnapper was arrested after an all night search and may be held in connection with the Lindbergh baby abduction probe. No charges were placed and it was unclear if he will be sent to New Jersey for questioning. Crandall previously served five years for kidnapping Verner Alexanderson.
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Rochester
N. Y
Stanley Crandall
Crandall
New Jersey
Verner Alexanderson
Post Office Patrons Told to Limit Window Talk
Exasperated by lengthy discussions at windows, B J McDowell, the postmaster, issues a formal notice urging patrons to use service windows for postal business only and to save politics religion and gossip for other times. The message asks patrons to seek other fields and even suggests hiring a hall or telling troubles to a policeman.
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B. J. McDowell
Postal Department
Rumors swirl in Texas as 1930s governors debated
U P dispatch notes Texas campaign chatter about Sterling Moody Hogg and Ferguson rumors. It details Sterling's statistics driven campaign, Moody's law practice and possible later run, Hogg's reluctance, and railroad commissioners’ unsure futures. Ferguson contemplates congressman at large while Satterwhite eyes Speaker aims amid a pitched legislative race.
Fourth Victim of Grand Saline Explosion Dies
Herman Winn, 9, died in Dallas as the fourth death from a fire at the Winn farm home near Grand Saline. Father Henry Winn and mother Mrs Winn were badly burned. Four children Hubert 5 Helen 7 Charles Richard 4 died in the blast, caused by a kerosene explosion while starting a fire.
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Dallas
Mar
U.P
Herman Winn
Winn
Grand Saline
Henry Winn
Miss Cathryn Tate Wins Local Gorgas Essay Contest
Miss Cathryn Tate, a high school senior, had her essay on mosquito control chosen as the best among eight local entries in the Gorgas Memorial Essay Contest and will advance to the state competition.
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Cathryn Tate
Gorgas
Dallas Newsie Howard Moore Dies After Fire
A 14 year old Dallas newsboy known as Human Torch Howard Moore died after three boys tied him with canvas and poured coal oil on him in the old post office. He ignited when near a heater and died three hours later. Police seek the three suspects.
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Howard D. Moore
Dallas
Howard
Eden Woman Hangs Self After Family Tragedies
A 50-year-old Eden woman, Mrs. John Schafer, hanged herself with a bed sheet near her farm three miles south of Eden. The act followed a chain of family disasters including a fatal self-shot by her son two months earlier and a devastating house fire. Her husband suffered loss of an eye and arm in a dynamite blast. Surviving are three daughters and two sons, including Mrs. Mercer of Oklahoma City and sons Tom and Bill Schafer.
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Eden
John Schafer
Schafer
H. B. Mercer
Oklahoma City
Jesse Wood
Elmer Stephens
Tom Schafer
Big Spring
Bill Schafer
Fooshee Wife Murder Conviction Reversed
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the 1930 murder conviction of Charles E Fooshee for killing his wife Billy near a Ft Worth dance hall. The justices ruled the trial erred in allowing a Tarrant County sheriff to testify that Fooshee said over the telephone he had killed his wife.
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Estanislado Lopez
Willacy County
Charles E. Fooshee
Billy
Ft. Worth
Tarrant County
Fooshee
Wrecks on Two Roads Near Del Rio Injure Eight
Eight people were seriously hurt in two separate crashes near Del Rio on the Eagle Pass and Sonora roads. A light pickup rolled after side impact. Geraldine Riggs, six, survived by crawling from the windshield, while Jose Maria Rodriguez and others sustained multiple injuries. A second wreck involved F A Martin and Edward Farrell driving a Chrysler roadster, which left the highway. both escaped severe harm with cuts and bruises.
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del Rio
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
Sonora
Sterling Riggs
Geraldine
Jesus Cardenas
Riggs
Delere
Carta Valley
Cardenas
Rose Ranch
J. ©. Miller
F. A. Martin
Edward Farrell
Martin
Farrell
Warrell
Stitcher Services To Be Held Today
Funeral services are planned today for Ralph B. Stitcher 55 a former utilities executive and financier. Burial will be at Louisiana Missouri. Stitcher was found dead in his home yesterday with a bullet wound in his head.
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Dallas
Mar
Ralph B. Stitcher
Utilities
Louisiana, Mo
Stitcher
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