Mohair Auction Notes From Del Rio 1931 Market
Del Rio reports about 3.25 million pounds of spring 1931 mohair unsold and 3.9 million pounds sold privately. National Wool Marketing Corp shipped roughly 290,900 pounds and transfers 500k to 690k more. Prices ranged 23–24 cents for adult hair and 33–34 cents for kid hair. cooperatives advance 15 and 25 cents respectively. Buyers’ prices and listed clips reflect widespread activity with several named shippers and regions.
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del Rio
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Venice Sanderson
Rio
Val Verde Weant Mohatt Co
Schwarte
Horner
Uvalde
Schrieners
Kerr- Ville
Junction Cattlhetaan Co
Junction
Menard
Penardis Bray
Jonnie Cry
Perth
Turkey
Whyces Tial
Tmotwuir
Seth Africae
Texas Cos
Wool Growers Central Storage Company
William Campbell
Clinton Won Manufacturing Company
Clint
Michigan
Campbell
Sen Angelo
By & Warehouse
Railroad Bridge Crew Tackles San Felipe Span
A Southern Pacific crew started strengthening the San Felipe span east of Del Rio as part of a $1,000,000 upgrade. Workers repair and overhaul bridge sections while replacing old structures between Del Rio and San Antonio to allow handling larger locomotives on the Sunset route.
Detectives Track Stolen Rabbit in New Britain
In New Britain Connecticut two detectives were assigned to recover a stolen rabbit owned by Steve Belinaki as officials consider possible signs of improved law enforcement. The effort echoes comments from the Wickersham Commission about crime control.
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New Britain, Conn
Wickersham Commission
Steve Belinaki
Decline of Foreign Wool Stocks Seen as Good Omen
A Menard sale of 56,090 pounds of lamb wool by HH Bevans to Robert M. Pitt Company indicates lower foreign stockpiles. Prices were near 22 cents per pound as in San Angelo, with hopeful signs for domestic wool use and improved 1930 import reductions amid National Wool Marketing motivations.
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HH Bevans
Robert M. Pitt Company
United States
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Coventry
Train Mangles Texan in Fatal Crash
Jefferson Texas March 2000 A Marshall painter identified as Frank Smith was found bisected along the Texas and Pacific tracks near Jefferson. Authorities believe he fell from a freight train and was killed in the incident.
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Jefferson
Texas
Frank Smith
Marshall Painter
Texas and Pacific
Smith Wm
Train Crash Near MexiaEnds Franklin's Life
UDL Franklin, 3, was near death after his auto collided with a southbound Southern Pacific passenger train at the Wortham Franklin intersection. He was alone in the car when the collision occurred around 4 at a street crossing in Mexia.
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Mexia
Udl Franklin
Southern Pacific
Wortham
Franklin
Motorcycle Crash Leaves Teenager Critical in Victoria
Victoria Texas March 23 15 year old Benjamin Sharfrr was believed dying in a local hospital and Ernest Shultz was critically hurt after a motorcycle spill late yesterday in Victoria County authorities investigated the incident and released limited details.
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Victoria
Texas
Benjamin Sharfrr
Ernest Shultz
March Income Tax Collections Slump
Washington reports March tax receipts show total income tax collections to March 20 at 383,229,295, down from 460,328,750 a year earlier, signaling a revenue decline for the month.
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Washington
Wpincome
Montana's Brandon sisters lead girl bronco riders
Avon girls Margaret and Violet Brandon claim Montana's top spot for girl bronco riders. They will appear in several rodeos this summer, showcasing their bold bull-dogging skills.
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Avon, Mont
Montana
Brandon
Margaret
Violet
Avon
Supreme Court Adjourns To April First
The Supreme Court adjourned today to April 1. Washington dispatch reports the session paused as justices paused proceedings until next week.
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Washington, Mar
Supreme Court
Safe Robber Slain by Detective in Houston
Houston march 23 The police blotter notes the last entry naming Dale Barnwell as killed by detective R F Johnson while robbing a safe. The detective shot Barnwell who swung a sledge hammer and startled Bert Seymour who was robbing a safe. Seymour is in custody. Barnwell had 23 prior arrests.
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Houston
Mar
Dale Barnwell
R. F. Johnson
Rob
Bert Seymour
Seymour
Barnwell
Count Faces Valley Hearing For Extortion
Victor Miller known as The Count faces a habeas corpus hearing in San Antonio as part of a web of cases tied to a wealthy Laredo businessman and a Kansas City hotel shooting death. Miller and Jack Berreta are charged with conspiring to extort 50 000 from Joseph Rosenblum, an onion grower who vanished for a year.
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Victor Miller
Victor Lustig
San Antonio
Laredo
Kansas City
del Rio
Miller
United States Treasury
Jack Berreta
Joseph Rosenblum
Webb County
Rosenblum
California Melon Crop to Increase Freight Run
Anticipated movement of about 20,000 carloads of melons from the Imperial Valley and a near 90 car daily lettuce flow. Crews laid off temporarily hope rapid restoration as perishables push rail traffic. lettuce shipments from Phoenix surge and will run through April while the main melon rush begins around May 20 with 15,000 to 20,000 cars on the Southern Pacific system.
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Imperial Valley
California
Southern Pacific
del Rio
Arizona
Phoenix
0-Day Search for Drowned Man Ends
Durant Oklahoma March 23 WP reports the body of Jess Benson aged 25 recovered after a fall from a bridge into the Red River about three months ago, roughly 30 miles below the bridge.
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Durant
Okla
Mar
Jess Benson
Red River
Mayer Named In Wake Of Wool Marking Boss Resignation
Rumors circle that Judge C Belcher of Del Rio may succeed Roger Gillis as president of the National Wool Marketing Corporation. Del Rioans push Belcher with ranching and banking ties seen as ideal for the chair. In Chicago next month directors will fill Barwood’s vacancy and discuss 1931 wool advances.
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Roger Gillis
del Rio
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Del
Judge Belcher
Sonora
Chicago
James A. Hopper
Salt Lake City
Hopper
Texa
San Angelo
Sol Mayer
Gillis
T. Barwood
Horace Fawcett
Southwest Texas Co-Op
National Wood Marketing Corporation
Barwood
Body of Sanderson Boy Recovered From Rio Grande
Roy Hurst, high school student of Sanderson, drowned Saturday while swimming in the Rio Grande south of Sanderson. His body was found Sunday after a 24 hour search. Survived by parents, one brother and three sisters. Body to be taken to El Paso for burial. It is unclear if cramps or a strong current caused the drowning.
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Rio Grande River
Sanderson
Roy Hurst
Hurst
Fl Paso
del Rio
Hoover Lands in Porto Rico on Caribbean Cruise
President Hoover landed at 7 45 this morning at Ponce Porto Rico for the first stop of his Caribbean voyage. He came ashore after a conference with Governor Theodore Roosevelt aboard the battleship Arizona as a large crowd greeted the presidential party.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Mar
U.P
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Arizona
Senate Engrosses Bill to End Advalorem Tax
In Austin on March 23 the Senate engrossed a constitutional amendment to abolish the state advalorem tax, a move aimed at replacing the roughly 25 million dollars in annual revenue with other taxes. The chamber also engrossed a second amendment to free homesteads from taxation up to five thousand dollars in value.
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Senate
Austin
Mar
Repairs on Foster Building Complete
Under supervision of O J Cresswell a Del Rio contractor remodeling and repair work at the Foster building 1107 North Main Street has been finished and the structure is available to tenants. The store once housed A Feigenbaum and the Quality Clothes Shop but was closed after fire insurance adjustments. A building permit of 500 dollars was taken out by Judge Foster.
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O. J. Cresswell
del Rio
Foster
North Main Street
A. Feigenbaum
Quality Clothes Shop
Judge Foster
Ranch Trades Active in Big Bend Country
Alpine area reports several ranch transactions including Homer Ferguson selling Christmas Mountain to Warren interests and J T Parker buying the Yarbro ranch in Brewster County. The Grubb ranch near Hovey and coal assets near Terlingua are noted, plus the Bird mine leased to Iowa Mining Company with silver lead and possible gold. Sheep sales also occur.
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Big Bend Country
Big Bend
Homer Ferguson
Christmas Mountain
Warren
Brewster
J.T Parker
E A Warren
Brewser County
Grubb
Hovey
Grass Mountains
Bird
Alpine
Iowa Mining Company
Health talks planned for border towns at Laredo
A cross border health conference with Dr Hugh Cummings and Mexican officials, including Drs Toribia Garcia and Lopez Portilla, aims to stage a joint campaign along the Rio Grande. Austin sessions focused on nine activity areas such as mosquito control and vaccination, with Texas conceding Mexico leads in several campaigns. No epidemic signs reported in Del Rio or Villa Acuna as smallpox fears subside.
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Hugh Cummings
United States Public Health
Toribia Garcia
Lopez Portilla
Rafaeli Silva
Mexico
Health Department
Laredo
Texas
Austin
Rio Grande
J. C. Anderson
del Rio
Villa Acuna
B. Farr
French plan big viaducts connects island to mainland
A giant 9 500 foot viaduct is to link the Island of Oleron with the French mainland near here. The project, announced by the Charente Infresieure Departmental Council, carries an estimated cost of 4 million dollars. The structure would rise 120 feet above ground and provide a 75 foot wide roadway.
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Rochefort
France
Oleron
Charente Infresieure
Drowning Man Reaches for Straw In Distress
A drowning man clutches at a straw as a metaphor for desperate hope in evident peril. The saying reflects a moment of extreme vulnerability and the urge to grasp any faint chance of rescue.
Traveling salesman recounts hitchhike robbery near Uvalde
B P Haney tells of picking up two hitch hikers a man in a big hat and a girl The man offered a cigarette tasted like violets then Haney fainted He awoke near Uvalde to find his car missing 19 in cash and his letters gone Del Rio officers warned to watch for the big hat stranger and his violets cigarette
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B. P. Haney
Haney
Uvalde
del Rio
Moody Leads East Texans in Oil Proration Protest
Nearly five thousand East Texans will travel by train and car to Austin to protest oil production proration in the new East Texas fields. The delegation, led by former Governor Dan Moody, will appear before the State Railroad Commission Tuesday morning. A separate report says the Texas Legislature approved a general conference of officials from all states in Austin, with Governor Sterling expected to sign the Senate resolution.
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Longview
Mar
U.P
Austin
East Texas
State Railroad Commission
Dan Moody
UPI
House of Representatives
Senate
Sterling
Texas
Heavier Steel Rails Arrive For Sunset Route Work
The second consignment of steel rails for the Southern Pacific reached Del Rio for distribution over the Sunset Route between Del Rio and San Antonio. Nine cars of 110 and 130 pound rails will be sent west via Sanderson Alpine and Valentine to El Paso, replacing lighter track and enabling heavier trains and faster schedules. The $1,000,000 improvement program will take about nine months, with ongoing ditching, right of way, and bridge work tied to the Del Rio division.
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Southern Pacific
del Rio
Sanderson
Alpine
Valentine West
el Paso
San Antonio
Rhode Island State Bird Poll Picks Bobwhite Quail
The bobwhite quail won in a statewide poll of about 50 000 Rhode Island residents to become the state bird in a contest conducted by the Wheeze Providence? The Rhode Island project noted the overwhelming support for the bobwhite ahead of other candidates.
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Providence
R. I. WP
Rhode Island
Dispute Over Mohair Advances Triggers Damaging Fine
Del Rio sheep and goat raisers recall a Portland clash between Roger Gillis and C. B. Denman that led to a fierce split. Gillis accused Denman of misstatements and Denman resisted raises, prompting a large implied fine of 3.2 million dollars on warehouse producers for Mohair buyers.
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Gillis
Denman
Oregon
Roger
Garner Building Uvalde Theatre Under Construction
Congressman Jonn N. Garner begins a new theatre on his North Getty Street property in Uvalde. The 500-seat venue will lease to Howard K. Allen of San Antonio and G. H. Weaver of Cuero, with talkie equipment costing about 30000 dollars. The Strand theatre in Uvalde sold for 65000 dollars to H. W. Little and associates, effective April 1.
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Uvalde
Jonn N. Garner
Getty Street
del Rio
Howard K. Allen
San Antonio
G. H. Weaver
Cuero
H. B. Hunter
H. W. Little and Associates
Rio
Strand
Weather Forecast Del Rio Vicinity
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Tuesday in Del Rio and vicinity. Yesterday's high reached 82 degrees with a low of 46.
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