Del Rio Chamber Protests Train Dispatch Office Move
Del Rio Chamber of Commerce protests the abolition of the local train dispatcher's office and transfer of five dispatchers and families to other points. L B McDonald, Sunset Route general manager, to visit Del Rio Wednesday to discuss the matter with local business leaders. The exchange of telegrams and public sentiment show strong opposition to the relocation and demand the office stay in Del Rio.
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del Rio
Bers McDonald
Chamber of Commerce
T & W O. Rathway
Houston
Texas
del Rio Chamber OF Commerce
Akron airship plot man faces fate similar to Shenandoah
The article describes Paul F Kassay’s arrest at Akron for conspiring to destroy the navy’s massive airship Akron. It compares the potential fate to the Shenandoah disaster, shows Shenandoah debris, and notes Kinsey and Lt. G. W Settic involved in the Akron project with rivet work and details of the test frame. government official announced.
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Kanaay
Akron
Kinsey
Census Reveals 1 798 Students In San Felipe
San Felipe district reports 1798 school children in 1971, an increase of 177 from 1421 in 1930 and 1560 in 1929 surveys. Adams County school superintendent Marie Grande Adams cites ongoing Del Rio area surveys and urges ranchers with Mexican families to ensure children are counted for per capita school funding.
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San Presipe Seden
Marie Grande
Adams County
Echool
von Velasen
le Secenl
Adams
del Rio
Val
Oil probation battle starts in Texas proration fight
Hearing opened before the State Railroad Commission on a proposed proration order for Texas oil production and an East Texas field. East Texans argued their high quality oil and location justify avoiding prorating with other sections unable to compete with imports.
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Austin
Mar
State Railroad Commission
Texas OU
East Texas Feild
Divorce Granted After Seven Year Marriage
Cambridge, reported Mrs. E. V. Tuelis testified that during seven years of marriage her husband took her to the movies only three times. The testimony supported her request for a divorce.
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Cambridge, Mass
E. V. Tuelis
Heavy docket for new term district court
Judge Joseph Jones opens the spring term on April 6 to a heavy docket, about 80 cases. The civil list includes 30 divorce actions with 15 held over from January and 15 filed since mid January. The civil docket covers notes, tithe, portions and other civil matters. The criminal calendar shows 14 cases, mostly new, with a few holdovers and offenses including automobile thefts embezzling and assault with intent to murder and a robbery case.
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Joseph Jones
Think Car Theft Suspect Brother Of Coast Killer
Albert Alvarez, linked via Sheriff Whistler to a California murder suspect, is said to be the brother of a man wanted for murder. Alvarez and two others were arrested in Comstock after a Del Rio high school teacher’s car theft report. Descriptions reportedly match except for first names.
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Albert Alvarez
Comstock
Drury Wood del Rio
California
M. L
Bud” Whistler
Whistler
Alvarez
Comatock
Wood
del Rio
Tequila smugglers held on bond after car seizure
Catarino Hernandez and Seterino Perez were arrested Sunday by Texas Rangers and U S customs agents with a deputy sheriff after 17 bottles of tequila were found in their car. Each faced $500 bond on violation of the laws and were arraigned before U S Commissioner C D Smith Monday afternoon.
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Catarino Hernandez
Seterino Perez
Uy County
Jal
Texas Rangers
U. S. Customs
U. S&s
C. 2D Smith
Uvaldean Leaps From Flaming Auto on Highway
A. C Cook of Uvalde escaped death Monday when his car burst into flames while driving from Del Rio to Uvalde. He jumped from the flaming vehicle to avoid brakes, suffered scratches and cuts, then the gasoline tank exploded, destroying the car. Passersby took him to Uvalde. injuries not serious.
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del Rio
Uvalde
A. C Cook
Cook
Uvaide
Senate blocks big bond plan in tight vote
Austin March 24 The Senate refused to take up Senator Walter Wooduls proposal for a 200 million dollar State road bond. The chamber voted 13 to 12 to table the resolution subject to call, with Senator Clint Small of Wellington leading the opposition.
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Austin
Mar
Senate
Walter Woodul
Clint Small
Wellington
Pioneer Found Dead at Home in Big Spring
URS P Echols aged 60 a Howard County pioneer was found dead in his home late last night with a life bullet in his heart. He had been in ill health for several years.
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Big Spring
Urs. P. Echols
Howard County
Safe Burners Take $20,000 in Tennessee
Carthage Tennessee March 24 UP The vault in the Smith County Bank was broken into during the eight and loot of 29 an in cash was taken officials of the bank announced when the institution opened for business this morning Acetylene torches were used to put a why into the strong box Burglar alarm wires in the vault were not touched and apparently the thieves were not even partially ubturbed in their work Tire tracks showed where a truck had been backed up to the rear door to receive the loot A posse scattered out in several directions this morning on the trail of the track
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Carthage
Tenn
Smith County
Word Ranch Suit Ends with Word Getting Half Back
In Sonora on March 2 district Judge Joe Montague issued an instructed verdict for Doc Word. The 1922 deed to his children with a life estate for the mother’s heirs was set aside. Word recovers half the ranch with the children retaining the other half. Plaintiffs include Dee Word Cal Word and others. Doe Ward of San Angelo is the defendant.
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Sonora
Mar
Doc Word
Joe Montague
San Angelo
W. A. Wright
James Cornell
Upton
Educated Silk Worm Produces Ribbon Length Record
Vittorio Zambelli of Verona claims a silkworm of the weaver-worm variety with Chinese blood spun a ribbon three and a half yards long and six inches wide. The worm is hailed as the most educated and progressive of its kind.
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Verona
Vittorio Zambelli
Death of Couple Ends Five Day Honeymoon
Mer 74 Nelson Wakefield shoots bride Dorothy Craft 20 at their Brownwood home then dies by suicide after a five day honeymoon. Married in Villa Acuna Mexico five days earlier the couple had traveled from Del Rio to Brownwood. Parents offered no motive and left no letters. Both wore pajamas.
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Mexico
Dorothy Craft
Villa Acuna
del Rio
Brownwood
United Press
Del Rio Wool Market Feels Pressure Ahead Of Chicago Meeting
Del Rio wool and mohair circles await the National Wool Marketing Corporation meeting in Chicago on April 10. Farm Board advances reportedly shape year markets. locals favor 20 to 25 cent wool and 20 to 30 cent mohair supports to avoid price collapse. Del Rio wool movement is not expected before May 10 or 15.
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National Wool Marketing Corporation
Chicago
Federal Farm Board
Palm Board
Texas
del Rio
Hoover Addresses Island Legislators
President Hoover told the Porto Rican Legislature in San Juan that economic advancement can be the bulwark of liberty. He urged equal opportunities for Porto Ricans and spoke during a brief visit before returning to Ponce and the battleship Arizona bound for the Virgin Islands.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Mar
Hoover
Ponce
Arizona
Virgin Islands
Two Texans Drown Fishing in Lakes
Firemen dragged Greenville city lake for the bodies of Charles Langford and Guy Bass who drowned when their boat overturned while replacing a trotline last night. The men, ages 28 and 25, were found with the wreckage after rescue efforts began this morning.
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Greenville
Mar
Coahuila Plans Third Major Irrigation Project
Mexico to survey land near Guerrero twenty miles south of Piedras Negras for a gravity irrigation canal modeled after Maverick County. General Manuel Perez Trevino orders the study and federal aid may follow if feasible. Regions near Villa Acuna and San Carlos already see spring planting of beans corn and wheat as repatriates return home.
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Coahuila
San Carlos
Don Martin
Engieers
Guerrero
Piedras Negras
Maverick County
Manuel Perez Trevino
Agriculture of
Mexico
Candelaria
del Rio
Marcos Hernandez
Villa Acuna
State Orders Gotham Probe
New York Legislature launches a comprehensive inquiry into all aspects of New York City government. Republicans in Albany press a city wide investigation aimed at Mayor James Walker following calls to address alleged negligence and misfeasance.
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Albany
Mar
New York
New York City
Jimmy Walker
Boy Rescued From 50-Foot Well In Reidsville NC
The Reidsville fire department rescued 8 year old William Ellington from a 50 foot well beneath his porch.
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Reidsville
N. C
William Ellington
Birth Control Move Divides Federal Councils Report
Mrs. Robert E. Speer and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. led minority and majority reports with cautious approval by the Federal Council of Churches on birth control. After years of study the committee showed varied views yet agreed that some form of family size control is needed.
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Robert E. Speer
National Board of the Y. W. C. A
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Ers
Federal Council of Churches of Birth Control
Mohair Sales Reported From Brady Prices See 22 to 33 Cents
A Brady carload of about 25 000 pounds of mohair sold to Kid Allen for Charles J Webbs Sons Inc at 22 cents a pound. A second Brady sale of 40 000 pounds went to Tom Parker for Ryder Brown Boston at 23 cents for grown hair and 33 cents for the kid clip. An additional 150 000 pounds of spring clip mohair at Sanderson warehouse shipped to National Wool Marketing Corporation agents in Boston.
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Brady
Kid Allen
Charles J. Webbs Sons, Inc
del Rio Evening News
Tom Parker
Ryder-Brown
Boston
Sanderson
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Thompson Guilty Of Killing Youth In Skating Rink
Cameron, March 24. Thompson, 61, found guilty of murdering Carlton Fewell, 19, at Belton skating rink May 16, 1928. A 20 year prison sentence was imposed after a 12 hour jury deliberation. Testimony stated Thompson shot Fewell in the back as the youth sat with Thompson's married daughter. It was his third trial.
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Thompson
Fewell
Farmers Repurpose Mine Tanks Into Ranch Water Storage
In Tombstone Arizona farmers salvage galvanized water tanks from abandoned stamp mills and ore smelters. The typical mine tank is split into two 3 000 gallon water tanks for ranch use, illustrating a reuse of boom era equipment.
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Tombstone
Ariz
U.P
Five SP dispatchers shift from Del Rio amid payroll cuts
The Southern Pacific moves four Del Rio train dispatchers and one dropped employee, trimming salaries totaling about 15 000 annually. Chief dispatcher C H Cole and three others depart Del Rio for San Antonio or El Paso, with Cole returning to El Paso and others taking new posts in San Antonio or El Paso. The change follows an undisclosed motive despite a vast Sunset Route improvement spending.
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Southern Pacific
del Rio
C. H. Cole
H. Bannister
M. L. Barry
W. O. Strother
Mr. Cole
el Paso
Mr. Bannister
Mr. Barry
San Antonio
Barry
Pai
Weather Forecast Del Rio Area Fair and Cooler Tonight
The Del Rio area expects fair to partly cloudy skies with a cooler tonight. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a pleasant daytime high and light winds.
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del Rio
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