Jury May Get Fowler Case Tonight In Federal Court
In a slow Wednesday session Judge Robert J. McMillan disposed of 12 cases. Three defendants Campo Kiemcke and McLaughlin had cases transferred to San Antonio. Octavio Bryan pleaded guilty. Jose Bryan and Maldonado found not guilty. Dominguez convicted and sentenced to one year and one day, to run concurrently with a two year immigration sentence. Other defendants received jail terms or deportation orders in Maverick and Val Verde counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. McMillan
San Antonio
Cesario Campo
C. A. Kiemcke
John A. McLaughlin
Jose Bryan
Augustine Dominguez
Abelino Maldonado Jr
Octavio Bryan
Maldonado
Dominguez
Leavenworth
Apperson to Lead San Angelo Securities Firm
S M Apperson formerly with the Texas Gas Utilities Company will head the San Angelo district of a securities firm. He plans to move this week with his wife and children to join in San Angelo after school ends here. Apperson has resided in the city about two years since joining the gas company at its local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Apperson
Texas Gas Utilities Company
San Angelo
Apperson
City
San Angelo Investment Company
Weather Outlook for Del Rio and Vicinity
Del Rio area and West Texas see warmer temperatures tonight and Friday. East Texas reports increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday. Yesterday’s high reached 70 and the low 43 with 45 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Baby Bonds Fail to Register with Local Investors
Report from Del Rio states neither the Del Rio National nor the Del Rio Bank and Trust Company sold any baby bonds since market launch. Inquiries were rare as banks note low demand because other government bonds offer higher interest. bonds come in $50 $100 and $500 denominations at 2 percent and can be cashed in at par after 60 days. Local officials say there is no hoarded money here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
U. S
del Rio National
del Rio Bank and Trust Company
Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Probers Seek Two Gangsters
Police hunting two known kidnappers from the Purple Gang Harry Fleischer of Detroit and Abie Wagner as part of the Lindbergh infant abduction probe. The search intensified after both men disappeared following the crime and officials warn the investigation may require a special appropriation.
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Hopewell
N. J
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Harry Fleischer
Purple Gang
Detroit
Abie Wagner
Fleischer
Wagner
Lindbergh
Sino Japanese Peace Parley Takes Earnest Turn
In Shanghai on March 24 the Sino Japanese peace talks began with diplomatic formality. General Tai Chi replaced General Kuang Mai after the latter quit amid a rank dispute as Chiang Kai shek claimed Japanese insult by appointing a lower ranking delegate. Both sides reported little progress in the early talks.
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Shanghai
Mar
Tai Chi
Kuang-Mai
Chiang
Appeal Taken In Wolf Bounty Case
The Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday took submission of the case of A. C. Anderson convicted of swindling in Edwards County and sentenced to two years. Anderson collected bounties for wolf scalps by bringing wolves from a Mexican border county to Edwards County for trapping.
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Austin
Mar
Court of Criminal Appeals
A. C. Anderson
Edwards County
Anderson
Youngsters hobbies vie for top pick in St Louis
The YMCA in St Louis aims to identify the chief hobby of the local boy. Autograph, arrow head, stamp, old coin, and cigar band collections lead the list as contenders for the top daily pastime.
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ST. Louis
Young Men's Christian Association
Two Governors to Attend Big Canal Jubilee
Eagle Pass will host the Grand Canal Opening Celebration from April 7 to 10 with Texas Governor Ross Sterling and Governor Nazario Ortiz Garza confirmed. A long list of dignitaries including Adjutant General W W Sterling and bank presidents have accepted. Speaker John N Garner and Senator Tom Connally cannot attend due to duties.
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Eagle Pass
Nazario Ortiz Garza
Central Committee
Ross Sterling
Texas
W. W. Sterling
Benjamin F. Berkley
A. P. Johnson
J. H. Frost
The
Frost National Bank of
San Antonio
E. B. Neiswanger
Central Power and Light Company
Jnc
J. H. Beretta
National Bank of Commerce
John N. Garner
Tom Connally
Washington
Masonic Convocation Scheduled Friday
Royal Arch and Royal and Select Master Masons are called to a regular convocation on Friday March 25 at 7 pm. Certificate Companions of the Grand Chapter and Grand Council will attend to impart refreshments to attendees. Visiting companions are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arch
Chas. Miller
Order
Royal
Death sentences affirmed for seven of eight accused
The Alabama Supreme Court upholds the death sentences for seven of eight Black men convicted of attacking two white girls on a freight train near Scottsboro. Eugene Williams is granted a new trial. The seven remaining defendants are scheduled for execution on May 30.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Scottsboro
Eugene Williams
Trucks Advertise Kindness in Boston
Motor trucks operated by the Animal Rescue League bear the poster Try kindness on your animals Satisfaction guaranteed. The campaign promotes humane treatment and animal welfare in Boston with roadside and vehicle advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.P
The
Animal Rescue League
157 Million Dollars Freed From Hoarders
Washington reports the anti hoarding drive has reduced currency in circulation by 157 million dollars since the inauguration. Secretary Mills says money is moving into banks and investments, easing credit as bank failures decline amid the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
the Treasury
Ogden L. Mills
Mills
House Defeats Sales Tax Proviso in Revenue Bill
The House struck the sales tax proviso from the revenue bill after adopting amendments exempting items from taxation. Earlier, consideration reopened on the provision with a shipbuilding materials exemption and pending amendments including foods medicine clothing farm tools and insecticides. The vote was to decide deleting the entire sales tax provision later that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
House
Crisp
Ways and Means
Land Owners Meet to Talk Oil Land Title in Pecos
PECOS Texas March 24 Plans to validate title to 8 000 000 acres of Texas oil lands will be set at the executive committee meeting of the Texas Land Owners Association in Pecos on April 4. The State Supreme Court ruled a bill validating oil land titles unconstitutional leaving landowners who bought state lands owing the state one half of lease rentals bonuses and royalties.
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Pecos
Texas
Texas Land Owners’ Association
State Supreme Court
East Texas Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Sixth Birthday
In Huntsville the East Texas Chamber of Commerce marked its sixth anniversary with a directors meeting held in a business session today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Friends born same day die within an hour burial
Two lifelong friends from Ongar and Blackmore in Essex were born on the same day seventy five years ago and died within an hour of each other, with funeral arrangements noted in local notices.
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Ongar
Essex
Charlotte Stanway
Ruth Ogel
Blackmore
Wool growers reach accord on marketing
Wool Growers Associations from 11 Western States adopted a cooperative plan to market the 1932 wool clip similar to last year. J B Wilson of the National Wool Marketing Association said the organization expects to handle more than 125000000 pounds of the 1932 crop, up from 107000000 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Mar
J. B. Wilson
National Wool Marketing Association
Hidden Springs From Big Lake In Courthouse
Dimmit County courthouse engine room basement fills with 40 gallons of water daily as a six inch wall leaks and groundwater from Carrizo springs may have burst forth. The springs historically fed the Winter Garden District turning the area into productive onion lands and citrus and date crops with state fair awards. Strawberries also figure in the crop mix with December shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrizo Springs
Mar
Dimmit County
Carrizo
Winter Garden District
United States
Deitzel quits T. C. U. over secret wedding
Fort Worth report states Adolph Too Tall Deitzel, star basketball player, withdrew from Texas Christian University after it was learned he secretly married while a freshman. University rules ban such marriages and he faces a sub pension but may reenter later.
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Fort Worth
Mar
Adolph
Deitzel
Texas Christian University
Harvard Researcher Pays 15 Yen Poll Tax in Cambridge
Frederick S. Hulse, a recent Peabody Museum researcher at Harvard, paid his 1931 poll tax in Cambridge after opening an envelope mailed from Japan. He had been in Kobe several months.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.P
Japan
William J. Shea
Frederick S. Hulse
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Kobe
Oil price hike echoes Continental Sinclair move
Tulsa Okla March 24 H L Phillips president of Sinclair Oil and Gas announces a 15 cent per barrel crude price increase effective April 1 to a top of 1 per barrel for 40 gravity crude. Other companies expected to follow, gasoline prices likely to rise. Illinois Pipe Line officials note West Texas Yates field crude at about 50 cents a barrel with no change yet. Local oil men greet the news with satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
H. L. Phillips
Sinclair Ol and Gas Company
Sinclair Prairie Interests
Continental Oil Company
Continental
Sinclair
Illinois Pipe Line Company
del Rio
Yates
West Texas
Mid-Continent
Humble Oil Buys Cullen and West Properties in Ridge Field
Reported acquisition by Humble Oil and Refining Company of Cullen and West properties in Ridge Field Fort Bend County includes about a dozen productive wells. Parties did not confirm the deal and price remains unknown.
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Fort Worth
Mar
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Cullen and West
Ridge Field
Fort Bend County
Hill seeks oil conservation cooperation with Texas and Oklahoma
Thurman Hill, Kansas public service commissioner, arrived in Austin to confer with Texas and Oklahoma on oil conservation. He said there was no promise of help from Texas but hoped for assurance that Texas would keep production reasonably low. He noted that any cooperation would reassure the oil industry.
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Austin
Mar
Thurman Hill
Kansas
Public Service
Texas
Oklahoma
Hill
Capone’s Prison Residence To Be Secretly Named
Federal Prison Bureau director Al Sanford Bates said Capone’s 11 year tax fraud sentence will be served at a secret location until he begins serving. Capone remains in Cook County jail in Chicago on appeal maneuvers and has been granted 30 days leave to stay there while attorneys seek Supreme Court review.
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Washington
Mar
al Sanford Bates
Federal Prison Bureau
Scarface al Capone
Gang Overlord
Capone
Cook County
Chicago
Supreme Court
Revival of American Shipbuilding Lauded
President Hoover launched the Grace Line steamer Santa Rosa at Kearney New Jersey and issued a statement praising the revival of American shipbuilding.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Grace Line
Kearney
N. J
16 000 Bride Still Unwed in Pennsylvania
New Eagle Pa Mary Clowes a 21 year old waitress offered to wed any respectable man who would send her destitute parents 10 000 dollars to marry and help her family. Hundreds of proposals arrived but none led to a wedding and checks sent for initial expenses were returned due to no funds leaving her hope of aid fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Eagle
Mary Clowes
Target of U S In Giant Suit Against Oil Promoter Parriott
One of the largest suits by the United States against an individual is filed against F B Parriott of Tulsa Oklahoma an oil promoter. He and partner Bene dum are alleged to owe 76000000 in back income taxes with deficiencies dating to 1919 and the government seeks the full amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
F. Bo Parriott
Tulsa
Okla
Parriott
Mr. Benedum
Chihuahua Governor Rejects Rumors Amid Juarez Casino Closure
Governor Roberto Fierro of Chihuahua denies rumors of removal or resignation while reports say the Juarez gambling casino may reopen under a new concession to Mariano Escobedo. Labor unions urge reopening as the state faces financial strain from the casino shutdown.
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EL Paso
Mar
Roberto Fierro
Chihuahua
Lower
California
Juarez
Mariano Escobedo
Agua Caliente
Manuel Llantada
Ortiz Rubio
War Calles
Elks to Broadcast Texas Program on WBAP Fort Worth
The Texas Elks plan a radio program on WBAP Fort Worth Friday night from 10 35 to 11 20. Speakers include O D Finegan L P Downs Louis Knight W R Dudley and Harry Logsdon with band Tickville of Ranger performing during the 45 minute program.
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Texas Organization of the Elks
WBAP
Fort Worth
O. D. Finegan
L. P. Downs
Temple
Louis Knight
W. R. Dudley
Dallas
Harry Logsdon
Ranger
Texas Organization
American Legion
Oil Worker Killed by Falling Timber at Derrick
Jack L. E. Stadler, 40, of Tyler, was fatally injured when timber fell from the top of an oil derrick in Gladewater Texas. Stadler died from head injuries sustained in the accident today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Texas
Jack L. E. Stadler
Tyler
Stadler
Ancient mill in use at Ogdensburg New York
UPI reports a grist mill built in 1797 remains in use in Ogdensburg New York. Its three foot brick walls and 14 inch square timbers show sturdy construction despite several fires.
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Ogdensburg
N. YY
Jury to hear Fowler trial in Barnett slaying case
The case of W C Fowler Upton County Sheriff charged with the 1931 machine gun slaying of Graham Barnett at Rankin was expected to reach a jury late today or Friday. Defense testimony described Barnett as dangerous and prone to threats. Sheriff Fowler testified about the events leading to the shooting.
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Sonora
Mar
W. C. Fowler
Upton County
Sherif
Graham Barnett
Rankin
Barnett
Fowler
Tony Hess
Hess
Janzen Tried Cigarette Price Rise in Berlin Court
Kurt Jansen, a bacconist in Berlin, raised cigarette prices stamped with official revenue marks, moving two from 49 to 50 pfennigs and earning 20 pfennigs before a customs officer arrested him. In court he received three months imprisonment and a 29 mark fine.
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Berlin
U.P
Kurt Jansen
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Val Verde
Miguel Rodriguez
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Manuel Rodriguez
Maverick County
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Marcelino Partido
Melicia Torres
Blaz Perez
East
Ignace Blaustein
New Jersey
Pocatello
Idaho
Blaustein
LINDY
Probers
Texas and
Coahuila
Washington, Mar
House of Representatives
East Texas
C. of
Frederic F. Walter
Courthouse
Conservation
Pennsylvania
U.S
Fierro
Texas Elks
Loan
M. Northcutt
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