Prickly Pear on Book Clubs and Reading Choices
The Prickly Pear column notes New York book clubs and editors selecting reading lists, comparing it to arranged marriages and dowries, and arguing that reading matter is chosen by editors and reviewers. It reflects on classics, magazines, and Mary Pickford coverage as selections.
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Prickly Pear
New York
del Rio News
Mr. Pear
Mary Pickford
Dr. Townsend
State Press
Dallas News
Texas Mohair Week Declared by Governor Allred
Governor James V Allred proclaims March 22 28 as Texas Mohair Week to boost the states mohair industry. The proclamation notes Texas leading wool production and its 87 percent share of US mohair and highlights uses in palm beach suits upholstery and other products. It urges recognition in all media to aid the industry during the centennial year.
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Texas
James V. Allred
United States
Palm Beach
State of
Austin
A. D
I M telling em now a wartime homefront column
Austin Callan quips about European nations preparing for conflict while avoiding enlistment. He jokes about Prickly Pear as a thick skinned volunteer, dismisses Italian grub, and notes divide in the country amid war talk. He cites weather budgets and All Fools Day as a tongue in cheek closer.
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Prickly Pear
Selassie
Weather forecast for Rio Grande and surrounding area
Weather outlook calls for fair skies and colder tonight with a maximum yesterday of 84 and minimums of 59 and 58 recorded. Frost is expected in the south tonight with continuing fair and warmer conditions in the Panhandle and cooler, partly cloudy weather in the northwest and extreme east by Friday.
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Panhandle
Laborers Seize Estates in Badajoz Province Demand Land Registration
In Badajoz Spain on March 26 about sixty thousand farm laborers from 235 villages seized vast estates and divided the land among themselves. Police and civil guards hurried to oust the workers who demanded officials register the lands under the names of the new owners. Laborers refused to wait on government land distribution measures.
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Badajoz
Spain
Marble Deposit Found in Travis County Survey
A state-wide mineral resources survey by the Texas planning board and the University of Texas located a marble deposit four miles west of Austin on the Fredericksburg road. Dr. E H Sellards said the travertine sample was extensive and had a white background with brownish markings, polished at the university lab.
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Austin
Travis County
Texas Planning Board
University of Texas
E. H. Sellards
Bureau of Economic Geology
Engineering Research Laboratory
Fredericksburg Road
Five Regions Map for New Soil Conservation Plan
The United States will be divided into five regions to administer a new 500 million soil conservation program announced by Secretary Henry A. Wallace. Regional directors mirror the old AAA leadership with Southern Cully A. Cobb, East Central and Northeast John B. Hutson, North Central Gerald B. Thorne, Western George E. Farrell. Harold R. Tolley acts as supervising AAA administrator overseeing the directors with headquarters in Washington.
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United States
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
AAA
Southern
Cully A. Cobb
East Central
John B. Hutson
North Central
Gerald B. Thorne
Western
George E. Farrell
Harold R. Tolley
Washington
New Farm Program Debated as Subterfuge and Funds Device
Washington dispatch notes an AAA official calling the soil conservation program a subterfuge that fools nobody while acknowledging its potential to transfer funds from taxpayers to farmers. The piece warns that surpluses may force price declines, prompting renewed production controls, with wheat and cotton acreage and politics shaping expectations ahead of likely shifts in government leadership.
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Washington
NEA
AAA
Ed” Smith
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Senator Minton Attacks Hearst Over Press Freedom
Indiana Senator Minton denounces William Randolph Hearst as the greatest menace to freedom of the press. He accuses Hearst of prostituting his newspapers for private interests as the Senate lobby committee moves to block Hearst telegram use in its lobbying investigation.
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Washington
Minton
Indiana
William Randolph Hearst
Senate Lobby Committee
Hearst
Governor Hoffman Plans Pardons Test Over Hauptmann Case
Governor Harold Hoffman visited Bruno Hauptmann's Bronx home to test prosecution claims that nail holes in rail 16 of the kidnap ladder match attic beams. He aims to present results when the Court of Pardons meets to consider Hauptmann's commutation appeal.
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Trenton
Harold Hoffman
Bruno Hauptmann
Bronx
Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
McCraw Set as Principal Speaker at Voters League Meet
Texas League of Women Voters named Attorney General William McCraw a principal speaker for its state convention in Austin on March 25 and 26. His address on trained personnel in government capped a league campaign with the motto choose the man for the job not the job for the man.
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Austin
Texas League of Women Voters
William McCraw
League
R. A. Tsanoff
Rice Institute
Houston
Peter Molyneaux
Dallas
Beauford H. Jestern
Corsicana
Emerson R. Newell
Galveston
R. D. Brewington
Geo. W. Stocking
Ruth Allen
Charles W. Hackett
Charles A. Timm
R. E. Westmeyer
Nine Lives Feared Lost in Collision
SKEGNESS Lincolnshire March 26 Nine lives feared lost today when the French freighter Boree sank twenty miles off the coast after colliding in fog with an unidentified vessel Thirteen of the twenty three crew members were rescued
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Skegness
Lincolnshire
Eng
Boree
Applications for old age pension lag in District 15
Only 1,556 of an expected 6,000 old age assistance applications have been received in District 15, headquartered in Del Rio. Uvalde County leads with 306 applications, Medina 278, Val Verde 178, followed by Dimmit 140, Pino 176, LaSalle 125, Zavala 103, Maverick 90, Real 70 and Kinney 46. Six investigators cover the district, visiting applicant homes.
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District 15
del Rio
Uvalde County
South Main Street
Uvalde
Ross Payne
Medina County
Val Verde County
Dimmit
Pino
LaSalle
Zavala
Maverick
Real
Kinney
Hauptmann Faces Likely Electric Chair in New Jersey
The 1930s Hauptmann case finalizes with Governor Hoffman missing a reprieve. Judge Trengrand orders execution within the week of March 30 at Trenton’s state prison, barring new evidence. Bruni Hauptmann awaits death by electric chair as Justice Trengrand’s sentence stands.
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New Jersey
Trenton
Harold G Hoffman
Bruno Hauptmann
Tvrenchard
Hauptmann
Maron
Quota for Red Cross Exceeded in Flood Fund Drive
Val Verde County surpassed its $110 goal for flood relief donations to the East through the Val Verde Chapter of the American Red Cross. Acting chairman Frank Schmidt reported $137.50 on hand with schools still to contribute. Local donations came from Del Rio residents despite difficulties faced by other communities.
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RED Cross
Val Verde County
Val Verde
American Red Cross
Frank Schmidt
Mr. Schmidt
The
del Rio
Schmidt
M. E. Faust
R. E. L. Bush
Two Names Filed In Del Rio ISD Trustee Election
Two names were filed by petition for the two vacancies on the Del Rio Independent School District board. Secretary Cathryn Wayman announced after the filing deadline that Pattie Jo Hamilton and J. A. Forman are the two candidates for three year terms. The school board election is set for April 4.
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del Rio Independent School District
Cathryn Wayman
Pattie Jo Hamilton
J. A. Forman
Rites held for Mrs Minnie Bibb 68 in San Antonio
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Bibb 68 were conducted Wednesday at the Porter Loring Chapel in San Antonio. Interment followed at San Jose Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs R L Hensley and son Johnnie Bibb with four grandchildren.
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Minnie Babb
Minne Bibb
San Antonio
Porter Loring
San Jose Cemetery
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Mrs. Hensley
Johnnie Bibb
Sweetwater
Ray Ross
A. L. Harris
R. C. Courtney
Jennie Powers
M. L. Burchett
A. L. Pirsich
Government Revenue Reaches 3.0 Billion in Fiscal Year
Washington reports government revenue for the fiscal year at 3.035 billion dollars. Expenditures to date total 5.217 billion, producing a deficit of 1.182 billion. The report compares current revenue with 82.812 million from the prior period.
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Washington
American Legion Ends Membership Drive Friday
The local American Legion post concludes its two week campaign with a Friday evening gathering at 7 30 in the Chamber of Commerce. Forty two new members were added and Co E Long earned a new seven dollar fifty cent hat for securing the most new members. John Loomis will address the European Situation.
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American Legion
The
Chamber of Commerce
John Loomis
Co. E. Long
Legionnaire
Legion
Dust Storms Sweep Through Oklahoma
A thick dust pall paralyzed highway traffic and blotted out the sun across Oklahoma. The Northwestern region described it as the worst of the year with low visibility and freezing temperatures. Enid Alva and Ponca City reported darkened streets and burned lights as mercurys dipped to 30 degrees.
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Oklahoma
Enid
Alva
Ponca City
Betty Ballinger Dies at 82 Founding DRT Leader
Miss Betty Ballinger, 82, a founder of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and granddaughter of Texas patriot William T. Jack, died Wednesday in Galveston. Funeral services will be held Thursday.
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Galveston
Betty Ballinger
the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
William T. Jack
Texas
Britain backs Locarno Pact amid Rhineland crisis demand
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain would support the Locarno Pact and pressed Germany to contribute to easing the Rhineland crisis described as highly critical. He insisted Britain must guarantee no aggression between Germany France and Belgium and refused to revoke the British signature.
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Eign
Anthony Eden
House of Commons Today
Britain
Germany
Rhineland
France
Belgium
Man Files Land Grant 100 Years After Issuance
BONHAM March 26 A Texas land grant on the Red River in what became Fannin County was filed for record 98 years after its 1838 issuance. R Inglish Bonham Daily Favorite editor says the document, kept in a family trunk and partly eaten by rats, finally was recorded after a descendant obtained a certified copy from state land officials and used it to establish title at a sale.
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Bonham
Texas
R. Inglish
Bonham Daily
Republic of Texas
Red River
Fannin County
J. T. Robison
Austin
J. H. Walker
Inglish
Improvements On Highway 30 Contract Awarded
Improvement on Highway 30 north of Del Rio awarded to Cage Bros. Bishop for 168 779 dollars. Project covers 5.8 miles of grading drainage structures material and bituminous seal coat from 9 miles north of Del Rio to 12 miles south of the intersection with Highways 30 and 41. Val Verde contract included in Federal emergency construction totaling 920 434 dollars, bringing March total near 7 000 000 for the overall work.
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del Rio
Cage Bros. Bishop
Val Verde
Highway Commission
Ways and Means Panel Approves Tax Plan Basis
Washington March 26 The House Ways and Means committee accepted the sub committee tax program as a basis for hearings next week The report calls for a new corporation tax expected to raise 590 million with ninety percent as a windfall tax to recover unpaid old AAA processing taxes Railroads would be taxed on undistributed corporate income for the first time
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
AAA
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