May Brings Unusual Weather and Damage Across Regions
United Press reports a severe spring storm sweeping the Midwest and South with hail, snow, and high winds. Dallas saw a 67 mile per hour gale causing several thousand dollars of damage, while Laredo and Amarillo recorded dramatic temperature swings and unsettled forecasts.
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United Press
Mid-West
United States Weather Bureau
Old South
Southwest
Laredo
Amarillo
St. Louis
Springfield
Dallas
Hailstorm Ravages Marion County Crops and Property
A severe hail and windstorm hit Marion County late yesterday afternoon causing thousands of dollars in crop and property damage. Observers noted about three inches of rain in 20 minutes. No injuries were reported.
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Jefferson
Marion County
Special Herald souvenir issue under preparation
Work started on a deluxe souvenir edition for The Herald to be published ahead of the Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association convention July 30 to August 1. Editor T A Keene of San Antonio will rush the project to print, featuring Southwest scenes, prize livestock photos, and a portrayal of Del Rio and Val Verde County.
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Herald
T. A. Keene
San Antonio
Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
Southwest
del Rio
Val Verde County
Keene
The
Scholastics Rise In Medina County Figures Released
Medina County rural 2441 Hondo Independent 688 Devine 610 D Hanis 239 total 3978 an increase of 20 over last year according to County Superintendent W N Saathoif who submitted the figures to the State Department for approval.
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HONDO
W. N. Saathoif
Medina County
State Department
Devine
D'Hanis
Del Rio Cowboys Open Season With San Antonio Team
The Del Rio Cowboys start the baseball season Sunday at Cowboy Park at 2 PM with a double header against Southwestern Bell of San Antonio. Bobby Cannon, the player manager, has strengthened the roster with UT pitcher Lefty Browning and Fort Clark pitcher Sibley, plus new locals Baise and DeWitt Melugin. The club adopts white and black uniforms with a cowboy monogram.
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del Rio
Cowboy Park
Cowboys
Austin
Lefty Browning
University of Texas
Sibley
Fort Clark
Ralph Sellers
P. J. Pong
Southwest
W. F. Littleton
Tom Miller
Bobby Cannon
Mike de la Fuente
Milton White
Sanderson
Baise
Harlingen
DeWitt Melugin
San Antonio
Southwestern Bell
Evening News
New Car Bumper Converts to Chain Network on Emergency Brake
When the emergency brake is pulled a new bumper unfolds into a chain network designed to absorb impact and shield a person struck by the vehicle. The invention aims to reduce injuries by distributing force across multiple links.
Kerrville Sells Entire Spring Mohair Clip
Kerrville on May 2 reported the sale of about 1 250 000 pounds of spring mohair by the Schreiner Wool and Mohair Commission Company. The lot went to J M Lea, representing Draper and Company of Boston. Prices ranged from 51 to 53 1 2 cents for grown hair and 61 to 63 1 2 cents per pound for yearling mohair, averaging 52 1 2 cents and 62 1 2 cents respectively. The price trails last year but the sale outpaced other mohair centers.
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Kerrville
Schreiner Wool and Mohair Commission Company
J. M. Lea
Draper and Company of
Boston
Young Filters Give Up Game
Fresno May 2 Two student aviators Presho Stephenson and William Smith joined Mexican rebel air service as a bomber observer and machine gunner earning pesos a day. After a quiet first week they sought pay but the paymaster promised Manana meaning tomorrow and they never got paid, returning to El Paso.
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Fresno
Cal
Presho Stephenson
William Smith
el Paso
Stephenson
Smith
Manana
Six Deaths in Arkansas Tornadoes
Six identified persons lie in morgues in BrinkleyArkansas after a tornado struck Weatley and surrounding country last night. The dead include Mrs Dave Edwards and her two daughters miss Gray Caffrey of Howell and two teenage boys named Fitzgerald and Bobo.
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Brinkley
Ark
Weatley
Dave Edwards
Gray Caffrey
Howell
Fitzgerald
Bobo
Moody PEEVES Legislators on Adjournment Move
Austin May 2. Talks continued on adjourning the Texas special session unless Governor Moody submits appropriations. Rep Hopkins says action will show next week if adjournment is pursued. Rep Gilbert withdrew a tax relief bill as the governor had not submitted the topic.
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Austin
Texas
Moody
Hopkins
Gonzales
House
Gilbert
Baird
Bracketville Rider Breaks Collarbone in Fall
May 2. Leonard Frerich son of Mr and Mrs Charles Frerich ranchers in the southern portion of the county broke his collarbone when a horse he rode fell. The young man received medical attention and is recovering.
Let The Evening News Bring You The Happenings Today
A compact plea to read The Evening News before supper highlights daily happenings. The brief emphasizes timely local coverage and accessible reporting for readers seeking quick updates after work.
Husband predicts Becky Rogers will dodge prison in bank robbery case
Otis Rogers, Beck y Bradley Rogers’s husband and lawyer, predicts she will not go to prison as trials loom. The case spans multiple attempts in Round Rock and Buda Texas with prior arson and bank robbery charges, retrials, and transfer discussions amid local upheaval and statewide attention.
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Buda
LA Grange
Becky Bradley Rogers
Otis Rogers
Round Rock
Texas
Farmer's National Bank
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Hays
Willamson
Travis County
Becky
Dan Moody
Hays County
The
State University
Rogers
York Heads Del Rio Lions at Club Luncheon
Dr. D. A. York was unanimously chosen as head of the Del Rio Lions Club at a noon meeting in the Hotel Roswell dining room. Officers named include J. C. Netts as vice president and Rev. Chas Nixon as lint tamer. The group planned attendance at the San Angelo district meet. Netts will stand in for York. The club approved canceling Newton Wardlaw and Dan Delaney marriage rites and teased a future performance The Womanless Divorce Case. Guests included Mrs. Mack Weathersbee and Henry Seale with Will Rau.
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D. A. York
del Rio Lion's Club
Roswell
J. C. Netts
Chas. Nixon
Lien Tamer
Harry Davidson
Fletcher Lowe
Violet Miers
Montine Weathersbee
Ben Foster
W. C. Hodge
George Rose
J. T. Terrell
San Angelo
York
Netts
Newton Wardlaw
Dan Delaney
Lions’ Club
Mrs. Mack Weathersbee
Henry Seale
Will Rau
Expenditures Proposed for Texas Waste Study
A bill by Representative Cross would authorize $150,000 from the Bureau of Standards to fund technical research in Texas on waste product marketability. The work would be done in cooperation with Texas A&M College at College Station and funds would be available immediately.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Texas
Representative Cross
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
College Station
Laughing in court and road hog chase
In Oakland Edwin Mathieson was arraigned for laughing uproariously in a train car and had the charge dismissed after explaining his factory job. In Medford four women chased down a car after it ditched them, held three youths until police arrived.
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Oakland
Cal
Edwin Mathieson
Medford
Mass
Del Rio Cemetery Association to Meet at Faucett Home
The Del Rio Cemetery Association will meet with Mrs. E. K. Faucett at her Spring Street home on Friday afternoon at 3 o clock. All members and others interested are urged to be present.
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del Rio
Texas Sets May 10 Payment for School Per Capita
Austin reports M N Marrs announces final per capita school apportionment payment for 1928 29 will be made May 10. Total disbursement reaches 24167062 87 including rural aid high school tuition and textbooks. Early payment ensures a $16 per pupil apportionment for 1929 30 with a $2 initial Sept payment.
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Austin
M. N. Marrs
Marrs
Provisional Sonora Governor Chosen by Commission
Francisco Elias, cousin of War Secretary Plutarco Elias Calles and NY financial agent under Obregon, was selected provisional governor by the permanent congressional commission. The office was declared vacant after Fausto Topete's rebellion. Elias will serve until general elections for a constitutional governor.
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Mexico City
Francisco Elias
Plutarco Elias Cailes
New York
Obregon
Sonora
Permanent Congressional Commission
Fausto Topete
Fila
Storm Claims Lives and Damages Across Arkansas and Tennessee
Red Cross workers report six known deaths near Weatley and Haden as several small tornadoes strike the Brinkley region late yesterday. Scores of residents are injured and transported by special trains from Brinkley and nearby towns. Widespread property loss follows, with downed wires between Little Rock and Memphis and tornado impacts noted near Fort Smith Sand Prairie and Burton in Western Arkansas.
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Memphis
Littl Rock
Fort Smith
Sand Prairie
Burton
Arkansas
Power Project Drowns Linn Creek Town in Ozark Lake
Linn Creek residents abandon homes as a $30,000,000 Osage river hydroelectric dam will flood 60,000 acres and create a 125 mile lake. Up to 300 men will build the earth and concrete dam 2,500 feet long and 100 feet high, with initial 160,000 horsepower capacity expandable to 215,000. Families debate relocation while graveyards face removal or submersion. Local protests yielded to a new $60,000 courthouse for the area.
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Nolen Builoch
United Press
Linn
Osage River
Warsaw
Benton County
Niangua River
Hahatonka
Turst
Linn Creek
Ozarks
Public Service Commission
Jefferson City
Union Electric Company
Missouri
Venezuela hits record oil output from Lake Maracaibo basin
Venezuela reported a record petroleum production last year with exports exceeding 0.090 million barrels, all from the Lake Maracaibo basin. Separately a chemically treated mitten was invented to wipe automobile windshields, with a single use keeping glass free of moisture for a period.
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Venezuela
Marecaibo Basin
City Dismisses 1800 School Children Over Disease Fears
In Sweetwater on May 2, 1800 students were dismissed after city health authorities reported scarlet fever measles small pox and meningitis cases and three student deaths. High school classes continue though graduation events are canceled.
Mercy tempering Judge West's immigration verdicts
Judge Duval West of San Antonio showed mercy to 35 Mexican aliens charged with immigration violations. Thirty four received sixty day sentences before deportation. one woman with a child was sent back to her country. The judge warned that a second offense would incur penitentiary time. The prisoners are to serve at Maverick county Jail.
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Duval West
San Antonio
United States
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Maverick County
Bryan Man Named to Prisons Board and Regents Vacancy
Austin, May 2. E N Austin of Bryan has been tendered a position on the state board of prison commissioners. A vacancy on the board will occur when Wilmot Odell of Fort Worth accepts appointment to the board of regents of the University.
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Austin
E. N. Austin
Bryan
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Wilmot Odell
Fort Worth
Board of Regents
Sports cartoonist T A Dorgan dies in New York
New York May 2 T A Dorgan noted sports cartoonist and fight authority died in his sleep in the city.
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Sport Authority Dies Ein New York
New York
T. A. Dorgan
Weather Update Forecast for Tonight and Friday
A weather brief indicates fair skies tonight with warming trends continuing Friday. Expect temperatures to rise into a milder range Friday afternoon as conditions remain dry.
April Weather Summary for Del Rio Section
The April meteorological summary shows highest temperature 98 degrees on the 30th and coldest days the 9th and 16th at 56. The mean maximum 84.8, mean minimum 64.6, and monthly mean 74.7. Total rainfall 1.17 inches, heaviest on the 8th with 0.8 inch. Sun shine 54 percent with seven clear, twelve partly cloudy, and ten cloudy days.
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M. L. Molyneux
Weather Bureau
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