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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1935
Page
1
A column critiques journalism control, noting calls for licensing the press and radio censorship. It also attacks Hugh Johnson and Roosevelt, warns of political manipulation, condemns the Mail-a-Dime trend, and ridicules backers and writers while seizing on the era’s partisan tension.
The Houston Post column reflects on Mary McElroy's plea to spare her kidnapper, arguing that swift justice and the death penalty deter kidnaping. It notes public outrage since Lindbergh, and warns Governor Park against commuting the sentence, stressing broader public safety.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced in London that Britain will accelerate expansion of its air forces to maintain parity with neighboring powers. He said the effort goes beyond current estimates and will strengthen the nation’s defense, stressing unity with France and Italy to avoid any weakening of mutual confidence.
Hermann Goering, aviation minister, told a foreign press luncheon that the German air force possesses superior quality of men and material and would be a match for any attacker even if outnumbered. He cited modern machines and motors and warned that any aggressor would have a bad time.
General Goering announced to foreign correspondents that Germany will call its first class of conscripts since the Versailles Treaty to serve one year starting October 1. The move marks a major expansion of Germany's military manpower.
W M Sanford aged 91 father of Judge J R Sanford and R A Sanford died at his daughter Mrs R B Slight in Alpine. He came to Texas in 1849 from Mississippi, lived in Texana, Jackson County, and farmed and ranching across Brewster and Edwards Counties. He served in the Civil War and married Susan Ellen Rodgers in 1865.
Del Rio and vicinity experience generally fair and cooler conditions tonight with Friday partly cloudy skies. Temperatures yesterday reached 87 and a low of 74. minimum this morning was 70. West Texas sees fair and cooler conditions in the southeast tonight, Friday partly cloudy. East Texas remains cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the southeast, then cooler tonight with Friday partly cloudy.
Del Rio residents are warned to stop posting dime chain letters after Chief Inspector Aldrich announced prosecutions for originators. Karl Crowley of the Post Office Department, while noting mail fraud, said action hinges on proving wrongdoing by those who start such schemes. The letters promise large returns if recipients forward to five friends, a plan many discard as wasteful.
The Senate ordered a senatorial investigation into the distribution of funds by the Federal Relief Administration. A resolution by Senator Couzens of Michigan was adopted without debate directing the Appropriations Committee to examine allotment data, state cooperation, state requirements, agreements, and accounting methods.
The relief office under E S Block faces a flood of applications as Texas counties rush to qualify for the new work relief law. E A Baugh of the Texas Relief Commission says administrators are pressured to admit applicants not in dire need, causing congestion and hindering those already on relief. He notes it may be weeks before the program begins and urges seekers not to apply at relief offices, as no jobs are available yet.
A complaint filed in Austin charges M. B. McCulloch a mail office clerk with a $3201.05 shortage in the money order department. A warrant for his arrest was issued and he was guarded at a hospital after shooting himself as inspectors began an audit.
An 18 year old from Fleetwood Pennsylvania tells Deputy Sheriff Louis Bochat of a string of run ins with the law across several states. He confessed to stealing the Peterson sedan from 407 East First Street and was captured eight miles above Pandale on the Pecos River and brought to Del Rio with the car.
After 48 years of wedded life Mrs. Mathais Shelton of Lamar Missouri has brought suit against her husband for divorce on grounds of desertion.
Del Ricans may have their fingerprints placed in the FBI personal identification files at no cost. T. P. Cook, chief of the immigration service, announced the program to be conducted at the international bridge office where applicants receive fingerprint cards, have prints taken, and mail them to Washington.
Del Rio recorded a brief thunderstorm with .23 inch of rain between 1 and 2 am on Thursday. The month ended with 0.67 inch in April, 1.12 inches below normal, but the year total reached 4.16 inches, 0.55 inch above normal, with only three measurable precipitation days in the 30 day period. Wind gusts reached 34 mph on two rain days.
News photographer Jack Miller of the Post witnessed Texas Rangers raid Nation-Wide News Service offices in Houston. Rangers attempted to smash his camera as prisoners were escorted out, one ranger warning him and another threatening to strike. Miller reported blows caused slight damage but kept his film. a crowd murmured in disapproval as Ranger Sgt Sid Kelso claimed officers were told to avoid publicity.
In the Kars district near Soviet Armenia, a violent earthquake leaves sixteen children dead and twenty missing with at least fifty seriously injured. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess the damage and casualties.
The office boy who rose through the ranks to become president of International Harvester Company is Sydney G. McAllister. He started in 1897 and advanced to first vice president before his latest promotion to president.
Dalhart residents and local businessmen subscribed 250 dollars to hire Tex Thornton, a veteran Amarillo oil well shooter, to detonate explosives on a warm calm day. Thornton says he does not claim to be a rain maker but believes cloud moisture may be released by ground and balloon-launched detonations. He plans to bring the explosives Monday.
The Franco Russian mutual assistance pact was signed tonight to defend France and Russia from a German attack. In Washington the Senate opened debate on the Harrison compromise bill with Clark proposing the Vinson full payment measure as a substitute, stating it could win enough votes.
Philippine constabulary detaches were sent to locations north and south of Manila after communication wires were cut. Officials blamed Sakdalists, an extremist anti ratification group, with demonstrations reported in five provinces near Manila.
The Brown Shoe Company , major local employer, paid off 1,100 workers at its Charleston branches on Tuesday and announced the factory will close indefinitely due to business conditions and ongoing labor difficulties over the past year.
In Washington on May 2 a bipartisan Senate Finance Committee rejected all amendments to a resolution extending NRA until April 1 next year. The panel voted 13 to 4 to report the measure favorably to the Senate, with attempts to broaden Blue Eagle powers or remove production controls dismissed. Chairman Harrison planned to submit the report in a day or two.
The United States Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions strongly opposing most aspects of the New Deal. The group urged that holding company laws not be federally imposed, warned against federal control of state commissions, and called for major changes to the Wagner Labor Bill and NRA.
Funeral services for Joe Rubio 2 will be held at his home at 409 Rubio Street with the Mexican Masonic Lodge in charge and interment at San Felipe Masonic Cemetery under Lupe Diaz. Rubio died Tuesday after pneumonia illness. He was born in Uvalde in 1893 and moved to Del Rio in 1902 with his parents. He married Rosa Flores in 1914 and served on the San Felipe Independent School District board. Survivors include his widow two children two sisters three brothers and his parents.
Texas products will be shown in about 30 merchant windows Friday and Saturday in cooperation with the New Century Club and the Chamber of Commerce Buy Texas Products campaign. The best display will win 45 dollars, the next best 2.50 dollars. Members urged citizens to view windows noting many locally made products were not identified as Texas products.
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