03 May 1935
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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1935
Page
1
The column mocks political figures including Huey Long and the Roosevelts while noting Tammany’s shifting support and the dangers of political influence. It references the Patman bill and the idea of honest donations, contrasting modest acts with larger thefts, and mentions a self-aware admission of editorial error.
Newspaper editors share views on the ideal paper including focus on personalities and limited ads. Mentions Stanley Walker of The New York Mirror, the Brownwood Bulletin obituary editor, and Secretary Ickes in a public works note. Also cites Temple Telegram and Marshall Messenger quotes on media and society.
Kansas City May 3 postal inspectors report the latest chain mail twist to be send a pint of whiskey or send a dollar. The whiskey variant prompted checks at Moberly Missouri, with mail laws violative of mailing liquor. A Kansas City physician allegedly received 47 one dollar bills as a result of the scheme.
Manila May 3 Seventy combatants reportedly die as radical Sakdalistas clash with insular constabulary across three provinces. Rebels seize several towns near Manila and declare independence while hoisting Sakdalista symbols. insurrection aims to topple the insular government and establish a socialistic regime.
In Gallup on May 3, police and investigators search for Robert Minor, New York communist leader, and David Levinson, Philadelphia attorney for the International Labor Defense, amid skepticism a hoax or crime by a band of men. Mrs. Joe Bartel claims the two were abducted from a car as police seek clues connected to a recent riot with three deaths.
R. M. Bankhead principal of Central Elementary and Junior School was named instructor of education in Sul Ross State Teachers College for the second Summer term from July 13 to late August. The appointment came by letter from president H. W. Morelock. Bankhead earned his master’s degree in education at the University of Colorado in 1932. After local schools close he plans to tour Texas cities with his mother Mrs. Mattie Bankhead, visiting his boyhood home in Huntsville.
Five Texas counties Pot ter Lamb Dawson Hall and Ochiltree will host CCC erosion control camps to demonstrate soil conservation methods. H H Finnell, regional erosion director, says the camps cover distinct soil types for broad educational value.
Delbert Green, 25, was sentenced to death for murdering his uncle James Green. District Judge Eugene E Pratt set June 26 for the execution at Utah state prison.
Twenty one West Texas counties and adjoining areas will host shelterbelt planting under a federal conservation program. Edgar H. Kemp, shelterbelt assistant to John D. Jones, said land will be bought or leased with planting spread over one to three years, using trees like elm, pecan, cottonwood, and ash. No landowner will be forced to participate. government will fund cultivation, maintenance, and labor will be sourced locally.
Snow fell in Hereford Panhandle area today replacing a dust plague. The report notes a wintery condition impacting the region as of May 3.
Berlin reports that Polish baron George Sosnowski, once named a top European spy, was handed over in exchange for three German agents. Germany also found two suspected spies, Baroness Benita Von Falkenhayn and Frau Renate Von Natzmer, among its noblewomen, who faced execution on February 18.
May 3 report from Austin states the State Relief Commission was informed by Federal authorities that Texas is granted 3,743,000 dollars for relief efforts within the state during May.
The fragment notes a terse aphorism about time and human agency, attributed to Pengalese. It reflects on time’s uncatchable nature and the limits of human intervention.
A draft plan for a Western European aviation pact has been drawn up and is under consideration in Paris Rome and London. British circles report Germany has facilities to build 100 airplanes monthly as replacements.
A 10 man crew, soon to grow to 20, works under Joe Sparling of Darby Corp to dismantle 20 oil tanks at the Mid Kansas Gas and Oil Co farm three miles east of the city. Completion is expected in about 90 days after damage from the March 21 tornado.
Buck Anderson, arrested in San Angelo while selling about 300 pounds of dead wool, is charged with wool theft in Sanderson. Sheriff Lee A. Cook received Anderson from San Angelo authorities after identifying the wool as stolen from Ben H. Gilbert and Tip Frazier.
A branch of the Federal Livestock Agency is established in Amarillo with C. S. Kenney from Kansas City in charge. Grover P. Hill, AAA representative, will assist. The office will inform farmers ranchers and feeders about feed grain and pasture land availability and provide Bureau of Agriculture Economics feed bulletins free to those seeking pasture or feed.
General Charles A Desaussur former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans died in Memphis on May 3.
UT economist Elmer H. Johnson argues Texas remains not mineral conscious despite vast oil gas sulfur salt limestone soils and grazing lands noting modern industry relies on mineral resources and water transport links to Gulf markets shape Texas economic destiny.
The Texas Senate approved the conference report by 29 to 1 to merge state police agencies into a department of public safety. If the House adopts the report, the bill goes to the governor. The House refused to suspend rules on a separate bill to create a public corporation for a $60 million federal loan and grant for Texas Panhandle gas pipelines to Detroit and St Louis.
In the Texas Panhandle near Dalhart on Wednesday a rainmaking test used high explosive bombs launched from gas balloons to create rain over the Rita Blanca Lake area. Skeptics watched as dust remained in the air despite the attempt led by Tex Thornton, famed for oil well fire firefighting.
Dr. Bradford Knapp president of Texas Technological College Lubbock will be principal speaker at the Collingsworth County rural teachers annual dinner in Wellington on May 3.
Furious wind storms with lightning sweep through Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana killing three people and soaking Louisville. More than 100 homes and 50 businesses are unroofed as power lines and trolley cables are cut. Churchill Downs suffers rain damage but remains intact. A separate Arkansas storm leaves five dead ten injured and heavy property loss.
Dallas postmaster W Bruce Luna deemed the send a dime or dollar chain illegitimate under postal law. Five unsealed chain letters mailed from Dallas were seized and sent to Washington for investigation. Readers who received such letters were advised to forward them to the post office for action.
District Judge F. J. Miller told a McCulloch County grand jury that the country has seen a mental breakdown in character and responsibility. He cited rising burglary theft and forgery and criticized public tolerance of marble machines gambling devices and bootlegging. He warned doctors who issue prescriptions without patient exams violate the liquor law.
Cloudy with local showers tonight and likely Saturday. Cooler in the south tonight. Yesterday’s high 89 and low 69. Minimum this morning 63. South portion also expects showers Saturday with cooler conditions there.
Cloudy conditions bring occasional light rain tonight with a cooler spell. Saturday remains unsettled as showers persist and temperatures dip slightly.
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