Moody eyes state campaign entry as Ferguson clash looms
Moody signals presidential run while contrasting with Ferguson and Mayfield, highlighting the tense Texas political scene. The notice also reports Edith Long Morefield’s play Buried Treasure to premiere at Del Rio Little Theatre, marking its first anniversary and debut of a local workshop.
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Edith Long Morefield
del Rio
Eva Sweet Montague
West
Morefield
Jno
Long
H. A. Morefield
Comstock
Eagle Pass Man Seeks District Attorney Post
Van Palle McFarland announces his candidacy for district attorney of Eagle Pass amid Democratic primary activity. A native of Eagle Pass born 1901, he lists six years in law practice including Houston San Antonio Asherton and Eagle Pass. He earned a UT law degree in 1934 and plans to reveal his platform before July primaries.
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Athormey McParland
Houston
San Teo
Asherton
Eagle Pass
University of Texas
McFarland
Engir Pas
Fagle Pass
Brothers Absolve Each Other After Death Confession
Chicago report recounts August Vogel 27 and his brother George in a fatal crime case. August admits planning the robbery and killing salesman Lyle Perrenoud during a gun crazed robbery. he dies in the electric chair. George Vogel, serving for robbery, confesses to the crime in a final bid to save his brother.
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Uettat
Chicago
May
August Vowel
Tellay
Lyle Perrencaud
Vogels
George
August
August Vogel
Perrenoad
Perrenoud
Marfa Woman Dies Of Fire Injuries
Miss Norma Brandes, 48, fatally burned at her Marfa home on April 24 while burning trash with oil. She died in a Ballinger hospital where she had been treated. Funeral arrangements were being made in Ballinger.
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Pallinger
May
Norma Brandes
Marfa
Ballinger
Civic committee meeting of City Federation of Women's Clubs
The civic committee of the City Federation of Women's Clubs will hold an important meeting Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the St. Charles Hotel. Every member is urged to attend.
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Civic Committee
The
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
St. Charles Hotel
Panthers Grow Bolder In Big Bend Stock Raids
J W Potter describes methods used to trap and kill panthers in the Big Bend as goats and stock losses rise. He cites goof rains improving ranges, and notes panthers still roam ranchlands with several dramatic capture tales from local ranch hands.
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Big Bend
J. W. Potter
Potter
Academy Senior Music Pupils In Recital Thursday
Sacred Heart Academy presents a Thursday recital in Parish Hall led by Sister Immaculate. Senior students performed vocal, piano, and violin pieces including Pucker Up and Whistle Roses and Sea Garden with various solos duets and quartets.
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Academy
Immaculate
Sacred Heart Academy
Boos
Mountain Brook
Hallie Owen Raske Roses
Edith Herrison
Anita Herrison
Marguerite Keener
Michael Walton
Elizabeth Qualia
Milwreta Barker
Mildred Kennedy
Two Flowers
Dian
Anita Harrison
Sohon Rosemarin
Prances Jones
Mary Kennedy
Gail Hamilton
Josephine Jackson
Lucilie de Laon
Frances Jones
Josephine Johnson
Lillian
Rum Smugglers Held At Bridge
Feliz Saenz and Roberto Salazar were jailed after a Friday morning hearing on liquor smuggling across the border. Nine bottles were seized by customs officers at the bridge, and the men were lodged in county jail after being arrested in a car the night before.
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Feliz Saenz
Roberto Salazar
Father of Slain Girl Testifies in Brady Murder Trial
Dallas May 9 A G B Highsmith father of the girl Brady is accused of killing in Austin testifies as the first witness. Mrs Jewel Crider boarding housekeeper recalls Brady threatening Miss Highsmith. Henry Brooks youthful district attorney outlines the State's case.
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Brady
Dallas
Highsmith
John Brady
Austin
Jewel Crider
Miss Highsmith
Henry Brooks
Lowrey Declines Reelection as County Attorney
County Attorney Grady Lowrey announced he will not seek another term after four years in office. Following this, W. P. Wallace Jr. entered the race. Lowrey, the junior partner at the law firm Boxgress La Crosse and Lowrey, announced his decision several days ago.
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Grady Lowrey
Mr. Lowrey
W. P. Wallace Jr
Lowrey
Boxgress, la Crosse and
Dynamite Cap Explodes in Stove Injuring Man
C. H. Krause of Pipe Creek was injured last Sunday when a dynamite cap dropped into a cook stove exploded. He had just lifted a tea kettle from the stove when the blast occurred in Bandera.
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Bandera
C. H. Krause
Pipe Creek
Krause
Lamb Show Planned at State Fair and West Texas Boost
Sonora May 9 The Sheep and Goat Raisers Association reviews industry issues and rains relief while planning a Dallas Fair feeder lamb show with 750 dollars in prizes for Texas fine wooled lambs. 12 carloads of 50 to 69 pound lambs to East Texas farmers aim to spur West Texas markets.
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Sonora
Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Roy Aldwell
Dallas
Texas
East Texas
West Texas
Kerrville
A and M. College
Letter Delivery Quietly Delivers Two Note Address
In Columbus Indiana a mail item addressed with two notes from the musical scale and the words Columbus Ind was promptly delivered to F. B. Sharp by J. C. Ballinger assistant post master.
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Columbus
Ind
F. B. Sharp
J. C. Ballinger
Ear Biting Incident Shocks Villa Acuña Bar Scene
Reports describe a bartender defending order as a drunken brawl ends with a man biting off another’s ear. Authorities have abandoned the search for the missing ear half, leaving the bartender to cope with the partial loss and scandalous aftermath.
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Villa Acuna
Roberts Named for Supreme Court Vacancy
President Hoover selected Owen J Roberts of Philadelphia as the nominee for the Supreme Court seat left by the rejection of John Parker. Nomination expected to be sent to the Senate today. Roberts is a government prosecutor in naval offense cases.
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Washington
Owen J Roberts
Philadelphia
Naval
Work Starts Here On Distribution Census In Del Rio
Del Rio begins distribution census after population census completion in Val Verde County. G A Stewart commands the phase with James S Hamilton of the Commerce Department visiting. Progress is satisfactory and includes proprietors of industrial or commercial establishments that sell or produce products, excluding pure service trades.
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del Rio
G. A. Stewart
Val Verde
James S. Hamilton
San Antonio
Department of Commerce
Stewart
Improvement Noted for Mrs Hopkins
Steady improvement has been observed in the condition of Mrs W A Hopkins wife of the county Clerk. Mrs Hopkins was critically ill for several days.
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W. A. Hopkins
DA and sheriff probe abduction case near Sanderson
Julian LaCrosse and Sheriff M L Whistler traveled to Piedras Negras to investigate a complaint against Dee Perkins who is jailed in Val Verde county on abduction charges. Perkins, a former county road overseer, was arrested near Sanderson with 13 year old Lillian Chastain and held until her parents retrieved her in Del Rio.
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Julian LaCrosse
M. L. Whistler
Piedras Negras
Dee Perkins
Loop Road
Perkins
Parks
East Eight Street
Walker Advised to Treat As Valid the State Lease Laws
In Austin on May 9 United Press reports State Land Commissioner J H Walker was advised by Attorney General R L Bobbitt to treat as valid the state law withdrawing river bed land and unsurveyed public school land from sale or lease. Bobbitt declined to rule on constitutionality and urged following the legislature while letting litigants challenge it in court. The withdrawal act aims to reduce numerous land disputes in old territory.
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Austin
J. H. Walker
R. L. Bobbitt
Bobbitt
Walker
Talkie Made of Kerrville Goats And Armadillos
Kerrville scene features a goat named An Gora set for film work with a sound news reel company filming goats in protective coats on the range. Armadillos are filmed on a nearby armadillo farm as part of the same production shoot.
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Kerrville
Sound News-Reel Corporation
Nere
Kansas City Livestock Market Report
Livestock receipts at Kansas City reached about 500 sheep and 600 cattle with 8,000 hogs. Native spring lambs sold $11.50 to $11.75, shorn lambs $9.60, vealers $10 to $11, and stockers or feeders little changed. Cattle killing classes were slow while calves totaled 300 and holdovers 179.
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Kansas City
First National Bank
Former Indians Players to Meet Cowboys in Del Rio Weekend
Former members of the Indian squad in San Antonio join Carmen’s Union No. 644 for a Del Rio weekend with two added pitchers and a first baseman cut from the Indian roster. The Cowboys plan two games Saturday and Sunday at 4 PM and 3 30 PM, with Strauss Franks and Bell Telephone Blue Bells alleged opponents shifting per city reports.
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San Antonio
Carmen
del Rio
Paul J. Poag
Cowboys
Strauss-Franks
Bell Telephone Company
Santibanez Promoted to First Class Consul General
Sr. Enrique Santibanez long serving San Antonio consul general with Del Rio oversight gains first class status aligning him with New York and Paris posts. He commands 18 consulates and previously held second class rank as U.S. and Mexican offices coordinate under three senior consul generals.
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Enrique Santibanez
San Antonio
del Rio
New York City
Paris
Santibaniz
New York
San Francisco
Lisandro Pena
Enrique Gonzalez
God Gave Birth to Anti Saloon Idea
In Washington on May 5, Anti Saloon League head Dr. F Scott McBride told a Senate lobby committee the league was born of God and will continue to fight under his leadership Blaine pressed if divine sanction existed and McBride said the movement began at a prayer meeting and did not claim a direct message from God.
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Erwin Jungherr
Kogts
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
F. Scott McBride
Senate Lobby Committee
Blaine
McBride
League
Insurance Firm Sued for Policy
George D. Vincent files suit in county court against Washington Fidelity National Insurance Company to collect $456 damages plus attorney fees and relief. He states he was hospitalized December 2 to 23, 1929 and unable to perform his occupation for a longer period.
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George D. Vincent
Washington Fidelity National Insurance Company
Texas in Wet Column in Digest Prohibition Poll
Results from the Literary Digest poll show Texas voters backing enforcement with 43,646, modification with 28,058, and repeal with 25,835. National figures total 1,248,589 for enforcement, 1,669,579 for repeal, and 1,231,849 for modification.
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New York
Literary Digest
Texas
Relief work under way in storm area in Texas
Work to rehabilitate tornado damaged central and south Texas and aid sufferers continued under state, county, and Red Cross leadership. A mass funeral was held for many killed in Frost, the hardest hit town. Death toll reached 75 with fatalities in Runge Nordheim and Hillsboro and scattered losses across Frost, Hill County, San Antonio, En Bronson, and Ottine.
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Dallas
South
Texas
Red Cross
Runge-Nordheim
Stern
Hillsboro
Areca
Frost
Hill County
Near West
San Antonio
En- Bronson
Ottine
Rio Grande Water Compromise Advances in Congress
Senate approves a Rio Grande water compact allocating use of waters above Fort Quitman Texas among Texas New Mexico and Colorado. The bill follows a Mexico treaty dividing river water and contemplates possible additional diversions if relations with Mexico widen.
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Washington
Rilo Grande
Fort Quitman
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Rio Grande
House
Senate
Mexico
International Water Commission
Ozona Windstorm Destroys Homes Injures Children
A May windstorm in Ozona toppled trees and damaged houses and a winery. Several tourist cottages were blown over and three children suffered minor injuries when their house collapsed.
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Ozona
Weather Outlook For Nel Rio and Vicinity
Mostly fair tonight and Saturday with scattered showers. Maximum yesterday 86 and minimum 72. West Texas region cooler tonight and Saturday. Northwest and North areas see cooler conditions tonight and Saturday.
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Nel Rio
West Texas
Northwest
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