Roosevelt sea tour foreshadows 1934 political strategy
Washington notes analyze President Roosevelt's planned June to July sea voyage from Boston to Seattle via Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and through the Panama Canal. The trip aims to avoid overt campaigning while gauging November prospects, with press access tightly controlled and Republican strategists watching Seattle for subtle moves.
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Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Congress
Boston Harbor
Seattle
Washington
National Weekly
Jury set to deliberate in Hamilton robbery trial
Raymond Hamilton faced a Grand Prairie State Bank robbery count after three bank employees identified him as one of two men who robbed the bank on March 19 of more than 1500 dollars. Judge Williams planned to charge the jury with arguments to begin late today.
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Hamilton
Dallas
Raymond Hamilton
Grand Prairie State Bank
Williams
French trimotor Regent wreckage sighted in English Channel
Search aircraft located debris of the Regent in the English Channel where four French men and two Englishmen were believed killed in the crash. Authorities continued to search for confirmation and rescuers worked to recover bodies from the water.
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Croydon
England
English Channel
Judge Grants Habeas Writ for Samuel Insull
Chicago May 9 Judge Will M Sparks of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals granted a habeas corpus writ for Samuel Insull and agreed to hear tomorrow a petition for bond reduction.
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Chicago
Will M. Sparks
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Samuel Insull
Insull
City approves wool theft prevention ordinance in Del Dio
Responding to a request from the Sheep and Goat Raisers Association of Texas, the Del Dio City Commission passed an emergency ordinance requiring a signed sworn bill of sale for all wool or mohair transfers of 1,000 pounds or less within city limits. The measure aims to curb thefts amid a West Texas trend. San Angelo and other cities have similar rules.
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H. M. Phillips
San Angelo
Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
West Texas
Phil B. Foster
Girl 22 files $100,000 breach of promise suit
Miss Joe Fakes, 22, sues Lee Aldwell, 43, in 17th District Court for breach of promise alleging engagement after meeting May 10 1933 and consenting June 15, with claimed engagement announcement and later breakup.
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Fort Worth
17Th District Court
Joe Fakes
Lee Aldwell
Miss Fakes
Aldwell
Firemen's Barbecue Tonight At Brock's Place
Volunteer Fire Department members and their families will gather at Brock's Place tonight starting at 7 o'clock for a barbecue. Firemen urge all members to attend with friends and relatives.
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Brock's Place
Harris County Car Buying Gains 163 Percent
New motor vehicles registered in Harris County last month totaled 1,346 up 163 percent from April 1933. Comparison to April 1932 shows a 297 percent rise. April 1931 figures were lower. Among the registrations 1,161 were passenger cars and 185 were trucks.
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Houston
Harris County
Funeral for blast victim in Plainview
Bits of the body of W. H. McKinney found after a nitroglycerine explosion that destroyed his truck will be buried tomorrow at Strawn. Reported from Plainview dated May 9.
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Plainview
W. H. McKinney
Strawn
Roosevelt Has New Grandchild Fort Worth News
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt in Fort Worth at 8 p.m. Wednesday weighing six pounds six ounces. The baby’s mother Ruth Googins is the President’s daughter in law and the family has not announced a name yet. Both mother and child are reported doing nicely.
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Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Fort Worth
Elliott Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ruth Googins
J. B. Googins
Easterling Named Director of Uvalde Credit Association
W F Easterling was elected director of the Uvalde Production Credit Association. M D McNutt of Del Rio National Farm Loan Association will help applicants fill loan blanks. The association’s capital supports bonds held with the Federal intermediate credit bank to back borrowers notes. Loans aid farming general operations and livestock production. Eligibility covers individuals partnerships or corporations farming or breeding livestock. Borrowing limits depend on security offered and association funds.
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W. F. Easterling
Uvalde Production Credit Association
M. D. McNutt
del Rio National Farm Loan Association
Easterling
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Rail hire refused by I C C in Southeast
Washington May 9 The Interstate Commerce Commission denied the National Recovery Administration plea for higher railroad passenger fare rates in the Southeast.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
NRA
Southeast
Mohair Prices Seen Rising As Texas Growers Hold Fast
Sol Mayer, leading Texas rancher and banker, predicts mohair will reach 45 cents for grown hair and 65 cents for kid hair if growers resist selling for cash this year. He cites 5.5 million pounds on hand in Texas and tight US and foreign stocks with rising demand from autos and furniture. Mayer says most growers can hold for real value, keeping markets firm despite hysteria.
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Mayer
Texas
San Angelo National Bank
Sutton County
National Wool Marketing Corporation
United States
Centennial Stamps Sell Fast for Texas Relic Museum Fund
The American Legion Auxiliary planned a May 29 poppy sale at the Chamber of Commerce and announced ongoing success of centennial stamp sales. Proceeds fund minting centennial half dollars to aid building a Texas relics museum, aiming for completion by the 1936 Texas centennial opening.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
10000 Longshoremen Walk Out on Coast
San Francisco May 9 strikes hit Pacific Coast ports as 10 000 to 15 000 longshoremen quit their jobs demanding higher wages and a shorter working week in a major labor action across the region.
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San Francisco
Del Rio Adopts Emergency Ban on Unmuzzled Dogs
The Del Rio City Commission passed an emergency ordinance prohibiting dogs from running at large unless muzzled. It provides for redemption or execution and suspends the usual first-reading rule. A dog catcher and pound are to be appointed soon by City Clerk E F Howard.
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del Rio
E. F. Howard
Laredo Ships 1300 Carloads of Onions
The Laredo district, once the Dallas area’s Bermuda onion hub, shipped 1077 carloads by April 28 and an estimated total of 1300 for the season. Shipments may end by May 10 as other districts reported smaller totals and the Federal State Marketing Service relocated from Laredo to Corpus Christi on May 2.
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Laredo
Lacredo
Texas
Raymondville
Winter Garden
Coastal Bend
Corpus Christi
Wilson-Karnes Counties
Federal State Marketing Service
A. M. McDowell
Textile Courses Reviewed by Textile Foundation
A survey by the Textile Foundation Washington D C reviews courses at 11 textile engineering schools including Texas A and M. Prof J B Bagley heads the Texas college department and reports the six month study assesses educational facilities and training methods for a nine billion dollar textile industry.
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College Station
Texas A. & M. College
The
Textile Foundation
Washington, D. C
J. B. Bagley
Edward T. Pickard
Foundation
Governor Contradicted Over State Sales Tax Stance
The anti sales tax league adopted a resolution in Albuquerque on May 9 contradicting Governor A W Hockenhill who said citizens are not against the sales tax.
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Albuquerque
Two Killed Four Hurt In Blast At Tyler Plant
A boiler explosion at a Tyler cleaning plant killed Lucy Lee Andrews 33 and William Pope who died later from burns. Four others were seriously injured: J. C. Burkett of Lufkin, John W. Young, Carl Andrews, and C. C. Carter.
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Tyler
Lucy Lee Andrews
Willian Pope
J. C. Burkett
Lufkin
John W. Young
Carl Andrews
C. C. Carter
Civil Appeals Court Affirms Nelson Case
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals in San Antonio affirmed M. R. Nelson's case against the San Felipe Independent School District on Wednesday. The district plans to appeal to the State Supreme Court after the cross action suit ruling by Judge Brian Montague on February 21, 1934.
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M. R. Nelson
San Felipe Independent School District
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
Brian Montague
Nelson
63Rd District Court
Warehouses Oppose Proposed Wool Code in Texas
The Wool and Mohair Warehouse Association of Texas met in Sonora on May 9 led by president J. M. O'Daniel of San Angelo. The group reaffirmed opposition to the proposed fair practices code, planned to present data showing growers' representation and member resistance at a Washington hearing. Judge W. F. Bogvess, George O'Neill, and . B. Wardlaw of Del Rio were reappointed to press the stance after their return from the capital.
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Sonora
Wool and Mohair Warehouse Association of
Texas
J. M. O'Daniel
San Angelo
Washington
W. F. Bogvess
George O'Neill
B. Wardlaw
del Rio
Association
He that will not thrive in this world should not have come into it Ital
A clipped quotation notes the refrain that those who fail to prosper in life should not have entered the world. The line reflects a blunt valuation of success and survival in society.
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Ital
Wool tariff will stand say Solon
Congressman Edward T. Taylor telegrams today to the Colorado Wool Growers Association urging sheepmen not to sell wool at current ruinous prices. He says information confirms sheepmen will not be injured by the pending tariff bill and cites discussions with Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee leaders and Speaker Rainey.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Edward T. Taylor
Colorado Wool Growers’ Association
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Rainey
Wool Market Hesitant Amid Tariff Talk In Texas
Traders and buyers discuss cotton style wool prices with sentiment unsettled by tariff talk. Speculators in Lampasas bid 20 to 24 cents a pound as the real Southwest market prepares to open in two weeks. An offer of 1 cent a pound on a 100000 pound clip in the Brady area and an option on 500000 pounds of Schreiner Mohair at Kerrville expired.
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Lampasas
Southwest
Brady Country
Schreiner Wool and Mohair Company
Kerrville
Iceberg Menace Off Boston as North Atlantic Freezes
Coast guard reports the worst ice conditions since 1912 with the Mendota patrolling off Newfoundland spotting thirty two bergs and vast field ice in the shipping lane including numerous growlers.
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Boston
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Mendota
Newfoundland
Convicts Escaped Huntsville Linked to Del Rio Robbery
Clarence Regdon and Douglas Everetts, both convicts escaped from Huntsville penitentiary, were captured in Val Verde County in connection with the San Felipe Flour and Grain safe robbery in Del Rio. Fingerprint comparisons tie them to the April 26 Huntsville breakout and to the Del Rio crime. Regdon, serving seven years, and Everetts, eight, face grand jury action in September. $50 theft alleged with only $12 found on them. Regdon claimed El Paso as home. Everetts named Silver City New Mexico. A tool collection used to pry the safe was seized.
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Clarence Regdon
Douglas Everetts
A. E. Steinmetz
San Felipe
del Rio
Huntsville Penitentiary
Regdon
Huntsville
Everetts
Val Verde
63Rd District Court
Julian LaCrosse
Qeydon
el Paso
Steinmetz
Silver City
N. M
Machine Guns Kill Seven in Athens Strike
Police and troops fired on strikers at Kalamata Harbor killing six men and one woman and wounding several more. Authorities sent in extra soldiers as workers protested new grain loading devices believed to threaten jobs.
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Athens
Kalamata Harbor
Weather Report for Del Rio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight with a cloudy unsettled Thursday. Yesterday’s high was 92 degrees and the low 72. This morning’s temperature dropped to 69 degrees.
Panhandle Tonight: Cloudy Unsettled and Cooler
Partly cloudy and cooler in the Panhandle tonight. Thursday will be cloudy with unsettled and cooler conditions across the North.
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Panhandle
North
Weather Outlook for Tonight and Thursday
Mostly cloudy conditions persist tonight with a chance of local showers in the Southeast on Thursday. Cooler air moves into the Northwest Thursday as precipitation tapers and temperatures drop across the region.
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White House
Texas Sheep and Goat
Huey
Long
Oklahoma
George Long
Tulsa
Louisiana
Sol Mayer
Creel
George Creel
U. S
Pacific Coast
California
Civil Appeals Court
Montague
Higher
R. M. Lyles
State Supreme Court
Solon
Colorado
Bill Harmless
Senterfitt and Scott
L. M Murphy
Fisemann Brothers
Iceberg Menace
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