Val Verde County Delegation Backs Garner Adams Texas Roles
In a May 10 1932 Democratic convention in the county courthouse delegates pledge Val Verde to vote for John Nance Garner as the party’s presidential nominee with no second choice. They also instruct the Houston state convention delegation to back Jed C. Adams for national Democratic Committee member and Mrs Clara Driscoll Sevier for national committeewoman. The resolutions name a long list of delegates and alternates instructed to vote as a unit.
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Val Verde County
John Nance Garner
F. M. Rose
Grady Lowrey
W. F. Boggess
Jones
J. J. Fos
Houston
Texas
Jed C. Adams
National Democratic Executive Committee
Clara Driscoll Sevier
Val Verde County Cuts Land and Livestock Valuations
Val Verde County Commissioners cut land valuations by 25 cents per acre and halved livestock values in a tax assessment rebalancing. Land now ranges 1.25 to 1.75 per acre. sheep, goats, stock cattle, and other livestock reduced by about one third. County Judge Roger Thurmond cited a 33 1 3 percent basis. Bob LeRoy resigned as Precinct 1 constable, having become a city policeman on May 1.
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Val Verde County
Pecos
Pecos River
Roger Thurmond
Bob LeRoy
LeRoy
Colorado Jobless Learn Gold Panning in State Relief Plan
Colorado unemployed learn gold panning under Professor E. I. Watson with Denver mayoral support as part of a state relief program. About 1,300 workers across cities pan streams for small but steady gold yields while West Virginia reports a rich gold ore strike near Parsons with ore valued at 156.80 dollars per ton.
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Colorado
E. I. Watson
Cayton Phillips
Parsons
West Virginia
East
America
United States
George Begole
Denver
Fort Collins
Tucker County
Monongahela Forest
Del Rio Area Weather Cloudy With Evening Thunderstorms
Cloudy conditions grip Del Rio and surrounding area with local thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Yesterday’s high reached 82 with a low of 68. the minimum this morning was 68.
West Texas and East Texas Weather Tonight Through Wednesday
Cloudy conditions with local thundershowers in South Texas tonight and Wednesday. East Texas expected cloudy with isolated storms and similarly active conditions through the same period.
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West Texas
South
East Texas
Army Officers List Pared to Save Expenses
Representative Collins announced a plan to cut army officers from 12,000 to 10,000. He proposed retirement of 2,000 older lower rank soldiers after the war to save about 3 million dollars annually for mechanized defense, while favoring more planes, mechanized forces, gas and machine guns, contrasting with General MacArthur.
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Washington
Collins
Mississippi
War Department
The
Neuse
Douglas MacArthur
Means Indicted in Two Counts of Swindling
A District of Columbia grand jury indicted Gaston B. Means former Department of Justice sleuth on two counts of larceny and embezzlement. The case stems from Means allegedly taking 100000 dollars from Mrs. Edward B. McLean claiming he could recover the Lindbergh baby. He is jailed in 100000 bond. Government seeks speedier trial, defense seeks delay.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Means
Edward B. McLean
McLean
Del Rio Youth Held for Magneto Theft at Garage
Jack Billings, a Del Rio youth, was jailed Tuesday morning on charges of stealing a magneto believed taken Sunday from the Woolf Garage. No trial date was set in County Court, according to Sheriff M. L. Bud Whistler.
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Jack Billings
del Rio
Woolf
M. L
Bud” Whistler
Amarillo Budgets Keep Business Manager Post
The Amarillo school system will retain the office of business manager despite recommendations from the taxpayers league that it be abolished.
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Amarillo
Taxpayers League
Ten Cent Sheep Cited in Aid Request
Senator Howell of Nebraska told the Senate that sheep are selling as low as ten cents a head. He urged legislation to raise farm commodity prices and introduced a resolution calling the agriculture committee to report measures for the constructive rehabilitation of agriculture.
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Washington
Howell
Nebraska
Senate
Agriculture Committee
S P Seeking Injunction To Combine Train
The Texas and New Orleans Railway Company sues in Travis County to restrain the Texas Railroad Commission from stopping passenger trains 101 and 102 between Houston and El Paso. It sought permission to abandon the trains after the commission denied the request citing insufficient revenue. Judge J D Moore issued a temporary injunction blocking the commission from enforcing its general order.
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Austin
The
Texas and New Orleans Railway Company
Travis County
Texas Railroad Commission
Houston
el Paso
Railroad Commission
J. D. Moore
Day Advocates Law Patterned After Swedish
John M. Morehead American minister to Sweden testified before a Senate committee for a 20th amendment modeled on Sweden’s Bratt plan. The proposal would permit liquor sales under government control in states choosing such a system. The State Department had blocked his testimony. Morehead, a dry, praised the Swedish approach as superior to current U.S. conditions and said it worked satisfactorily.
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Washington
John M. Morehead
Sweden
Senate
State Department
Morehead
United States
Guard-Intense Self Harm Episode Ends in Solitary for Rodriguez
Felix Rodriguez, a former Del Rio Cowboy and San Antonio Texas League alum, made six self harm attempts while jailed in Del Rio. After smashing four windows Monday night guards refused to stay with him, placing him in solitary as relatives travel from San Antonio. A prior five attempts left four injuries, including a leg wound treated with 30 stitches after a failed automobile collision. He reportedly mourns his wife’s death a year ago. Rodriguez previously played for the Mexico Nationals and the San Antonio club.
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Felix Rodriguez
San Antonio
Rodriguez
del Rio
Sheriff's Department
Le Brun Elected President of France After Doumer Assassination
In Versailles on May 10, Albert Francois Le Brun won the presidency with 488 of 628 deputy votes. The run-off elections followed the assassination of Paul Doumer and the conservatives led by Premier Andre Tardieu were decisively defeated. Herriot appears as likely premier successor as radicals and socialists control the chamber.
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Versailles
France
Chamber of Deputies
Albert Francois LeBrun
LeBrun
Paul Doumer
Andre Tardieu
Tardieu
Edward Herriot
Banker Blasts U S Efforts To Boost Markets
President J W Hoopes of Dallas told the Texas Bankers Association convention that government moves to stabilize cotton and other prices are a fiasco. He urged reliance on supply and demand and said country bankers financing cotton crops can aid in cutting cotton acreage. He criticized legislation to cap cotton acreage as unconstitutional and noted Texas banks are in better condition than the national average.
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Austin
J. W. Hoopes
Dallas
Texas Bankers Association
Hoopes
Texas
Taylor County Receives More Charity Flour Allocation
Abilene May 10 The Taylor County Red Cross has approval for additional government flour for distribution to families in need. An extra 300000 pounds are to be shipped, on top of the initial 84000 pounds. The first allotment is nearly used up.
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Abilene
Taylor County Red Cross
Langtry anglers land 78 pound Rio Grande catfish
Aarema and Nelson Billings, Langtry fishermen, hauled a 78 pound catfish from the Rio Grande Sunday. The fish was officially weighed in public, claimed as the season’s largest Langtry catch by local sportsmen.
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Aarema
Nelson Billings
Rio Grande
W. H. Dodd
Granddaughter of Fall to Wed in El Paso Paper Staff
Martha Fall, 18, granddaughter of Albert B. Fall and former interior secretary, leaves a movie career to marry Allen M. Hunter. Both work on El Paso papers and she may continue reporting after marriage. Her grandfather, released Monday from prison, may attend if health permits.
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Martha Fall
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Allen M. Hunter
el Paso
Texas
Rancier Indicted in Murder of Rodeo Performer Dunne
Odessa Texas May 10 Hal Rancier cafe owner indicted by the grand jury for murder of Lucien Sam Dunne a rodeo performer. Dunne shot to death in April. Rancier will go to trial next Monday.
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Odessa
Texas
Hal Rancier
Lucien “Sam” Dunne
First Section of New Scenic Route Near Completion
Four miles of the proposed 75 mile scenic drive through the Davis Mountains have been completed, state highway official J B Early reports. The stretch runs from Fort Davis west as planners near mid summer completion of the first 14 miles. An initial $50 000 appropriation funded the work with right of way and camping sites donated by property owners.
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B. E. Colp
San Antonio
State Park Board
Fort Davis
Akron Passes Over West Texas On Airship Route
West Texas residents briefed as the Akron giant dirigible moves from Langtry to El Paso in storms. The airship encounters heavy weather from Dryden through Big Bend, with eight mile visibility and radio static delaying news reports.
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del Rio
Akron
Texas
Lakehurst
N. J
Pacific Coast
Charles E. Rosendahl
Dryden
Sanderson
Terrell County
Langtry
San Antonio
Big Bend
Southern Pacific
Viaduct
San Angelo
el Paso
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Associated Press
Evening News
Batte Akron
Port Worth
West Texas
Big Spring
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Uvalde Man
Joseph Jones
R. M. Lyles
W. F. Boagess
Committee On
H. J. Y. Mills
Julian LaCrosse
J. Turney Terrell
W. P. Wallace Jr
W. CG. Abbey
NEA
S. P
DAY Advocates
Doumer
U.S
Taylor County
Lam Dunne
Dunne
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