Hoover weighs U S relief loan bonds and relief plan
President Hoover met with Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation directors to discuss legislation allowing states to borrow for unemployment relief. Senator Robinson proposed two bond issues, 300 million for relief and 2 billion for construction, with supporters including Al Smith and Owen D Young.
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Washington
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Joseph Robinson
Senate
Foover
Robinson
al Smith
Owen D. Young
Petition Drives City Adoption of Manager Government in Del Rio
Taxpayer group circulates a petition calling for a city manager election in Del Rio. Dr. F. P. M. Rose and others lead the campaign. Supporters plan a mass meeting to discuss the proposal. Ten percent of voters must sign to force a council election within 30 to 90 days.
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del Rio
FP. M. Rose
City Commission
Renew Fight to Keep Fort Brown At Brownsville
Brownsville residents renewed their campaign to prevent the abandonment of Fort Brown, slated to close by January 1, 1933. The post, dating from the Mexican War era and named for Major Brown, has long been a focal point for local security concerns amid claims that troop withdrawals correlate with rising lawlessness.
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Fort Brown
Brownsville
Brown
Mexico
Thousands File Past Coffin to Glimpse Doumer
Paris May 12 thousands filed past the coffin of Paul Doumer the assassinated French president at Notre Dame as Cardinal Verdier celebrated Requiem Mass. Premier Andre Tardieu praised Doumer's service at the Pantheon while royalty and peasants viewed the casket. A private burial will follow in the family vault beside Doumer's four sons lost in World War I.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Paul Doumer
France
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Cardinal Verdier
Andre Tardieu
Pantheon
Doumer
Wellington Repeals Sunday Movie Ban After Petitions
Wellington city commission votes to repeal an ordinance passed March 14 that barred Sunday picture shows after more than 100 citizens petitioned for Sunday entertainment. The action reflects local dispute over weekend amusements in Wellington Texas.
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Wellington
Texas
Stage Calling Mrs. Lamont Shines in Rain on Denver Stage
Frances Kent Lamont, wife of Robert P. Lamont Jr. and daughter-in-law of the secretary of commerce, played Sadie Thompson with five days of rehearsal and carried the show in Denver. Her performance earned a regular stock company role. Her husband is in Russia negotiating cattle industry improvements with Soviet officials.
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Frances Kent Lamont
Robert P. Lamont Jr
U. S. Secretary of Commerce
Denver
Sadie Thompson
Russia
Lamont
World Court Protocol Advances in Senate Vote
The Senate foreign relations committee favorably reports a revised protocol for U S adherence to the World Court with an 11 to 9 vote. A reservation requires other signatories to formally accept the U S veto before entry becomes effective. Republican foes Hiram Johnson and Moses pledge to push the issue, but tax and other bills reduce the odds of quick action this session.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
World Court
Senate
United States
Hiram Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Elwood Hall Injured In Automobile Crash
Elwood H. Hall of Eagle Pass a former caterer at Hotel Roswell sustained a broken rib and severe bruises when his car skidded on wet pavement and wrecked in a ditch near Pearsall. The accident occurred Tuesday evening, a report received here says.
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Elwood H. Hall
Eagle Pass
Hotel Roswell
Pearsall
Hall
Del Rio Publicity in Mexican Magazine Feature
Del Rio and surrounding country received prominent publicity in the current issue of the Commercial Bulletin published by the Foreign Relations Department in Mexico City. The edition carried wool and mohair market conditions in Del Rio and area in a lengthy report from Consul Lisandro Pena to his government.
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del Rio
Commercial Bulletin
Department of Foreign Relations
Mexico City
Lisandro Pena
Tariffs Countered by Senate Finance Minority
Senators Walsh Harrison George Costigan and Hull filed a minority report opposing oil coal copper and lumber tariffs in the revenue bill. They argued the tariffs would raise little revenue hinder foreign trade and burden consumers. Senator Connally joined the majority.
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Washington
Walsh
Harrison
George
Costigan
Hull
Senate Finance Committee
Tom Connally
Texas
Associated Charities Plan Annual Meeting Friday
Members of the Associated Charities will hold an annual meeting Friday at 10 o clock on the second floor of the McDougald Building to elect officers. President Mrs F M Rose urges all citizens to attend to help the organization as calls for aid rise with the depressed economy.
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Associated Charities
McDougald
F. M. Rose
Ambulance for Felix Rodriguez highlights troubled baseball star
Felix Rodriguez, former Del Rio Cowboys player, transported to San Antonio after a week of self-harm attempts amid personal tragedy. His father and Mexico National teammates arranged the ambulance, with friends hoping to deter suicide. He previously played for the Del Rio Cowboys and the San Antonio Texas League team.
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San Antonio
Felix Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Mexico National Baseball Club
del Rio
Diaz
del Rio Cowboys
Mexico Nationals
Cowboys
Ranger Captain Townsend Dies on Tip About Pretty Boy Floyd
Ranger Captain Light Townsend, 59, longtime Southwest peace officer and former Jackson County deputy, died in San Antonio from heart trouble and exposure after returning from Wharton and Louise Texas while pursuing information on Pretty Boy Floyd. Funeral held in Raymondville with survivors including widow and four children.
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Light Townsend
Tip “Pretty Boy” Floyd
Texas
Raymondville
del Rio
Townsend
Lanier
Southwest
Jackson County
Texas Rangers
J. A Ramsey
Mathis
Harry J. Leahy
Pretty Boy” Floyd
Oklahoma
Robin Hood
Captain Townsend
City Clean Up Proclamation Declares May 16 to 22
Del Rio Texas Mayor J Y Long proclaims Clean Up Week from May 16 through May 22 to curb water weeds trash and disease breeding grounds. Citizens urged to tidy premises vacant property and assist health officials while reporting health hazards. Secretary E F Howard attests the proclamation dated May 12, 1932.
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I. Jno. Y. Long
del Rio
City
Texas
MO. Y. Long
City of
E. F. Howard
Delegates Hear Address On Low Mood At West Texas Meet
Sweetwater hosts the annual West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention where Houston Harte and Governor Ross Sterling address delegates. Harte urges regional cooperation to restore prosperity as Sterling discusses fiscal relief and a state deficit shrinking toward year end. Del Rio joins the chamber. E. K. Fawcett named Del Rio director.
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Sweetwater
Houston Harte
San Angelo
West Texas
Sterling
Texas
del Rio
West Texas C. of C
E. K. Fawcett
Flight Lieutenant Killed in Fort Crockett Crash
SAN ANTONIO May 12 A second lieutenant Arthur Devereux Parker 27 attached to the Third Attack Group Fort Crockett Galveston died of injuries from a plane crash near Palacios yesterday A private passenger was less seriously hurt Parker's mother lives in New Orleans
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San Antonio
Arthur Devereux Parker
Pt. Crockett, Galventon
Palacios
Parker
Leas
New Orleary
Flow of First Pecos Oil Well Unchanged
Pecos Texas May 12 The first oil well in the Loving County deep pool Wheat No 1 continues to flow at about 15 barrels daily seven years after completion. Wells in the Loving pool are not gushers but have a long productive life.
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Pecos
Texas
Loving County
Here
Loving Pool
Secret Shared Ends Any Whispered Trust
A private confidences leaked, ending the secrecy once held by a trusted ally. The saying notes that secrets known by a close associate lose their secrecy once spoken.
Fatal gun play kills Carlos Avalles near Del Rio
Carlos Avalles, 45, is dead and Santiago Flores wounded in a friendly gun incident at the Pinto pumping plant headwaters eight miles southeast of Del Rio. Jess Jett mourns the loss of a friend as investigators review the prankish shooting late Wednesday afternoon.
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Carlos Avalles
Santiago Flores
Jess Jett
del Rio
General Hines To Be Retired After Long Service
Major General John L. Hines former chief of staff of the U S army will retire May 31 in Washington D C. He is 64, West Point graduate, who served in the Spanish American War the Pershing expedition into Mexico and held commands across World War I. The inquest at Diaz funeral home in San Felipe covers a separate fatal shooting at a canal camp involving Jess Jett Flores Avalles and Joe Torres with Jett surrendering to the sheriff. Avalles died from blood loss and Flores survived with injuries.
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John L. Hines
U. S. Army
Philippines
Washington, D. C
Hines
West Point
Mexico
Lupe Diaz
San Felipe
Flores
Alberto Ramirez
Avalles
Jess Jett
Jett
Joe Torres
Avalies
J. H. Ballantyne
Brackettville
Diaz
Senator Goldsborough Pushes Dollar Value Boost Bill
Representative Goldsborough of Maryland told the Senate banking committee that a currency expansion bill to restore price levels to 1921-29 bases would lift the economy within 90 days. He noted bankers favor higher price levels to avoid debt defaults and bank failures and said a five billion expansion could occur with ample gold reserves.
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Washington
Goldsborough
Maryland
Senate Banking Committee
House
Senate Committee
New Town Denworth Opens Along Fort Worth and Denver Line
SHAMROCK Texas May 12 Denworth a new townsite on the Pampa Childress line of the Fort Worth and Denver has been opened with a public sale of lots. The town lies midway between Magic City and LeFors in a fertile Red River valley. A gasol ine extraction plant sits nearby and a drug store will move from LeFors by May 15 as one of the first businesses.
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Shamrock
Texas
Denworth
Fort Worth
Denver
Magic City
LeFors
North Fork
Red River
Brackettville Youth Receives West Point Appointment
Brackettville resident Frederick A. Kellam son of Mrs. Mary Kellam has been given a presidential appointment to West Point. Mrs Kellam is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Veltmann of Brackettville.
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Brackettville
Frederick A. Kellam
Mary Kellam
West Point
Kellam
Henry Veltmann
County Fails to Sell Road Bonds Halting Ysleta Project
El Paso County could not find buyers for 116000 dollars of road bonds in a county sale. J S Curtiss submitted the sole bid as commissioners delayed the issue, planning to hold the bonds and continue right of way purchases while awaiting a better market.
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FL Paso
Ysleta
John Andreas
Curtiss
el Paso
Andreas
Bridge stolen from Bend Oregon reported removed piecemeal
A 40 foot bridge in Bend Oregon has been stolen and hauled away piece by piece. The incident involved gradual removal over time with authorities seeking leads and suspects. Investigators call for witnesses who saw equipment loading sections or transport during the period of the theft.
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Bend
Ore
Weather outlook Del Rio and West Texas regions
Partly cloudy conditions with warmer spells in the Panhandle and northern areas. In Del Rio and vicinity the night and Friday remain partly cloudy with mild temperatures. yesterday's high reached 72 and low 64, with 61 at the morning observation.
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del Rio
Partly cloudy Rio Grande Valley forecast with possible storms
The Rio Grande Valley may see partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with possible thunder showers. Temperatures warm up in the northern area as a warm spell moves in.
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Rio Grande Valley
North
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U. S
U. S. Corporation
Signe
Representative Snell
New York
Mrs. Lamont
Elwood Hall
Charles Bernard St. John
Kansas City
Charles
William St. John
Leonard Smith
Cucamonga
Calif
Sol Mayer
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Boston
Farm Board
Ft. Crockett
Panhandle
East
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