Italian Delegates Recalled from Geneva in Scrappy Dispatch
Prickly Pear columnist notes Townsend groups threaten trouble at the Democratic state convention in San Antonio on May 26 and opposes the Townsend Plan. The piece mocks politics in Texas as too peaceful and records a suicide note blamed on worthlessness. A man killed crossing railroad tracks in San Antonio leads to a lawsuit against the railway.
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Townsend
San Antonio
Texas
Railway Company
Railway
Neighborly Politics and Perspiration in a Callan Column
Austin Callan reflects on keeping peace with neighbors amid politics. He argues free citizens vote every four years, respect others, and value friendship over partisanship. He recalls working hard for a candidate, only to be reminded of past barber shop roots in Kalamazoo and Big Sandy.
Flood Loans Reach Amount of $850,000
Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized an aggregate $850,000 in flood disaster loans to individuals and corporations, many ranging from $75 to $100. An additional $6,000 was approved for pumping out coal mines in Western Pennsylvania, to be disbursed once applicants meet conditions.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse H. Jones
Pennsylvania
Italian Delegates Exits Geneva After Ethiopia Row
Baron Pompeo Aloisi announced Italy would withdraw from the League of Nations after a draft condemning Italy's Ethiopian annexation. Aloisi said the orders came from Premier Mussolini and he did not know the exact significance. Italy signaled sanctions would continue despite the withdrawal.
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Geneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
League of Nations
J. A. Co. Avenol
League
Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
Avenol
Aloisi
Lemke Denies Farm Refinancing Bill Inflation Charge
Representative Lemke of North Dakota argues the Frazier Lemke farm debt refinancing bill is non partisan and not inflationary. He cites authority from the Federal Land Bank claiming the majority of $5 million in farm indebtedness would be liquidated without passage and that up to 15 to 20 million people could be driven from their homes.
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Washington
Died on the Gallows in Strangeways Prison
Manchester reporter notes Dr. Buck Ruxton hanged at Strangeways for the brutal September murder of his wife and a nursemaid. In a separate incident, 46 year old lawyer John T. Kitching died when an automobile struck and crushed him on Highway 3.
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Manchester
Eng
Buck Ruxton
Strangeways
Loling
John T. Kitching
Beaumont
Highway 3
Wallace Submits New Tax Recommendation
Secretary Wallace today submitted new tax recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee. Indications showed the House revenue bill could be rewritten drastically as President Roosevelt advised Congress to determine tax methods to raise the requested revenue.
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Washington
Wallace
Senate Finance Committee Co
Roosevelt
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Wolf Trapper Louis Martin Claims Wolves Speak Language
Louis Martin, a 56 year old trapper, says wolves are the smartest animals and can speak to each other across miles. He recalls trap success across Val Verde and Pecos counties, recalls One-Toe the sheep killer, and notes he never forgets.
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Louis Martin
Louis
Winchester
Val Verde
Edwards, Sutton
Crockett
Pecos
Duncan & Peterson
Berry Ketchum
Jim Mitchell
MacKenzie & Ferguson
Professor Martin
Monroe & Whitehead
W. P. Hoover
Henry Hall
N-H
Bar-H
Howard Wells
Blue Hills
H. E. Guinn
R. W. Prosser
Jim White
Bert McDowell
Bill’ Hickok
Whiskey Louis
Wilkins Ranch
Young Wardlaw Named Officer At Southwestern U
Whitehead Wardlaw son of Mr and Mrs C B Wardlaw was elected vice president of the Students Association at Southwestern University in Georgetown Texas He defeated James Mann of Beaumont and Max Triplett of Hillsboro for the post He is active in the Southwestern Pan American Forum and holds the title of governor in the national organization He previously served as vice president of Kappa Sigma and is now its president
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C. B. Wardlaw
Students’ Association of Southwestern
Southwest Mustang Faces Extinction as Ranchers Seek New Stock
The essay notes the mustang a once vital Southwest ranching ally is fading from range life as ranchers favor thoroughbred stock. It traces mustang origin from De Soto era to its spread and role with Native peoples and polo, ending with its dwindling presence and potential disappearance.
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Southwest
Plains
Range Country
de Soto
Seventy six San Antonio visitors to be here Thursday
A San Antonio Chamber of Commerce goodwill tour with 76 business and professional men will visit Del Rio on Thursday May 14 arriving by special train at 11 45 a m Local Del Rio hosts will guide the party through the business district Loop Road and to the San Felipe Country Club for a barbecue A stop is planned at the Del Rio Wool and Mohair Company warehouse where Judge W F Boggess will discuss wool and mohair handling The delegation includes Harry A Halff chairman Howell W Jones manager and Grady Scott assistant manager plus many others and 10 members of their orchestra"
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San Antonio
The
le Rio
del Rio
Loop Road
San Felipe Country Club
del Rio Wool and Mohair Company
W. F. Boggess
Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
Marvin Chariton
J. M. Ryan
O. P. Schnabel
Harry Arp
Walter Giesecke
J. B. Roddie
R. P. Grieve
Harry Leonard
Travis B. Moursand
Nathan Nevelow
A. G Beckmann
J. R. Myer
Carl Pool
F. O. Gillette
W. W. McAllister
R. William
One C of C Team Adds 18 New Members
Eighteen new members were added to the Chamber of Commerce roster Tuesday morning by one of five teams conducting a one day campaign in the business section of the city. The team reported 18 new members at noon while the other four teams had not yet reported. Campaign opened at 7 30 o clock with final instructions issued at a Roswell Hotel breakfast.
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Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
American flag waves upside down at Val Verde County courthouse
The flag over the Val Verde County courthouse was raised upside down Tuesday morning due to a janitor’s error. Joe R. Caleyo alerted officials and the flag was corrected promptly.
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Val Verde County Court House
Joe R. Caleyo
Social reformer Bob Shuler to speak in Del Rio
National evangelist and reformer Bob Shuler will address the First Methodist Church in Del Rio on Wednesday night. He is en route from Los Angeles to Annapolis for his son’s graduation and speaks at the invitation of Rev. L. C. Beasley, pastor of the church.
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Bob Shuler
del Rio
First Methodist Church
L. C. Beasley
Los Angeles
Cal
Annapolis
Poppy Day Observed In Del Rio By American Legion Auxiliary
Poppy Day will be observed in Del Rio on May 23 with memorial poppies distributed citywide by the Val Verde unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. Poppies, made by disabled veterans near Kerrville, will be sold by volunteer schoolgirls to aid veterans and their families. Contributions fund welfare work for the disabled and bereaved, with every penny staying in Del Rio.
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del Rio
Val Verde
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Jas. C. Netts
Legion
Kerrville
Marriage Test of Courage for Nazi Leaders
Berlin May 12 The party requires candidates for its training schools to marry by age 26 as a test of nerve. Those 26 or older who remain unmarried are deemed to show weak decison and life view. The Racial Wa l League for Large Families backs the rule and urges broader moral marriage duty.
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Berlin
National Socialist
Decison
The
League For Large Families
Confession of Kidnap Made in Louisville Case
Thomas H. Robinson Jr. was brought from Glendale California by Federal agents after a confession to the $50,000 kidnapping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll on October 10, 1934. Hoover said the plan began with an attempt to abduct Dr. C. Stoll, then sought the Stoll son, and finally the wife.
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Thomas H. Robinson
Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson Jr
Department of Justice
Glendale
Cal
Alice Speed Stoll
Hoover
Robinson
Dc. C. Stoll
Stoll
Social Reformer Bob Shuler To Lecture At Del Rio
Bob Shuler, renowned lecturer and social reformer, is expected to arrive in Del Rio Wednesday morning from the West Coast to speak at the First Methodist Church that evening on Forty Years a Rebel. once a prominent preacher and former General Conference member, he has faced lawsuits over bold social critiques yet never lost. His magazine and radio station sparked controversy and were shut down after his attacks on West Coast social conditions. Shuler travels to Annapolis, Md, to see his son graduate from the Navy Academy. Rev. L. C. Beasley quotes that hearing him will reveal an independent, vigorous thinker. the talk is not a sermon.
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Bob Shuler
del Rio
West Coast
First Methodist Church
General Conference
Shuler
Recommends Pardon Power Be Removed
Gov James V Allred urged removal of the governor s absolute pardon power in a West Texas Chamber of Commerce speech. Rueben Holmes of Del Rio was among 17 entrants in the second preliminary of the My Home Town oratorical contest at the convention.
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Amarillo
James V. Allred
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Rueben Holmes
del Rio
Clash in Mexico City Leaves One Dead in Guard Confrontation
Reports from San Juan Del Rio in Queretaro say a man was killed and five injured when a crowd clashed with bodyguards of former Governor Saturnino Osornio. The incident occurred in Mexico City, according to dispatches dated May 12.
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Mexico City
San Juan del Rio
Queretaro
Cone
Saturnino Osornio
Del Rio Area Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with unsettled, cooler Panhandle weather. Temperatures show yesterday's high at 84 and low at 62, with this morning recording 65.
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Panhandle
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