Ocean flier Reichers rescued after Atlantic attempt
Lou Reichers, 31, of Arlington New Jersey, aiming to beat Lindbergh’s time, was rescued at sea near Treland after his low wing Lockheed airplane crashed 47 miles from Fastnet Island. He was returning to New York aboard the President Roosevelt, with Captain George Fried directing the rescue.
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New York
Lou Reichers
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
Reichers
Fastnet Island
Treland
George Fried
Florida
President Roosevelt
Newark
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Ireland
Exs
Arlington
N. J
Montreal
Havana
Atlantic
Repeat Requests No Transients Be Sent for Charity
The Associated Charities of the city, with 115 contributors, urged ending direct aid from individuals and organizations to avoid assisting transients. The charity now aids 49 families comprising 354 people, with donations barely covering daily local aid demands. Mrs. F M. Rose, president, emphasizes discontinuing transient-focused donations.
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Associated Charities
F M. Rose
Charities
Houston Gives Band To Unemployed Army
In Houston on May 14 the effort to house jobless families on borrowed land shows success as residents offer more tracts. Mayor Walter Monteith and theatre man Will Horwitz announce 150 to 5000 acre parcels to shelter at least 500 families, plus over 50 already helped.
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Houston
Walter Monteith
Will Horwitz
County Schools Hold Graduation Programs
Program and promotion of pupils marked the closing of Pandale School Friday evening. Seven pupils attend the school with Miss Josephine Cameron as teacher. Jones and Langtry schools will each present programs at their closing exercises to be held Friday.
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Pandale
Josephine Cameron
Jones and Langtry
Texan Charges Hoover Gab Is Demoralizing
Speaker Garner, at a Washington press conference on May 14, accused President Hoover of demoralizing the public with repeated statements. He said the president unsettles people every time they start to feel encouraged and contends Hoover blocks DOJ from announcing a federal investigation into the Lindbergh case.
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TEXAN
Hoover
Washington
John N. Garner
Garner
Department of Justice
Civil Liberty Group Ousted From Kentucky
London Kentucky May 14 A delegation of American Civil Liberties Union members was ordered to take a train north at 4 07 p m today The group including Dudley Field Malone and Arthur Garfield Hays had just before been prevented from entering the Bell County coal fields by a group of officers and citizens There was no disorder though Eastern college students reported officers beat them during recent visits
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London
American Civil Liberties Union
Dudley Field Malone
Arthur Garfield Hays
Bell County
Eastern College
Work Resumed on Matamoros Brownsville Highway
Construction on the Matamoros to Victoria Mexico highway, halted for funds, has resumed. The project aims to complete a key link in the Pan American route between the United States and Mexico, with grading now at La Gloria about 35 miles below Matamoros as crews push toward the border.
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Brownsville
Matamoros
Rio Grande
Victoria
Mexico
United States
la Gloria
The City Manager Plan Explained and Its Effects
The City Manager Plan separates policy execution from policy determination to create a more democratic, accountable city government. It centralizes administrative control, limits the manager's powers to implementing council policies, and provides clear responsibility. Critics note tax comparisons are flawed. cash basis budgeting and public confidence can rise under this form.
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Commission
John Stuart Mill
Wilbur C Hawk Named President of West Texas Chamber
Wilbur C Hawk Amarillo publisher is named president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce succeeding Houston Harte. Spencer Wells Lubbock elected first vice president and Walter Cline Wichita Falls second vice president. A J Swenson re-elected treasurer and D A Bandeen retained as manager. Elections announced after regional directors meeting.
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Sweetwater
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
West Texas
Dawson County Tops State in 1932 Tree Planting Effort
Dawson County leads Texas in trees planted during the 1932 bicentennial celebration for George Washington. More than 15,000 trees have been planted by 2,231 people with 29 rural schools, city schools, and many homes and grounds bearing trees in honor of the father of his country.
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Lamesa
Texas
Dawson County
George Washington
United States
Dedicatory program for new radio call letters XER and XEPF
Villa Acuna Broadcasting Company will inaugurate XER and XEPF with a dedicatory program Sunday afternoon. XER will run medical lectures up to 1.5 hours daily while XEPF handles commercial programs up to 22.5 hours daily. The management and directors remain unchanged. A group of local business men vetoed none of these changes.
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XER
XEF
Villa Acuna Broadcasting Company
Dedicatory Program Highlights Del Rio Villa Acuna Chambers
The article details a multi chamber dedicatory program with Del Rio and Villa Acuna officials presenting acts and readings. Turner sisters perform songs and a Garden of Memories piece in the first segment. A second segment features string and piano numbers by Louise Turner Delia Panissidi Katherine Tate and others with local announcer B J McDowell.
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XEF
Ted
del Rio
Villa Acuna
Chambers of Commerce
de Rio Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Turner
Mary and
Louise Turner
Love
Miss Turner
Mary Turner
Delia Panissidi
Prof
Arevello
Celio Panissidi
Katherine Tate
Earl Miller
B. J. McDowell
Firemen's Gaudy Pajamas Draw Rail Work Snickers
F W West of Wilmington Pennsylvania Railroad fireman endures taunts from comrades as he wears brightly colored pajamas as his daily work attire in a curious display of personal style on the job.
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F. W. West
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nitro Blast Blows Two Men Near Monahans Texas
First photographs depict a nitroglycerin explosion on the Ward Winkler county line near Monahans Texas. Two Oklahoma oil workers were killed and a truck destroyed with only a hand recovered from the debris. The lower image shows the wreckage and the crater left by the blast.
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Ward
Winkler
Monahans
Texas
Oklahoma Oil
Imprisoned Doukhobors May Renew Migration Efforts
A Victoria dispatch reports the Doukhobor Sons of Freedom threaten a fifth pilgrimage within 300 years amid prison crowding in Nelson B C and past violence. The group considered migrating to Mexico or South America as authorities tighten control after recent anti state protests and perjury sentences.
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Victoria
B. C
Sons of Freedom
Mexico
South America
City officials praised with bouquet for budget cut
Abilene city commissioners and the mayor were surprised when a citizens committee presented them with cut flowers to thank them for reducing the municipal budget. The spokesman noted it is easy to raise expenses but hard to lower them.
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Abilene
Two Teachers Drown After Boat Capsizes
Texarkana reports two educators drowned when a boat capsized during a year end outing near Annona. L. W. Horn, 29, DeKalb superintendent, and Miss Anna Ruth Joyner, 24, a local teacher, perished. Two other teachers escaped.
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Texarkana
L. W. Horn
DeKalb
Anna Ruth Joyner
Annona
Neutze Ranch Land Condemned for Camp Bullis Expansion
Government appraisal places the Neutze ranch about 1000 acres between 15000 and 20000 dollars as the land is condemned to enlarge the Camp Bullis military reservation near San Antonio. Appraisers declined to name a final price.
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San Antonio
Neutze
Camp Bullis
Health Day honors praised in Vernon Texas event
About 4000 residents attended the Child Health Day and May Day program in Vernon. Nearly 1500 Wilbarger County students received health awards, with the county leading Texas counties with 816 five point health awards.
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Vernon
Texas
Wilbarger County
Unsold Road Bonds Destroyed in Odessa
The Ector County commissioners meeting in Odessa voted to destroy about $60,000 worth of unsold road bonds. Judge Henry E. Webb lit a match to inaugurate the burning after the order was approved.
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Odessa
Texas
Ector County
Henry E. Webb
Evidence material from Lindbergh case recovered near burial site
Detective Robert Coar Jr. found a metal scoop from a broken shovel in the undergrowth near the Lindbergh baby's burial spot. The scoop, wrapped in paper with dirt, was tied to possible fingerprint clues left by grave diggers as prosecutors and investigators inspect the crime scene. Probes target the ransom payment and the men connected to Rosner and Curtis while Lindberghs plan a June trip to Europe.
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Hopewell
N. J
Robert Coar Jr
Jersey City
Lindbergh
Curtis
Norfolk
Rosner
Charles Bay
Bronx County
Bout
J. P. Condon
Condon
New York World-Telegram
Lindberghs
Europe
France
Sourland Mountain
Coast Guard
Boston
Cape May
Thousands in Beer Parade in New York City
Thousands marched in Mayor Jimmy Walker's beer parade in New York on May 14. The event began at 11:20 and was expected to continue into the night as paraders paused at noon for a minute of silence and prayer for the Lindbergh baby.
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New York
Jimmy Walker
Del Rio Area Weather Tonight and Sunday Outlook
The Del Rio region shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Yesterday's high reached 84 and the low 63, with this morning at 66. West and East Texas also report partly cloudy conditions through Sunday.
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del Rio
West and East Texas
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