CREAGER LOSES LIBEL SUIT AS WILL SHIFTS ENFORCEMENT
A federal will shift would move liquor case preparation from customs to the Department of Justice, with prosecutors directly supervising liquor cases while customs handles other matters. The Hoover administration seeks rapid passage in Congress, then expects White House approval after minor amendments. The plan also envisions unifying the border patrol and customs into a single enforcement authority.
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del Rio
Department of Justice
Funds Sought for Mexican Boundary Survey Project
The United States and Mexico seek an additional 430000 to assemble data for a final boundary agreement along the Rio Grande from Fort Quitman to Juarez. About 200 square miles of adjacent area would be studied to overcome boundary disputes and advance cooperative data gathering for talks with Mexico during the current fiscal year.
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International Boundary Commission
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande River
Congress
Preident
Budget Bureau
International Monument No
Fl Paso
Texas
Juarez
Box Canyon
Fort Quitman
Rio Grande
Lions Club to Elect Officers at Thursday Luncheon
Lions Club will elect new officers at Thursday's luncheon with no nominations yet. Dr D A York reported on the state convention in Austin and highlighted activities from the trip returned Wednesday. Entertainment included a quartet of colored boys and several visitors from Texse Gas Utilities, Fagle Distributing, Sabinal, Bay City, and local residents.
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Lions Club
J. C. Netts
D A. York
State
Austin
Soca
W.G McDonald
Texse Gas Uilities Company
Chearies Morris
The
Fagle Distributing Company
A. F Leinweber
Sabinal J. V. Castleton
Bay City
Ed Danic
This City
Fagle Pass Boy Fifth In National Essay Contest
Lazaro Benavides a junior high student of Eagle Pass won fifth place in a national essay contest for Texas entrants. He wrote a 300 word essay on the Kellogg Pearce pact, in a contest sponsored by the National Student Forum on the Kellogg Peace pact.
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Fagle Pass
Lazaro Benavides
B. H Miller
Eagle Pass
Texas
National Guard Quells Civil Unrest in Sherman Texas
National Guard units moved into Sherman Texas to restore order after a mob attacked a courthouse and people were fatally harmed. Police reported unrest and the burned courthouse symbolized the violence as troops sought to restore calm.
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National Guard
Sherman
National Guard patrol Sherman after courthouse riot
Under martial law by order of Governor Moody National Guardsmen patrol Sherman Texas to restore order after a riot that burned the Grayson County courthouse and cremated a Black prisoner who had pled guilty to assaulting a white woman.
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Moody
National Guardsmen
Sherman
Tex
Smeb
Grayson County
Cowboys Doped for Hard Fight Against Luling
The Del Rio Cowboys, 6-0 in the season against San Antonio semi pro teams, prepare for a three game series with Humble’s Luling team starting Friday. Expected starters include Swede Lind and Goodwin as mound specialists. Sparks or Scott likely see duty if manager Scott’s finger heals. Fans expect a tough series as local hopes rise with Goodwin’s arrival.
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San Antonio
del Rio Cowboys
Laling
Cowboys
Felding
Humbie
Sparks
Scott
de la Puente
Brackett Names Health Officer Brackett Names Health Officer
Brackettville officials appoint Dr Thomas C. Whitehead as city health officer. A sanitary survey will be conducted and Mayor McCabe calls a general cleanup starting May 26.
Wimberly Second Among Amone Trappers In April Totals
Ralph Wimberly on the Indio ranch in Maverick County ranked second among trappers in April for destroying predatory animals per a Bureau of Biological Survey report. He killed 25 coyotes and 5 dolicate Pecos County fed the fist, with 37 coyotes and 3 bobcats reported by Lynn Bailey. Jeff Davis County was third with 21 coyotes and 3 bobcats. Nine bobcats were taken in Nolan County. State total 475 animals destroyed including 262 coyotes, 194 bobcats, 106 red wolves, two eagles and one mountain Hon.
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Ralph Wimberly
Indio
Maverick County
Bureau of Biological Survey
Pecos County
Lynn Bailey
Jeff Davis County
Nolan County
Mascot Thomas Washington Makes First Flight at Cortland Airport
The 16 year old Ol Negro mascot Thomas Jefferson Washington flew from Birmingham Alabama as part of Lieutenant Harold Ro Mull dedication of the Cortland airport. He endured a tailspin and hoped it would be his last airplane ride.
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Cortland, N.ya
Thomas Jefferson Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Harold Ro Mull
Cortland
Thomas
Ankeman Plans Night Baseball for Houston Stadium
President Fred Ankeman of the Houston Texas League club announced a $25,900 plan to convert the stadium for night baseball. He wired Alvin Gardner seeking consent from Texas League clubs, aiming to ready the field by July 1.
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United Mrese Houston
Fred Ankeman
Houston
Texas League Baseball Club Today
Ankeman
Alvin Gardner
Texas League
Whitacre Transferred to Brownsville Border Patrol
J. A. Whitacre a Border Patrol member was notified Thursday of his transfer to Brownsville He plans to leave for the new post early next week Whitacre has served 17 years in government work and spent three years in Del Rio during his career he has been stationed in 10 foreign countries
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J. A. Whitacre
Border Patrol
Brownsville
Mr. Whitacre
del Rio
Tariff Hope Hangs On Senate Free Conference Vote
After 16 months Congress faces another chance on the tariff bill. Senate free conference motion decides fate. House backs Hoover on restricting the flexible provision. Key senators warn a dead bill if no free conference. Debate centers on whether to return to conference with no binding terms.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
Smootht Rep
Utah
Prisoners Required to Pay for UW Extension Courses
In Madison the Waupun prison system will charge inmates for correspondence courses offered by the University of Wisconsin extension division. Chester Allen, director of the division’s field organization, announced the policy in response to criticism of the department.
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Madison, Wis
Waupun
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
Chester Allen
Ground Radio Gold Finder Demonstration Sparks Treasure Claim
New Orleans May 15 A Baton Rouge inventor George Osmond Maher unveiled the ground radio a treasure finding device claiming it locates hidden gold silver lead bronze or any non magnetic material A reporter wore earphones as a yoke device hovered over coins buttons and treasure chests said to be found with the machine Maher holds patent rights.
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New Orleans
George Osmond Maher
Baton Rouge
Maher
Bishop Cannon to Face Jury as Speculator
Dallas May 15 A report says the episcopacy committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will compel Bishop James Cannon Jr of Virginia to face a trial jury of 25 elders for alleged stock market speculation. The committee's next meeting Friday is expected to crystallize the charges.
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The
United Press
Dallas
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
General Conference
James Cannon Jr
Virginia
Cannon
Bud McKinney and Jack Sellers Head to Houston Tourney
Bud McKinney and Jack Sellers depart Friday morning for Houston to compete in the State amateur golf contests May 19 24. McKinney recently won the San Felipe Country Club junior championship and had been a San Antonio tournament sensation. Their meet participation comes through the local country club's affiliation with the Texas State Golf Association.
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Bud McKinney
Jack Sellers
Houston
McKinney
San Felipe Country Club
San Antonio
Texas State Golf Association
First Issue of Daily Mirror Published In 1905 Del Rio
The 1905 Del Rio Daily Mirror volume No 11 sample shows editor A H Chapin and 500 copy circulation as an auxiliary to the weekly. News covers five meetings two accidents and one illness with unique items such as a runaway horse accident and a pecu liar accident involving Tom Hans. chatter notes plans for a cotton mill railroad and another daily paper.
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Daily Mirror
Fwily Mirror
del Rio
Justice of the
Charles Miller
Mirror
the Mirror
A. H. Chapin
The
Maccabees
Main Stree
del Rio Evening News
Tom
del Rid
Prosecution and Brady Counsel Fined in Murder Trial
In Dallas on May 15 District Attorney William McCraw and defense counsel Maury Hughes traded the lie during John Brady murder trial, each fined $100 by Judge Charles Pippen. Testimony centered on Brady's mental state and his relationship with Lehlia Highsmith amid the stabbing. Mrs. Brady testified to ongoing affection and blamed alcohol for past infidelity. Both sides rested. judge prepared charges as arguments were set to resume.
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Dallas
William McCraw
Maury Hughes
John Brady
Ben Cordell
San Antonio
McCraw
Hughes
Cordell
Charles Pippen
Join W. Brady
Lehlia Highsmith
Brady
Galindo Arrest Returns Fugitive After Eight Years
Ysean Galindo, a former convict sought for forgery, was captured eight years after escaping jail. A wage dispute with a sheep shearer captain led to betrayal and his surrender in Lamar Colorado, with sheriff Whistler bringing him to Val Verde County near Calhart Texas. Officials weigh transfer to penitentiary or pursuit of pending charges.
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Ysean Galindo
Val Verde County
Sheriff's Department
Galindo
Capitan
Lamar
Colo
Sheriff’s Department
Whistler
Texas Line
Calhart
F. X. Allen’s Sister Dies in Car Crash
F X Allen of this city learns Thursday morning of the death of his sister Dr Bertha A Greer of Independence Missouri. Dr Greer was injured Sunday when she fell from a car as its door opened and she was thrown to the ground. The funeral will be held Sunday in Lamoni Iowa.
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X. Allen
Bertha A. Greer
Independence
Greer
Allen
Lamoni
Iowa
Weather Summary for Del Rio and East Texas
Del Rio and vicinity expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday. West Texas remains partly cloudy with similar timing. East Texas forecasts cloud cover and local thunderstorms in the north tonight and Friday. Maximum yesterday reached 89 degrees and minimum 68.
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del Rio
West Texas
Jury verdict clears Collier's in Creager libel suit
R B Creager Texas Republican national committeeman lost his 500000 libel suit against Collier's Weekly. The jury ruled for the magazine over the article High handed and hell bent by Owen P White linking Creager with Hidalgo County Sheriff A Y Baker. The case raised questions on magazine liability and potential further suits.
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Brownsville
R. B. Creager
Texas
Republican National
Owen P. White
Creager
A. Y. Baker
Hidalgo County
Jack
P. F. Collier and Son, Distributing Corporation
the Crowell Publishing Company
Buses Taxable In County of Office Ruling
Texas Attorney General R L Bobbitt rules rolling stock of motor transportation firms is taxable in the county of the principal office. Buses on routes like Waco to Tyler are taxable at Texarkana where the company maintains its principal office.
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United Press
Austin
R. L. Bobbitt
Waco
Tyler
Texarkana
McLellan County
Pipe Line Worker Wounded by Wire Injures Lungs
Lambert suffered a back wound when a wire entered from his back and pierced a lung during unloading of pipe from a railway car near Del Rio. He rested well on Thursday and doctors said the injury was not dangerous.
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Lambert
del Rio
Mrs Hopkins Improves After Illness
The condition of Mrs. W. A. Hopkins, county clerk, was described as as well as could be expected by her family. She has shown slight improvement after several weeks of serious illness, with sleeping well though her left side remains paralytic.
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W. A. Hopkins
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