County Tackles Tax Problem After Lightning Hit Substation
Del Rio experienced a severe electrical storm Tuesday night with lightning damaging the Central Power and Light Co substation near the ice house. An oil circuit breaker burned out around 9 pm leaving the city in darkness for a short period while repairs connected with another switch restored power. Damages were not yet estimated Wednesday morning.
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Power and Light Company
del He
del Rio
Shots Fired At Laredo Packer Over $20 Debt
Jose Linares arrested after two shots miss Luis Hausman president of a packing company in Laredo Texas. The car of Hausman was struck as he left his plant. Linares says Hausman owed him $20 and Webb County grand jury will investigate the case.
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Laredo Packer
Lareix
Texas
Jose Linares
Lous Hausman
Webb County
Bulieta
Hausman
Linares
Jury Discharged In Scales Estate Suit
A district court jury in the Scales estate case failed to reach a verdict after lengthy deliberation and was discharged by Judge Joseph Jones around 11 o clock Wednesday morning. The 825000 note of foreclosure of vendors and attachment liens centered on a 400 acre subdivision along Devil's River.
Sterling Signs Bill To Join Tax Offices
Governor Ross Sterling filed with approval 26 bills including a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment to combine the offices of tax assessor and collector in Austin.
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Sterling
Bill
Austin
Ross Sterling
Woman in Urania flaunts eleventh marriage record
Mrs. Caroline McDonald Walters Bronson Burger Chevalier Gardner White Litel Hatshield Willis Paschall of Urania La displays her newest husband Louis Paschall after her eleventh marriage. She has divorced seven times with three husbands dead and is worth $250 000 from oil wells. She hopes Paschall is her last husband saying he is “mighty nice” and no faults found yet.
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Rying
Caroline McDonald- Walters - Bronson
Paschall
Wool buyers surge as Texas wool belt ships increase
Preas Nichols of the Mallory Steamship Co reports heavy wool purchases in the Texas belt with 12 month wool in strongest demand. He notes buyers and growers are active, shipments from Galveston to New York then transshipping in Boston or Philadelphia, and estimates Texas crop around 4.5 million pounds with total purchases near 12 million pounds, while prices remain uncertain for the rest of 1931.
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Guch
Preas Nichols
Mallory Steamship Company
del Rio
Texas
W Nichols
Nichols
Four Black Drifters Detained After City Hall Scuffle
Four itinerant men were jailed overnight in Del Rio after police chief Henry Bridge arrested them late Tuesday. They allegedly scattered debris and used impudent language at the 8 P freight station lawn when asked to gather papers. Names include Richard Mason and Rufus Brown among others. they were ordered out of town via the San Antonio highway.
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del Rio City
Henry Bridge
Richard Mason
San Antonio
Henry Baker Lake
Fire destroys church and residence near Greenville
A fire near Greenville Texas destroyed the Methodist Church and a vacant residence at Josephine about 20 miles southwest. Loss was estimated at 15000 dollars.
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Greenville
Texas
Josephine
Here
Tailor Finds Hidden Cash Rewarded for Honesty
Westport tailor Louie the Tailor discovered 545 dollars in a suit pocket brought in by Horace Hurlbutt. Hurlbutt thanked the honesty with a 5 dollar reward from the cash found.
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Westport, Conn., &P
Louie
Horace Hurlbutt
Hurlbutt
Syndicate Moves to Expand Gambling Rights in Villa Acuna
The Del Rio Evening News reports a $500,000 syndicate via subsidiaries seeks gambling concessions across Juarez Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo with Villa Acuna as a potential new site. Matamoros opened two casinos. Juarez and Villa Acuna operations are unsettled amid concession costs and political interference.
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Villa Acuna
Juarez Matamoros
Nuevo Laredo
del Rio
Cameron and Belt
Edinburg
Texas
Matamoros
Mexico
Rio Grande
Brownaville
Juarez City
Juarez
Jake the Barber Surrenders Over Swindle Charges
John Pactor, dubbed Jake the Barber, surrendered to federal authorities in Chicago to answer charges of swindling English investors with a fraudulent $5,000,000 stock scheme. He denies gangland kidnapping stories and Capone protection, and plans to fight extradition to England.
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Chicago
John Jake
Pactor
al Capone
England
Ellison Murderers Await Chair Death
Nicandro Munoz and Victor Rodriguez, convicted of killing Customs Inspector Bert Ellison near Hargill last August, awaited execution in the electric chair in Huntsville Texas. They were sentenced in Hidalgo County and the date set for June 19. Ellison was ambushed and shot by his assailants.
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Huntsville
Texas
Nicandro Munoz
Victor Rodriguez
Bert Ellison
Hargill
Hidalgo County
Ellison
Wage War on Hawks Camden Ark
Merchants in Camden Arkansas are offering prices for the capture of hawks to drive out flocks that have attacked barnyard poultry in the county.
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Camden
Ark
Continent’s oldest town Craibi claims ancient Hopi origin
Continent’s oldest town Craibi in Arizona is described as the oldest continuously occupied population center in North America. It sits atop ruins of a prehistoric village and reflects long Indigenous occupation.
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Craibi, Ariz
North America
Texas Elks to Open Galveston Session Friday
Del Rio Elks and state officers plan to attend the Texas Elks State Association convention in Galveston May 22 for a three day session. Key attendees include Julian LaCrosse and J Turney Terrell with others from Del Rio. The event features banquets, registration, ritualistic meetings and a waterfront ballroom.
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Texas Elks
Galveston
Texas Elks State Association
del Rio
Buccaneer
Elks
Changes in U S Customs Force at the Port
Several personnel changes occur in the U S Customs Service at the port of entry. Nat Maione, longtime Del Rio officer, will transfer to Roma within days. Joe Jackson moves from Hebbronville to Del Rio arriving Tuesday. he was a Del Rio city officer in 1925. J A Tilly is dispatched to Hebbronville after three or four years here.
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United States Customs Service
Nat Maione
del Rio
Roma
Joe Jackson
Customs Service
Hebbronville
Joe
J. A. Tilly
Mr. Tilly
Acquittal for St. Louis Beauty in French murder case
Mrs. Charlotte Nixon-Nirdhlinger a St. Louis prize beauty was acquitted by a French jury. She testified she shot in self defense when her jealous husband tried to strangle her. She denied marrying for money.
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Nice
France
Charlotte Nixon-Nirdhlinger
Life sentence reversed for Llano killer Ray Click
The Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial for Ray Click of Llano County who was condemned to life for the killing of Charles Walker. The ruling reverses the previous conviction and calls for a fresh trial.
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Austin
Ray Click
Llano County
Charles Walker
Courh of Criminal Appeals
Pilot Weiblen Lands Crippled Plane On One Wheel
Laughing passengers aboard a crippled flight endured a perilous hour as Charlies Weiblen guided the damaged liner toward a landing on a single wheel and an axle. Faith Smith Betty M Pilot Weiblen Verne Phill watched mechanics and onlookers examine the undercarriage after the heroic save.
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Pittsburgh
Charlies Weiblen
Are Ira
Bullaio
Faith Smith
Betty
Weiblen
Verne Phill
Weibblen
Salmon Relieved Of Jungleland Job As Hobo Herder
Del Rio county commissioners on May 17 relieved 8 M Salmon special deputy hired to herd hoboes in the freight yards during winter. Salmon said about 15 000 transients passed through the city as trains from east and west brought wanderers, with theft complaints prompting the duty. With spring arrivals declining, the county ended the program.
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Salmon
del Rio
Union Man Slain at Washington Dinner
Washington May 20 Frank Langdon assistant secretary of the International Union of Operating Engineers was shot in a restaurant dinner party with Arthur Huddell president of the rig and another man. Eight shots were fired by the assailant who then escaped.
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Washington
Frank Langdon
International Union of Operating Engineers
Arthur Huddell
Killer Confession Tells of Slayings by Station Attendant
Merle Johnson, 25, a filling station attendant in Charleston Illinois, surrendered to Matteom police and said he killed Mrs. Carrie Bowers and her two boys aged 6 and 8 because they asked to be killed. He claimed the victims invited death.
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Charleston
Til
Merle Johnson
Matteom
Carrie Bowers
Tourists Warned Of Dangerous Laredo to Mexico City Road
The Mexican government warns motorists that the Victoria to Mexico City highway is dangerous due to unfinished construction. Narrow sections 3.5 meters wide and steep descents with machinery raise risk. officials urge caution while keeping the route open for adventurous travelers as the National Road Commission works to improve safety.
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Laredo
Mexico City
Victoria
Texas
National Road Commission
West Coast Starts Shipment of Melons
Imperial Valley and Phoenix melons begin moving via Del Rio with melons iced at Pacific Fruit Express racks on Monday and Tuesday nights. A 50 car train was re iced at Del Rio Tuesday night, and 47 fruit refrigerator cars were iced Monday night. Rail officials anticipate one melon train per night at Del Rio in the coming days and an increase to two or three trains daily at the peak pumpkin harvest.
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Imperial Valley
Phoenix
Ariz
del Rio
Pacific Fruit Express
Legislature Adjournment Likely Friday in Texas
AUSTIN May 20 Adjournment of the Legislature on Friday seemed assured with only a few House members favoring an extension to May 29, according to a poll by Representative L J Burns Brady.
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Austin
House
L J. Burns
Brady
Prince Bertil May Visit United States on Flygia
Swedish royal cadet Prince Bertil the third son of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf may travel to America next year aboard the Swedish armored cruiser Flygia if current plans are finalized.
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Stockholm
Prince Bertil
Gustaf Adolf
America
Memorial Plaque for Gerald Duke at Del Rio High
Memorial plaque honoring Gerald Duke, 19 Del Rio High School quarterback on the 1930 Wildcat grid team, was arranged by Wildcat members and the pep squad. A. L. Mark Anthony, athletic coach, said the plaque was mounted Wednesday. Duke was a popular Wildcat. a brother drowned near Sonora months earlier.
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Gerald Duke
del Rio
Wildcat
Whidcat
del Rio High
A. L
Mark” Anthony
Duke
Sonora
Earl Duke
Planes Used to Hunt Five Jail Escapes in San Angelo
Aerial search continued across West Texas for J. B. Connor and four other jail escapees after they took keys and guns on Saturday. Officers monitored tips, conducted systematic local sweeps, and shared photos and fingerprints to aid identifications while a 100 mile radius remained under watch.
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San Angelo
West Texas
J. B. Connor
Does
Connor
Clint Powell
R. E. “Blackie” Martin
William Quinn
Albn Pitts
Sonora Plans First Sealed Bid Wool Sale This Season
Sonora Wool and Mohair Company to offer 500000 pounds of 12 months wool in a sealed bid sale at 10 o clock Thursday morning. It marks the first sealed bid sale at the new Sonora warehouse in its second year of operation. Del Rio reports the sale and notes possible expansion to Merizon.
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Sonora
del Rio
San Angelo
Merizon
Alfalfa Boost Lifts Oregon Dairy Farmers Outlook
Western Oregon dairy farmers faced a low mood but alfalfa production rose sharply. In four years alfalfa output in the region increased by about 700 percent, signaling improved forage prospects for the sector.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Break Even With Police Stolen Cars Recovered
A report notes that stolen vehicles were recovered in the same quantity as the number of cars stolen, indicating a parity between thefts and recoveries. Police agencies are assessing the pattern and steps taken to deter future incidents.
Changes Hinted After Property Owners Are Called
Val Verde County and Del Rio face possible tax rate changes as the Board of Equalization nears itsMay 25 session. Ranchers seek lower valuations due to bitterweed and market slumps while county remodel plans for courthouse and jail proceed at about $20 000. The Del Rio school tax remains at $1 per hundred with a large construction program breathing concern. City and county equalizers prepare to review valuations amid financial pressures and ongoing expansion.
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Val Verde County
City of
del Rio
Commissioners’ Court
County Board of Equalization
John Rowland
E. K. Adams
M. D. McNutt
Weather Summary For Del Rio Vicinity And West Texas
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers in the western area. Yesterday's high reached 74, low 66. this morning's minimum 63. West Texas reports cloudy skies with local showers in the west portion while the east remains partly cloudy tonight and Thursday.
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