Van Verde County to Proceed with $250,000 Road Program
County judge Roger Thurmond announced a $250,000 road building program for Van Verde County with five projects to launch soon. The largest project on the Langtry to Langtry corridor costs $155,682 with state and federal shares totaling 88 percent. county share 11 percent. Other upgrades include Borderway shoulders graveling near Del Rio, fence moves for a 100 foot right of way, and road work on Devil's River and Comstock routes plus Bullis Crossing painting and Loop Road repairs.
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van Verde County
Roger Thurmond
del Rio
Langtry
Kinney County
Devil's River Road
Comstock
Bullis
Pecos
Swimmer Carried Over Devil's River Dam
Melvin Rowland was swept over a small dam at Devil's River Steam Plant while swimming Sunday afternoon. He received severe cuts and bruises from jagged rocks five feet below as the swift current carried him over the dam before he could swim clear.
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Melvin Rowland
Devil's River Steam Plant
Rowland
Work Is Rushed on Highway 27 Project
Sonora residents expect early construction on Highway 27 from Sonora west to Crockett County line. A resident engineer will be stationed here soon with quarters arranged in the Sutton County courthouse. Bids are asked for 21 miles of road and two bridges, one near Sonora and another over Granger Draw, with work likely to start before July, providing local employment.
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Sonora
Crockett County
Sutton County
E. F Ettman
Granger Draw
Highway Department
Texan Garner Seen as Serious 1932 Presidential Possibility
NEA Service profile portrays Speaker John N Garner of Texas as a strong, plainspoken West Texas figure with deep political skill and a mass appeal unseen since Theodore Roosevelt. The piece notes his democratic style, conservatism, hot temper, and reputation for quick, sound decisions amid national scrutiny.
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NEA Service, Inc
Washington
South
John N. Garner
Texas Prairies
House
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Uvalde
Texas
Comstock High School Holds Sunday Baccalaureate
Comstock High School held a Sunday morning baccalaureate in the new auditorium. Rev. T. S. Stauffer of Del Rio delivered the sermon, urging graduates Alfred Walker Mary Ethel Brotherton and Geraldine Dillon to help each other avoid destruction. Special music featured Hallelujah for the Cross and hymns.
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Comstock High School
Comstock School
T. S. Stauffer
First Christian Church of
Stauffer
Jap General Yields To Bombing Injury
SHANGHAI, May 433. General Yoshinori Shirakawa supreme commander of the Japanese army in Shanghai died today of wounds from a bomb explosion at Hongkew Park April 29. Emperor Hirohito conferred the title of baron on the general as he lay dying. Shirakawa was among several seriously injured when a bomb was tossed into the stands during patriotic addresses.
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Shanghai
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Hongkew Park
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Shirakawa
Lady Gregory Irish Dramatist Dies at 73 in Belfast
Augusta Lady Gregory, Irish dramatist and Abbey Theatre director, widow of Sir William Gregory, former governor of Ceylon, dies aged 73 in Belfast. She authored numerous successful plays and was a prominent Ireland writer.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Hoover Invites Publishers for Economy Parley
President Hoover will host a White House discussion with invited newspaper publishers on Wednesday night to seek suggestions for aiding the economy and shaping public opinion. The conference will mirror earlier parleys with other industries and professions, and the group is described as strictly nonpartisan. Names and exact invitees were not released.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Guard slain in $23 000 hold up
Newcastle Pa May 23 Policeman Clarence Campbell was shot and killed today by four robbers who snatched a satchel containing 23000 dollars from a Mahoning Trust Company messenger. Campbell was the messenger's guard. The robbers fled in an automobile toward Ohio.
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Newcastle
Clarence Campbell
Mahoning Trust Company
Campbell
Ohijo
Longview Breaks Ground For Seven Story Courthouse
Excavation has begun for a seven story courthouse in Longview. The $174 500 structure, to be completed by year’s start, was started by commissioner B C Todd who turned the first sod for the project.
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Longview
B. C. Todd
Graduates urged to seek success through Golden Rule
Del Rio High School baccalaureate services featured Rev. James PF Black delivering a sermon on success through service and the Golden Rule. The 40-voice city church choir led "Peace Be Still" and "Onward Christian Soldiers" as graduates entered and the program closed with "Holy, Holy, Holy."
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del Rio High School
James PF. Black
Richard Cole
Chas. Nixon
Black
Jesus
Moses
B. D. Kennedy
Fort Worth man shoots wife then takes life
Fort Worth building contractor C. M. Hamm, 39, and his wife died after being found unconscious in their apartment. Justice of the Peace ruled Hamm shot his wife and then himself. The motive remains undisclosed. The couple had been married 13 years and neighbors reported no prior domestic trouble.
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Fort Worth
C. M. Hamm
Oscar Williams
Abilene Woman Killed as Train Hits Car at Crossing
Miss Norma Ramsey, 25, died and her sister Nena Kate Ramsey was badly injured when their car was demolished by a Texas and Pacific passenger train at a grade crossing in Abilene on May 23. The
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Abilene
Norma Ramsey
Nena Kate Ramsey
Texas and Pacific
Whitehead-Wardlaw Ranch Gains Value from 150 GPM Water Well
Whitehead and Wardlaw ranch near Standart reports a newly improved well delivering 150 gallons per minute, with a second 50 gpm well. Water rises to the surface by gravity, irrigating cane across high ground. The 16,000 acre ranch houses a modern home, sheds, pens, 100 pecan trees, and herd counts of 6,000 sheep and 1,500 goats under Pink McNutt.
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Whitehead-Wardlaw Standart Ranch
Whitehead and Wardlaw
Standart
Mud Creek
New Orleans Floods Deluge Submerges City Streets
A 10 inch rain overwhelmed New Orleans in 48 hours turning sections into lakes. Giant pumps failed to cope as wood-block paving floated away. A boat operator ferried passengers across St Charles Avenue at a nickel a ride while numerous autos stalled.
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St. Charles Avenue
Langtry Youth Hurt When Horse Bolts at Ranch
Willie Harrison thirteen suffered a concussion and possible skull fracture after a horse bolted through a fence and fell on him late Sunday at his mother Mrs Louise Harrisons Langtry ranch. Felix Harrison his brother aided until their mother arrived. He was taken to Del Rio to his grandmother Mrs W W Sankeys home for care.
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Willie Harrison
Louise Harrison
Langtry Country
Harrison
Felix
del Rio
W. W. Sankey
Dr. E P Kennedy Uvalde Moderator Stricken
Funeral services were held in Uvalde for Dr. E P Kennedy 54 pastor of the First Baptist Church of Uvalde and moderator of the Del Rio Uvalde Baptist Association. He died at a Van Ormy sanitarium after a three week illness. Surviving are his widow a daughter Mrs Dewey Coker Uvalde a sister and two brothers.
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Uvalde
E. P. Kennedy
First Baptist Church of
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
Texas
Presbyterian Church
Beaumont
The
Baptist Church
Corsicana
Kennedy
Baptist State Convention
Orer
Dewey, Coker
Sabinal Pastor to Lead 12-Day Protracted Meeting
Beginning Sunday May 2 the Rev Arthur Slater of Sabinal will conduct a protracted meeting at the church of Christ on Spring Street Del Rio. The 12 day event is the third such meeting led by Slater for the Del Rio church, announced by pastor Rev James F Black.
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Arthur Slater
Sabinal
Church of Christ
Spring Street
James F. Black
Slater
del Rio
Paving Planned on Borderway to Presidio County Line
Alpine May 23 All details are set for right of way for U S highway 90 west of Alpine to the Presidio County line with deeds to be signed within days. County commissioners reviewed papers and prepared to close negotiations with property owners as city and county officials coordinate. The state highway commission will complete the mile link to Presidio to join paving by the county, finalizing the longest unpaved stretch of U S 90 between San Antonio and El Paso via Del Rio.
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Alpine
Presidio County
G. W. Baines
City Commission
State Highway Commission
U. S. 90
San Antonio
el Paso
del Rio
Three-Eared Calf Born in McKinney Texas
The Rev G C Ford of McKinney owns a Jersey cow with a calf that has three ears. The extra ear sits midway between the two normal ears and the calf is otherwise normal.
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Mckinney
Texas
G. C. Ford
Warn Ranchmen Against Bogus Grocery Agents
A false grocery salesman targeting ranchers travels from Nolan Coke and Irion counties into Rocksprings. A ranchman at Barksdale reported buying a large order believed to be from San Angelo HQ, but the goods were not delivered. The man sent a clipping from the Standard Times reporting another rancher victim.
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San Angelo
Nolan, Coke
Irion
Barksdale
A. W. Billingsley
United States
Standard- Times
Merton
House Votes Down Beer Proposal in 228 to 169 Vote
Washington report notes the House rejected the proposal to legalize and tax 2.75 percent beer by a 228 to 169 tally. The same dispatch covers Texas Democratic convention rifts over prohibition and Garner support efforts amid talk of repealing the eighteenth amendment.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
John Nance Garner
Texas
Chicago
Want
Garneraru
A. J. Wirtz
Sam Rayburn Bonham
The
Texas Democratic Association
Delegates Headed to State Democratic Convention in Houston
Val Verde County delegates led by Judge W F Boggess W C Ab bey and Mr and Mrs J Turney Terrell leave for Houston for the State Democratic Convention convening May 24. They are instructed to vote the county slate for John Nance Garner for president and Jed C Adams for re election as National Democratic Executive Committeeman with Clara Driscoll Sevier as National Committeewoman.
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Houston
Democratic Executive Committee
Chicago
W. F. Boggess
W. C. Abbey
J. Turney Terrell
Val Verde
John Nance Garner
Garner
Vi Verde
Jed C. Adams
Texas
Democratic Executive
Clara Driscoll Sevier
Del Rio Area Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a drying trend. Yesterday's high reached 91 degrees and the low fell to 70. This morning's minimum was 72 as conditions remain warm and humid across the region.
Unsettled Day With Cooler Northwest Tonight
A unsettled day is forecast with cooler conditions in the extreme west tonight and also in the west and north portions on Tuesday.
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