Tugwell fights for Undersecretary post stirs Washington battle
Roosevelt backs Brain Truster Rex Tugwell for the new Undersecretary of Agriculture post while Senator Cotton Ed Smith stalls confirmation over patronage bids. The White House threatens to pause Smith appointments until Tugwell is confirmed, amid a broader fight over appointments and party factional aims.
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Roosevelt
Rex Tugwell
Senate
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Dr. Thorp
Cotton Ed
White House
Tugwell
Senator Smith
Mr. Roosevelt
Del Rio High to graduate 34 in Friday ceremony
Del Rio High School will honor eighteen boys and sixteen girls Friday evening at 8:15 in the auditorium. Speaker Hon. Coke R. Stevenson will deliver the commencement address as graduates receive diplomas for 16 units. Names of the graduates and details on reserved seating are listed by Supt. Roy M. Andrews.
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del Rio High School
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas House of Representatives
Stevenson
Texas
del Rio Friends
del Rio
Andrews
Worst Drouth Threatens Midwestern Crops
The region braces for relief from the worst drought in a generation as counties across America's bread basket endure extreme heat and a month with little rain. Officials in Washington monitor impacts on midwest farming while a large carry-over eases fear of actual shortages.
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Mid-West
America
Washington
Injury Endurer or O That Does the Injury
The fragment presents a terse quotation about causation in injury, indicating a paradoxical role where the agent of harm is the actor rather than the sufferer. It is a standalone, incomplete excerpt without clear people, places, or events.
Texas World War Vet Killed by Shotgun in Mabank
Mabank May 24 A charge from a shotgun struck John Ray in the side here Wednesday, killing him. J J Pritchett, in front of whose home the slaying occurred, surrendered to officers.
Burleson Nominated El Paso Postal Chief
President Roosevelt sent postmaster nominations to Congress on Wednesday naming Milton L. Burleson of El Paso Texas as a postmaster candidate alongside others from Shawnee Oklahoma Big Spring Texas and Nat Shick from Big Spring Texas in Washington.
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Burleson
EL Paso Postal
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Kid H. Warren
Shawnee
Okla
Nat Shick
Big Spring
Texas
Milton L. Burleson
el Paso
Callan predicts Woodward will win in election
Austin Callan, a politics observer not among Einstein experts, says Walter Woodward of Coleman will be elected Texas attorney general. He praises Woodward as experienced, honest, and a strong lawmaker with deep West Texas ties and a record in law enforcement.
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Callan
Woodward
Austin Callan
Walter Woodward
Coleman
Senator Woodward
Walter
Texas
West
112th Birthday Carpenter Seeks Wife
William Everitt of Omaha aged 112 continues his search for a wife in a four year quest after being jilted at 106. The former carpenter, who recently celebrated his milestone birthday, remains hopeful despite the long wait.
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Omaha
Neb
William Everitt
Everitt
It Is More Painful to Do Nothing Than Something
A succinct reflection on action versus inertia. The quote emphasizes that inaction often causes greater personal or communal hardship than taking some effort, even if imperfect. It urges decisive steps over passive waiting.
Dora H. Smith Seeks Val Verde District Clerk Post
Dora H. Smith announces her candidacy for Val Verde County District Clerk subject to the Democratic primary on July 29 1934. A Del Rio native born and raised here she lives at 122 West Strickland Street and says she will devote full time if elected.
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Val Verde County
Ex Ambassador To Belgium Dies In Cannes
Brand Whitlock former United States ambassador to Belgium died in Cannes after a second bladder operation. He was 65 and funeral services are planned for Saturday at Holy Trinity Church with burial in Cannes.
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Belgium
Cannes
France
Brand Whitlock
United States
Holy Trinity Church
Bandits Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker Brought Home
Ambulances carried the bullet torn bodies of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker to Dallas after an officers ambush in Louisiana. The sheriff said the car used by the fugitives belonged to Jesse Warren of Topeka Kansas and had been stolen from Warren’s home April 29. Separate funerals are planned for Clyde and Bonnie with burial in Dallas cemeteries. Clyde’s body bore 40 bullet holes.
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Sheriff's Office
Jesse Warren
Topeka
Kan
Warren
Clyde
Bonnie
Dallas
Buck
Iowa
North Heights Seventh Grade Promotion Honors Students
North Heights School held seventh grade promotion exercises in the auditorium led entirely by pupils. Roy M. Andrews urged pupils to plan for the future and value education, while the program featured songs, class histories, prophecies, and remarks from teachers and principal.
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Roy M. Andrews
North Heights
Madelene Adams
Viola Varga
L. B. Gilbert
Andrews
E. C. Wellborn
R. M. Bankhead
del Rio
Lucille Love
Old Madrid
Harold Burditt
Geraldine Garrett
Thomas Nunley
Cielito Lindo
College President Resigns Over Education Focus Versus Football
John G. Barry, president of the College of Mines in El Paso, resigns charging local politics and athletics groups aim to debase UT system standards. He cites hostility over high grades for athletes and teachers needing degrees, with the board of education considering extension courses from other colleges.
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EL Paso
John G. Barry
College of Mines
University of Texas
Board of Education
Barry
Charles A. Puckett
Board of Regents
Herzing Child Under Knife To Remove Coins
Nita Jean Herzing two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Herzing was rushed to San Antonio for an operation to remove two pennies from her bronchial tube. The procedure was done at Lee Surgical Hospital and the child stood the operation well though she remains in danger for days. An X ray showed the coins just above her heart.
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Nita Jean Herzing
W. A Herzing
San Antonio
Lee Surgical Hospital
French Army Seeks Forts Along Belgian Frontier
Army committee urges new fortifications as part of a 3 billion franc arms program. In Washington, President Roosevelt signs municipal bankruptcy bill to allow scaling down city obligations. In Trinity, E Will Splottstoesser, a railroad clerk, is charged with murder for shooting Edward Rex Waller, Texas State treasurer candidate, in front of the post office. Waller dies in hospital.
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Augustus E. Giegengack
Nassau County
N. Y
Congress
George H. Carter
Government Printing Office
Joint
Congressional Printing Committee
Giegengack
Stars & Stripes
France
Soldier Paper
Steve Early
Gieg Mgack
Farley
Washington
Paris
Saar
Army Committee
French Chamber of Deputies
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Trinity
E. Will Splottstoesser
Edward Rex Waller
Texas
Waller
Splottstoesser
Reward Offered for James Boys Capture Poster Found
A poster offering $10,000 for the capture of Jesse and Frank James was found on a wall of a tumble down shack near Coshocton Ohio. The yellowed document had been wallpapered to help preserve it and dates from about fifty years prior.
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Coshocton
Onio
James Boys
Jesse
Frank
Troops Fire Tear Gas on Ohio Strikers at Auto Plant
National guardsmen patrolled the Electric Auto Light Company plant in Toledo after riotous night clashes with strikers and sympathizers. Tear gas bombs were used in two groups, injuring several and driving back the crowds as damage to the plant reached about 150000 dollars. Guards resumed control after the siege began with 1500 workers held inside for 15 hours.
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Toledo
National
St Louis Packing House Strike Halts Plants Picketed
A mass meeting of union butchers and meat cutters in St. Louis called a strike affecting about 2500 workers at Armour Swift and other firms. Pickets were ordered at major plants and police guarded sites as workers seek a 40 cent wage for butchers and 69 cents for laborers with a 32 hour week.
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ST. Louis
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Plow Discovers Gold Ring Belonging to Deceased Owner
In Silverton Oregon on May 24 Fred Knight unearthed a gold ring in a field. The ring is identified as the item lost by Ed Fin lay who died more than 42 years ago.
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Silverton
Ore
Fred Knight
Ed Finlay
Tragedy Tells of Four Fatal Crash West of Big Lake
A late Wednesday automobile collision four miles west of Big Lake killed two sisters of Mrs. L B Wardlaw and a San Angelo man. Ray Hemphill died en route to hospital after the crash. Injuries also afflicted John Hinde and J Wivlie Taylor Jr with uncertain outcomes. Funeral plans remain unsettled.
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L. B. “Cuter” Wardlaw
del Rio
San Angelo
Big
Kathleen Hinde
Charles Norris
Wardlaw
Ray Hemphill
John Hinde
McCamey
Angelo
C. R. Hinde
Hinde
L. B. “Cuter
Hemphill
Taylor
Norris
Miss Hinde
I R Senor Details Aid To Mayor's Political Machine
F R Senor, former Del Rio Chamber of Commerce secretary in 1923 and 1924, alleges he aided Mayor Quin of San Antonio in forming a political machine last February to help the mayor's congressional bid. He worked as a relief employee in San Antonio before leaving the auditing department. He says he was directed to Ray Mackay to set up a public relations unit to contact voters. The mayor refused to comment on the charges.
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F. R. Senor
del Rio Chamber of Commerce
Quin
San Antonio
Senor
Ray Mackay
Del Rio Area Weather Outlook Tonight Through Friday
Partly cloudy conditions with probable local thundershowers tonight and Friday. Yesterday's high reached 93 degrees and the low dropped to 66. Mild overnight temps. west Texas shows thundershowers in the north and east, with cooler air in the Panhandle. East Texas trends toward partly cloudy to cloudy skies with possible thunderstorms in the west and north tonight and Friday.
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Panhandle
East
Texas
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Coke Stetienson
Republican National Committee
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Williams
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Curt Hugo Brandenstein
Preston Sydney Briggs
Fernando Calderon
Virgil Cauthorn
Paul A. Cox
Walter J. Cox
Earl Erwin
Horace Holmes
Marvin Hutchinson
Menifee Locke
Martin D. McNutt Jr
Geo. W. Netts
B. D. Roberts
Edwin Smith
Joseph A. Stool
Holland Radcliffe Vaughn
William Halden Lochabay
Irene Rose Adams
Eve Avant
Mildred Bode
Ernestina I. Calderon
Grace Cleveland
Eurith Elizabeth Comelli
Dorothy Dolores Daniel
Mercedes Flores
Cora Helen Hill
Essie Marie Hunt
A. Lucille Kelley
Inez Marian Lott
Mason Mosher
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Alice Overstreet
Mary Patricia Stanton
Ariz
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Ohio
Dora H. Smith
Miss Smith
Richard Smith
Comstock
W. W
Dick” Freeman
Bandits
Ambu
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
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NEA
Katherine Budd
Brooklyn
Daugh
Ters
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Herzing
Nita Jean
Big Lake
Judge
I. R. Senor
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