Wool Market Crash Hurts Texas Growers
Wool prices sag after heavy Texas wool shipments flood markets. Officials say dumping depresses value, with 2.56 million pounds sold in Kerrville Brady Menard San Angelo and Del Rio areas pushing prices down as mills pay cents per pound for 12 months wool delivered. Growers blame market manipulation and Farm Board policies for the continuous drop.
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Texas
Horace Pawcett
Southweel
Texas Wool and Mohair Co-op
J. B. Wilson
National Wie Marketing Corporation
Geaira
Wwa
Wilton
Kerrville
Brady Menard
San Angelo
del Rio
Boston
Funeral Services For H. J. Ware Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Henry J Ware who died Monday morning at 7 o clock at the family residence 109 West Broadway were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock from the residence Reverend Charles Nixon pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating Burial was in Westlawn Cemetery with Doran Funeral Home in charge Active pall bearers were Dee Newton Ross Stafford Judge Joseph Jones A Madison C B Wardlaw A G Edwards Frank Greenwood Sr and C T Cupples
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Henry J Ware
West Broadway
Charles Nixon
First Methodist Church
Westlawn Cemetery
Doran Funeral Home
Dee Newton
Ross Stafford
Joseph Jones
A. Madison
C. B. Wardlaw
A. G Edwards
Frank Greenwood Sr
C. T. Cupples
Humble Oil Slashes Texas Crude Price to 37 Cents a Barrel
Houston May 2 The Humble Pipe Line Company reduced crude oil prices by 45 percent, setting a top price of 37 cents per barrel down from 67 cents.
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Houston
Humble Pipe Line Company
Texas
Strawberry harvest boosts Newbern yield with 200 acres
In Newbern Tennessee workers report one of the largest strawberry crops in recent years with nearly two hundred acres under cultivation.
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Newbern
Tenn
Co Ed Pajama Parties Target Tennessee College Head
Memphis scene stirs as Dr Charles R Diehl president of Southwestern University faces attempted removal over co ed pajama parties dancing on campus and hell fire debates. Presbyterian ministers plan to meet Memphis to examine Diehl and gather evidence for the fall presbytery meeting to decide on charges. Opponents vow a hard fight echoing Dayton Scopes controversy.
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Tennessee College
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Dayton
Charles R. Diehl
Southwestern University
Presbyterian Institute
Diehl
Presbyterian Church
Sons of
Mississippi
Tennesseuland
Alabama
Southwestern
Bar of Justice
Dr. Dieh
John T. Scopes
Cooler Weather May Bring Good Rains to Range
Weather official H L Molyneux explained cooler days and potential showers in Del Rio. Ranchers hope steady rainfall will keep grass from burning and help new growth push through thick weed cover after a wet spring.
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H. L. Molyneux
del F Rio
Dr Diehl Quotes on Genesis and Campus Dancing
Dr Diehl comments on Genesis as not a scientific treatise and on salvation for loving people who never knew Christ. He argues against banning campus dancing while noting students may dance at home. He mentions girls being decently clothed.
Monkey Trial Echoes at University Debate
A state court convicting a teacher for teaching that man descended from animals sparked a nationwide sensation. Clarence Darrow and Dudley Ficks Malone led Scopes defense while William Jennings Bryan pressed the prosecution. The current dispute at Southwestern University parallels the clash over fundamentalist doctrine and theological views.
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Clarence Darrow
Dudley Ficks Malone
Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
Wool Growers Face Low Wool Prices in Texas
HOUSTON May 26 A six hour day or a five day week may improve conditions, delegates heard from David B Robertson and J M Lea about the Texas wool market. Lea blamed growers for low prices, noting buyers and co-ops offered advance payments that pressured prices downward. He urged cooperation via the Federal Farm Board and National Wool Marketing Corporation and warned profits shift to buyers if growers sell now. He predicted possible gains of two to seven cents per pound within a year if they act.
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Houston
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
David B Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Texas
Federal Farm Board
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Woman Held as Poison Killer of Four Wards
In Chicago on May 26 a coroner's inquest found arsenic poisoning linked to four deaths at Mrs Margaret Summers home. The jury urged murder charges against Summers who denied poisoning her husband last August and three other relatives tied to her life insurance policies.
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Chicago
Mar
Justice Court Dismisses Fishing Charge Over Old Shoe Misdirection
Justice Court led by Judge Charles Miller dismisses the fishing violation against J Garrett who used artificial bait, with state game warden O Z Finley seeking delay. The warden argued charges but the judge ruled no crime occurred without a fish being caught, postponement granted briefly.
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Justice Court
Charles Miller
Meorning
O. Z. Finley
J. Garrett
Finley
Miller
Austin
Garrett
Jedge Miller
Finny
Sterling May Call Solons for Oil Work
Governor Ross Sterling may call a special Texas Legislature session to act on the oil situation. The date will not be set before June 15 and the session could focus on oil problems to aid independents and stabilize production. Witt Franklin and Orville Bullington urged the move to enact conservation laws to control Texas oil output.
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Austin
U.P
Ross Sterling
Sterling
Ardmore
Okla
East Texas Chamber forms oil conservation committee
Dr. N. D. Buie president of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce announces a committee to study oil conservation and marketing. Members include Jesse Jones Houston Charles Branchfield Rusk L D Gilbert Texarkana Cone Johnson Tyler John Carpenter Dallas Carl Estes Tyler John Alford Henderson Geor Tucker Gilmer Nathan Adams Dallas and Fred Stuckey Lonaview. The panel will meet Thursday morning in Dallas.
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Longview
Texas
U.P
N. D. Buie
Marlin
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Houston
Charles Branchfield
Rusk
L. D. Gilbert
Texarkana
Cone Johnson
Tyler
John Carpenter
Dallas
Carl Estes
John Alford
Henderson
Geor Tucker
Gilmer
Nathan Adams
Fred Stuckey
Lonaview
Giant XEG Radio Station Arises in Villa Acuna
Mexican authorities announced a new XEG station in Villa Acuna under construction by a crew of about 100. The 300 foot galvanized steel tower is rising with concrete base poured. XEG will broadcast at 735 kilocycles as work accelerates toward completion.
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Villa Acuna
XEG
Vila Acuna
XEW
Mexico
Kirkland Case Heads to Jurors in Assault Murder Trial
Valpariso Indiana May 26 Virgil Kirkland faced closing pleas from prosecution and defense in his second trial for the assault murder of Arlene Draves a high school girl during a gun party The case was expected to go to the jury late today with both sides urging verdicts in the controversial murder case.
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Valpariso
Ind
Virgil Kirkland
Kirkland
Arlene Draves
Cochran to Head Santone Schools
J C Cochran former Del Rio superintendent has accepted a four year contract as superintendent of the San Antonio school system at a salary of 8500 per year. He has served as Mexia and Lockhart superintendent and was a member of the State Textbook Commission and a governor Hobby appointee on a 1921 legislative committee. He expects to receive an M A from the University of Texas in June.
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J.C. Cochran
del Rio
San Antonio
Cochran
Mexia
Texas
W. D. Notley
Lockhart
State Textbook Commission
Annie Webb Blanton
Gonzales County
Hobby
Davidson
The
State Teachers’ Association
An Use National Education Association
University of Texas
Winter Garden Belt Railroad plan for Texas rail line hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission set a June 16 hearing in Eagle Pass Texas on Winter Garden Belt Railroad proposed line from Asherton through Carrizo Springs to the Mexican border.
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Winter Garden
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eagle Pass
Texas
Winter Garden Belt Railroad
Asherton
Carrizo Springs
Pantages and associates face moral charges in Love Market trial
In San Diego on May 26 1930 Alexander Pantages press agent William Joblemann and others faced trial in Judge L N Turrentine's court on charges tied to a so called love market involving three young girls. Joblemann allegedly threatened to expose the organization supplying girls to wealthy men for weekend parties. The case marks the third recent girl case linking Pantages.
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San Diego
Cal
Alexander Pantages
William Joblemann
Jesse Shreve
John P Millis
Olive Clark Day
L. N. Turrentine
Jobelmann
Pantages
God Has Placed No Limit to Intel lect Bacon
A quotation attributed to Bacon states that God grants unlimited intellect, emphasizing belief in boundless human reasoning and divine influence on understanding.
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God
Bacon
Val Verde County to Cut Tax Rate While Holding Valuation Steady
Val Verde County plans a tax rate reduction for 1931 as ranch land and livestock values are adjusted after equalization sessions. The 1931 total county valuation remains about $15,041,000, with the current rate at 86 cents per hundred, down from 91. Kerr County set its rate at $1.29, while Val Verde weighs changes in ranch land and livestock values for possible adjustments in July or August.
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Val Verde
Roger Thurmond
Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Thurmond
del Rio
Kerrville
Kerr County
Retail Merchants Warned of Bogus Scale Inspectors
AUSTIN May 26. State Agricultural Commission warns merchants about posters posing as inspectors traveling the state and charging fees to inspect scales.
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Austin
State Agricultural Commission
Iiposters
Bridgetts Surrenders in Brooklyn Surgeon shooting
Howard Vincent Bridgetts turned himself in at a New York police station and admitted killing Dr. Joseph T. Loughlin in what he called a self defense pistol duel. Bridgetts is a cousin of Mrs. Loughlin, who was alleged to have had an affair with the doctor.
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New York
U.P
Howard Vincent Bridgetts
Joseph T. Loughlin
Brooklyn
Bridgetts
Loughlin
Weather Outlook Del Rio and Vicinity
A shower chances tonight and Wednesday. Yesterday’s high 88 and low 72. this morning 69. West Texas partly cloudy with possible showers in the southeast on Wednesday. Cooler in the Panhandle by Wednesday.
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Panhandle
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