Senate rewrites excise tax measure over beer cargo nabbed
Fort Worth pilot W. T. Ponder, a World War I ace visiting Del Rio, was arrested at San Angelo airport after customs officers chased his plane from the border. He faced charges for violating the tariff act of 1931, waived examination, and posted a $1,500 bond as agents found Mexican beer in his craft.
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del Rio
San Angelo
W. T. Ponder
Fort Worth
Ponder
Associated Press
Tom Green
Publishers Back Hoover Economic Plan
The White House says President Hoover secured pledges of support from 39 publishers after a meeting last night. He outlined a network of reconstruction committees in major cities modeled on the New York banker-businessmen group led by Owen D. Young to seek remedies for economic troubles.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Banker-Businessmen
New York
Owen D. Young
Cotton Prices Decline After Firm Suspends Trading
London May 26 Hornby Hemelryk and Company a Liverpool based firm suspended business today Accountants consider the firm solvent but the move was for protection of all interested Prices fell from 50 to 65 cents a bale on the New York Cotton Exchange after the announcement
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London
Hornby, Hemelryk and Company
Liverpool
New York Cotton Exchange
Train Kills Unidentified Man North of Falfurrias
An unidentified white man about 45 was run over and killed by a Southern Pacific freight train three miles north of Falfurrias Texas last night. The body was sent to Alice with no identification found.
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Falfurias
Tex
Southern Pacific
Here
Alice
Sterling undecided on Chicago journey
Governor Ross Sterling said he was undecided about attending the Democratic National convention in Chicago as Texas delegate at large. He planned to decide later and noted possible detention by his campaign work, with no timing set for a campaign kickoff or speech location.
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Austin
Ross Sterling
Chicago
Texas
Largest Class Ever Graduated Sets Scholarship Record
Del Rio High School honors the largest class of 65 graduates with Katherine Tate top honors and averages over 91. Elizabeth Blackmon and Jack Love also receive high honors. The commencement is set for Friday night at 8 15 in the High School auditorium with 65 graduates listed by Superintendent Roy M. Andrews.
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Katherine Tate
San Antonio College of Music
Fort Scott
Kan
del Rio
Tate
Elizabeth Blackmon
del Rio High School
Roy M. Andrews
Ben Tate
Ella Blackmon
Jack Love
George E. Love
Pauline Mogford
Drury Wood
Andrews
Goldie Stool
M. Stool
Class Night Exercises at High School
The Senior Class presented its Class Night exercises in the high school auditorium. Douglas Gordon gave the welcome, Beth Hodge read the class history, John Morgan delivered the class poem, and Mrs. C. E. Baker read a monologue with Katherine Tate on piano. Ruth Campbell presented the class prophecy read with Mamie Dixie Draper assisting, and Marion Brauer closed with a piano solo.
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Douglas Gordon
Beth Hodge
John Morgan
Devil's River
C. E. Baker
Katherine Tate
Supt
Roy M. Andrews
Ruth Campbell
Miss Campbell
Mamie Dixie Draper
Judge Boggess Named to Demo Committees at State Convention
Local delegates returned from the Democratic State Convention in Houston with Judge W. F. Boggess on the platform and resolutions committee of 18. He and Coke Stevenson of Junction were also named as delegates at large to the National Convention in Chicago in June. The meeting was described as uproarious at several periods.
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Houston
W. F. Boggess
Coke Stevenson
Junction
Chicago
Texan Donkey Trek to Chicago Reaches McKinney
Two Point Isabel youths Gordon B. Fetter and Orville H. Schuntz arrived in McKinney with their famous donkey Nopalitas meaning little cactus as part of their trek toward Chicago.
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Mckinney
Texas
Chicago
Point Isabel
Gordon B. Fetter
Orville H. Schuntz
Buses to Carry West Bound Mail on New Schedule
Scenic Border Motor Coaches resume mail service from Del Rio to El Paso starting June 11. Buses depart Del Rio at 6 30 a m and arrive back at 3 30 p m, supplementing the daily westbound railway service with one train each way.
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del Rio
Scenic Border
el Paso
Mrs Corrine Perry Dies in San Antonio
Funeral services for Mrs. Corrine Perry 29 were held in San Antonio where she died Monday night. She formerly was Miss Corrine Echols and had attended school here as a girl. Her sister Mrs. Fred Woolf and family, including Russell and Milton, attended the services and accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Woolf home Wednesday night.
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Corrine Perry
San Antonio
Perry
Corrine Echols
Fred Woolf
Russell
Milton
Woolf
Seven Students Graduated at San Felipe High
Seven pupils graduated from San Felipe High School in the first commencement at the new building. Antonio Morales and Estela Garza were honor graduates. Speakers included Supt. M. R. Nelson, Alonso S. Perales, and Amado Gutierrez with Morales delivering the valedictory.
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San Felipe
San Felipe High School
H. W. Morelock
Su Ross State Teachers College
Alpine
Antonio Morales
Antonio Morales Sr
Estela Garza
Santos Garza
Julia Valdez
Santos
Garza
Estrela Garza
Antonin Morales
William Calderon
Elida Garza
Margot Cuellar
Abil Frausto
Alonso S. Perales
San Antonio
Sr. Perales
Amado Gutierrez
Maniac Captured After Killing Ohio Student
Cleveland police stopped an assailant named Jake Gordon, 40, who slashed at school children with a knife. One student Hose Parker, 8, was killed and Lena Desand, 12, and Elaine Mackin, 8, were critically wounded. The man appeared crazed as officers halted the attack.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Jake Gordon
Hose Parker
Lena Desand
Elaine Mackin
Installment Plan For McAllen Taxes
The city of McAllen adopts a tax payment installment plan allowing weekly or monthly cash allotments or pre dated checks. Taxpayers can arrange payments along lines similar to radio or automobile financing and choose practical schedules.
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Mcallen
Socialists Pick Standard Bearers for 1932 Ticket
Pictured after nomination at the party's Milwaukee convention are Norman Thomas of New York the presidential nominee and James H Maurer of Reading Pa labor official the vice presidential choice. Morris Hillquit New York attorney is shown in the inset as keynote speaker at Milwaukee.
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National Socialist Party
Milwaukee
Norman Thomas
New York
Inee
James H. Maurer
Reading
Morris Hillquit
Courage Needed in Battle on Old Man Low Mood
The Rev. Chas. Nixon of the First Methodist Church urged Lions Club members at Hotel Roswell to combat economic pessimism in Del Rio by summoning native courage. He warned against calamity talk, urged confidence, and called on the Lions Rotarians and Chamber of Commerce to unite in a wartime style push to restore prosperity.
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Chas. Nixon
First Methodist Church
Lions Club
Hotel Roswell
Nixon
W. P. Wallace Jr
del Rio
Lions
Rotarians
Chamber of Commerce
Del Rio Woman Awarded $500 in Kress Shop Case
Mrs. J. W. Brashier of Del Rio won $500 in damages from the 8S. H. Kress company store of Del Rio. The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment, deeming the store manager’s action an unwarranted assault after he accused her of stealing a 15 cent pattern and grabbed it from under her arm.
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DEL
J. W. Brashier
del Rio
Fast action by senate signals end of bitter tax bill controversy
Houston May 26 Walter B Hilliard 45 former president of Channel State Bank in Harrisburg suburb waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty to 10 embezzlement indictments before Judge Whit Boyd. Hilliard sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
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Senate
Houston
Walter B. Hilliard
Channel State Bank J
Harrisburg
Whit Boyd
Hilliard
Juarez Bans U S Dollars to Aid Peso
Juarez district attorney Jose Pantajo Gallardo warned bar owners and merchants that all trade must be in pesos, with Americans required to exchange dollars before spending. The 1926 enforcement order aims to lift peso value, with a double penalty for foreign money put into circulation.
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Juarez
U.S
EL Paso
Jose Pantoja Gallardo
U. S
Miguel Villalobos
Gallardo
Garner Declines Involvement In Boom For President
Washington May 26 Speaker of the House John N Garner writes to Joseph H Leib of South Bend Ind stating he has no connection with a Texas led movement and has no intention of entering the presidential race. The May 7 letter cites duties of the speaker and the May 17 letter reiterates he will not throw his hat in the ring.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Joseph H. Leib
South Bend
Ind
Texas
Garner
California
Leib
Walker Branded Cheap Talker at Hofstra Hearings
Mayor Jimmy Walker faced the Hofstadter committee the second day with a claim the inquiry aims to remove him. He complained the probe seems aimed at his life while Justice Seabury dismissed the remark as a cheap political stump speech. The session covered Walker and publisher Paul Block's joint brokerage account.
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New York
Jimmy Walker
Hofsiater Committee
Walker
Samuel Seabury
Paul Block
Senate Restores Revenue Provisions In Tax Bill
In a swift move the Senate rewrote the excise tax schedule of a billion dollar revenue bill. It restored taxes on jewelry cameras firearms matches soft drinks candy boats cosmetics and toilet preparations and rates on automobiles and chewing gum. The finance committee proposed an admission tax exemption for theatre tickets of 30 cents or less. Senate leaders from both parties pressed for rapid passage.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Military Rites Planned for Del Rioan Louis Cassinelli
Louis Cassinelli 41 a Del Rio native and World War I veteran was accidentally killed in New York City. Funeral services likely in Del Rio later this week. He served with the 79th Division overseas and later owned a New York confectionery. Survived by widow Rosa Cassinelli foster mother Mrs John Taini and sisters Mrs Louis Garoni Del Rio and Mrs Annie Ramirez San Antonio.
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Louis Cassinelli
del Rio
New York City
Mr. Cassinelli
St. Louis University
San Antonio
John Taint
United States
79Th Division
New York
Rosa Cassinell
John Taini
Louis Garoni
Annie Ramirez
Queen Mary Celebrates 65th Birthday At Luncheon
London May 26 Queen Mary marked her 65th birthday with a royal family luncheon at noon and a 21 gun salute in Hyde Park. The event drew attention from officials and onlookers as ceremonies proceeded in central London.
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London
Hyde Park
Citrus Co-op Refunds $26,000 to Growers
The Rio Grande Valley Citrus Growers Association refunds $26,000 to citrus fruit growers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Excess packing charge funds were collected and then returned after the cooperative reduced packing charges and cut other costs during the season.
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Citrus Co-op
Mercedes
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Del Rio Area Weather Tonight And Friday Forecast
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Del Rio and vicinity with no precipitation. The high yesterday reached 91 degrees while the low stood at 71. tonight may see similar mild temperatures and a low around 72 degrees.
Weather Outlook for Texas Tonight
West Texas remains partly cloudy and cooler in the east central portion tonight. East Texas will see scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions in the north tonight.
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West Texas
East Central
East Texas
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Katherine Wade Cely
Glenny Wilhelmena Cottle
Minta Jane Dobkins
Angela Antonnietta Flores
Nell Hamilton Foster
Amida Farr
Mary Vivian
Marion Brauer
Boggess
M. R. Nelson
Mr. Morelock
Maniac
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Rust
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