Federation of Del Rio Women Reports Civic Projects
Several Club Women met in First Methodist Church to hear progress on civic projects sponsored by Del Rio Federated Women’s Clubs. Plans for the May district federation meeting were discussed along with projects like a municipal pool and a city library.
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City
First Methodist Church
del Rio
Federated Women's Clubs
Methodist
G Block
Civic Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy
Greenville
W. ¥. Boggess
Boggess
Delpiteta
M. Mothers
del Rio Music Club
Central Parent-Teachers Association
New Century Club
Reynolds
Jessie Cox
Federation
Ben Foster
America
M. E. Foust
Willebrandt resignation accepted by President Hoover
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who traveled through McAlester en route to Waco, refused to confirm resignation reports from the Justice Department. Washington later announced President Hoover accepted her resignation as assistant attorney general, noting the windy capital and prior campaign speeches by Willebrandt.
Boat Capsize Traps Dallas Youths in Lake Search
In Rock Lake near Dallas May 28 rescuers hunted three youths missing after their boat capsized. Guy Watson 17 was saved by an angler. Clifford Hall 19 Roy Gross 10 and Albert McGuire 17 remained missing as searchers and police aided by boats. A separate White Rock Lake pier collapse sent 48 people into eight feet of water but no deaths occurred.
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Taited Press
Dallas
Rock Lake
Guy Watson
Clifford Hall
Roy Gross
Albert McGuire
White Rock Lake
Chorus of Stars in Desert Song at Princess Theater
Warner Brothers Vitaphone production The Desert Song features a remarkable chorus for its sound film debut At the Princess Theater the Wednesday showing brings together former comic opera stars and radio favourites from Los Angeles KFWB Hollywood voices bound for a milestone in talking pictures
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Warner Brothers Vitaphone
Princess Theater
New York City
Hollywood
Los Angles
KFWB
Warner Brothers
Legion Auxiliary Poppy Sale Planned for May 29
The Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 23 arranges a poppy sale on Wednesday May 29. Boy Scouts will sell the poppies under auxiliary supervision with half the proceeds going to the Legion Hospital at Legion and half to local funds.
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Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 23
Boy Scouts
The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hospital
Legion
Mexican Liquor Runner Slain by Customs Officers
Andres Garcia a 36 year old Mexican liquor runner was killed Saturday night on the Rio Grande banks when customs officers Malone Cummings and Pace confronted him and a companion as they emerged from the river. Garcia body returned to Villa Acuna with crowds viewing before burial.
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Andres Garcia
Villa Acuna
Rio Grande
Doran Funeral Home
del Rio
Garcia
Malone
Cummings
Pace
Traube, UT Football Star and Gunner, Dies in New Mexico
William A. Traube war veteran and former University of Texas halfback and captain of the 1917 Longhorns died in a New Mexico government hospital. He and Bobby Cannon, Del Rito manager and ex UT teammate, played together from 1915 to 1917 and served in Navy aviation. Traube, famed for a long Thanksgiving run, had been gassed in service and lingered in hospitals for years.
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William A. Traube
University of Texas
New Mexico
Bobby Cannon
del Rito
Cannon
Traube
Navy Aviation Service
Naval Flying School
Texacola
Florida
Great Lakes
Texas Eleven
University
Austin
Longhorn
Southwest
Gould Heir Kills Self After Parental Ban on Marriage
Howard de Talleyrand, 19, son of the Duke and Duchess de Talleyrand, died in a Paris private hospital from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. He had shot himself two weeks earlier after his mother, the former Anna Gould of New York, refused permission to marry due to his youth.
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United Press
Paris
Franch
Howard de Talleyrand
Duke and Duchess de Tallyrand
Anna Gould
New York
Longhorns Set for Three Game Series at Cowboy Park
Texas returns as Southwestern Conference champions to face Del Rio Cowboys in a three game home stand at Cowboy Park. Six players named to the all-Southwest Conference team will anchor the lineup including Ratlion Walker Leach Higgins Hopkin and Hurries, boosting local turnout with nearly half of reserve seats sold.
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Longhorn
Cowboy Park
del Rio
Texas Sports Writers
Ratlion
Walker
Leach
Higgins
Hopkin Shortsto
del Rio Cowboys
Bobby Cannon
Jins ‘Tucker
Waco News-Tribune
Tucker
Cannuen
DQ of Val Verde Charities Cuts Good Work Report
A sparse Val Verde County Associated Charities meeting postpones board elections. President Mrs. F M Rose reports 6380 people helped including 342 whites 95 Mexicans and two Negroes. The group cares for 30 families 142 people with $1605 for care and 622.23 for tuberculosis needs plus groceries drugs rent and miscellaneous items. County city support totaled 1205 toward hospital upkeep and 307.19 from tubercular stamps. The West Texas News aided Christmas baskets via donations.
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Val Verde County
Chiritles
Doran Fumerel
F.M. Rose
Pao Saee
Christines
Eta
West Texas News
Flood Threat Surfaces as Rivers Break Banks in Kentucky
In Livingston Kentucky residents battle rising waters as rivers and creeks breach banks two weeks after a prior flood. Crop and livestock losses loom while the population grapples with ongoing flood fears.
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Livingston
Texas County
Rotary International Convention Arrives in Dallas 9000 Delegates
More than 9000 Rotary delegates arrive in Dallas for the 20th annual convention. The crowd unloads on trains and cars, with a Liberty Bell exhibit at Fair Park and a parade at Union Station. Key sessions discuss decentralized control, future sites outside North America, and Rotary education responsibilities.
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Dallas
Rotary International
Fatr Park
Cov
Dan Moody
Fexus
North America
Memphis
Tenn
San Sebastian
Spain
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Rotary Education
Union Station
Pennsylvania
Fair Park
New York
Raymond J. Knoeppel
R. L. Robbins
James Kelly
Fort Worth
Famous Flyer and Bride Slip Away from Reporters
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his bride hurried a private honeymoon in Englewood New Jersey after a simple ceremony. They eluded reporters and their exact whereabouts were not disclosed as they began their post wedding journey.
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Col
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Bride
Sacred Heart graduation exercises set for tomorrow
The Sacred Heart Academy graduation exercises begin at 7 AM with High Mass and a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Fr. G. M. Cartier. A list of graduates includes Mary Johnson, Marion Russell, Margaret Bonner, Dora Gaurerra, Ida Mae Stewart, Frances Pranki, and Mary Helen Freeman. Evening program starts at 6 PM with marches, piano numbers, choral pieces, class histories and prophecies, a diplomas and medals ceremony, and a high school song, ending with a recessional by the Sacred Heart Orchestra.
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Sacred Heart Academy
G. M. Cartier
Sacred Heart Church
Severa
Mary Johnson
Marion Russell
Margaret Bonner
Dora Gaurerra
Ida Mae Stewart
Frances Pranki
Marvy Helen Freeman
Marche Militaire
Schubert
Elizabeth and
Beatrice
Qualia
Anita Harrison
Me Kennedy
Pring
Prance Franks
Mary Flejen Freeman
Thale
Stewart
Wil
Dera Cuern
Frances Franki
Hans—Clair Hamilton
Jo Johnson
Judet W. F. Bogeess
Rey
G. M. Cartier Aan
Jutan Lacrosse
Sone
Grunewald
Sacred Heart Orchestre
Mills County Youth Receives Three Year Term in Wool Case
Lee Simpson among Mills County youths charged with selling wool is sentenced to three years no suspended in Croidthwaite trial. Sheriff Whistler and Deputy Hopkins testified as witnesses after months of delays with multiple trials. About 500 pounds of wool valued near $400 were involved in the attempted sale by the boys from a truck to Mr. Lowe and Mr. Newby.
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Lee Simpson
Mills County
Croidthwaite
M. Lb
A- Hopking
Jap Lowe
Nine Die in Yolande Connellsville Coal Explosion
A blast at the Yolande-Connellsville Coal and Coke Company in Birmingham Alabama last night killed nine men and left two others fatally injured. Rescue crews worked through the night as authorities investigated the cause and scope of the explosion.
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Birmingham
Ala
Yolande-Connellsville Coal and Coke Company
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions
Weather shows fair and cooler conditions in West Texas with general fair skies. East Texas experiences cloudy conditions with local showers tonight.
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Eahan Locke
Texas
East
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