Bridge Repairs Underway After Rio Grande Flood
Reconstruction started on the Central Power and Light steam plant and two bridges as waters recede. Del Rio faces rain and potential new rises while repair crews work. Rio Grande back in its bed by 8:30 am. Damages include $15,000 to the international bridge and delays of 10 to 15 days for westbound trains.
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Devil's River
Rio Grande
Central Power and Light Company
International Bridge
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroad
Boat Ferries Mexican Across Rio for Medical Aid
Justo Perez of Villa Acuna crossed the Rio Grande in a row boat Friday night to seek medical treatment. Mexican doctors believed his illness justified the crossing, and Saturday morning the attending physician said the patient was resting at a local sanitarium.
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Justo Perez
Villa Acuna
Rio Grande
One Road Open Del Rio Area as Rain Delays Roads
Heavy rains in the Del Rio area leave only the Rocksprings to San Antonio road open while routes to Eagle Pass and Sabinas are blocked by high water and flood creeks. August rainfall at Del Rio sets a monthly record with 5.89 inches and high temps 103 degrees.
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del Rio
San Antonio
Kerrville
Eagle Pass
Pinto
Sycamore
Sabinas
Carta Valley
Ozona
Sonora
San Angelo
Uvalde
Winter Garden Telephone Company
Roosevelt Urges Republicans to Desert Party
Governor Franklin Roosevelt told the State convention of Young Democratic Clubs that Republicans should disavow current leadership. He warned the party leadership is bankrupt and claimed 20 to 60 percent of 1928 Republican voters will switch party support in this year’s elections.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Woman Struck By Unattended Car Near Brackettville
Mrs. C. D. Covington wife of ranchman was injured when a car rolled downhill without a driver after a stone holding it was removed. She fractured her knee and received medical care in Brackettville on September 3.
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Brackettville
C. D. Covington
Hill
Last Rites Scheduled for Alfred H. Geib Sunday
Funeral services for Alfred H. Geib 32 of Del Rio will be held Sunday at 10 AM from Doran Funeral Home with Rev. James F. Black officiating. Geib died Friday noon crushed by a boulder at a gravel pit on Eagle Pass hill en route to hospital. He leaves widow two children Thomas Arthur 5 and Gene Louis 31 months his parents Mr and Mrs Pete Geib Sr a brother Pete Geib Jr and three sisters Mrs J A McDonald Del Rio Mrs T A White Ozona and Mrs Stanley Eddins Rio Grande City.
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Alfred H. Geib
Del
Tom Miller
Frank Randolph
Clarence King
Frank Schmidt
George Randolph
Bryan Kelley
Thomas Arthur
Gene Louis
Pete Geib Sr
Pete Geib Jr
J. A. McDonald
del Rio
T. A. White
Ozona
Stanley Eddins
Rio Grande City
Gar Wood Wins Harmsworth Trophy Heat At 78 MPH
Detroit reports Gar Wood driving Miss America xX won the first heat of the Harmsworth trophy race on Lake St. Clair. Wood averaged about 78.50 miles per hour while Kaye Don on Miss England III totaled 71.25 mph, with Wood pulling ahead after Don led early.
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Detroit
Gar Wood
Kaye Don
Lake St. Clair
Wood
Don
Negro Baptists Meet in Houston Convention
Negro Baptists will meet in Houston for a national convention from September 7 to 12. W. M. Jenkins, editor of the Christian Union Herald and president of the National Bible Congress, announced five thousand delegates from most states will attend. About 150 negro churches in Houston and nearby will arrange housing for visitors.
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Houston
W. M. Jenkins
The
Christian Union Herald
National Bible Congress
Rubio Quits Presidency as Cabinet Resigns in Mexico
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio resigns and sends his letter to Congress ending a turbulent crisis after weeks of rumors. Ministers also step aside, enabling Congress and the new president to be chosen quickly. General Abelardo Rodriguez, war minister, is the leading successor candidate.
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Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio Sint
Congress
Rubio
Alvaro Obregon
Abelardo Rodriguez
Smith Baker Ranch Homes Not Destroyed
Flood reports early Friday misled readers as false. Sam Smith’s Devil's River house was damaged and waterlogged but not swept away. Dave Baker’s ranch home remained intact with neighbors seeing him in the doorway from across the river. later lines indicate communication errors and misattributed calls.
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Sam H. Walk
Sam Smith
Smith
Devil's River
Comstock
News
Dave Baker
Baker
Mrs Block
Baker Ranch
Postal Convention to Convene in Littlefield Texas
Postal workers and rural carriers from South Plains towns will gather for the 18th district convention in Littlefield on September 5. About 125 out-of-town visitors are expected, with morning sessions at the Palace Theatre and an afternoon luncheon at the First Baptist Church.
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Littlefield
Texas
South Plains
Palace Theatre
First Baptist Church
Flood recedes. 200 bodies found in Harbin
As flood waters receded from Harbin on September 3, investigators reported 200 bodies of flood victims in the Chinese quarter. Cholera cases were diminishing due to relief work by Japanese teams.
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Manchuria
Harbin
Unemployed Father Killed Stealing Milk for Children
Bernard Reese the Philadelphia grocer arraigned for homicide after Wallace F Mitchell attempted theft of a bottle of milk from Beese's store. Beese says Mitchell threw the bottle and was shot. Family group shown includes Wallace Mitchell Jr and Mrs Mitchell with children.
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Bernard Reese
Over Right
Circle
Philadelphia
Wallace F. Mitchell
Over Left
Beese
Mitchell
Wallace Mitchell Jr
Norman
Charles
Eugene
Stanley Mitchell
Flood floods Sonora as Devil's River tops 17 feet
In Sonora the Dry Devil's River surged to a peak of 17 feet Thursday night, flooding streets, forcing evacuations at the Carson tourist camp, and swamping homes as rainfall ran to 10.57 inches. Livestock losses are reported and townsfolk seek safety as hotels fill.
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Sonora
Lubbock
Here
R. A. Halbert
Bob Wilson
Carson
Devil's River
County Democrats canvass runoff votes at courthouse
Val Verde County Democrats met in convention Saturday morning at the courthouse and canvassed the August 27 runoff results. Dr. F M Rose, the county chairman, certified the returns as published in the Evening News as correct.
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Val Verde County
Evening News
F. M. Rose
Syrup Buys Labor At Moran Sorghum Mill
In Moran Texas Mart Hitt runs a community sorghum mill and pays workers with sorghum molasses. He reports the molasses serving as legal tender on his farm and currently offers two gallons of syrup per day for labor.
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Moran
Texas
Mart Hitt
Here
Hitt
San Angelo Reduces City Operating Budget
San Angelo unveils a tentative general operating fund budget of 128 880 for the coming year, aiming to cut costs from two years ago by 79 903.18 and from last year by 37 607.22. The council also approves an ordinance allowing delinquent taxes to be paid in installments without interest or penalty if settled by January 31, 1933.
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San Angelo
Rio Grande Flood Rises Fast Besetting Laredo and Nuevo Laredo
Río Grande water levels surged from 15 to 35 feet in hours with two feet per hour rise. Evacuations expanded along the riverfront and in Nuevo Laredo as water neared the international bridge. Debris and wreckage clogged the river. bridge traffic halted. officials removed records. no fatalities reported.
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Laredo
Rio Grande
Laredo Water Front
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
International Bridge
Major Doolittle Sets New Speed Mark in Plane
Major James Doolittle established a new world speed record of 292.801 miles per hour over a three kilometer course at the national air races in Cleveland. The mark surpassed the 1924 record of Bonnet of France by more than 14 miles per hour.
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Cleveland
Ohin
Johnny Miller
Poughkeepsie
A! Wilson
Hollywood
Cal
Miller
Wilson
Maj. Doolittle
Majjor James Doolittle
Bonnet
France
Beaumont Docks See Freight Surge as 10 Vessels Load
At Beaumont docks 200 cars of freight await loading into 10 vessels. Cargo includes 127 lumber cars, two cotton, one carbon black, two rice, and 21 feed. Additional lumber transfers off rail cars into the Neches River await steamers. Destinations include Northern and Southern Europe, the West Indies, and U S Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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Beaumont
Beaumont Municipal Docks
Neches River
Europe
West Indies
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Del Rio Weather Tonight and Sunday Forecast
Weather report for Del Rio and vicinity notes generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday. Yesterday’s high reached 81 degrees with a low of 72. this morning's minimum stood at 72.
Eat Texas Mostly cloudy with possible showers
Local forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers tonight and again Sunday. Temperatures remain mild as air moves through the region.
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Devil's Rivers
Rio Grande Recedes
Des Moines
Sioux City
Rio
HOUSE
Senate
Solo
Austin
Ross Sterling
Committee On Economy and Organization
P. D. Anderson
Quemado
Molyneux
Negro Baptists
Rodriguez
Postal Convention
Travis Dunn
8. D. Gibson
W. A. Miers
Lowrie Draw
CREST
Gulf Ports
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