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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1935
Page
1
A collage of opinions on foreign policy and public life. The piece questions recall of Italian envoys from Ethiopia and mocks Col. Knox as a presidential candidate while praising historic editors and presidents, and noting various views on political viability.
A collage of items describes American life with satirical notes on youth fashion and lipstick, license plates promoting a vacation slogan, vehicle classifications, a gruesome car accident column read in court, officials defending salary rises, a New Jersey tax case, and Nebraska dog valuation on tax rolls.
A mosaic of wry lines and scraps. references to Mussolini, Galli Curci, Shir ley Wynne, and politicians. jokes about noise movements, sports quirks, and provincial fare. The piece sketches cultural and political levity with thinly veiled critique and playful puns from mixed eras.
State officials announced reopening of highways around Del Rio after waters receded on Saturday. Highway 3 and Highway 85 near Eagle Pass were passable, though Lozier Canyon remained hazardous with detours and tractor-assisted crossings. Road crews warned tourists to avoid Lozier Canyon unless necessary and advised using alternate routes if possible.
Baton Rouge Sept 7 Louisiana lawmakers were urged to assemble for a special session to enact more of Senator Longs statutory decrees into law. The session aims to address New Orleans financial troubles and to undertake legislation offensive to the Roosevelt administration.
NASHUA Iowa Sept 7 Mrs Wesley Jones 61 says she swallowed a pin at age eight. Doctors believed impossible but the pin long inside finally moved and worked its way from her ear causing head pains before emerging bent and corroded after 53 years.
Mostly cloudy with probable local showers tonight and Sunday. Max Friday 88, min Friday 70. Morning low 74. West Texas cloudy with showers in north and east tonight and Sunday. Panhandle cooler Sunday. East Texas showers tonight and Sunday.
In Austin on September 7 the funeral and burial for Senator Arthur Duggan were announced for tomorrow afternoon. Governor Allred postponed a special election to fill the vacancy until after the funeral, noting Duggan's term ends January 1937.
Sherman Texas September 7 Federal Judge Bryant up held the Connally Act in East Texas Refining Co vs Federal Tender Board No 1 The firm sought tenders for 155000 barrels of oil The decision seen as important to oil fields and expected to influence the movement of hot oil.
Brownsville reports readiness to start a $3,743,000 U S flood control project on the Texas side and an 1 800 000 peso Mexican side along the Lower Rio Grande. Construction is due to begin in a few months with right of way negotiations to follow. The effort marks a milestone in border waterworks long sought by local communities.
Howard Butt of the Piggly Wiggly chain was elected president of the National Piggly Wiggly Association at a San Diego convention. He had been president of the Texas Piggly Wiggly Association, and Dallas will host next year’s national meeting. He traveled with Mrs Butt and their son to the event.
A ship’s skipper faced danger when the vessel ran aground on a reef. Rescue crews battled surf as the crew sought safe harbor and the ship remained wedged against the rocks. Local officials coordinated efforts to assess damage and assist the mariners.
Lambs from Crockett County move along the Ozona private highway to stock pens and feeding pens at Ozona before shipment to Eastern markets. The O-B Trap Company owns eight traps along the route where animals are fed and watered. The seasonal movement began this month and continues through October.
Fredericksburg report says District Court jury convicted L. B. Trimble of slaying W. R. Tomlinson and sentenced him to five years in the state penitentiary. The verdict followed a nine hour deliberation. Trimble plans to appeal. Rep. Alfred Petsch thanked the jury for courteous handling. H. B. Opp, a former Menard County commissioner, faces trial at Burnet.
In the Florida Keys, Sheriff Coleman reports that bodies of storm victims are being burned after daylight as a cremation order from Governor Shultz aims to prevent pestilence. Relief workers cope with decomposition and coral rock graves, while warnings extend from Sandy Hook to Boston. The governor plans to brief President Roosevelt on casualties and damages.
The sixth slab on the new San Felipe Creek bridge was poured Friday leaving three slabs yet to be poured before completion. The five foot rise in the creek did not damage the forms as feared. About four weeks more work will be needed to place sides railings and lights. Phil Garant, supervising the project, provides estimates.
Abernathy completes its $28 000 PWA water system project. Meters are installed and many consumers have signed on, said Hugh Ragland city water supervisor.
A map traces a hurricane from Cuba through the Florida Keys to the mainland, with Upper Matecumbe Key bearing the heaviest toll as 75 killed and 50 injured at an FPERA road camp. The storm then moves inland toward St. Petersburg before turning into the Gulf, near French reef where the liner Dixie grounded risking 384 lives.
Del Rio Independent School District set for the official opening with a half day teachers’ institute. Students begin registration Monday with staggered times for high school sophomores juniors and seniors. New and returning pupils must bring report cards and book cards. Leonard Lewis named principal of North Heights Elementary arrives Sunday.
Sheriff Milo Beck in Guthrie Logan County announces a bounty for chicken thieves following a surge of thefts since July 1. The ad offers 100 dollars for dead thieves and 50 dollars for those brought in alive, noting about 540 chickens stolen to date and urging residents to act.
Charles G. Cotten of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce urges united effort from Dallas and Fort Worth to pave the Fort Worth to Del Rio route. He notes a Brady meeting to form a Dallas Del Rio highway association and outlines a shared southern extension via Junction and Rocksprings.
At Addis Ababa Italian minister Vici ordered consulates closed by September 15 signaling Mussolini's push toward war over the Italo Ethiopian dispute. The League of Nations urged restraint while observers warn of growing tensions and potential conflict. Pope Pius XII urged peace as British officials monitor Egyptian propaganda and a Sikh guard regiment arrives in Addis Ababa to protect the British legation.
London Sept 7 Reuters reports Mussolini assured France Italy would not wage war while the Italo Ethiopian dispute is under consideration.
Addis Ababa reports from Ethiopian sources deny a Geneva compromise that would grant Italy no protectorate and reject Premier Laval of France’s plan for an international police force to oversee Ethiopia.
The New York Wool Top Exchange Service reports domestic wool consumption at the highest since 1918 with mills ramping output. September activity is expected to exceed summer rates, as menswear wool goods lines open with 7 to 19 cent gains and further spring fabric offerings are planned in the coming 100 days.
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