Morro Castle Destroyed Off New Jersey After Fire
The Ward liner Morro Castle with 318 passengers and 258 crew aboard burned six miles off Asbury Park New Jersey. Loss of life exceeded 100 as coast guard cutters and other vessels rescued many survivors from lifeboats. The 11 500 ton ship built in 1830 was returning to New York from Havana when disaster struck.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Coast Guard
Morro Castle
New York
Havana
Conference on drought opens in San Angelo
A national drought livestock purchase conference begins in San Angelo with officials from Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Kansas and Arkansas including Harry Petrie C W Barnes O B Martin and Lawrence Westbrook. The meeting plans a coordinated program to buy 3000000 to 5000000 sheep and goats amid severe Midwestern drought.
Sinclair Defeat Hopes Stir Debate on California Governor Race
A reader rebuts Prickly Pear’s prediction that Upton Sinclair will be defeated in California. The note argues that Socialism gains support as voters expect state aid, and cites Sinclair’s large vote and the shift of working-class backing.
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Upton Sinclair
California
Sinclair
Del Rio approves bond for San Felipe water project
Saturday's bond and grant vote totals 281 yes to 54 no for a 78 000 loan and 16 000 grant. City will send election returns to Attorney General Allred for approval. Project led by City Engineer Paul Blevins with a government consulting engineer and aims to hire laborers from the unemployed list. Contracts expected in late October if red tape is reduced.
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PWA
San Felipe
James V. Allred
del Rio
U. S
Paul Blevins
Petrie Ordered to Start Sheep and Goat Buying
Washington officials announced that government sheep and goat purchases would begin Monday in Mid Western drought areas. The plan calls for 3 to 5 million animals to be bought over 60 to 90 days and later handed to the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation for distribution to relief recipients. Petrie and Lawrence Westbrook will attend a conference in San Angelo with relief officials from Texas Utah Colorado New Mexico Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Harry Petrie
Agriculture Administration
Colorado
C. W. Barnes
Texas
O. B. Martin
A. & M. College
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Relief Commission
T. L. Dinsdale
Val Verde
Drisdale
Roger Gillis
Gillis
Westbrook
Panhandle
Gibb Guchrist
Adam R. Johnson
W. A Bauch
Relief Commission
Petrie
T. A. Kincaid
Washington
AAA
Agriculture Department
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
The
Relief Administration
San Angelo
Utah
New Mexico
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Del Rio Area Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday in Del Rio and vicinity. Yesterday’s high 89 degrees with a low of 74. The morning low is 74 degrees.
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West Texas
Democrats at Galveston Session Discuss Dry Law Repeal
Del Rio delegates Stan ford Payne and W P Wallace Jr attend the Texas State Democratic convention in Galveston where they are instructed to push for submitting repeal of the dry statutes to voters at the earliest date. Attorney General Allred leads Texas Democrats, with John N Garner expected to be named Democratic national committeeman.
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del Rio
Galveston
Stanford Payne
W. P. Wallance Jr
Geo. W. Cox
Democratic Party
Texas
James V. Allred
Garner
John N. Garner
Uvalde
United States
Hunter Snubs Allied as Texas campaign foes converge in Austin
Tom F. Hunter of Wichita Falls and O. B. Colquitt of Dallas visited Austin amid Legislative sessions and the Galveston State Convention, with Hunter explaining his absence from Allred’s nomination and denying a call for an investigation into campaign spending while focusing on relief matters. Clint C. Small and Edgar E. Witt joined discussions of the runoff. Hunter will not attend the Galveston convention.
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Austin
Tom F. Hunter
Wichita Falls
O. B. Colquitt
Dallas
United States Board of Mediation
Herbert Hoover
Allred
Galveston
Hunter
Senate
Clint C. Small
Amarillo
Edgar E. Witt
Waco
Legion to Meet At Elks Club Tuesday
The local post of the American Legion will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Elks Club, announced Commander J. E. Fuquay on Monday.
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Legion
Elks Club
American Legion
J. E. Fuquay
Arson Suspected in Morro Castle Fire, Acting Captain Says
New York report quotes Chief Officer William F. Warms, Morro Castle acting master, asserting an arsonist started the blaze that killed more than 100 passengers. He noted an earlier incendiary attempt, and that the fire began in a locker before spreading to the lounge, denying lightning as a cause.
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Morro Castle
New York
William F. Warms
Jobless Teachers Urged to Submit Applications
Unemployed teachers anxious for work are urged to fill out applications at the county relief office in the old Del Rio National Bank building. County administrator FE S Block says applications are available as the adult education program is to be resumed soon to determine the number of eligible teachers for the relief effort.
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del Rio National Bank
FE. S. Block
Allred wins Texas gubernatorial nomination by margin
Official returns canvassed today show James V. Allred defeating Tom Hunter for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination by about 40,000 votes out of nearly 960,000 cast. William McCraw defeats Walter Woodward for attorney general by about 90,000 votes.
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Galveston
State
Democratic Executive Committee
James V. Allred
Tom Hunter
William McCraw
Walter Woodward
Prison Escape Try Ends in Killings at Stateville Yard
Two prisoners were killed and two wounded during an escape attempt aboard a locomotive leaving Stateville prison yard. A guard was injured in a brief violent clash as the inmates tried to flee.
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Joilet
Stateville
Government cattle received in Del Rio Saturday
Twenty six head of cattle were received in Del Rio Saturday under the government cattle buying plan. Dr. C. C. Young, veterinarian for Val Verde Sutton Kimble and Edwards Counties, is at work in this county on Saturdays.
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del Rio
C. C. Young
Val Verde
Sutton
Kimble
Edwards
Fall District Court in Del Rio Opens Sept 17
The 63rd District Court will begin its Fall session in Del Rio on September 17 highlighting the Vivian Pinkston murder case. Grand jury reports are set for 10 a.m. with a lengthy list of jurors summoned for grand and petit duty during the second week.
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Vivian Pinkston
63Rd District Court
del Rio
George W. Baker
F. J. Barrett
E. L. Davis
F. M. Deaton
J. W. Ingram
W. F. Easterling
Melcher Garcia
T. J. Jarrett
M. Stool
W S. Stevenson
T. L. Dinsdale
W. D Curry
R. M. Crosby
Harold Martin
C. C. Wilcox
Levi Hinds
Ernest Qualia
Stanford Payne
Claude Lane
J. M. Abbott
O. H. Hope
R. H. Ward
F. W. Paniagua
Joy Koog
Casimira Hernandez
W. R. Cammack
V. Askew
O. F. Zuehl
J. H. Fisher
H. C. Brown
Louis Gottwald
John T. Mayfield
Paul Rusenberger
Newman Billings
Mitchel Waldrop
Geo. F Sox
S. BE. Burk
Police Quarters De Luxe Opens in London
The Lord Mayor opened a lavish new City Special police headquarters in Mitre Court Cheapside. The building features modern lounges a billiard room a roof garden a wine cellar and a dance floor for a hundred couples. Mitre Court once Nunnery Court housed a Mitre Tavern famed in King Charles II era and suffered in the Great Fire.
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London
City “Specials
Mitre Court
Cheapside
Nunnery Court
Del Rio Republicans Head to State Meet in Houston
W A Earnest county Republican chairman W F Easterling and Claude D Lane left Del Rio early Sunday for the Republican State Convention opening in Houston at the Rice Hotel. The delegates aim to elect a state chairman and national committeeman and to adopt a platform. They seek to back ranching tariff interests and urge a stand on constitutional rights and public welfare while noting past measures. Earnest’s elevation followed solicitation by Val Verde County Republicans.
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W. A. Earnest
Republican Executive Committee
W. F. Easterling
Claude D. Lane
del Rio
Houston
Rice Hotel
Republican Party
Del Rio Jews Observe Rosh Hashanah Holiday
Del Rio Jewish residents traveled to San Antonio for the start of Rosh Hashanah, a two day observance with stores closed Monday. The festival marks the Hebrew new year and the creation of the world in rabbinic teaching, a time for self review before the Creator.
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Alice Tone Red
Cow Creek
Miss Red
Zelma Red Koontz
Thomas L. Koontz Jr
del Rio
San Antonio
Palestine
Holy Land
Fire blamed on Communists by Havana port chief
Captain Oscar Hernandez, head of the Port police, said the Marro Castle fire appears to have been caused by Communists. He testified the blaze was likely intentional and part of an anti government act in Havana.
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Havana
Oscar Hernandez
Marro Castle
Star-like object sighted near Cen tral Power and Light plant
Walter Grimmer and fellow workers at the Cen tral Power and Light Co plant on San Felipe Creek watched a silver star shaped object travel at a great height. The object descended and landed near them where they found a copy of The News dated Aug 16 showing a picture of the White House wing wrecked to clear space for the PWA administration office.
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Central Power and Light Company
San Felipe Creek
Walter Grimmer
White House
PWA
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