Sterling contest of Texas governor primary vote set for Oct 3
Trial of Governor Ross S. Sterling's suit contesting Miriam A Ferguson's Texas gubernatorial race was scheduled for October 3 in Judge Robertson's court. Court papers seek service on Ferguson as Sterling seeks to certify him as Democratic nominee in the general election after a prior election contest.
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Austin
Ross S. Sterling
Miriam A
Texas
W. F. Robertson
Ferguson
Sterling
Goverty
Thu
Norinee
Six Bandits Kidnap Couple and Rob Bank
Six men abducted the cashier and assistant cashier of the State Bank and Trust Company in Redwood Falls Minnesota and stole about 35000 from the bank. They released the hostages unharmed two miles from the city.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
State Bank and Trust Company
Cotton Ginnings Show Big Gain Over 1931 Total
Cotton ginnings up to September 16 reached 2,636,530 running bales with 325 American-Egyptian, compared to 2,092,758 running bales including 797 American-Egyptian last year. Texas contributed 1,015,803 bales to this year’s total.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Texas
Missouri Levee Fund Approved for Missouri River Work
The secretary of war approved a $180000 allotment for levee construction on the Missouri River from Kansas City to the river mouth. Projects include Sissons Bend Rising Creek and the Lexington reach.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Missouri River
Kansas City
Sissons Bend
Rising Creek
Lexington Reach
War Department approves bridge at Keith Lake entrance
The War Department today approved construction of a bridge across the entrance to Keith Lake near Port Arthur Texas on State Highway No 87.
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Washington
War Department
Keith Lake
Port Arthur
Texas
Chicago to hire taller police at five foot nine rule
Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak orders 400 new police officers by December 1. Each recruit must stand at least five feet nine inches, aiming to raise the force with taller men.
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Chicago
Anton J.cermak
Plan to overhaul Texas state government defeated in debate
Austin officials report former Rep. Charles B. Metcalfe warns against completing a broad reorganization that would empower a Ferguson administration by naming heads of new state bureaus. committee members say work not finished and bills may not be ready. Metcalfe predicts the Legislature will likely reject the plan during its next session.
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Austin
Charles B. Metcalfe
San Angelo
Penrose M. Metcalfe
Joint Legislative Organization Committee
Fergusons
H. N. Graves
Georgetown
Phil R. Sanders
Nacogdoches
Govanda
Metcalfe
Continuation of Pay Cut for U.S. Workers Forecast
Chairman Burns of the House appropriations committee forecast the 83 percent pay cut for federal employees would continue for at least another year. He warned the federal government remains short of funds like at the time the pay cut was ordered amid a new deficit for the treasury.
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Washington
Burns
Tennessee
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Treasury
Two British youths escape Foreign Legion in Algeria
Two British youths William Crooks and Stanley Flanagan escaped the French Foreign Legion at Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria on September 11 disguised as Arabs. They reached the coast in a motor truck and jumped overboard near Gibraltar using life preservers bound with rope. The British steamer Glenshawe rescued them. the British consul at The Hague planned to return them home.
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Rotterdam
William Crooks
Stanley Flanagan
French Foreign Legion
Sidi Bel Abbes
Algeria
Gilbraltar
Glenshawe
the Hague
Troops Clear Path to Mines for Old Union
Guardsmen and new miners clash as soldiers clear picket lines near Langleyville. Union miners forced to work under a $5 wage scale as gas bombs and bayonets are used to disperse pickets. Residents join the confrontation while authorities impose a no loitering rule and patrol the area.
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OLD Union
New
Langleyville
Gasoline Price Cuts By Major Firms Shake Market
New York reports drastic price reductions by Standard Oil of New Jersey cutting tank wagon and service station prices 3.2 cents per gallon nationwide except New Jersey at 2.2 cents. Tank car gasoline spot drops to six cents per gallon, 1.0 b. seaboard. Drew-Levick suspends 10 cent premium on Pennsylvania crude.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Rockefeller-controlled
Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Drew-Levick Company
Cities Service
Valley Man Killed In Auto Overturn Near San Benito
Roy C. Coates a 32 year old Harlingen meat cutter was instantly killed when his car overturned near San Benito Texas. The cause of the accident is undetermined and police listed it as the result of the crash.
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San Benito
Texas
Roy C. Coates
Harlingen
Two Pound Baby Rescued, Saved By Firemen In East St. Louis
A two pound baby boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mann, was kept alive at St. Mary's hospital by a resuscitator supplying oxygen and carbon dioxide after a fire in the family home. Dr C C Kane treated mother and infant and both were moved to hospital with firemen summoned to the scene.
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East ST. Louis
Edward Mann
St. Mary's Hospital
C. C. Kane
S P Asks Quemado Permit Expansion in Texas Line
Washington reports the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad a Southern Pacific subsidiary asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to extend its line in Maverick County Texas. The road seeks to retain excess earnings from the extension for 10 years as new trackage would enable freight service to the Quemado Valley where irrigation projects for winter vegetables are under construction.
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Washington
Maverick County
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Galveston
La Guardia Predicts Beer Legalization by March 1933
New York congressman Fiorella H. La Guardia forecast legalized beer within three months of Congress convening. He said prohibition as a national institution is over and urged that law violators be watched while graft is curbed.
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New York
Fiorella H. la Guardia
Congress
Leopard in Kalamazoo Office Draws Few Visitors
Howard J. Cooper in Kalamazoo Michigan keeps a six week old pet leopard in his office. The animal is unchained and often seen roaming the room, a sight that has few visitors dropping by.
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Howard J. Cooper
Kalamazoo, Mich
Pair Indicted by Grand Jury Furnish Bonds
Judge Joseph Jones fixed bail for September term. David Long charged with forgery released on own recognizance with $250 bond. Manuel Coronado also released on own recognizance for forgery and passing a forged instrument. Other cases: James Vander burglary. Magdalena Lopes rape with $500 bail. Gravael Prender assault with intent to murder bail $500. Jesus Macias and Juan Salazar burglary with $100 each. Leopold Zertuche rape bail $500. Pedro Enriquez assault with intent to murder bail $500. James Perry burglary and felony theft. Ben E. New and E. W. Lasater transferred from Edwards County. three charges of swindling bonds over $50. Tristine and Ramon Maldonado transferred for aggravated assault.
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Joseph Jones
David Long
Jones
James Vander
Magdalena Lopes
Gravael Prender
Jesus Macias
Juan Salazar
Leopold Zertuche
Pedro Enriquez
James Perry
Ben E. New
E. W. Lasater
Edwards County
Tristine
Ramon Maldonado
Two More Insull Firms Declared Bankrupt Today
Chicago September 23 The Corporation Securities Company and Insull Utility Investments Inc two Insull investment trusts with 300 million dollars invested by the public were adjudged bankrupt today by Federal Judge Walter C Lindley.
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Chicago
Corporation Securities Company
Insull Utility Investments, Inc
Insull
Walter C. Lindley
Del Rio Birth Anniversary Noted With Money Order Records
The Del Rio post office marks its golden anniversary with records showing about 351000 money orders issued since establishment 49 years ago. Money order number 4728 was issued early, and the first was on opening day aligned with Del Rio’s birthday July 2 1683. Del Rio once named San Felipe Del Rio to avoid confusion with another Texas town.
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B. J. McDowell
del Rio
H. M. Block
San Felipe del’ Rio
East
Texas
State Budget Delayed by New Law In Texas
Austin reports the two year state budget will be delayed until after the January legislative session under the new budget law. Chairman Claude D. Teer said the auditor must report by October 1, the governor will review and prepare bills, then printing, with no ready budget for January.
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Austin
Claude D. Teer
Board of Control
Board of 1
Teer
S. P. Announces Rate Reductions on Wool and Mohair
The Southern Pacific Lines cut freight rates on wool and mohair from San Antonio west to port points Houston Galveston Texas City and Corpus Christi effective September 12 1932. The through rate to Boston is 1 14 per hundredweight from Pumpville plus 70 cents to port points 40 cents steamship line 2 cents emergency and 2 cents wharfage with refunds for wool and mohair billed to Del Rio. West of Pumpville refunds equal the rate difference from Del Rio to port points.
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Southern Pacific
San Antonio
Houston
Galveston
Texas City
Corpus Christi
Pumpville
Boston
Mass
del Rio
Helium Gas Search Begins After Failed Well Near Mapel
In Odessa Texas experts from the Rockefeller Research Institute launch a helium gas search following repeated water-well failures near Mapel New Mexico. Homesteader Mark Griffin was forced from his claim by gas flows after four or five attempts.
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Odessa
Texas
Mapel
N. M
Mark Griffin
Rockefeller Research Institute
Walter Howard Fined for Intoxication in St Paul
Walter Howard approached a policeman in St Paul and declared I am a brewery advertisement. The officer agreed and Howard was fined 25 dollars for intoxication.
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Walter Howard
St. Paul
Police tip leads to Cleveland garage raid busting still
A Cleveland squad responding to a tip found Joseph Artino in a garage where a 50 gallon still was in operation. Artino faced related charges as investigators secured the scene and documented the setup for court proceedings.
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Cleveland
Joseph Artino
Smallpox Hits Vaccination Foe in Fort Worth
Fort Worth reports quarantine at the home of C. L. Pribble, an anti vaccination league member, as his 10 year old daughter Lillian contracts smallpox. City vaccine for the family sits unused in the icebox while the league met to oppose a school board edict mandating child vaccination.
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Fort Worth
C. L. Pribble
Lillian
Pribble
Ili
Drownings Reported as Kerr Flood Swamps Area
Kerrville area flood waters swept a car off a bridge seven miles west of Kerrville on Johnson Fork of the Guadalupe River. Cloudbursts shut Del Rio Fredericksburg and Kerrville from San Antonio, with rising Sabinal and Nueces rivers threatening Uvalde routes. The Guadalupe River overflow left Comfort and Waring cut off.
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Kerrville
Johnson Fork
Guadalupe River
San Antonio
del Rio
Fredericksburg
Sabinal
Uvalde
W. H. Furlong
Chamber of Commerce Highway Department
Nueces
Comfort
Furlong
Waring
Father Cox Flies Home Seeks Funds To Push Campaign
Father J. R. Cox, unemployed party presidential nominee, flew from Albuquerque to Pittsburgh via Kansas City to raise funds for a nation wide tour. His party of nine was stranded at Tucumcari, New Mexico, due to lack of funds, then aided by a local Catholic priest who supplied gasoline.
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Father Cox
Albuquerque
N. M
J. R. Cox
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Tucumcari
Smith Denies Planned Speech For Next Week
New York September 23 Alfred E. Smith denied reports he planned a political speech next Tuesday. He stated his program for next week has no item that includes speech making over radio or elsewhere.
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New York
Alfred EB. Smith
Today
Smith
Italian Girl Sets Out in Boat for U S
Genoa Italy September 23 sailors rescued a 17 year old girl three miles offshore after she set out alone in a row boat to reach America She Guiuseppeina Beni had been without food or water for 12 hours and was completely exhausted
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Genoa
Italy
America
Guiuseppina Beni
Rail Bridges Fail Cut Feodora Feeder Traffic West
Floods wash away two crib bridges near Feodora and Devil's River cut traffic on Highway 90 westward. Westbound trains delayed as Del Rio area reports up to 2.60 inches in 36 hours with heavy rain across Sanderson to Comstock. Roads impassable between Del Rio and Eagle Pass until channels stabilize.
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Jhursday
Feodora
Devil's River Highway
Office of Maintenance Department of the
State Highway
Devil's River
Sanderson
del Rio
Minnday
Texas
del Rio and
Winter Garden Telephone Company
Spofford
Uvalde
Sabinal
Eagle Pass
Ozona
Brackettville
Langtry
Comstock
Sonora
Vinegarone
Carta Valley
Marshall Smith
Laguna Country
Nueces
Banker Missing in Amarillo Prompted by Mail to Family
Continued search in Amarillo Texas has failed to locate H Doherty bank president listed as missing from Burlington Oklahoma. Authorities say a letter was mailed to his family Sunday night.
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Amarillo
Texas
H. ©. Doherty
Burlington
Oklo
Weather in Del Rio and Vicinity
Weather report notes cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with cooler temperatures. Yesterday’s high reached 79 and low 68, with this morning at 67. West Texas expected to stay mostly cloudy with possible showers in the Rio Grande Valley. South portion remains parity cloudy and unsettled with occasional rains near the valley and west coast tonight and Saturday.
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Coly
Rio Grande Valley
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