Two Die in Hocking Valley Mine Field Shootings
Athens Ohio reports two men killed in the Hocking Valley mine field during the night and morning. Authorities label one an innocent victim of mine warfare and the other an outgrowth of a strike argument. Gunfire targets hills near the Ohio Collieries Company mine as ambushes continue.
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Athens
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Ohio Collieries Company
Claremont Banfield
Boyd Vincent
Church
Golden Opportunity Days Bring Bargains and Prizes
Del Rio merchants unite for four Golden Opportunity Days from now to December 24 with cash prizes on October 22 November 19 December 10 and a valuable gift on December 24. Advertising sweeps the trade area October through December urging shoppers to buy locally and share in the cash distribution. This event marks the first celebration ahead of Del Rio’s Golden Anniversary noting the 50th anniversary since the name change in 1933.
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del Rio
San Felipe del Rio
Four Bridges Washed Out In Pecos Country
Four bridges in Pecos County were swept away by flood waters from the Davis Mountain region. A $5 000 county bridge between Toyah and Balmorhea disappeared, along with a Balmorhea Saragosa crossing and a Salt Draw bridge between Pecos and Fort Stockton. Traffic on most roads was halted for days while new Carlsbad highway work, costing about $750 000, sustained heavy damage. County bridges will be rebuilt.
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Howard Collier
Pecos
Davis Mountain
Toyah
Balmorhea
Toyah Creek
Saragosa
Fort Stockton
Carlsbad
Pastor Pays Heart Balm in Oklahoma City Case
A Memphis minister offered a substantial sum to Elizabeth Bledsoe a 23 year old Lawton teacher who had sued for breach of promise. Attorney Merton Munson withdrew the $5000 suit against Rev. William C. Dorsey after an accord was reached following a romance that began in a Fletcher church.
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Oklahoma City
Elizabeth Bledsoe
Lawton
Merton Munson
William C. Dorsey
Memphis
Tenn
Fletcher
Texas Bakers Produce Wares Worth Big Payrolls
In Texas there are 58 bakeries employing 5,137 wage earners and 535 salaried officers and employees. Payrolls total 5,862,247 for wages and 1,168,233 for salaries, with materials and power costing 16,897,278 and wares produced valued at 35,000,000.
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Texas
Gandhi breaks death fast on London report
Poona India Sept 26 Mahatma Gandhi breaks his fast after word that London approved most of the compromise plan on privileges for Indian untouchables in the legislative scheme. Gandhi's move follows the British government stance easing caste barriers in Indian governance.
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Gandhi
London Report
Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
London
Gandhi's Health Deteriorates During Protest in Delhi
In a tense noon protest against the communal award proposal for reserved constituencies, crowds gathered while Gandhi's doctors reported his condition growing serious. The scene reflected mounting unrest as the political dispute intensified.
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Gandhi
Kerosene Lamp Blast Destroys Ingrams House
The French Ingram ranch home 11 miles north of Langtry was destroyed by fire when a kerosene lamp exploded. Mr Ingram alone was home at the time. The house was recently renovated and only partly insured, with the loss described as heavy.
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French Ingram
Langtry
Ingram
Mr. Ingram
Davis Lottery Case Near End In Senator Davis Trial
The government rested in the U S Senator James J Davis Pennsylvania case accusing him of taking part in lotteries tied to charitable enterprises of the Loyal Order of Moose where he served as director general. The trial opened a week earlier and Davis received a severed trial while seven co defendants were not ready.
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New York
United States
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Loyal Order of Moose
Davis
Second Hand Bricks Building City Hall
Panhandle Texas reports a new city hall financed by bricks salvaged from buildings ruined by last year’s explosion. The project cost is capped at 700 dollars with 300 dollars paid annually in rent. A fireproof vault from a razed bank will store city records in the new hall.
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Panhandle
Texas
Et Ee Eee Ee Bank
Warlike Fly Claims Three Round Bout in Farmerville Tale
A Farmerville Times report describes a small black fly dominating a large black spider in a staged fight. The match lasted five minutes as the fly carried off defeated rivals, showcasing the fly’s wartime-like bravado and the paper’s humorous boast of a champion insect.
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Warlike Fly
Ugly Spider
Farmersville
Texas
Parmersville
District Court starts hearing criminal cases
Judge Joseph Jones presided as September term began. Pedro Enriquez faced assault and attempt to murder charges after a confrontation with Rodriguez, with a pistol and unexploded bullets he identified for Sheriff Whistler. Other cases listed include Vander burglary Lopes rape Prender assault with intent to murder Macias Salazar burglary Zertuche rape Perry burglary and New Sasater swindling over 50 dollars.
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Enriquez
Rodriguez
M. L
Bud” Whistler
James Vander
Magdalena Lopes
Gravael Prender
Jesus Macias
Juan Salazar
Leopold Zertuche
James Perry
Ben E. New
E. W. Sasater
Bryan School Head Found Dead in Automobile
The body of H. L. Durham superintendent of public schools in Bryan Texas was found in his car east of A and M College stadium. A coroner's verdict ruled death by own action. Durham left home last night after writing notes to family and friends. He previously served as president of Burleson College in Greenville.
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Bryan
Texas
H. L. Durham
A. and
M. College Stadium
Durham
Burleson College
Greenville
Joe Calvetti Hurt In Loop Road Crash
Joe Calvetti sustained serious injuries in a Sunday evening crash on Loop Road when the car driven by Pete Rodriguez failed to negotiate a sharp turn and struck the steel netting by the ditch. Calvetti suffered a broken arm facial and neck cuts and an injured thumb while Rodriguez escaped unharmed. Calvetti is a watchmaker employed at F C Rockwell store.
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Joe Calvetti
Loop Road
Pete Rodriguez
Calvetti
Rodriguez
F. C. Rockwell
Mrs Borah Improves After Illness in Boise
A physician bulletin from Boise Idaho reports Mrs William E Borah is improving steadily from parrot fever. The note emphasizes that education tends to humility as a broader remark from Field.
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Boise
Idaho
William E. Borah
Progressive wing fields third ticket in New Mexico
In Albuquerque on September 26 the progressive Republican faction announced a new third state ticket after quitting the party’s state convention. Senator Bronson Cutting spoke at the meeting and said they might back the Democratic ticket if it truly represents the people.
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Cutting
New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Republican Party
Sen. Bronson Cutting
Hunts House Finds Stolen Merchandise
In Borger Texas Mrs R F Beckham advised by finding stolen items at a vacant house advertised for rent. She located quilts dishes fancy work and other articles stolen from her home nearly a year earlier within the property.
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Hunts House
Borger
Texas
R. F. Beckham
Fort Worth Driver Killed in Traffic Crash
Fort Worth Sept 26 Robert H. Simpson of Fort Worth was fatally injured when his car crashed while returning from Big Spring toward Shelby County to continue oil business. Simpson had rested 30 minutes before setting out.
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Fort Worth
Robert H. Simpson
Big Spring
Simpson
Shelby County
Father of 35 Sets Goal at 40
John D. Sloan of Kona Kentucky, sixty, claims the paternity championship for Kentucky with thirty five living children. He plans to reach forty and notes no deaths in the family while describing orderly duties for each child and pride in a large, thriving household.
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Kona
John D
United States
Kentucky
Sloan
Garner hopes Smith backs Democratic national ticket
Speaker John N Garner arrives in New York for talks with Democratic leaders and says he believes Alfred E Smith will give full support to the national ticket. He plans no immediate campaign moves beyond possible tour and will stay active in campaign work in New York and Washington.
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New York
John N. Garner
Alfred E. Smith
Washington
Paraguay Accepts Neutral Chaco Peace Proposal
Asuncion September 26 The Paraguayan government accepts a proposal to end hostilities in the Gran Chaco under supervision of the American Neutrals Commission. A Paraguayan force in Chaco repelled a Bolivian thrust from Arco and another force prevented the escape of a Bolivian garrison at Fort Fourteenth of December.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
American Neutrals Commission
Chaco
Arco
Fort Fourteenth
Man wheels 3000 miles to visit girlfriend in Portland
Roy Calloway of Los Angeles pedalled over 3000 miles to visit Mildred Thompson in Portland. The transcontinental bicycle journey took about four months and ended recently in the Oregon city.
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Portland
Ore
Roy Calloway
Los Angeles
Cal
Mildred Thompson
August Payroll Gains Break Dull Month Trend
The University Bureau of Business Research reports August payrolls rose 7 to 10 percent over July, the first July-to-August gain since 1929, as workers on payrolls increase for the first time in years.
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University Bureau of Business Research
Two West Texans Seriously Hurt In Auto Wreck
Abilene September 26. J H Russell McCamey badly hurt and dieing and J W Fleming Center seriously hurt in an auto collision on Highway No 1 east of Abilene in fog on a hilltop. Cars driven by R A Johnson Iraan and W H Hughes Center collided. Russell is nephew of Uncle Bud Russell veteran prison transfer agent.
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Abilene
J. H. Russell
McCamey
J. W. Fleming
Center
R. A. Johnson
Iraan
W. H. Hughes
Russell
Bud” Russell
Carbon Black Tested In Wheat Worm Fight
BORGER Texas September 26 Carbon black a Panhandle product may aid wheat growing farmer E A Williams near Stinnett Hutchinson County treats seed with the material before planting and rolls kernels in it hoping to mask or flavor the grain so worms will not attack it Williams believes the method could deter wheat worms or at least reduce their feeding.
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Borger
Texas
E. A. Williams
Stinnett
Hutchinson County
Williams
Prominent Ozona ranchman found dead after fall
The body of Allen Robertson a 34 year old ranchman was found at the foot of a cliff after he had been missing since Saturday. A search party led by W R Pierce found the horse bucking at the slope and tangled in brush near Robertson. It is believed the saddle came off and the horse dragged him fatally injuring him. Robertson survived by his widow Maylan and an infant daughter. He was a native of Ozona and a former athletic star at Texas A M College.
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Ozona
Texas
Allen Robertson
W. R. Pierce
Robertson
Maylan Robertson
Texas A. and
M. College
Western Union Repairs Line West of Del Rio At $10000 Cost
Western Union will spend about 10 000 repairing telegraph lines west of Del Rio. Work to begin October 15 with a crew of 15 from Del Rio to fix 10 miles damaged by recent floods per J W Daugherty Dallas chief inspector.
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Western Union
del Rio
J. W. Daugherty
Dallas
Daugherty
Rain delays picking of Tom Green cotton in 1932
In San Angelo Texas on September 26, damp weather slows harvest as only a small portion of the 1932 crop enters gins. Tom Green County is estimated to yield 15 000 bales this season, down from 16 000 last year, while Runnels County foresees 70 000 bales versus 68 241 last year.
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San Angelo
Tom Green
Runnels
Two Routes To Border Closed As Floods Hit Roads
Highways west of Del Rio and east of Brackettville remained shut Monday due to heavy rains Thursday and Friday. Pontoon bridges over Devil's River and the Nueces River were under construction to reopen traffic by Tuesday. Del Rio San Antonio via Uvalde expected passable after the bridge. Del Rio San Angelo route opened earlier. roads are rough and slick. Eagle Pass road in fair condition according to state maintenance.
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del Rio
Brackettville
Devil's River
Nueces River
del Rio-San Antonio
Uvalde
Painter
del Rio-San Angelo
State Highway Department
Eagle Pass
Rush Work on Road Bridges West of Sonora
Special Correspondent reports rapid progress on highway bridges west of Sonora after three weeks of heavy rains. Two box culverts near Sonora and the main bridge fifteen miles out have seen completed piers and footings, with plans adjusted for a pedestrian lane and flood waters. Preliminary survey also done for a proposed Lowrey Draw bridge after recent damage.
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Sonora
E. E. Pitlman
State Highway Department
Devil's River
Nolan
Crouch
J. Floyd Malcom and Company
Dry Devil's Draw
Austin
Lowrey Draw
State Department
Weather outlook for Del Rio and vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Yesterday’s high reached 77 degrees with a 65 degree low. This morning’s low was 67 degrees.
Weather outlook: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers
The forecast indicates mostly cloudy skies with likely scattered showers in the northern area tonight and continuing into Tuesday. Residents should prepare for unsettled conditions and brief rain. Local temperatures and exact timing are not specified in the readable fragment.
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy to Unsettled Skies
Partly cloudy to unsettled conditions with a likely threat of scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. The forecast suggests lingering moisture and variable skies across the region with periodic showers possible.
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Mahatma
Ingrams House
Times Force
Joseph Jones
Pedro Enriquez
Ed Ron East
Hereford
Sonora High School
Satan Felipe
Bryan School
A. & Mtadium
Knight
Sam
Warnhan
Eas Ia Ae
Texan
Garner
Smith
Mato
Spring Street
City Hall
West Texans
Spring St
Chieaiy Rvuin
Say Allen Robertson
Devil’s River
Nueces
West Texas
East
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