Mohair Advances Set by Federal Farm Board Test
Texan mohair growers faced a 15 cent advance staged by the National Wool Marketing Corporation under Farm Board safeguards. The move, backed by the Tejas Wool and Mohair Warehouse Association, aimed to stabilize prices as warehouse financing and over-advances were scrutinized. Notables like A C Schreiner and J A Whitten observed the tense sessions as ranchers and buyers gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Federal Farm Board
Tejas
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Federal Pawn Board
Tiver
As & Deliel Amcig Souk
Gili Uel
Mhokseir
Sag
Wiemsy Chale
Farm Board Wolt
New York
Boston
Texas
Messnger
A. C
L. A. Schreiner
Kerrville
J. A Whitten
Q O’ Daniel
Roy Hudspeth
Texas ‘Wool and Mchair Company
Houston Officers Move To Take Theft Suspect
Houston authorities prepared to transport Gus Becker to Houston after Becker was held by Del Rio police. He was found in an old touring car parked near the Southern Pacific station and could not produce papers for the vehicle. Becker was turned over to the Houston sheriff for disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
del Rio
Gus Becker
Southern Pacific
Becker
Sheriff's Department
Start Bandit Rumor To Save Marfa Army Post
Governor Ortiz of Chihuahua discredits reports that Mexican bandits threaten ranchmen near the U S border. He says rumors were spread by Marfa Alpine business interests to protect the Big Bend army post. Officials note troops were not dispatched to guard the area. Al Capone faces trial on October 6 after judge overrules demurrer to tax charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Ortiz
Chevualua
United States
Fuo Grande
Brewster
Pres ‘Wo
Chihwatvua
Py Beng
del Rio
U. S&s War Department
Settierdt
Alpe
Marta
Big Bend
Chihuahua
Alo Wiated
U. S
Ta Guoted
al Capone
Jowt
James H. Wubherm
Otaday
Mother on Trial for Poisoning Daughters
Mrs. Carrie Simmons, 51, stood stoic and afraid as a jury began selection in Lebanon Indiana on a murder charge for poisoning her daughter Virginia 14 by poisoned sandwiches at a June picnic. She also faces a charge in the death of daughter Alice Jean 10. She wore new clothing including a Princess Eugenie hat gifted by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Carrie Simmons
Virginia
Alice Jean
Ten Men Buried In New York Tenement Collapse
New York authorities report a five story tenement collapse causing ten workers to be buried. Nine men were rescued. one believed dead. The incident occurred today with rescue efforts ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Two-Year Term Given Pryor on Plea of Guilty
Jim Pryor pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary by Judge Joseph Jones in District Court Tuesday. Pryor had been jailed after rifling a warehouse safe and attempting two jail breaks, triggering a lockdown and solitary confinement. He was an escaped Huntsville convict previously convicted in Wichita Falls on robbery with firearms. C F Catto also pleaded guilty to liquor violations and received a two year suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Pryor
Joseph Jones
Pryorne
County
Pryer
Sheriffs Department
M. L
Bud” Whistler
Pryor
Huntsville
Wichita Falls
C. F. Catto
Rankin Rank Charge Quashed Amid Jury Flaws
Indictments against Curzia J Backerfield Clarence Smannen and Hugh Gillespie for murder and conspiracy were quashed by Judge Sutton after a jury flaw challenge. The case tied to the First State Bank of Rankin and poll tax issues affecting grand jurors and potential Upton County redistricting implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Curzia
Backerfield
Rani
Upton County
Clarence Smannen
Lovington
SN. M
Hugh Gillespie
McCame v
Upton County Sheriffs
Judes C RR Sutton
Maria
Brian Montague del Rio
James Cornell Sen Angelo
Tires
Sune
Wwem
Blackie” Miller
First State Bank of
Texas
Asocketion
Bank of McCamey
Awit Ot
Grand Jury
Upton
Rauku
McCamey
Bank A
McCamecy
E. C. Pruitt
Land Jury
Ius Poll
Robbery Staged To Pay Tuition Through College
In Longview on September 29, Pete Price Hearn and accomplice Fan Briggs admitted staging a robbery of taxi driver Otis Warren to fund seminary studies at Westminster College Tehuacane. Hearn aged 25 and Briggs received five-year prison terms after pleading guilty. the crime yielded $2 and a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
U.p
Otis Warren
Theological Seminary
Westminster College
Tehuacane
Pete Price Hearn
Fan Briggs
Hearn
Limestone County
Crew Rescued After Dredger Toledo Founders
Coast guards save 19 crew members four miles off Bass Point after the army dredger Toledo foundered in heavy seas. The incident occurred near Nahant Massachusetts with the rescue completed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nahant
Mass
U.P
Coast Guards
Toledo
Bass Point
Mine Strike Spreads in Pennsylvania Coal Fields
In Scranton Pennsylvania 19 of Glen Alden Coal Company's 20 mines shut as a broad strike spreads among 29 000 workers. The United Mine Workers and AFL allied groups opposed the walkout and warned strikers facing union bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Glen Alden Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Sau Ution Labor
Unio
Solons Told Not to Pack Grips Tight
Austin Sept. 29 Governor Ross Sterling told the lawmakers not to pack their grips very tight as he indicated a recall of the special session is possible to consider the Purl bill authorizing drilling in navigable streams. Sterling signed a $3,000,000 highway funds investment bill, signaling a possible veto of the Ben Brooks proposal to divert gasoline tax money to retire $80,000,000 of road bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Joe Moore
Greenville
Carl Hardin
Stephenville
Tom DeBerry
Bogota
House
Todo
Ross Sterling
Sterling
Ben Brooks
Crouch Appointed Buckhorn Barber Shop Manager
Appointment of “Skinny” Crouch as manager of the Buckhorn Bar ber Shop was made Monday by those in charge after a personnel change. Gordon Dyer left for Hotel Roswell and Jack Graham arrived from El Paso to fill the third chair. Earl Scudday remains with the Buckhorn under new management.
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Crouch
Buckhorn
Gordon Dyer
Roswell
Jack Graham
Fi Paso
del Rio
Earl Scudday
Chicago Ad Agency Bombed Second Time
In Chicago on September 20 a bomb caused 300 dollars in damage to the Big Four Company building in the loop. Several windows were broken and employees fled their rooms. Labor troubles were blamed for the bombing. the ad agency had been bombed last February.
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Chicago
Big Four
Sen
Viel
Senior class elects Gordon president after assembly
Douglas Tip Gordon was elected president of the Senior class after an assembly where class sponsors were appointed. Elizabeth Blackman became Senior vice president, Alicia Secky treasurer, and R. H. Bill Rogers named sponsor. Junior class elected Kath Wasi Gail Hamilton president with Lee Fawcett vice president and Boots Den as secretary treasurer. Sophomore president Ed Smith with Virgil Cauthorn as VP Kenneth Love as secretary treasurer George Netts reporter Pauline Mugford named Sophomore sponsor. Club sponsors announced include Press Club Mrs J C Netts Home Economics Miss Catherine Twichell Vocational Agriculture R H Bill Rogers Glee Club Mrs Neelva Boren Cole.
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Elizabeth Blackman
Alicia Seckretary
Campbell McConchie
Kath Wasi Gail Hamilton
Lee Fawcett
Boot! den
Willyn Dunning
R. H
Bill” Rogers
Ed Smith
Virgil Cauthorn
Kenneth Love
George Netts
Pauline Mugford
Press Club
J. C. Netts
Catherine Twichell
Vocational’ Agriculture Club
Néelva Boren Cole
Marathon Closing Accounting Office Opens at Del Rio
Marathon Oil Company auditor from Tulsa visits Del Rio to close out the local accounting department. After checkout, work will move to Fort Worth and Tulsa offices, with two employees laid off. Officials say Del Rio office duplicated work already handled elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Marathon Oil Company
Tulsa Okla
del Rio
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Marathon
Cisco Banking Company Closes Amid Reorganization Talks
Cisco, Sept. 29. The Cisco Banking Company an unincorporated institution closed today while seeking a national charter. Bank officials said withdrawals were fueled by rumors. Stockholders guaranteed depositors against loss in a public statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CISCO
Cisco Banking Company
Piggly Wiggly Del Rio Offers Free Food Aid Plan
Del Rio Piggly Wiggly announced a 30 day food donation trial for destitute families in the city and Val Verde County. By Tuesday noon no applications had been received yet. The plan targets Mexican quarters suspected of heavy need as others leave for cotton picking nearby.
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del Rio Piggly Wiggly Store
Val Verde County
el Paso
Crude Output Falls in U.S. and East Texas Production
The Oil and Gas Journal reports U.S. crude production last week averaged 2,187,923 barrels daily, down 21,671 from the prior period, with East Texas output dropping 22,113 barrels to 397,312 barrels per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
UPI
Oi and Gas Journal Today
United States
East Texas
Mohair Advances Announced For Texas Fall Clip
The Southwest Texas Wool and Monatt Marketing Corp reports 15 cent per pound advances for grown Mohair and 35 cent per pound for kid hair. A pool with co ops covers about 8 percent of the total Mohair clip as Texas output is seen near 7 million pounds this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Gillis
Southwest Texas Wool and Monatt Marketing Corporation
Federal Farm Board
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Texas
Coke Road Bonds To Pave Highway Reaching No 30
Coke County to issue about 80 000 in bonds to pave 13 miles linking the new Highway 70 with Highway 30 east of San Angelo. A petition to the county court sets October 12 for election. thirty day waiting period required. Tom Green County has financed bridges and grading. state aid tied to the plan if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Coke County District No. 2
Tom Green County
San Angelic
Punty Commissioners Court
Coke County
State Highway Department
Bronte and
Tennyson
Robert Lee
Road
Steel Wages Slashed by Republic Steel Corp
The Republic Steel Corporation announced a 10 percent wage reduction effective immediately, impacting workers across its facilities in a move announced today in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Republic’ Steel Corporation
Weather outlook for Del Rio and West Texas
Partly cloudy with one settled tonight. Del Rio area highs around 96 and lows near 74 with mild morning 68. West Texas sees partly cloudy to fair conditions with similar mild temperatures and quiet overnight trends.
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Farm Board Corners
Mohair
Aline
Asdio
Miles Odamei
Warehouse Association
Hilusi
Flyers
Agei
Herrowing
Westlante
Itu Stavensert
Loew
Portugal
Motos Atp Belmeira
Newfoundlant
Willy Red
Pour
Rio Grande
Capone
U.P .Scar
Ilegal Voters
McCamey Action Lp Today
Sutton
83Rd District Court
112Th District Court
Joe Montague
112Th District
112Th
Fort Stockton
Upton County Commissioners Court
U.S. S. Akron
Navy
U 5S
Akron
U & Bureau
Itn Ant
Amarillo
Pennsylvania
Solons
Buckhorn Barber Shop
Hicago Ad Agency
Gordon
Gail Hamilton
Soph
Douglas
Tip” Gordon
Wildcat
Piggly Wiggly Grocery
DOLE
Ranch District
Coke Road
del Rie and Vicinity
West Texas
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