Advocates in Walley Unite to Form Rio Grande Valley State
McAllen Jan 15 P Frise Ay Montgomery publisher reports temporary president elected to lead a plan forming a new state from the four Rio Grande Valley counties. About 100 supporters gathered in Brownsville to map steps while officers L R Brooks Charles E Thompson and Jow Allen were named. The plan hinges on an economical government drawing income from gasoline cigarette and license taxes to fund new state expenses. A second item notes Alberts Troby appointed to fill a vacancy in Edcouch Elsa schools after Miss Risansen transferred to an American elementary.
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McCallen
P. Frise
Montgomery
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Browns Ville
Rio Grande City
Chamber of Commerce
L. R. Brooks
Ro Grande City
Swall Jow
MrAllen
Elsa
Alberts Troby
Jopnery
San Antonio
Ween
Edcouch-Elsa
Liami Rissanen
We American Elementary
JAP BACKED SIAMESE CANAL Perils
New York January 10 A vast Siamese army under Japanese command guards a secret project to build a canal across Siam from the China Sea to the Bay of Bengal striking at British Singapore and the Suez route. The plan, backed by Japan, stirs fears of a new global war and shifts in Asia power balances.
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New York
China Sea
Gulf of Siam
Siam
Bay of Bengal
Brenna
India
Europe
Americ
Singapore
Wiewalde
England
Unis
Far East
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Holland
United East Indies
Japan
Australia
I 5
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Menaby
Kea Canal
Suez Canal
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Ananda
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Niame
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Shangey
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de Lesseps
Burr
Jinannt
Bangkok
China
Hearst
France
Honan
Lenina
Burmy
Mandaliy River
I China
Siam Canal
Thieves Report Varied Loot From County Home
Gilver and kitchen ware, dishes, a radio, mattresses and 10 deer skins were reported stolen from the residence of Dr. P. J. Nixon near Sat Antone. Sheriff’s investigator Amith was assigned to the case after the incident occurred Saturday.
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Gilver
Consity
P. J. Nixon
Sat Antone
Bandera
Fanemoett Amith
Dechmann Denies Leaflets Linked to Bond Fight
Dechmann denies involvement in leaflets urging defeat of a proposed bond vote. Former school board president Mene fee allegedly distributed the material with pay checks. Police received reports of the leaflets at the station, and Dechmann says he had no knowledge of who authorized distribution.
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Dechmann
al Dechmann
City
Ey Butid Togs
Confessing Widows Face Death in Real Estate Scheme
Two Detroit widows Mrs Barker and Mrs Gummings, once wealthy after divorces and a rise from poverty, allegedly led a real estate holding company selling interests to Kentuckians. Indicted alongside three others, they claimed assets would be bought by Henry Id. Both women, now free on bond, await extradition hearings.
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Suippath
Barker
Albion College
Michigan
Kentucky
Detroit Era
Henry Id
Cummings
Woether
Roosevelt defense message to go to Congress Monday
President Roosevelt plans a special defense message to Congress early next week seeking the greatest peacetime defense program in U.S. history. After a conference with the navy leadership, he is expected to ask Congress to amend the Vinton Tremmell act to allow a twenty percent rise in the navy’s strength beyond previous limits.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
America
Congress
Navy High Command
Couress
Landal
Warren Struck by Stranger After Match Request
Report notes Warren at St Marys and Houston streets Friday night when a stranger asked for a match. He obliged, then was punched. Warren gave police a mixed account amid garbled OCR text about imperial routes and strategic canals.
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TB. W. Warren
Theo Avenue
Warren
St. Mary's
Houston
Ching
Mandalay River
Yunnon Pu
Ainm
England
Japan
Washington
Great Briain
British Rush Aid to Ship in Distress
The Huntish destroyer Wol verine rushed from Plymouth to aid the Warbahadur, damaged in an 85 mile gale that killed five and left many injured or missing. Storm lashed Britain’s coastal waters, sinking several small boats and sweeping the Atlantic, English Channel, Irish and North seas.
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London
INS
Wolverine
Plymouth
Warbahadur
British Isles
Britain
Atlantic
English Channel
North Seas
Annual All-States Tourist Dinner to Honor Speakers
Col. ER O Thompson chairs the Texas railroad commission as principal speaker at the Aird annual All-States tourist dinner at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Plaza hotel ballroom. Hosted by the San Antonio Hotel association Brig Gen Claudes Birkhead of the Texas National Guard will be in attendance. Acting Mayor Phil Wright and speakers including Walter Walters and Robert Babbitt join publisher William McIntosh of the San Antonio Light. Arrangements chaired by Dr R T Long with committee members from Missouri Iowa Nebraska Chicago. Johnson Elementary School decorates. Dial F-19391 for ads before 14-20 p.m. Saturday.
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Texas Railraid
Yil Ie
Aird
Plaza Hotel
San Antonio Hotel Association
Ge. Claudés. Birkhead
Texas National Guard
Fonstmester
Phil Wright
Walters
Robert Babbitt
Wiliam McIntosh
San Antonio
Omaha
Nob
Misa Charintle Ghattier
Chicago
Johnson Elementary School
Two Suspects Admit Dinamite Blast in Elizabethton Case
In Elizabethton Tenn on January 95 two suspects Lee Walker and Ulyssess Walling confessed to firing the dynamite blast that destroyed Batman Gouge's home and killed three Gouge children. Attorney General Dennis Erwin announced the admissions as part of a full confession.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Jan
Torney
Dennis Erwin
Erwin
Lee Walker
Ulyssess Walling
Batman
Morals Case Testimony Ties Dean Horn to Assault
Testimony from two young girls led to a guilty verdict for Dean Horn, 55, in a Morals case dating to November 25, 1998. Cortrine McGehee, 7, and Elizabeth Lyons, 8, testified Horn gave candy and assaulted them near their Montrose avenue homes. Horn denied charges. one count awaits trial as another case proceeds. Police and neighbors had long complained of Horn’s conduct toward children in the Montrose area. He is to serve sentence in Bexar County.
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Dean Hury
Addres
Eads Avenue
Hort
McCollum Burnett
Cortrine McGehee
Montroxé Avenue
Elizabeth Lyons
Montrose
W. B. Hauck
Horn
Bexar County
Atl
Texas Goods Affected by Pagt Affects Trade Pact
More than 40 Southwest Texas products may be affected by the trade agreement. Secretary Cordell Hull negotiates with Great Britain. The San Antonio Manufacturers association bulletin lists meats, fish, glass, yarns, cotton goods, wage, wool, fruit juices, soups, candy, doors, furniture, jars, leather goods, beer, soft drinks, seeds, vinegar, biscuits, chalk, limestone, gypsum, and more. A reciprocity committee will meet in Washington March 14 to decide covered articles per secretary C Leal of the manufacturers association. Fire destroys the home of Mr and Mrs Lennard Bailey Thruridle in Pearsall January 18.
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Texas
Cordell Hull
Great Britain
San Antonio
Congress Committee For
Washington
C. ©. Leal
Manufacturers’ Association
Firms freed from tax load plan eases burden
Washington reports eighty eight percent of the nation’s 100000 businesses would be freed from the undivided profits tax under the administration’s revenue revision bill. Doughton announced this at open hearings as Magill said Roosevelt approved immediate tax relief and a future overhaul, with exemptions for corporations earning 25000 or less yearly aiding more than 176000 concerns in 1938.
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INS
Yetlow
Doughton
House
Intial
Treasury
Roswell Magill
Rousevelt
Magill
Morgenthau
Coughton
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