Flood Peril Passes as Texas Towns Rebuild
Reported relief efforts reach Tilden with Red Cross air drops planned if needed. Flooded towns include Tilden Three Rivers Calliham and Cotulla, with water receding on Murray Hill camp and renewed highway damage along the San Antonio corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilden
San Antonio
George Smith
Red Cross
Smith
Albert Evang
St. Louis
Distaster
Mild-Qwest
A. O. Hensley
Red Cross Activities
Calliham
Three Rivers
Murray Hill
Sid
Finn
Fram
Catiham
Rivere
Frio
Nueces
George West
Mossouri Pacific
Alice
Skidmore
Mathis
Laredo
Pearral
Dilley
Cotulla
Hulland-Texas
Fochlertano
Cuers
Guadalupe
Farina
Gonzales
Goliad
Ile
Globe Flier Land Cracks Up in Transatlantic Flight
The Mattern and Griffin attempt to fly to Berlin then Moscow but crash before reaching Berlin. They left New York and reached Harbor Grace then Berlin before an intended Moscow leg. mishap near Borisov left them grounded as Post and Gatty continued around the globe. Their elapsed time, distance, and speed figures are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Mattern and Griffin
Ours
Post
Qatty
Moscow
Mattern and
Griffin
Mattern
Borisov
New York
Post and
Gatty
Mastern and
Texan's Wife Relieved at News of Fliers’ Safe Landing
FORT WORTH reports Mrs Jimmie Mattern relieved to hear her husband and companion survived a forced landing in Russia with only bruises. She expressed disappointment that the round the world record attempt by Mattern and Post was not completed. Oklahoma City residents echoed pride and concern as Wiley Post’s group faced a wreck near a peat bog during the dramatic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett Griffin
James Mattern
Russia
Plana
Fort Worth
Jimmie Mattern
Post and Galty
Oklahoma City
Wiley Post
Five Million Pledged for New South Texas Bank
Col. W B Tuttle announced that 5,000,000 in City Central deposits has been pledged to the new South Texas Bank and Trust company. The pledge was said to clear the way for opening, with work beginning Monday. About 10,500 City Central depositors already pledged, and remaining depositors have until 5 p m Saturday to participate. The bank’s formation includes filing to transfer deposits from City Central, a condition of a 1 5 million Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Texas Bank and Trust Company
Col. WB. Tuttle
Tuttle
City Central Bank
James Shaw
City-Central
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ships Use Radio to Call Doctors Needed at Sea
London reports a new state-casing system in the international radio code set to start January 1, 1934. It lets ships without doctors receive medical advice by radio, overcoming language barriers with visual and numeral flags and updated letters. The British edition leads to six additional standard editions in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, and Spanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vera Cruz Plans to Aid Workers
Governor Tejeda of Vera Cruz announces immediate enactment of a radical property law to expropriate industrial and agricultural enterprises for workers. The plan signals a quasi-Communist platform as Tejeda campaigns for the presidency and seeks to redefine ownership and control of major enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Adabharia Thiet
Tejeda
Shell
Reparations accord sets Germany payments under Young plan
Lausanne July 8 The total reparations Germany must pay under the Young plan is about 750 million dollars, far below the 125 billion proposed earlier. The figure, scaled down from the Versailles estimate of 31.68 billion, reflects reductions since 1921 and Dawes Young plan payments. France puts the new total at 5 billion.
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Europe
United States
Lausanne
INS
Rne
Germany
France
Contested Filing Threat for Will Rogers Nominee
In Oklahoma City July 83, Will Rogers of Moore leads in the Democratic nomination race for congressman at large but faces possible contest over his filing. Opponents cite an attorney general opinion on nicknames and a Moore school official notes Rogers signs contracts as William C. Rogers. Mabel Bassett won second in the runoff on July 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Will Rogers
Moore
Claremore
E. B. Howard
Tisa
Ray
King
Rogers
H. F. Dressen
Wiliam C. Rogers
Mabel Bassett
Charities and Corectivns
Modern Prague revival reshapes Gedipus tragedy
Prague July 8 The Greek tragedy Gedipus by Sophocles is revived and modernized for the Prague National Theatre under director Hiller. The new staging drops the ancient Greek chorus replacing it with soloists to convey atmosphere, reimagining the classic tale of fate, crime, and punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophocles
Prague
Gedipus
Prague National
Hiller
Thebes
Plane emergency claims life in Monticello hospital death
Mrs. Charles Sherman aged 21 died after a specialist rushed to save her aboard a flying medical alert over Monticello New York. The plane circled the town as the signal reached New York and the specialist returned with the news.
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Flane
Monticello
N. Y
Charles Sherman
Alr
New York
Roosevelt Offered Services of Bill Sterling as Traveling Companion
Abilene Texas July 8. Services of Bill Sterling adjutant general and head of the Texas ranger force were offered to Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt by Governor Ross Sterling. Sterling said he wished Roosevelt to travel with Sterling to gain intimate contact with Texan manhood, calling Sterling a cross section of Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Bill’ Sterling
Abilene
Txas
Bui" Eteritog
Texas Ranger Force
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ross Sterling
Sweetwater
Graham and
Mineral Wells
General Sterling
Speaker Garner
Jack Garner
New York
Texas
Bill Sterling
Garmer
Bonus Deposit Claim Argued in Ninety Fourth District Court
War veteran W H Rees seeks to place a bonus certificate deposit in City Central Bank as a preferred claim. The hearing continued Friday morning as Rees contends the federal loan exemption applies. State Banking Commissioner James Shaw, the defendant, filed a general demurrer and denial. testimony claimed the government check deposit gave the bank notice of the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Rees
City Central Bank
Ninetyfourth
Rees
James Shaw
Nm General
Snd
Comte De Janze Shows Film of Big Game Hunt
Paris hosts a screening at the Hotel Majestic of an African hunt film by Comte Frederic de Janze and Genevieve. The pair, linked to Alice Silverthorne and the De Trafford family, recount hunts in Kenya with Major Dickinson and scenes of lions, panthers, and giraffes.
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Comte de Janze
Paris
INS
Frederic
Genevieve
Hotel Majestic
Comte Frederic de Janze
Alice Silverthorne
Chicago
de Trafford
Comtesse de Janze
San Francisco
Kenya Colony
Major Dickinson
Frederic Sod Genevieve
ca-Comtesse de
Bilwarthorne
Robert de Trafford
Tendan
North
Ata- Has
Spanked Girl Testimony Pinpoints Oklahoma to Texas Move
The case before United States Commissioner Paul A. Lockhart focused on a 12 year old girl Laura Mee Pogiler who testified she was spanked by her mother and left home after a neighbor suggested the child was old enough for such discipline. The girl described riding with Berry to Texas where he reportedly supplied adult clothes. Berry was jailed in default of a $3000 bond pending further hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of ‘United States
Paul ‘A. Lockhart
C. O. Berry
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Laura Mee Pogiler
Jength
Bmusko
Wee, Okla
McAlister
Okla
Berry
Texas
Albanian Leader Prefers Business Over Cabinet Post
TIRANA July 8 Ahmed Bey Frasheri, once Albania's minister of education, refuses a cabinet post. Offered a seat by EKhug Zomu, he reportedly tells the king his crown is fine but he prefers running his bookstore where he can keep his own conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tirana
Albania
Ahmed Bey Frashert
Land of the Eagle
Frasheri
Ekhug Zomu
Stuffed Horse Gives Cowboy His First Fall
Rapid City. S DB Ivy B He had acquired many bucking bronchos but a stuffed horse was his Waterloo. Johanie Hunt 72 pioneer of the plains rode many steed on Wild rampage scratched them from stem to stern and came out with me more than a bump Recently he mounted a stuffed horse struck its wildest pose by the taxidermist to have its picture taken He slipped one which was broken the other sprained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowboy
Rapid City
S. DB
Ivy
Waterloo
vJohanie Hunt
the Plains
France Adopts U S Safety First Ways
Paris reports American safety first methods triumph over French posters in a contest for rail safety messaging. A prize winning poster shows a mother with child and a French slogan about suffering when hurt as part of a nationwide campaign to reduce rail accidents.
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Paris
Amercan
Thesafety Commission
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Rio Grande
Miguel Espnoza
Ria Orutiay
Harbor Grace
Gaity
U.S
Les Sears
Roebuck and CO
Wm. Rogers & Sons
E. Houston
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