Cotulla and Columbus Hit by Rising Colorado Floods
Water from the Colorado River backed up Mustang Creek flooding Cotulla's east side and burying the baseball park. In Columbus more than 100 homes remained deserted as residents moved to safety with highway routes impassable. Floodwaters spread a mile wide east of town and eight miles downstream, while cattle were moved to high ground and tents supplied for the homeless. The Guadalupe crest near Gonzales had passed and the river began to fall, with 20.8 feet above normal at 7 am.
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Cotulla
Mustang Creek
Columbus
G. A. Zumwall
Colorado
Glidden
Houston
el Catipo
Zumwalt
James Allred
Gonzales
Guadalupe
Cuero
Gonsslas
Gon- Eales
Central Power and Light Company
Flood Toll in Texas Rises as Rivers Surge
June 184 year report from Austin recounts multiple flood fatalities including Jimmy Brent, 2, as the Rio Grande crest surpasses prior highs. Levees held at most points while some private dikes broke. widespread damage to Austin, Brownsville, and Matamoros areas. Rehabilitation rushed for 500 damaged homes. guards deployed to curb looting. A Stephenville tornadoinjury toll includes a man and three others severely hurt and seven miles of debris strewn riverside.
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Austin
Texas
Jimmy Scott Brent
Rl Grande
Rio Grande City
Dallas
Atkan
Oklahoma
GL. Gunderman
Southwestern Bell’ Telephone Company
Liano
Mexico
Laren
Monterrey
Rio Grande
Laretin
Army inspection tour by Birnie and Bolles at Second Division HQ
Major General Upton Birnie Jr and Brigadier General R C Foy visited Second Division headquarters with Major General Frank Bolles as Birnie conducted a tour of inspection. In nearby Smith Springs a cyclone damaged property, tossing autos and destroying the Woolverton home while the Hays family fled by car. Other parts of the state reported strong winds and uprooted trees, including areas southwest of Denton and the extreme north of Tarrant county.
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Upton Birnie Jr
R. C. Foy
Field Artillery
Frank
Bolles
Mander
Birnie
Here
Smith Springs
Ells
John Woolverton
Woolverton
M. L. Hays
Faimie
Denton
Tarrant County
Red Shirts Flee Catholic Wrath in Mexico City
In Mexico City on June 18, red shirt followers of anti Catholic leader Yemas Garrido Canghal fled fearing angry crowds. President Lazaro Cardenas showcased a strong cabinet to restore political order after the incident.
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Red Shirts
Mexico City
CNS
Red Shirt
Yemas Garrido Canghal
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas Addresses Rotary Delegates in Mexico City
In Mexico City on June 14, President Lazaro Cardenas spoke to Rotary International delegates after a crisis settlement. He pledged to use Mexico’s laws to remove economic inequalities and aid Indian and Mestizo populations while stressing openness and accountability.
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Mexico City
Rotary International
Mexico
Lazaro Caredenas
Memen
Rotary
Eagle Pass Relief Clients Strike Over Food Demands
Relief workers in Eagle Pass faced unrest as about 200 clients went on strike demanding food allotments until their next payday. Administrator Harold Debona said officials would address the grievances.
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Eagle Pass
Harold Debona
Sivikers
Breards
Fatherly fears on aging workers in a changing job market
The open letter laments age discrimination against older workers, urging Papa clubs to boycott firms that push retirement ages. It argues 83 year old fathers still seek work and deserve fair hiring, calling for solidarity to protect working dads and their families amid economic stress.
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Papas
Papa
Gondiinss
Yong
President proposes five man NRA fact committee
In a letter to NRA Administrator Jamies L. O Neill President Hoover today suggested appointing a five man committee to supervise the job of fact finding on labor standards and fair trade provisions since the codes have been abolished.
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Washington
LD. C
NRA
Jamies L. O'Neill
Hoosavelé
Leave Granted for Captain D C Smith Jr June 20
Captain D C Smith Jr of the Twenty third Infantry has been granted a three month leave of absence effective June 20. The officer will be in a status pending reassignment or return to duty after the leave period.
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D.C. Smith Jr
Twentys Third Infantry
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