Weekend toll tops violent deaths in Texas
The Associated Press reports 21 Texans died in violent incidents over a weekend. Fatalities include four in traffic crashes, three by shootings, and one each by electrocution, drowning, and a struck-by incident. Names and locations: J I Wilford San Antonio. Kilgore victim Conp ton. Marathon victims Mrs B Lambert Myrtle Ball. Pflugerville enrollee John Thomas Davidson. Ennis accident Benjamin Hatari Werty. Luling victim Mrs Cartie OToole. San Antonio instructor E E Edwards. Bartlet resident Mrs Jobh Blair. Fort Worth pair Robert Henry King and Annis Bell Deavers. Roth Van Alstyne. Mae Morrow Longview. R B Rutledge shot at Stafford. Ida Mae Scrench shot Galveston. Reymond Henderson near Hallsville. Melvin Moore drowning Dallas. Alfred Haywood Flowers Fort Worth electrocuted. Earl Pyle Train Talkin. B J Ferguson Teaguein death by acid.
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Marathon
Austin
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Cartie O'Toole
Luling
San Marcos
E. Edwards
Breville
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Fort Worth
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Shawnee
Okla
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Roth
van Alstyne
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Etgore
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Stafford
Ida Mae &Crench
Galveston
Reymond Henderson
Hallsville
Melvin Moore
Dallas
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Earl Pyle
Talkin
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Teeguin
Delegates Banquet at Gunter Hotel In San Antonio
Delegates from across the United States and Canada attended a Knights of Columbus banquet Sunday night in the Crystal ballroom at the Gunter hotel. Texas supplied 27 delegates. O. K. Walsh of Wichita Falls gave the principal address. Honored guests included Henry Guerra Sr. and David Walsh. Mayor G. X. Quin of San Antonio delivered the welcoming speech. A. Quintanilla acted as toastmaster as Ben Strauss and Paul Kilday spoke. Walsh discussed Texas and the Coming National Generation in August. Strauss spoke on Catholic Action.
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Knights of Columbus
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Gunter Hotel
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Wichita Falls
Henry Guerra Sr
David Walsh
G. X. Quin
San Antonio
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Paul Kilday
Walsh
Strauss
Little Hope Seen for Hotel Strike Peace
In San Francisco on May 31 prospects for a settlement grow slim as hotel workers debate negotiations. The strike began May 1, halting operations at 16 hotels including major properties, with around 3 500 employees affected.
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Zao Franchco
San Francisco
Roosevelt rests at mother’s home in Hydy Park visit
President Roosevelt spends a second day of rest at his mother’s home in Hydy Park New York during a three day visit. Work on his special message to Congress urging tax evasion and avoidance checks is finished and expected to be sent from the White House in Washington to the capital at noon tomorrow.
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Tinison
Congress
White House
Washington
Nazis Honor Victims of Jutland Battle
In Kiel Germany on May 31 a ceremony honored 23 German sailors killed aboard the pocket battleship Deutschland in the Battle of Jutland. Commander Albrecht of Baltic naval forces gave the commemorative address as a Japanese detachment from the cruiser Ashigara joined German sailors in a parade marking the anniversary.
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Torpedo sinks Spanish liner Ciudad de Barcelona
Barcelona dispatches report the 1946 ton passenger liner Ciudad de Barcelona was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean by a submarine of Franco's naval forces. Casualties unknown. The attack occurred amid the London non intervention patrols as foreign maritime tension rose in the Spanish civil war.
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London
Hull Studies War Crisis in Europe
Secretary Hall cut short a Virginia holiday and returned to Washington to study reports on the German bombardment of Almeria and the wider European crisis. The move signals U S concern as nations reassess the crisis and potential responses amid ongoing hostilities.
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Virginia
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Deaths rise after Chicago riot near plant conflict
Five people have died from injuries in a riot at the Republic plant near South Chicago as police and strikers clash in brutal fighting. At least six others, including 23 police, are hospitalized with gunshot wounds, skull fractures, or broken limbs. A 95 officer police detail remains while Governor Horner and company officials seek a peaceful outcome after a late conference.
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Mother and Child Shot in Accidental Rifle Discharge
Mrs Juana Sap and her 11 month old son Aveline were struck by a stray bullet when a rifle being cleaned by 14 year old Leandro San Miguel discharged in the yard of the San Miguels in San Miguel. The bullet pierced the child's leg and lodged in the mother's hip. Both are under treatment at Robert 1 Green hospital and are expected to recover.
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Martha Raye Elopes During Honeymoon in Las Vegas
LAB VEGAS NEV May 31 23 Martha Raye film comedienne and her husband Hamilton Buddy Westmore screen makeup artist honeymooning today while her Hollywood mother Peggy Reed expresses regret over the elopement. Judge Marion B. Earl married the couple yesterday and Miss Raye gives her age as 20 with a stage name Marjorie Yvonne Reed for Westmore’s wife.
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Nev
Martha Raye
Film Comedienne
Hamilton
Buddy") Westmore
Hollywood
Peggy. Reed
Marion B. Earl
Marjorie Yvonni Reed
Westmore
Four Hurt in Auto Mishaps on Sunday Roads
A Sunday drive caused two auto crashes about 18 miles from the city on Che Segain. L.GB Pienot, 50, of 921 Arkson Street, and Miss Cornelia H. Cazel, 16 Mast Ashby Place, were injured and sent to Santa Rosa hospital. The other driver escaped injury. Lea Migan and Carson Thornton, soldiers at Fort Sam Houston, suffered injuries in a collision at Flores and Gevalios streets and were moved to the base hospital.
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Marys Hall Exercises Set 1
Commencement exercises of St Marys hall will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the San Brdrn pinghouse. 1937 graduates will receive diplomas. Rev James S Allen will deliver the address. Luncheon will follow for graduates and parents. Annual dance planned at 8 p.m. Thursday. Class of 1937 attended services at Christ church where Ishap William P Crpers delivered the baccalaureate sermon.
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James S. Allen
St. David's Church
Austin
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William P. Crpers
CCC Enrollee Dies of Auto Injuries
John Thomas Davidson, an enrollee in CCC camp at Fringerville, died today from injuries suffered in a car crash several days earlier. Authorities charged Jim Ritchay of Ava with manslaughter after the accident involving his car.
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Lower Yukon Town Flooded In Fairbanks Area
Water four feet deep floods streets and buildings in Lower Yukon town causing residents to seek hillside shelters. A Pacific Alaska Airways radio operator reports one group escaped on a raft after being marooned atop during the flood emergency near Fairbanks Alaska.
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Philippine Defense Plans in Abeyance
Gen Douglas MacArthur said no changes to the Philippine national defense program until independence date is advanced. He would adjust if President Quezon’s proposal to speed independence gains congressional approval.
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Presbyterians Consider 70-Year Retirement for Leaders
A Presbyterian commission recommended compulsory retirement at age 70 for ministers and executives in the United States church. The proposal aims to inject new blood and broaden readership, requiring a constitutional change and ratification by a majority of presbyteries.
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City Sealer Off in Weights Conference
Apeler, a city sealer, traveled to Washington Monday for the annual weights and measures conference opening in the national capital. He was joined by W. Bussey of the Texas Department of Weights and Treasures, A. Kirkland state inspector, and Robert Pullin of Dallas sealer. The party will return to Tevaz dune June 10.
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Apeler
Washington
Ennuel Weights and Measures
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Dallas
Allred Pinch Hits for Busy Senator
Governor James V. Allred pinch hits for Senator G. H. Nelson in Lubbock to keep Nelson here to vote on race betting repeal. Allred will fill Nelson's speaking engagement before the alumni of Texas Tech. Nelson is not author of the repeal bill.
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Rare garlic tale from Beaumont garden garden stem mystery
In Beaumont on May 31 a peculiar note emerges about T. E. Horn, described as a tovellian figure, who grew a stem of garlic in his garden. The story mentions unusual pods forming above ground and below, indicating anomalous growth and a curious convergence of two pods in a single plant.
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T. E. Horn
WEA
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Flood Damage Estimated at Nearly a Million Dollars
May 11 reports from Mexico survey flood damage as waters subsided and skies cleared ending a week of heavy rains across the state. Adjacent Cen. Russell GC Charlton estimated Pecos river valley damage between 100000 and 500000 dollars with substantial losses also in the Rio Grande valley and across roads and highways statewide.
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San Angelo Rainfall Drenches Texas Panhandle and West
Heavy rains fell across San Angelo and surrounding areas with Eden Brady Junction Rocksprings and Del Rio reporting several inches. Towns saw flooding debris and property damage as streams rose and wind toppled trees while livestock drowned in Eden and pockets of the region received lighter showers elsewhere.
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Screen comedienne Martha Raye weds make-up man Buddy Weetmore
LAS VEGAS May 344 Martha Raye noted screen comedienne and Hamilton Buddy Weetmore movie maker were married today in a ceremony before Judge Marion B. Earl. Authorities reported the event occurred in Las Vegas with both parties confirmed to have ties to the film industry.
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Nev
Martha Raye
Sheeteen
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Buddy) Weetmore
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Marion B. Earl
Boy Scout Dives to Capture Fish in Perilous Catch
In Ponga City Oklahoma on May 31 a thirteen year old Boy Scout named Robert Stiemm used a daring method to catch a fish during a hike. He jumped into the water after a leaping fish and managed to pull it ashore.
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Oklo
Robert Stiemm
Robert Mades
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