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...with arms and would have invaded the King Ranch had not Texas Rangers appeared. Captain William McMurray of the Rangers persuaded them to declare a three-day truce to give the Law a chance to find the bodies-for no one doubted that the Blantons had been shot by Kleberg fence-riders or game wardens...
...King Ranch employes near the scene were arrested on suspicion. Caesar Kleberg, manager of the southern division of the Ranch, Cousin of Robert Kleberg, head of the Ranch, and of Richard Kleberg, U. S. Representative from Corpus Christi, announced that he hoped the disappearance of the Blantons would be cleared up even if Kleberg employes were involved. That helped no more than search by air, auto and horseback which went on for a week...
Injured when his automobile upset near Three Rivers, N. Mex., was Cattleman Robert Kleberg Jr., whose famed Santa Gertrudis ranch covers 1,250,000 acres, fronts on the Gulf of Mexico for 80 miles. Before the Society of Motion Picture Engineers at Rochester, N. Y., Board Chairman Merlin Hall Aylesworth of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp. demanded higher cinema admission prices, declared: "The wasteful, injurious practice . . . of giving away one Grade A picture with one Grade B picture is like eating too much ice cream at one time." Stricken in Hollywood with bronchial pneumonia lay Cinemactress Norma Shearer, widow of famed...
Married. Mary Etta Kleberg, daughter of Texas Representative Richard M. Kleberg; and Forrest Lee Andrews. Houston attorney; in "Santa Gertrudis" on the Kine Ranch. Texas. Mrs. Andrews is a member of the Kleberg dynasty which for half a century has ruled Texas' 1,250,000-acre King Ranch of which Santa Gertrudis is the manor house. The ranch's value is estimated at $18,590,000 (TIME, Dec. 4). Present at the wedding were 2,500 guests...
Died. Robert J. Kleberg, 79, longtime owner of famed Santa Gertrudis ranch; after a long illness; at Kingsville. Tex. The Kleberg ranch is largest in U. S. (1,250,000 acres), could contain Delaware, District of Columbia, Chicago. The deceased's son Richard was elected to the House of Representatives last year...