Ford preps new low priced car to lead next era
Special to The Globe Detroit May 26 Ford Motor Co announced early production of a new low priced light car claiming superior design and performance to rivals. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford said full description will follow in weeks. They said Model T will remain a major factor due to vast use and need for parts. Henry Ford hailed Model T as a pioneer and educator, noting its role in roads and mechanical awareness while stressing the new model continues the Ford philosophy of high volume, low price, and service.
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Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
New Car Model Slashes Layoffs and Boosts Efficiency
The company expects only a small number of workers out at a time while factories switch to the new model. Early projections of 70,000 layoffs were reduced to under 25,000 per shift. The new car promises speed style flexibility and superior traffic control, with higher manufacturing cost but greater operating economy.
Episcopal Young People Plan Parley at Winslow Arkansas
Arrangements completed for the first provincial conference of the Federation of Episcopal Young People of the Province of the Southwest to be held July 14 to 25 at the Helen Dunlap school grounds on the Ozarks in Winslow Arkansas. The event features a notable faculty including bishops Quinn Seaman and others with full daily schedules and recreational activities. Attendance is open to youths sixteen and older and counselors with rail fare discounts offered from across the province.
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Federation of Episcopal Young People of
Province of the
Clinton S. Quinn
Texas
H. Cecil Seaman
North Texas
Karl M. Block
D. D
National Commission For Young People
Diocese of Missouri
Fay F. Hope
Diocese of Arkansas
Dorothy M. Fischer
Young People's Work
Province of the Southwest
James S$. Allen
Houston
Winslow
Frederic Delzell
Amarillo
Federation of Episcopal Young People
Quinn
Hawaii Prospering From Sugar and Pineapple Exports
Hawaii's chief products sugar and pineapples show strong growth. Last year sugar yield reached 787,000 tons, up from 539,000 in 1921. Pineapple packing rose to 9,000,000 cases of 24 cans, a 60 percent gain in five years.
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Hawaii
Texas House Passes Budget Bill Amid Heated Disputes
In Austin on May 26 the Texas House approved its departmental appropriation bill, about 400000 under the initial 11741000 total. The debate centered on the health department cut, Rep George Purl’s 25 percent travel-savings proposal, and attempts to abolish or reduce funding for child hygiene and Sheppard-Towner program, all yielding a tense, contentious finale.
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Associated Press
Austin
House
Health Department
George Purl
Board of Control
Purl
Appropriations Committee
Walker
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Representative Stout
Ennis
La Airosa Staff Honored at Banquet by Publishers
Russell and Cockrell hosted the La Airosa staff banquet at the Herring hotel. Horace Russell served as toastmaster praising the strong cooperation between the publishers and the annual staff. Attendees included Bishop E. Cecil Seaman Prof. C. M. Rogers Gilmore Nunn Jo Townsend and Douglas A. Shirley from West Texas State Teachers College. The 1927 annual is touted as the largest yet and rich with stories and pictures of the year’s work.
Gets 25 Years in Murder Near Ivan
Joe Eaton was convicted of the murder of Leonard Miller who was shot to death near Ivan in Stephens county on February 25 after a five and a half hour jury deliberation. Eaton was sentenced to twenty five years in the penitentiary and had disappeared before being apprehended at Hot Springs Arkansas about a month prior to the sentencing.
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Associated Press
Breckenridge
Joe Eaton
Leonard Miller
Ivan
Stephens County
Eaton
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Lynch Family Summer Visit Highlights Franklin Roots
Mr and Mrs Howard Lynch and their son of Franklin Kentucky arrive to spend the summer with W W Lynch and his wife. Howard Lynch has been principal and athletic coach at Franklin High School for two years and earlier starred on Center College football. He jokes his son may become another Red Grange. Mrs H E Knapp returns from a three week visit to Temple Brenham and nearby points.
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Howard Lynch
Franklin
Kentucky
England's dole payments rise to 250 million in 1926
London May 26 International News Service reports England's unemployment dole, totaling 250 million dollars in 1926, up 25 million from 1925 amid trade depression and the general strike. Average weekly relief about 1,046,000 people, 3.50 to 4.00 dollars per head. Unemployment surged to 1,645,000 by early July before easing.
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International News Service
London
England
Great Britain
Ministry of Labor
Unemployed Benefit System Faces Tightening Reforms
Figures show a leap in unemployment fund debt from 35 million to 110 million as disbursements rise. Critics urge work requirements or state jobs, arguing many claimants rely on benefits without seeking work. London districts report weekly benefits up to 20 dollars for a family of four. The system is likely to be tightened amid public backlash.
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Nove
London
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