Congress Deluged With Bills as New Session Opens
Congress begins anew with a flood of proposals from both parties. Senators Lodge Capper and Moses push measures on immigration, rail rates, cotton, and deportation, while others seek a separate mines department and reform of child labor and marriage laws. A Crisp resolution seeks faster committee discharge and calendar placement.
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Washington
House
Congress
Johnson
Immigration Committee
Lodge
Massachusetts
Hater Capper
Kansas
Senate
Capper
Moses
Republican
New Hampshire
United States
Cameron
Arizona
Department of Mines
Oddie
Nevada
Harris
Georgia
Dial
South Carolina
Dill
Wadsworth
New- York
Spencer
Missouri
McCormick
Nois
Capital of Representatives
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Shortridge
California
New York
Crisp
Texas News Roundup Highlights Cotton, Rice and Bonds
The Orange County rice crop totaling about 16 000 bags is nearly marketed and county cotton ginnings show gains over 1922. Milam and Cherokee counties report rising cotton totals, while Smithville and Laredo advance road and sewer projects. Manpower and funding shift with tax and bond actions, and rail and livestock figures outline state revenue shifts.
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Orange County
Vexenot Receives Life Sentence for Murder
In Houston Georges Vexenot a dormer French infantryman and aviator confessed to murdering his sweetheart. A criminal district court jury on Wednesday sentenced him to life imprisonment in the Texas State penitentiary, avoiding the electric chair.
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Houston
Tex
Georges Vexenot
Dormer
Criminal District Court
Hester Is Re elected Secretary of Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Cotton Exchange board names Henry G. Hester for the fifty fourth consecutive year as secretary and superintendent after a Wednesday meeting in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
The
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Henry
G. Hester Wag
Exchange
Allotment Granted for Texas City Channel Project
Washington reports the board of army engineers on Wednesday announced a 60000 dollar allotment from 1924 funds to the Texas City canal project.
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Texas City Channel
Washington
Board of Army Engineers
Mexican States Rise in Open Revolt Against Obregon
Five Mexican states Vera Cruz San Luis Potosi Chihuahua Michoacan and Tamaulipas have repudiated the federal government ousted officials and installed their own. The Gulf Fleet chief and top generals issued a message to President Obregon pledging to defend the republic and restore peace by defending the institutions offended by his government.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Obregon
P. Elias Calles
San Luis Potosi
Chihuahua
Michoacan
Tamaulipas
Gulf Fleet
Guadalupe Sanchez
Hiram Toledo
Alfonso Calcaneo
Najera
Loyo
Lagunes
Villanueve
Reyes
de la Huerta
Pedro Gonzales
President Obregon
Republic
State Game Farm Plan Abandoned Near Austin Dam
The plan to establish a state game farm on 60 acres of the Brackenridge tract near the Austin dam, held by the University of Texas, has been abandoned temporarily. Attorney General’s department ruled a legal contract could not be made with itself. Commissioner W N Boyd said legislative action is needed, and alternate Travis County locations are being considered.
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Austin
Brackenridge
Austin Dam
University of Texas
W. W. Boyd
Attorney General’s Department
Game, Fish and Oyster Department
University
Boyd
Travis County
Texas Topographic Survey Advances Under Water Plan
Governor Neff said the Texas topographic survey, tied to the water conservation plan, progresses at sixty-five square miles daily. Col. Glen S. Smith and Major & R. Cook of the federal engineers led a conference. 175 workers, including 75 special engineers, are on the state board of water engineers’ project, funded by a $600,000 appropriation from the last legislature.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Neff
Glen S. Smith
R. Cook
State Board of Water Engineers
Receivers Appointed for Petroleum Producers Association
Fort Worth Tex George B Day and Lloyd H Burns were named receivers for the Petroleum Producers Association by Judge Ben M Terrell after a hearing in the sixty seventh district court The receivership was granted with the association's attorneys not objecting to joining the application
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Cook Company
Fort Worth
Tex
George B. Day
Lloyd H. Burns
The
Petroleum Producers Association
Ben M. Terrell
Sixty-Seventh District Court
Association
Patent Office Flooded By Patent and Trademark Applications
Washington reports a flood of filings with the patent office reaching about 9000 applications per month as stated in the commissioner’s annual report made public Saturday.
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Washington
Patent Office
Commissioner of Patents
Kirby Petroleum well yields 700 barrels in first day
Corsicana Texas reports Kirby Petroleum Company of Houston achieved 700 barrels of oil in the first 24 hours from its No. 2 Fleming test. The milestone signals strong initial production for the Houston firm as operations continue.
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Corsicana
Tex
Kirby Petroleum Company of
Houston
Poor Children's Christmas Party Visit From Ralph and the Vamp
In a city art school, Ralph secretly funds a children's Christmas party while missing home. A girl pleads for donations as Ralph saves for art supplies. A little girl known as the Vamp arrives with her sister Angellea, sharing a plan to see Santa. A telegram arrives with money, logging Lillian’s arrival home for Christmas.
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Antag
Halph
Ralph
Frances
Alda
Lillian
Paing
Jose
Talph
Sriday
Stalph
Appy
Angellea
Santa
Uniloa
Christmas Eve Shop Girl Meets Generous Customer
Nellie the shop girl in a Rumson department store endures a busy late shift as shoppers press for gifts. A patient brown eyed lady buys two lingerie sets and offers Nellie a Christmas present in memory of her own daughter, sharing a touching moment at ten o'clock.
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Rumson Department
Nellie
Nelle
Ant
Nelile
Nps
Western Newspaper Union
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Elgin
Luling
Lions Club of
Milam
Smithville Commissioners
Smithville
Cherokee County
DeWitt County
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P. S. Ford
Attorney General's Department
Bay City
Matagorda
Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Harry Grafke
Laredo
Hester
Kirby Company
Eleanor King
Claus
Ethel Cook Eliot
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