Texas crops and commerce show mixed gains and changes
The report highlights a bumper berry crop in San Saba County amid favorable moisture, while Texas cotton output reaches over 5 million bales and state finances show a cash balance around 16.6 million with warrants nearly 3.65 million. House voting shifts include a prohibition measure steady on third reading and a 2.5 million bond issue for Cherokee County highways pending June 18. Experimental alfalfa and burr clover profits are noted, and Galveston exports reach over 1.15 million bushels in May.
Season's First Bale of 1927 Cotton Sells for 1350
Houston officials announced America's first bale of the 1927 cotton season brought 1350 at the Houston Cotton Exchange. J. M. Edel won the bale from Williams Cleveland & Sons after affidavits confirmed growth year and origin in Hidalgo County. The bale weighed 640 pounds, classed strict middling full 28-29, and was shipped to New York for resale to Germany via Edel's agent in Bremen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Railroad Commission
Wichita Falls
Houston
Tex
America
Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
J. M. Edel
Nouston Cotton
Southern Pacific
Williams
Cleveland & Sons
J. J. Cavazos
Mission
Exchange
Hale
Wolford
Coles and
Tankersley
Cotton Belt Gin Company
Hdmburg
Cavazos
Edel
Germany
Auctiow
Bryant and Norton
Express
Missouri-Pacific Lnes
New York
Bremen
Flyers Cross and Land in Germany in Forced Landing
Berlin reports a Bellanca monoplane piloted by Clarence Chamberlain with passenger Charles Levine made a forced landing at Hisleben about 110 miles southwest of Berlin. Heavy rain and fog hampered search as reports traced the route from America to Europe the first air mail flight. Postmaster Fred H. Sealey prepared 126 pieces of mail for dispatch with a hand canceler before takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Bellanca
Columbia
Clarence Chamberlain
Charles Levine
Hisleben
Rome
Normandy
France
Holland
America
Europe
Fred H. Sealey
Hempstead
Massive Louisiana Flood Drowns 10,000 Square Miles
Maj. John C. Gotwall of the United States Engineer Corps estimates about 10,000 of 15,000 square miles of ruvial lands in Louisiana are submerged in the Mississippi Valley flood. The inundation spans from the northern boundary to the gulf coast along the river’s west bank, creating a lake roughly 225 miles long and 650 to 100 miles wide, affecting approximately 6.4 million acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
John C. Gotwall
United States Engineer Corps
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
World\u2019s Hottest and Coldest Spots
A discussion of extreme temperatures cites Verkhoyansk in Siberia as the coldest on record with 604 below zero Fahrenheit and Azizia in Libya as a hot point with 1363? degrees in shade. It notes debates over reliability, mentions Death Valley and Greenland ranch, and reflects on seasonal vacation timing and climate science debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Earth
Verkhoguoek
Siberia
Atevie Cirele
Miles City
Mont
United States
Ttuliin
Azizia
Aviva
Jefara
Africa
Avizia
California
Greenland Ranch
Ldeath Valley
Weather Bureau
Witippo Eredia
Thalian Settlement
Nature
America
Hungarian Fencer Passes After Ten Thousand Duels
Budapest records say fencing master Karl Fodor died after a celebration of his ten thousandth duel held in his rooms. The city hosted duels for forty years with many political sword quarrels overseen by Fodor. The famed duel between Count Etienne Kreglevitch and Deputy Karl Henez ended fatally when a near sighted count struck before the signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Karl Fodor
Fodor
Ife
Tisza
Ffe
Etienne Kreglevitch
Karl Henez
Record 25,000 set by Doris Wessendorff at Texas State College
Denton Texas reports Mrs Doris Wessendorff of Richmond a CIA senior set a highest record of 25,000 with three years without a grade below. The record is claimed to exceed any in the history of the Texas State College for Women which lists 25,000 former students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Tex
Doris Wessendorff
Richmond
Texas State College For Women
Moose Calf Births On Alaska Island Refuge
Moose from the mainland swim to an Alaskan island maternity site near Cook Inlet to give birth. The island, similar in size to Fire Island, has no wolves and calves are escorted back to the Kenai Peninsula when ready. The refuge also hosts nesting ducks and is linked to Afognak as a sea otter home and emperor goose summer resort.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Cook's Inlet
Kenaim
Fire Island
Meg
Chisick
Afognak
Path of Glory For Lindbergh In New York
A three mile Golden Way of brilliantly illuminated electric lights will greet Captain Charles A. Lindbergh when he is received in New York for his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wife of Mexican President Dead in Los Angeles
Senora Natalia Calles wife of Mexican President Calles died in Los Angeles on Thursday from a heart attack five days after a major operation. She had accompanied her husband on a visit to the United States and was reported in good health before the complication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Senora
Natalia Calles
President Calles
Mexico
Boggs Heads Solons Fraternity in Texas Legislature
Representative J Herschel Boggs of San Angelo was elected president of the legislators fraternity in Austin on Tuesday. Ex Senator John W Duays of Dallas was named vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
J. Herschel Boggs
San Angelo
Legislators
John W. Duays
Dallas
Mexico Raises Import Duties on Goods For June 1
New Orleans report says Mexico increases duties by 5 percent on all merchandise shipped into the country. Announcement comes from Mexican consul general J. Garza Zertuche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mexico
J. Garza Zertuche
Hens to Lay Eggs for Apes to Steal in Soviet Monkey Farm
A ship with 14 chimpanzees arrived from Africa to Suehum Caucasus where the Soviet health commissariat plans a monkey colony to breed animals for transplanting brain glands to rejuvenate people. Professor Ivana from Lenin Grad Institute accompanied the chimps on a yearlong central Africa study. The facility, dubbed the monkey farm, prepares to make chimps comfortable and even provides hens to lay eggs the apes can steal and eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessia
Africa
Suehum
Caucasus
Ivana
Leningrad Institute of Medicine
Central Africa
Russia
New Day Chief Doran Sworn Prohibition Commissioner
Dr J M Doran formerly chief chemist of the prohibition unit was sworn in as prohibition commissioner succeeding Loy A Haynes. He entered government service in 1907 as a chemist in the bureau of internal revenue and became head of the industrial alcohol and chemical division in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Doran
Prohibition
Loy A. Haynes
Doctor Doran
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Industrial Alcohol and Cheiteul
National Congregational Council Opens Biennial in Omaha
Moderator Frank J. Harwood of Appleton Wisconsin leads the National Council of the Congregational Churches in the United States as it opens its biennial meeting in Omaha Nebraska. The council represents five thousand six hundred churches and nine hundred fourteen thousand members nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Harwood
Appleton
Wis
National Council of the Congregational Churches
United States
Omaha
Neb
Earache prompts cotton plug inquiry at home
Preparing! Fisitor asks why ears are plugged with cotton. Jones replies not for self but noting the baby has an earache tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
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Daniel Bond
Vernon
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Galveston
R.L. Robertson
Texas Rangers
Winkler County
New Oil Field Territory
N. J. Scudder
Sra Saba County
Sherman
Texas Commercial Executives’ Association
H. A. Wickstrom
Galveston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
W. Gregory Hatcher
Matos Soneer Svemst Linau Etrottirseny
Rio Grande Valley
Penitas
H. G. Cavazos
Cherokee County
East
San Antonio
George B. Terrell
Fort Houston
United States Customs House
Alay
Apri
Hidalgo County
M. Chapas Montalvo
San Miguel
Libeviz
Isle
Path of Glory
Lindbergh
Boggs
Solons’ Fraternity
Cece Hee
Boston
Mayor Nichols
Georgia Press Association
New England
Paris
St. Louis
New Day
Steel Helmets
Greenland
Paul C. Oscanyan
University of Michigan
Ted Ostman
Constantin Dambrava
University of Michigan Greenland
Ostman
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