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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
3
Reports from all over Texas show increased school attendance and rising college enrollments, with 20 percent gains cited. Road construction draws large crowds and bonds swell, while concerns about waste urge vigilant oversight of road costs and value.
Texas highway commission announced road contracts totaling about 70 000 state aid with 130 000 more in aid and potential hundreds of thousands in future funding. Orange Jefferson counties receive 45815 for Orange Port Arthur treeway, available spring 1926. Ravalla 35000 for 12 miles La Pryor Uvalde line. Freestone 15000 for gravel on Nos 7 and 14. Sabine 14000 to finish three miles gravel. A road from Walker County line to Cold Spring in San Jacinto designated state highway. If a 450000 bond issue is approved in the county, the commission will pay half the cost. Victoria County urged hard surfacing on Austin Port Lavaca highway segment with warrants issued and county reimbursed in 1926.
State Treasurer W Gregory Hatcher delivered 424 818 dollars from the state guaranty fund to Banking Commissioner Charles O Austin to pay non interest bearing depositors in seven closed state banks. Payments include Kirven 35091 Hardin County State Bank Kountze 111623 First State Bank Joaquin 62223 First State Bank Pilot Point 104673 First State Bank Trinity 53000 Bluff Dale State Bank Bluff Dale 50810 First State Bank Scurry 17395.
James H. Collier chief rigger testified to a naval court of inquiry that several helium gas cells failed before the Shenandoah began to break up. His account contrasted with that of a dozen survivors who said no cells failed under the pressure at an altitude of 6065 feet.
An estimated 160000 to 175000 sheep bound for the Angelo area by feeders from Colorado Nebraska Missouri and Indiana were checked by quarantines in Texas due to a renewed foot and mouth disease outbreak.
Berlin reports that Cologne will be evacuated by allied troops no later than mid November. French British and Belgian foreign ministers have agreed on the move and are also considering moving the Rhineland commission seat from Coblenz to Wiesbaden.
In Racconigi Italy Princess Mafalda aged 28 daughter of the king and queen of Italy wed Prince Philip 29 son of the German house of Hesse. Philip is a nephew of the former Kaiser and second cousin of King George V. The medieval setting highlighted a royal union linking Italian and German royal lines.
Pierre South Dakota announced a sweeping embargo Friday barring shipments from Texas of nearly all domesticated animals and a long list of dairy products vegetables shrubs and plants. State Secretary of Agriculture B F Meyers declared the ban.
New York shows the defeated Mayor Hylan spent 88,668 dollars in his bid for the Democratic mayoralty nomination, a figure filed Friday with the board of elections.
Severe floods sweep multiple regions in India with Calcutta hardest hit. The Khyber Pass floods cripple railway lines and disrupt transport as authorities assess damage across several sections in what locals call the worst flooding in four years.
Washington reports France is invited to fund its postwar debt to the United States under terms similar to Belgiums, with an estimated $129 million yearly average and a 62 year payoff. Caillaux proposed a debt totaling about $3.34 billion after stock purchases, with annuities starting at $25–30 million and rising to $90 million, plus a clause allowing future revision if conditions worsen.
In Fort Worth Texas strength led the cattle market Friday with calves advancing more than Thursday. Steers sows and yearlings met broad demand at fully steady values. Receipts were 2,500 cattle and 1,300 calves, with beef steers scarce at three or four cars. Top offerings sold at 7.16 and 8.15 per hundredweight.
Increased visible supplies of fancy Blue Rose grades eased spot offerings in New Orleans Friday. Small holders asked 63 8 cents a pound, with some buyers taking smaller lots at 6 1/2 cents. Prices compared with a high of 6 3/4 cents a week ago as rain effects lessen and favorable weather boosts harvesting of better grades.
Geneva reports the league assembly allocated 15000 to fund rescue work for Armenian children enslaved during World War I. The program, already under way, has been hampered by insufficient money but now gains support to continue the effort.
The will of Reginald C. Vanderbilt filed in New York after his death at his Portsmouth Rhode Island summer home on September 4 creates a 5 million dollar trust for two children and leaves more than 7 million to widow Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt.
French forces launched a large scale offensive on the eastern Moroccan front Saturday. Strong units advanced toward Ajdir, forty miles north, and occupied Djebel Kounoun and Djebel Rouchum northeast of Kifane after reaching all objectives.
Lane Newark N J Harrison W Noel confessed to kidnapping and shooting 6-year-old Mary Daly. In court Thursday he listened as state alienists testified he is sane enough to stand trial for murder.
A telegram from the British high commissioner at Bagdad reports many Christians fleeing from the Mosul region and attempting to reach Van. It states they were killed as they could not keep up with their main column, with 1,600 reaching Van alive. Van lies about 150 miles north of Mosul toward Turkish Armenia.
A new Junior Achievement hall in Springfield Massachusetts was dedicated with a $100000 gift from Horace A Moses a wealthy paper manufacturer. Six New England governors and numerous business leaders attended as the building aims to train leaders in self help programs focusing on industrial and homemaking lines. This is the only building of its kind in the country.
Leonard Wood Jr son of Major General Wood governor of the Philippine Islands filed a petition of voluntary bankruptcy in the Federal court in Brooklyn He is known on Broadway for his spectacular theatrical enterprises His liabilities are listed at 14585 and assets at 842
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