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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1926
Page
6
In this column Arthur Brisbane argues against blanket instalment buying as unwise. He notes the U S income around seventy thousand million dollars versus two billion in outstanding instalment credits and advises buying now if affordable. He praises thrift and foresees strong business and prosperity into 1926.
In Mexico City banners reading Mexico For Mexicans and We Dont Want American Assistance led a rally by the regional confederation of labor. They supported Senor Sarnedo for re election over Gustivo Salinas in the election set for next Sunday. The protest cited Salinas statements on inviting American visitors.
King Ferdinand had surgery after Queen Marie returned from the United States tour. Physicians announced the operation was most successful and the monarch is reported in good condition.
Alfred J. Jones of the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal was elected president of the Texas Managing Exhibitors' Association in San Antonio. Waco was chosen as the 1927 convention city.
Washington. The new Mexico Texas boundary dispute will be argued in the Supreme Court January 3. The court denied Texas request for postponement.
Oklahoma City December 6. Peace officers hunt the slayer of Luther Bishop, an operative of the state bureau who was shot in his bedroom while sleeping. Neighbors recall a fleeing car, as Bishop’s guns were stolen and his injuries show a stout fight.
The seventy year old oil magnate Doheny appeared at the big counsel table today despite illness that doctors ordered him to rest for the following Saturday's adjournment. Physicians said the infection worrying him was responding to treatment and improving.
Houston December 6. The case of W. J. Hum former city prison guard charged with murder in the death of Wiley Zeigler a prisoner on the city farm was transferred today to Brazos county by agreement of state and defense counsel. Zeigler died June 4 1926 from the effects of a whipping according to a verdict and autopsy findings.
Almost a week after the disappearance of the Arsene J alleged French rum running schooner bearing J B Matthews assistant prohibition administrator for New Orleans and Machinist Mate Handley of the Buckhead guard station the search of Louisiana bayous for the missing ship continued. O 20 Jackson prohibition administrator of New Orleans chartered an airplane to conduct an air search along streams inland between New Orleans and Guilford Texas with a prohibition agent aboard equipped with radio.
Nate Smith manager of the Laredo Oilers received a telegram from the Class A team seeking definite information on Laredo's attitude toward the proposition of training here. The matter will be discussed this evening at 8 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce quarters during the baseball meeting.
Miss Mary Cook of Laredo, a college student, played left wing on a hockey squad in a recent Texas A and M game. The Texas team won. Regular competitive games are held at the college to promote outdoor sports among students.
Captain S.T. Taylor, 86, a grandson of General William Henry Harrison and last surviving member of General Sherman’s wartime staff, died last night at the national military home in Leavenworth.
Joe Parven age 18 drowned while duck shooting on Deep Lake near Memphis Dex. His body was recovered after a two week search using a steel drag towed by a motor boat, bringing him up near the tragedy site.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined a new trial for David L. Marshall in the 1950s case of Anna Mae Dietrich. Marshall, an unlicensed chiropractor, dismembered the body and disposed of parts in the woods outside Philadelphia. He admitted the dismemberment but denied the death cause and claimed medical mispractice.
Fragmented OCR text reports likely rain in the southeast and warmer conditions in the north tonight with public notices and local details unreadable.
Grace Greer about 20, employed at the lunch stand of the I G N station, died of strychnine poisoning in a Laredo hotel room Sunday. A farewell note was found. an empty vial lay nearby. Justice Slaughter ruled it a suicide. Funeral planned at Jackson Chapel for Fort McIntosh Cemetery. Survived by a Ft. Medint(e) sister.
Secretary Wilbur recommended to the House Naval Committee an increase of the maximum additional monthly pay for submarine crews from 46 to 80 dollars.
Senator-elect Gould of Maine was sworn in as Senator Walsh of Montana sought an investigation into alleged payments of 100000 by Gould interests to officials in New Brunswick. The resolution to refer the charges to the Senate Elections Committee was laid over for a day as Gould took the oath.
Lieutenant John Q C Murtaugh of the twentieth Infantry goes on trial before a court martial in San Antonio charged with possession of liquor and an attempt to destroy liquor. Evidence includes confiscated liquor and related items.
John W. Choate leads talks with Tex Rickard and Morgan interests in a plan for a major track and international playground project near Nuevo Laredo Mexico. Editorials note Mexico concessions battles and a seven million dollar irrigation project while Kolwood Company of San Antonio delivers the hotel and casino design. Frank Lloyd oversees the new office with Choate and John H. Davis finalizing construction details.
Tampa Florida December 6. Lewis F. Sweeney a 44 year old New York mining expert and Mrs Z Mine got of Port of Trinidad drowned yesterday while swimming in the surf at Tampa Bay.
Amarillo reports gradual temperature rise and melt of ice that coated wires and trees. The wintry spell began Saturday night with mist and rain ending as warmer weather is forecast for the area.
George A. Carlyon, former governor of Colorado, is dead. The brief death report notes his prior office and date.
Art Hur Ochs of Fredericksburg fell from an automobile truck near Columbus on Sunday and died while being transported to Houston.
Williamson county sheriff Oren Coleman arrests retiring sheriff George Calligan on charges of murdering Charles Willard a Ku Klux Klan member at Smiths Garage Herrin on August 30 1924. The event marks one of Colemans first official acts after taking office.
A fragmented report from GHNEVA Dec 6 notes a push for abolition of one sided unfair treaties. The text is corrupted with garbled names and incomplete references to a delegation and a petition.
The Tess High School Press Association held its Belton Texas convention where Laredo High School publications won second and third prizes in both annuals and newspapers. Breckenridge High of San Antonio took first place for best annuals while Laredo High’s “La Reteima” placed second and “tournal” placed third in the newspaper class behind San Antonio schools.
London dispatch reports Hankow easing amid anti-foreign unrest and Britain's mines likely to be withdrawn from foreign concessions as the situation in China grows calmer.
Claxton Dosncy Tallis, a Dallas youth, faced a murder charge after allegedly shooting his wife Gertrude, age 20, Sunday night. He was held without bail and did not describe the tragedy which cost his wife her life on the eve of her birthday.
A compact edge of domestic humor notes that wives who keep their husbands in hot water do not improve their kindness or tenderness. The quip implies marital tension rather than romance.
The sixty ninth Congress begins amid a flood of bills on 12,000 calendars awaiting action. Major topics looming include radio control, prohibition, taxation, alien property, banking, farm policy, harbors, and international issues. The Senate and House ready tentative programs as a 10 day Christmas recess ends.
Eastern states from Maine to West Virginia dig out after a heavy early season snowstorm Ongoing blizzard conditions caused six deaths and widespread traffic disruption. Northern New York faced the worst impacts with three deaths in Buffalo and Rochester temperatures dropping to three degrees. The storm delayed New Jersey road traffic and left many motorists stranded with frozen radiators. New York City deployed ten thousand workers for 12 hour shifts in street cleaning as a general traffic tie up.
The Kelwood Co of San Antonio secure the contract for the Aztec Hotel. The plan includes a two story reinforced concrete and stucco building with eight apartments. Nearby projects include a $60,000 apartment house and a $260,000 college building. The announcement notes construction to begin by February 1.
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