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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1928
Page
4
College Station announces a ton litter contest by A & M College with nine agencies. Pigs farrowed after May 31 are not eligible. Litters of ten or more pigs must reach 110 days to win a medal. Accepted weights include nine pig litters at 100 pounds, eight at 1700 pounds, seven at 1600, and six at 1450 pounds to qualify.
Rialto Theatre presents MGM film Ben Hur in a grand re arrangement featuring the largest chariot race sequence with twelve teams of four horses. Stars Ramon Navarro May McAvoy Carmet Myers headline a lush production praised for fidelity to Wallace tale and moral drama.
Herbert Evans, a newcomer to the Hollywood screen colony, stars in FBOs Beyond Londons Lights at the Royal Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. Welsh born and educated in Exeter, Evans began on the London stage at 16, apprenticed with Irving and Tree, came to America in 1909, ran Luna Park, managed Ringling circus, headlined a Madison Square Garden circus, toured vaudeville, served as a British captain in the Boer and World Wars, and has worked worldwide in many roles.
A new film from the producer of Metropolis and The Last Laugh screens at the Strand tomorrow. Louis Trinker stars as the young boy with Leni Riefenstahl amid a love triangle. Ernst Petersen is the fiancé, Frieda Richard his mother, directed by Arnold Fanck with Swiss Alps scenery.
Unfurnished cottages available in a very nice neighborhood near town. Six roomy units without garages, contact at 1608 Farragut to arrange viewing or arrange lease.
Chevrolet announces construction of a new assembly plant in Kansas City to meet rising demand. The facility will be the largest in the Southwest with 350 cars daily capacity and a yearly output over 1.25 million, serving Missouri and neighboring states. W. S. Knudsen says the plant relieves strain on St Louis and Janesville plants to maintain steady production.
Houston reports Prof. H P Attwater notes Southwest Texas chaparral yields medium and small hard woods for cabinet and furniture. Mesquite prized for durability used in San Antonio missions stairways and Brownsville rail project remains sound after 50 years. other varieties include hui sache retamu Brazil logwood laurel ebony lignum vitae vexas mahogany rosewood and acacias. Junee crown of thorns wood is very dense and sinks in water.
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