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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1927
Page
3
Amarillo officials vote to cover the cost of all cartridges used by the police for target practice. The move aims to ensure training is funded fully by the city.
A Catholic layman’s retreat begins Friday at St Edwards University in Austin and runs through Monday June 13. The event, part of a world movement, aims to revive church interest and is open to all Texas Catholics. University faculty members Rev. George MacNamara C S C Rev Dr Cornelius Hagerty C S C and Rev James Quinhin C C officiate.
Edward C. Russell told his congregation that the nation’s memory is short and Lindbergh should reap all possible rewards, including money, while he can. The advice mirrors Gene Tunney’s earlier stance on earnings from fame.
Among thirty five Texans earning degrees at Columbia New York and a 6000 student class Miss Clara Lou Vena Siros of Laredo is listed. Numerous locals travel to Mexico City Abilene San Antonio and other stops. Attendees include J H Spindle J T Lynch and E R Barver visiting relatives and attending events. Local movers guests and officials frequent Laredo with hotel stays and business trips noted.
The Laredo Missouri Pacific team, with the oust of their victory over Palestine Missouri Pacific, will return home Tuesday after a 10 to 6 win. The game was played at Palestine Sunday, confirmed by TE M. Matson, executive of the railroad here.
Garnet Shorter, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Wade Shorter of Westerville Ohio, has been missing since Friday afternoon June 3. He was last seen wearing a light shirt and corduroy pants with brown shoes, no stockings, 4 feet 8 inches tall, 75 to 84 pounds, sandy hair and brown eyes. His older brothers say they left him at Otterbein College athletic field. Local reports say he was abducted by a wandering group described as American not Romany.
Elks Lodge No 1018 of Laredo will host a Flag Day program at their hall Tuesday evening featuring a Stars and Stripes performance by the Field Artillery Band, a history of the flag read by Mr Sterling T Phelps with assistance from local girls, prayers by Chaplain Charles W Cook, songs including Auld Lang Syne and America, and a Penelope Revolution necstination with Mrs A C Hamilton.
Benito Mussolin, a farmer, defied guards and took a day off to harvest early maturing wheat varieties he sowed on his Carpegna farm. The government had offered a prize for wheat raising.
France imposes a special permit on coal imports and plans to use domestic supply including German coal. Britain, previously selling 10 million tons to France, faces a new crisis as a French embargo bites. US government spending is cut to three billion annually with potential further reductions via defense waste. Lindbergh’s return signals a shift toward modern aviation over battleships. In Cartersville, Rebecca Latimer Felton, at 92, advocates for modern girls and smoking as acceptable.
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