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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1926
Page
7
The American Automobile Association estimates U S tire owners will save $280 million on tires this year due to cheaper crude rubber and a campaign to loosen foreign monopoly influence. Prices for crude rubber have fallen from $1.10 to about 50 cents since November.
New Orleans April 10 authorities and oil company teams investigate the collision of the Dutch tanker Silvanus with the Standard Oil steamer Thomas H Wheeler and the explosions on the oil tanker T Waring. Searchers hunt for 28 missing seamen as property damage runs into millions.
A 55 000 barrel storage tank at Magnolia tank farm near Luling was struck by lightning and fires were under control after strong winds threatened to spread the blaze to 40 other tanks. One hundred fifty workers labored through the night. damage estimates were not yet available.
Severe storms sweep Texas as Dallas and Fororth area report wind damage and broken windows. Luling oil tank fire driven by lightning under control today. Snow falls west and north with eight inches reported. Farmers who prayed for rain now seek sun to care for fields.
Report of the Pan-American Congress of Journalists in Washington with Sr Don Ernesto Montenegro of Santiago as leader and Frank Noyes of the Associated Press outlining AP operations. Noyes notes AP spends about $20,049 daily on world news gathering and distribution in 1925 totaling $7,317,956 for the year.
Property owners in the residential district discuss pooling land to fund an oil test. Drillers report oil at 40 degrees gravity with high gasoline content, found at 11 feet depth in Will Pool Land area. Associated Press report from San Antonio dated April 10.
In Peking on April 10, President Tuan Chi Jui was deposed in a coup detat led by national army leaders who called General Gu Pet Fu, the Chibi warlord, to restore the political situation.
Five members of the Royal Flying Corps died when two airplanes collided over Henlow airdrome today. The aircraft fell 300 feet and burst into flames, burning two officers and three enlisted men.
Reports from Lisbon dated 3 April describe a Tuesday quake on Fayal Island as the greatest in its history. Scores of families are destitute and homeless after buildings collapsed, and municipal authorities have appealed to the government for aid.
A Fort Worth group urged Governor Ferguson to call a special session to validate about 100 million dollars in Texas district road bonds. The governor heard the appeal but did not commit to any action. Delegation leaders included State Senator Stuart and Fort Worth Mayor H C Meacham.
Associated Press reports Winnipeg's Francia Russell of the Moderation League of Manitoba told Senate liquor committees that Western Canada faced a crime surge in the final years of prohibition. He said lawlessness subsided after bootleggers faded in 1928 and noted Manitoba and other provinces went dry earlier, with liquor control under permits costing four dollars a year.
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