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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1921
Page
1
Fifty known dead reported from Arkansas with seven more in Northeast Texas as darkness and debris hinder relief work. Rescue teams push forward as rescue and recovery efforts continue amid blocked roads and damaged communities.
London April 16 delegates from the miners federation and coal districts plan a conference next Friday to decide on the strike amid work stoppages. The labor movement faces a perceived collapse as transport workers withdraw support, with reports calling the triple alliance defeat the heaviest in labor history.
Union leaders from thirteen railway employees' organizations were summoned to meet tomorrow with B M Jewell head of the AFL employees department to outline plans for nationwide conference rules with railroad managers. No first conference time announced. negotiations to begin immediately with July 1 reporting deadline. Jewell emphasized selecting competent men to represent each road.
A Southern Railway passenger train bound south crashed into Rock Creek nine miles south of Laurel Mississippi early today. One unidentified passenger was killed instantly and several others sustained injuries.
A committee appointed by the governor to carry out the university expansion program met with the governor in Austin on April 16. Will C. Hogg of Houston was elected chairman J. H. Williams of Austin secretary and J. J. Walton of Waco serves as the third member.
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers are to hold a joint meeting in Pittsburgh today.
Paris dispatch notes Echo de Paris summary of Friday cabinet meeting on military control of allies in Germany. It suggests occupation could extend beyond the Ruhr into Westphalia if Germany misses the 12,000,000 gold mark payment by May 1. Two reports were filed: a military plan and an economic penalties review.
President Harding filled the free vacancies on the railroad labor board. Walter McMenamin of Massachusetts, deputy president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, will represent labor. Samuel Higgins of New York, ex-general manager of the New York New Haven and Hartford, will represent management. Ben Hooper, former Tennessee governor, will represent the public.
Sam Ward surrendered in Hillsboro after fatally shooting Sam Sonnanhill at Culp shop closing exercises. Five bullets struck Sonnanhill. he died within minutes. A young woman struck by a stray bullet was not seriously injured. Police say the shooting stemmed from family troubles.
Loss of life and the greatest property damage occurred in small communities in Miller and Hemstead counties where the storm struck late Friday.
Brookhaven Mississippi April 16 an unidentified woman was killed and twelve persons injured when a tornado struck Sontag sixteen miles east of town today. Ten homes were demolished and damages are reported extensive.
Fifty known dead and hundreds injured reported from despatches reaching here about tornado swept sections of southwest Arkansas. The toll and damage unfold as officials assess the disaster and aid mobilizes for survivors.
Birmingham reports indicate Ralph in Tuscaloosa county was nearly destroyed by a tornado at near eight o'clock this morning and Sulligent in Lamar county suffered a similar fate as communications remained badly crippled.
The Laredo National Bank in Laredo Texas presents its end of day figures as of February 21 1921 including Loans and Discounts 82 237 760 75 United States Bonds 233 000 00 Other Bonds and Securities 2 212 46 Stock in Federal Reserve Bank 12 000 00 Cash and Exchange 614 340 22 Capital Stock Surplus Fund Undivided Profits net Unearned Interest 33 765 23 Reserved for Taxes 15 000 00 Circulation 186 800 00 Rediscounts 5 50055 Other Liabilities 9 778 32 Total 3 174 775 66.
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