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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1926
Page
7
Officials describe a sequence of actions to be taken following a verbal statement. The plan emphasizes coordinating agencies, setting timelines, and reporting progress to lawmakers, with a focus on clarity and accountability.
AP reports San Blas in Nayarit is menaced by Lerma River floodwaters forcing residents to flee to the hills. Damage estimated at 4,000,000 pesos with death toll between 200 and 300 in early dispatches. Santiago River overflow floods agricultural areas and wipes out villages.
Clarence Gilmore, chairman of the railroad commission, announced that railroads will not oppose extending the 60 percent reduced freight rates on feedstuffs to February 10 for the drought stricken area. The rates were first cut in August 1925 and were extended after a January 5 hearing despite opposition from carriers.
Washington protests retroactive features of Mexicos new petroleum law and land act, delivering formal representations to the Mexican foreign office via Ambassador Sheffield. Mexico vows equity in rating the law and invites oil companies to conferences to raise objections as negotiations with Britain continue on claims conventions.
El Paso won the 1926 convention of the Texas State Teachers Association in Fort Worth Texas. The executive committee met to discuss forming the Texas Educational Commission which seems assured at the afternoon session. R T Ellis was re elected secretary of the association for two years.
The January update reports the Mayne Colorado Southern wreck of August 30 injured 31 people. Safety inspectors to the Interstate Commerce Commission cite a telegraph train-order mistake as the cause.
Lipan Hood county Fort Worth Texas January 9 Arrests expected within hours in connection with the First National Bank hold up at Lipan yesterday. Tarrant county officers reported progress as posses from Palo Pinto county joined the search for four masked men who rifled the bank vault of 3009 dollars.
The Texas attorney general said the state would push for a rehearing in the Atelier county road bond case at the U S Supreme Court. He warned that millions in bonds issued under a Texas statute could be repudiated if the motion fails, while officials noted highway work may be hindered if bond issues are not validated.
Attorney General says he will challenge the department of justice power to obtain evidence for the Aluminum Company of America inquiry. The inquiry follows charges of improper trade practices tied to Secretary Mellon as a large stockholder and prior FTC findings of guilt.
Agaplito Truda, condemned slayer of El Paso federal reserve bank guard William Meers in 1924, was executed by electric chair in the state penitentiary at Huntsville early today. He maintained his innocence to the end.
Internationally known rider Belle Beach dies at her Great Neck home on Long Island. A leading figure in major horse shows for years, she accumulated over two thousand blue and red ribbons.
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