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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1926
Page
7
Senator Jones leads a bill to empower the shipping board to spend 15 million dollars to operate lines abandoned by private owners after proving financial failure. The move aims to protect U.S. merchant ships from being driven out of operation.
A hunting party on Galveston Bay suffered exposure after a water boat accident. BE. R. Warnken, 38, former assistant United States district attorney, died. Mayor Oscar Holcomb, Brady Steele, and O. J. Linley of Houston were hospitalized with exposure at John Sealy Hospital.
Geneva and Washington reports state Secretary Kellogg informed the League of Nations that the United States accepts the invitation to send delegates to the Geneva preluminary meeting. President Coolidge and key senators discuss the disarmament study at a White House breakfast.
The worst cold snap has ended as Atlantic temperatures rise after hours of subzero readings. The thermometer climbed today bringing relief to residents who had shivered through the cold spell.
An American led Arctic expedition organized by Lieut. Commander Richard Byrd on the ship Winchester seeks funding from John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Isidore Doll. aims to explore unknown Arctic regions north of Greenland and Canada, possibly using dirigible or airplane craft. The project contrasts with Detroit Aviation Society plans to reach the North Pole from Point Barrow.
Porto Praya Cape Verde Islands January 30 Commander Franco the Spanish aviator took off in his seaplane on the third leg of an attempted flight from Spain to South America. His destination Pernambuco Brazil about 1712 miles across the Atlantic.
The Geological Survey confirms reports of potash discoveries in the salt beds of western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Officials say the beds appear thick and extensive, suggesting large deposits, though commercial quantities are not yet proven.
Twenty six European motoring organizations invited by the American Automobile Association to join an international protest against Britain's crude rubber costs. The Automobile Association of Great Britain has promised cooperation.
The National League of Young Democrats in America considers Texas official Moody for its presidency. Moody was notified by wire by the executive committee and said he had no comment, noting he could convene meetings in Texas if he accepts to avoid New York. Franklin D Roosevelt is cited as a key mover behind the league.
S B Moore of LaPorte testified as the first witness in the Hoffman Construction Company trial in Austin Texas. He stated that 80 cents per square yard was a reasonable price for the state to pay under the contract specifications. Moore said he was hired last April as a consulting engineer in the highway department by Frank Lanham, who was then the chairman.
Rescue crews today removed the last of 27 miners killed in a Mossboro mine explosion near Birmingham Alabama. Eleven white and sixteen Black workers died after a gas pocket caused the blast. Twenty six men escaped unharmed from the 63 workers in the mine.
Police in Brooklyn clashed with a hold-up gang today. A nine-year-old bystander and two alleged robbers were wounded in the exchange of gunfire.
A bandit attempting to rob the Bank of North St. Joseph in the suburbs was shot dead by Frank Bergman bank president. The bandit was not identified.
In Bluffville Ohio on January 30 the Pennsylvania railroad will retire the telegraph operator Frank Whiter nicknamed Old Punctuality for never being late at work in thirty seven and a half years. His title is recognized across the division.
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