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Newspaper

Laredo Weekly Times

Location

Laredo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1923

Page

7

Seizure of Motor Boats Amid Rum Running on Detroit Riverfront

Prohibition agents and customs officers battled gangs while seizing motor boats along the Detroit River as border smuggling activity intensifies. The action aims to halt rum running deemed most active in the area.

Prohibition Detroit River Associated Preas Detroit Federal Prohibion Treasury Department Kearse Wyandotte Trenton Witterfront Roerse Rei ICH Eos Den Treasury Jolaipe Davis

Blackmail case ends with arrests in Ohio set

An attempted blackmail of 100 800 dollars from Jon L Bushnell, president of the First National Bank of Springfield, led to the arrest of a man and a woman said to be from Wood, California. The couple, named Rose Putman and Don Osborne, admitted extorting 10 000 dollars from Bushnell last November as federal agents seek two more alleged accomplices.

Associated Press Dayton Ohio Jon l L. Bushnell First National Bank Springfield Tiallywood California Department of Justice Bushnell AL AL Bushnell Rose Putman Don Osborne T Bushnell Osborne

Prison Escape by Six Convicts Ends in Vehicle Robbery

Six inmates escaped from a state penitentiary after beating guards and scaling a 40 foot wall. They held up a motor truck near Fairmount Park and drove off, while a farmer’s family near Wilmington was robbed of clothing, a shotgun, and ammunition as the fugitives fled in automobiles.

Associated Press Hasteurn State Pene Tentiary Fairmount Park AIP Wilmington Carpent R Here

Death penalty imposed on four Germans by Belgian court martial

Aix-la-Chapelle July 14. A Belgian court martial here today imposed the death penalty upon three Germans Count von Keller Ludwig and Wingen der and life imprisonment at hard labor upon a fourth Lorber on conviction of sabotage.

Associated Press Aix-la-Chapelle Count von Keller Ludwig Wingender Lorber

Negroes Remain in Texas Despite Migration Pressure

Dallas reports that less than one half of one percent of Texas blacks left the state in the past year for the North and East. J W Wright editor of a weekly negro newspaper cites statewide reports and extension workers from A and M College. Good cotton crops slow outflow of rural labor.

Associated Press Dallas Texas Jay J. W. Wright A. & M. College

Harding Sees Alaska From President's Special Train

President Harding and party travel aboard a government-built Alaska Railroad special train into the heart of Alaska dubbed the American wonderland. The journey passes scenic lakes valleys and glaciers as the president extols the region.

Associated Press Alaska Railroad Harding Alaska

Texas man seeks habeas relief from Nebraska prison

James V. G. Ingoldsby of Bryan Texas filed for a writ of habeas corpus claiming illegal detention in the Nebraska penitentiary. He alleges lack of due process, no Nebraska or U S trial for his perimeter, and fraud in extradition from Tosia despite a forgery conviction.

Sy Associated Press Lincoln Neb James V. G. Ingoldsby Bryan Texas Nebraska United States Tosia Recrd

Heat records and tragedy mid-summer across Texas

Dallas hits 100 degrees and Fort Worth 103 as heat peaks. A 62 year old man, Knud Overley, died by self poisoning amid the heat. In Brussels heat wave deaths rise to eighteen over two days.

Associated Press Dallas Texas Inort Worth Fort Worth Knud Overley Haat Belgium Brussels

Abolition of the TwelveHour Day In Steel Industry

H Gary head of United States Steel says the twelve hour day pledge will begin within six weeks. He will start steps to cut twelve hour workers but will not reveal methods or worker numbers in the initial period.

Bby Associated Press New York Tert H. Gary United States Steel Corporation Alarding

Arrest Expected in Lange Case Near Somerville

Evidence is rapidly being completed that will lead to arrests in the death of Otto Lange on July 1 near Somerville. Acting Governor Davidson, en route to Austin, declined to discuss evidence specifics or timing but vowed that violence cases statewide would be thoroughly investigated and culprits punished under the law enforcement campaign he outlined.

Associated Press Houston Texas Otto Lange Somerville Davidson Austin

Austin board inspectors visit 37 applicant towns

Members of the location board of the Texas Technological College left Austin today on an inspection tour to 37 applicant towns. They went to Boerne today.

Associated Press Austin Texas Texas Technological College Boerne

Couple Sentenced to Hang for Murders in Chicago

A motion for a new trial for Mrs Sabelle Nftil Crudelle and her husband Peter Crudelle was overruled. They were sentenced to be hanged on Friday October 12. Mrs Crudelle attempted to jump to her death as she was escorted to her cell but guards restrained her.

Associated Press Chicago Sabelle Nftil Crudelle

Cotton consumed in June totals 542 166 bales lint 54685 inters

The Census Bureau reports June cotton consumption at 542 166 bales of lint and 54 685 bales of inters, compared with May figures of 620 965 lint and 64 728 inters and June last year of 609 218 lint and 67 817 inters.

Associated Press Washington Census Bureau

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