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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1922
Page
1
Believed trouble has passed after a period of tension and threats of violence. Authorities report no further incidents and residents monitor the area for any new signs of unrest.
Lieut. W. F. Reed of Pensacola, the navy entrant, was unaccounted for at dawn amid a balloon race. Officials fear he may be lost in Canada or have suffered an accident as three pilots prepare for international competition in Switzerland this summer.
Chicago reports a nationwide railway strike threat as unions await wage reductions for 600,000 shopmen and other non train staff. B M Jewell predicts a strike vote after a Cincinnati conference of eleven rail unions. Washington coverage cites Senator Stanley accusing President Harding of press suppression over Daugherty.
Nazimova Alla Nazimova a Russian actress was a prospective witness in the preliminary hearing of Rudolph Valentino on a bigamy charge. The photo of a Valentino wedding party member was tied to her as a potential witness and prompted a search to locate her for testimony.
Mortimer L. Schiff of Kuhn Loeb and Company refused to hand over papers on the Republic-Plidwale-Inland steel merger. He said the documents are private and outside the committee’s power to seize.
Frank W. Anderson a department store floor manager was found shot to death in a hotel room in Kansas City Missouri early today Miss Maris Beal of Springfield Illinois was found unconscious on the floor with a revolver in her hand and a bullet in her breast The two had met during the war when Anderson was an aviation captain and the girl an army nurse Letters from Anderson to Beal suggest she came here expecting to marry him Anderson was married
Waco Texas June 3. W L Ed wards charged with defiling and contempt of the United States flag in connection with a mob threat to seize a negro prisoner from the jail. He was released today in 1500 dollar bond to await grand jury action.
A derailment on the Chicago and Northwestern No. 6 from Omaha to Chicago near Curry Iowa injured nineteen people this morning two seriously according to reports to the railroad offices.
Mexico City reports from June 3 state that plans for a Diaz led revolution are discounted by officials and newspapers. The Obregon government shows no fear of a Diaz uprising and dismisses the threat as unfounded.
Wichita Falls Texas June 3 Judge E W Napier announced he will not enter the race for governor this year. He was called home by the serious illness of a relative. The item notes a 100 year old illness reference and a sudden family matter.
In Chicago probate court on June 3, Edith Rockefeller McCormick withdrew her petition for a restraining order to block the international marriage of Mathilde McCormick and Swiss horseman Max Oser, ending the case within minutes.
In Houston on June 3 the government entered the sixth day of the trial of S E J Cox charged with mail fraud over oil company promotions. It is expected two more days of government testimony. Earl Pepp testified that Cox was told no potash was found in the company's West Texas well.
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