Texas Voters May Decide Prohibition Amendment
A lengthy editorial discusses a proposed Texas primary ballot measure on beer and wine repeal versus federal Prohibition. It notes the state executive committee will decide by June 12 whether to submit the amendment to voters in July, and weighs likely outcomes and conflicts with the federal Volstead Act. It also argues federal law remains paramount and urges patience until Congress acts.
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Texas
Liekel
Hecht
Hale
State Executive Committee
Congress
Union
Hodis
United States
Ig New
Musical Notes Chronicle College Recital and Upcoming Tours
Flora Dilgarde Milton notes request subs, Saturday column submissions due Thursday noon. Mrs Hilsabeth Heed hosts a Wednesday morning piano recital with fifty guests and a prize list led by Miss Mary Coax Wour merit. Performers include Mary Drew Cooper, Ruth Cooper, Josephine Daiches, Dorman Phelps, Mary Graves, Elizabeth Bryan, Gladys Sauvignet, and others. Details on travels of Mrs J A Austin, Miss Dorothy Borchers, and a Mexico City engagement for Pavice-Oukravnsky Ballad. Emma Calves writes an autobiography. Houston Opera links Josephine Lucchese to Lucia. Wagner piano to U.S. this summer.
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Hilsabeth
Jack Younkin
Parianelles
Schmitt
Nancy UL
Ee Schmitt
Merry Mandarin
Poldini
Mary Drew Cooper
Vantarve Oo
Lee TE Duvernoy
Gavotte
Dorman Phelps
Cavotte
Ruth Cooper
Schumann
Evans Younkin
Orwegian Ganee
von Wim
Josephine Daiches
Hatch
Gladys Sauvignet
Dorothy O
Pee Eae Smith
Arbutus
Taliss
Pennington
Josephine Leyendecker
Pracker-Grondahl
Keinhbold
Desire
Cramer
Thomas Greenstreet
Godard
Guadalupe Santoy
COUCH
Karganoft
Mary Cook
Emma Calves
Josephine Lucchese Wi
Lucia
Houston Opera, Association
Schumannsieink
Pavicy-Oukravnsky
Mexico City
Jane
Attorney General Dauzherry Seeks Gov Involvement in War Fraud Prosecutions
The article notes Attorney General Dauzherry plans to ask Judge Landis to add the government to war trawl case prosecutions. It suggests active government pursuit of fraudulent contractors, praising Judge Landis as a stern foe of evildoers. It recalls his big penalties against a corporation for antitrust violations and mentions his retirement amid controversy over joining baseball oversight.
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Dauzherry
Judge Landis
Zorry
Landis
No Raise In Price Of Lumber Sparks Local Cheer
Peter D P Leyendecker and family grin at news from Captain and Mrs Edward Fondren Shaifer of Fort De Motres announcing the arrival yesterday morning of Miss Nella Frances Shaifer. Mrs Shaifer was formerly Miss Julia Loyendecker. Grandpa and Grandma Loyendecker await a visit from Miss Delia likely to come to Laredo with her parents soon.
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Peter DP
Leyendecker i
Edward Fondren Shaifer
Fort Dea- Motres
Dows
Nella Frances Shaifer
Shalifer
Julia Loyendecker
Grandpa
Grandma Loyendecker
Delia
Laredo
New State Highway Engineer Arrives and Assumes Duties
S F Crecilius of San Antonio, the newest paving engineer, has arrived and opened his office on June 1 with an assistant and a draftsman. He occupies the former Highway Engineer T Reese Spence’s quarters after Spence resigned and will move to San Antonio next week to take district highway engineer duties with the Texas Highway Commission.
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S. F. Crecilius
San Antonio
Newefty
Bint
T. Reese Spence
Texas Highway Commission
Dayton Commencement for Laredo Graduates at Victory Theater
Commencement exercises for two Laredo young men, Baldomers A. Puig and Luis F. Puig, will be held at the University of Dayton in Ohio on June 12. Their father is B A Puig of Laredo and families will attend. A general alumni homecoming is planned for June 10 at the University of Dayton.
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Laredo
University of Dayton
Victory Theater
Dayton
Ohio
Amon
Baldomers A. Puig
Luis F. Puig
B.A. Puig
Damage Spbt Trial Progressing In District Court
The damage suit of Mrs. Paula Mar lines Vda. de Fesia against the Li vedo Electric & Street Hy. Couta started in the district court here on Monday. The case is progressing but it is doubtful if it will be finished in time to go to the jury this afternoon.
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Paula Marlines
Ethel Clayton to Star at Strand in Her Own Money
Ethel Clayton, beloved by local movie fans in Laredo, arrives at the Strand Theater for screenings tomorrow and Monday in her latest drama Her Own Money. Large crowds are expected as she headlines the program.
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Ethel Clayton
The
Strand
Laredo
Strand Theater
German firm starts gas from waste leaves and leather
A German gas company begins producing gas by a new process using waste leaves and leather. The fuel is described as cheap and safe and it burns with a brilliant white light.
Oil Wells Show Oil Gas Indications In Laredo District Test
Maxwell JF Buffum reports a test well on Survey No 266 near the Walcott-Buffum-Zornig lease shows oil and gas at 171 feet with a strong gas presence at 233 feet and additional sand at 290 feet. The multiple sands and thickening beds suggest potential for a big producer in Webb County, prompting industry interest and anticipation of deeper development. May oil shipments from Miranda City totaled 1.46 million gallons across 146 tanks. Public auction notice: unclaimed merchandise to be sold at the Port of Laredo on June 19 1922 by Deputy Collector A J Kahn.
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Walcott-Buffum-Zornig
Torrecillas
Laredo
Nueces
Boyen
Suil Suimbo
Shasta-Laurel No. 1
Webb County
Shasta-Laurel
Ky. Co
Miranda City
Wella
Custodis
Port of Laredo
Texas
D. A.M
A. J& Kahn
Oil Lease Bargains Near Leaseholders No. 1
We own and offer for sale at low prices leases near the Carolina Texas Leaseholders No. 1 and virtually all drilling wells. Special bargain in 11,000 acres east of Leaseholders No. 1 on Estates Kirkpatrick ranch 20 acres one and a half miles east of Laredo at 20 dollars per acre. Contact Sandefer and Hailey 707 Salinas Ave Phone 203. 6-3-31.
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C Carolina
Texas
Kirkpatrick Ranch
Laredo
Kingsville Team Set for Series at Legion Park
The Kingsville team, 1921 pennant winners of the Guilt Coast league, defeated La redos 2 to 1 recently and will face them at Legion Park this afternoon tomorrow morning and Monday afternoon barring rain.
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Kingsville
Laredos
Legion Park
Docket Set for Monday in District Court
The criminal docket in district court docketed by District Attorney John A Walls is scheduled to begin next Monday. It may be delayed by a darkage suit currently before the court, possibly concluding this evening.
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John A. Walls
June Forecast Hints at Wet Weather Ahead
A weather note signals a likely wet June if old signs fail to indicate dry conditions. The text references a prediction by Bill Hart at Eagle Pass of many rainy days in fair June.
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Bill Hart
Eagle Pass
Rheumatism Simplified by Muscle Aches Remedy
A newspaper item asserts nine of ten rheumatism cases are muscular or chronic rheumatism not needing internal treatment. It claims pain relief from applying liniment that eases stiffness and improves mobility.
Laredo People Rejoice Over Corpus Christi Deep Water Port
The Senate commerce panel backs a 1 394 000 river and harbors bill to fund a deep water harbor at Corpus Christi. Laredo sees broad benefit as the port boosts trade via Mexico and spurs railroad expansion toward Laredo, linking Southwest Texas to global commerce.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Texas
Mexico
Corpus
Galveston
New Orleans
San Antonio
Brownsville
Southwest
Corpaus
Well Known Painter Dies After Prolonged Illness
W F Gamble formerly of Robles and Gamble dies in this city yesterday afternoon about 3 following a long illness. He came to Laredo over a year ago and was a leading union painter at age 55. Funeral services at Jackson chapel this afternoon at 4 under Odd Fellows auspices with painters union in attendance. Interment in Odd Fellows plot in city cemetery.
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W. A. Gamble
Robles & Gamble, Painters and Decorators
Tecoeased
Laredo
Union
Jackson Undertaking
Odd Fellows
Painters Union
City Cemetery
Social calendar notes church and club events
Saturday features a dance at the Latin American Club in the evening. Sunday notices include the Christian Endeavor Society at 6 46 and Baptist Church youth groups at 5 00 and 6 30 in the afternoon, plus the Christian Church gathering at 6 45. Monday lists a Woman's Club meeting at 4 00 and a Woman's Missionary Society meeting at the Methodist Church at 4 00.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
The
Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Church
Woman's Club
Woman’s Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Society notes urge timely weekly reports and meeting notices
The community press requests clubs to submit weekly society reports to the Society Editor and to phone all meeting announcements to No. 70. Aimed at keeping the daily calendar accurate, the appeal stresses prompt notification so the public learns of events and the paper chronicles local happenings. General notices list numerous residents traveling or visiting family in Monterey, Indianapolis, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Encinal and Fort Defiance as Horace and Beverly Hall return from the Military Academy.
Judge Mullally Improves and Expected to Return Soon
District Judge J. F. Mullally, confined to bed with illness for weeks, is improving fast and able to be up at his home. Officials expect he will be on the streets again by next week.
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Mullally
J. F. Mullally
Mness
Judge Mullally
Birthday Anniversary Observed as State Holiday
The birthday anniversary of Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy, is observed as a state holiday in many Southern states. In Laredo four banks and the customs house closed for the day.
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Texes
Jefferson Davis
Laredo
Custom House
Unclear regional items mix with lyrics and farming notes
A garbled late era montage reports scouts found near Corbug Bay and a Rio Grande lyric fragment. It shifts to mermaid imagery and seaside scenes, then notes Laredo farmers planting cotton and the first cotton sale headed to Houston.
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Lareda Ley
Corbug Bay
Laredo
Houston
Rio Grande
Bert Lytell at Rialto Tomorrow in Laredo
Bert Lytell, popular for past work, appears at the Rialto Theater in Laredo tomorrow and Monday for a performance of Bert Levelta. Fans expect an artsy, Inn class styled showing by the acclaimed actor.
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Bert Lytell
Rialto
Laredo
Bert Levelta
Club Alpha Latin American visit and club events in Corpus Christi
Announcement of a Latin American Club evening benefiting San Agnatio church. Rose Bud Club met with Dorothy Rose Jennings. Delia Leal won a hand embroidered handkerchief in a “Questions” contest. Sara Leal read minutes. refreshments served. next meeting with Ferrell Perkins. Mrs. W S Keithley hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Orie Lee Beyette with gifts and decor. Friday Bridge Club hosted by Mrs. H E Watson. prize went to Mrs. G N Witting. refreshments included cantaloupes and cake.
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Dorothy Rose Jennings
Delia Leal
Sara Leal
R. L.poster
Ferrell Perkins
W. S. Keithley
Orie Lee Beyette
Mesdames
J. H. Wright
Ralston
Rogers
Duaiches
Neff
Millar
Little
Clellanbands
Tivo
H. E. Watson
South Laredo
G. N. Witting
Mendames i
M. Alexander
Cantrell
Shelby
Purwin
Morrow
Mally
Witting
Chas. Richter
Hostass
Lenine Suffered Stroke Sparked Soviet Leadership Move
Private advices received in Berlin report Premier Lenine suffered a stroke Thursday. Soviet leaders Litvinoff and Radek, among others, departed promptly for Moscow.
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Berlin
Lenine
Litvinoff
Radek
Moscow
French Airplane Sinks in English Channel Near Folkestone
A French airliner en route from Croydon to Paris crashed into the English Channel near Folkestone. A boat recovered two bodies, one with a passport bearing the name Gordon Lay.
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Eng
Croydon
London
Paris
Gordon Lay
Playwright Sues San Francisco Businessman for 60000
George Broadhurst, the New York playwright, filed a 60000 suit in Baltimore Superior Court after Symon, a San Francisco business man, allegedly attacked him following a disturbance in Symon's stateroom. Broadhurst testified at yesterday's hearing about the assault incident.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
George Broadhurst
New York
John B. Symon
San Frapelico
Symon
Broadhurst
Agreement Reached Over Ford Fertilizer Provisions
An agreement was reached between W. B. Mayo and J. W. Worthington representing Henry Ford and a majority of the House military committee on differences in fertilizer provisions. The committee voted to report the Ford proposal to the House and urge its adoption.
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Associated Press
Washington
W. B. Mayo
J. W. Worthington
Henry Ford
House Military Committee
Compitee
Ford
House
Grand Jury to Probe Ward Killing Case in White Plains
White Plains June 2 grand jury will review the shooting of Clarence Peters a former Navy man by Walter S Ward son of a banker. Fifteen or more witnesses expected including George S Ward father of the confessed slayer Mrs Walter S Ward and two maids from Ward's New Rochelle home.
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Associated Press
White Plains
N. Y
Clarence Peters
Navy
Imap
Walter S. Ward
George 8. Ward
Walter 5
Poincare Demands Soviet Withdrawal from Genoa Memorandum
Paris June 2 Premier Poincare in a memorandum to the United States and European powers urges the Soviet government to withdraw its memorandum presented to the Genoa conference on May 11 as a condition for French participation in the Hague conference on Russian affairs.
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Paris
Fpaipcara
United States
Genoa
Hague
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