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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1926
Page
8
Hollywood producer director Allan Dwan predicts college dramas will be replaced by screen studies. He notes letters from theater figures urging screen course creation and says producers will seek talent from college picture plays to launch film careers.
Chicago and Illinois club women won approval for bids to restore the Columbian Exposition fine arts building in Jackson Park. Work starts by mid summer on a steel brick structure with a stucco exterior and a 25 000 seat convention hall plus sculpture and art halls as part of the reconstruction.
Prescott hosts the sixth annual Smoki People Snake Dance during the Way Out West event on June 11. The group of about 100 local businessmen preserves northern Arizona Indian dances while contesting pagan labels, collecting more than 12 000 in ceremonial garments, and aiming to fund a Southwest antiquities museum through ongoing dances and pageant rites.
London June 7. G. Fisher-White, former council member, says snobbishness and Balfishness have killed the British Actors' Association. The council resigned as membership and funds declined amid a London provincial division and lack of comradery with American actors. Leading actors supported the group before 1919 when it became a trade union, but later withdrew due to objections to organizing with stage hands and other theatrical employees.
A social meeting of St Anne's Society will be held at 4 PM in St Anne's Hall with Mesdames M T Cogley and Forest as hostesses. A mission study session of the W M S at the Methodist Church also set for 4 PM, followed by the W M B S regular business meeting at 4 PM.
A June feature poem by Margaret E. Sangster opens the page, followed by social notes from San Antonio and nearby towns. Visitors arrive and departures mark the week, with plans for weddings, graduations, and sundry gatherings. Several local residents are mentioned in travels and announcements.
Mrs A B Knolle of San Antonio hosts a reception in honor of Miss Margaret Ward with guests including Miss Mary Ward Miss Barbara Biggio Miss Gladys Sturgis and Mrs W P Doney of Waco. Prizes and refreshments mark a festive afternoon with flowers and mosa ic frame gift for the honoree.
Of 701 Texas University seniors who sought degrees 580 meet all requirements and will receive their diplomas tonight. The ceremony marks the culmination of their efforts and the end of their college careers.
Minneapolis reports the tracing of fox lineage to the first silver foxes from Prince Edward Island. The American National Fox Breeders Association will publish eight volumes of herd statistics this year, detailing progenitors of over 160,000 domesticated foxes. Dalton and Dalton, Canadian trappers, captured the first silver pair, founding ranches in 22 states with a $100 million investment and large fox stocks.
Four people are dead and several injured after a jealous shooting in Houston. The incident began with alcohol fueled rage and ended with the gunman, Tarter of Port Arthur, shot dead near the ship channel. Victims include Edna Milam, 33, at her home, A. J. Latidatis, 31, Johnny Domange, Port Arthur, and Bill Sonnier, 25, Port Arthur, with others wounded and two young women arrested as witnesses. The case remains under investigation.
Three men were injured at the Magnolia refinery near Hiedo Texas in a boiler explosion. W. S. Laugham sustained the most severe injuries with the right arm and leg blown off and his condition described as fatal.
Washington June 7 Chief Justice Taft was unable to attend the supreme court session because of an illness. The court proceeded with its docket as scheduled with other justices present.
Mr and Mrs J H Marchant launched a church funding plan in Tifton Georgia. Over two years they donated proceeds from selling Sunday eggs to Oak Grove Baptist Church and planted half an acre in corn for use by the church. From Easter 1924 to Easter 1925 the eggs yielded 1140 units and 28 dollars 50 cents, while the corn added 18 dollars 50 cents.
Cincinnati fans credit Manager Jack Hendrickson for Reds success. Rogers Hornsby of the Cardinals dominates NL hitting for six straight seasons. Radbourne, a famed early NL pitcher, posted 36 straight Providence wins. A look back recalls 20 000 crowds at the Polo Grounds and Sumpter Clark managing Albany after stints with Cleveland and Atlanta. Helnie Groh mentioned as a veteran third baseman.
New England college weeklies have formed a small Associated Press at their second convention. Ten papers agreed not to interchange news across circuits but will mail proof sheets of major articles. A supplementary Boston relay provides inter campus items. The policy limits content to collegiate or educational interest.
Notes on archery as the oldest British outdoor pastime with roots in the thirteenth century. Clarence DeMar, famed Boston Marathon winner, to turn 88 in June. Western Chess Association fixes 1926 Chicago convention August 21 for ten days. Latzo Walker welterweight bout in Scranton May 20 draws a record $77,000 gate in Pennsylvania. Jess McMahon seeks Tiger Flowers versus Harry Greb rematch in July. Walter Travis first American British amateur golf champion in 1904 at age 42. Irish Tipperary team touring America aims to boost interest. Hockeylike game among fifteen per side gains progress in Canada and the Eastern States.
A terse fragment mentions Columbia and others in a brief note about a debate or listing. The readable facts are minimal, with no clear event, date, or participants identified beyond the names.
In Ironton Ohio on June 7 the last of eighty miners overcome by gas at Alpha Portland Cement plant were rescued alive three hours after entering the mine. Officials could not explain gas buildup as the men consciousness faded near the chat. A rescue crew formed to save those affected.
In Belleville Ontario two 18 year old girls Bernice Ostrander and Keith Ostrander along with 20 year old youth Geraldine Dulmage were drowned when their car plunged from a government pier into 16 feet of water during darkness and heavy rain Roy Dulmage, Geraldine’s cousin, drove the vehicle and escaped unharmed.
A proclamation by Governor Ferguson places an immediate quarantine on Vera Cruz and Oaxaca south and east of Tehuantepec railroad and on Tabasco Chiapas Campeche Yucatan and Quintana Roo due to hoof and mouth disease in cattle.
The Senate Judiciary Committee deferred all wet proposal action today to allow Senator Reed of Missouri to prepare a minority report. The deferment follows a recommendation from the sub committee and sets no new date for action.
Des Moines reports 68 motor race meetings sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association for the season. A. R. Corey, secretary, notes more sanctions may follow and many events align with state fairs and expositions. Dirt-track racing gains status as a leading American sport with over 150 licensed drivers this season.
A minority subcommittee of five submitted views asserting the order was unauthorized and improper. The passage notes Washington and Coolidge era phrasing and references to the Judiciary subcommittee report to the full committee.
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Herrick was instructed by Secretary Kellogg to intercede with the French government on behalf of Bennet Doty also known as Gilbert Clark, a private in the French Foreign Legion facing death for attempted desertion. Senators Tyson and McKellar appealed to both the French embassy and the State Department. C. P. Mooney of the Memphis Commercial Appeal also urged help, citing Doty’s strong record as a soldier in the 80th Division in France.
Bennet Doty, son of Lemuel Doty Fort Worth attorney, was court martialed and sentenced to be shot by a firing squad for mutiny against the French Foreign Legion. He is described as now engaged in suppressing the Druse uprising in Syria and living in Fort Worth in 1923.
Ashland Ky June 7 The missing link committee promotes economic marriage of women and businessmen. Haynes secretary of the chamber from New York warns that three quarters of retail buying is done by women yet merchants and women remain economic strangers. He urges interacting committees to unite women clubs and men’s organizations to align buyers and merchants.
In Seattle, Mrs Landes takes office amid a sparse ceremony requested by the mayor. A small band played briefly, but no formal inaugural program occurred. Dr Edwin Brown, former holder of the office, had served four years before losing re election.
A 64 year old preacher, Rutledge, was convicted last Friday of defrauding Economy Oil Company. The Associated Press report from St. Louis notes the federal case and sentencing to follow.
In Eisenach Thuringia a June discussion on women roles in religion prompted debate over scripture authority and sacraments. Opponents label women’s leadership as improper while supporters push for broader access within church rites.
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