Red Cross Drive in Laredo Webb County Urges Gifts
Laredo Chapter of the American Red Cross solicits the $5,000 share in the national hundred million dollar drive. The appeal emphasizes small contributions add up, cites past relief efforts in Belgium Poland Armenians, and notes early drive success of $35,000,000. It urges cheerful giving to support soldiers and civilians and highlights public confidence in Red Cross management.
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Laredo
American Red Cross
Webb County
Red Cross
Great Association
Act of Congress
United States
Congress
Belgium
Poland
America
Fotavtt
Catpeter
Liberty Loan
Gore shifts stance on food control bill and farmers
The reactionary shift by Senator Gore shows him opposing the food control bill with fierce rhetoric yet aligning with farmers. He warns the measure could reduce production and lower prices, threatening famine next year, while farmers seek required minimum prices not achieved under prior free-market conditions.
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Gore
Missing Girls Record Compared With Belgium Mystery
One place rivals Chicago in missing girl cases, with Belgium as a parallel. The story notes Chicago has not been invaded by Germany and labels the cause as mysterious and baffling.
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Chicago
Belgium
Government Urged to Pool Coal Water and Rail Transport
The proposal recommends pooling coal, water and rail transport to avert a potential coal shortage next winter. It also suggests replacing several coal speculators as a measure to reduce risk and ensure steady supply.
Gore attacks food bill as farmer loss and consumer cost
The excerpt questions Senator Gore on the food control bill. It argues the bill harms farmers by low prices for wheat and cotton and raises consumer costs. The piece contrasts farmer danger with consumer risk and points to high prices as the consumer burden.
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Gore
Firemen's Smokers Meet In Laredo Hall
Laredo Volunteer Fire Department members will host a smoker tonight at their Matamoros street hall with a large turnout expected. For many young firemen this may be the last gathering before military service begins as some enlist or volunteer to defend their country.
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Matamoros Street
Laredo
National Army
War Department
Infantry
Cavalry
Field
Coast Artillery
National Guard
Texas
Leon Springs
huntin g infantry recruits in laredo
Captain J B Lobdell regimental adjutant of the Texas National Guard scouting Laredo for young men to enlist in the infantry. He seeks local volunteers before the selective draft sends them elsewhere and urges interested locals to meet him while he is in town.
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J B. Lobdell
Texas National Guard
Oscar Guessar
San Antonio
Laredo
TNG
Lobdell
Lettuce Varieties Tested For Webb County Climate
A two season study in Webb County compares head lettuce varieties for tolerance to hot spells and eel worm pests. Varieties include Hanson Marblehead Iceberg Los Angeles Market and others, with results showing distinct groups by heading performance and timing from late winter to spring, guiding selection for early and late crops.
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Webb County
Big Boston
Boston
Lettuce varieties show disease and eel worm resistance
Study of lettuce varieties under heading stage April 21 reports Paris White Cos and Hanson as most resistant to a new disease with 1.4 and 13.4 percent diseased plants respectively. Eel worm infections rise from 27 to 100 percent across varieties. Hanson, Los Angeles Market strains and Marblehead show strong early resistance, while Trocadero and Big Boston fail under heat and disease pressures.
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Aggeéler and Musser
Los Angeles
California
Jan'y
Aggeler and Musser
Paris
Boston
Hanson
Marblehead
Iceberg
New York
University of California
Chris Reuter
New Orleans
Big Boston
Paris White Cos
Trocadero
University
Texas
Express
Fred
W. Mally
Adler-ika Promised Fast Relief For Digestive Ailments
An advertisement claims Adler-ika rapidly eases stomach trouble by flushing the digestive tract. It touts use by a merchant’s wife who could only eat toast fruit and hot water and says the product relieves constipation sour stomach and gas with instant effect. The notice appears from The City Drug Co.
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City Drug Co
Red Cross seeks $5,000 from Laredo chapter
The American Red Cross Society plans to raise $100,000,000 for relief in France and other areas. The Laredo Chapter is tasked with collecting $5,000 as its share, inviting men with means to contribute in support of soldiers abroad and the humanitarian effort.
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United States
Prince Albert
The
American Red Cross Society
France
Laredo
Red Cross
U. S
Rabbi Rosenbaum to Lead Y M H A Services Tomorrow
Rabbi David Rosenbaum of Austin will conduct services at the Y M H A hall tomorrow evening June 22 at 8 30. The public is cordially invited to attend this service. F WORMSER Pres Y M H A
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David Rosenbaum
Austin
Y. M. H. A. Hall
F. Wormser
Pres
Po-Do-Lax Promoted For Liver and Constipation Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Po-Do-Lax as a pleasant liquid remedy for liver distress and constipation. It claims May-Apple extracts stimulate hepatic flow and provide a mild laxative cleansing effect. Sold at a low price in drugstores with a stated cost of eight cents per bottle.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture
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Pringe
Wofalas Toye
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Jimmy
Apac
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N.C
Professor Mally
Marion Holcomb
Nancy, Ky
Thedford
BOY Scout
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