Needs Investigating Torture Claim at Matamoros Border
Friday's Daily reports a Texas born American citizen Natividad Garza alleges Mexican Matamoros officials tortured him to obtain information on a smuggler’s shooting. Garza, injured and hospitalized, crossed back to Brownsville where he lives. Officials vow to investigate and seek Mexican cooperation under reciprocal treaties while broader border crime and housing shifts roll on in Laredo and border towns.
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Drownsville
Matamoros
United States
Brownsville
Natividad Garza
Texas
Bop Rumsey
Miramoro
Kellogg
Garza
Mexico City
Lack of Houses Hampers Laredo Settlement Efforts
Laredo struggles to attract permanent settlers due to a continued shortage of houses and apartments. The city previously faced rental shortages as newcomers could not find accommodations, leading some to relocate. A shift to individual home building reduced rent homes, but new arrivals still face housing scarcity.
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Laredo
Purification Pledge Promises Health from Calotabs
Physicians endorse total system purification as a path to health. The ad urges use of Calotabs once or twice weekly for several weeks and offers a family package with directions for 85 cents at any drug store.
House Shortage in Laredo Needs Immediate Attention
The Chamber of Commerce reports a daily influx of people asking about houses and apartments, with a severe housing shortage as new residents arrive. It calls on real estate dealers and the public to take swift action to address the growing issue or families may be forced to stay in San Antonio this fall.
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Chamber of Commerce
Laredo
San Antonio
Kiwanis Club Meeting Showcases Hawaiian Guests and Dance
The Kiwanis Club met at the Hamilton Hotel at 12 15 pm with President M W Brennan presiding. Rotarian Lloyd R Killam spoke on Hawaii government people and industries while Clarence Shimamura discussed his Harvard scholarship plans. J A Rodriguez led a high quality program with Spanish songs and dances by Dora Santos Anita Deanda Olivia Bruni and Elvira C Saenz praised by the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Hamilton Hotel
M. W. Brennan
Lloyd R. Killam
W. T
C. W. Killam
Clarence Shimamura
Hawaiian Islands
Shimamura
Harvard University
Kiwantan J. A. Rodriguez
Dora Santos
Anita Deanda
Jarabe
Olivia Bruni
Brennan
Mexico City to Laredo Long-Distance Line Planned
Ericsson Telephone Company has secured a government concession to build a long-distance line from Mexico City to Laredo Texas. Expected to begin soon, the project will connect major Mexican cities with the United States and benefit commercial, industrial, and individual interests on both sides.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Laredo
Ericsson Telephone Company
Republic
Texas
United States
Mexico
Western Union
Mexican Republic
Thewlse
Car Crosses International Bridge Footpath Twice
An automobile crossed the railroad bridge linking Laredo and Nuevo Laredo during the night. The car went over the span at 1 am and again later, then spent the night in Nuevo Laredo before returning over the footbridge at 9 am. Mexican officers reportedly attempted to halt the car but it had already entered Nuevo Laredo.
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Ues
Laredos
Nuevo Laredo
Verbena de San Juan at Buenos Aires Bathing Pavilion
Last night the Buenos Aires Bathing Pavilion hosted a Verbena de San Juan in honor of St. John the Baptist. The event featured music dancing bathing and other entertainment with a large crowd enjoying the festival atmosphere and the spirit of the summer solstice.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Mexico
Business Visit Arrives in Laredo From San Antonio
Righter, president of the Southwest Bitalithic Co., came into Laredo yesterday afternoon by car from San Antonio for a brief business and pleasure trip.
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Tred BE. Righter
The
Southwest Bitalithic Co
Laredo
San Antonio
Rosebuds Again Take Lead After Winning From Oilers
In Gulf Coast League action the Victoria Rosebuds topped the Laredo Oilers 7 to 1 at Legion Park. Victoria moved into first place as Corpus Christi and Laredo narrowed the gap, with three games left in the season closing July 5.
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Rosebuds
Oilers
Corpus Christi Seahawks
Kingsville
Corpus Christi
Laredo Oilers
Victoria Rosebuds
Legion Park
Corpus Seahawks
Victoria
Corpus
Laredo
Cole
Garrison
Seahawks
Gulf Coast League Holds Key Meeting in Corpus Christi
The Gulf Coast League convenes at the Nueces Hotel in Corpus Christi to consider expanding to six teams by adding Cuero and Kenedy, with Brownsville as a potential successor to Kingsville. Laredo Corpus Christi and Victoria now compete, Galveston’s bid is unlikely, and league future hinges on franchise sales and travel implications.
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Brownsville
Kingsville
Gulf Coast League
Cuerg
Kenedy
Nueces Hotel
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Victoria
Lupuy
Cuero
Galveston
Gonzalez Sign & Adv. Co
Farragut Street
San Agustin Avenue
Printing glass on fabric for beadlike effects
A method is found to print glass onto fabrics to create bead like effects. Dresses, shawls, scarves, and gowns can be treated this way, with the glass or bead becoming an inseparable part of the fabric.
Ongoing Texas town notices and store ads update
A collage of short notices and ads from Laredo Corpus Christi and nearby, including Twiss Army Store promos on 6-26-51, a lost leather hand grip report with reward, local dining and floral ads, traffic and travel mentions to Corpus Christi for Fourth of July, and multiple shop sign and service offers. The items mention Acme Ice Cream Freezers, Gulf Coast League discussions, and general consumer notices.
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Mason
Acme
Twiss Army Store
Oilers
Rosebuds
Laredo
Aguilares
Times Office
Hidalgo
Corpus Christi
Champion
Buffalo Blacksmith Forges
New
Army
Charming eight room home with modern conveniences
Real home with south front near Heights car line, eight rooms and citrus trees. Perkins & Shanks at 504 Salinas Ave offer to show the property for a few days with a reasonable price.
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Perkins & Shanks
Salinas Ave
White Horse Cafe Attracts Visitors With Pollyanna Serenaders
L R Newton manager of the White Horse Cafe in Nue vo Laredo has improved the resort including a new dance floor. The Pollyanna Serenaders, a seven woman group, are filling an engagement delivering singing dancing and music of high quality to patrons.
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White Horse
L. R. Newton
White Horse Cafe
Nuevo Laredo
Newton
The
Coolidge Dam to Be Built on the Gila River
The United States will pay a fifty year debt to the Pima Indians with the Coolidge dam project on the Gila River about fifty miles east of Florence Arizona. The dome type dam will irrigate about eighty thousand acres with 1 200 000 acre feet of water and create land development opportunities similar to the Roosevelt dam in 1912.
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Oy Associated Press
Florence, Ariz
United States
Coolidge
Gila River
Here
Gila
Roosevelt Dam
Jefferson as He Was Remembered at Monticello
Charlottesville remarks mark the upcoming hundredth anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s death. The piece recaps Jefferson’s life, noting his wealth and debts, aristocratic tastes, extensive writing, throat trouble, and a noted romance with Belinda alongside his marriage to Martha Skelton.
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Charlottesville
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Washington
Capitol
United States
John Dervis
America
France
Paris
Randolph
University of Virginia
Board of Visitors
Virginia
Belinda
Carter's Grove
Williamsburgh
William and Mary College
Martha Skelton
Harpischord
Genoa Honors Columbus As Italian Hero With Portrait Exhibits
Genoa honors Christopher Columbus now celebrated as an Italian national hero. Copies of the Ghirlandaio portrait have been purchased for permanent exhibition in Genoa and Rome city halls.
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Associated Preas
Genoa
Cristopher Columbus
Ghirlandaio
Rome
Fossils Unearthed by Electric Shovel in Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Natural History researchers led by Prof. Jesse E. Hyde and Peter A. Bungart dig at Big Creek and West 128th Street, exposing well preserved fish and Cladoselache sharks from Devonian deposits. The site will run all summer as city growth limits access. Fossils appear in rock concretions, with a waterlogged hundred-year-old tree trunk later found, now a coal-like film.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Jesse E. Hyde
Peter A. Bungart
Big Creek
West 128Th St
Ohio
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Ericsson Telephone CO
Verbena de San Juan
Kingsville Jerseys
Teama
R. H. E. Victoria
Cole and
Davis
Garrison and
Miller
Cuero and
Crockett
Green
Floris Broadway
8Th St
Madlem
W. Y. Bunn
Ideal Service
Matamoros Street
Geo. Lake
Duco Dupont
Monterey
Will W. Gregg
Corpus Christ Street
R. R
Fort Mcintosh
McKenzie J. Sullivan
MI Orc
United States Army
Army and Navy Courier
U. S. Air Service Branch
Montrose
the Times
T. A. Bunn
Joseph
C. W. O'Day
Oil City Iron Works, Inc
Jinx
Kelley
Minneapolis
Mike Kelley
Mississippi
Mineapolis
Saints
Millers
HE Was
Columbus
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