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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1926
Page
7
A fragmented notice discusses surplus profits redirected to farms as a tariff issue. The readable text hints at policy critique and potential redistribution, with emphasis on economic impact on agricultural interests.
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright aged veteran and former Maine executive officer lies critically ill at Hav al hospital Washington March 6. He commanded the Gloucester in action with Spanish destroyers and helped oppose Cervera at Santiago harbor during the blockade.
Three vessels faced distress in Gulf Coast waters. The Honduran steamship Yuma issued SOS from a leak, the tug Echo ran aground near Bay Eight in Mobile Bay, and the Norwegian Modica was reported in trouble between Pensacola and Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico.
Chicago reports a feud among beer runners ends in one man dead after being fatally wounded by companions who helped him to a hospital. Two armed men believed to be seeking assailants were arrested. A second man was shot on the Northwest side but later unlocated.
Dallas on March 6 reported a busy start to weekend crime with three robberies two shootings and multiple liquor raids. Twenty one people were arrested including two wounded in a shooting in a local negro settlement.
Rep Haugen of the House agriculture committee called the bill “not worth the paper it’s written on” for ignoring protective tariffs. The proposal would direct National Agricultural and Cooperative agencies to fix farm production with a five percent basis.
Corsicana and Brackenridge high schools meet tonight for the state high school basketball title in Austin. Corsicana reached the final with a 29 to 21 win over Austin, while Brackenridge advanced with a 22 to 21 victory over Iron Canyon this morning.
Washington March. President Coolidge expressed concern over a potential treasury deficit from tax reductions and asked Secretary Mellon Budget Director Lord and Rep Tilson to cut expenditures. Treasury and Budget Bureau heads promised trimming estimates and Tilson pledged cooperation in reducing appropriations.
Manhattan Kansas March 6 An enterprising student at the college here has started a date bureau to pay for his education. Dates are arranged for either boys or girls with the standard price for the transaction and he has gained notable publicity for the venture.
Paris March 6 Associated Press reports Aristide Briand’s cabinet has fallen along with other ministries. The government faces wrecked plans for financial stabilization as Briand tenders the resignation in the chamber of deputies.
Washington March 6 Associated press reports that the federal government will spend about 26 million dollars in the present fiscal year for prohibition enforcement. Secretary Andrews today told the Ways and Means Committee that passage of the bill to create separate customs and prohibition bureaus is urged. He answered Texas Representative Garner on effects if federal enforcement proceeds without state aid and said he would have to take over the Department of Justice.
A Texas blue norther causes freezing conditions with Amarillo reporting a sharp drop though exact temps not forecast. The cold wave brings clear skies after two cloudy days. In New England northern Vermont and New Hampshire bear the chill with Northfield reporting 18 below zero and Whitefield unofficial readings lower.
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