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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1921
Page
12
Saturday’s account notes Germans in Neuss uncovered during the memorial for French and German dead, despite General Gaucher’s flowers on both sides. It contrasts Allied restraint with German behavior, cites past occupier abuses, and argues the Texas university issue and state governance deserve scrutiny.
A critical view of landowners in Austin shaping a college bill to buy land at high prices while the university could use five times as much land for free. The piece argues the university serves the people of Texas, not a few property holders who profit from adjacent land values and local businesses. It laments the view of the university as an adjunct to boarding houses stores and other concerns rather than a public good.
Officers held a farewell for Lieut Norman McNiel and his wife with a band and gifts before their departure for Los Angeles and San Francisco via a March 31 sailing. The week featured a 5 pm regimental parade, a 9 30 am field inspection, high marks in Interior Guard Duty, and a Post team game against the American Legion tomorrow. Beginning Monday, Major Wm Lloyd will lead a new Garrison School course on Military Hygiene.
The statement estimates that, roughly, last year the value of United States factory output was about equal to the value of all European manufactures. It suggests parity between US and European industrial production in total value.
An everyday opportunity note promotes a subscription at 60 cents per month for The Times with emphasis on regular access and value for readers.
Representative W B Pope of Corpus Christi and Senator Archie Parr receive praise for steering house bill 41 through the Texas lower chamber. The measure dedicates state tax revenue from Nueces, Jim Wells, Duval, Jim Hogg, Brooks, Kleberg and Willacy counties to a bond issue exceeding 2.5 million dollars for a Corpus Christi breakwater and port protection. The bill, approved unanimously, advances to the senate for minor amendment consideration.
Prolonged drouth in Webb and Zapata counties causes high costs for cattlemen as grasses fail. Some ranches have gone nearly a year with no meaningful rain while light showers offered little relief. If heavy rain arrives soon, prickly pear and new grasses would respond and ease the situation.
At Laredo the photoplay starring Fox actor George Walsh opens today at the Royal Theatre. The film is titled Dynamite Alien and, from the story outline, it lives up to the name with Walsh’s renowned dynamic action on display.
Ethel Clayton stars in Crooked Streets set in Shanghai with Paul Powell directing and Jack Holt Clyde Fillmore in support. Also opening Sunday at Rialto is Without Limit a Paramount Artcraft photoplay starring Anna Q Nilsson from a Calvin Johnston story, George D Baker production for SL Pictures.
The service plan lists Mia Flora Dilgarde Anderson as organist director with Morning Prayer and Evensong. It includes hymns Regent Square Benedictus Hark My Beloved Day of Rest and general offertory numbers. A late program features Magnificat Nunc Dimittis and the anthem The Day is Gentle Sinking performed by Jules Jordan and soloist Mrs E B Adams.
Vernon Hinkle, president of the Golden Rule Developing Co. of Indianapolis, arrived with Mrs. Hinkle and will stay several days. Former Bor-Tex Oil Co. manager, he plans to bid at Bor-Tex bankruptcy for machinery and the 700 foot Ortiz tract hole. If the deal closes, he intends to resume drilling immediately, aiming for a major oil discovery.
Announcement to the public that the Collins Company a leading San Antonio wholesale grocer has established a new branch in Laredo in the former WU Marroquin quarters on Main Avenue near the Texas Mexican tracks. J T Johnston is named as local manager with the date April 12 as the listing shows 4-12-3t.
The first carload of Laredo Bermuda onions of the season is expected to be shipped next week with several cars likely to Eastern markets. Some sales agents here have contracts to handle these onions. Market conditions are only slightly improved due to large stock of old onions in East refrigeration warehouses. Within thirty days the old stock may deteriorate and reduce demand for them, increasing demand for Texas crop nationwide.
A hose reel racing team for the Laredo Volunteer Fire Department will be organized next week to compete in the sunwal races at the Texas Write men s Association state convention in Weatherford Texas on May 10 11 and 12 A meeting at Firemen s Hall Monday at 7 80 o clock will invite prospective members ten men plus a captain will form the team Training and tryouts will be held for places all interested young men are urged to attend the meeting
J. T. Johnston and his family have located in Laredo at 1312 Houston Street. He is the local manager of Collins & Company, a major San Antonio wholesale grocer, which has opened a branch in the old G Marroquin quarters on the Texas-Mexican tracks along Main Avenue.
Edward P. Miller of Abbotts town Pa reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy helps coughs and colds. He notes people who use it are seldom satisfied with other products and recommends it for easing a cough and breaking up a cold.
There is evident prosperity in Laredo with plans for extensive future building and improvements. J B Roberts to reopen barber shop in Thalson building Saturday morning. The new international footbridge between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo advances with completion hoped by year end. District court sessions begin next Monday with eight week terms. The city council approves another street grader and scarifier due to extensive needed work.
A large trench-digging machine moved from Davis Avenue to Matamoros Street yesterday and is advancing north along Davis and Matamoros, then Santa Maria and Juarez Avenues. It will extend the eight-inch laterals from Matamoros Street and proceed to Salinas Avenue once completed.
Federal court will convene in Laredo next month and sit until all business is disposed of. The court usually stays about a week, transacting matters quickly and clearing dockets. A grand jury will hear many cases, including violations tied to liquor transportation laws.
Mirando Oil Co. in the northeast corner of Zapata county near Webb county line, about forty miles southeast of Laredo, reports cementing the abandoned 1,508 foot hole after caveins and drilling a new hole 60 feet east. The prior well showed oil and gas with an estimate of 40 barrels per day, but cave-ins halted further progress. The new bore is down over 450 feet and aims to reach 1,500 feet to produce a strong Laredo district oil well on the Mirando lease.
Associated Press reports changes in Vatican diplomacy as listed in the 1921 Annuario Pontificio. The British legation becomes a definite representation and Peru Chile Brazil and Prussia rise to embassies. Prussia becomes the Embassy of Germany while Austria is no longer an embassy but a legation. The corps totals five embassies and nineteen legations.
The Social Calendar lists gatherings at local churches. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 PM worship, Junior and Senior B Y P U at 4 PM and 7 PM, Epworth League at 6 30 PM, Christian Church service 6 46 PM, and Woman's Missionary Society meets at 4 PM at the Methodist Church with all members asked to attend.
Mayors society editor invites wedding and party notices and travel items. Mrs. Guyler and granddaughter leave Wallace Texas after visit. Ola Hudson to Austin and Frida Stjerna to Corpus Christi on rest trip. Gathered St Patrick event honors Ola Hudson with green decor and games, pairing guests by shamrocks and aprons as entertainment.
The article details a village celebration with prizes for a flag making contest and a pig race. Miss Beulah Putman won a green basket of mints, Mr. Clingenpeel won the toll prize, and a boy received creamed pork sandwiches and a handkerchief for his partner. Guests included Ola Hudson Genevieve Camp Katherine Killam Jewell Wallace Eloise Simmons Beulah Putman Allan Matthes Paul Docker ty Clyde Beaman Clarence Jeffries Jake Bunn and C M Henry among others.
Associated Press reports in Washington on March 12 that settlement chances hinge on meat packers accepting Secretary Davis's mediation offer to resolve the dispute with their employees.
Washington March 12 authoritative quarters say the Harding administration will not significantly change American rights stemming from participation in World War I. The policy framing is expected to mirror the Wilson administration.
New York report states that Erie railroad has restored the old wage scale after January 31 reductions were wiped out. The railroad says improved business conditions allowed the old scale, while the railroad labor board had condemned the road for failing to seek approval. The company will submit the wage question again to the board.
Kansas City club women started a campaign against lax censorship of motion pictures amid claims it fuels juvenile crime and immorality. A Missouri legislature bill to create a state censorship board has won support from religious and women's groups. A city conference aims to craft a plan for stronger local controls to shield youths from screenings.
London March 12. The Rev Dr Gough Prebendary of St Pauls Cathedral argued clergy should be eligible for Parliament, opposing the rule that would require churchmen to quit their calling. He called the exclusion monstrous and said clergymen are as fit to legislate as lawyers.
The report highlights New Orleans planning a Union Labor Temple costing a million dollars. It notes Mexico's oil regions can produce up to 500 million barrels annually. It states Norway leads waterpower utilization abroad, and Iceland could yield 60 000 horsepower from one waterfall and 50 000 from another, indicating vast hydro potential.
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