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Newspaper

Laredo Weekly Times

Location

Laredo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1926

Page

5

Making radicals as contemporary as the law allows

The piece argues police must enforce the law during textile worker strikes in New England and New Jersey, despite radicals blaming authorities. It cites Texas longshoreman riots and notes aliens among workers, urging strikes remain lawful while authorities employ night sticks and tear gas to quell mobs.

New Jor New England New Jersey Aft Lenant Texas Atlantic Gulf ‘Seaboard Galveston Hastia National Guard

Isolation and rebuke in the disarmament conference

The essay argues the League of Nations disarmament postponement is a rebate to the country and shows the world will not follow U S decisions. It criticizes splendid isolation, asserting past wealth and credit could have allowed U S dominance in postwar sums and policy.

League of Nations Congress Wilson

Washington urged to join world league and court

The author argues the United States should enter the world league and world court to support world peace and arbitration. Staying out weakens prestige and undermines disarmament efforts, as nations lose confidence in American leadership and commitment.

World Germany Russia Switzerland Hamlet Prince Denmark Washington World League League of Nations

Elk import to Middleboro spawns New England range

Associated Press reports 400 elk from Mosses Montana arrive in Middleboro Massachusetts as part of the Wi Crazing and Breeding Association. Mrs B Jones and family run the project aiming to fatten elk for Eastern markets. Mrs Maurice Jones and Mrs Percy Jones participate as "ladies of the range" tending calves and mingling rural life with the new venture.

Associated Press Middleboro Mass New England Mosses Montana Massachusetts B. Jones Maurice Jones Percy Jones Thousand Acre

Trained in the Jungles Monkey Gland Plot

An owner claims he transplant a gland from his monkey wrench into a Ford then took a ride. A traffic officer attempted arrest for speeding as the car allegedly struck the officer. The defendant then climbed a tree and hung from a branch by its taillight.

Interclub Literary Meet Held Tomorrow at High School

The annual inter club literary meet at the High School takes place tomorrow at 8 pm in the auditorium. Declamation, extemporaneous speaking, and a debate are on the program to select representatives for the district meet in April.

Jaredo University Interscholastic League Sarah Leal Alma Leal Francisca Farias Evelyn Randolph Hunter Randolph Alphonse Leyendecker Ezequiel Salinas Jesus Vela Josephine Daiches Ethel Poster Radcliffe Killam Richard Derby Margaret Ward Evangelina Cerda Amado Cavazos Arturo Garza

Tomorrow Tag Day Aids Laredo Athletic Field

The public schools schedule a tag day on Friday March 19 to raise funds for finishing the 13 acre Laredo athletic complex on San Bernardo and Park Avenues. The plan includes a football field track baseball diamond and four tennis courts with bleachers for 2000.

Uigh School San Bernardo and Park Avenues Texas Crass Laredo

Eleven More Indictments Returned This Morning

The grand jury returned eleven bills of indictment this morning, bringing total indictments to thirty eight. Names and charges include Seferino Caseras unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors and Arnulfo Rodriguez et al theft over fifty dollars, Edward Williams theft under fifty, George Davis forging a instrument, Guadalupe Sepulveda seduction, Antonio Martinez Cesario Salinas and William McCoy burglary, Pablo Cantu driving under the influence, L H Sports driving under, Arnulfo Rodriguez burglary, and Edward Walsh driving under the influence. The panel resumed deliberations and is expected to return another batch tomorrow morning.

Seferino Caseras Arnulfo Rodriguez Edward Williams George Davis Guadalupe Sepulveda Antonio Martinez Cesario Salinas William McCoy Pablo Cantu L. H. Sports Edward Walsh Grand

Laredo Creamery Announces New Ice Cream Machines

Laredo Creamery Company has completed installation of modern machinery and is ready to fill all orders for the latest ice cream and ices. They invite public patronage and provide phone number 287 for orders, promising top quality milk butter cream and ice cream.

Laredo Creamery Company

Desperate Game at Strand Promises Real Western Backdrops

Pete Morrison stars in The Desperate Game at the Strand Theatre today and tomorrow. The production uses authentic Mojave desert settings shot by Morrison and his troupe to capture genuine western atmosphere. Directed by Joseph Franz from Frank Bereford's adaptation, the cast includes Dolores Gardner Lew Meehan James Welsh J P Lonkey and Al Richmond among others.

Strand California Arizona Pete Morrison Strand Theatre Morrison Hollywood Mojave Desert Hollywood Hills Universal Pictures Corporation Joseph Franz Frank Bereford William C. Jenks Dolores Gardner Lew Meehan James Welsh J. P. Lockney al Richmond Bess Carling

Meeting of Onion Growers Tomorrow in Laredo District

An onion growers meeting will be held tomorrow evening in the Laredo district to discuss vital industry matters. Farmers urge Congress to impose an emergency tariff to protect American producers against a large Egyptian onion crop estimated at 16 400 900 bushels and destined for the U S market.

Laredo Egypt Congress United States

Adlerika Gas Relief Promises Comfort for Mrs Brinkley

Mrs Brinkley and her husband report relief after Adlerika treatment. The ad claims one spoon eliminates gas and bloating, sleeping better and removing old waste matter. Sold at City Drug Co. and other druggists.

7. Brinkley Adlerika City Drug Co

Border Gas Co meets Anahuac in Sunday baseball contest

An afternoon game at Legion Park is set for Sunday after noon starting at 3 20 when the Border Gas Co team faces Anahuac. Local players promise fast action and peppy play for spectators at the closely contested event.

Legion Park Border Gas Co Anahuac

Mission draws crowds at San Agustin church in Laredo

A week of missions at San Agustin church in Laredo fills the edifice nightly with large congregations as two forceful speakers attract attendees. Other items note for sale ads, local services, and upcoming onion shipments, with crowded community notices scattered throughout.

San Agustin Church Laredo Charleston

Two New Gas Producers and One Oil Producer Come In

Killam No 4 of O W Killam in Block 9 Survey 10 was brought in at 1 760 feet yielding about 40 000 000 cubic feet of gas. M S No 1 Moody Seagraves in Block 22 Survey 291 Randado grant Jim Hogg county produced about 250 barrels per day at 1 275 feet. Killam No 5 B in Survey 276 Martinez ranch Jim Hogg county Henne Winch Fariss Field flowed at 2 017 feet with about 25 000 000 cubic feet of gas per day.

Laredo Killam No O. W. Killam Moody-Seagraves

Pimply faced people learning new method

It explains how to treat skin problems such as bumps blotches and eczema with Black and White Ointment and Soap and claims over two million packages sold yearly. The advert notes affordability and availability in both ointment and soap, with the 50 cent size offering more product than the 25 cent size.

Grape Growers Unharmed by Prohibition Say Californias Vineyards

Six years after national prohibition began, California grape shipments rose from 21 606 cars in 1919 to 72 116 last year amid booming demand in other states. Prices leapt from about 20 dollars per ton before ratification to over 100 dollars at times, as more crop goes to markets outside wine making. Winehaven dismantling follows the shift, ending a 1906 era storage complex built after the San Francisco fire with vast capacity and armed transport.

Associated Press San Francisco Mar California Agricultural Economics Bureau Department of Agriculture Winehaven Point San Pablo California Wine Grower's Association

Depot Market Announces New Meats Sale

The Depot Market offers new items including baby beef genuine spring lamb and veal plus a Monday shipment of corned beef and vinegar pickled pigs feet all guaranteed by Armour and Company to be Government inspected and Veribest quality.

Armour & Company

Halo's Catarrh Medicine Claim In Tonics And Ointment

An advertisement touts Halo s Catarrh Medicine as curing catarrh deafness by an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that cleanses the blood to restore mucous membranes. It notes blood purifier claims and claims the product has sold for over forty years by J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.

I J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio

Thousand Rolls Hourly On Umatilla Lightship Patrol

Seattle reports life aboard the Umatilla lightship stationed 125 miles off the Washington coast. Captain B H Lindman notes the ship averages about 20 000 rolls of ten to forty five degrees every twenty four hours, nearly 1000 an hour. The vessel serves as a floating lighthouse guarding reefs near the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound entrance, with a crew naming seagulls aboard. The ship, twenty seven years old, has guarded the reef for eighteen years in government service with no wrecks.

Associated Press Seattle Mar Umatilla Pacific Washington B. H. Lindman Strait of Juan de Fuca Puget Sound

May Testify Against Husbands in Georgia Courts

Women in Georgia may testify against their husbands while men do not have the same right with wives. The rule stems from hurried post Nineteenth Amendment legislation and remains unsettled. Georgia also requires juries to consider a defendant’s uncorroborated testimony as a possible basis for belief, and Atlanta enacted a Jim Crow advertisement limiting white women and children from patronizing black barber shops.

Atlanta Georgia

Alaska Good Investment Promises Growth in 1925 Trade

Trade figures show Alaska exported 62,223,785 worth of products in 1925 with a favorable balance of 29,024,224. Total commerce reached 95,423,246 with 33,199,591 imported. Gold silver and copper output rose while the fish industry fell from 238,168 845 in 1924 to 87,609,451 in 1925 due to Bristol Bay salmon shortages and government restrictions.

Associated Press Juneau Alaska Mar John C. McBride United States Bristol Bay

Screen Gag As Irene Rich Teases Myrna Loy On Set

Irene Rich quips about a famous Chinese general to Myrna Loy while waiting on the Warner lot for camera calls. Loy asks which general, and Rich explains the line about touching a grey head and dying like a dog in a Mah Jong reference.

Irene Rich Myrna Loy Warner Miss Loy

Klondike Fever Returns To Hudson In Northern Ontario

The Red Lake gold finds rekindle a Klondike scene in Hudson Ontario as prospectors, dog teams, log cabins, and traders fill the snow burrowed hamlet. Hudson sits on the northern trans continental line, 240 miles east of Winnipeg and near Sioux Lookout, becoming a bustling staging point for hopeful miners.

Associated Prensa. Hudson Ont Klondike Red Lake District Ontario Hudson Canadian National Railway Winnipeg Sioux Lookout

Belled Buzzard Shot Down near Athens Georgia

W C Birchmore of near Athens shot at wild geese and killed a belled buzzard. The bird wore a brass bell about two inches across, dated 1882, with a barely legible home marking Joel Mine Lianville. The discovery marks the animal as a rare tagged individual in northeast Georgia.

Associated Press Athens Georgia W .C. Birchmore Joel Lianville

Overman Seeks Re election to U S Senate from North Carolina

Lee Slater Overman long time North Carolina representative in the U S Senate announces his bid for reelection. A lawyer and railway and bank president, he began in the state lower house in 1888 and moved to the Senate in 1908. His term ends March 4 next. He has strong ties to education as a trustee of two major state colleges.

Lee Slater Overman United States Senate North Carolina Senator Overman Overman

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