Old Diplomacy Reignites in Postwar Debate
A Tuesday editorial laments the return to secret diplomacy among France and Britain, questions U S mediation, and warns that the League of Nations is being bypassed. It calls for American voice on reparations, criticizes excluding other nations, and warns of imperial overreach in occupation plans. It also discusses labor unrest and immigrant communities linked to anarchist strains, noting dangers and evoking caution about undercover investigative tactics.
Anarchist Trail Leads Police to Missing Woman
Police and secret service seek Bety, alleged sweetheart of Tito Ligi arrested in Scranton, for insights into the Wall Street blast. Trails of anarchists are elusive and may point to unlikely locations, with past leads often dead ends.
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Tito Ligi
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Wall Street
Secret Service
Bety
Sigi
Ligi
I. Ww
Constance Talmadge stars in Dangerous Business at Strand
At Laredo Strand Theater today and tomorrow Constance Talmadge headlines Dangerous Business a comedy drama sure to provoke laughs. Max Linder comedy Seven Years Bad Luck opens at Rialto tomorrow for a two day run. Linder returns after five years in the French army.
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Constance Talmadge
Comediennes of Pictures
Strand Theater
Connie Talmadge
Max Linder
Rialto Theatre
Ancient horse tooth found in Torrance lime pits
Four inch long tooth from a wild horse indicates age with eight rings. Excavations at Torrance reveal tusks from saber tooth tiger sharks teeth whale side bones and bones of gigantic animals. A ten pound ancient stone weapon with hollow sides was unearthed. Dr. C L Edwards notes deposits are at least 1 000 000 years old and show former giants inhabited the area. Smithsonian representatives and other institutions have examined the finds.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Torrance
United States
C. L. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Smithsonian Institution
Lewiston Woman Endorses Tanlac After Long Illness
Mrs. Alice McCluskey of No. 66 Park Street Lewiston Maine testifies to dramatic relief from indigestion and rheumatism after taking Tanlac. She gained about 14 pounds and can perform housework again enjoying improved health and energy. Tanlac is sold in Laredo at City Drug Store and other leading druggists.
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Alice McCluskey
Park Street
Lewiston
Laredo
City
Hadfield to Receive John Fritz Medal for Ironsteel Work
Sir Robert Hadfield of Sheffield will be presented with the John Fritz Gold Medal by American engineering societies. The British scientist is honored for manganese steel invention and long scientific research career. Lady Hadfield is American and sister of former U S Attorney General George W. Wickersham.
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Robert Hadfield
John Fritz
Associated Engineering Societies of American
Sheffield
Lord Kelvin
William H. White
Elliot Cresson
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
Lady Hadfield
Sir Robert
George W. Wickersham
United States
Allied premiers at San Remo grant Armenia independence
One year ago today, Allied leaders at San Remo announced Armenia’s independence under a framework tied to the postwar order. The conference also dissolved a combined rail and mining monopoly in the Headling anthracite coal case, shaping regional energy and transport controls.
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San Remo
Armenia
United
Supreme Court
Villa’s Novel Offer to Rebuild Mexican Cities
Associated Press reports Fran cisco Villa now lives peacefully on a Canutillo ranch in Durango with former lieutenants nearby. He is said to offer to rebuild Jiminez and spend twenty thousand dollars to improve Parral’s school system, while kept guarded despite amnesty from President Obregon.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
L Francisco Villa
Jiminez
J. &. Hardy
Durango
Hardy
Villa
Canutillo
Parral
Alvaro Obregon
Kilauea Volcano Power Plan Gets Hawaii Backing
A Honolulu dispatch reports a memorial urging Hawaii to fund a $25,000 start for using Kilauea’s heat to light and power towns and industries. The plan, supported by the Pan-Pacific scientific congress, highlights gas-sourced copper and nitrogen extraction as possible byproducts.
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Ity Associated Press
Honolulu
UT. H
Kilauea
Hawi
Kawellan Volcano Research Association
Panluetie Scientific Congress
Industrial notes span sugar, pulp, and coal industries
In 1919 the United States produced 49 percent of world petroleum. The Indian government studies bamboo paper in Burma. U S and Canada pulp workers reject a 30 percent wage cut. Coal mine deaths rose with output. Fifty years since coal supplanted charcoal in iron furnaces. A 1 million pound ten story building rises in High Point North Carolina for the Southern Furniture Market Association. London printing trades see unemployment rise in recent months.
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Chile
United States
Burma
Canada
High Point
N. C
Southern Furniture Market Association
London
Tiburon Island Visit Clears Cannibal Myths
Capt. George Allan Hancock of the yacht Valero reports Tiburon Island off Lower California is uninhabited by cannibals. He and his party found only primitive huts, and no natives appeared to greet them amid their hunt for legendary aggressors. The voyage included La Paz pearl fishing and talks with Mexican officials about an American colony at Magdalena Bay. Grounding hazards due to imperfect charts were noted along the voyage.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Tiburon
Lower California
Ceres
George Allan Hancock
Los Angeles
Gulf
Guata Rogalia
Captain Hancock
Lower
Caiffernig
Hancock
la Pag
Gnuff
Islavnnd
la Paz
Magdalena Bay
Geo Diego
Gectiong
Guaymas
Farmer Cured of Rheumatism by Liniment
A farmer near Patten Mills New York was crippled by rheumatism when C P Rayder gave him Chamberlains Liniment. After using it for a few days the man walked in straight as a string and paid for another bottle declaring it cured him and that he wants it in the house all the time.
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C. P. Rayder
Patten Mills
N. Y
Shrine for Poets Plans for American House of Poets
Plans underway to establish the House of Poets an American shrine to be modeled after London's Palace of Song. Cost estimated at about 100000 dollars and to serve as home for the American dean of poets with clubs and a clearing house for veridication. Edwin Markham named as first dean candidate. national poets show strong interest including Ralph Waldo Trine Henry Van Dyke Zona Gale Don Marquis Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and others.
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Sy Associated Press
New York
House of Poets
Palace of Song
London
Edwin Markham
Robert Mackay
Ralph Waldo Trine
Henry van Dyke
Zona Gale
Don Marquis
Mirando oil boom as ten firms plan wells around Mirando lease
Ten oil companies other than Mirando prepare to start drilling on portions of the Mirando lease. Norman Oil Corporation of New York plans three wells on their northern line just south of Mirando. Within thirty days at least twenty wells are expected nearby. Mirando No. 4 derrick is finished and a four mile pipe line will supply water to run over thirty rigs. Land leases in Laredo and Webb Zapata counties surge as operators buy and consolidate leases to fuel development in the southeast Webb county area.
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Mirando Oil Co
Mirando
Norman Oil Corporation of New York
Webb-Zapata Oil Co
Zapata County
Miranda
Mirando No. 4
Laredo
Zapata
Webb County
Laredo Windstorm Strikes at 1 A M and Fades
A fierce windstorm struck Laredo around 1am shifting direction several times and reaching high velocity. The gusts caused dust to fill homes but no structural damage was reported. Residents, including housewives, cleaned dust and noted real estate activity unaffected by the weather.
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Laredo
Orly
A LAREDO MAN S EXPERIENCE WITH DOAN S KIDNEY PILLS
Laredo resident Chas Wharton of 1206 Davis Ave reports chronic back pain and kidney issues. He credits Doan s Kidney Pills with immediate relief after a box, and says after two boxes his kidneys normalized and his back strengthened. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Laredo
Chas. Wharton
Davis Ave
Doan
May Festival to Honor May Queen on School Plaza
May Day falls on a Sunday this year, so Miss Ruth Cooper is crowned May Queen at the May Festival on School Plaza Monday evening May 2 starting at 6. The fete aims to match the town’s previous elaborate events and is expected to draw thousands of Laredo residents and visitors.
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Ruth Cooper
School Plaza
Laredo
Anselmo Jimenez Found Dead After Likely Foul Play
Anselmo Jimenez, 31, a well known city resident, died last night after being run over by a Texas-Mexican switch engine near the Heights. Police investigate foul play as missing watch and cash are noted, following a prior hold up in which Clarence Riddle was jailed on related charges. The body was taken to his home on Matamoros street, with funeral set for 5 PM at the Catholic cemetery. survivors include several brothers and sisters.
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Anselmo Jimenez
Jimenez
Brennan
Clarence Riddle
Jackson
Matamoros Street
San Agustin Avenue
Civil Service Announces Examinations for Navy Engineer Corps
The Civil Service Commission calls for civilian applications to sit for lieutenant (junior grade) civil engineer corps exams. Details via Chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, Washington. Examinations include preliminary fitness, medical, and professional tests in New York, Chicago, and Mare Island with later advisement on dates. Applicants must meet height and health requirements and cover their own travel costs.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Tenth Civil Service District
Navy
Civil Engineer Corps
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Navy Department
Washington
B.c
Board of Medical Officers of
New York
Chicago
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
San Francisco
Stolen Buick Recovered by Owner in Laredo
Thomas J. Butler arrived from Austin to reclaim his Buick roadster stolen in Austin on April 6. The car was found in the possession of Van A. Lile in Laredo the next day. Butler was notified after the car’s recovery and the sheriff’s department turned it over to him.
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Thomas J. Butler
Austin
Laredo
van A. Lile
Lile
Butler
Sheriff's Department
Mr. Butler
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