Miranda well to pump 1000 barrels daily near Laredo
A big pump at the Miranda oil well in Zapata county near the Webb line was tested yesterday showing potential production around 1000 barrels per day of high gravity oil. Tanks and full force pumping expected by Saturday, with multiple companies planning drilling in the Laredo district and Mirando No. 3 and No. 4 developments awaited.
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Miranda
Laredo
Zapata County
Webb County
Mirando
Mirando Oil Co
Norman Oil Corporation
Webb-Zapata Oil Co
Mirando No. 3
Mirando No. 4
Mexicans Deported From United States Across Rio Grande
Over the past three days two groups of Mexican laborers ordered deported have been delivered to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande at the border monument. Inspector Long brought five to be deported from St Louis and sent them across the line. Inspector Smith arrived with twenty-one from Fort Worth, moved to the Mexican side last night. More groups are expected in coming days.
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Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
Bountry Monument
U. S
Long
St. Louis
Smith
Fort Worth
Mexican Products expands to house big trade
The Mexican Products Co. led by Matiag c de Llano plans a two story addition adjoining the Cenobio Garcia place on Flores Avenue near the Texas Mexican tracks. The new building will have 65 feet frontage and 130 feet length with a cement lower floor and ample doors for trucks. Once finished the firm will boast 135 by 120 feet totaling 23 900 square feet of floor space for wholesale and retail Mexican manufactured goods.
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The
Mexican Products Co
Matiag c de Llano
Cenobio Garcia
Filores Avenue
Cenoblo Garcia
Flores Avenue
Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities
A brief reading notes a subscription prompt urging readers to monitor THE TIMES daily for possible opportunities, with a stated price of 600 per month. The item presents a promotional line without additional contextual details or dates.
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the Times
Free transportation for donations to cyclone sufferers in Texarkana
Local Agent C J Gorman of American Railways Express Co announced free transport for seven days for clothing food and supplies donated by Laredo residents to cyclone victims near Texarkana. Deliver parcels to the express office and they will be sent immediately.
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American Railways Express Co
Laredo
C. J. Gorman
Texarkana
Texas
Funeral Held for Anselmo Jimenez in Unsolved Texas-Mexican Death
The funeral for Anselmo Jimenez was held yesterday at 2 pm from the Matamoros and San Agustin home, with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Police Chief Brennan pursued an ongoing investigation into whether his death Monday night resulted from foul play or an accident, with Jimenez last seen alive at 9 pm boarding a streetcar and later entering the Texas-Mexican shop yards.
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Anselmo Jimenez
Matamoros Street
San Agustin Avenue
Brennan
Jimenez
Lincoln Street
Cold Weather Arrives After Forecaster’s Accurate Call
Laredo reports cooler weather after a forecasted drop in temperatures. Port imports include two carloads of ixile and one of rope, plus truck arrivals via the international footbridge. Oil excitement wanes but Miranda field interest grows. rumors of General Murguia near Roma swirl without confirmation. Local band concert on San Agustin plaza at 8 PM, under Alpha Club, promises music until 1 AM.
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Mercury
Laredo
Ixile
Miranda
Fatal hit and chase in Nuevo Laredo aftermath
An automobile struck a boy crossing a street in Nuevo Laredo around 10 pm, fatally injuring him. A pursuing crowd and police chased the fleeing driver, but vehicles blocked pursuit and the driver escaped. Numerous shots were fired during the chase with no injuries reported.
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Boy
Nuevo Laredo
Man
Rotary Club Luncheon Postponed for Officers Election
The Laredo Rotary Club did not meet today and will hold a luncheon at Hamilton Hotel at 8 p.m. tomorrow to elect officers for the next year. Nominations were already made at last Wednesday’s meeting and will be voted on during tomorrow night’s luncheon.
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Hamilton Hotel
Laredo
Society Social Calendar Highlights For May
The Parish Guild meets at 3 30 in the afternoon on Wednesday. Thursday features Mrs McKinney hosting a bridge luncheon at the Hamilton Hotel at 2 30. W M A Circles meet at the regular afternoon hour. The Revellera Club hosts a dance at 8 15 Thursday evening in Elks Hall. Lagos bound for Lagos Jalisco are Mr and Mrs Luis Anaya and sister Eloisa Cardenas for the summer. Victor Cook of Corpus Christi visits at the Mussett home. Mrs Thekla Biskamp returns from the East. Dolores visitors include Mr and Mrs W J Shutt and children. Eugene Guernsey returns from San Antonio. Baby buggy parade participants meet May 2 at Mrs J J Hayes residence at 6 pm. Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church meets at the Rectory Tuesday afternoon. quilt scrapbook and educational cards are planned. Rev C W Cook treats members to ice cream and cake. Attendees include Ethel and Alta Gracia Poster, Ben, Mary and Ida Wright, Charline Nye, Elinor, Jack and David Kehl, Arline Adams, Nettle Bunn, Jack Younkin, Edward Shahady, Ralph and Mary Cook.
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Christ Church
C. W. Cook
Ethel
Alta Gracia Poster
Ben
Mary
Ida Wright
Charline Nye
Elinor
Jack
David Kehl
Arline Adams
Nettle Bunn
Jack Younkin
Edward Shahady
Ralph and
Mary Cook
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
The United States weather bureau forecast from New Orleans to The Times notes tonight will be fair and colder, with Wednesday fair. The Fort McIntosh observations for the last 24 hours show a maximum temperature of 103 degrees, a minimum of 65, wind from the north, and clear conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Max
North Clear
Ancient Danish Mummy Unearthed in Jutland Field
In Copenhagen on April 27 the National Museum staff uncovered a mummified woman from 3000 years ago buried in a Jutland field. The coffin was an oak hollow trunk and the body wrapped in cowhide, suggesting rank. She wore a short sleeved jacket, a petticoat, two belts on her wrists and bronze bracelets on her arms.
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Copenhagen
Jutland
Denmark
National Museum
Identified Robbers Named in Fort Worth Hold Up
Associated Press reports from Omaha indicate special Fort Worth officer J F E Clark identified Frank Seward and Harry Savage as participants in a $4,000 holdup in Fort Worth. Seward leaped from a hotel and shot himself while officers pursued him over the murder of two Toledo detectives. he remains in serious condition.
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Omaha
Neb
J. FE. Clark
Fort Worth
Frank Seward
Harry Savage
Danbaum. Seward
Toledo
Ohio
Sunny Brook Officials Arrested on Prohibition Conspiracy
Louis Rosenfeld and F W Harrison of Sunnybrook Distillery were arrested in Chicago at El Paso authorities request for alleged conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. They allegedly tried to ship 1,000 cases of whiskey to Mexico. Hearing to transfer to Texas set for May 6.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louis Rosenfeld
Sunnybrook Distillery Company
F. W. Harrison
el Paso
Mexico
Texas
Golf Champions George Duncan and Abe Mitchell Sail for U S Tour
British Open champion George Duncan and fellow pro Abe Mitchell plan a July 2 departure for a extended United States tour. Their schedule reportedly includes the United States Open at Chevy Chase in Maryland on July 18 and events in New York. Duncan won last year’s Open at 303 and the Daily Mail £580 at 291. Mitchell was runner up in the Daily Mail event and Open. They also played in the 1920 French Open won by Walter Hagen.
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Associated Press
London
George Duncan
Abe Mitchell
England
United States
New York
Chevy Chase Course
Maryland
Duncan
Daily Mail
Mitchell
Walter Hagen
Man Spirited Away in Houston Automobile District
Houston police investigate the kidnapping of J. W. McGee a gatekeeper at a local auto firm. He was abducted from his car by several men wearing masks on the San Felipe road. Offiers pursued but did not capture the assailants.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
J. W. McGee
McGee
San Felipe Road
Railway unions boost estimate of railroad waste
Chicago April 27 unions fighting wage cuts before the railway labor board raised their claim of management waste by a quarter billion dollars. The supplemental exhibit cites possible savings of 1.76 billion dollars if railroads adopt modern maintenance and operation methods.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railway Labor Board
We Buy Rags Bring Old Rage to The Times Office
We buy rags and wash them. Bring all old rage to The Times office for best prices. Rage must be soft and clean.
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Times Office
Barber Shop to Open 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. and 2 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.
J. S. Roberts announces future barber shop on the second floor of the Thaison Building with hours from 8 to 1 and 2 to 7 30 p m The notice is dated April 26 1931.
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Thaison
J. S. Roberts
Col J L Doggett Dies. Longtime McKinney Leader
Col J L Doggett 73 longtime McKinney resident and former mayor died at City Hospital after a weeks long illness. Funeral at First Methodist Church with Rev Barcus and Rev Fincher. Burial in Pecam Grove. Survived by wife and five children including Mrs Charles E Gabel and Edwin B Doggett. He led Collin County Bar Assn Ex Confederates and Old Settlers group.
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McKinney
Texas
Wilmer Threadgill
J. L. Doggett
United States Internal Revenue Collector
North Texas
Cleveland
Collin
Denton
First Methodist Church
Sam J. Barcus
E. B. Fincher
Presbyterian Church
Pecan Grove Cemetery
Charles E. Gabel
Charleston
W. Va
E. E. Husthines
Richardson
Laredo
Bert E
Lovelady
Richmond
Edwin B. Doggett
Dallas
Colonel Doggett
Virginia
Collin County Bar Association
Collin County
Ex-Confederates and
Old Settlers’ Picnic and Reunion Association
Doggett
Obregon Regime Promises Well in Doctor Fowles View
Dr George M Fowles treasurer of the educative committee of the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church returns from Mexico and says Obregon's success hinges on U S recognition. He notes Congress represents Mexicans and fears of U S intervention fuel discord while radicals hinder rapprochement efforts.
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Associated Press
Chicago
George M Fowles
Board of Foreign Mission
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mexico
Obregon
United States
Mexican Congress
Harding Reviews Atlantic Fleet From Cuba Voyage
President Harding will depart Washington for Old Point Comfort to review the Atlantic fleet from the presidential yacht Mayflower. The task force, led by the Pennsylvania, will pass Thimble Shoal near the Chesapeake Bay at dawn, includes eight battleships, 18 destroyers, 13 submarines and 26 auxiliaries with Mrs. Harding and key officials aboard.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Old Point Comfort
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Virginia Capes
Thimble Shoal
Chesapeake Bay
Homespun Folks at Rialto in Laredo
At the Rialto Theatre today in Laredo the new release Homespun Folks by Thomas H. Ince is shown with Associated Producers Inc. It is billed as a clean romance and wholesome entertainment that leaves audiences feeling better and appreciating Ince’s craft.
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Rialto
Thomas H. Ince
Associated Producers, Inc
Rialto Theatre
Admiral Burd Retires From Navy After forty Years Service
Rear Admiral George F. Burd, long stationed at the New York Navy Yard, was placed on the retired list for age. A native of Maine, he has a naval career spanning more than forty years.
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Washington, D. C
George FE. Burd
New York Navy Yard
Burd
Maine
California woman peace officer commissioned for Texas to California transit
A California woman peace officer, Mrs Nettie Yaw, was commissioned by Governor Neff in Austin on April 27 to escort a woman wanted for embezzlement from San Antonio to California for trial. The order designates Mrs Yaw to return the suspect to face charges.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
California
Neff
San Antonio
Nettie Yaw
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for Internal Cure
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. It is a local disease influenced by constitutional conditions, so an internal remedy is recommended. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Described by a leading physician, it combines tonics and blood unifiers to address catarrhal conditions. Testimonials available. price 76c. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Engineers Meet Opens ASCE Convention in South
Four hundred engineers from across the United States attend the American Society of Civil Engineers opening in Houston Texas on April 27. Governor Neff and Mayor Holcombe welcome the visitors. George B Webster of Philadelphia presides of the organization replies.
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Houston
Texas
United States
American Society of Civil Engineers
South
Neff
Holcombe
George 8. Web,Ster
Philadelphia
German Cabinet Faces Reichstag Vote on Reparations Policy
Berlin report states the German cabinet braces for a Reichstag vote on reparations, including appeals to President Harding for mediation and new proposals sent to Washington. Analysts expect cabinet fate to hinge on Harding talks, while Walter Simons gains after his reparations analysis. Washington awaits allied views on German counter proposals before Hughes replies to Berlin.
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Harding
Dr. Simons
Associated Press
Berlin
Reichstag
Warding
Washington
Walter Simons
Germany
Hughes
United States
Britain seeks Berlin talks on German reparations term
London April 27 The British government today asked its representatives in Berlin to inquire informally about the new German reparations offer to clear up the ambiguity over the term of years for payment under the proposal.
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London
Fits
Berlin
Trains Marooned by East Texas Floods Reach Fort Worth
Trains due to arrive yesterday were marooned by East Texas floods and began arriving today after wide detours. A freight embargo on East Texas shipments persisted but officials expect lifting tonight or tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
East Texas
Eight Are Dead In Mississippi Storm And Cattle Die-Off
Reports from Braxton Mississippi say a storm devastated the area killing eight people and injuring twenty three. Cattle losses in Llano County prompt state veterinary experts to test for a mysterious disease ravaging herds with about 250 cattle dead. Troops from Jackson were dispatched to help restore order and safety.
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Braxton
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
State Y Veterinary Department
Llano County
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi
Jackson
Sharp dispute over the wage reductions at shipping talks
Washington reports a sharp rift at the opening of wage talks as Chairman Benson clashes with marine workers’ spokesmen over a 15 percent wage cut. Andrew Puruth of the International Seamen’s Union says the cut is unacceptable while Benson insists prices and wages have fallen and a 16 percent reduction is the target.
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Washington
Benson
Shipping Board
Andrew Puruth
International Seamen's Union
No Amnesty Ordered for Mexican Rebels
Mexico City April 27 Rebel chiefs will receive no amnesty promises from the Mexican government. President Obregon ordered military commanders to deal unconditionally with rebels holding ranks higher than captain, following indirect offers through agents by Francisco Murgila. The move signals Obregon's confidence in the new government.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Oboregon
Nivet
Flag At Half Mast In Austin After Mrs Dora Hobby Death
Governor Neff ordered flags at the capitol and governor’s mansion to half mast following the death of Mrs Dora P Hobby mother of former Governor Hobby. The notice records the decision and the date April 7 in Austin Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Neff
Capitol
Dora P. Hobby
Hobby
Band Concert Tonight on San Agustin Plaza
The Alpha Club presents the Nuevo Laredo municipal band performing this evening on San Agustin Plaza starting at o o clock under the clubs auspices. Members urge motorists to stop spinning around the plaza during the performance to avoid interference with the music and allow all to enjoy the program.
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San Agustin Plaza
Nuevo Laredo
Alpha Club
Interstate commerce panel upholds rail freight rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that freight rates from points east of the Rockies to the Intermountain region are not unreasonably prejudicial or unlawful. Complaints by shippers and oilers were dismissed. A separate complaint sought rate grading by distance, arguing Eastern against Pacific coast basis, but the case was not sustained.
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Wethington
Inter State Commerce Commission
Rocky Mountains
Intermountain
Intermountain Territory
Pacific Coast
Card of Thanks to La redo Fire Dept
The writer thanks the La redo fire department for their prompt turnout yesterday Their quick arrival stopped a fire from spreading at the writer immediate location and demonstrated zeal and efficiency They believe the department probably saved the neighborhood from a costly and disastrous fire.
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Laredo
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Corpus Christi
City
J. W. Mussett
W. J. Shutt
Dolores
Asin
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Rkevellers
Elks Hall
Flora Dilgarde Anderson
Mesdames
J. T. Hassell
J. H. Slaughter
EB. R. Lobdell
A. B. Muller
Sam Mackin
J. J. Hayes
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DR. Fowles
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