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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1926
Page
4
An editorial notes a white mob attacked a peaceable black church after a black man was arrested for stabbing a white boxer. It questions motives behind mob violence, cites race and industrial tensions in the North, and discusses possible motives in related Germany Soviet diplomacy and economic concerns.
The pact is hailed by some as a path to peace and feared by others as a threat that may test the League of Nations. Russia and Germany say it is a nonaggressive amity pact designed to keep Moscow neutral if Poland or France act against Berlin.
Blas Maria Uribe filed April 14 1926 with the Texas Board of Water Engineers for a permit to appropriate unappropriated Rio Grande waters in Zapata County for irrigation up to 330 acres. A hearing is set for May 24 1926 at 10 AM in Austin with opportunity for all interested parties to be heard.
Notice states I will not be liable for debts contracted by any person firm or corporation performing any labor on road No 12 A in Webb County Texas except upon a written order signed by me H. B. Zachary. The document seeks to protect property from third party labor claims.
A six woman touring company presents Fifty Years of Progress at the Elks Hall Thursday night from 8:15 to 9:30 under the Laredo Rotary Club. Programs include community singing, speeches by local leaders, decade progress segments, and a Star Spangled Banner finale. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company leads the main program noting national progress and pace with invited ladies of Laredo.
Two very desirable southeast rooms available in the James Moore building. Rental listing appears in court docket line dated 4 22 6t.
The Anahuac Club held its season opening picnic at Farlas ranch in Laredo last Sunday. About two hundred members and guests traveled from Juarez Plaza by truck and car enjoying lunch under trees, baseball, games, and dancing by Tom's Quintet. Alba and Mite girls clubs from Nuevo Laredo and Laredo attended and everyone returned home around six in the evening.
Pastor O T Maddox of the A M E church in Laredo announces the Brownsville district annual conference will be held at his church starting tomorrow morning. Delegates are expected from across the district and a banquet at Scott's Chapel will precede the opening tonight.
To Tax Payers April 30th is the last day to render real estate and personal property for state and county taxation. Oil and gas lease holders must turn them in as well. Ensure holdings are on the rendered roll for 1926 B J Leyendiecker Tax Assessor. 4-20-10t.
A lavish Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Monta Bell stars Greta Garbo and Ricardo Cortez. The story, based on Vicente Blasco Ibanez, follows a Spanish opera singer and her lover as a flood sequence recreates an entire town. An immense riverbank set with tons of water creates a historic screen engineering feat with a dramatic rescue.
A special train of twelve Pullman cars carried 175 Missouri Pacific general freight and passenger agents and officials to Laredo for an educational tour of newly acquired properties. Local business leaders greeted them with autos and hospitality as they visited Bermuda onion fields and citrus groves, and many made a side trip to Nuevo Laredo Mexico for a Shamrock Winter Garden program before the train returned.
Bathing and barbering note announces The New Barber Shop open 7 a m to 9 p m with five clean sanitary bath rooms in the city. Located opposite City Hall as of 4 23 61.
Centrally located offices in a contemporary building offering ceiling fans Frigidaire and standard amenities. For details call T A Bunn at phone 765 Joseph Building.
The Times photographer has spent three days touring Laredo to capture beautiful homes for a forthcoming rotogravure edition. Many residences nestled among trees will appear in rich dark prints, with spaces filling quickly for a late May or early June issue.
Regular meeting of Laredo Lodge No 1018 Benevolent and Protective Elks scheduled for Tuesday evening at 8 oclock All members urged to attend.
The Association of South Texas Onion Shippers holds an evening meeting at Chamber of Commerce quarters to discuss vital matters affecting growers, shippers, and the Bermuda onion industry overall and to take action.
A Victorian era beauty notice urges women with eczema rash or skin breakouts to use Black and White Ointment and Soap to quickly clear skin. It claims the products eliminate blemishes, eliminating social stigma and promising economic pricing with larger packages.
R. R. Wilkes of the Auto Supply Co. sole distributor for Texas, New Mexico and Mexico for the Polsom McWade Self-Sealing Inner Tubes, departed last night for a ten day factory visit in Cleveland, Ohio.
A report praises Laredo for Bermuda onions citrus fruit and date crops in the district. It notes abundant natural gas supplying San Antonio and Houston with 600 to 700 million cubic feet daily, limited by pipeline capacity, plus ample water cannel coal labor and resources urging more publicity and investment.
Jack Rowley announces Colleen Moore will appear May 2 and 8 at the Royal Theater in Irene her latest First National picture. It has proven a great hit wherever shown.
An old advertisement offers Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for sore and bleeding gums loose teeth foul breath and even severe pyorrhea. Windrow Bros Drugstore guarantees satisfaction or money back and lists La Botica Blanca at 46 ft.
Carmen Zamora of 1408 Iturbide St Laredo recounts relief from backache and kidney pain after one box of Doan’s Pills from City Drug Co. He repeats his high opinion 13 years later saying his back and kidneys remain in good shape. The product is marketed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Onion shipments from Laredo remain light with only 49 Bermudas moving last night. The season total reaches 412 carloads as weather improves and harvests may grow. Shipments will stay at minimum unless market demand justifies more.
Fred Lamprecht, national intercollegiate golf champion, completes a Tulane course and wins the Gulf States championship for the fourth time then joins an New Orleans insurance firm as manager. He plans to defend his intercollegiate title and enter the Southern intercollegiate but faces an underwriting contest with Pooley Herbert, an Alabama football star, who also works for the same company. If Lamprecht wins, he plans to pursue more golf worlds to conquer.
The film crew is constructing a Sahara like desert in Arizona for Beau Geste after French government cooperation with Africa stalled. A 500 foot dune chutes materials into a 1600 man camp with 500 horses, mostly Arabians, and a men only on set policy.
Berlin reports Nelly Neppach German champion is challenging the German Federation's ban for playing on French soil against Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills. Officials reportedly ordered her to refuse Suzanne Lenglen's invitation, amid wartime rules still barring Germans from some events. Neppach denies knowledge of the order, and critics accuse the federation of belittling her prior achievements.
Sir John L. Baird governor general of the Australian Commonwealth turns 52. William Draper Lewis of the American Law Institute turns 59. John G. Cooper congressman from Ohio turns 64. Clifton A. Woodrum congressman from Virginia born in Roanoke turns 39. Rogers Hornsby famed NL batsman from Winters Texas turns 30.
Sir John Lawrence Baird marks his 62nd birthday while completing his first year as governor general of the Commonwealth of Australia. A former diplomat and military officer, he studied at Eton and Christ Church Oxford, served as secretary to the British embassy at Vienna, and held posts in Somaliland and World War I intelligence. He later served as Under Secretary for the Home Office and as Minister of Public Works and Transport, noted for administrative ability, wealth, and prominence in yachting and horse racing.
Nine failures out of ten are due to personal physical conditions. The causes are a little brain fag weakened memory insomnia nervous indigestion and increased irritability nerves become unstrung finally there is a complete breakdown of the nervous system.
Train No 1 leaves for Corpus Christ at 10 06 a m Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christ at 3 36 p m International Great Northern Through fast train for St Louis leaves at 8 45 a m and arrives at 8 50 p m Night Train leaves at 11 30 p m and arrives at 6 30 a m
Train No 1 departs Laredo at 830 PM and reaches Dolores at 1000 PM except Sundays Train No 2 leaves Dolores at 120 PM and arrives Laredo at 800 PM except Sundays
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