Immigration Laws Debate on Deportation and Communist Labor Party
Friday's Daily quotes Labor Wilson arguing that membership in the communist labor party should be enough to deport aliens. He urges amending laws to bar entry or expel current members and challenges Secretary Wilson's interpretation as too lenient toward communists. He warns that education level and criminal opposition to government should not prevent deportation.
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Labor
Wilson
Ry Wilson
Communist Labor Party
Communist Labor Gang
Ae Wer Sovics
Souia UV
Communist Labor Organization
United States
Supreme Court
Congress
America
Borg
Russia
Convicted Debs Likely To Be Nominated By Socialists
The piece notes socialists may nominate Eugene V. Debs for president at their coming convention while he serves a prison term for violating the law. It argues that a convicted leader who upholds such laws cannot be fit to hold office, and hints at political maneuvering by those in power.
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Eugene V. Debs
Debs
United States
Agene
American Railway Union
Nero
Debbs
Socialist Party
Our Republic
TWO BALL GAMES TOMORROW MAKING UP DOUBLE HEADER
The Eagle Pass High School baseball team travels to Laredo for a double header with the Laredo High School squad tomorrow at Aviation Field starting at 2 30 pm Local officials and citizens accompany the visitors and welcome receptions are planned Hundreds of fans are expected to attend what is anticipated as one of the best contesta in years The Laredo lineup includes Wright catcher Miller first base Haleell second base J Maher captain at third base 8 DaCamara shortstop Zamora right field V Tieden Interlaids Mahan oantan field King and Honeyman as pitchers
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Laredo
Aviation Field
Wright
Miller
Haleell
J. Maher
DaCamara
Zamora
Freak Flower Plant Grows Two Flowers On One Stem
In Beaumont Texas Mrs J B Gaston reports a freak flower plant experiment. A pink rose bush with pink hollyhocks on each side produced hollyhock buds from the yellow rose centers. The rose and hollyhock maintain normal until the other blooms emerge.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
Nature
J. B. Gaston
Orange Street
Industrial unrest grows in Bombay amid nationwide strikes
Unrest rises in India with a growing trade union spirit. Information to authorities shows 66 strikes across India recently, 28 of them in Bombay, per Associated Press dispatch from Delhi dated May 7.
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Associated Press
Delhi
Bombay
Viceroy’s Council
India
Economy Salvage House Items at Less Than Cost
Army surplus sale lists 20000 army shoes 1000 wool shirts 300 cotton mattresses 20000 leggings and numerous other articles plus 1000 pairs of ladies shoes new at under manufacturing cost. Located at 1701 Hidalgo Street with prices marked 3 tt.
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Hidalgo St
Grand Jury Reconvened in Laredo District Court
The Times reports the grand jury was reconvened in special session by Judge Mullally this morning. Jurors were charged to investigate matters presented by the district attorney. Included is the case of Agustin Cano a former Carranza captain held on robbery charges nine miles down the Rio Grande from Laredo and jailed locally.
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Mullally
Agustin Cano
Carranza
Rio Grande
Laredo
Tyrone Power at the Royal in The Great Shadow
Tyrone Power leads The Great Shadow at the Royal on Saturday a drama mixing Russian red intrigue and labor unions. The film portrays a general strike and contrasts peaceful settlement with Doulehevik propaganda.
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Tyrone Power
the Royal
Great Shadow
Prepayment Restrictions Delayed for Onions Shipments
Growers urged to ship Bermuda onions in sacks through May 10 to prove to eastern markets that crate shipping prejudice is unfounded. I & G N traffic manager agreed to defer prepayment until after May 10, allowing continued sack shipments amid favorable conditions.
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Laredo Times
Southwestern Traffic Association
Booth
Bermuda
Webb County
Episcopal church drive for funds for colleges
Archdeacon McKenzie arrives with a lay helper to lead Christ Church in a three year plan to raise about 3000 dollars for Sewanee University of the South and West Texas Military Academy debt. He will address Sunday service and stay several days to push the campaign with parishioners hopeful for a prompt completion and a surplus for Bishop Capers.
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Laredo
South
Archdeacon McKenzie
Christ Church
Chas. W. Cook
Sewanee
University of the South
West Texas Military Academy
San Antonio
Christ Chircoh
Bishop Capers
Hope of All Mothers at Strand Theatre
Utter despair fills a mother who mourns a sea loss as D W Griffith presents a provocative occult themed production for First National. The drama, debuting Tuesday at Strand Theatre, asks the great question with simple yet profound tone and strong maternal imagery.
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D. W. Griffith
First National Exhibitors
Strand Theatre
Seeing It Through at Royal Theatre with Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts stars in Seeing It Through at the Royal Theatre in a Robertson-Cole Superior picture. Pitts plays a girl who loses home and mother yet wins out with abundant optimism and a blend of comedy and pathos.
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Zasu Pitts
Royal Theatre
Miss Pitts
Brentwood
Onion shipments roll from Laredo in 73 carloads
Onion shipments from Laredo last night totaled 73 carloads sent to markets across the United States. Of these, 24 went via the Texas Mexican route and 49 via the J. and G. N. line. Up to yesterday 1,368 carloads had been shipped, bringing the season total to 1,441 carloads, with estimates suggesting not more than 1,700 carloads overall.
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Laredo
United States
Here
Marriage Licenses Issued and Local Events Noted
The county clerk issued a marriage license for Jose Marquez to wed Mrs. Maria Castillo. Adelaide Mac Donald’s pupils perform at Market Mall on Friday May 7. A Laredo vs Eagle Pass High double header at Aviation Field starts 2 20 pm. Imports from Mexico include a motor truck carloads of garlic ixile horses and bones. Seeings it Through starring Zasu Pitts plays Royal today. Strand shows A Tool and His Money with Eugene O’Brien tonight. Francisco Reyes and another Mexican were arrested last night with sixty quarts of liquor seized.
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Jose Marquez
Maria Castillo
Adelaide MacDonald
Market Mall
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Mexico
Strand
Eugene O'Brien
O'Brien
Francisco Reyes
Graduating Class Hosts Reception For Prof and Mrs Skinner
The Hold ing Institute graduating class held a reception honoring Prof J M Skinner and Mrs Skinner. At its close, the students presented the couple with a beautiful loving cup as a token of appreciation.
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Holding Institute
J. M.skinner
Laredo Bridge Co Awards Pontoon Bridge Contract
The Laredo Bridge Co awards the contract to L. YV. Jambers for a temporary pontoon bridge between the two Laredos. Work begins immediately and the bridge will allow two vehicles to pass. Approaches on both sides will be graded to improve traffic until a new concrete bridge is built at the earliest opportunity.
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The
Laredo Bridge Co
L. YV. Jambers
Laredos
Rio Grande
Notice of Removal to Reed's Drug Store Headquarters
A business relocation is announced from the Sanitary Grocery to Reed's Drug Store. The owner states the move is complete and plans to meet patrons at the new headquarters tomorrow morning.
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Sanitary Grocery
Reed's Drug Store
Redeem School Bonds Granted By State Board
Austin May 7 The state board of education grants school districts permission to redeem bonds owned by the board before maturity. The move aims to free cash from sinking funds for reinvestment in new school bonds and ease districts unable to sell bonds due to unsettled market conditions. Comptroller M L Wiginton estimates about 1 000 000 will be made available.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
M. L. Wiginton
Mr. Wiginton
Commencement Exercises at Holding Institute
The Holding Institute will hold closing exercises starting Sunday with Rev. Alfred Beddoe delivering the commencement sermon for the class of 1920, sixteen graduates. A Tuesday recital at Faith Hall and Wednesday Literary Society exercises precede the final commencement next Thursday evening, with all current teachers retained for next session.
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Holding Institute
Alfred Beddoe
The
Baptist Church
Faith Hall
Literary Society of the Instituttion
Holding Insti
Fred W. Mallytate
Sion
Texas delegates named for Philadelphia meeting
Governor Hobby appointed five Texas delegates to the Thirty fourth meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia on May 7 and 8. They include Judge John C Townes and several UT professors along with Rice Institute and A&M College leaders.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Hobby
American Academy of Political Social Science
Philadelphia
John C. Townes
University of Texas
C. 8. Potts
E. T. Miller
Matrimonial Record: Three Marriages in Three Months
Gainesville, Texas, May 7. W R Lewis and Goldie Hughes, once married, divorced, and re wed within three months, sought a license for a second marriage. The clerk required parental consent from a 16 year old. Records showed a prior divorce on April 18 and a January 13 consent, with efforts to restore Hughes’s maiden name. The license was issued to Lewis and Miss Hughes and the ceremony duplicated by Justice Wall on January 13.
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Associated Press
Gainesville
Tex
W. R. Lewis
Lewis
Goldie Hughes
Plenty of Fish in Gulf Bays Says Texas Official
John R. Jefferson chief deputy of the game fish and oyster commission reports abundant fish along the Gulf coast bays from Matagorda to Aransas Pass after a coastal inspection. He notes good oyster beds and strong juvenile growth, crediting storm-related boat losses and restored state protections for fish. new channels from the islands provide extra routes for spawning fish.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Gulf Coast
John R. Jefferson
Gama, Fish and Oyster Commission
Matagorda
Aransas Paso
Jefferson
Gulf
Socialist Party's Conven tion Opens in New York
The Socialist Party opens its presidential nominating convention in New York with Eugene V. Debs a leading candidate despite prison. Delegates from labor groups join, platform calls for press freedom reforms, amnesty, nationalization of resources, and state control of transport and communications. A mass meeting at Madison Square Garden Sunday will launch the national campaign with renowned speakers.
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New York
Socialist Party
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
New York General Assembly
Lusk
Rand
Madison Square Garden
Victor L. Berger
Daniel Hoan
Milwaukee
James H. Maurer
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Women Writers Meet Set for San Angelo Convention
San Angelo hosts the 1920 Texas Woman's Press Association convention May 12 and 13 with 140 members, all women active in journalism and literature. Mrs. J. D. Alexander of Cisco presides, with officers from San Antonio, Denison, Fort Worth and Dallas. A motor trip to Carlsbad and a reception on closing day are planned.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Texas
Board of City Development
Texas Woman’s Press Association
J. D. Alexander
Cisco
J. M. Kirkpatrick
San Antonio
Madeline Sinclair
Missouri School of Journalism Dedication Honors Dean Walter Williams
The University of Missouri journalism school dedicates its new home today honoring Walter Williams who has led the school as dean and professor for twelve years. Williams, a Missouri native, built a career in newspapers and authorship including a Missouri history and participation in early World press gatherings. He chaired the National Editorial Association in 1895 and served in Presbyterian church roles, including a 1899 Pan-Presbyterian Council delegation in Scotland.
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School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Walter Williams
Williams
Missouri
Berne
Switzerland
St. Louis
National Editorial Association
Presbyterian Church
Pan-Presbyterian Council
Scotland
May 7 Anniversaries Highlight Historic Milestones
May 7 list recalls events and births across history including Jackson laying Fredericksburg monument cornerstone in 1833, Varina Davis born in 1826, an 1866 failed attempt on Bismarck, Queen Alexandra opening a London hospital in 1889, Armenian protest in 1895, Schiller centennial in 1905, Marseilles canal opening in 1916, and women taking seats on the Tammany Hall executive committee in 1918.
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Mary Washington
Fredericksburg
Andrew Jackson
Varina Howell Davis
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States
Natchez
Miss
New York City
Count von Bismarck
Princess of Wales
Queen Alexandra
London
Henry Somerset
Germany
Schiller
Marseilles
France
Rhone
Tammany Hall Executive
Birthdays on this day include notable figures
Earl of Rosebery former British prime minister born in London 73 years ago today Joseph G Cannon congressman and former Speaker born Guilford North Carolina 84 Major ABE W Mason English novelist born 55 Mrs Percy V Pennybacker former GFWC president born Peters burg Virginia 59 William A MacCorkle former governor of West Virginia born Lexington Virginia 63
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Earl of Rosebery
London
Joseph G. Cannon
Maois
House
Guilford
N. C
Major .A. Be, W. Mason
Percy V. Pennybacker
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Petersburgh
William A. MacCorkle
West Virginia
Lexington
Carbon Black Plant Opinion From Railroad Commission
In Austin on May 7 the railroad commission held that wasteful incompletecarbon black processes are prohibited by state law, but using appliances that save usable gas in carbon black manufacture is not prohibited. The opinion responds to Amarillo interests seeking to set up a plant in Potter county gas field and asks if natural gas use for carbon black would violate conservation statutes.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
Amarillo
Potter County
Cooperative marketing plan eyed for U S cotton
W S Stevens president of the Arizona branch reports at Montgomery Ala that the American Cotton Association aims to implement national cooperative marketing for the U S cotton crop. Branches tried small scale marketing this year with success, prompting a commission to study domestic and foreign methods to cut middlemen and increase farmer profits.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
United States
American Cotton Association
W. S. Stevens
Arizona
Stevens
Uassociation
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