Local News Highlights From Friday's Daily
Local brief notes report a hot barbecue event at 1508 Hidalgo St from Friday through Sunday. Advisory items mention folding chairs cots and camp stoves from A. Deutz & Brother. Weather notes say showers missed Laredo’s onion growers today while oil field gusher near Randado Basin is spreading news. District court adjourns tomorrow. eight weeks terms alternate. Regional ranches praise timely rains. cattle outlook improves.
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Hidalgo St
A. Deutz& Brother
Randado
Laredo
Guardian seeks oil lease on Webb County estates
Rosa Vela de Benavides as guardian filed with Webb County Judge in Laredo an application to execute an oil gas and mineral lease to C R Cole on seven Webb County surveys totaling 409% acres with a 1 8 royalty and a 4 royalty on oil and gas. hearing set for May 17 1926 at 10 a m at the county courthouse.
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Rosa Vela de Benavides
Carlos Benavides
Alfonso Benavides
Roberto Benavides
Quilermo Benavides
Arturo Benavides
Webb County
Texas
C. R. Cole
G. C
S. Ramon
Teodoro Samora
Patrick G. Shannon
Los Angeles Creek
S. EB
Cabeceras de Los Angeles
Callaghan
Laredo
Texan
Rosa Vela Die Benavides
Roberto Bennavides
Guillermo Benavides
Watch THM TIMMS for daily opportunities
A brief notice urging readers to monitor THM TIMMS daily for opportunities with a stated amount of 00 per month.
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt Society Editor Note
Society note fragment lists editor title and contact line with not usable details. No additional readable names events or dates to summarize.
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Violet’ S. Oberfeldt
Social calendar for Laredo High students and local clubs
Friday events include a swimming party by the Soph class at Buenos Aires at 7 pm and a Catholic Daughters dance at Elka Hall. Friday bridge at Blue Bonnet Tea Room 3 30, luncheon at 1 30 at 1715 Cortez St. Saturday bridge luncheon 1 30 at 706 Rosario St and a 3 30 bridge party by Mrs J Ed Cluck. Lucy Meriwether DAR meets 3 30 with hosts Miss Amar Penn and Mrs Ernest Aldridge at 1606 Farragut St.
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Laredo High
Buenos Aires
Daughters of America
Elka Hall
Charles E. Richter
Blue Bonnet Tea Room
W. T. Neblett
Cortez St
Hal Brennan
Rosario Street
J. Ed Cluck
Lucy Meriwether
Daughters of the American Revolution
Morning Monteal Bliss At Beaumont Enterprise Event
A social gathering described with guests including Leonor de la Garza Raquel Garza Gongora Ester Vidaurri Alicia Garza Sanchez Gracia Vidaurri Angela Farias Aurora Perez and Mrs Felipe Garcia Moreno. Music featured Hinojosa Nelligan and Garcia performing Thais Mediation and a medley. Redo boys from the Royal orchestra provided violin, cello, and piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernando Zufiga
Leon J. Ramirez
Leonor de la Garza
R. J. Benavides
Zufilga
Ware Club
Mesdames H
D. ‘Fahn
Amando Villaréal
Leon “J. Ramirey
J.b.da- Camara
Duke
J. ‘Benavides
Leonor de. la Garza
Videla
la Garza
Raquel Garza Gongora
Ester. Vidaurri
Alicia Garza
Sanchez
Gracia Vidaurri
Anggelina
Farias
Aurora’ ‘Perez
Felipe Garcia
Moreno
Zufiiga
Alicia Garza Sanchez
Felipe Garcia ‘Moreno
Laredoltes
Monteal
Hinojosa
Laredo
Royal Orchestra
Church Unity to Be Debated by Methodist South Bishops
The Methodist Episcopal Church South conference at Memphis weighs unification next on a bishops election plan with three new bishops sought by unificationists and opposition from anti unificationists. A constitutional question shifts judicial power from bishops to an elected commission as the body considers. a 25 member special committee will report back next Friday after a Tuesday committee of the whole.
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Associated
Preas
Memphis
Conference of Bishops
Methodist Episcopal Church South
College of Bishops
General Conference
Constitution Commission
City drives against bootlegging joints padlocks 21 sites
In Kansas City Kansas City May drive against bootlegging joints launched today by the state. twenty one of the most notorious places in the city were padlocked under an injunction declaring them public nuisances. In Washington May 7 several administration proposals for tightening city law enforcement were virtually discarded by the senate prohibition committee.
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Kansas City
Kansas
City
Washington
Senate Prohibition Committee
Prisoners Escape Maryland Penitentiary After Sawing Bars
A ten year prisoner and three short-farmers escaped Maryland penitentiary by sawing a window bar and descending with a blanket rope. After about two hours of freedom a fugitive was recaptured near his sister’s home. others remained at large.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Tragic family shooting ends in murder suicide in Rochester
Peter Marriott aged 32 a World War II veteran fatally shot his five year old daughter and three year old son then killed himself in Rochester New York. His wife escaped with the couple's other child as neighbors note he had been irrational since a trapdoor fell on him two years ago.
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Rochester
N. Y
Peter Marriott
Marriott
Daugherty Indicted in Metal Company Conspiracy Case
By Associated Press in New York on May 7, former United States attorney general Harry Daugherty is indicted by a federal grand jury along with Thomas Miller and John King for conspiracy linked to the American Metal Company case.
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New York
Harry Daugherty
United States
Thomas Miller
Aillen
John King
Republican National
American Metal Company
Quarantine Declared on Mexican Regions Over Foot and Mouth Disease
Washington May 7 The department of agriculture issued a quarantine against sections of southeastern Mexico infected with the cattle foot and mouth disease.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture Today
Mexico
His Own Law at Strand with Wesley Barry in Fort Worth
Wesley Barry known as Freckles stars in His Own Law at the Strand Theatre tomorrow for one show. He plays a young cowboy displaying skills that rival adult western stars Tom Mix and Buck Jones. The juvenile actor practices roping and performs a daring escape by swinging from a second story room to a tethered horse.
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Strand
Wesley Barry
Freckles
Jack Meehan
Strand Theatre
Tom Mix
Buck Jones
Wesley
Daily History Briefs for May 7 Events and Obituaries
A compact timeline recounts key events and figures tied to May 7 across years. Highlights include births of Mrs. Jefferson Davis and James Boynton, Natchez tornado death toll and property loss, Southern California lodge charter, LondonLuxembourg tensions, Harrison Pacific tour close, Lusitania sinking with American casualties, and the 1924 ME Church reunion vote.
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Jefferson Davis
Natchez, Miss
New York City
James
Boynton
Georgia
Henry County
Griffin
Natchez
Mias
San Diego
California
Conference of the Powers
London
Luxemburg
Europe
Benjamin Harrison
Pacific
Seattle
Lusitania
Ireland
General Conference
The
M. E. Church
Springfield
Mass
South
Notice of Claim on Sanchez Tract in N Laredo Mexico
Legal title holders and the public are notified that they hold the Sanchez tract in the Municipality of N Laredo Tampulipas. The notice, published in the Official Bulletin of the Mexican Federal Government, calls for future action. Mexico D F March 29 1926 A Garza Galan Paseo de la Reforma 2-36t.
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Aubsoll Aghta
Sanchez
N. Laredo
State of
Tampulipas
Federal Government of Mexico
Mexico
D. F
A. Garza Galan
Paseo de la Reforma
London announces ranks of 15 0 crown will receive
May 4 announcement states full support in any action deemed necessary to aid civil powers in dealing with strike disorders. Officials emphasize readiness to take measures to restore order and stability.
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London
Charge Miller Baker Monopoly Data Probe
Associated Press reports Washington May activities to restrict competition in flour milling and bread baking. A preliminary Federal Trade Commission inquiry notes resistance to furnishing information and cautions that final conclusions await further evidence.
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Associated. Preas
Washington
Fighting begins after Moroccan peace talks break up
Rabat May 7 French aviators bombed key Riffian positions and French troops moved in the eastern sector with Spanish forces in the Kerst area as the first fighting since yesterday's Moroccan peace conference collapse began.
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Associated Press
Rabat
French Morocco
Kerst
Two Drunken Men Arrested Here for Morphine Ties
Dewey Moran and Ernest Jamieson ages 26 and 21 were arrested Wednesday night on drunkenness charges. They were turned over to City Detectives Kilday and Fox of San Antonio for investigation into recent saf e burglaries and holdups. The men, said to be from Dallas with lengthy crime records, were picked up by Constable Ed Villareal in an apparently drunk condition but were found to lack morphine and attempted self harm.
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Dewey Moran
Ernest Jamieson
Kilday and Fox
San Antonio
Jamieson
Dallas
Ed. Villareal
Shark steak gains niche market in Capetown
Capetown May 6 Shark steak joins South African markets as a side issue of a shark leather scheme. The meat, once popular on the U S West Coast, is noted for its oiliness though a new process is claimed to extract oil cheaply. The flavor is said to resemble whale meat and is reported to be eaten in China, the Archipelago, the Gold Coast, New Zealand and Japan.
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Associated Press
Capetown
United States
China
Archipelago
Gold Coast
New Zealand
Japan
Dock District London Struggles With Unarmed Police
Fragmentary OCR reads of a London dock district report describe troops and armored equipment deployed after clashes with rough crowds. The text implies growing strain on unarmed police amid dockside tensions and security concerns.
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Dock
London
Tateel
Alstricts
Premier MacDonald Rejects Delay in Peace Accommodation
London May 7 former Premier MacDonald leader of the Labour party told newspapermen that no moment will be wasted in seeking peace. He warned against any attempt to drive a wedge between peace efforts and accommodation.
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London
MacDonald
Labor
AFL officials decline comment on British unions aid
American Federation of Labor officials declined to comment on the notion of the British Trades Union Congress cablegram appealing for funds to carry on the strike.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Union Congress
Danish Sympathy Strike Marches in Copenhagen Support
The executive committee of the Danish Trade Unions gave employers preliminary notice today of a strike in support of British strikers. The action signals coordinated labor pressure amid evolving wartime tensions in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
At Atrike
Britiah Atrikers
Government to Increase London Police Force
In London on May 7 the government announced plans to boost the metropolitan police to about 80,000 regular officers with an additional 50,000 specials to be recruited rapidly. The existing regular force is around 80,000.
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London
Discredited Reports From London on General Strike Disorder
London reports claim sensational violence during the general strike were dismissed by Pembroke and Wicks at a government conference with journalists, clarifying official stance on American dispatches.
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London
America
Pembroke
Wicks
Trades Union Congress Plans New Strike Support
London May 7 reports that 2,000,000 workers in the Trades Union Congress second line of defense will strike to back current strikers if no settlement is reached soon. Bess Poulton, spokesman for the congress, disclosed the plan.
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Second Cine. of Defense
London
Trades Union ‘Congress
Second Line of Defense
Bess Poulton
Congress
Trotsky Returns to Moscow After Exile
One year ago today on May 7 Leon Trotsky arrived in Moscow marking the end of a three month exile in the Caucasus and the start of his renewed political activity in the Soviet capital.
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Leon Trotsky
Moscow
The
Caucasus
Salem High Schools Debate in Intercity Match
Salem Mass and Salem Ore high school debating teams meet in an intercity forensic tilt this evening. The event pits the two city rivals in a spirited contest of argument and rhetoric.
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Salem
Mass
Ore
Frayed Energy Marks Texas College Final Session
Fragmentary text hints at a Texas college or conference session ending with a decisive moment. Names and specifics are illegible, leaving only a sense of formal proceedings and a concluding action.
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Etim _ Forterty
East
Texas
Deplorable charges lodged against education aide in Texas
A garbled May speech and meeting tie the case to Dean E B H Davin and the Texas Educational Commission. The record hints at deplorable inferiority and obsolete management within an agricultural college context, with unclear details about the exact charges or actions.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Dean
EB. H
Davin
Noraddross
Texas
Commie ‘Slon
Anniversary notices and historical mentions in today’s events
A jumbled Today’s events page lists the Lusitania centennial, Howell Davis birth, birthday wishes to Uncle Cannon, the Earl of Rosebery revered in British society, and notes on Holmes and a murder history in schools. The mix includes president Jefferson Davis’s wife and various social and sporting references.
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Pleventh
Lusitania
Howell. Davis
Jefferson Davis
Cannon
Earl of Rosebery
Holmes
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Helen Marjanet
Robert H. Traylor
Blue Bonnet
Joseph Deutz
San Luis Potosi
Mr. Deutz
Mary Elizabeth Jervis
Harry Nelson
Eagle Pass
Methodist Sunday School
May Foster
Miss Ball
Sacramento
Calif
J. P. Leyendecker
W. Y. Bunn
E. J. Foster
Graham
New ‘York Close
Associated, Press
Greenwich
TER
Daugherty
Eric Ome Tits
Money Makerp
Itles
Federal “Trade Commission
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