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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1920
Page
1
An official report says Venustiano Carranza was killed in the Gumbat Oy attack near Huchinanga yesterday. It states fugitive president was heading toward Barra Nauda on the coast, with Rodolfo Herrera directing the assault.
In Austin on May 22 Associated Press reports the pink boll worm inquiry in southeast Texas will start Monday with the joint agricultural committee deciding to ask the governor to wire the federal horticultural board for a representative. An effort to add the entire House membership to the boll worm committee was deferred as the body adjourned to Monday. Also King of Krath County introduced a bill proposing vocational training in public schools.
Associated Press reports Washington May 22 that Republican senators failed to reach agreement on adjournment or a recess date amid political convention considerations.
Washington on May 22 reports that IRS collectors will force payment of admission taxes from theaters and moving picture houses. Treasury sources say as many as 5000 venues may have failed to remit the taxes.
J R Howard president of the American Farm Bureau Federation warned that the 1930s crop outlook showed wheat production about 35 percent below normal nationwide and pork output in the Midwest about 25 percent under par. He cited wet weather labor shortages and transportation bottlenecks as key causes and noted cotton may hold, with most other food crops down.
El Paso dispatch reports confirmation from Alvaro Obregon that Venustiano Carranza was killed near Tlaxcalantongo Puebla after a mountain escape with a small party. General Rodolfo Herrera, once allied with Carranza, directed the attack before deserting to revolutionary forces.
Galveston Texas May 22 announced today that the wheat congestion at the port would likely ease by mid June. The wheat export corporation and the French and Italian governments assured local interests that more ships would be sent for wheat soon. About 6,000,000 bushels of wheat remain and 2,700 loaded cars occupy the tracks.
Paris May 22 Ambassador Wallace reported to the council of ambassadors that President Wilson announced the United States would accept the role of arbitrator for fixing Armenian boundaries.
Worcester May 22 Henry Lane Wilson former US ambassador to Mexico urged at Clark University that Mexico be divided at the 22d parallel. He proposed a separate independent Mexican republic comprising Sonora Chihuahua Sinaloa Durango Coahuila Nuevo Leon Tamaulipas and Lower California to act as a buffer between the United States and southern Mexico and provide self government for the north.
On a strict party vote the house rules committee called for favorable report of the resolution to give soldiers relief legislation the right of way for house consideration. Chairman Campbell said the rule would not reach the house before Tuesday.
St Louis May 22 There is no cause for financial alarm in the nation wide price slashing movement according to a statement today by Richard S Hawes president of the American Bankers Association.
Philadelphia May 19 Lawson Robertson coach of the University of Pennsylvania track team outlines training rules to aim for Olympic selection. He emphasizes sacrifice discipline the honor system strict bedtimes no smoking for athletes social life limited meals half rations before events and cheerful conduct as keys to success.
A Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph states that the newly launched Italian battleship Gracciolo has been sold to Japan. The report, dated May 22 in London, cites official sources in Rome.
Des Moines May 22 Bishop Frank W Warne of India reached Des Moines for the Methodist Episcopal general conference after riding an oil boat from Mesopotamia to Port Said and then across the Atlantic as a laborer. He worked in the engine room, oiling gears daily to secure passage, saying he chose to toil rather than miss the conference.
At close of business May 1929 the Laredo National Bank shows loans and discounts 2,061,689.91 dollars, United States bonds 257,050, other bonds 2,401.47, stock in Federal Reserve 12,000, cash and exchange 1,450,437.89, total assets 5,829,416.67. Liabilities include capital stock 200,000, surplus 200,000, undivided profits 51, etc. The report lists officers J K Beretta president B M Alexander vice president Sam W Brown cashier and assistants M W Brennan A A Vidaurri J R Fasnacht.
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