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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1920
Page
5
J C Gould began as a Boston department store clerk before moving to New York and starting an insurance business. He returned to England in 1914 to organize a shipping company, becoming a major industrial leader with worldwide connections and a recent $30 million deal.
In 1887 a 14 year old freckled youth named Lynch Davidson works from dawn to dusk at Groveton saw mill proving himself as a dedicated laborer. He later rises to prominence in South Texas finance and becomes a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. The piece lauds his work ethic, integrity, and belief in national service.
A busy social schedule includes Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church at 4 PM at the Rectory, auction bridge hosted by Mr and Mrs A C Hamilton at 8 15 PM for Judge and Mrs H A Greer, a dancing party for Miss Virginia Penn at 8:30 PM, and Sunbeam Band gathering at 4 PM. Miriam Chapter 86 meets 8 PM at Masonic Hall with officer installations urged, Tuesday Bridge Club hosted by Mrs H Buenz at 2 30 PM, Parish Guild at 3 30 PM, Juniors banquet at the Metropolitan for the Seniors, and other social announcements plus brief notes on members visiting and upcoming events.
Associated Press reports from Honolulu that Hawaii will soon enjoy gasoline priced at 50 cents a gallon. The remark comes from a Hawaii branch manager returning from the mainland, representing one of the largest oil companies.
Mrs. CG. 8. McKinney led the club as it moved from a struggling existence to a city pride. Mrs. R. L. Poster was elected new president. A pleasant social hour followed the business session with a delicious refreshment course and good attendance.
The day features a partial sun eclipse not visible in America. Elihu Root will speak in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art centennial celebration. Georgia Democrats meet in Atlanta to name delegates to the national convention in San Francisco. Nebraska Republicans plan a Lincoln convention to choose electors and draft a state platform. Gen Leonard Wood expected to gain GOP endorsement in Vermont primaries. Pennsylvania voters choose delegates and candidates for November offices. National Electric Light Association convenes in Pasadena to discuss electricity driven fuel solutions. Canadian Railway Commission to discuss possible fare hikes due to exchange rates.
A rural-appeal notice urges not blaming hens for egg shortages and promotes RAT-SNAP rodent bait sold by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery with three sizes 26e 50c and 1.00.
Federal agents raided a Galveston dwelling after a tipsy clink sounded through shutters. They confiscated 400 bottles of amber liquid described as beer in smell, appearance, and taste, along with two vats of mash and brewing equipment.
The Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology at the University of Texas announced free testing services for cement material candidates. Organizations forming cement ventures should locate deposits and provide location, thickness, extent, plus ten 25‑pound samples for averaging. After locating materials, 500–800 pounds of limestone and clay are sent for test production of about 300 pounds of cement, with all freight labor and fuel costs borne by the requester.
In Jeffersonville Indiana on May 18 builders report many century old brick buildings sold for their brick value. The brick is often superior to current supply and is used in new structures with newer brick facing.
Brownsville Texas May 18 farmers report a new price record as M C Myrtle sells a first shipment of cucumbers at an average of ten dollars a bushel, four dollars above his previous best. The remark highlights an unusually high market rate for the vegetable.
Arlington National Cemetery saw the dedication today of a white marble Memorial Amphitheatre costing 825000, honoring soldiers and sailors from all wars. Officials, veterans, and diplomats attended, with speeches by Baker Daniels and Col M Hall among others, marking 56 years since Arlington became a national cemetery.
This item surveys global trivia and curiosities from language wealth to smoking prevalence in Japan, Chinese seasonal fans, early Biblical art in catacombs, Mexicoic silver output, maternal age twins, Mexican business hours and siesta culture, Central African sugar absence, perpetual motion clocks, and the Carlsbad subterranean lake.
New York May 18 Senator Walter E Edges urged temporary immigration law changes to meet American labor shortages. He called for American ization to guard against immigrants falling under the influence of world wide anarchists and Bolshevists in an address to the National Manufacturers Association.
Austin reports highlight officials urging a special session road law amendment to authorize six percent bonds and tax exemptions for municipal bonds. Proponents claim current five and a half percent bonds sell poorly unless at par with interest. Also, pink boll worm legislation moves toward joint committee review and expedited handling, with a concurrent resolution for district condition investigation upon session start.
Llano Texas May 18 The jury in the Callan case remained out at noon as deliberations continued with no verdict reached yet.
The final report on relief spending in South and Southwest Texas including Corpus Christi shows 388,171 dollars collected and disbursed. A. W. Jones Jr. of the American Red Cross Southwestern division filed the report to Governor Hobby. Local relief committees provided about 113,104 dollars, governor’s office subscriptions 141,009 dollars, with the rest from the Red Cross and minor miscellaneous sources.
The San Francisco Electrical Development League will unveil the first model electrical home to prove that servants are unnecessary in homes fully equipped with electric devices. Additional model homes will open in San Francisco Oakland Sacramento Stockton San Jose Fresno Los Angeles and San Diego.
Washington reports say Yucatan adheres to the provisional government. Carranza commanders are fleeing, likely toward Cuba. A commission has assumed control of local government.
The Tageblatt says the United States found a convenient solution from rejecting the Versailles treaty and urges friendly negotiations to resume commercial relations. Hungary will sign the Allied peace treaty as Count Apponyi resigns from the delegation.
Washington May 18 Officials said concessions won by Secretary of Labor Wil from miners and operators during today’s conference would allow a settlement of the long running wage dispute of the anthracite coal miners, likely by tomorrow.
Ground hogs burrowed under the Jackson Bartholomew county pike near Columbus causing a highway collapse. The Pike was torn up for about seventy five feet with openings more than ten feet deep, alarming local residents who feared an early eruption had occurred.
G M Dyott former squadron commander of the Royal Naval Air Service urged an aerial link from the Pacific to the Amazon at a Royal Geographical Society meeting. He said low Andes altitudes allow crossing at 7 000 feet, with some ridges reaching 14 600 feet, and that Peru offers strong potential for aerial traffic to speed interior coastal communication. He contrasted five days by road with fifteen minutes by air for part of the journey and a week to a 30 minute leg, arguing airplanes will transform development.
The University of Idaho, Moscow, May 18 reports Ida U a white Orpington pullet owned by the poultry department lays two eggs daily on six different days and totals 52 eggs in 49 days. The campus notes this extraordinary hen’s productivity as a notable record for egg farming.
Senate and house conference reached a deadlock on the army reorganization bill. Senate provisions for voluntary military training of youths ages 18 to 20 were offered to be eliminated by the senate side, but agreement could not be reached.
The rush of the Navy inquiry heard Senator Penrose, a Republican, originate the basic charges against the Navy Department. Daniels said Secretary Daniels used similar phrasing to Admiral Sims, and Secretary Daniels warned that procrastination by the secretary delayed war termination by months, costing billions and many lives.
Washington May 18 Senator Walsh Democrat denounced profiteering as the main cause of unrest and charged Congress with culpable inactivity in acting to relieve the situation.
In Washington on May 18 the special investigating committee presented two reports. One Republican report condemns the government wartime nitrate program as wasteful and extravagant. The Democrat report defends the program and accuses the majority of partisan bias.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce offers a cash prize of 4000 dollars to the Texas National Guard cavalry unit with the largest attendance of qualified officers and men at the national guard encampment to be held at Camp Mabry near Austin from August 6 to 20.
In Port Arthur Texas on May 18 twelve non union black longshoremen were hospitalized after a street car attack while unloading Mallory steamers. Police said black union longshoremen attacked the car, shattering windows with bullets and making twelve arrests.
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