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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1926
Page
7
The Texas highway commission plans to take over maintenance of all state highways by mid June. Private contracts for road upkeep in about 150 eastern northeast and central counties will be terminated as the state assumes the work.
The Northern Baptist convention today urged against compulsory military training in high schools and colleges and against ratification of the Lausanne treaty restoring relations with Turkey. It called for strict enforcement of prohibition and narcotic laws, urged church involvement in labor standards movements, and supported a constitutional child labor amendment.
A New York bootleggers war leaves Salvatore Rea shot dead in a Brooklyn cafe as Frank Leonie is killed on East 33rd Street. William Dordh and two others are wounded in related shootings along the Hudson River area, with detectives linking the incidents.
Officials in Texas and Vera Cruz monitor the Shanklin situation with official wording that no confirmation of death has reached Mexico City. Authorities say if bandits had carried out their threat, news would have appeared already. General Arnulfo Gomez requests 1500 reinforcements to safeguard Mexican and foreign lives and property.
A telegram to Mrs. C. C. Braden reports her husband, held by bandits for ten days, arrived safely in Mapimi Durango this morning. The message offers no further details and ends fears for his safety.
East Texas trip planned for Lynch Davidson, candidate for governor, with campaign manager Joe Hale of Waco stating the plan here. The Associated Press report from Dallas notes the schedule and context for Davidson’s east Texas flight.
The state of New Mexico filed exceptions in the U S Supreme Court to the special master in chancery report on the Texas boundary dispute and urged rejection. It said findings and recommendations were not based on records in the controversy.
Fragmentary OCR notes from Chicago May report reference a horse and an escape incident. No clear names, dates, or outcomes are readable. Further text needed for a concrete headline and summary.
Washington May 29 A farm price stabilization bill reviving the Haugen measure with modifications is prepared by Rep McLaughlin Nebraska who urged early committee action He says he has eliminated controversial features and the proposal has farm group backing from the corn belt
The Presbyterian Church in the United States approved a new pension system aiming to raise 15 million dollars for a voluntary sustentation fund for ministers and churches. The plan was developed by the committee on ministerial relief and sustentation with Will Hays leading the lay committee in Sullivan, Indiana.
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