Rail rate increase to take effect August 26
Weekly Financial Review notes ICC approved rail rate boosts take effect August 26 allowing a temporary rise in revenue for several days before Stand Return expires. The plan aims to restore operating ratios toward prewar levels, with estimates suggesting gross revenue could rise to about 130 percent and the operating ratio to around 70 percent. If efficiency improves, ratios might fall further.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Today’s events span royals to parades and primaries
Queen Wilhelmina turns 40 as William H. Huntington’s centenary art bequest to the Metropolitan Museum headlines New York. James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt address fairs and tours in Columbus and Indianapolis. The Prince of Wales visits Honolulu while Asbury Park’s Baby Parade draws global fame. A Toronto convention opens for telegraphers as the AEF fades from history. Michigan primaries see nine Republicans seeking governor with Ferris unopposed in Democratic slate. California holds a broad general primary for senator, Congress, and state offices. Republican Senate contest looms large.
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Wilhelmina
Netherlands
William H. Huntington
Metropolitan Museum
New York
James M. Cox
Columbus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Prince of Wales
Honolulu
Asbury Park
New Jersey
United States Military Telegraphers’ Association
Washington
Michigan
Woodbridge N. Ferris
California
United States
Congress
An Old Fault Finder and Chamberlain Tablets
An irritable fault finding disposition is often caused by indigestion. A man with good digestion and regular bowels is usually good natured. When troubled with indigestion or constipation take Chamberlain's Tablets to strengthen the stomach and enable natural function with a gentle bowel movement.
Dance and party notices at the Service Club
Violet S Oberfeldt Society Editor reports events this Tuesday at the Service Club with a dance and Miss Genevieve Camp entertaining for guest Miss Robbie Wilburn of Alice at 8. On Wednesday Mrs O W Mann hosts a 3 pm party for the Jackson sisters and Mrs W L Arkles hosts a luncheon at noon for Miss Margaret Lloyd, followed by an evening movie at the Service Club.
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Service Club
Genevieve Camp
Robbie Wilburn
Alice
O. W. Mann
Marian
Dorothy Jackson
W. L. Arkles
Margaret Lloyd
Hesperides and small town notices mix in San Antonio
The piece opens with a literary excerpt about the golden apples of Content. It then lists numerous social items: Mrs Will Mathews of Webb visiting the Alfred Matthews family. Mr and Mrs Asher Smith in Corpus Christi. Beverly and Winifred Poole visiting their aunt Mrs N Windrow. Mrs Schmieding en route from New York to Mexico City staying with Mrs H D Shelby. Mrs D J Spillane and daughter Virginia of Mexico en route to Galveston visiting Mrs H D Shelby. the Wilcox family visiting relatives in San Antonio, Austin and Georgetown. Miss Lala Guajardo returning from San Antonio. Mrs Roy Gillette and baby visiting with friends and returning to San Antonio. Mr and Mrs Chester Burbank planning a Los Angeles trip. Mr and Mrs A P Nye and children with Captain McClusky returning from Galveston. Major Phillips and family to Camp Travis. Miss Robbie Wilburn of Alice visiting Genevieve Camp. Mr and Mrs C C Shiner back from New York. Miss Doris Donovan returning to New Orleans. greetings from Mrs C W Cook and family visiting Comfort, Texas. Mrs W W MacGregor from Los Angeles visiting Mrs G C Woodman. Miss Mille Miller and Mrs R S Dixon with Helen Miller Dixon of Laredo returning from a West Coast trip via Salt Lake, Denver, Colorado Springs. Miss Josephine Daiches visiting in Austin with Koen relatives. Mrs Sweatman travelling to San Antonio for news of her brother Wm Kirkpatrick. notices of the engagement of Mrs Nati M. Vda de Naranjo to Karl Wilbert Waton, to be wed in Bustamante, Mexico, on Saturday, September 4 at 6.
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Mille Miller
Rembert S. Dixon
Helen Miller Dixon
Laredo
Pacific Coast
Salt Lake
Denver
Colorado Springs
San Antonio Express
Nati M. Vda
de Naranjo
Karl Wilbert Waton
Bustamante
Mexico
Personalities travel notes announce regional visits
Shahady departed on a business trip to San Antonio and Dallas and will be away about a week. John Gladney of Tulsa is visiting Laredo this week as a guest of Mr and Mrs Hill. Eduardo Cruz returned from a business trip to New York to arrange fall and winter purchases for Two Republics Department Store.
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Shahady
San Antonio
Dallas
John Gladney
Tulsa
Okla
Laredo
Hill
Duardo Cruz
New York
Two Republics
Brusa’s Fall Fears Turkish Loss of Sacred City to Christians
Brusa, a historic Osmanli center near Mount Olympus, passed between Christians and Moslems across sieges from 950 to 1826. As Greeks seize the city, Turks fear Christian control may persist, with Mustapha Kemal’s forces pushing eastward and many youths joining the nationalist cause.
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Associated Press
Brusa
Turkey
Sea of Marmora
Osmanlis
Mount Olympus
Marmora
Nilufer
Hannibal
Prussias
Prusia
Christ
Nicomedes II
Nicaea
Persia
Khorassan
Bokhara
Timur
Mohammed
Mohammed I
Constantinople
Guemlek
Gulf of
Geumlek
Argentina Rejects 10 Million Offer for Oil Fields
From Buenos Aires Aug 31 Argentina refused a British offer of 10 million pounds for control of government petroleum properties. Frederick White of Cowdray interests made the bid. Argentina's fields at Comodoro Rivadavia produce about 200000 tons annually amid fuel shortages. President Irigoyen favors expanding production but keeps exploitation in Argentine hands. Previous offers by North American promoters were also refused.
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Associated Press
Puenos Aires
Argentina
Frederick White
Comodore
Rivyadavia
London
Mr. White
Irigoyen
Engagement Announced for Marzelle Elizabeth Beene
Mrs Willie Marian Beene announces the engagement of her daughter Marzelle Elizabeth to Lieutenant Russell Conwell Snyder Fourth Field Artillery United States Army with the wedding to follow in Saltillo where U S Vice-Consul Mr Eaton presided at the announcement in the afternoon.
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Mr. Eaton
U. S
Saltillo
Willie Marian Beene
Marzelle Elizabeth
Russell Conwell Snyder
Fourth Field Artillery
United States Army
Legal Aid Bureaus Urged in Major Cities by A BA Speaker
Ernest L. Tustin of Philadelphia told the American Bar Association in St Louis that municipal legal aid bureaus are needed to help the poor and prevent social injustice. He urged cities to establish such departments and warned against overburdening judges. He cited Philadelphia as an example and called for Bar associations to guard against partisan influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Louis
United States
Ernest L. Tustin
Philadelphia
American Bar Association
Tustin
Cites
Legal Aid
Railroad Time Table Showing Train Schedules
Train No 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 9 56 a m and Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 35 p m International Great Northern fast train to St Louis leaves 9 30 a m arrives 4 p m Night Train leaves 9 p m arrives 8 a m Rio Grande Eagle Pass trains run from Laredo to Minera with daily except Sunday departures and return trips with specific times.
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Corpus Christi
Rio Grande & Eagle Pase
Laredo
Minera
Seed Corn Loss Told by Mr Vaughan
Mr Vaughan, a farmer, recalls sending for pedigreed seed corn that vanished after rats infested a gur ney sack hung from a roof rope. He reports finding six dead rats next morning and credits RAT-SNAP for the remedy. Available in three sizes, sold and guaranteed by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co. and Sanitary Grocery.
Holding militia to avert trouble Sunday in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City units of the National Guard were kept in readiness as authorities faced possible race trouble linked to a lynching earlier in the weekend. A negro was arrested Saturday after a raid on a moonshine still in which two officers were killed.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma National Guard
Ban Not Raised for German Austrian Immigration to U S
Washington reports Americans of German or Austrian descent seek word on when family members can enter the United States and what limits apply. Visa rules remain wartime restrictions with compulsion appeals, and admissions depend on compelling business needs, dependent parents, American spouses, or relatives of naturalized citizens. Only a small flow of Germans and Austrians entered in 1919 after the war.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
America
Germany
State Department
Austria
A Traveling Man's Experience with Cholera Morbus Remedy
In the summer of 1888 traveling salesman W. H. Ireland of Louisville recalls a severe bout of cholera morbus. He paid a hotel porter to buy Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, followed directions for a double dose, slept, and woke well enough to catch a train at five the next morning.
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W. H. Ireland
Louisville
Upham Denies Campaign Quotas Ordered to Cities
Chicago August 31 Fred Upham Republican national committee treasurer testifies before Senate investigating committee that he has never seen heard of or ordered quotas assigned to cities. He adds seven hundred thousand dollars was added to the campaign chest and the committee reports 1,017,256.52 in contributions from June 14 to August 26. The page details national and state totals, with Texas contributions and a 2,079,087.20 budget.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Fred Upham
Republican National Committee
Senate Investigating Committee
Cox
Pittsburch
Upham
Hays
Senate
Texas
National Committee
Republican Committee
Campaign finance hearing in Senate investigation
In Chicago on August 31 the treasurers and committee chairmen of both major parties testified before the senate investigating committee on campaign contributions and expenditures. Democratic Chairman White added to yesterday’s testimony, noting Democratic contributions total $67,000. The panel said Representative Britten will be summoned to explain charges that the British embassy’s $87,500 entertainment fund was used for Democratic campaign aims.
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Chicago
Republican
Democratic National Committee
Senate
White
Cummings
Senate Committee
Britten of
Mlingls
Washington
Plan to Dispose of Stockyards at Once in Fifteen Cities
Washington August 31 plans of the big five meat packers for disposal of their stockyards interests under a decree with the department of justice contemplate selling such interests in fifteen cities to F H Price and Company of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
F. H. Price and Company of
Boston
Tyrol bans communal fractional currency amid scandal
Vienna reports the Tyrol government prohibiting further issuance of communal fractional currency after investigations showed none of the notes circulated. ten and twenty heller notes were resold to collectors at large profits, with up to eighty to one hundred down per note. The craze involved various groups including Gottweigh monastery and the Anti Semitic Association of Amstetten.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Tyrol
Monastery of
Gottweigh
Amstetten
Al St. John Brings TROUBLE to Strand Theatre Tomorrow
Critics nationwide hail Al St. John as the greatest motion picture comedian. He appears at the Strand Theatre in a two reel comedy titled TROUBLE and promises high laughter with his familiar antics alongside Patty Arbuckle connections.
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al St. John
Strand Theatre
Patty Arbuckle
Twenty Die in Belfast Riots as Troops Occupy Barracks
Belfast, Aug. 31. Nine persons were killed in yesterday's rioting here. Two wounded are dying. Twenty have been killed since the rioting began last Wednesday as troops occupy all the police barracks. Ominous signs of new trouble appeared with groups of men gathering on many corners.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Training for Fight In Final Stages In Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor Mich Aug 31 After a twenty four hour lay off Jack Dempsey and Billy Miske today entered the final stages of training for the heavyweight championship contest next Monday.
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Associated Press
Benton Harbor
Mich
Jack Dempsey
Billy Miske
Latvia Allows Transfer of Minak Conference to Riga
Riga on August 21 reports Latvia has agreed to permit Poland and Soviet Russia to transfer the Minak conference to Riga. The decision came at the Poles’ request.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Lettvia
Poland
Soviet Russia
Riga
Berlin Unemployment Surges in July Figures
German officials report Berlin unemployment reached 857,143 on July 15, up from 420,126 on July 1. The official statistics show a sharp rise within two weeks, highlighting escalating joblessness amid the summer month.
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Associated Press
Berlin
United States Leads in Maritime Tonnage Gain Since 1914
London report from Lloyds Register of Shipping shows the United States records a 500 per cent rise in seagoing tonnage outside the Great Lakes since 1914, now totaling 12,406,000 tons and holding 24 per cent of world tonnage overall. Britain remains first with 18,111,000 tons. Japan and France follow. Germany’s figure drops to 419,000 tons. Sailing tonnage, US up over 43 per cent since 1914, and total steam tonnage worldwide rose to 53,905,000 tons in June, despite wartime losses.
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Associated Press
London
Liovds Register of Shipping
United States
Great Lakes
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Register
Germany
Queen Candy Company Opens In Laredo
The Queen Candy Company, a new business in Laredo, opened Saturday in the Walls building next to Botica del Pueblo. It offers homemade candies, fine chocolates, sodas, ice cream, and sherbets under manager James Mataragas. 8-30-61.
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Queen Candy Company
Laredo
Walls
James Mataragas
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Violet S. Oberfeldt Society
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Mrs. Asher Smith
Beverly
Winifred Poole
Cotulla
Mrs. N. Windrow
Schmieding
Mexico City
H. D. Shelby
D. J. Spillane
Virginia
Galveston
City
Seth S. Wilcox
Genevieve
Austin
Georgetown
Josephine Daiches
Lala Guajardo
Ernest Vidales
Alamo City
Roy Gillette
Baby
Alfred Poggenpohl
Henry Ward
M.7
Chester Burbank
Los Angeles
Robert McComb
A. P. Nye
McClusky
Phillips
Camp Travis
Mrs. C. C. Shiner
New York City
Doris Donovan
New Orleans
Ida Donovan
W. W. MacGregor
Cal
G. C. Woodman
Mr. and
Mrs. Koen
Legal Aid Bureaus
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Oklahoma
Bbecause Negro
BIG
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