Legion men rally to aid invalid veteran Pinnell
Paul P. Pinnell, once a gob baker in the United States Navy during World War I, suffers tuberculosis in Seton Hospital New York City with no compensation action by the War Risk Insurance Bureau. Walter T. Hamilton leads Bronx American Legion effort that raises $450 for transportation home to California and nursing care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul P. Pinnel
Seton Hospital
New York City
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Pinnell
Bureau
American Legion
Walter T. Hamilton
Bronx
California
Hamilton
Legionnaires
Pies for Sailor Boys Parade in Seattle Honors Pacific Fleet
One thousand homemade pies were dispensed by the women's auxiliary of the American Legion to 1,400 sailors in Seattle, as part of a parade. Other rations were distributed generously. Pity the ship's cook on a night like that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Fleet
Public hauling license deadline in Laredo set
City authority requires all trucks engaged in public hauling to obtain a City license by October 1, 1921. License payments accepted at City Hall from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. D. C. de Lachica, City Tax Collector, office date 9-10-16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Laredo
D. C. de Lachica
Oddities and Facts From Around the World
A collection of curiosities notes that cowhide horseshoes are made in Australia, Madrid is Europe’s highest city by elevation, France churns about 26 million glove pairs yearly, microbes do not inhabit gold coins, and the Doldrums refer to equatorial seas. Ulm Cathedral’s spire tops 530 feet, oysters need 37 salinity, and Beauvais Cathedral houses a clock with 92 thousand pieces and 52 dial plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Madrid
Europe
France
Ulm
Beauvais Cathedral
Local Rail Timetable Highlights Texas Mexican and IGN Trains
Texas-Mexican Train No 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 12 10 p m and Train No 2 from Corpus Christi arrives at 3 36 p m. International and Great Northern Through Fast Train to St Louis leaves at 12 01 p m and arrives at 6 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Night Train Schedule Notice
Night Train departs at 10 p m and arrives at 1 30 a m in the set timetable.
Train No 1 and 2 Schedule Between Laredo Minera and Eagle Pass
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass train No 1 leaves Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 a m and arrives Minera at 10 20 a m Train No 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday at 11 00 a m and arrives Laredo at 3 18 p m
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
Traian No. 2
Legion Men Visit France On 1919 Tour Of Duty
A 250 strong American Legion group tours former World War I battle areas in France as guests of the government. Led by national commander John G. Emery, the mission sails from New York aboard the George Washington and visits Le Havre Paris Blois Bordeaux Tarbes and Flirey to dedicate monuments and see rebuilt towns. They plan three days in Paris before returning around September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. EB. BP
France
A. E. Ff
American Legion
A. BE. F
New York
George Washington
Plaga
United States
John G. Emery
Legion
Franklin D'Omer
Henry D. Lindsley
le Havre
Paris
Blois
Joan of Arc Committee of
Army Reclassification Board
Benzine Board
Bordeaux
Tarbes
Foch
Aberty
Flirey
Toul
Kansas
Missouri
Youngest Auxiliary Member Born in Lewistown
Ruth Buell Thompson, 31 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Thompson, is the youngest member and mascot of Lewistown Montana's Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion, chosen at the Montana state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Ruth Buell Thompson
Lewistown
Montana
State Department
France
Ruth Buell Thompson
Woman's Auxiliary
The
American Legion
State Department of the American Legion of Montana
Baby Thompson
R. B. Thompson
Honeymoon Hike by Ernest J. Jackson Hearts Across Nation
Ernest J. Jackson, a First Division veteran wounded 14 times in France, begins a cross country honeymoon hike from New York to San Francisco with his bride. They paused in Indianapolis on the 20th day of the trek to visit the American Legion national headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest J. Jackson
France
New York
San Francisco
Indianapolis
The
American Legion
Society Social Calendar Highlights Lone Star Gatherings
The Sunbeam Band meeting at 5 PM at the Baptist Church. Elisabeth Reed hosts a theater and supper honoring Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lee Milton with news of General Month Lawrence DaCamara’s expected home from Corpus Christi. Various society members travel to Mexico City, Houston, and San Antonio for centennial celebrations, schooling, or visits, with several noting relocations and rescheduled church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
Elisabeth Reed
Clarence Lee Milton
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. A. Burnett
J. O. Buenz
Two Weeks With Pay Opens at Royal Theatre
At Laredo the Royal Theatre begins a two day showing of the Bebe Daniels film Two Weeks With Pay promising midsummer carnival scenes. Special diving stunts from a thirty five foot platform are featured along with Miss Daniels exhibition dives by Aileen Allen the national women champion diver and Misa Allen who recently earned honors with the Olympic team in Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebe Daniels
Royal Theatre
Shota
Miss Daniels
Aileen Allen
Misa Allen
Belgium
Actress Minnehaha Defies Paris Fashion in The Four Horsemen
In Rialto Theatre’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Rex Ingram film a Cheyenne actress known as Minnehaha refuses modern Paris dress. She appears in her own traditional attire for the Argentina scenes and the Paris sequence, delaying production until she is found. The director opts to film her as the loyal retainer in her native dress throughout the Paris scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Horsemen
Rialto
Rex Ingram
Metro
Rialto Theatre
Paris
Ingram
Minnehaha
Vincenta Blasco Ibafier
Madariaga
Centaur
South America
Desnoyers
Argentina
Fort McIntosh Officers to Attend Infantry School at Benning
Captain H H Galliett and fellow 17th Infantry officers will report to Camp Benning Georgia for the next course at the Infantry School of Instruction. Post driveways damaged by heavy rains have been repaired and the swimming pool reopened after weeks of closure. Lieutenant Lester G Degnan returned from San Antonio after aiding flood rescue work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Galliett
Camp Benning
Georgia
Infantry School of Instruction
17Th Infantry
Frank J. Pearson
George Parkhurst
Percy Seymour
Lester G. Degnan
San Antonio
Lieut. Degnan
Raid Over Tequila Ring Ends in Smugglers’ Deaths
Special to The Times from Cotulla Texas Sept 12 Captain Wright's Rangers customs officers and deputy sheriffs raided a liquor smuggler camp in La Salle county. In a gun battle the captain of the smugglers was killed. Nine men were captured with 650 quarts of tequila. The raiders believe a well organized gang is broken and the rendezvous located. Horses cattle and hogs had been stolen in the area for months. Rangers will bring in the tequila and about 15 head of horses to Cotulla today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotulla
Texas
Captain Wright
la Salle County
San Antonio
Probe Under Way to Fix Cause of River Bridge Disaster
Chester City officials and citizens shift focus from the river bridge collapse that killed 24 to an investigation aimed at fixing responsibility for the deadly accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester City
Seek Pot of Gold as Bergdoll Assets Targeted
The government through the Alien Property Custodian moves to seize Grover Bergdoll assets. A complaint, naming Mrs Ama Bergdoll as attorney in fact for Grover, seeks control of property including a gold coin removed from the treasury. Filing is expected in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bergdoll
Miller
Ama Bergdoll
Grover
Philadelphia
San Antonio Flood Recedes As Recovery Efforts Continue
Debris and damaged property mark the aftermath of a five hour flood that inundated San Antonio and nearby towns. Death toll cited at 45 to 47 with bodies still identified and funerals ongoing. Red Cross relief centers busy as residents seek treatment. Train service slow to resume. business areas drying and salvaging efforts continue with water pumped from basements and mud removal underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Falls City
Goliad
Red Cross
Drowning of Two Santa Fe Employees Near Cameron
In Cameron on Saturday F W Leatherberry and M Robinson both Temple workers for Santa Fe drowned after attempting to cross a swollen Little river in a skiff. The boat was smashed against bridge pillars and the men vanished. search parties found the skiff but no bodies. Officials say hope is gone as floodwaters recede and more motor boat searches continue. Separately Houston warned Brazos and Colorado river lowlands to heed flood advisories to avert danger while crops may suffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Texas
F. W. Leatherberry
M. Robinson
Temple
Santa Fe
Little River
Houston
Brazos
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Columbus
Dallas Flood Toll Edges Past Fifty as Waters Recede
Dallas Texas September 12 partial restoration of communications from flood stricken central Texas places dead at over 50 based on unconfirmed reports plus more than 40 dead in San Antonio figures subject to revision waters are receding in central Texas and overflowing southern stream reaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
San Antonio
Rivers Recede After Toward Devastation In Texas
Houston reports on September 12 note Brazos and Colorado rivers receding after previous danger. Hearne tallies three to four feet rise. Taylor reports 40 Mexicans drowned. Hearne reports seven Negroes drowned. Widespread losses foresee millions in livestock corn and cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Brazos
Colorado
Hearne
Taylor
Murder charge filed against Roscoe Arbuckle
Associated Press report from San Francisco states a formal murder charge will be filed today against silent film star Roscoe Patty Arbuckle in the death of Virginia Rappe. He is held without bail, with a coroner inquiry set and 22 witnesses guarded as the grand jury convenes.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Daniel O'Brien
Roscoe Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Bambine Maude Delmont
Cal
Roscoe
Patty) Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Hall of Justice
Miss Rappo
Senate committee votes to keep 32 percent surtax rate
Washington September 12 The Senate Finance Committee voted to retain the 32 percent maximum income surtax rate fixed in the house bill noting no change to the high rate as negotiations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tinanece Committee
Japan Willing to Modify Demands in Manchuria
Tokyo reports from China indicate Japan may cancel parts of the twenty one demands on China if allowed to extend leases in Dairen Port Arthur and southern Manchuria for 44 years and only if this is settled before the Washington disarmament conference opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokio
China
Japan
Ching
Nichi Niehi Shimbun
Dairen
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Washington
Double Murder Confessions Stir Chicago Police
Authorities investigate a double murder case in Chicago involving Bernard J. Dougherty and Carl Austinus. Harvey W. Church reportedly made two confessions, one claiming sole involvement and another alleging accomplices. Police report two new arrests and a search for about a dozen former associates while Church’s parents are questioned. The crime is described as the most cold blooded in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Chicago
Steamship men blamed for immigration enforcement failures
President Harding in a letter to Representative Siegel faulted steamship agents for immigration law enforcement hardships. The exchange cited agents allegedly admitting parents while sending back children after quotas were filled, prompting calls for executive intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harding
Representative Siegel
Siegel
Reopens Classes in Music Appreciation by Mrs Austin
Mrs T A Austin will reopen music appreciation classes for ages five to fifteen starting Oct 1. Enrollment and terms available by phone 21-7. Two phases of music education include Technical and Esthetic. the Esthetic path fosters appreciation and love of music. Parents invited to Saturdays at home 1815 Matamoros St starting Oct 1 from 9 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Austin
Austin
Matamoros St
Woman Claims First West of Mississippi Auto Drive
Mrs. Clara Center, a traveling saleswoman for a Kansas City firm, asserts she was the first woman west of the Mississippi to drive an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Center
Kansas City
Mississippi
Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities
The Times advertises daily opportunities with 0c pricing per month, inviting readers to subscribe for ongoing deals and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Labor Federation and Socialist Party Take Lead Unified
One year ago today in Milan the National Council of the General Federation of Labor decided to place the labor movement in the hands of the Federation and the Socialist Party, signaling a central shift in leadership and strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of the
General Federation of Labor
Milan
Labor
Federation
Socialist Party
Federal Employes in Session in New Orleans Convention
New Orleans begins the fifth annual convention of the National Federation of Federal Employees with a large delegate turnout. The session marks the start of an active campaign to reclassify the entire civil service, with meetings planned through much of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
New Orleans
National Federation of Federal Employes
No Substitute Offered for Diarrhea Remedy
The piece notes that 99 of 100 druggists recommend Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, as customers say it can be depended upon, despite calls for alternatives that may offer higher profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
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Jack King
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South Laredo
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