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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1926
Page
4
The item notes the Moulton AGL being entered in the post office at Moulton as second class matter on April 2 1926. It records mailing status and date for archival classification.
A tornado struck Orangefield near Orange Texas on March 24 damaging the schoolhouse and other buildings. One man was killed and several injured as about 300 children were in the school at the time. Superintendent T N Powell calmed students and prevented a panic despite the danger.
In LaGrange Texas on March 25 four schoolboys were shot with a shotgun while en route to a district school meet. Two boys were hospitalized with severe injuries including eye loss. recovery for one is doubtful. Albert and Frank Konvicka are jailed on charges of assault to murder.
The 465,642 farms and farm buildings in Texas are valued at 3,055,993,531 dollars according to the 1925 farm census. Land value exceeds 2.6 billion and buildings average 27.83 per acre. Tenancy is high with 60 percent operated by tenants. 182,978 manager farmers and 281,228 tenant farmers.
The federal quarantine for foot and mouth disease in cattle was lifted on April 1. However parts of Harris Galveston and Brazoria counties remain under state quarantine by the Live Stock Sanitary Board.
A survey by the American Bankers Association's State Bank Division reports progress toward uniform state banking laws and stronger supervision. The study notes a waning in state guaranty of deposits and details shifts toward higher capital, consolidated regulation, and empowered bank commissioners with longer terms.
The American Bankers Association marks its Golden Anniversary by forming a $500,000 fund to support scholarships and economics research in American colleges. Half comes from the ABA and allied groups, the other half from state banker quotas. The ABA adds $50,000 and the American Institute of Banking contributes $25,000. Numerous bankers donate varying amounts nationwide.
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