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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1924
Page
2
A federal charter is issued for the First National Bank of Richland Texas with capital of 30000 dollars. J Chapman commissioner of banking notes the Harlingen State Bank has reorganized and should reopen in days. The article also covers Texas law enforcement funding, aviation mapping efforts, and state financial rulings.
Washington reports the Senate approved a Japanese exclusion amendment to the immigration bill with little debate and few senators present. The move follows Senate rejection of recognizing the gentlemen's agreement with Japan, and the House already passed a Japanese exclusion provision by 322 to 71.
Berlin announced the cabinet has accepted the experts report as a basis for negotiations with the reparations commission. Dr. Fischer will inform the commission Germany is prepared to resume talks, likely through oral discussions, while Britain supports the plan if other parties join.
The state highway department division headquarters at Waco marks the Pat Neff highway through Bell county from north of Troy to the Bell Williamson line near Jarrell. The route passes Temple Belton Salado and Prairiel l.
A major fire in Houston completely destroyed the Kent H. Easter warehouse. The building valued at 150000 dollars burned with goods estimated worth from five hundred thousand to one million dollars.
In New Orleans on Friday the local rice market held steady as demand remained light and importers stayed domestic. Fancy Blue Rose traded around 59 16c to 55 8c per pound amid close bidding with buyers and sellers reluctant to concede. Honduras grades showed irregular pricing from 6c to 7 1/2c for high quality lots.
Miss Roxie Stinson, ex-wife of Jess W. Smith, tells a Senate committee about Smith’s financial deals and alleged discussions with Attorney General Harry Daugherty at a “little green house” on K Street. Daugherty calls her testimony the work of a disappointed, maligned woman seeking leverage.
Montana's two fighting senators are Walsh and Wheeler. Senior Senator Thomas J. Walsh, born 1859 in Wisconsin, is known as a skilled lawyer and a steady opponent of the Yellowstone dam bill. He and allies faced opposition from national park advocates and local politicians over plans to dam Yellowstone Lake for irrigation.
Thomas H. MacDonald heads the Public Roads Bureau in the Department of Agriculture. The bureau administers the federal aid road act, aiding state road improvements and post and national forest routes. He envisions fast county-seat travel and argues roads serve broader social needs beyond farmer haulage.
Wilson, head of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, speaks on indoctrinating midshipmen with traditions and molding them into educated gentlemen. He stresses loyalty to country, practical minds, and a balance of healthy bodies and minds under humane, firm discipline to uphold the academy's honor.
President Coolidge urges the Senate to uphold constitutional and legal rights during investigations. He warns against intrusions by committees and resigns to reveal only information lawful to disclose, asserting executive resistance to unwarranted searches and a return to the rule of law.
William Gibbs McAdoo spoke in Fort Worth urging Texas democrats to send an instructed delegation to the national convention in New York. He challenged Governor Pat M Neff over his stance against an instructed delegation, saying the move would aid reactionary and wet elements within the party.
Pasadena authorities announce that married women under 18 must attend school. Special classes for young brides will be conducted to enforce the rule.
Six special jurors who in 1917 ruled Harry K Thaw a lunatic testified Wednesday that he is sane and entitled to freedom at a Philadelphia common pleas court trial to determine Thaw mental status.
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