Three Lamport Holt Crew Found Guilty in Liner Disaster
July 81 report details guilty verdicts for three Lamport and Holt crew members linked to the Virginia liner disaster. Board of Trade inquiry cites contributory causes and notes loss of life including women and children. Settlement funds and appeals mentioned, with figures and legal action described.
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Lamport
Holt
Grid Cook
Harry Wheeler
Heasley
Teday
Board of Trade
Virginia
Joner Butler
New York
Carib
South American
Oil magnate and bride depart New York after Paris wedding
Col. and Mrs. Henry H. Rogers were seen leaving the New York pier after marrying in Paris. Mrs. Rogers was formerly Mrs Basil Miles. The wreck commission cited loading beyond the load line and vessel conditions as factors, noting the Vestris had adequate lifeboats and officers and that pumping may have been hampered by water in the bunkers.
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Col
Henry H. Rogers
New York
Paris
Rogers Ovas
Basil Miles
Col. Rogers
Vestris
Mojor
Harvard Aian Lions Speaker at Plaza luncheon
At a noon Lions meeting the Harvard Law School’s Dr. F M Morgan spoke on Our Court Reforms. A 5 S Dodd presided. Committees for the following year were named including Entertain ment publicity finance bulletin club sponsorship and relations and several named members and officers.
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Lions
Plaza Hotel
F. M. Morgan
Harvard Law School
S. Dodd
A. &. Dodd
E. W. Heusinger
W. L. Dugger
Tt. . Simmarg
L. C. Grees
Latimer
EB. J. Roth
J Kearns
David Griffin
Bf. R. Wyatt
Wilson’ Southwell
Maury Maverick
Lionsfield
W. G. Higgins
H. Ocks
A. Ji. Bird
G. C. Blanchard
F. W W. Ma
Enos Gary
B. ¥. Depew
Walthall
Barney Wickenhoeffer
A.B. Phelps
E. O. Latimer
Alfonso Newton
C. C. Logue
Consolidation of insular possessions to be reviewed
Washington July 31 announces public hearings by the joint congressional committee on insular reorganization to consider placing all American island possessions under the secretary of state in a single department.
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Washington, D. C
All America
Secretary of State
Hardin & Or
Joint Congressional Committee On Insular Reorganization
Woman Seeks Police Protection for Prolific Prowler Threat
Mrs. Gertrude Keres of 2222 Poplar Street requests police protection to guard her home against prowlers. She reports the house is often unoccupied in daytime and that multiple attempts to force entry have been made.
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Gertrude Keres
Poplar Street
Cement Firm Feasts 200 Guests at Cementville Frolic
More than 200 guests attended a Manufacturers' association event at the San Antonio Portland Cement company in Cementville on Tuesday night. Barbecue and gifts were provided, the Alamo brass band played, and sleight-of-hand artist A. S. Hreye performed while Charles Baumberger Jr led the affair. His father, Charles Baumberger Sr, president of the cement campus, was unable to attend due to being in California and sent a regret telegram.
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San Antonio
Man Struggles For Work After Son Drowns in Washington
A desperate Washington man Walter Ross, a guitarist and carpenter, sought work all day with only six cents left. Police helped after fearing his car was stolen and a telegram awaited him. His six year old boy drowned in a nearby stream, turning a day of hardship into tragedy as funds from locals aided his family.
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Washington
D. C
Walter Ross
Carpenter
Ehren
Ross
States
France War Debt Payment Delay Reported
Washington July 31. Payment of France's 400000 300 war supplies debt due tomorrow has been postponed in light of France's ratification of the 4025000000 Allied Berenger agreement. The funding plan covers all war obligations over eight years. The postponement came via votes exchanged between Secretary and Ambassador Clautel. The congressional attempt to authorize postponement failed to gain signatures, but the administration pressed ahead with the delay.
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Washington, D. C
France
United States
Friends Help Sick Man Market First Bale in Austin
In Austin on July 31 Raymond Contrada, a tenant farmer at a local hospital, realized his ambition by marketing the first bale of 120 cotton. Friends harvested a portion of his field and brought the 600 pound bale to town, selling for 25 cents per pound, supported by moral backing from both the Senate before recess.
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Austin
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Hasree
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