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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
6
President Wilson vetoed a bill to establish a national budget system ruling it unconstitutional as it would remove the power to appoint the controller general and assistant controller general without senate consent. He expressed regret over the veto but urged Congress to remedy the defect before adjournment.
Prizes were awarded Friday in a girls clothing contest directed by Miss Lillian Peek of the Texas department of education. Winners include Aline Johnson Houston first for school dress spring fall costing 2.87. Judith Norwood Cleburne second for 3.15. Eary McGowan San Antonio sport costume 3.90 first. Edna Riddle second with 5.77 dress. Ruth Gildhmeister San Antonio winter dress 9.50. Theressa Davis best afternoon dress 5.60. Inez Alvord San Antonio graduation dress 9.64. Elizabeth Pollard Midlothian second 17.50. Hazel Hope Sweetwater honorable mention. Other entries: Eleanor Schram Houston first 8.40. Nona Rossen San Antonio second 16.37. A Federated Women's Clubs of Texas silver loving cup awarded to Main Avenue High School San Antonio for best general clothing display. second to Cleburne, third to Austin.
The court unanimously held federal constitutional amendments require national ratification, striking down Ohio referendum provisions. It overturned state actions blocking the prohibition and woman suffrage amendments and warned against reopening suffrage debates in about a dozen states before the November elections.
President Wilson named a three member wage commission to settle a miners dispute in the anthracite fields. The panel includes William O. Thompson from Ohio State University representing the public Neal J Ferry of McAdoo Pa from United Mine Workers for the miners and William L Connell of Scranton Pa for the operators.
In Austin the senate considered an emergency appropriation boosting salaries and funding state departments with a total around 745000 for 1919 20 and 23000 for 1921. Bills cover road bonds limits on interest rates car licensing and school land oil permits plus actions on education taxation and railroad operations.
Governor Hobby signed the bill creating the ninth judicial district in Stephens County. The measure originated in the senate and passed the house Friday. Also the senate committee on internal affairs favored the Cox bill to place gas pipeline companies under the railroad commission with no house amendments.
Washington reports say General Obregon has ordered a reduction of the Mexican army to half its present size and the formation of rurales to police border areas. Negotiations with Francisco Villa to lead the rurales failed. Villa requests guarantees for his subordinates and desires retirement to private life.
Miss Annie Webb Blanton reported to the house that 10,489,790 dollars was apportioned from the school fund this session. Common districts receive 5,676,992 dollars and independent districts 4,812,798 dollars. Among 756 independents, 526 have under 500 pupils. The twelve months to May 1 yielded 14,123,559 dollars for school needs, with 3,279,498 dollars for textbooks and 10,844,061 dollars unallotted.
An old advertisement touts Aspirin sold under Bayer with the Bayer name on tablets, claiming safety verified by millions and medical use for headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It notes Bayer packages in tins of 12 and larger sizes and gives manufacture details.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Danderine stops hair loss and dandruff after application. It claims hair regrows with life, vigor, brightness, color, and thickness. The ad also shifts to a health claim about Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills restoring regularity without griping.
Washington report on Representative Bee of Texas introducing a resolution to permit about 300 Chinese refugees who arrived from Mexico with Pershing's column to remain in the United States. The group has been interned at Leon Springs and other border points and valued by the army, with Labor Department deportation plans under consideration.
A fire of unknown origin broke out Monday in a concrete warehouse on Galveston Wharf Company pier 41. Damage to the warehouse and its sisal contents is estimated at 1.5 million dollars, with sisal valued at 1 million and the remainder charged to Wharf Company property.
A Christmas bazaar counter displays grim toys as a warning with a beetle figure bought for a dinner party. The man pays half a dollar and plans to place the beetle on his table as drinks pass, hoping others will leave.
In Bridgeton New Jersey twenty five youths invested a thousand dollars in United States thrift stamps this year. The children earned money through dishwashing sweeping dusting store clerking baby-minding errands and other chores. Some expanded into cutting weeds carrying coal sifting ashes selling papers raising chickens and cleaning pavements. The可ke they learn time can be converted into money and may stop idle street corner spending and porch chatter.
A compact adage urging readers to turn dissatisfaction with fate into action by selling their current possessions or situation rather than bitterness or resignation. It frames sale as practical empowerment and a path to renewal.
A man brewing moonshine in a cemetery was raided, authorities say. The incident drew attention to illegal distilling and cemetery trespass, with investigators seeking to determine identity and motive.
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