Cotton Plan Aims to Raise Prices and Cut Credit Marks
County union meeting at Cottonwood courthouse discussed lifting cotton prices for farmers. President W L Edge urged better county roads and convicts for road work. J H White proposed cash loans from farmers or bankers to replace credit with staged repayments. Bank official H O Boatwright praised unity and urged thrift and efficient farming to improve earnings.
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Bryan
W. L. Edge
Brazos County
J. H. White
Brittain
Galveston
New Orleans
White
Mr. White
H. O. Boatwright
First National Bank
Boatwright
Texas
Farmers U Union
Ed Hall
Met
Herve
Cotton growers urge diversification and cooperative action
A Brazos County union meeting heard advocates urge cutting gambling in futures and promoting diversification. Prof. Allen noted low attendance but praised farm families learning diversified practices. Speakers urged bagging and rope from low grade cotton and forming a committee to draft resolutions for convict labor factories.
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Hall
R. O. Allen
Prof
Allen
Mark Wilcox
I. M. Cook
Brazos
J. H. White
Edge
Fol
Girl Bound On Car Violence at Bellevue Hospital
A distressed young woman, described as Jewish, was confined at Bellevue after two suicide attempts in a ward. She claimed to be a Texas salesgirl who worked in Fort Worth and Dallas, lured to the city by a traveling salesman who robbed her and disappeared. The case is under police investigation with the man’s name not released.
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Dal
Fort Worth
Bellevue Hospital
Serine
Texas
Dallas
Marrige
Crowell Murder Trial Hears Five Daughters Testify
In Henrietta Texas on December 1, five daughters of Mike Crowell testified in the murder trial. The two youngest described returning from school to find their mother lying on a stairway.
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Henrietta
Tex
Mike Crowell
Gas pipe linked Wichita Falls to Petrolia fields in yearend project
Na varro Refining Co has leased offices in Wichita Falls and laid a pipe from Wichita Falls to Petrolia gas fields. A large digging push is under way with expected gas delivery by January 1. In Sherman, Mrs J H Hughes died instantly after being struck by an eastbound Texas and Pacific train at Grand Avenue intersection on Tuesday afternoon.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Navarro Refining Company
Petrolia
Sherman, Tex
J. H. Hughes
Sherman
Texas and Pacific
Grand Avenue
Keefe Appointed Immigration Commissioner General
Daniel J. Keefe of Detroit Michigan was appointed commissioner general of immigration to succeed the late Frank Peargent. Keefe is president of the International Longshoremen's union.
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Washington
Daniel J. Keefe
Detroit
Mich
Frank Peargent
Keefe
The
International Longshoremen’s Union
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