Plan Made for Delivery Of Texas Panhandle Gas To Chicago
Preliminary negotiations are completed for delivering natural gas from the Texas Panhandle to Chicago. The plan, announced by Insull, Son and Company, includes Cities Service, Texas Company, Phillips Petroleum, Skelly Oil, Columbian Carbon, and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Texas Panhandle
Insull, Son and Company
Insull
Cities Service Company
Texas Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Skelly Oil Company
Columbian Carbon Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Playground Plans at Sue Haswell Park Promoted
The Bryan Eagle reports advocate for a public playground in Sue Haswell Park proposed by the author. He notes Lions Club funded about $300 in play equipment for city children and suggests additional items can be crafted from the city junk pile at low cost. The plan aims to serve all kids and babies in Bryan.
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Sue Haswell Park
Bryan Eagle
Bryan
St. Joseph's
Bryan Visitors Highlight Local Business Ties
Baldwin of Llano stopped in Bryan yesterday for a visit at the home of Hon. and Mrs. Oak McKenzie. Dr. F. S. Willetts, chiropractor, opened an office at Main and 26th after being invited by Dr. J. P. Drain. Cameron visitors Co. H Young, J H Greathouse, Marion Young and Steve Freeport spent the day on business before heading to Houston. W. S. Barron went to Iola for legal matters.
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L. HU. Baldwin
Llano
Bryan
Oak McKenzie
Mr. Baldwin
Mrs. McKenzie
F. S. Willets
Main
26Th Streets
Willets
J. P. Drain
The
Texas Chiropractic College
Co. H. Young
J. H. Greathouse
Marion Young
Steve Freeport
Cameron
Houston
Hawks Soars Over Fields Lands Safely in Wichita Falls
Captain Frank Hawks completed a glider flight to Wichita Falls after being towed by an airplane from San Diego toward New York. He landed after 25 minutes aloft over the field, then continued toward Oklahoma City despite a crowd gathering to watch.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Frank Hawks
San Diego
New York
Sweetwater
Hawks
Oklahoma City
Tick Eradication Begins in Hidalgo and Valley Counties
Edinburg April 2 systematic tick eradication started in Hidalgo and other Valley counties this month. Fred Roway, supervisor of the state livestock sanitary commission, leads the campaign with seventy two dipping vats built in preparation.
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Associated Press
Edinburg
Hidalgs
Fred Ro@way
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Street cars wrecked by strikers in New Orleans
Four bombs wrecked three street cars in New Orleans during a renewed trolley dynamiting incident after street car operators walked out on strike. No injuries to trolley crews or passengers were reported.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Brazos Presbytery Holds Spring Meeting in Houston
Nearly seven thousand Presbyterians from 21 counties in the Houston area will be represented by delegates to the Brazos Presbytery spring meeting in Houston on April 22 23 and 24 The Presbytery organized at Christmas in 1840 and started with five churches totaling 7 percent membership.
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Associated Press
Houston
Brazos Presbytery
Presbytery
Christmas School House
Washington County
Republic of Texas
Ancient Definition of Family Guides 1930 Census Rules
Enumerators begin the 1930 census with the rule that family means a group living in the same dwelling, not necessarily related. Permanent lodgers count with the household, while transient lodgers join the family where they stay, and institutions like prisons and asylums are institutional families.
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Joseph A. Hill
Census Bureau
Weather forecast for New Orleans and Texas regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday for Bryan and vicinity. East Texas sees cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures tonight. West Texas reports fair conditions tonight and Thursday with cooler tonight.
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New Orleans
Bryan and Vicinity
East Texas
West Texas
Editor Shot in Feud Ends in Tragedy
Yazoo City Mississippi records a fatal shooting when Frank Birdsall editor of the Yazoo Sentinel dies from wounds inflicted by Mayor J T Stricklin who then killed himself. The feud stems from local politics with Dr Hawkins a rival candidate and noted dentist witnessing the event on Main Street.
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Associated Press
Yazoo City
Miss
Frank Birdsall
The
Yazoo Sentinel
State Tax Committee
J. T. Stricklin
Hawkins
Stricklin
Main Street
Birdsall
Howell Is Named For Active Part In I.C.C.A. Meet
J Webb Howell of Bryan is named chairman of the Cotton Exchange Committee and a member of the Cooperative Export Marketing committee for the Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association convention in Corpus Christi April 28 29 30 Delegates from across Texas and several out of state crushers will attend the event.
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Fort Worth
J. Webb Howell
Bryan
Texas Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
Corpus Christi
T. J. Harrell
Crushers Organization
Howell
Cotton Exchange Committee
Cooperative Export Marketing Committee
Texas
Etex Agriculturist Visits College and Bryan Today
Roger Davis director of agriculture with the East Texas Chamber of Commerce visited College and Bryan today. He conferred with J A Miller and Extension Service workers about the pasture contest sponsored by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. He was also a guest of the Bryan Rotary Club at noon.
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Roger Davis
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
College
Bryan
J. A. Miller
Tomato Growers Move Plants to Field This Week
Brazos county tomato growers move pledged plants from cold frames to fields this week. F H Tulloch notes minor damage from wind to some plants moved earlier. He says county plantings may exceed pledged acreage and invites interested farmers to the Tomato Growers Association meeting at the courthouse Saturday at 2 pm to arrange field plants.
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Brazos County
F. H. Tulloch
Tulloch
Tomato Growers’ Association
Court House
Van Oilfield 17th Producer Flows 10000 Bbls Daily
VAN April 2 The Van Oilfield's 17th producer the Shell Petroleum Company's B. M. Fowler No. 1 came in today with an estimated daily flow of ten thousand barrels.
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Associated Press
Van
Shell Petroleum Company
Bryan Lions Plan Dinner on April 14
Bryan Lions will hold a group meeting at the Sbisa mess hall at Texas A and M College on Monday night April 14 with many guests invited. District Governors A. C. Kater and H. C. Capenhaver will be honor guests. Arrangements by W. S. Howell and J Bryan Miller. Program for the luncheon led by Ca i L. Lyons featured Cade P J Johns of Harlingen in a burlesque stunt. The event included passing of cigars as an April 1st remembrance from fion Lamar Jones.
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Bryan Lions
Sbisa
Texas A. and
M. College
Cameron, Caldwell
Sealy
Bellville
A. C. Kater
Houston
H.C. Capenhaver
Wharton
W. S. Howell
J. Bryan Miller
C. C. Redding
Morris Schulman
J. Coulter Smith
Wm. &. Wimberly
S. D. Snyder
Fred Hale
Mit Dansby
Chas
Ants Bore Through Rock and Tar on Court Surface
Edinburg reports red ants of Texas disrupt tennis courts at a college. Four hills were covered with caliche, tar, rock, and water proof surfacing. within two weeks three hills opened the surface, and a new hole forms on the fourth site.
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Edinburg
Red Ants
Texas
Japanese naval delegation's reply to tripartite London pact
Reipiro Wa katsuki head of the Japanese naval delegation delivered his government's reply to the triparte agreement negotiated in London. The answer, predicted from Tokyo, was a virtual acceptance of the agreement and was given to Secretary Stim son and Prime Minister MacDonald.
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Associated Press
London
Reipiro Wakatsuki
Stimson
MacDonald
Tokyo
Eastland Man Davis Granted New Trial by Court of Appeals
The court of criminal appeals reversed and remanded the death sentence conviction of Thomas Davis of Eastland county for the murder of A. L. Shook. Davis, seventeen at the time, was noted as of subnormal mentality. He and Clyde Thompson were charged after decomposed bodies of A. L. Leon and the Shook brothers were found.
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Associated Press
Austin
Thomas Davis
Eastland County
A. L. Shook
Court of Criminal Appeals
Davis
Clyde Thompson
A. L. Leon
Shook Brothers
Senate probe on dry law nearly ends as hearings close
The house judiciary committee extended hearings on repeal measures but terminated today before closing arguments. Pro prohibition groups had been prepared to present final rebuttal testimony in support of the dry amendment.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Cotton Market Dips as Futures Close Lower
The cotton market fell today with futures down 15 to 25 points. Local spot prices declined to 15 1 2 to 16 cents.
Sawyer Campaign Platform in Wet Weather Demo
Congregational minister Roland D. Sawyer, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, is seen delivering a campaign message on a wet platform. The scene highlights his clerical background and effort to appeal to voters amid inclement conditions.
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Roland D. Sawyer
United States
Massachusetts
Mary Sudik Gusher Breaks Week of Uncontrolled Oil Flow
Oklahoma City April 2. Number 1 Mary Sudik gusher in the Oklahoma City oil field completed a week of uncontrolled flow of gas and petroleum today. Employees of the owner companies assembled a new master valve for another attempt to cap the well.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Mary Sudik Gusher
Four Bandits Shot Down by Mex Regulars
In Tepic Nayarit Mex four bandits who held J E Bristow an oil operator from San Angelo Texas were killed in a clash with federal troops. The prisoner was captured for a 50000 peso ransom and others of the gang escaped as troops surrounded the scene.
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Associated Press
Tepic
Nayarit
Mex
J. E. Bristow
San Angelo
Texas
River Yields Two Drowned Men After Boat Sinks
Houston dispatch reports two of three men missing after a motor boat sank in the San Jacinto river shortly before midnight Monday. The recovered bodies are Joe Scott and Peter McGee, both described as Black, found near the sinking site.
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Associated Press
Houston
San Jacinto River
Joe Scott
Peter McGee
Woman's Auxiliary Organized to Aid Home Merchants
A Woman's Auxiliary to the Bryan Home Merchants Association has been organized and will hold regular meetings at the Chamber of Commerce rooms each Wednesday at 10. The group includes wives of directors and other interested local women. It aims to enlist Bryan and surrounding area in 100 percent support for home owned business and community betterment through home loyalty and cooperative trade.
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Bryan Home Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Home Merchants Association
Woman's Auxiliary
Women
Bryan
Home Mer
Ocean flying ship completes sea first after forced landing
The American monoplane Pilot, flying from New York to Bermuda, reached Hamilton Bermuda after spending the night on the open sea 64 miles from its destination. It marked the first time an ocean flying ship descended at sea and then continued on its own power.
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Associated Press
Hamilton
Bermuda
New York
Bermudas
Hijackers Rob Farm Superintendent at Midnight
Masked men halted Will Ga field supervisor at the T. A. and M. Experimental farm around midnight Tuesday, stealing about 37 dollars from his pocketbook after forcing him to walk away. Gandy recovered the pocketbook later but the cash was missing and no description or clues identified the robbers.
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Will Gafield
T. A. and M
Gandy
Main Station
Boyett Corner
van Nessa
Anticipated Hoover Speech Cited in Beverly Hills Letter
A Beverly Hills dispatch dated April 2 transcribes an advance copy of what Mr. Hoover will say to Latin American leaders. The letter warns about tariff relief, refugees, and handling the prohibition issue, noting comments on Argentina Chill Uruguay and urging quick stance.
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The
Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
Hoover
Argentina
Uruguay
Pennsylvania
Pam
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Iola
Brazos
I.C.C.A
Etex Agriculturist
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Sbisa Hall
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Senate
Woman’s Auxiliary
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