Col. C. C. Todd Remembered as Man, Soldier and Leader
Col. C. C. Todd died Monday evening after a career marked by U S Army service in the Philippines and a long residence in Bryan. He contributed as a Bryan school trustee and library advocate, led the Rotary club, and practiced civic duty with discipline, education, and charitable conduct.
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Col. C. C. Todd
United States Army
Philippines
Col. Todd
Bryan
Library Board
Bryan Rotary Club
Texas A. & M. College
Bryan and College
Erosion Control Efforts Highlight Wind and Water Protection
A five day study at Texas A and M College explores wind erosion control as a new focus for safeguarding Texas soils. The article recommends converting sub marginal lands to pasture or reforestation, retiring unproductive acreage, and using tree planting to complement grass cover to reduce erosion and improve long term returns.
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Middle West
Texas
Texas A. & M. College
The Sawbuck Versus The Finnf adjournment debate shapes session
The House at Austin votes to adjourn May 7 marking 120 days of the regular session. Proponents say the date will speed business to finish on time, while critics warn it may trigger a special session and raise tax payer costs.
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House
Austin
Star-Telegram
Excavators Between Beersheba and Gaza Hint at Ancient Inscription
Excavators report twelve potsherds found between Beersheba and Gaza. The inscriptions, inked around the Prophet Jeremiah era and aligned with Masoretic Pentateuch text, challenge higher critics and suggest renewed interest in ancient sources.
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Beersheba
Gaza
Jeremiah
Memory Lane Notes and Street Scene Snippets
A Brooklyn New York era column blends household odds and ends with pop culture gags. It catalogs quirky items from milk cracks to straw sailors and lists social scenes from bars to Broadway figures like Rudy Vallee and Oliver Wilde era gossip.
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New York
Hoover Faces Republican Rift Over New Deal Spending
In Congress Republicans position Mr. Hoover after a historic Senate vote approving a relief bill totaling about 5.0 billion dollars. The measure authorizes federal relief expenditures and entrusts the president with broad spending powers.
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Mr. Hoover
Congress
Senate
Republicans Vote For Work Relief Bill In 1935
The Houston Post notes that a majority of Republican senators and representatives backed the New Deal work relief measure in 1935. Hybrids and regular GOP members joined to pass the bill in the Senate and House, supporting national welfare over party aims and despite budget-cutting plans.
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Mr. Hoover
Senate
House
Hoover
Congress
Houston Post
Local Beef Contract Awarded To Boyett At College
Fort Worth telegram reports W D Boyett won the yearly contract to furnish fresh beef and pork to the college beating Armour by about 3000 dollars. A&M electrical engineering seniors toured Bryan with Prof Belton and assisting Prof Lear to collect material for practical work. J H Mawhinney departed for Kerrville due to a family illness.
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Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot
Fort Worth
W. D. Boyett
Bryan
Frank C. Belton
J. E. Lear
J. H. Mawhinney
Kerrville
Editorial on neutrality draft to keep United States out of war
The piece discusses a proposed program to keep the US neutral in any war, detailing embargoes on munitions, bans on foreign loans, and shipper risk for contraband exports. It weighs mandatory versus discretionary presidential actions and argues for real preparedness opposed by some navy officials and isolationists.
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United States
Nye Committee
Navy Department
America
Christian Science Monitor
Local Social Notes Highlight Frankl in Harvey Visits
Miss Leila Yardley and Miss Ora Yardley of Harvey return from Franklin where they taught. A card club formed at Mrs. H Bloch’s Bryan home. Members include Mesdames Sam Levy Ben Marwill H Bloch Julius Levy Harry Marwill H Getz John Mike Rosa Stubenranch.
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Ber
J. H. Sutton
Leila
Ora Yardley
Harvey
Franklin
H. Bloch
Bryan
Bloch
Globe Dry Goods Co
Mesdames
Sam Levy
Ben Marwill
Julius Levy
Harry Marwill
H. Getz
John Mike
Rosa Stubenranch
Bryan PTA Delegates Attend Ninth District Meeting in Waco
Mrs. Ivan Langerfeld and other Bryan and Bowie PTA members travel to Waco for a two day Ninth district PTA session. Delegates include Mrs. Harry Edge Mrs. Chas Griesser Mrs. P S Mangum Mrs. C M Elwell Mrs. Guy Harris Mrs. J C Goldsmith and Mrs. W B Harris.
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Ivan Langerfd
Harry Edge
Chas. S. Griesser
Bowie
Parent-Teacher Association
P. S. Mangum
C. M. Elwell
Guy Harris
J. C. Goldsmith
W. B. Harris
Travis
Parent- Teachers Association
Bryan
Waco
P.T. A
Let Us Have Business as Usual
A pro advertising message links city prosperity to shopper confidence and continuous spending. It outlines a chain from merchants advertising to manufacturers producing and citizens earning, urging merchants and citizens to keep buying to sustain local business.
Ford Worker Dies in Poisoning Probe at River Rouge Plant
Detroit April 3 In a bid to solve the fatal poisoning of Louis Sherry 25 a River Rouge Ford worker officials began questioning all 140 co workers after he died from two bites of a sandwich containing poison William P Wicker 22 a co worker is hospitalized recovering from a similar poisoning
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Detroit
Louis Sherry
River Rouge
Ford Motor Co
Sherry
William P. Wicker
Eagle Printing Ad Offers Custom Coupon Books
An advertisement from Eagle Printing Company promotes custom coupon books for any business including grocery markets and filling stations. Books are printed with the customer’s name and sold in $5 or $10 denominations at a rate of 3.50 per 100 books.
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Eagle Printing Company
Local social notes recount Bryan area visits and travels
Mrs. Lottie Lobello recovers at home after hospital stay in Bryan. Fritz Luckenbach and family visit from Menard with uncle Stuart Harris. Mrs. English returns from Dallas to recover at home. Mrs. Howard and two children visit Waldrops in Bryan from Charleston WV. Several families travel to Nacogdoches and Fort Stone Fort sites. Mrs. Stiles heads to New Orleans for treatment. Mrs. Foster notes birth of a son to the Trants in Longview.
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Lottie Lobello
Bryan Hospital
Fritz Luckenbach
Angela
Menard
Luckenbach
Louise Smith
Stuart Harris
Nanne She Waldrop
Paul Thardo
Connie
Offa Williams
Thardo
Taylor
Hendrix Conway
Mason
J. H. Conway
Conway
A.&m. College
Mason County
Willie Rogers
E. C. Carlyle
Lee Mike
Annie Dearing
Nina Henry
Nacogdoches
Fredonia Hill
Fredonia
Roger Q. Astin
Laura
Bess Heard
D. L. Hudson
Hallettsville
Mary Beth Walker
Waxahachie
Bryan
College Station
Galveston
Sara Reva Maniloff
Rose Kaplan
Bess Brown
Bessie Mae Lichte
Richard Grant
Robert Stiles
Neva Duncan
Sam Trant
Longview
Foster
Mr. Trant
Lightning hits Nemec home at Smetana on Tuesday
Lightning struck the Simon Nemec residence at Smetana around 2 30 in the afternoon. One corner of the house was damaged doors off the stove torn pipes down walls peeled papers in three rooms. Mrs Nemec unharmed. A radio aerial atop the house broke and may have sparked the strike.
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Simon Nemec
Smetana
Nemee
Chinese Army Officer to Train at Fort Sill
Lieut I Chang of the Chinese army will report to Fort Sill Oklahoma in late August for the regular Field Artillery school course, announced by the Eighth Area headquarters at Fort Sam Houston.
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Fort SS San Antonio
I. Chang
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Sam Houston
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