Texas Members Named to House Committees
Washington records list Texas House members assigned by the Ways and Means Committee to key panels including Garner on Ways and Means Garrett on Military Affairs Buchanan on Appropriations Sumners on Judiciary Jones on Agriculture Parrish on Posts Rivers and Harbors Mansfield on Expenditures Rayburn on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Connally on Foreign Affairs Black on Banking and Currency reform Expenditures in Civil Service Lanham Public Buildings and Grounds Industrial Arts and Expositions Patents Box Immigration Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Claims Hudspeth Roads Elections Irrigation Sanders Indian Affairs Elections Census Expenditures in the Agricultural Department Briggs Coinage Weights and Measures Election President and Vice President Accounts and Flood Control Blanton District of Columbia Woman Suffrage Enrolled Bills Expenditures in the Labor Department Carter of Oklahoma also named to the Appropriations Committee. Representa-
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Washington
Texas
House
Ways and Means
Garner
Garrett
Buchanan
Appropriations
Sumners
Jones
Agriculture
Parrish
Mansfield
Rivers
Rayburn
Connally
Black
Civil Service
Hardy
Navy Department
Lanham
Box
Hudspeth
Sanders
Agricultural Department
Briggs
Blanton
District of Columbia
Labor Department
Carter
Oklahoma
Representa
McClintic Named To Naval Affairs Post In Government Panel
Representative Swank holds seats in Indian Affairs Mines and Mining and Industrial Arts and Expositions as McClintic is placed on Naval Affairs. The move reflects a broader reshuffle in committee assignments.
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Tive McClintic
Representative Swank
Trash Fire Alarm At Mrs Zuber Residence
At about 1:00 pm a fire alarm from Mrs. D C Zuber’s home proved to be trash burning in the yard with no damage reported.
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D. C. Zuber
Cattle rate extension decision expected this week
A Texas cattle rate extension awaits a one week decision after a conference among Edward Chambers Santa Fe Judge S H Cowan S C Rowe Fort Worth livestock interests and Interstate Commerce Commission Chair Clark The talks covered emergency rates from Texas Pacific and Orient lines to Oklahoma Kansas and Northwest points and extending the emergency until July 15 as adopted by other Texas and Northern railroads Rowe and Cowan departed for Texas Monday night.
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Washington
Texas
Edward Chambers
Santa Fe
S. H. Cowan
S. C. Rowe
Fort Worth
Clark
Interstate Commercce Commission
Texas & Pacific
Orient
Oklahoma
Kansas
Northwest
Northern
Rowe
Judge Cowan
A and M Y Cabinet Frogging Night Entertainment
College Station Texas April 20 The outgoing Y M C A cabinet entertained the new cabinet and their feminine friends with a frog hunt at the river. Large trucks carried the crowd to the scene at five. Frogs were shot possums trapped and camp grub cooked in front of a roaring fire. The picnic is annual and highly enjoyed.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
A. & M. Ross
Bryan
R. V
Mess Hall
Shirley Hotel
Baylor A. & M
Kyle Field
Pavlov
P. V
Chanel
Airdome
Oak Grove
The
Collee
Library to Close for San Jacinto Day Holiday
The Carnegie Library will be closed all day tomorrow in observance of San Jacinto Day, a legal holiday.
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Carnegie Library
San Jacinto
Engineering Show a Great Success at Bryan Campus
The Agricultural Engineering show directed by Professor D Scoates drew hundreds of Bryan residents and college visitors. Exhibits spanned tractors autos motors farm implements and electrical demonstrations loaned by Western Electrical Company of Dallas.
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College Station
Texas
D. Scoates
College and
Bryan
Western Electrical Company of
Dallas
G. E. Martin
S. D. Snyder
F. R. Jones
C. L. Pavncey
E. L. Meyers
E. M. King
C. J. Pirkinson
H. P. Smith
M. R. Bentley
Buick Company
Buick
Central Texas Auto Company
Studebaker
Overland
Chambers & Wilson Company
D. D. White
Dodge
Texaco
Tyne
Apertion
Secates
SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE FOR JUNE BY GOVERNOR NEFF
Governor Pat M. Neff returns from Corpus Christi and plans a June special session date after considering several issues. He will attend the Battle of Flowers in San Antonio and address the State Medical Society in Dallas on May 10.
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Austin
Tex
Pat M. Neff
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Ruskin
Dallas
State Medical Society
Neff
Cornus Christi
American ships in Galveston March foreign trade
In March Galveston saw 217 foreign going steamships enter or depart. 120 were American owned and operated, 89 were British, 11 Italian, with four Mexican vessels also entering and clearing. The Stars and Stripes flew over most ships amid a large number tied up in boneyards on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Atlantic
Gulf
Stars and Stripes
Great Britian
Italy
Seventeen Guns to Welcome Gov Neff to A and M College
At College Station Texas on May 25 Governor Pat Neff will be greeted with a cavalry escort and an 17 gun salute from field artillery as he arrives to present diplomas. Cadet officers plan a split honor between two cavalry troops and two artillery batteries with a competitive drill to decide who fires the arrival salute.
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College Station
Texas
Pat M. Neff
W. B. Bizzell
A. & M. College of Texas
U. S. Army
Bizzell
Neff
L. R. Dougherty
W. N. Roper
W. M. Works
Roper
Rosebud
Works
Amarillo
W. T. Ball
Cavalry
George W. Martin
Dallas
A. L. Forbes
Houston
Death of Rev. J. D. West in Mississippi
The death of Rev. J. D. West occurred at his home in Newton Mississippi in his 85th year. He had been in frail health since his wife’s passing over a year ago and dies unexpectedly. Former Bryan pastor at First Presbyterian Church, he leaves four children Mrs Cope Reese Pensacola Florida Miss Elizabeth West Austin Texas Miss Virginia West Newton Mississippi and Dr Edgar West Memphis Tennessee.
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Brazos Lodge
Knights of Pythias of Bryan
Castle Hall
Knighis
Pythuas
Navasota
Morgan
Lonnie Locke
Texas
R. M. Walker
King
George Pietzer
L. B. Maddox
Guy F. Boyett
Herald
Olue Parks
Senators
Jno
M. Caldwell
Tom G. Suber
C. 5. Beckwith
J. E. Gammon
J. H. Hall
Chas. G. Wetter
M. M. Erskine
Knight
Locke
Pat Newton
J. G
J. F. Griffin
O. G
Lee J. Rountree
Mr. Rountree
Pythian
Knights of Pythias
C. B. Gilleland
Bryan Knights
Bryan
Oak McKenzie
Bryan and
Order
McKenzie
H. C. Willis
Methodist Church
Willis
George E. Hadley
Washington
Webster Lodge K. of P
Harding
Dr. Held
John A. Held
First Baptist Church
Hadley
Held
Rev
Erskine
Bryan Knights of Pythias
Caldwell Lodge
Rev. Willis
Mr. Hadley
D. S. Buchanan
J. Maniloff
J. F. Casey
J. F. Casey, ‘T. H. Halton, R. M. Walker, J. T. Maloney, A. L. ‘Tomlinson
Jennings Franklin
W. E. Johnson
Joe Coufal
Ollie Parks
Tom Higgs
C. G. Vetter
L. 5. Ettle
C. S. Beckwith
Jac. A. Held
J. H. Gammon
Wm. Griffin
J. R. Fain
O. O. Henderson
Jack Johnson
Tom Gilmore
Will J. McCullogh
J. H- Todd
Forrest Jones
R. P. Lemon
C. W. Carroll
J. J. Barron
Tom Suber
Will Ruditi
Geo. Hadley
J. M. Darwin
W. R. Milroy
Geo. Pletzer
J. S
M. Shields
T. R. Brooks
T.S. Thomas
C. E. Gilleland
B. B. McGinty
A. C. Cantrell
J. C. Holland
D. Mann
L. 8. Ettle
Ross Steele
Wright Quinn
Hartselle
Alabama
J. D. West
Newton
Mississippi
L. L. McInnis
Virginia West
Rev. West
First Presbyterian Church
Missisippi
Cope Reese
Pensacola
Fla
Elizabeth West
Austin
Miss
Edgar West
Memphis
Tenn
Voting for Federal Reserve Bank Directors in Dallas
Sixteen nominees for class A director of the Federal Reserve Bank are listed on the official ballot following Ed Hall's resignation. Candidates include H O Boatwright Bryan W H Browning Jr Peeps M C Driscoll Yoakum E G Gillett Georgetown John Greig Brownsville J B Herndon Albuquerque Pat E Hooks Itasca Henry James Abilene Alf Morris Winnsboro Tom Rodgers Denison C G Shull Hugo Okla Howel FE Smith McKinney J O Tucker Weatherford R A Underwood Plainview B T Ware Amarillo Sam Webb Albana. Result expected by May 4.
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Dallas
Texas
Federal Reserve Bank
Ed Hall
Bryan
Insurance
H. O. Boatwright
W. H. Browning Jr
Peeps
M. C. Driscoll
Yoakum
E. G. Gillett
Georgetown
John Greig
Brownsville
J. B. Herndon
Albuquerque
Pat E. Hooks
Itasca
Henry James
Abilene
Alf Morris
Winnsboro
Tom Rodgers
Denison
C.G. Shull
Hugo
Okla
Howel
FE. Smith
McKinney
J. 0. Tucker
Weatherford
R. A. Underwood
Plainview
B. T. Ware
Amarillo
Sam Webb
Albana
Knights Templar Meet in Wichita Falls Texas
More than 500 Knights Templar from across Texas attend the sixty-eighth session of the erawd comandery in Wichita Falls with a competitive drill at Athletic Park and the first grand commandery session planned for 1 p.m. Wednesday. Expected Bryan attendees include General Henry Bates Stoddard P. S. Parka J. D. Martin Rev. H. BR Jam iaom PB C. Jones and others.
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Knights Templar
Wichita Falls
Texas
Athletic Park
Bryan
Henry Bates Stoddard
Parka
J. D. Martin
Rev. H. BR
Jamiaom
C. Jones
Farmers to Present Appeal to the President
Farmers from across the United States gathered in Washington for a three day National Farmers Union conference led by Charles S Barrett to press for lower freight rates and seek legislative remedies. Barrett urged forming a joint congressional committee to study the agricultural situation and called for actions to aid agriculture in America.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Harding
National Farmers Union
Charles S. Barrett
Union
Barrett
America
Germany offers new plan to meet postwar payments
Paris reports Temps says Germany will propose 3 billion gold marks yearly for ten years plus one fifth of export value as a yearly payment. It also suggests a national loan of 10 billion gold marks with up to five percent interest. Berlin hopes public presentation pressures Allies over Ruhr occupation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Temps
Germany
Berlin
Ruhr
Cattle Shipments To Northern Pastures Rise In Texas
Fort Worth April 20 The weekly report of the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association shows a heavy movement of Texas cattle to northern pastures. Complaints cite grass and weed damage from recent cold waves. Market shipments remain light.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association Today
Texas
Repeal Leads to Dismissal of Harris County Wage Case
Austin, April 20. The minimum wage law repeal by the Thirty seventh legislature caused the dismissal of J. Page's case for violating that law. The court of criminal appeals dismissed the case today.
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Austin
Texas
J. Page
Harris County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Miners Work Only Two Days a Week in West Regions
About 50 000 coal miners in New Mexico and Colorado have work for two days weekly according to mine operators. They say spring and summer demand reduces orders and miners face financial hardship. Operators warn a coal famine could hit next winter if the public does not buy coal now and store it.
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el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Western lawmakers forge group to tackle Japanese immigration
Washington April 20. Senators and representatives from eleven far western states formed an organization to find common ground on Japanese immigration. Senator Johnson of California was asked to appoint an executive committee with one senator and one representative from each of the eleven states: California Oregon Washington Idaho Utah Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma and Colorado.
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Associated Press
Washigton
Johnson
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Dean Law Is Again Sustained by Court
The Court of Criminal Appeals again upholds the Dean prohibition law as constitutional. Leopold Garcia, sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for liquor transportation in Williamson County, sought habeas corpus relief claiming the Eighteenth Amendment overrides the Dean law.
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Associated Press
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Leopold Garcia
Garcia
Williamson County
San Angelo Lawyer Offered First Assistant Post
United States District Attorney Henry Zweifel announced he had offered the first assistant district attorney position to Lawrence B. Harris of San Angelo. Harris is named as the preferred candidate for the post in the official notice.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
United States
Henry Zweifel
Lawrence B. Harris
San Angelo
Alleged Slayer Released on Bond in South Bend Killing
Fred Hughes, former Young county deputy sheriff, charged with shooting Abe Enlo and his son Abe Jr. at South Bend, was released on $5,000 bond in Fort Worth after being brought from Graham for safe keeping.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Fred Hughes
Young County
Abe Enlo
Abe Jr
South Bend
Hughes
Graham
Weather Forecast for Bryan Area Evening and Thursday
The bulletin covers New Orleans area weather for Bryan and vicinity. Tonight and Thursday are expected to be cloudy with overcast skies and possible light precipitation.
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New Orleans
Bryan and Vicinity
Tax Plan Aims to Fund Texas Rural Schools via Film Tickets
Austin reports a proposed special session plan to raise rural school funding through a one cent tax on each moving picture ticket. W. E. Thomason of Nacogdoches backs the idea as a way to meet rural education needs, noting other bigger state projects lack funding and expressing doubt about taxing natural resources.
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Austin
Texas
W. E. Thomason
Tower House
Nacogdoches County
Thomason
Annie Webb Blanton
Nacogdoches
Kingsville
West Texas A. & M. College
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Eagle
Roger Q. Astin
C. L. Benson
Brazos County
Pure Bred Live Stock Association
Brazoc County
Merchant Marine OF America Grows
Seventeen Guns
Gov. Neff
A & M. College
Law
Associates Press
Bryan Eagle
Phone
Texas Moving Picture
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