Notable 1902 debut and later stage star's rise to Queen Elizabeth
The article traces a Boston born 17 year old's ascent from early musical debut in Harvard with Rogers Brothers to her later famed screen and stage career as Queen Elizabeth in Maxwell Anderson's Mary of Scotland. It chronicles her shift from acting to directing on Broadway in 1932 and notes her 33 years on stage and screen, including silent film fame and later theater work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Rogers Brothers
Frederick
Queen Elizabeth
Maxwell Anderson
Mary of
Scotland
Helen Hayes
Boston
Titiana
Kensington
Broadway
Nordland
William Gillette
Joseph
Ma X
Clementina
Trade reforms and Indian relations under Spanish rule
The document details 1791 efforts by De Blanc to renew Franco Spanish trade with Lipan and other tribes, advocating open trade for all loyal vassals, regulated prices, and strict supervision. It criticizes monopolies by individual traders and calls for peaceful, orderly relations to prevent conflicts and maintain Native alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Natchitoches
Louisiana
de Blanc
Don Athanazio de Mezieres
San Antonio de Bexar
Farmers of Texas Confer With AAA Cotton Officials
H W Williamson vice-director of the Texas A M Extension Service and three State Advisory Board members joined a Texas delegation in Washington to confer with the cotton section of the AAA about the agricultural adjustment program. C H Day of Plainview chairman W C Marshall of Heidenheimer vice chairman and Reagan McCrary of Calvert board member accompanied Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Williamson
Texas A. & M. Extension Service
Cotton Farmers of Texas
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
A.A.A
Mr. Williamson
C. H. Day
Hale County
Plainview
W. C. Marshall
Heidenheimer
Bell County
Reagan McCrary
Calvert
Day
Marshall
McCrary
Williamson
College Station
Travis Students Of History Visit San Jacinto Park
Pups of the sixth grade at Travis school traveled to San Jacinto park last Friday to study Texas history. The trip in Steele's Store school bus began about 6 30 in Bryan and ended about 6 in the evening with 38 pupils aboard. Room mothers organized lunch aided by several mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
San Jacinto Park
Steele’s Store
Bryan
Jewell Stewart
H. T., Downard
Jess Conlee
W. M. Fairies
W. C. Vanderworth
Funeral Service For Mrs. Stiles Thursday Morn
The funeral for Kathleen Sims Stiles was held Thursday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church with Rev. L A Wilson and Rev. S Moyland Bird officiating. Pallbearers included F L Cavitt and Tom Harrington among others. Out-of-town relatives from Fort Worth Dallas Houston and San Antonio attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Kathleen Sims Stiles
L. A. Wilson
St. Andrews
S. Moyland Bird
St. Peters’ Episcopal Church
Brenhara
F. L. Cavitt
Thos
F. Mayo
Tom Harrington
Pat Newton
J. D. Martin, Jr
Frank Clark, Jr
Stanley Bransford
Fort Worth
P. S. Tilson
Houston
Lucy Clark
Dallas
Howard Etheridge
Preston Newberry
San Antonio
L. B. Stiles
David Stiles
F. H. Wheeler
James Haralson
Bob Blaine
Local Easter visits fill Bryan with guests and news
Mrs C L Baker visits relatives in Linton. Miss Lucy Parks returns to Bryan for Easter from Waco. George Brandon of Dallas spends Easter weekend with his mother Mrs G M Brandon at the LaSalle. Aubrey Foreman of Beaumont attends 71st birthday surprise for his brother in law S W Buchanan. Multiple local residents host or travel for Easter, with illnesses and hospital notes also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Baker
Linton
Lucy Parks
Business College
Waco
Bryan
E. F. Parks
South College Avenue
George Brandon
Dallas
G. M. Brandon
LaSalle Hotel
Aubrey Foreman
Beaumont
S. W. Buchanan
Willis Edge
College Station
Grace Brogdon
J. C. Brogden
Brogden
Foreman
W. M. McKenzie
Margaret Ann
Pensacola
Fla
Temple
Temple, Where Mrs. McKenzie
M. Watson
McKenzie
Jean Watson
Florida
Ruth Beard
J. H. Beard
Bell County
M. M. Dikeman
Roger Dyess
St. Joseph's Hospital
T. W. Brunner
Larry
Rosenburg
George Glover
Baby
Mary Dean Hill
Hillsboro
H. B. McDowell
Glover
Dorothy McDowell
George Bushong
Betsy Searcy
A and M Farmers Short Course Set For July 28 to August 2
COLLEGE STATION April 19 The twenty sixth annual Farmer s Short Course at A and M College runs July 28 to August 2 with theme Changing Country Life Roy W Snyder chairs the central committee Highlights include housing and rural family problems soil conservation emergency erosion work agricultural adjustment demonstrations over talks and lectures A week long program targets farmers ranchers and rural homemakers plus conferences for rural pastors laymen editors school superintendents beekeepers seed producers and Epsilon Sigma Phi members A four H staffed newspaper will publish daily during the week with Neal Douglass of the Austin American as managing editor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
A. & M. College
Roy W. Snyder
Central Committee
Texas
Bee Keepers’ Association
Epsilon Sigma Phi
Neal Douglass
The
Austin American
R. J. Bush
Paul A. Cungus
O. G. Tumlinson
Mise
Marble machines outlawed by Texas House vote
The Texas House voted 74 to 54 Monday to outlaw all marble machines that pay money or prizes to winning players. The amendment, offered by Rep. G. C. Morris, was added to a bill raising taxes on coin operated machines. Amusement machines may run, but winners cannot receive rewards. Fines for violations could reach 200 dollars. The bill also proposes a ten dollar annual state tax on nickel machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Senate
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Bryan girl elected to Texas Women's Press Association
Miss Frances Branch received official notice Tuesday of her election to membership in the Texas Women's Press Association during its annual session in San Antonio. She holds a B J degree from the University of Texas at Austin earned in June 1934 and is currently an editorial assistant with the Extension Service at A and M College of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Smith
Seguin
Bryan
John French
John, Jr
Bremond
Winnifred Thomas
Emily Cavitt
S. E. Thomas
Houston
Thomas
Addie Moseley
M. R. Bentley
Texas A
M. College
Washington
Bentley
Capital
D. C. Jones
D. C. Jones Jr
Lelia Griffith
Williams and
Henry
McAlien
Jones
Miss Griffin
J. N. Goodwin
Seldon Ellis
St. Joseph’s Hospital
R. A. Ellis
Ellis
C. M. Bethany
Bowie
Southeast and Central Teachers Association
J. B. Atkinson
Jackie
Georgetown
E. C. Atkinson
M. E. Jackson
Maudelle Wiley
W. E. Neely
Frances Branch
Texas Women’s Press Association
San Antonio
Branch
University of Texas At Austin
A. and
M. College of Texas
Red Cross Plans Home Service Study Conference
Red Cross home service workers in the midwestern area will hold a two month series of conferences. Brazos County Chapter will attend the Galveston gathering May 6 and 7 at the YWCA. National American Red Cross staff will conduct sessions with Horace J. Sprague and H. F. Keisker among instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Mid- Western
Brazos County
Galveston
Y.W.C.A
National American Red Cross
Horacé J. Sprague
War Service
Midwestern
H. F. Keisker
Houston visitors return after weekend with Smiths
Mrs. T. H. Landrum and daughter Betty Nan of Houston have returned home after a weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Landrum
Betty Nan
Houston
A. L. Smith
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Erich Ludendorff
Marshall von Hindenburg
National Council For Defense
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Schwerzens
Posen
Ploen
Gross Lichterfeld
1Ers
Duesseldorf
Strass- Sea
Abe
Liege
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Sweden
Munich
Mary Hirsch
Jockey Club
America
Miss Hirsch
Maxie” Hirsch
Belmont Park
Bernard Baruch
Bayard Swope
Graham Fair Vanderbilt
Tullihoo
Cary T. Grayson
Alvin C. York
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Gen. Pershing
Marshal Foch
Europe
Tennessee
St. Mihiel
Argonne Forest
Pall Mall
York
Ernest Tener Weir
NRA
Federal District Court
Wilmington
Del
Weir
Pittsburg
Oliver Tron Company
American Tin Plate Company
Monessen
James R. Phillips
Phillips Sheet & Tin Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Weirton
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cincinnati
Ucation
Naismith
Springfield
Mass
Springfield College
Almonte
Ontario
McGill University
Montreal
Presbyterian College
Denver
Colo
Gross Medical College
University of Kansas
Kansas
Luis de Blanc
Nacogdoches
Pedro Bosquee
Bordeaux
Pedro Engle
Franco Bart
Punta Cortaga
Bexar
University of Texas
North American
Department of Bexar
State of Texas
Tejas
Mexico
San Jacinto
Pauline Frederick
Ernest T. Weir
James Naismith
Farmers of Texas
AAA
J. J. Parker
Steep Hollow
Onah Jacks
Dora R. Barnes
Minnie Mae Grubbs
First National Bank
RED Cross
Goodloe’s
Sewing Machine Exchange
E. 25Th and
Washington Sts
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