Message From The Bryan Eagle On Democratic Dilemmas
The letter questions how voters can support the Democratic party after the ticket listing Jim Ferguson Miriam Ferguson and Al Smith. It recalls Missouri and New York politics, cites Tammany influence, and ends with a note about masculine voters and a physician’s joke. The piece signals ongoing bitter politics and prompts continuation on page 4.
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Bryan Eagle
Bryan Daily Eagle
Missouri
New York
al Smith
Banquet Honors Mrs Maggie W Barry Invitations
Members of the Bryan Woman's club invite all College and Bryan women to the Maggie W Barry tribute banquet. Tickets available at A M Waldrop Co and Smith Drug Co for a social event. G L Crawford, extension service specialist, has returned from Washington with cotton quotation service reforms. Rev and Mrs R L Brown will attend a B P A banquet in Navasota. Brown to give the address. Tyler Haswell reports back from McAllen after attending a district Rotary meeting and praising the Valley progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie W. Barry
Bryan
A. M. Waldrop & Co
Smith Drug Co
College and
G. L. Crawford
Extension Service
Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
R. L. Brown
College Station
Fist Baptist Church
Navasota
Brown
Tyler Haswell
McAllen
Haswell
Methodists Attend District Conference in Madisonville
Delegates and alternates from the First Methodist church of Bryan traveled to Madisonville for a district conference. Attending members included Rev. R. S. Marshall, Ben Oak McKenzie, C. R. Gardner, Grace Thatcher, D. J. McDonald and wife, Ozelle McDonald, J. B. Priddy, and Mrs. R. S. Marshall.
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First Methodist Church of
Bryan
Madisonville
Rev
R. S. Marshall
Ben. Oak McKenzie
C. R. Gardner
Grace Thatcher
D. J. McDonald
Ozelle McDonald
J. B. Priddy
Hotel Opening To Be Informal
Manager Dupree Fountain announces the LaSalle Hotel opening on Friday night will be strictly informal. Many expected a formal ceremony.
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Dupree Fountain
LaSalle Hotel
Missionary Taken Prisoner Report From Peking Missionary Osborn Detained
The American legation reports that J C Osborn Nazarene Mission, at Chaochang, has been taken prisoner by the Nationalist army near Peking. The consul general at Hankow was ordered to secure Osborn’s release if he is confirmed as captive.
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Peking
J. C. Osborn
Nazarene Mission
Chaochang
Hankow
Osborn
Bryan to Get New LaSalle Hotel Vision by Howell
Builder R W Howell, president of Howell & Co. wholesale grocers, owns the planned LaSalle Hotel and believes the city of Bryan would benefit from a fine hotel, pledging to fulfill this need.
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R. W. Howell
Howell & Co
LaSalle
Bryan
Manager Dupree Fountain Heads New LaSalle Hotel
Dupree Fountain long in charge of Houston Auditorium Hotel and linked with major Southern hotels now oversees the LaSalle Hotel with a focus on service as his watchword.
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Dupree Fountain
Auditorium Hotel
Houston
New LaSalle Hotel
Wotchword
History of Bryan given to Rotarians
A San Jacinto Day program before Rotarians featured high school chorus singing Texas songs and a Wesa Weddington talk on Brazos county history. She highlighted five courthouses, the变county formation from Navasota to Brazos, Boonville as initial county seat, and the first court under a hickory tree near Ferguson’s Crossing.
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San Jacinto
Brazos County
Wesa Weddington
Bryan High School
D. C. McIntosh
Texas
South
W. S. Johnson
P.T. A
Stuart Barron
Miss Weddington
Col
Harvey Mitchell
Col. Mitchell
Congress of the
Texas Republic
Navasota
Bryan
Boonville
Mordecai Boone
Daniel Boone
Ferguson
Weather outlook for Bryan area turns cloudy with showers
The forecast from New Orleans on April 26 calls for tonight to be cloudy with scattered showers. Friday brings more clouds and showers, especially in the extreme eastern part of Texas, followed by a dip in temperatures.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Bryan
Texas
Tax Reduction Bill Approved By The House
The Senate finance committee approved a 203 million dollar tax reduction bill as a substitute for the 290 million dollar measure previously voted by the house. The action occurred in Washington D C on April 26.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Financing Committee
House
Negro Firemen Killed In Wreck Near Moultrie
MOULTRIE Ga April 26 A negro fireman was killed when a mixed train on the Georgia Ashburne Camilla railroad plunged through a trestle weakened by high waters two miles north of here today The fire followed the wreck burning a large part of the train.
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Associated Press
Moultrie
Georgia, Ashburne
Mitchell Leads as Pace Quickens for Final Lap of Big Drive
The notice tracks a two-day countdown to the end of a large fundraising drive offering 100 000 extra credits on subscriptions and club memberships. It outlines credit multipliers, prize odds including two gold prizes and two cars, and lists early leaders in Wednesday’s sales, led by Mrs Ethel Sellers Mitchell with 15 000 extra credits.
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Ethel Sellers Mitchell
Lucille Hensarling
Overbrook Oil Tanker Ablaze After Explosion Off Florida
The American oil tanker Overbrook caught fire after an explosion in the pump room off the Florida coast. The blaze was reported subsiding by Gladstone Transportation. The Fred W. Weller rescued 34 crewmen who evacuated in lifeboats. the Weller awaits Coast Guard transfer to the Overbrook, to be chartered to Standard Oil of New Jersey carrying 70,000 barrels of crude from Texas City to New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Overbrook
Thelorida
Gladstone Transportation Company
Fred W. Weller
Qoverbrook
Weller
Coast Guard
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Texas City
Red Cross Grants 15000 for Greece Bulgaria Earthquake Relief
Washington April 26 The American Red Cross donated 15000 through the state department to aid earthquake sufferers in Greece and Bulgaria. The gesture aims to provide immediate relief to victims and support ongoing humanitarian efforts.
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American Red Cross
Washington
Greece
Bulgaria
State Department
Army Honor Rating Board Banquet Set for Saturday
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce will host a banquet for the Army honor rating board inspecting Allen Academy. The event at the new LaSalle Hotel will be held Saturday at noon with local business leaders in attendance. Reservations are encouraged and Mrs. Lee J. Rountree chairs the entertainment committee.
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Army Honor Rating Board
Allen Academy
Bryan and Brazos County
Cotton Advances Over Two Dollars Per Bale
New Orleans April 26 Reports of rains in the western belt push cotton prices higher with an advance exceeding two dollars per bale on the exchange today.
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New Orleans
Lightfoot Announces Three State Band Contests and Dates
E A Lightfoot secretary treasurer of the Texas Band Teachers Association lists Greenville May 7 8 for the Eastern Division Fort Worth June 18 20 for the Western Division and Laredo in November for the Southern Division. The Greenville event awards the Eastern Texas state trophy with National Bureau for the Advancement of Music cooperation. winners may advance to Joliet May 24 26 for the National trophy.
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E. A. Lightfoot
Texas Band Teachers’ Association Inc
Greenville
Fort Worth
Laredo
Music Supervisors’ Conference
Texas Band Teachers Association
Wichita Falls
Austin High School
Breckenridge High
Highland Park High
Dallas
Waco High
Eastern Texas
Joliet
Carl Venth
Texas Woman's College
H. Vandercook
Ohio
Illinois
Banquet to Open LaSalle Hotel in Bryan Friday
The new LaSalle Hotel in Bryan opens Friday afternoon with open house from noon to 6 pm and a banquet from 8 to 10 pm. Aggieland orchestra to furnish music. vaudeville by Abel School of Dancing participants. hotel features listed include 1090 end rooms, bath, ceiling fan, and ice water.
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LaSalle
Bryan
Aggieland Orchestra
Danny
Abel School of Dancing of
Houston
Eugenia Booth
Nancy Lee Miller
Eleanora McGarvey
Mary Fowce
Mary Louise Boyd
Naomi
Irene McMillan
Wilan Pardenner
Ruth Joost
Carrie Bell
Fred Furman
Arle Elmo
Robert Derden
Stanley Kahn
Dixie Stomp
Miss Boyd
Miss Pardonner
Miss Booth
End
D Pree Fountain
Bert McMorries
Edwin Bullock
Harvey Fender
Erin Royal
J. R. Jackson
J. H. Williams
Annie Webber
Highest Honors To Be Extended Floyd Bennett
Navy to extend highest honors at burial for Floyd Bennett at Arlington near Rear Admiral Perry's grave. Funeral train to be met by senior officers and a military escort before final services at Arlington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Tomorrw
Floyd Bennett
Arlington
Perry
North Pole
Army
Ancient Balkan cities hit by week of earthquakes
Vienna reports a week of devastating earthquakes across the Balkan Peninsula. Adriapole and Varna on the Black Sea fell, Corinth was razed, and several Bulgarian towns were destroyed. A Varna tremor last night was accompanied by a harbor tidal wave that sank ships.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Balkan Peninsula
Adriapole
Varna
Black Sea
Corinth
Bulgaria
Testimony Concludes In Ratcliff Trial And Decoration Day Plan
Anson April 26 testimony finished in the Ratcliff murder case in Cisco bank robbery aftermath. The jury likely to hear closing arguments today with a verdict expected tomorrow. Decor ation Day observed in Bryan Sunday April 29 at 5 PM under United Daughters of the Confederacy auspices with a procession from Carnegie Library to the city cemetery and a graveside service with Taps.
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Ratcliff
Associated Press
Anson
Marshall Ratliff
George Carmichael
Cisco
Bryan
L. S. Ross
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Carnegie Library
Childen
Gen. Baldwin
General Baldwin
Army Officers To Inspect A M College Station Cadets
Lt Col Mayo and Major Haines of the Eighth Corps Area will inspect the senior ROTC unit at Texas A and M College Station. They head a board reviewing instruction administration and operations through Friday with final noon Saturday finish. The cadet corps is noted as one of the country’s finest, holding the distinguished college rating since 1910.
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A. Argl M. Cadet Corps
A. and M. Cadet Corps
War Department
New Republican tax plan eyed by Treasury
Secretary Mellon said Congress adoption of the New Republican tax plan cutting 210 million dollars would be satisfactory to the Treasury.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Congress
Treasury
Cotton Market Futures Rise and Local Spot Quoted
Cotton futures advance 30 to 40 points as market shows buying interest. Local spot prices move up to 20.12 cents per pound on thin trade and limited supply.
Monoplanes Abandoned as Relief Flight Progresses
The Ford relief plane carrying trans-Atlantic fliers departed from Greenland Island for Lake Steagnes. The monoplane Bremen was abandoned to await rescue when the straits are clear.
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Aasesiated Press
Quebec
Ford
trans-Atlantic Fliers
Greenly Island
Lake Steagnes
Bremen
Fee
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R.W. Howell
Hazel Kelly
J. R. Ball
Miss Hensarling
David Reid
Mrs. Ball
Tanker
Lightfoot
Echcorte
A.M
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