Uniform the Band Visited Teams Show Support for Bryan High
Residents of Bryan witnessed a parade of neighbor high school bands in the business district. The Stephen F. Austin high school band in its second year impressed as it contrasts with Brenham Caldwell and Marlin bands. Bryan seeks about 1500 dollars to put its band in uniform and competitive parity.
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Bryan
Stephen F. Austin High School
Brenham
Texas
Caldwell
Marlin
Southwest
Allen Military Academy
Texas A. and
M. College
Auditorium Gym Project Reconsidered for Bryan City
The city of Bryan weighs reviving an auditorium and gymnasium project at Sue Haswell Memorial Park using WPA funds. Plans previously faltered under PWA, but a thriving WPA with about 1 million dollars could back a revival. Local need cited includes lacking a social center for conventions and youth activities and rising juvenile delinquency.
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Bryan
WPA
CWA
PWA
Sue Haswell
Auditoriu
East Texas Young Democrats Vote to Discipline Racism Literature
The East Texas Young Democrats moved to expel members who circulated literature promoting racial resentment in the South and opposing President Roosevelt. The action reflects a standard of decency among party members and aims to curb separatist agitation.
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East Texas
Democratic Party
South
Evelt
Austrian vice-chancellor vows to defend heimwehr
Ernest Von Starhemberg, Austria's young vice-chancellor, declares he will not support dissolving his private heimwehr shielding it from disbandment as whispers of feudal restoration rise.
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Austria
Ernest von Starhemberg
Heimwehr
NYSE Rises on Speculation Boosting Market by 20 Billion
Since the last match notable gains pushed the New York Stock Exchange higher by about 20 billion dollars, driven largely by speculative activity.
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AX x
New York Stock Exchange
Postal Barrel Mail System of Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos post office is a simple barrel at Post Office Bay on Charles Island. Letters await outbound ships and are remailled near their destinations, a system dating back to the War of 1812. Squeaking shoes in the West Indies are preferred for notice in trade. Tomorrow: The Man Who Saw Beyond the.
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Galapagos Islands
Galapagos
Post Office Bay
Charles Island
Galapagos Group
West Indies
Ie Galapagos Islands
Pershing and Punishment Pulpits in Anxious New York
New York chatter spotlights General John J. Pershing at 76 and his brisk presence among the city’s movers. The note recalls Pershing’s Park Avenue habit, a humorous forthright story from Fort Sam Houston, and a quip about a former pulp fiction impresario at Sing Sing who faced the electric chair with a jokey stance.
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New York
John J. Pershing
Gen. Pershing
Charles M. Schwab
John H. Finley
Max Steur
Albert Einstein
Park Avenue
Fort Sam Houston
Arthur J. Burks
Sing Sing
Becker
Burke
Breakfast habits and a tour through early 20th century tastes
A vivid collage of famous eaters and cultural figures from the era. It mentions Davis with a hearty breakfast, Edmund Breese liking lettuce and orange juice, Lucius Beebe with a graham cracker and hot tea, and Alexander Woollcott with a Parker House Roll. It also touches on gambling icons, art patrons like Canfield, and Sherman Billingsley as a nightclub impresario. The piece references Monta Bell filming in India and Gene Crawley's early career.
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New York
Edmund Breese
Lucius Beebe
Deac Aylesworth
Strangler Lewis
Whistle Listener Stands Out In Oil Field Job Query
A job applicant in Oklahoma oil fields refused an inside desk role saying he favored field work and was a whistle listener instead of a clock watcher. The anecdote highlights practical slang and attitudes among workers in 1930s oil camps.
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Oklahoma
McNaught Syn
Bryan to Get New Candy Factory Under Local Charter
A Bryan based stock company plans an up to date candy factory with capital stock of 3500 dollars in 35 dollar shares. Officers include C. H. Holmes president W. O. Holmes secretary d t Edge treasurer and J. R. S. Smith general manager. Also notes seven inches of rain since April first and new wholesale lumber office opened by A M Clarine and EF C Kelley.
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Bryan
C. H. Holmes
W. O. Holmes
D. T Edge
J. R. S. Smith
A. & M. College
N. C. Hamner
United States Weather Bureau
Lon. Ed R. Kane
Roosevelt cites 5 million added to wage earners by 1935
In a message to Congress Roosevelt claimed that at least five million more people joined the wage earning ranks between May 1933 and December 1935. The National Industrial Conference Board confirms this assertion, its report backing the figure.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Meech
National Industrial Conference Board
Buy American rhetoric blooms again in election year
The Christian Science Monitor notes a spring surge in economic nationalism as parties draft platforms for 1986. It cites propaganda efforts, fears of cheap Japanese goods, and Canada trade issues while warning that "Buy American" translates to "Don’t Sell Abroad" and risks harming exporters.
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New York Times
America
Japan
Department of Commerce
United States
Canada
Hearst
Christian Science Monitor
Three Year New Deal Uplifts Employment Figures
The report shows an increase of 5,413,000 employed in three years, led by manufacturing due to higher demand and Roosevelt measures expanding purchasing power, especially for farmers. Unemployment remains above 1929 levels as a new generation enters the job market, with debate over the nation's economic limit.
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United States
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Star Telegram
Nois y Nell on dances and amusement taxes of old times
Noisy Nell argues that old deflated Victorian morals would react to modern ideas of shared dance costs and amusement taxes. She notes that in her day a dollar was a large price for admission and reflects on how American attitudes toward public entertainment have shifted.
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Free
Oklahoma Jurist To Speak At O U Commencement
Fletcher S. Riley state supreme court justice will deliver the commencement address at the University of Oklahoma on June 8. The baccalaureate sermon on June 7 will be by Dr Shir ley Jackson Case of the University of Chicago.
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Case
University of Chicago
Divinity School
Highway staff changes shift in hiway engineering group
Austin April 28. H H Allen formerly of San Angelo named administrative assistant to the highway engineer, replacing H P Stockton who became Bell county resident engineer. Allen had served as assistant to G G Edwards, construction engineer, who was named director of a highway planning survey with the Federal Bureau of Public Roads. C D Wells was named qualifications engineer and Guy Rollins moved to chief engineer of designs in San Antonio, succeeding T J Kelly who became chief engineer for the Galveston Causeway.
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T. J. Kelly
Galveston Causeway
Pavement Pick Ups Highlight Bryan News and Sremarks
Community notes from Bryan Brazos County detail local greetings at the Bryan Hotel and Main Street, garden talk, and shop talk from residents including Mrs L Eden Mrs Grover and Mrs Bent ley. It mentions a historic map discovery prospect in Bryan and Brazos county and political slogans from the era with Horace Reed campaigning for sheriff and Emerson quotes.
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Dorothy Edge
Edges
L. Eden
B. Ba Yenger
Delma Adams
Hazel
John
Astin
Joe White
Bryan Hotel
Horace Reed
Jimmie
Jimmie Oibred
Anot
Tom
James F. Feguson
Dan Can
Dan Moody
Texas
George Clark
Jim Hogg
Todaro Introduces New Goodyear Shoe Repair System
Charles Todaro replaces old shoe repair equipment with a complete Goodyear system to speed up work and improve quality.
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Charles Todaro
Goodyear
Typewriter Second Sheets Offered at Darle Office
Darle office promotes availability of typewriter second sheets for filing and drafting. Staff note convenience and accessibility for writers and clerks needing spare sheets for documents and notes.
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Darle
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U. S. Pat
Charles Evans
U.S. Supreme Court
Jerusalem
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Charleston
S. C
Alexander Woollcott
Parker House
Wall Street
John W. Gates
Jesse Livermore
Richard Canfield
Arnold Rothstein
Nick
Greek
Canfield
Whistler
Chippendale
Sherman Billingsly
Enid
Okla
Stage
Monta Bell
India
Mysore
Crawley
Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot
Nell
O.U
Hiway Engineers
By Arne Carn
Humans
Avement
C. R. Elkins
Barry Risers
Grov
C. White
M. Rai Bentley
S. D. Pearce
Pearce
Marsh Holland
Dallas
Walter Plageris
Cedar Creek
Lang
Brazos County
Bryan and
Emerson
Albert Stone
Ninae Henry
B. Plumb
Pat
Joe Kapates
W. S. Glass
Kate Adelle Hill
el Paso
Miss Hill
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Ethel’ Ferguson
Southwestern University
First Methodist Church
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