Egan Leaves Extension Service for Cotton Research Post
John T. Egan resigns after 13 years as District Agent of the Extension Service to join the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He will head a nationwide cotton sampling program based in Austin Texas, overseeing a force to collect samples from 10 percent of the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Egan
Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Coton States
Austin
Texas
Egan
Division of
Cotton Marketing Research Bureau
Agricultural Economics
To bolt or not to bolt a Democratic duty in Texas
DECCA LAMAR WEST of Waco argues that Democrats should support the party line, condemning bolters and urging voters to back the Democratic ticket from president to precinct. She invokes suffrage, ethics, and historic party figures to defend unity and loyalty to Democratic principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle
Houston
Wilmans
Thomas Love
Democrats of
Texas
Jefferson
Alexander Stevens
Jefferson Davis
John H. Reagan
Coke
Mills, Hoge, Ross
Culbersons
Woodrow Wilson
Decca Lamar West
Waco
Bryan News Notes Readers See Visitors and Birth
A baby boy named Skeeter Currie was born to Mr and Mrs Felix Currie of Houston on August 4. Felix Currie is the grandson of Mrs L H Tucker and a 1922 23 A and M College graduate. A and M graduate engineer A McCormick visited Bryan en route to Austin about a bridge delay on highway 6 four miles north of Bryan. Gladys Foster of San Antonio is visiting her aunt Miss Ida Parker and formerly taught home economics in Bryan high school. Mr and Mrs Nathan Donaldson and Mrs Mary Munson of DeVine were Bryan visitors en route to Goose Creek for relatives and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Felix Currie
Houston
L. H. Tucker
A. and
M. College
Skeeter
A. McCormick
State Highway Department
Madison County
Austin
Brenham
McCormick
M. Colltge
Gladys Foster
San Antonio
Ida Parker
Foster
Bryan High School
Nathan Donaldson
Greetings From Our Tourists In New Mexico Mountains
Mrs R Q Astin and children Nina Bess and John Heard with Mrs Astin's sisters Laura and Bess Heard of McKinney spend the summer at Rio Rindoso in New Mexico. Also staying at the camp is Mrs H B Webb from New Orleans with daughter Frances who praise the pine country. Mrs John K Parker in Battle Creek sends Canada postcard greetings to Bryan friends from her summer visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Q. Astin
Nina Bess
John Heard
John K. Parker
Battle Creek
Michigan
Bryan
Canada
Parker
Southwestern Grid Officials Set Meeting at Fort Worth Club
Joe Utay chairman of the Southwestern Board of Football Officials announced the annual meeting for September 7 at the University Club in Fort Worth. Dana X. Bible advised the date from New York as he attends the national rules committee’s interpretation conference, also in early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Joe Utay
Southwestern Board of Football Officials
Association
University Club
Fort Worth
Dana X. Bible
Texas A
National Rules Committee
New York
Bible
Former Bryan Man Starts Jelly Factory in Houston
J F Hurff of Houston formerly of Brazos county visits Bryan on business. He has started a jelly business using wild Mustang grapes and plans to market in New York City within a year. He arranges to have local grapes picked and sent to Houston for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Man
Houston
J. F. Hurff
Brazos County
Bryan
Hurff
Sketch Paintings by Miss Rogers of Texas Bluebells
Miss Willie Rogers creates a life sized 18 by 24 inch sketch of Texas Blue-bells showing lifelike shading and arrangement. She often uses Bluebonnets in her work and now introduces the Bluebell as a Texas flower subject with growing interest from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Willie Rogers
Texas
Miss Rogers
New Bills Rolled Off Press At Bureau Of Engraving
The first bills of the new smaller currency were printed today in Washington. Dollar bills make up 58 percent of nearly a billion notes planned in denominations from one to ten thousand dollars. Printing of the two dollar bills will begin soon, officials said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Engraving
Treasury
Fatal Lightning Strikes Man in Sorghum Field Near Edge
Arthur Nash, 30, a Black laborer, was fatally struck by lightning while riding a mule during a storm in a sorghum field about two miles east of Edge. The mule also died. The accident occurred roughly 20 miles from Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Nash
Edge
Nash
Bryan
Governor Neff Among 50 Aboard Ship in Florida Storm
Former Texas governor Pat M. Neff and fifty Houston residents were aboard the steamship Algonquin which faced distress in a Florida coastal storm last night.</S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston, Aug
Pat M. Neff
Breckenridge Bank Robbed Again Near Enid
Oklahoma bank at Breckenridge near Enid was robbed for the third time in six weeks by one man. The loot amount remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Enid, Okla
Breckenridge
Grimes County Fair Dates Set for October 10 13
Grimes County fourth annual fair will run October 10 through 13 at Anderson. Catalogs with the entertainment exhibits and premiums are being circulated. The fair, begun in 1924 to promote agriculture and livestock, operates on a non profit sharing plan with self support from grounds buildings and equipment. Officers include R P Siddall president C W Becker and C B Moody vice presidents R L Jones secretary and I P Bradley treasurer. Directors are M L Wood A P Wickey R L Jones R P Siddall and C W Becker.
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Navasota
Aug
Grimes County
Anderson
R. P. Siddall
C. W. Becker
C. B. Moody
R. L. Jones
I. P. Bradley
M. L. Wood
A. P. Wickey
Mrs Ira Kelly Improves in Health
Mrs Ira Kelly is improved in health. Mr and Mrs Edgar Peters of Harvey were called to Carizzo Springs this week due to their daughter's critical illness. Mr Peters returned home and reports Mrs Kelly's condition much improved. Mrs Peters will stay longer. Mildred Peters is remembered in Bryan with many friends rejoicing at her improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Peters
Harvey
Carizzo Springs
Ira Kelly
Peters
Kelly
A W Tabor Plans Entry Of His Son At College
A W Tabor, superintendent of the Confederate Home at Austin and former Milam county district clerk, prominent Cameron merchant, is in Bryan today to arrange for his son David Tabor to enter Jt A and M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Tabor
Austin
Milam County
Cameron
Bryan
David Tabor
M. College
Henderson Tells About Democracy at Lions Club Meeting
Hon. Law Henderson urged Lions to vote for Democratic nominees in a talk on The History of the Democratic and Republican Parties. The event featured solos by Miss Mary Beth Mitchell and remarks by members, with a committee named to craft a new 10 year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Henderson
Mary Beth Mitchell
College Station
Lions
Live Am
E. R. Bryant
Henry Locke
W. S. Howell
Sterling
North Carolina
South
Norman Dansby
George W. Griner
W. ©. Leverkuhn
Bryan High School
H. L. Durham
Locke
M. M. Erskine
Tom Suber
W. 5. Howell
John M. Lawrence
Willard Chambers
J. Bryan Miller
R. C. Franks
Mr. Henderson
Democratic Party
Thomas Jefferson
Rights of Man
Jefferson
Preacher Seeks Transfer After Controversy In Arkansas Church
Rev H D Knickerbocker of First Methodist in Little Rock asked for transfer after a majority signed a statement criticizing sermons against Gov Al Smith and Sen Robinson. Bishop Boaz said the move predates the dispute and a conference in October will decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
H. D. Knickerbocker
First Methodist Church
Board of Stewards
al Smith
Sen. Robinson
H. A. Boaz
Knickerbocker
Boaz
Weather Outlook for Bryan and Vicinity
Special to The Eagle reports for Bryan and vicinity: Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy with possible light showers. Temperatures hover around mid 80s with humidity increasing into the evening. Predictors indicate variable winds from the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bryan and Vicinity
Miss Jennie Constance Found Fatally Attacked in Evanston
The 42 year old head of the English poverty at Bradley Polytechnic in Peoria was found dead in front of her Evanston home after a suspected slugging and assault. Family members reported she vanished after midnight following a library visit to Northwestern University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
All
Jennie Onstance
Bradey Polytechnical Institute
Eoria
Illinois
Evanston
Memrs
Constance
Northwestern University Library
A M Budget Calls For 6 Buildings At Texas A and M
Austin August 8 Six new major buildings are proposed in Texas A and M College biennial budget totaling 1 300 000. The plan was submitted to the state board of control as the basis for recommended appropriations by the fifty first legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas A. and
M. College
State Board of Control
Fifty-First
Four Temporary Rooms For Bryan Public Schools
Construction will start immediately on four temporary rooms to ease congestion at Bryan Public Schools. The city will erect the buildings on the present campus to handle the current situation until new structures are built, according to W. S. Higgs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bryan
Bryan Public
W. S. Higgs
Navasota Girl To Teach Here
Miss Mary Belle Woodruff leaves Navasota for Mexico to study native dances and costumes for her year long recital and pageant. The Bryan School Board elected her to head the expression department and she will split time between Navasota and Bryan. After Mexico she will tour southern Texas towns to place graduate pupils as dancing and expression teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Belle Woodruff
Mexico
Bryan
Miss Woodruff
Navasota
Texas
Texas Editor Wins Recognition From National Magazine
The Texas delegation led by Moulton Ty Cobb of Bryan is profiled in The Lion, a Chicago Lions club magazine, recognized for notable Texas reporting and hailed as a treasured souvenir by readers who secured a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
National Magazine
Moulton
Ty"Cobb
Bryan
Lion
Lions Club
Chicago
Ill
Storm turns into central Florida area with heavy damage
A tropical storm that had paralyzed Florida's east coast moved inland across central Florida and roared across Osceola County. Strong gales were forecast for the west coast after lashing Delray and Melbourne with extensive property damage but no deaths reported. Train crews in Melbourne reported roofs ripped from Fort Pierce and Stuart structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jacksonville
Florida
Coast Line
Osceola
West Florida
Delray
Melbourne
Melborne
Fla
Florida East Coast
Havana
Fort Pierce
Stuart
John Henry Kirby Withdraws From State Senate Race
Houston August 8 John Henry Kirby withdraws from the race for State Senator saying his duties as Texas finance director for the Democratic national committee will occupy his time and that he has no ambition to hold public office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
John Henry Kirby
Kirby
Texas
Democratic National Executive Committee
Bryan Youth Plans Magazine Sales and Milk Goat Venture
Bryan's enterprising youth Master Tom Darrow, 11, serves as agent for the Literary Digest and other publications. He will deliver magazines in Bryan and arrange subscriptions, and plans to add a milk goat to sell goat milk later in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Tom Darrow
Iagent
Literary Digest
Tom
George Brennan of Chicago Dies After Infection
George Brennan a Chicago Democrat national committeeman and Illinois Democracy leader since Roger Sullivan’s era died after a tooth infection and septic poisoning following tooth extraction surgery. The death ends a long political career linked with Illinois party operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lil
George Brennan
Illinois Democracy
Roger Sullivan
Cotton Market Finishes Higher as Prices Rise
Cotton closed 75 points up with local spot quotes at 19.12 cents per pound.
Woman Impersonator Runs Bogus Checks in Bryan
A party posing as Mrs. M. G. McMurray of Austin rode in a Cadillac with a young maid and man in Bryan during the A and M Short Course. They passed several small checks under $50 at local firms and secured lodging, then disappeared. Sheriff Reed offers a $25 reward for tips leading to their arrest as the trio evades authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. McMurray
Austin
Bryan
J. W. Batts
Cotton yield estimate hits fourteen million bales
Government crop report lowers expected yield by about one million bales. Texas crop at 70 percent normal. August 1 crop condition at 67.9 percent. Census Bureau notes 87,888 bales grown before August 1 this year versus 162,283 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Associated Press
New Orleans
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Truck Crashes Bridge Causes Long Hearne Road Tie Up
A large truck damaged a wooden bridge on Bryan Hearne road four miles from town around noon, blocking traffic for hours. Traffic resumed after the bridge was cleared and repaired this morning, with topping on the Millican road to be finished today, says Division Highway Engineer J. E. Blair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan-Hearne
Division
J. E. Blair
Blair
Millican
Miss Margie Neal Secures Furlough
State Senator Margie Neal of Carthage helped win a 10 day prison furlough for Henry Goodwin of Panola County. Governor Moody granted the furlough Tuesday as Goodwin serves an 18 month liquor sentence. Neal called Mrs Goodwin a splendid little woman and urged the husband be permitted home ahead of her confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Aug
Margie Neal
Carthage
Henry Goodwin
Panola
Moody
Goodwin
Sergeant Jones Returns to Bryan After Army Camps
Sergeant C. R. Jones assistant commandant of Allen Academy returned to Bryan after a summer at R O T C camps in San Antonio and visits in West and Southwest Texas He said many Allen Academy and A and M boys attended the camps and made an enviable record for the army honor rating by the War Department
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Jones
Allen Academy
War Department
Bryan
San Antonio
Texas
Jones
Army
Incumbents Win In Oklahoma Primary Returns
Returns from yesterday's primary election indicate most incumbents seeking renomination for Congress and key state posts won re election. Only a few races for state offices remain in doubt as results come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Congress
Twenty Seven Perish In Loss Of Submarine F-14
Rome reports that 27 Italian sailors died in the submarine F-14 after a sinking and rescue attempt. Officials say most deaths were caused by poisoned air fumes after the vessel was raised last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Dry Leader Claims Missouri Senate Nomination
Charles Hay, a Missouri dry leader and foe of Senator Reed, appears to have secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He led James Collett by more than 12,000 votes in yesterday's Missouri primary election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Charles Hay
Missouri
Dry
Reed
United States
James Collect
Mosquitos Stop Fire Crew At Lincoln Theatre
Houston fire crews answered a basement blaze at the Lincoln theatre. Four sleeping men claimed they were burning rags to smoke mosquitoes from the building, saying they were “fightin’ mosquitoes” when questioned by responders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Houston Fire Department
Lincoln Theatre
Radios Run High in Eighth Corps Area July Traffic
In San Antonio August reports from Eighth Corps Area HQ show army radio traffic surged in Texas stations. Fort Sam Houston logged 67 050 received words and 60 19 words transmitted in July, with other Texas stations reporting heavy activity and notable weather influenced fluctuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
Eighth Corps
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
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