Multiple US relief chiefs named in new deal era
The article profiles Harry L Hopkins named federal emergency relief administrator overseeing a $500 million relief distribution. It notes Amy Johnson Mollison and Captain Mollison’s aviation feats, James A Moffett and Marion Glass Banister tied to oil regulation and treasury roles, plus Carl Hubbell and other figures shaping New Deal governance and power commissions.
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Harry L. Hopkins
New York
Congress
Hopkins
Grinnell
Iowa
New York City
Red Cross
Widow’s Pension Board
Emergency Relief Administration
Rural Brazos County schools plan strong fall opening
Rural schools in Brazos county prepare for September opening under superintendent Mrs. W. E. Neeley. All rural teachers are moving in August. Changes in principals include J. G. Scarborough at Tabor and Jack Watts at Smetana. Smetana and Goodson will consolidate into a five teacher school with Watts as principal. An important trustees meeting featured J. T. Elwell discussing the New Rural Aid Law and district supervision. Elwell, named deputy state superintendent, will oversee District 16 and may move to Bryan with his family.
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Brazos County
W. E. Neeley
J. G. Scarborough
Willow Hole
Madison County
W. L. Powers
Tabor
Jack, Watts
A. and M. College
Smetana School
Britton Henderson
Smetana
Goodson
Neeley
Jack Watts
Mr. Elwell
Bryan
Hattiesburg
J. A. Black
W. C. Gillespie
Mary Belle
Dallas
Jno. W. Black
Black
Gillespie
Joe R. Hooton
Woodrow
Pittsburg
Nat B. Allen
Allen Academy
Hooton
Prohibition Group Plans Nightly XEPN Broadcasts
The United Forces for Prohibition lease the XEPN 100000 watt station at Eagle Pass to air a nightly program titled The Voice of America. Starting Monday at 9 30 p m the talks will run until August 26 with speakers including W R White Pat M Neff Dan Moody and Thomas B Love and Dr Walter Anthony.
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United Forces For Prohibition
XEPN
Eagle Pass
the Voice of America
W. D. Bradfield
Southern Methodist University
W. R. White
Pat M
Rainfall Reaches 1.79 Inches in Bryan County
Rainfall last night totaled 1.79 inches in Bryan with hail reported in parts of the county. The extent of rain damage and impact on the cotton crop are not yet known.
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Bryan
Relief funds spread across Texas reflect drought impact
A Texas map from the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission shows relief funds allocated by county based on 1930 populations. Drouth and wind have devastated the Panhandle and Rio Grande regions, with Northeastern counties also dark. Some counties lack relief groups. funds come from the Federal government and total 2,377,000 for August, contingent on a constitutional relief bonds vote.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Bryan Baseball Loses and Wins Sunday Contests
Bryan players both won and lost games Sunday as they defeated Fountain Switch 11 to 9 in the first contest and fell 9 to 7 in the second. Melesky Latiman and Mendl homered in the first game while Repass and Mendi contributed two hits each. Repass pitched the second game with a few hits allowed but costly errors doomed Bryan despite two hits and two runs from Repass and Mi.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Ed Reulbach
Chicago Cubs
Jean Hubbell
Hubbell
St. Louis
Detroit
Oklahoma
Wild Bill” Hallahan
Houston
Beaumont
New York Giant
John MecGraw
Texas
Bryan
Fountain Switch
Repass
Melesky
Latiman
Mendl
Bryanites
Abbot Benchley
Bonds
Benchley
Haywood
Abbott
Custer
Lynch Law Rules In Alabama Town Two Negroes Shot
In Tuscaloosa Alabama three black men removed from Birmingham for safety pending trial in the slaying of 21 year old Miss Vaudine Maddox were seized by armed men. Two were later found shot to death near Blocton about 23 miles west of Birmingham. A third man remained missing after a day of searches.
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J. A. Mollison
Rangoon
Burma
Morrison
London
Cape Town
London Aviation Club
England
Australia
Capt
Mollison
Royal Air Force
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Birmingham
Blocton
Dan Pippen Jr
Elmore Clark
A. T. Harden
Vaudine Maddox
Tuscaloosa County
Bryan area social notes mixed with travel and visits
Miss Eva Eberstadt arrives from Jefferson to visit brother Sam Eberstadt and Mrs Eberstadt with Louise Henderson as guest. Numerous locals attend operations, family visits, and trips to Chicago Century of Progress. Names include Bryans, Huntsville, Dallas, Temple, Abilene, and Galveston figures, reflecting a busy social calendar in Bryan and Brazos county.
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Midway
Bryan
W. S. Davis
Homer Wilson
Shiro
W. C. Davis
Judge Davis
H. O. Boatwright
P. W. Mims
Steep Hollow
D. T. Young
Dave Hunnicutt
D. L. Kauffman
Fred Kauffman
Milano
Milam County
Johnnie Newton
John Jr
Beaumont
N. R. Newton
South
Washington Avenue
W. E. Barclay
San Antonio
Old Mexico
George Bushong
C. A. Searcy
Maurice Searcy
Chicago
Elam Henderson
E. J. Henderson
Lulu Parker
Fort Worth
J. M. Dunn
N. C. Henry
Elbert
Evelyn
Arlington
C. A. Northington
First National Bank of
Madisonville
C. M. Risinger
Mary Alice Plumb
Bryant
Tom Syptak
Eddie Syptak
Rosa Syptak
A. R. Syptak
E. R. Bryant
Temple
Lurene Williams
Wichita Falls
Waxahachie
Katherine
Helen Lawrence
Betsy Searcy
Julian McIver
Dallas
C. N. Shaver
Huntsville
Shaver
Travis B. Bryan
J. A. Whatley
Port Sullivan
W. E. Graham
Wellborn
Henry Kurten
Kurten
M. Corgey
King’s Highway
Steele McDonald
Prospect
Preston Goen
Hemphill
Brazos County
Goen
A. and M. College
Sabine County
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Atlantic
Bagdad
British Isles
Great Britain
Bridgeport
Conn
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil of Indiana
Moffett
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter O. Teagle
W. 8. Farish
Standard
General Johnson
Teagle
Recovery Administration
Ollman
Marion Glass Banister
Carter Glass
Meta Glass
Sweet Briny College
United States
William A. Julian
Banister
Treasury
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Mint
Secretary of the Treasury
George Creel
Democratic National Committee
Smith
Roosevelt
Washington
Mayflower Hotel
The
Washingtonian
Blair Banister
DuPont Circle
Sweet Briar College
Frank R. McNinch
Charlotte
North Carolina
Federal Power Commission
George Otis Smith
Hoover
Geological Survey
Power Commission
Norris
Senate
Supreme Court
McNineh
al Smith
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Baseball Hall of Fame
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mrs. Marion Glass Banister
Rural School
Dry Forces
Harris
Tarrant
Bexar
el Paso
Camera
Bowie
J.pscout
Borden
Cochran, Crockett
Duval
Glasscock
Kenedy
Reagan
Sterling
van Zandt
Ralief
Texad Remabilitation ¢ Relief Commission
Roslin
Bagusl
Alabama
Eva Eberstadt
Jefferson
Sam FE. Eberstadt
Eberstadt
Louise Henderson
G. W. Branson
Jessie DeWare
M. College
Johnie Belle McDonald
M. A. Davey
Palestine
Jno. M. Lawrence
McDonald
Mrs. Lawrence
Penney
H. W. Plumb
Kingsville
Plumb
Lois Brown
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
Lang Spell, Jr
P. S. Mangum
Hannibal Arrington
Adelle
Lillian
Anderson
Lige Spell
Georgia Fagan
J. C. Penney Company
Abilene
Fagan
Campbell Company
Bushong
Cecil Martin
Highway Department
Cliff Martin
S. M. Brown
Monterrey
Mexico
Laredo
C. H. Andrews
Zetta Maria
Leo Daniels
Nashville
Bastrop
Sid Reynolds
Walter Craft
E. E. McAdams
Waco
Adams
A. W. Buchanan
Jean McAdams
McAdams
Tom B. McQueen
Marlin
Hiram T. Coulter
Helen
Rockdale
Dr. Coulter
J. W. Coulter
Callie Sue Allen
Ennis
Coulter
Emory Smith
Guy P. Bittle
May Kirkpatrick
Holland
Myrtle Robertson
Miss Robertson
Greta Ayer
Metropolitan Beauty Shop
Iane Bullard
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