Park Visit Plan Sparks Governor Veto Clash
In Austin, Aug 24, a House Senate panel advances a joint resolution to tour Davis Mountains for a Texas state park despite Gov Neffs veto over personnel. The Senate backs a Palo Duro Canyon tour, while Lt Gov reconsiders membership. Stewart accuses Neff of blocking the plan, citing personal concerns. Neff defends veto citing timing, scope, and cost. A new simple resolution offers a $500 appropriation.
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Silliman Evans
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Austin
Neff
Davis Mountains
Senate
House
Charles G. Thomas
Palo Duro Canyon
Amarillo
Panhandle
Stewart
Reeves County
Davis Mountain Park
Lavis
Texas
Europe
California
Colorado
Redistricting Bill Killed by Senate Adverse Report
The new senatorial redistricting bill was killed in the Senate by an unfavorable minority report. The measure, passed in the first called session, remains with the governor and would take effect April 1, 1924.
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Associated Press
Austin
Senate
Japan Accepts Invitation to Washington Conference in November
Tokio reports Japan forwarded its acceptance of the invitation to join the Washington conference in November. Local news notes Mr. John Hobarta of Smetana was in town today.
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Japan
Associated Press
Tokio
Washington
John Hobarta
Smetana
President Submits Treaty To Republicans
Washington reports confirm secrecy in US Germany peace talks at Berlin noted by administration officials. President Harding and Secretary Hughes outlined details to the Senate foreign relations committee as Lodge plans an afternoon session for fuller briefing and aims for early ratification.
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Associated Press
Washington
Berlin
United States
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Sec
Retary Hughes
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Hughes
Senate
Reichstag
Borah
Johnson
California
Governors of Three States Invited to Inspect Highway
Governors of Colorado New Mexico and Texas have been invited by the Colorado Gulf Highway Association president to join the executive committee on an official inspection tour of the highway in their states. If unable to join full trip they may designate times to participate. The party leaves Denver September 12 and reaches Brownsville September 29 with stops schedule mailed this week.
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Dalhart
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Giant dirigible ZR 2 driven off course by storm
Putnam Aug 24. The ZR 2 airship, on a trial trip, was blown off course by a fierce storm and later exploded over Hull’s city hall area. Reports say three parachutes departed, two crewmen died, several injured, and five saved from a crew of forty nine. Six American officers aboard.
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Putnam
Howden
City Hall
London
Air Ministry
England
Pulham
Atlantic
Hull
Humber
First Shipment of Food Reaches Russian Famine Areas
The American Relief Administration reported the first food delivery for famine districts in Russia. One thousand tons of balanced rations left Riga for the Petrograd district and 2500 tons for the Moscow district. Thirty staffers will depart Riga for Moscow Volga Black Sea and Petrograd regions as relief efforts expand across the Polish frontier.
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Associated Press
New York
Russia
American Relief Administration
Walter L. Brown
Riga
Petrograd
Moscow
Relief Administration
Volga
Black Sea
Story Hour At Carnegie Library Delights Local Children
Seventy six children enjoyed a Red Cross story hour this morning at the Carnegie Library auditorium. Mrs Harriet Stone presented health lessons in fairy terms with characters like Mrs Lettuce and Miss Carrot and acted out stories Snow White and Rose Red and The Tin Soldier before physical drills and exercises.
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Red Cross
Carnegie Library Auditorium
Harriett Stone
Mrs L M Johnson Returns From South Texas Visit
Mrs. L. M. Johnson has come back after a vacation spent with relatives and friends in South Texas.
Bryan Rotary Club Reports From All District Meetings
The Bryan Rotary Club held an all Rotary meeting with delegates from 18th district clubs sharing activities. New members E B LaRoche James Ellivan John A Gore C S Beckwith and Charles F E Finley were admitted bringing total to thirty five. Attendees at the Green Parrot Tea Room luncheon included Tyler Haswell M E Wallas John M Lae Law Henderson and others.
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Bryan Rotary Club
Texas
Bryan Club
Rotary
E. B. LaRoche
James Ellivan
John A. Gore
C. S. Beckwith
Charles FE. Finley
Green Parot Tea Room
Tyler Haswell
M. E. Wallas
John M. Lae
Law Henderson
T. K. Lawrence
Oak McKenzie
R. W. Howell
el J. Fountain
John T. S. Parks
R. C. Stone
Ernest Moore
R. O. Allen
D. I. Wilson
Sam Parker
Wilson Bradley
Denver Rio Grande Wreck Kills Engineer Armstrong
A Denver and Rio Grande westbound train 1 derailed about thirteen miles east of Grand Junction. One man, engineer Douglas Armstrong, was killed and twenty five passengers were injured according to early reports received.
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Associated Press
Grand Junction
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Here
Douglas Armstrong
Bryan High Reappoints C B Hudson as Football Coach
C B Hudson has been reappointed head football coach at Bryan High. He previously coached the Bryan High team for two years and built a strong program with limited resources. Hudson returns to lead a veteran squad expected to contend for state honors this season.
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C. B. Hudson
Texas
Bryan
Moonshiner Receives Suspended Sentence and Fine
A. P. Markwood, a self confessed moonshiner, was given a suspended one year term in the penitentiary after a Breckenridge district court verdict. A jury awarded him about 70 dollars in fines and costs. He testified hard times drove him to distilling to support his wife and six children. His wife corroborated the claim. He had come from Necessity and surrendered after a fellow moonshiner was arrested.
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Breckenridge
Texas
A. P. Markwood
Nineteenth District Court
Markwood
Stillman Family Sells Texas Lands In Brownsville
The Stillman family of New York sells its Brownsville holdings to Homer L. Fitch. deeds show $325000 paid for 1400 city blocks and 900 acres within Brownsville, comprising half the city.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Stillman
Homer L. Fitch
New York
Charles Stillman
Major John F. Davis Returns to A and M College
Major John F. Davis has arrived at A and M College to lead the Cavalry detachment for the coming session. His Bryan friends welcome his return. The Country Club board of directors announces Major Davis as an associate member effective immediately.
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John F. Davis
A. & M. College
Bryan
The
Country Club
Major Davis
Thousand Pythians To Come To Bryan As Hosts Of Local Glub
Bryan to be rallying point for 1500 Py thians with delegations from Cameron Caldwell Brenham Navasota Calvert Franklin Normangee Hempstead and more joining Brazos Union Lodge 64. Parade barbecue and a visit by Dokies band and state officers planned to crown one of Texas largest Pythian gatherings outside Grand Meetings.
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Bryan
Cameron
Caldwell
Brenham
Navasota
Calvert
Franklin
Normangee
Hempstead
Brazos
Bryan Lodge
Invitaton
H. S. Locke
John M. Caldwell
J. G. Minkert
Oak McKenzie
Normangee Lodge
Navasota Lodge
Grass Fire Alerts Fire Department Near Oil Mill
About one o'clock a fire alarm summoned the fire department to J. E. Ford's residence at Red Top and Henry streets near the oil mill. It proved to be only grass burning but thick smoke alarmed passersby who reported the blaze. No damage resulted.
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J. E. Ford
Red Top
Henry Streets
Saladiner Poisoning Machine Demonstrations Planned
P. S. Mangum sales manager for the Saladiner Poisoning Machine Company and L. G. Williams depart by autos for Dallas to demonstrate the machine to the Chamber of Commerce and Texas Farm Bureau. First stop Waco, then Waxahachie for tests invited by T. B. Truitt with Ellis county agents assisting. Demonstrations in Brazos bottom last week prompted belief inventor J. M. Saladiner solved the poisoning problem.
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P. S. Mangum
Saladiner Poisoning Machine Company
L. G. Williams
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Farm Bureau
Waco
Waxahachie
T. B. Truitt
Ellis County
J. M. Saladiner
Brazos Bottom
Smetana Rainstorm Briefly Affects County Locale
Report describes a brief wind and rain storm Tuesday afternoon from the southwest lasting about twenty minutes. The storm swept a four to five mile area into Brazos bottom, bringing heavy rain that cooled the heat but did little to aid crops. Bryan saw only a light sprinkle.
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Smetana
Brazos Bottom
Bryan
Central Methodist Elders Meet in Fort Worth
Presiding elders of the Central Texas Conference of Southern Methodists met at First Methodist church in Fort Worth to plan the stewardship program and complete plans for the third portion of the Centenary pledges from three years ago. Dr J J Stowe and W B Ricks of the General Board of Southern Methodists led the meeting. W H Robertson and family have returned from a visit to Houston.
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Fort Worth
Central Texas Conference of Southern Methodists
First Methodist Church of
J. J. Stowe
W. RB. Ricks
Ceneral Board of
Southern Methodists
Nashville, Tenn
Educational measure passes as House delays action
In Austin on Aug 24 the Senate House approved the revised conference report by 19 to 4 with postponement of final action in the House. Beasley signaled willingness to back further reductions, as liberals floated study time for the bill. The amended conference report cuts education funding by about 169,848 dollars from the prior bill, with detailed reductions across the University of Texas budget, A and M College publicity, and several normal and college line items.
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Senate
Conference Committee
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Senate House
House
T. J. Beasle
McCulloch
Beasley
Messrs. Hall
Newt Williams
Curtis
Hall
Moore
Sweet
Tarrant
Customs Officers Find $100,000 Gold
One hundred thousand dollars in gold coin found in the baggage of Felice Haddad a wealthy Venezuelan who arrived Monday on the steamship Caracas from Venezuela. Inspectors debated whether the visitor should declare the gold with others recalling a similar case years ago. The officers noted Venezuela has an expert embargo against taking gold, unsure of its effect on entry into the U.S.
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Associated New York
United States
Felice Haddad
Caracas
Venezuela
U. S
Futures Rise as Markets Close Higher by Twenty Points
Markets finished with an uptick of about 20 points. The middling basis stood around 13 1 2 cents, signaling a modest shift in pricing for futures contracts.
Legionnaires Hold Service at Grave of Marshal Foch
In Rheims area Aug 24 American Legion members halted a battlefield tour after Verdun ceremonies to visit Romage cemetery where thousands of Americans are buried. A group led by Franklin D Olier read the Legion service over Marshal Fochs son in Goroy while another group paid respects at Decourt for Viviani's son.
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Presa
Rheims
France
American Legion
Egation
Verdun
Montfeucon
Romage
Legionaires
Eche
Franklin d’Olier
Marshal Foch
Goroy
Decourt
Viviani
Independents Charge Oil Monopoly Created
A resolution by Senator Harreld of Oklahoma urges a Federal Trade Commission probe into claims that a wartime oil monopoly has formed to bankrupt 21,000 independent producers. It seeks data on pipelines refiners and Mexican crude impact, naming Standard Oil Royal Dutch Shell and the Doheny group, with a report due by December.
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Galveston News
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Harreld
Republican
Oklahoma
Royal Dutch Shell
Doheny Groups
Federal Reserve System
Commission
Dee
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