Railroads seek lower cotton rates to Texas ports
Southwestern territory railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to cut rates on interior cotton shipments to Texas seaports to counter rising motor truck competition. The ICC had set new rates effective January 10, and carriers warned of a tonnage loss if they cannot match truck prices for long hauls.
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Washington
Southwestern Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interior
Texas
Southwestern
Commission
Do We Really Care Good Cheer Campaign Urges Subscriptions
In a historic community appeal Bryan and College Station stage a three day Good Cheer drive from 8 30 am through Friday and Saturday urging firms and individuals to fund relief for the destitute amid unemployment. The campaign asks generous pledges well above last year to cover food clothing fuel medicine and shelter needs.
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Bryan and
College Station
Bryan Vand College
Good Cheer
Good Cheer Campaign Committee
Enthusiasm Grows for Good Cheer Fund Drive
The column notes strong early momentum for the Good Cheer Fund drive opening Thursday morning. It predicts a $3,000 quota will be secured, urging supporters not to dampen the workers’ enthusiasm and to back a worthwhile cause.
About Bryan About Bryan
Mrs. Lloyd Shepard and her son Lloyd Jr arrived in Bryan from Aberdeen Maryland and will stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Guy P Bittle for a month. Mr Shepard will move to Anniston Alabama then join them in Bryan for Christmas season. Mr and Mrs W L Grissett and Mr and Mrs David Mallett of Iola were visitors.
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Lloyd Shepard
Lloyd, Jr
Bryan
Aberdeen
Maryland
Guy P. Bittle
W. L. Grissett
David Mallett
Iola
Spanish premier Bergenguer shot at by journalist in Madrid
In Madrid a newspaper reporter and others confronted Premier Bergenguer in his office. The reporter fired a pistol, the bullet misfired, and the assailant was overpowered. No injury to the premier was reported.
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Madrid
Bergenguer
Tremont Store Cash Register Taken In Break-In
Police report a rear-door burglary at Tremont and Company last night. A white man named Tom Smith was arrested after being identified near the store about 11 pm and held for investigation. the register was broken open but no cash was recovered.
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Tremont and Company
Martin
Tom Smith
City Purchases Secondhand Police Auto and Seeks Fire Vehicle
The city commission has purchased a used automobile for police use and considers buying a new fire department car, as the current vehicle has seven years of service and is deemed unsafe for high speed alarm responses.
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Fire Department
Two Money Bills Presented To House For Treasury Post Office
The appropriations committee today sent to the House the bill for the Treasury and Post Office departments carrying 1,088,564,943 dollars for fiscal year 1982, 86,906,095 less than the present year and 20,726,410 under the budget estimates.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Treasury and Post Office Departments
Rail employees organize protest group in Big Spring
About 250 Texas and Pacific railroad workers met in Big Spring last night electing H. F. Williamson as president of the division storekeepers and voicing disapproval of current taxing methods on commercial and bus lines. They voted to take the protest to the legislature.
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Big Spring
Texas and Pacific Rail
H. F. Williamson
Relief urged for drought area farmers loans
The department of agriculture today recommended a 25 million dollar appropriation for seed fertilizer and feed loans to drought area farmers. Chairman Haugen called a meeting of the agriculture committee to consider the recommendation tomorrow.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Cotton and Grain Market Edges Lower Again
The cotton market slipped with futures down about 20 points. Local spot prices ranged from 9.5 to 10 cents, reflecting a soft session for the commodities.
Irish economist and poet to lecture on farm relief
George W. Russell, noted Irish economist and poet, will speak at 8 p m Friday December 5 in the Assembly Hall College Station under the Social Science Seminar no admission charge The talk will urge a new rural social order for prosperity leisure and happiness for millions of Americans Russell cites 30 years of practical work in Ireland with industries earning hundreds of thousands annually. Continued on page 2.
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George W. Russell
College Station
Assembly Hall
Russell
Irish poet and economist to lecture at Texas A and M College
To Address Farmers George Russel a distinguished Irish poet and economist will lecture at Assembly Hall Texas A and M College Friday night at 7 o'clock under the auspices of the Social Science Seminar. The public and especially those interested in any phase of agriculture are urged to attend.
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George Russel
Assembly Hall
Texas A
M. College
Officers Chosen By Bible Class of First Baptist
Members of the Lilly Myers Bible Class at the First Baptist Church elected officers for six months. President Mrs J G Minkert, first vice Mrs H L Durham, second vice Mrs W C Fountain, third vice Mrs H S Locke, secretary Miss Annie Berryman, treasurer of the building fund Mrs George A Adams, reporter Mrs N A Stewart, teachers Mrs Clarence Vick and assistant Mrs W E Moore.
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Lilly Myers
First Baptist Church
Clarence Vick
Henry Locke
J. G. Minkert
H. L. Durham
W. C. Fountain
H. S. Locke
Annie Berryman
George A. Adams
N. A. Stewart
W. E. Moore
Berryman
Mesdames Locke and
Vick
Mesdames August Anderson
R. R. Ellis
N. F. Lockerd
Hendrix Conway
James Page
H. L
Expel Students At Texas After Death of Woman
Two University of Texas students were expelled for their part in the drinking that led to the death of Mildred Woodruff a 24 year old San Antonio widow last Friday. Dean V J Moore declined to name the students. Jake Burns of Tulsa was questioned by officers after the death. Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity officials said drinking at their house was not approved by the group.
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Austin
University of Texas
Mildred Woodruff
San Antonio
V. J. Moore
Senate orders GA to probe cotton price declines
The senate adopted Senator Sheppard of Texas’s resolution directing the secretary of agriculture to investigate the causes of cotton price declines and the level of short selling on exchanges.
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Washington
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
North Zulch Man Faces Second Trial for Axoride Murder
Dan Horton, 35, farmer from near North Zulch, stands trial in Huntsville for the murder of his wife Bertha, 25, alleged poisoning at their farm home on June 28, 1928. The state seeks the death penalty after a new trial was granted on a Madisonville verdict.
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Huntsville
Dan Horton
North Zulch
Bertha
Madisonville
S. W. Dear
Masons of Texas Open Annual Session in Waco
The Grand Lodge of Texas master masons meet in Waco for their annual session with about 3,000 attendees. Registration and preliminaries filled the morning as the gathering opened.
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Masons of Texas
Waco
Grand Lodge of Texas
Indians to Use Cottages State Supplies Stores
The Alabama Indians in Polk county will use state provided cottages. Orders were issued for 25 cook stoves and 25 heating stoves for the cottages. Fifty seven mattresses and blankets were ordered. The state board of control plans 25 more cottages and a separate house for each family.
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Austin
Polk County
State Board of Control
Right of way plans for Highway 21 handed to county official
Plans showing the right of way for Highway No. 21 west of Bryan to the Brazos river will be turned over to County Judge A S McSwain today by C C Todd Jr engineer in charge. Judge McSwain said work on securing the right of way would start promptly and the prospect looked favorable for obtaining the land before the highway commission meeting in January when the contract for the improvement is hoped to be let.
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Bryan
Brazos River
A S. McSwain
C. Todd, Jr
Judge McSwain
Reverend Gleissner Newsful Visit to Cameron
Mrs Rita Oconner sister of Rev J B Gleissner and Mesdames Martinsen Opersteny Sosolik and Opersteny went to Cameron on Tuesday to visit Rev Gleissner who is under treatment in a Cameron hospital They carried greetings from friends in Bryan and he hopes to join them this weekend but must stay longer for treatment.
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Rita O'Conner
J. B. Gleissner
Mesdames
Ole Martinsen
A. J. Opersteny
Joe Sosolik
Chas. Opersteny
Cameron
Rev. Gleissner
Bryan
Store Manager At State Prison Held Under Bond
J L Williford a 26 year old store manager at the state prison was held on charges of misappropriating public funds. Filed by Lee Simmons the prison system manager. He was arrested in Houston given a hearing and bound over to the grand jury with about 500 involved in transactions.
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Huntsville
J. L. Williford
Lee Simmons
Houston
Williford
Texas Railroad Seeks to Issue $500000 Stock
Washington December 3 The North Plains 4 Santa Fe railroad operating in Texas asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue 500000 dollars of capital stock to be delivered to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. The line is to be leased to the Panhandle and the Railroad, controlled by the Atchison company.
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Washington
Det
North Plains
Santa Fe
Texas
Estate Commerce Commission
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Panhandle
Atchison Company
Six Sets of Twins On Texas Campus Vex Sleepy Eyed
Six pairs of twins enroll at the University of Texas this term causing confusion on campus. Students report spotting twins in the halls and in classes, with some doubting their eyesight as they encounter multiple pairs who look alike and dress alike.
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Texas
Austin
University of Texas
Newspaper bans the term low mood in editorials
The Commercial of Pine Bluff Arkansas declares on December 3 that phrases like financial low mood and hard times will be banned from its pages. An editorial by Walter B Sorrells Jr says the nation is not in a low mood and the paper will stop reinforcing the idea.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Walter B. Sorrells Jr
United States
Mex Carpenter Fatally Stabbed Trying to Break Fight
Mauricio Lopez, a carpenter, was fatally stabbed with a hunting knife in Rio Grande City while attempting to separate two fighting brothers. A Robstown man is jailed pending investigation.
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Rio Grande City
Mauricio Lopez
Robstown
Flying housewife forced down in transcontinental attempt
Mrs. Martha Bevins, 20, a flying housewife, tried to lower the transcontinental record but was forced to land due to motor trouble near Jacksonville Pennsylvania today.
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New York
Martha Bevins
Jacksonville
Penn
Weather forecast for Bryan and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with occasional rains tonight for Bryan and vicinity. East Texas sees partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with occasional rains in the east tonight and colder in the northwest and north Thursday. West Texas remains generally fair tonight and Thursday with colder air in the east tonight.
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the Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
Vicinity
East Texas
Northwest
West Texas
Bulgarian Customs Discussed by A M College Professor
Prof V K Sugareff of A and M College of Texas spoke before the Bryan and College Business Women’s Club on Some Social Customs of Bulgaria. He described national traditions and Bulgarian Christmas customs, noting the oak tree symbolizing good suffering in place of the American Christmas tree.
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Bryan
V. K. Sugareff
History Department
A. and M. College of Texas
Bulgaria
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sugareff
Hoover warns of 180 million Treasury deficit this year
President Hoover urges Congress to continue reduced income taxes while outlining a 1932 budget with a 180 million deficit in prospect. He requests 6 million for next year and notes possible further deficits if unemployment and drought relief remain needed. He cites increases for veterans and roads and cuts in tax refunds and defense.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Gove
Shipping Board
Bank Bandits Hold Up Ex Change Bank in Birmingham
Three men robbed the Ex change bank in Birmingham shortly after opening, bound employees and customers, and escaped south toward Montgomery in an automobile with about $3,000 taken from the vault.
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Bandit
Birmingham
Ala
Dee
Exchange Bank
Montgomery
Will Rogers on Robberies and Prohibition
Beverly Hills December report shows Los Angeles second to Detroit in robbery incidents with more white spots than government data noted. The writer jokes about funding robberies and predicts progress next month if money is available.
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Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
Los Angeles
Detroit
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