A and M Live-at-Home Program Demonstrated in Brazos County
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors announced awards for the A and M College ten point live-at-home program. Twenty one families reported 132 784 pounds of vegetables and 800 34 dollars in sales, with total garden and backyard sales reaching 8573 dollars. The program aims to improve profitability and living conditions through farming efficiency and record keeping led by County Agent C L Benson Miss Blanche Brown and A S McMillan.
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Brazos County
Bryan and Brazos County
Chamber of Commerce
Bryan Lions Club
C. L. Benson
Blanche Brown
A. S. McMillan
Department of Farm Economics
College
Calls to Cut Federal Expenditures Across Agencies
The Houston Post notes a broad demand to trim federal costs by up to a billion dollars. It contrasts Roosevelt and Hoover plans with Chamber of Commerce calls, questions how to target cuts, and cites the Chicago Tribune list of costly programs such as Muscle Shoals and subsidies.
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Roosevelt
Hoover
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chicago Tribune
Boulder Dam
Shipping Board
Los Angeles
California
Houston Post
Firemen distribute toys to underprivileged children in Bryan
Bryan fire department and their wives organize a Christmas toy and fruit distribution for needy children. They repaired discarded toys donated by business houses and individuals, dressed dolls, and prepared a large stock of toys and candy to cheer both girls and boys on Christmas morning. The effort is praised as a labor of love and a commendable act of unselfish service.
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Bryan
Don't Further Delay Shopping and Farm Policy Debate
Local merchants urge early Christmas shopping to avoid the last minute rush. The Farm Board has spent 500 million public dollars to prop up cotton and wheat, seeking 360 million from Congress for new relief, while debates over liquor laws and prohibition continue amid wider political shifts. The Southwest Conference shows more players rated All-American as football gains pace in the region.
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Farm Board
Congress
Young Americans on the road a drifting youth wave
Feature writer Daniel Mauve traces a cross country auto journey observing transient American youth aged 14 to 23. He paints a somber picture of wanderers living off land and charity, noting danger of moral drift but not labeling them criminals yet. He compares to postwar Germany wanderers and warns of potential social chaos.
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Daniel Maue
Alliance
Mauve
America
Germany
Transients as potential leaders and moral risk on the road
The Houston Chronicle notes today’s transients could become future leaders if treated with care. It warns hitchhikers facing danger and hunger may become national menaces without proper moral training and earnest consideration of the serious problems they pose.
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Houston Chronicle
Low Temperature Weather Record Thru Past Week
The past week showed consistently low temperatures with a high of 38 degrees on Thursday and a low of 19 on Friday. Rain fell on five days totaling 2.17 inches, with amounts listed for each day and scattered digits reflecting OCR errors in the record.
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Pharssay Ssiscescucec
Berteey Fok Eane Denn
Buartey Scane
Ccceas
Millican trappers seek federal fur tags in town
T C Sims and Steve Greer of Millican visited town to obtain federal hunting tags to ship furs gathered from trapping in the Navasota bottoms.
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T. C. Sims
Steve Greer
Millican
Navasota
Editor Letter: Texas Crime Perceptions and Parables
A reader letter argues Texas crime rates reflect incoming criminals from other states and critiques moral honesty among various offenders. The writer, Les Akers, skeptically questions sensational crime claims and contrasts con artists with more violent rogues while offering pointed social commentary.
Editorial views on manufacturers excise tax and Canadian model
The Christian Science Monitor argues the proposed manufacturers excise tax differs from a broad sales tax and should avoid pyramiding. It compares Mills and Hoover positions, reviews Canada’s licensing system, broad exemptions, and eventual consumer shift, endorsing this approach over nuisance taxes.
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Hoover
David A. Reed
Ogden L. Mills
The
Treasury
Ford
Mills
Congress
Dominion
Canada
United States
Christian Science Monitor
Think Straight on a Million-Teacher Education Trust
L. H. Moore of Texas State College for Women argues for a hypothetical teachers organization with nearly one million members paying ten dollars yearly. Such a group would fund education, radio broadcasts, and newspaper influence to shape truth, justice, and public life, elevating standards and potentially controlling social and economic forces.
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America
L. H. Moore
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Dog Inherits Estate Of Chicago Owner
A Chicago Irish setter named Red inherits about $27 000 from Mrs Alice Hunter. Upon Red s death the money will go to an anti cruelty society. Associated Press photo.
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Red
Chicago
Alice Hunter
Associated Press
Eliminate life certificates to ensure continuous teaching
The piece argues removing life certificates and tying certificate validity to ongoing teaching experience. It contends many instructors hold permanent certificates as a financial safeguard during prosperous times, leaving teaching when business improves, which harms the profession and public education.
West Street Produce Row Brims With City Life
In New York City’s West Street district the crowded produce scene teems with crates of grapes citrus and onions spilling onto sidewalks. Amid the fragrance and bustle a mix of workers and street life unfolds from dawn to daybreak including shipping cranes gossip and small talks about racing and politics. The narrator recalls Fulton Street memory grimness but finds solace in Vesey Street sunlight and a brief meeting with notable figures.
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New York
Neere
Times Square
West Street
Efficiency Up Without Extra Cost, Says J A Hil
Quote from J A Hil argues that surplus teachers prevent hiring skilled staff and that the state could boost efficiency without raising costs by using those prepared educators. He notes prior state investments in training and preparation.
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J. A. Hil
Today In History Ambrose Pare Founder of Surgery
A historical note marks Ambroise Paré born December 20, 1510, in France. Paré becomes renowned as a pioneering surgeon, advancing techniques and battlefield medicine in the 16th century.
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Ambrose Pare
Sentific
Five Years Ago Notes From Bryan Morning Eagle
W C Wellborn of A and M College travels to New York to arrange a new agriculture text for public schools. Dr Chariton of Texas Woman's College praises Prof R O Allen for a chapel lecture Being Beautiful. Uncle Mark Wilcox visits with sixteen grandchildren on Grandpa's Day. J W Dyer returns from eastern Texas trip. Rev J J Tatum closes Brazos County Teachers Institute session. work continues tomorrow. Dr J D West to open the morning exercises. Teachers to visit Texas Woman's College today. Tom Garth returns from New Orleans to spend holidays with his mother and family.
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Bryan
W. C. Wellborn
A. and M. College
New York
Chariton
Texas Woman’s College
R. O. Allen
Allen
Mark Wilcox
J. W. Dyer
Texas
J. J. Tatum
Brazos County
F. J. Garth
Economic Restraint and Readiness for Prosperity
The speaker argues for restrained government spending and a government financed by the people, not the other way around. They warn against politically driven measures and false economic standards, urging focus on foundational work to restore prosperity while avoiding wasteful expenditures.
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Congress
Brazos County Couples File Marriage Intentions
W T Posey of Brazos County and Selon Robbins of Cooledge and Goree Turner and Mattie May Hicks, both of Brazos, filed notices with County Clerk Jess B McGee of their intention to marry.
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W. T. Posey
Brazos County
Selon Robbins
Cooledge
Goree Turner
Mattie “ May Hicks
Brazos
Jess B. McGee
Jones visits Bryan from Allen Farm schools
O. A. Jones, a teacher at the Allen Farm schools owned by Jno. D. Rogers of Navasota, was a visitor in Bryan today.
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O. A. Jones
Allen Farm
Jno
D. Rogers
Navasota
Bryan
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