Sheriff Wounded in Waxahachie Office Shooting
In Waxahachie on December 24, Buster Johnson 28 of Houston was shot dead and Deputy Sheriff Will Burrows was wounded after Johnson and a woman were arrested. Furniture dealers Land and Petty identified Johnson as their last nights robbery suspect.
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Waxahachie
Buster Johnson
Houston
Will Burrows
Johnson
W. R. Land
J. G. Petty
Hillsboro
Italy
Burrows
Burrow
Florence Swann
Dallas
Cotton Leads Texas Crop Values Decline in 1930
The U S department Crop Reporting Service estimates Texas crop value at 434 512 000 for 1930 down from 608 974 000 last year due to price declines and lower production. Cotton leads with an estimated 100 000 000, followed by cotton seed sorghums wheat and oats in the 20 600 000 to 40 000 000 range.
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Austin
United States Department of Agriculture Crop Reporting Service
Texas
Bethlehem Christmas Mass In 1st Century Tone
Bethlehem crowds gathered for a nativity celebration with priests and dignitaries. Patriarch Louis Barlasina led a candlelit service at the traditional church as worshippers recalled a holy night.
Because It's Christmas in The People’s Column
The piece celebrates Christmas with playful verses about holiday cheer. It notes merry behavior as a social duty and urges kindness to family, especially mothers, urging joy and avoidance of sadness during the season. The author signs as Jor McGee with festive tone.
Bryan Holiday Household Guests Listed in Reader Notice
Miss Pauline Fran of Houston arrives tonight to visit the Tatman home for holidays. E J Fountain hosts relatives including Fountain Jr and family, Dunlap and son Henry, and Tom Fountain of Houston. J B Stevenson entertains guests Maude Stevenson, E L Murray, and Stevenson Jr with a Bryan family member over Christmas week.
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Pauline Fran
Houston
Joe R. Tatman
E. J. Fountain
FE. J Fountain Jr
8. H. Dunlap
Henry
Tom Fountain
J. B. Stevenson
E. L. Murray
Maude Stevenson
Little Son
Bryan
Two Hurt Seriously in Motor Crash Near Paris
Mrs. J I Parnell wife of the editor of the Paris Morning News and Albert Parnell Corsicana civil engineer were critically injured when their automobile overturned while avoiding a collision near Paris. His back was broken and her hip and other leg fractures reported.
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Paris
J i. Parnell
Paris Morning News
Albert Parnell
Corsicana
Here
Earthquake Hits La Poma. 35 Dead 70 Injured
An earthquake devastated Lampoma state with La Poma town reported destroyed. Initial dispatches indicate 35 fatalities and 40 or more injuries, with reports fragmentary and unclear on full extent.
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Salta
Argentina
Dee
Lampoma
la Poma
Plan Huge Hotel For San Antonio
San Antonio officials announce a plan to build the South's largest hotel. The St. Anthony will be remodeled after its sale to Baker Hotel, Inc. for about 1.5 to 1.75 million dollars, and a 25 story hotel will rise just east of the St. Anthony. Baker interests also own two other San Antonio hotels and the city’s largest apartment house.
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San Antonio
South
Paul McSween
St. Anthony
Baker Hotel, Inc
McSween
Baker Interests
City adopts semiannual tax payments in San Angelo
San Angelo adopts a plan for paying city taxes twice a year. The San Antonio city commission approved the scheme and it will take effect January 1 with a yearly review and option to continue or discontinue after the first year.
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San Antonio
San Angelo
Moody Talks on Wide Range as Rainy Drive with Pressmen
Governor Moody engages five reporters and a driver in a Houston to Austin tour. In a rain soaked car he praises the governor elect while joking about age and not returning to office. The report notes his candid style and broad topics from politics to cabbages and jazz.
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Governor Moody
Austin
Houston
Texas
Dan Moody
Moody
Sterling
Most State Offices Closed for Christmas Holidays
AUSTIN Dec 24 state officials largely took Christmas week off with Gov Moody working part time. Treasurer Hatcher will stay open until Christmas Eve while Lon A Smith railroad commissioner visits daily. The attorney general staff prepared to bid adieu to longtime appointees amid a house cleaning under the new attorney general elect.
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Moody
Austin
Hatcher
Lon A. Smith
Attorney General's Department
Honor Students Named at Allen Academy Cadet Corps
Headmaster EB Wickline of Allen Academy reports honor cadets for the first quarter with averages B or better. Cadets listed include Glenn Anderson Galveston Ramon Anaya Torreon Mexico Leo Bell Houston Aryan Coleman Catrina Marion Crow Milford Arthur Dwyer Houston Gavein Mexico Jarrett Lightfoot Bryan Holmes Martinez Hebbrowville Arthur Munder Mexico City Rex McKinney Westbrook Pedro Pellanadini Mexico City Adrian Schroeder Houston A K Smith Pineland J C Suttles Houston Samuel Wincklam Howellville
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Allen Academy
Glenn Anderson
Galveston
Ramon Anaya
Torreon
Mexico
Leo Bell
Houston
Aryan Coleman
Catrina
Marion Crow
Milford
Arthur Dwyer
Chose Gavein
Jarrrett Lightfoot
Bryan
Hlome Martinez
Hebbrowville
Arthur Munder
Mexico City
Rex McKinney
Westbrook
Pedro Pellandini
Adrian Schroeder
A. K. Smith
Pineland
J.C. Suttles
Samuel Wincklam
Howellville
Weather outlook for Bryan, East and West Texas
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with locally unsettled conditions and possible occasional rains. Warmer for East Texas with mostly cloudy skies and likely showers in the south and West Texas. Generally fair tonight and Thursday outside unsettled areas.
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The
Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
East Texas
West Texas
Intent to Marry Filed by Three Couples in County Clerk’s Office
Three couples filed notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Jesse McGee on Wednesday. The parties include Henry Williams and Lynna Johnston of Burleson County, J. D. Evans and Annie Gilmore, and Bohemil Zubik and Frances Zak, both of Brazos County.
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Jesse. McGee
Henry Williams
Lynna Johnston
Burleson County
J. D. Evans
Annie Gilmore
Bohemil Zubik
Frances Zak
Brazos County
Aggies Released From Fair Football Contract
Dallas December 24. Texas A and M. College will not appear in the State Fair football program after next year. Southern Methodist University Mustangs will play two games during the exposition. The Aggies will appear last for some seasons against Iowa Hawkeyes in the 1931 fair bowl.
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Dallas
Phil T. Prather
State Fair of Texas Association
Texas Aggies
Southern Methodist University Mustangs
Aggies
University of Iowa Hawkeyes
James Sullivan
A. and
M. College
Prather
Christmas Tree Ready at First Baptist Church
The Christmas tree at the First Baptist church is ready and a splendid program will begin promptly at 7 oclock. Mrs. R C Dunn directs the event with the Sunday School officers in charge and all members urged to be on time for the 7 pm program.
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First Baptist Church
R. C. Dunn
Highway 9 paving to begin near Carlsbad area
Work on Highway 9 north of Carlsbad to the Sterling county line will start on or about January 1. About 30 to 50 men will be employed on the paving project.
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San Angelo
Carlsbad
Sterling County
Wife of Local Pastor Dies After Illness in Bryan
Mrs. Helen Bowers Hollomon wife of Rev. Rev 5 Hollomon pastor of College Avenue Baptist church died Tuesday night about 11 at a Bryan hospital after two stomach illness operations. She was 30, daughter of the late Rev. R. G. Bowers former Columbus Street Baptist pastor in Waco. Survived by husband two daughters Helen Wynne Hollomon and Joanna Hollomon mother four sisters and two brothers all of Williamsburg Kentucky. Funeral Friday at 2 from College Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Clarence Morton officiating. Burial in Bryan City Cemetery.
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Columbus Street Baptist Church
Waco
Williamsburg
College Avenue Baptist Church
Clarence Morton
First Baptist Church
Gatesville
Holloman
Bryan City
White Christmas Snow Across the Nation
The United States faces a varied Xmas landscape with only spots covered by snow. Scranton Pennsylvania reported inches, Portland Maine four inches, while the Midwest and Great Lakes saw scattered flurries. Chicago was white, Texas had little snow forecasting. conditions ranged from cloudy to fair with slightly warmer temperatures.
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United States
Scranton
Penn
Portland
Atlantic
New England
Middle West
Great Lakes
Chicago
Texas
Santa Claus
Solon of Texas Proposes Aid to Confederate Veterans Widows
Dallas senator Thomas B. Love proposes changes to aid Confederate veterans and widows. He urges reducing Texas residence required for veteran pensions from ten to six years and removing the marriage condition for widows. He also seeks monthly claim elimination and an emergency appropriation to enlarge the Confederate women’s home in Austin.
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Dallas
Thomas B. Love
Love Sted
Texas
Love
Austin
Christmas Tree Program At Campus Tonight
All families connected with the college meet in the Y M C A chapel at 7 this evening for the annual Christmas tree. Mrs W A Orth headed arrangements with help from campus women and Consolidated high school students. White Gifts may be brought for Good Cheer and distributed on Christmas Day. The program features three pantomimes by Consolidated grammar grades for PTA members.
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Bryan
W. A. Orth
Consolidated High School
Parent
Interesting Bits in Texas Secretary of State Annual Report
Texas Secretary of State Jane Y. McCallum discusses a potential Texas blue book. The annual report will include beyond routine material, with historical notes and unpublished documents. She favors a future official volume, possibly issued at longer intervals.
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Texas
Secretary of State
Austin
Cial
Jane Y. McCallum
Roast Turkey to Be Served Inmates at Penitentiary
Five thousand inmates at the penitentiary will receive a turkey dinner tomorrow as giant ovens stay busy today. The menu lists turkey, gravy, apples, and celery.
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Huntsville
Brady Jubilee and Race Meet Dates Set for July 2 4 1931
Brady announces the 1931 jubilee and race meet will run July 2 to 4. Purses are not yet set, but preparations are underway to attract top thoroughbreds from the state to compete in the turf races.
Cotton and Grain Market Summary
The cotton market rose with futures finishing up to 10 points. Local spot prices ranged from 9 to 93 8 cents while grain futures showed mixed changes for wheat and corn in December through May contracts.
Will Rogers Letter on Senate Freshman Sam Visions
Will Rogers comments from Burbank California on a new North Carolina senator named Sam Vision. He jokes about a law limiting first statements and another restricting later actions. Rogers recalls a colleague defending Maer Morrison and criticizes politics and personal loyalties.
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Burbank
Cal
Dex
North Carolina
Sam 0Vison
Waf
Maerrison
Pary Morrison
Yast Yee
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