Jews Flock to Palestine as New Promised Land Debate Grows
Washington reports the modern exodus of European Jews to Palestine via Trieste and Port Said. Joseph Cowen of the Zionist federation outlines an $12.5 million Palestine loan, aims to use water power from the Jordan and Jarmuk, and urges British mandate with broad Palestinian sovereignty. He praises Sir Herbert Samuel’s administration and supports immigration to build a Jewish national home, possibly under League of Nations oversight for twenty five years.
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Europe
Palestine
Russia
Poland
Roumania
Hungary
Adriatic
Trieste
Port Said
Israel
America
Great Britain
France
Holland
Joseph Cowen
London
Cowen
International Zionist Federation
Holy Land
United States
Brandeis
Supreme Court
Mack
Federal Commerce Court
Stephen S. Wise
Public Ledger-Times Herald
Syria
Jordan
Jarmuk
Tarmuk
Interallied Shipment Council
Herbert Samuel
San Remo
League of Nations
Lord Curzon
Three Hundred Leg Istlators May Have No Homes in Austin
Preparations at the capitol for the Thirty-seventh legislature convening January 11 reveal crowded housing in Austin. Lawmakers face scarce living quarters as boarding houses near capacity. Included is a note on R. J. Terrebonne and family visiting from Morgan City, Louisiana, with oyster culture interests affected by parasites.
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Austin
Texas
Capitol
House
Senate
Capitol City
R. J. Terrebonne
Morgan City
Three Persons Adjudged Insane In County Court
In Judge Ferguson's court three persons were adjudged insane and ordered sent to state institutions for treatment. Stancy Kapchinsky a Bohemian farmer and two colored women Sarah Vera and Roxie Harrison were remanded to the asylum under guard by Sheriff Morehead. The trial jury consisted of T. D. Higgs M. F. Vitopil M. B. Higgs J. D. Dampier J. J. Barter and R. W. Bullard.
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H. Oo. Ferguson
Stancy Kapchinsky
Sarah Vera
Roxie Harrison
Morehead
T. D. Higgs
M. F. Vitopil
M. B. Higgs
J. D. Damp
Extension Service Club Notice Postponed Due to Illness
The watch party announced has been postponed. illness keeps key organizer away from the city and prevents gathering.
Miss Owan Returns From McKinney Visit
Miss Owan arrived yesterday afternoon after visiting several days at McKinney with her aunt Mrs. F. D. Perkins and family. The Eagle classified section notes her homeward travel.
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Miss Owan
McKinney
F. D. Perkins
Eagle
Winter Garden at Bryan High School Success in Cold Season
A winter garden at Bryan High School West Side shows lettuce radishes turnips kale cabbage and flowers ready to transplant. Ninth grade pupils under Miss Ray Montgomery manage eleven plots with soil preparation watering fertilizing and cultivation. The garden funds itself by selling fresh vegetables as a model of home effort against high living costs.
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Bryan
West Side School
Ray Montgomery
Miss Montgomery
Madison
Wisconsin
Pryan School
Montgomery
California law 10 to bar alien land ownership
Washington dispatch reports California House members in conference consider a proposed substitute for the anti alien land law. They urge California to enact a statute prohibiting any alien from acquiring real estate title to reduce friction with Japan as negotiations progress.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Japan
California
House
Kahn
Pat Neffs Jewelry Recovered After Burglary
In Waco on December 28 a 15 year old boy was arrested for burglarizing the law office of Governor elect Pat Neff. He broke Neff's desk and stole gold pens and a Knights of Pythias badge. All items were recovered. the juvenile had been released on probation before Christmas.
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Associated Press
Waco
Pat Neff
Neff
Knights of Pythias
Corsicana Man Killed in Street Shooting
Corsicana Texas December 27 T K Lindsey was shot and instantly killed in the streets. Bud Mc Gee surrendered to officers.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Texas
T. K Lindsey
Bud McGee
Poll Taxes Issued in Brazos County Highlight Women Shortfall
Tax Collector Roy Hudspeth and Deputy Mrs Jack T Johnson report 876 poll taxes for 1920 with only three women. About thirty days remain to pay polls and Brazos County shows a nearly 5000 tax shortfall toward the maximum.
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Roy Hudspeth
Jack T. Johnson
Brazos County
Marriage Licenses Issued in Brazos County This Week
Brazos County Clerk lists marriages from the past week. Couples include Ira Cheatham with Sara Ann Kelly, Thomas Foster with Lucile Atkins, Johnnie Waldron with Laura Lewis, and many others. A full roster names twenty five pairs led by the listed couples.
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McSwain
Brazos County
Ira Cheatham
Sara Ann Kelly
Thomas Foster
Lucile Atkins
Johnnie Waldron
Laura Lewis
Gillie Collins
Sucanne Clark
Earl Lemons
Ebbie Sanders
Albert Hayes
Bamo Bell
Irvin Butler
Wilada Wells
H. McMardie Dotson
Ethyl Banks
Mauriel Lee
Ethel Rhodes
George Bell
Cora Bell Hearn
Wenzel Louis Stangel
Mary Ruth Cannon
Louis C. Kluitworth
Martha E. Levy
William O. Hill
Bettie Coward
Williard Dowling
Icy Barron
W. T. Walter
Florence Whitney
Leslie Lloyd
Vivian Martin
Tom Suryard
Hattie Garner
Hisick Randle
Fannie Bell
Roscoe Bates
Ada Beard
Carl Richards
Gladys Ruth Martin
F. L. Byers
Felman Lloyd
William Richardson
Maggie Terry
Mark Dangerfield
Charlotte Robertson
Fred A. Rucker
Jessie Irene Mathis
Elsie Robinson
Addie Boame
Peter Tremont
Jenny DeLuke
William Watson
Ethel Simpson
A. J. Unland
Zonette Sutton
Building operations halted in Houston
Houston Texas December 29 distant seven day period 21st to 28th shows only one building permit issued by the city building inspector totaling 200 dollars. Contractors say money tightness and labor costs slow work while real estate men blame demand for large profits. City engineer figures Houston is about 2000 homes short.
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Houston
Texas
Arkansas criminal Yates Standridge surrenders after escape
Pine Bluff dispatch reports Yates Standridge, dubbed the human wolf leader, surrendering at Tucker State Farm office after escaping Sunday night. He says he lacked clothing food or shelter in river bottoms and survived by using starvation and cold. Officials anticipate more surrenders as others suffer exposure.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Text book bids reopened by Texas commission
Austin December 29 The state text book commission opened bids for contracts to furnish seven books used in Texas public schools. Bids from the November meeting were rejected as prices were considered too high.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Text Book Commission
Texas Public
Panhandle Plans A and M Department Expansion
Panhandle Plains Chamber of Commerce in Amarillo pushes for legislative addition of a agricultural and mechanical department and an industrial arts division to West Texas State Normal at Canyon. The group also backs a gasoline tax for highway maintenance and a 90 day tax payment extension, noting cattlemen face January strain.
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Amarillo
Tex
Agricultural and Mechanical Department
Department of Industrial Arts
West Texas State Normal
Canyon
Panhandle
Tallest Brazos County Man Is Yet a Boy
Joe Demartier a Brazos county native and twenty years old last August weighed 200 pounds and stood 6 feet 7 1 2 inches tall after being measured this morning by Dick Fain. He is still a boy in years and may be the county's tallest resident.
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Joe Demartier
Brazos County
Agust
Dick Fain
Joe
Bravos County
Record-Setting Marriage Licenses in Brazos County
County Clerk A. S. McSwain and Deputy Mary Bullock issued eight marriage licenses in Brazos county on December 23 a one day record. The week saw many weddings as the matrimonial market boomed in the area.
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A. S. McSwain
Mary Bullock
Brazos County
Great Britain skulks in Mesopotamia secret war trials
London reports claim the British War Office is running clandestine air and chemical weapons tests in Mesopotamia. The secrecy draws protests from foreign governments and unsettles policy in London Paris and Washington.
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London
British
War Office
Mesopotamia
Paris
British War Office
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Bagdad
Charley Jones a Youthful Bandit Killed in Illinois
Charley Jones a youthful bandit was killed in Aroma Park after a confrontation with police and railroad detectives while allegedly robbing the New Orleans Chicago Flier near Kankakee. The twins Joseph and Jacob Scott, 24, surrendered. Police recovered cash and jewelry taken in the raid amid a spike in youth crime in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Kankakee
Charley Jones
New Orleans
Chicago
President Harding to Receive Degrees in Scottish Rite
President-Elect Harding will become a Scottish Rite Mason January 5 in Columbus. The Columbus bodies will confer the fourth degree at noon and the thirty-second degree at 7 30 p.m. The event marks him as the sole candidate. Presidents Garfield and McKinley were lodge members.
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Harding
Columbus
Ohio
Garfield
McKinley
Robbers Try Three Safe Burglary in New Jersey
Robbers broke into O. O. Stillman’s jewelry shop in New Brunswick New Jersey and faced three safes. They chose one, found it empty, and left the other intact, failing to crack the safe containing about 37500 dollars in diamonds and jewelry.
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Associated Press
New Brunswick
N. J
O. O. Stillman
Stillman
Closing In On The Escaped Convicts In Arkansas
Major H F Fredman says troops from Pine Bluff will join the effort to capture the remaining felons at Tucker and return them to the penitentiary. The broadcast notes a Bryan slogan urging purchase locally.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
H. F. Fredman
Pine Bluff
Tucker
Italian Factories Moving Toward Peace Talk Ceasefire
Fiume December 29 report a conference to arrange final cessation of hostilities between Italian regal forces and D Annunzio's legionnaires held this morning. All fighting was suspended and no fire was going on. Read the Eagle advertisements.
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Associated Press
Fiume
Regal
D’annunzio
Legionaires
Military Control Maintains Order in Williamson and Coal Fields
Williamson West Virginia December 29 military occupation amid a miners strike since July has brought khaki to the Mingo county coal field. federal troops clean courthouses curb vice and disarm residents with deputy sheriffs, yet towns report orderly conditions and general public support for the troops.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
Herman Hall
Chatteray
Matewan
Guard Mount
Camp Sherman
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Phi Beta
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Kappa Kappa Gammas
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Ruth Ann Montgomery
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