Taylor meeting previews Bryan delegates and auto club plans
J. B. Doane A. M. Waldrop and S. E. Eberstadt travel to Taylor to back Bryan and a new King of Trails branch formed by local business club directors. The February 6 convention will organize auto clubs to promote Texas highways curb auto theft and support a military road system from Washington to California and Texas to connect with northern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8. Doane
A. M. Waldrop
S. E. Eberstadt
Taylor
Bryan
King of Trails Association
Business Club
D. E. Colp
Associated Auto Clubs of
Texas
United States
State Highway Department
Washington
California
Secretary Baker Cross-Examined On War Prep Shipping
Secretary Baker testified before the senate military committee on army preparedness and the plan to transport a million men to France. He avoided detailed figures, citing public disclosure concerns, and discussed ship availability and potential transfer powers for coordinating war departments. Weather could affect summer troop training in southern camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Associated Press
Washington
France
Weeks
War Department
Beef shortages forecast by cattlemen amid war pressures
An Associated Press report from Washington details a formal address by the National Livestock Association’s delegation, led by I. T. Pryor and T. W. Tomlinson, warning of famine risk and reduced calf crops due to drought, winter storms, and heavy slaughter. It calls for federal leadership to secure fair prices and prevent widespread losses in cattle and dairy sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
National ‘Livestock Association
Salt Lake City
I. T. Pryor
T. W. Tomlinson
America
United States
Northwest
Federal Trade Commission
Dairy Farmers of America
Mike Berger Funeral Held After Hearne Accident
The funeral of Mike Berger was held at 10 o clock this morning from St Josephs Catholic church. Father J P Gleissner conducted the services. A large crowd attended to honor the young man. Pallbearers included H W Moehlman C H Moehlman IN Broadway Albert May Paul Ruchti Sr and W S Hajek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Berger
Hearne
St Josephs Catholic Church
J. P. Gleissner
H. W. Moehlman
C. H. Moehlman
Broadway
Albert May
Paul Ruchti Sr
W. 8. Hajek
Governor Hobby Faces War Era Prohibition Risk in Texas
The article argues Governor Hobby risks political defeat by calling a special session to push prohibition measures tied to military cantonments. It discusses creating prohibition zones near camps, potential battles in the legislature, and possible federal court actions on bootlegging and dissolute women. It notes wartime stakes and likely July primaries for any constitutional change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlobby
San Antonio
Bexar County
Bexar
Tarrant
Harris
Galveston
Sheppard
Fire at Indiana Reformatory Destroys Buildings
Fire swept through the Indiana state reformatory in Jeffersonville destroying five of the thirteen structures. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 250000 dollars. Fourteen hundred and eighty five inmates were moved to a safe building with no escape attempts observed. Initial reports point to crossed electric wires as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana State Reformatory
Trains Carrying Red Guard Collide in Finland
A collision near Kemi Finland between a train carrying Red Guard members and a government train sent to intercept them caused many deaths and injuries as both trains crashed at full speed and all coaches were smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Ty Associated Press
London
Red Guard
Keni
Exchange Telegraph Company
Foster's Weather Bulletin Forecasts February Storms and Plant Guidance
February forecast notes two weeks of disturbances from February 7 to 11 and 12 to 16 with warm and cool waves. Storms may be stronger than average but temperatures near normal. Precipitation favored from the Great Lakes eastward, with rain in cotton states. Oats sowing advised in southern Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia. expect frosts and unusual weather after mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Pacific
Vancouver
Rockies
Plains
Meridian 90
Ohio-Tennessee
Newfoundland
San Francisco
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Virginia
Contract for new normal building at North Texas
The North Texas State Normal at Denton will erect a new educational building at a cost of 78 900 dollars. Jopling Bros of Corsicana won the general contract. Work will start after the attorney general approves the property title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Normal School Board of Regents
North Texas State Normal
Denton
Jopling Bros
Corsicana
Colorado to Gulf Highway Group Plans Waco Meet
A Gulf division convention will be held in Waco on February 25 to choose the Fort Worth to Galveston route. Leaders Parnell Newton and Goebel notify towns along the corridor to send representatives. Potential path includes Fort Worth, Waco, Calvert, Navarro, Hillsboro, Marlin, Bryan, Houston and Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Eagle
Waco
Gulf Division
J. D. Parnell
Talmage E. Newton
Fort Worth
Calvert
Navasota
Hillsboro
Marlin
Bryan
Houston
Galveston
Cadet Die in Ellington Field Plane Crash
Wayles B Bradley, 23, a cadet at Ellington Field, was killed when an airplane he was flying plunged about 100 feet early Monday. An explosion from the gasoline tank burned the craft and burned Bradley. he died before the field ambulance arrived, with the wreckage largely incinerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Wayles B. Bradley
Ellington Field
Fing are victorious in Uleaborg battle
Stockholm reports General Hannerrein's troops defeated the Red Guards and Russians at Uleaborg and captured the city, a northern Finland military depot. The two day battle cost several hundred lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stockholm
Sweden
Hannerrein
Red Guards
Uleaborg
Finland
Lieut Grant’s Brother Killed in Plane Fall Near Denton
Silas Grant 34 brother of Lieut S S Grant physician in Company K signal corps was killed when an airplane piloted by Cadet Robert Foote crashed near Denton during a flight with Hicksfield student aviators. Foote was seriously injured. Alfred Grant, another brother, serves in aviation and had departed Hicksfield for foreign service. The Grant family mourns the tragedy and Lt. Grant receives strong sympathy from the signal corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Grant
Denton
Grant
A. Grant
Robert Foote
Foote
Signal Corps
Switchman Wilson Killed in Katy Train Crash
Dallas reports: switchman T. M. Wilson died and six other trainmen were injured when a Katy switch engine and a freight train collided headlong on the outskirts of the city early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
T. M. Wilson
Katy
Brest-Litovsk Talks Declared Off Again
London reports that Brest-Litovsk negotiations have been broken off, according to a Petrograd Telegraph correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Brest-Litovsk
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Food Administration News and Rulings on Flour Sales
Wholesale flour sellers and retailers must split sales and ensure substitutes reach consumers. Any wholesaler or robber handling flour or feed must obtain a license by February 15. New York City restaurants cut meat consumption by 96 percent and saved 517 barrels of flour with wheatless days, while hotels and restaurants saved seven tons of meat and 7,000 loaves of bread in a week. Patriots in America appear unwilling to align fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
America
Negro Shot Dead in Taylor. Hog Killed by Ax
In Taylor during the early hours Ben Jordan a Black man was shot and killed south of town. A hog lay beside him also killed with an ax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Ben Jordan
Fr J Skeeler Resigns to Enter Military Service
Fr J Skeeler assistant professor of physics at A and M college resigns to enter national service. He will go from his Orange home to Fort Crockett Galveston to train in the coast artillery branch with hope of earning a commission. Skeeler has served seven years at the college and is a graduate who did post graduate work at the University of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. J. Skeeler
A. and
M. College
Orange
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Coast Artillery Branch
Skeeler
University of Chicago
Artillery Givers Hung A Hot Time In France
American artillerymen kept a lively barrage on German batteries while anti aircraft guns repelled attempts to cross the American lines in France on Tuesday amid ongoing World War I fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Two Shot In Saint Louis Strike Riot
Two men were shot during the street car strike riots in Saint Louis today. The railway company has filed a petition seeking higher fares from five cents to raise salaries for its workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Louis
Associated Press
St. Louis
Reinstate Schultz Under Conditions
Houston Feb 6 Conditional permanent suspension of Paul Schultz the New Baden Texas grocer is ordered. He must within 15 days return excess sugar and flour sold beyond food control limits and arrange distribution of 25 000 pounds sugar on hand beyond thirty day needs. The decision notes not leniency but strengthens law. Evidence shows robbers and wholesalers shared blame for misissued licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Paul Schultz
New Baden
Texas
Federal Food Administration For Texas
Schultz
Legal Department
Sctmits
Coffee speculation to be discontinued by food administration
The Food Administration ordered a halt to speculation in green coffee on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange. It bans trading above 12 1/2 cents per pound for No 7 on spot months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rv Associated Press
Washington
The
Food Administration
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Senate passes moratorium bill in military affairs
The Senate approved the soldiers and sailors civil rights moratorium bill today, sending it through after its House passage. The measure proposes a pause for men serving in the military establishment, aligning with the stalled civil rights initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Soldiers and Sailors
Senate
House
UT Austin to decide on reserve officers corps
Colonel J G Galbraith inspected University of Texas facilities for the war department. Washington previously consented to establishing a Reserve Officers Training Corps if conditions are favorable. President R B Vinson pushed the proposal at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
University of Texas
War Department
J. G. Galbraith
Buckman
Southern Department
Washington
R. B. Vinson
University
Plane building popular in Texas training schools
In Texas many airplanes arriving for Army aviation training have inspired hundreds of boys in manual training classes to craft model airships. Models resemble real flying machines and, aside from a single motor, are nearly perfect, reflecting a thriving Texan youth hobby that outpaces toy makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Dallas
Texas
Army
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Indiana
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Foster
Fing
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