Bitter cold and heavy snowfall sweep across the Midwest and Northeast
Bitter cold settled over the upper Mississippi Valley as snow eight inches? No, snow two to four inches covered Pennsylvania with ice and sleet causing accidents and five deaths. Baltimore saw its heaviest snow of winter while New England faced three inches to a foot of snow, and Duluth reported twenty below zero.
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Pennsylvania
Baltimore
New England
Duluth
Minn
New Year Message on Religion and Social Reform
A. W. Kinnard Sr argues that true social adjustment rests on united religious and educational leadership. He urges a pragmatic faith in Christ to save a lost world, contrasting past calls for repentance with a modern focus on ethical teachings and love as core.
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A. W. Kinnard
Earth
Jesus Christ
Christ
About Bryan About Bryan
Mr and Mrs Herbert C Hertel returned today from a holidays visit with relatives and friends at Schul enberg. Mr and Mrs Robert Baker and Mrs Bakers sister Miss Evelyn Hunt of McAllen left today returning home after visiting Eggan and College Station. Miss Leta Wilkinson has returned from Denton where she spent the holidays with relatives.
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Herbert C. Hertel
Schulenberg
Robert Baker
Leta Wilkinson
Denton
Priest Sentenced as Co-Author of Obregon Killing
In Mexico City a district court found Father Jose Augustin Jimenez Palacio guilty as a co author in the 1928 assassination of President elect Alvaro Obregon. He was sentenced Monday to 20 years imprisonment for allegedly soliciting Jose Leon Toral to kill Obregon.
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Mexico
D. F
Alvaro Obregon
Jose Augustin Jimenez Palacio
Coyonecan
Padre Jimenez
Jose Leon Toral
Judge McKinney Enters Race For Representative Seat
Huntsville announced judge A T McKinney Jr to fill the legislature seat vacated by Gordon M Burns elected to the state senate in a Dec 22 special election. McKinney a lifelong Huntsville resident has served as city attorney Walker county attorney county judge and district attorney of the Twelfth Judicial district.
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Huntsville
A. T. McKinney Jr
Gordon M. Burns
State
Senate
McKinney
Walker County
Twelfth Judicial District
Woman Succumbs After Removal of 125 Pound Tumor
Dallas reports the death of Sophie Johnson after a 125-pound tumor was removed a month earlier. A second operation to remove a drain tube preceded her death, ending a surgical case that drew nationwide medical interest.
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Dallas
Sophie Johnson
Officers and Teachers To Have Supper At C A B
The College Avenue Baptist Sunday school officers and teachers will hold an oyster supper Wednesday at 6 15 pm at the church for their monthly meeting. Reports and the quarterly program will be presented and discussed. All officers teachers and interested members are urged to attend with a small charge to cover expenses.
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College Avenue Baptist Sunday School
Woman Who Sang at Gettysburg Is In Critical Condition
Mrs. M. O. Smith of Hanover Pa who helped in the Gettysburg dedication when Lincoln spoke is in critical condition after a Friday fall that fractured her hip. The 87 year old recall recalls singing a solo on the platform with Lincoln as a 15 year old. She was visiting Charleston at the time.
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Charleston
S. C
M. O. Smith
Hanover
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
John Laing
Lincoln
Pecan Industry Forecast Brightens in Texas Report
The Texas Department of Agriculture forecasts favorable prospects for pecan grow ers in its annual report. It calls for an orderly marketing program as essential to industry advancement and notes conditions are favorable for growth alongside resource development.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
Lateral Road Improvements Expand All Weather Highways
Brazos county has added many miles of all weather roads in six years, county judge A. McSwain reports retirement from office. He credits the commissioners court and local citizens for widening and improving lateral roads to accommodate growing automobile and truck travel into Bryan.
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Brazos County
A. &. McSwain
County Commissioners’ Court
Bryan
Commissioners’ Court
Bruno Lawyers Plan To Invite Curtis To Testify
C. Lloyd Fisher, associate counsel for Bruno Hauptmann, said he would invite John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk Virginia a boat builder to testify for the defense in the Lindbergh baby murder trial.
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New York
C. Lloyd Fisher
Bruno Hauptmann
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Hauptmann
Death of Chacon Held Due To Natural Causes
Ernesto Chacon Ecuadoran envoy was found dead in a New York building vestibule yesterday. An autopsy by Dr. Thomas Gonzales of Bellevue hospital tentatively ruled the death a natural cause due to general visceral congestion.
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Chacon
New York
Ernesto Chacon
Thomas Gonzales
Bellevue Hospital
AAA Distributes 150 Million to Corn-Hog Farmers
Washington January 1 The AAA reports checks totaling 150 million dollars paid so far to corn-hog farmers at a rate of 1.5 million daily with 76 million more to be issued. Some checks withheld as expense summaries were not received from county associations. Texas accounted for 3276 in the second payments.
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Washington
AAA
Texas
Weather Outlook for Bryan and Texas Regions
Frost and freezing expected Wednesday morning for Bryan and vicinity. East Texas: fair and colder with frost to the coast and interior freezing tonight, with Wednesday fair and rising temperatures. West Texas: fair and colder in the extreme southeast, warmer in the Panhandle tonight. Wednesday fair and warmer.
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New Orleans
Bryan
East Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Wire Photo AP Service Began Today
Barriers of time and distance were topped as two score daily newspapers joined with the Associated Press to inaugurate the wire photo service. A pictorial record of the nation’s New Year’s celebration flashed over the wires with a written account in the first operation of its kind. A picture led the broadcast transmitted coast to coast before it ended.
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New York
Associated Press Today
Associated Press
Texas Dept. of Agriculture Pays Salaries From Fees
The Texas Department of Agriculture reports a record year in which all appropriated salaries were paid from fees collected by or for the department. Horse race betting taxes provided the major income source.
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Austin
Texas Department of Agriculture
Whiskey Dumped Stills Smashed By New Sheriff
Sheriff Roy W. Nunn and deputy Ofa Williams began their term by carrying out a court order to dump about 150 gallons of homemade whiskey and homebrew into the sewer and to smash three or four stills, two of which were commercial size. That day they moved from the county jail to their North Washington Ave home and the deputy and his wife moved into the jail.
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Roy W. Nunn
Ofa Williams
J. H. Reed
Washington Avenue
Williams
Howell Co Prizes For Xmas Yard Decorations
Howell Lumber announces winners of 50 prize for best outside decorations in Bryan and College Station. In Bryan Col and Mrs C C Todd take first, Mr and Mrs Eugene Edge second. In College Station Mr and Mrs J G Peniston first, Mr and Mrs W L Hughes second. First place 15 dollars, second 10 dollars each. Committees of nonemployees chose winners. Bryan committee was College Station residents and vice versa.
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Bryan
College Station
Howell Lumber Company
Col
C. C. Todd
Eugene Edge
J. G. Peniston
W. L. Hughes
W. S. Howell
College
Howell
Marriage Licenses Issued for Brazosco
Marriage licenses issued to Oran J. Dever of Montgomery Alabama and Dorothy Allen Heierman of Austin Texas, Lee Mallard and Annie McCallum, Aaron L. Manley and Myrtle Lee Richardson, Jessie Lee Bailey and Verna May Goosby.
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Oran J. Dever
Montgomery
Ala
Dorothy Allen Heierman
Austin
Texas
Lee Mallard
Annie McCallum
Aaronl
Manley
Myrtle Lee Richardson
Jessie Lee Bailey
Verna May Goosby
Pioneer Citizen Of Galveston Dies At 92
Galveston records James C. Lipscomb longtime rancher sheriff Civil War veteran died here last night at age 92 born in Washington county.
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Galveston
James C. Lipscomb
Washington County
Five Die as Fire Hits Cherokee County Home
Gaffney S C January 1 Five aged men burned to death and 15 injured when fire destroyed the main building of the Cherokee county home Convicts from a nearby prison camp rescued the screaming inmates About 50 persons were in the building Physicians said none rescued seriously hurt
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Gaffney
S. C
Cherokee County
Ex Service Men Apply For Compensation At Red Cross
The Red Cross office in Bryan saw a last rush of ex service men applying under the Adjusted Service Compensation Act as the deadline neared. Officials prepared forms and steps to ensure mailed postmarks by December 31 1934 before the extension to January 1935 closed applications.
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Red Cross
Bryan
Husband of Anne Gould Operated Switchboard
New York January 1 Frank Spencer Meador, who eloped last week with Anne Gould Jay Goulds granddaughter, was identified as a former telephone switchboard operator. Crockford club staff recalled him as a polite man who ran their switchboard for nine months before leaving for stage work. The couple, married in Harrison New York, are traveling in Canada.
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New York
Frank Spencer Meador
Anne Gould
Jay Gould
Crockford Club
Ely Culbertson
Society Bridge Organization
Harrison
N. Y
Canada
25 Year Old Girl Becomes First Woman Co-Pilot on Regular Air Line
Miss Helen Richey age 25 is announced as the first woman co-pilot of a regular mail and passenger airline. Central Airline officials note she has about 1000 flight hours and around 100000 miles flown. She also holds the women’s refueling endurance record of nine days, 21 hours, and 42 minutes set with Mrs Frances Harrell Marsalis in Florida last year.
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Washington
Helen Richey
Central Airline, Inc
Frances Harrell Marsalis
Florida
Students Die as Auto Hits Bridge Rail
Two university students Graham Street 20 of Southern Methodist and Malcolm Graham 19 of the University of Texas were killed when their car struck a Perrin bridge in Mineral Wells. Boyd Street brother of one victim was severely injured as the trio was returning home from Graham. Street reportedly nodded off briefly while driving.
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Mineral Wells
Graham Street
Southern Methodist
Malcolm Graham
University of Texas
Perrin
Boyd Street
Graham
Francis Cardinal Bourne Dies At 73 Leader Of Westminster
London dispatch reports Francis Cardinal Bourne, 73, archbishop of Westminster, died today. Since 1850 he led Catholic revival in England, first Westminster archbishop to dine at Buckingham Palace, credited with directing growth of mass access and parish expansion across London. Born March 23, 1861 in Clapham, he favored integrating Catholics into national universities and existing political parties. (Continued on page 6)
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London
Francis Cardinal Bourne
Westminister
Westminster
Buckingham Palace
England
Cardinal Bourne
Cardinal Vaughan
Clapham
Henry
Ellen Byrne Bourne
Belgrano presses for immediate veterans bonus payment
Frank N Belgrano Jr commander of the American Legion urged immediate payment of the soldiers bonus despite President Roosevelts opposition. He said the presidents note about borrowing against the certificates shows strong arguments for quick payment of adjusted service certificates.
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Washington
Frank N. Belgrano Jr
American Legion
Roosevelt
Fae
Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce board of directors will hold its regular meeting Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The article notes the date was previously set but postponed by a day due to a holiday.
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Bryan and Brazos County
C of C to Hear National Housing Set Up Discussed
Sidney Benbow of Houston, named National Housing Act chairman for the Bryan area, will address the Bryan Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors at 10 o clock Wednesday. He will outline new set ups for repairs and new construction. Bankers, materials men, contractors, mechanics and interested citizens are invited to attend.
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Sidney Benbow
Houston
National Housing Act
Bryan
Bryan Brazos County
Jones Names Cottingham Chronicle Editor in Houston
George W. Cottingham, managing editor of the Houston Chronicle, was named editor succeeding the late W. O. Huggins by Jesse Jones, president and publisher, in Houston on January 1.
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Jones
Cottingham New Chronicle
Houston
George W. Tingham
The
Houston Chronicle
W. O. Huggins
Jesse Jones
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