Emperor Hirohito and Nagako blessed with a son heir
The article notes prayers of 90 million subjects answered by the birth of a male heir to Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako, making the nation rejoice. It recalls Hirohito’s 33 years, his distant role as sacred symbol, and the Imperial succession rules favoring male descendants. It also mentions the new foreign minister Koki Uchida and broader Japanese political backdrop.
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Hirohito
Nagako
Europe
Great Britain
Japan
Chichibu
Davis Named New Leader in Agriculture Department
G N Peek’s successor at the Agriculture Department faces a policy split with the “young liberals” faction. The Iowa native and former Montana official, editor of a Montana farm paper and Montana agriculture commissioner, is seen as aligned with Secretary Wallace and as a steadier partner than Peek.
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G. N. Peek
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Davis
Wallace
Peek
Iowa
AAA
Ua Montana Farm Paper
Montana
Bell Symbolizing Leader Called at Cannery Opening
Mrs Alf Patterson assistant supervisor of a 32 worker cannery shift placed a 64 year old Patterson family bell at the start of the New Year in place of the usual gong. She said the bell links to her ancestors and to the “great leader” directing workers toward a year of peace prosperity and shared fortune under the great President.
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Alf Patterson
Patterson
Reliance Group Hosts Monday Sports Program
Residents of the Reliance community led by Conrad Merka spent Monday afternoon at the school house enjoying many games and athletic contests. About 150 residents participated including a basketball game between two ad hoc teams.
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Reliance
Conrad Merka
Brazos County Cotton Ginnings Rise To Dec 13
Cotton ginnings in Brazos County total 17 158 bales through December 13, counting round bales as half. The figure rises 1 861 from 15 297 at the same date in 1932, per county statistician Robert R Wilcox to the Census Bureau in Washington.
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Robert R. Wilcox
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Prairie View Triumphs 20-7 Over Langston Lions
Ned Love, former Kemp High star, starred for Prairie View Panthers with punting and passing as they beat Langston Lions 20-7 at Buffalo Stadium Houston. It was Langston's first loss of the season and the worst defeat for an Oklahoma Negro team in Texas. The win ties Prairie View with Langston and another club for the Southwestern Negro championship. Love named all conference for three years in a final game role.
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Lenore Kight
Kight
Carnegie Library Athletic Club
Homestead
Jack Scarry
Army
Miss Kight
Helene Madison
Miss Madison
Los Angeles
Carnegie Club
Ned Love
Kemp High Bears
Bryan
Prairie View Panthers
Langster Lions
Oklahoma
Buffalo Stadium
Houston
Love
Langston
Texas
Prairie View
Farmer Distress Linked to Decline of Horses and Mules
A. B. Hancock, president of the Horse Association of America, told Chicago delegates that the loss of 40 million acres dedicated to horses and mules since 1920 shifted land to cash crops, worsened agricultural distress, and lowered farm prices. He argued tractors and trucks raise costs and suggested self-contained farms with forage and grain could ease debt.
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A. B. Hancock
The
Horse Association of America
Association
Chicago
Mr. Hancock
Texas
Arkansas
Funeral Service for War Veteran Held Here Today
Douglas C. Boyett 37 son of Mr and Mrs W H Boyett of Bryan died Dec 28 at Veterans Hospital Little Rock after lingering illness from World War I service He served as Private First Class Co C 111th F S Bat from Jan 1 1918 to Aug 2 1919 body arrived in Bryan Friday funeral 2 pm at McCulloch Dansby chapel interment Alexander cemetery Survived by his parents one brother and four sisters
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Douglas C. Boyett
W. H. Boyett
Bryan
Veterans’ Hospital
Little Rock
Ark
111Th F. S. Bat
Missouri Pacific Railroad
McCulloch-Dansby
L. B. Elred
Bryan Methodist Church
Alexander Cemetery
Horace Boyett
Longview
J. W. Holloway
la Grange
Lee J. Carroll
San Antonio
Carl Archezel
Calvert
W. C. McGee
Greensboro
Kansas
Pioneer Doctor Of Hearne Dies At 88
Dr. Thomas Jay Pugh, a pioneer physician of Brazos and Robertson counties, died Sunday morning after several weeks of illness. He passed within five days of his 89th birthday at his home, with wife Mrs. Fannie Reese Pugh and Dr. Barney Reese of Gause by his side. Surviving relatives include a sister in Houston, a brother in Ardmore Oklahoma, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at St. Marys Catholic church on Christmas morning with Monsignor Gleissner of Bryan officiating after the mass.
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Hearne
Thomas Jay Pugh
Brazos
Robertson Counties
Fannie Reese Pugh
O. R. Doremus
Houston
E. B. Pugh
Ardmore
Okla
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Monsignor Gleissner
Bryan
Anna Whitley
Greenville
Lelia Fay Mathis
J. W. Mathis
San Antonio
Mathis
W. W. Turner
Webster
Marlin
Lyle Welch
University of Oklahoma
George T. Young
George, Jr
Dallas
Rice Institute
Iola Barron
Lee J. Rountree
Ann Bentley
Walter Werner
Bellville
Inez Granau
Miss Granau
Miss Bentley
Austin
University of Texas
Tri Delta
Wesley Bentley
Roland Dansby
Mary Harrel
Gwendolyn MecNatt
Lometa
Temple
Belton
Tommie Cochran
Injured in Temple Hospital After Auto Wreck
Weeks in Temple hospital follow an auto wreck in which Cochran was seriously injured. Cochran remains bed bound in a plaster cast for months. Mrs. W. G. Drummond visits from Shreveport and plans to return to Bryan soon. Miss Josephine Crute of Dallas spent holidays in Bryan with relatives and returns to Dallas. Mrs. B. G. Acker of Dialville returns home after a week with her son and family.
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Temple
Cochran
W. G. Drummond
Shreveport
J. Stallings
Drummond
Bryan
Josephine Crute
Dales
Sam K. Eberstadt
Dallas
Miss Crute
United States Crop Production Loan Association
Charles Sherrill
B. G. Acker
Dialville
W. C. Vanderwerth
Hunters of Bryan Bring Home Three 12 Point Bucks
Hunters from Bryan return from a deer hunt in a distant section of the state with three 12 point bucks weighing about 140 pounds each. They left on Christmas Day and brought in the first buck by O Henderson with Dr. Stewart and E K Spahr contributing before the deadline. All were guests of student Mr Vela of A M College.
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R. T. Stewart
E. K. Spahr
O. Henderson
Redo
Dr. Stewart
Mr. Spahr
Mr. Vela
A. and M. College
New Home Agents Named in Harris and Surrounding Counties
Miss Opal Roberson has been transferred to College Station to serve as chief supervisor in a rural housing survey. Miss Helen Cowan will succeed her in Harris County, moving from Childress County where she led home demonstration efforts. Maudie Holt moves from Grimes County to Harris County as assistant to Cowan, with Anderson headquarters. The change was decided December 26 and announced by Mildred Horton.
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Opal Roberson
Harris County
College Station
Helen Cowan
Childress County
Maudie Holt
Grimes County
Anderson
Mies Mildred Horton
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Koki Hirota
Yasuya Uchida
United States
China
Russia
Foreign Office
Washington
Araki
Count Uchida
Hirota
Moscow
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York City
John F. O’ryan
O'Ryan
A.fef
France
Belgium
Italy
College of the City of
New York
Army War College
Corbin & O’ryan
New York National Guard Infantry
Gotham
Samuel Seabury
LaGuardia
W. M. W. Splawn
Texan
Splawn
Federal Control Board
Tas
Couzens and
Dill
Decatur College
Baylor University
Yale
Chicago University
Decatur
Baylor College
Texas University
Texas Railroad Commission
Emp
Hirohit Prapea Serene
DR. W. M. W. Splawn
E, C. Davis
Chester C. Davis
WV. A. Jackson
M. D
Commerce Bldg
Cannery
Reliance Group
Bryan Negro
el Paso
Irene
Dorcas
E. R. Bryant
Abilene
Marie “Fower
Bryant
Ray Montgomery
Fort Worth
Allie
Emma Montgomery
R. L. Brogden
Rufus R. Randle
Lilla Graham Bryan
William E. Morgan
First Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Edge
George Edge
Elizabeth Ann Bradley
Corsicana
Josephine Polk
Harry Knox
Daisy Knox
Brownwood
L. L. McInnis
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Alsworth
San Benito
W. E. Morgan
Robert John Persons
James Walton
Seguin
San Marcos
B. F. K. Mullins
D. D. Jolly
Mises Sula Conn
Madiseville
W. F. Gibbs
J. M. Atkins
Rock Prairie
Otho Williams
Wellborn
W. D. McDonald
James
Normangee
Abilene Christian College
Ethel Ferguson
Mary Martha Black
Shirley Johnson
Mildred McKenzie
Southwestern University
Georgetown
G. R. Branch
A. J. Buchanan
Robert V. Armstrong
Navasota
Ava Haswell
Hollywood
Cal
Tyler Haswell
California
George Brandon
G. M. Brandon
LaSalle Hotel
Mary Jane Nall
Hazel Adams
State University
Carl G. Giesecke
BE. W. Crenshaw
Indiana
FORD
Oldsmobile
Nash
Chevrolet
Ford Phaeton
Ford Tudor
ESSEX
Ford Ford
Firestone
Goodyear
Bryan Motor Company
Ford Sales and Service
North Main Street
Hunters of Bryan
Harris CO
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