Swallows Return to Capistrano Amid Annual Mystery
The article notes swallows flock to the San Juan Capistrano Mission each March 19 and depart October 23, with local observer Ramon Yorba recounting 69 years of arrivals. It describes a seasonal clash with resident swifts and mentions other curious natural facts before ending with Tomorrowtilda Lewis, Life Saver.
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Old
San Juan Capistrano Mission
San Juan Capistrano
California
St. Joseph's Day
San Juan’s
Ramon Yorba
Broadway Fight Night at the Garden Brims with Celebrities
New York night at the Garden mixes stage screen and politics with Lucrezia Bori Katharine Cornell and Mayor La Guardia seen ringside. The crowd includes cops gorillas and socialites as chatter turns to Dempsey's and toasts about speeches by Herbert Hoover Gladstone and Count Boni de Castellano's ill fated ventriloquist moment.
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New York
Garden
Gracie Allen
Lucrezia Bori
Katharine Cornell
la Guardia
Jack Dempsey
Jack
Count Boni de Castellano
Anna Gould
Delmonico’s
Farm Aid Faces Fight After AAA Ruling
Agricul tural groups plan a fight to continue farm aid after the Supreme Court invalidated the AAA processing tax. Edward A. O Nea l and James Lucas warn the decision halts all AAA payments and contract work. The text discusses constitutional alternatives and potential state-level organization to preserve aid.
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United States Supreme Court
AAA
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
James Lucas
Texas Agricultural Association
Congress
NRA
Treasury
Supreme Court
Texas A. & M. College
Pay Your Poll Tax Before February First
A 1930s call urges Texans to pay the poll tax by February 1 to be eligible to vote in November. It stresses the high stakes of the upcoming election and the duty of all citizens to participate, noting government rests with the people amid New Deal policies and economic recovery efforts.
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Roosevelt
Npt
Mny
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt Budget Message Conflicts Over AAA Status
The budget message claimed the AAA was a definite part of the system, while the Supreme Court contested the claim, signaling a clash between federal policy and judicial interpretation.
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Roosevelt
AAA
Supreme Court
House Ways and Means endorses plan to pay bonus
The Ways and Means Committee backed a plan to pay the bonus, though the vote was small as an election looms, illustrating the ongoing struggle of organizations seeking payment.
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House Ways and Means
Meet Me at the Astor and City Pubs Themed Rendezvous
The Astor Hotel hosts about two thousand daily visitors for meals and entertainment with access to foyers and halls for meetings. Dudley Field Malone plans a long departure from New York, aiming to write memoirs from a California foothill hacienda.
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Astor For
The
Astor
Rector
Rector’s
Dudley Field Malone
New York
California
Dashing Peter Arno Celebrated Amid Tea Circles and Art
The piece notes Peter Arno’s ongoing acclaim in drawing room circles. It recalls his Yale roots and early gigs with a Gilda Gray jazz band before finding a bold black and white style that sparked a furore. It mentions imitators and contrasts with the late Jack Hazzard a comedian known for wry stage lines.
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Peter Arno
Yale
Arno
Shoes Brand Cited In Barroom Tragedy
In a club shortly before his passing a shoe maker was at the bar ordering a bead and drinking whiskey neat. He toppled backward and died as onlookers recalled a joke about the shoe brand failing under pressure. Hazzard quipped the brand would never stand up.
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Hazzard
Twenty Five Years Ago in Bryan Daily Eagle Notes
The Bryan oil mill tragedy reports a man smothered in cottonseed likely while dozing as machinery cleanup paused. Local items note visitors from Kurten, a new brass foundry in A M College shops, and changes including Chief Justice Gaines’s resignation and Mr. Tucker taking over Parasota barber shop on Main Street.
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Bryan
Paul Holubee
Joe Valenta
Frank Vymola
Kurten
A. & M. College
E. J. Fermier
R. R. Gaines
Texas Supreme Court
Celes
Austin
Capitol
O. Tucker
Parasota
Main Street
Tucker
P. Winter
Exploitative stretch-out spreads to Soviet Russia
The piece notes that the stretch-out practice used to pressure workers in the United States has appeared in Soviet Russia, where it is even more pervasive. It mentions how management imposes speedups and longer shifts, reflecting harsher labor discipline.
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Russia
United States
Economic Recovery in 1935 and Factory Upturn
The editorial notes gradual recovery from the Great Depression with industrial output back near 1923-25 levels. It credits NRA changes, government spending, and rising orders, while warning wage growth lags profits. It urges balanced distribution of income and moderation as essential to sustained progress.
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Supreme Court
NRA
Daniel C. Roper
Christian Science Monitor
Russian stretch-out drives pace in factories and mines
A Moscow dispatch reports the government enforces the speed up by harsh measures, with two men facing firing squad for objecting to the stretch-out and many sent to prisons. The piece notes increased production, rising store buying, and growing discontent among workers as mass production demands relentless efficiency across Russia and capitalism alike.
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Moscow
Russia
Detroit
Fall River
Fort Worth
Local items and opinions mix in community notes
A collage of small-town mentions covers neighbors and visitors, car news, and social updates. The piece notes Deputy Sheriff Williams pursuing lawbreakers, Allen Academy students returning for a new session, and locals discussing the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the AAA. It recalls Ruth Bryan Owen and voices caution about moral codes, plus a drill on first-year voter exemptions before Feb. 1 1936.
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R. C. Franks
Dansby
Offa Williams
J. al McQueen
Bob Harrison
W. S. Smith
U. S. Supreme Court
AAA
Morris Schulman
N. B. Allen
Allen Academy
Allen
Ward
F. L. Henderson
Mrs. B. Youngblood
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Public safety urged in Brazos county after grade crossing report
Statistics for the first half of 1935 show U S grade crossing deaths down from 1984 while serious injuries rose from last year. Total deaths in the 48 states reached about 850 from January 1 to August 1, 1935, with Bryan supplying its share and room to spare. The report signals potential for real safety improvements locally in Brazos county.
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United States
Bryan
Brazos County
Bible Thought for Today Reward of the Righteous
A devotional verse citing Psalm 37 37 urging readers to mark the perfect man and observe the upright for the end is peace.
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GEL Daily Press League
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Chicago
Ilinois
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John Hix
U. S
Mediterranean Sea
Nile
Ebro
Rhone
Mediterranean
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Rock of Gibraltar
Tomorrowtilda Lewis
Zhatos Ger
Lauihie
Harding
Nord Hoover
Ethia
Thas
Teun
SAN Jean's
Jone
Herbert Hoover
St. Louis
Gladstone
Rennold Wolf
Jack Hazzard
Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot
Humans
Gene Carr
Ivor
Dr. Poulter Christian
J. B. Christian, Jr
J. D. Connell
Waxahachie
American Iron and Steel Institute
Indiana
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Denmark
Copenhagen
Tim Medlin
Marshall News
Neisy
Nell
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