Cotton Acreage Reduction Sought By Farm Board
Alexander Legge and Carl Williams of the federal farm board met in New Orleans to discuss reducing cotton acreage in the South. Williams warned the acreage is too large and predict a materially reduced 1930 crop if farmers do not curb production, or weather and pests may overwhelm the market. The board plans to provide $30,000,000 in loans to member organizations to help farmers market crops.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Carl Williams
South
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Williams
National Cotton Cooperative Association
Storm Moves Southeast Night Halting Texas Traffic
Ice and sleet from the Texas Panhandle moved southeast overnight. Traffic on highways slowed and air travel interrupted as sleet drizzled across cities from Gainesville to Lubbock. Temperatures dipped to near freezing with forecasts of colder weather and continued disruptions in Oklahoma and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Waco
Sweetwater
Gainesville
Lubbock
Farmers urged to select good seed for next cotton crop
The People's Column urges farmers to plan for next year's cotton by planting seed at least 15 16ths of an inch long. It criticizes half and half cotton for depressing the market and stresses that buyers pay a premium for better seed, raising the town price.
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Farm Board
Texas
Houston chamber chief to speak at Grimes banquet
Ige 1206 W. N. Blanton general manager of the Houston Chamber of Commerce will be the principal speaker for the Grimes County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet at Navasota Thursday evening. Webb Howell Sam E. Eberstadt and Mrs Lee J Rountree from Bryan invited to attend. Sam Jackson and his wife return to Bryan to live with A D Jackson near the Experiment Station. Sam joined the A and M Print Shop. Mrs F L Henderson spent Tuesday in Houston accompanying Mrs J L Brock and Mrs Lee J Rountree who went to Houston for a meeting of the Fourth District Federation of Women's Clubs executive board chaired by Mrs J W Tincher.
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W. N. Blanton
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Grimes County Chamber of Commerce
Navasota
O Webb Howell
Sam E. Eberstadt
Bryan and Brazos
Sam Jackson
Bryan
A. D. Jackson
Sam
A. and M. Print Shop
F. L. Henderson
Houston
J. L. Brock
Lee J. Rountree
Fourth District Federation of Women’s Clubs
J. W. Tincher
Citrus fruit embargo challenged by Florida nursery
In Austin on January 8 legal action was filed by Glen St. Mary Nurseries of Florida challenging Commissioner George Terrell’s embargo on citrus fruit plant shipments into Texas. The suit asserts state officials lack jurisdiction over interstate commerce as Terrell bans Florida fruit to prevent the Mediterranean fruit fly from entering Texas.
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Austin
George Terrell
Texas
Glen St. Mary
Leper Clinics Established in Mexico City Decree
President Portes Gil signed a decree to establish leper clinics across the republic where lepers may receive free treatment. The move addresses an urgent need as about 2,000 lepers are said to exist in Mexico.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Jan
Portes Gil
Big Increase in Terry County Farms Reported
Terry county shows 155000 acres under cultivation last year and 1800 farms, up from 234 in 1920, per Santa Fe Railway estimate.
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Terry County
Associated Press
Brownfield
Jan
Santa Fe Railway
Houston Rural Mail Route Established In Texas
A rural mail route from Houston 64 miles long is the longest in the state and will serve over 1,000 people without daily deliveries. The route extends past the Spring community and is part of additional routes to reach rural areas.
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Houston, Jan
Houston
No Moves Made For Reopening Of Port
Mexico City January 8 Acting Foreign Secretary Jenaro Estrada said the foreign office has taken no step to reopen the consulate at Laredo Texas closed December 18 in protest at the attempted arrest of former President Mutarco Elias Calles He added the Washington state department has not raised the matter with his office.
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Mexico City
Jenaro Estrada
Foreign Office
Laredo
Texas
Mutarco Elias Calles
Washington State Department
Fourth Annual Minstrel Pianne by Bryan Lions Club
The Bryan Lions Club announces the fourth annual minstrel and revue to be staged over two nights February 25 and 26 at the Palace Theatre under Lion Henry 5 Locke. Rehearsals will begin soon with Lion Morris Schulman directing program details and local singer James Page performing solo numbers.
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Lions Club
Palace Theatre
Lion Henry 5. Locke
Locke
Lions Minstrel
Lion Morris Schulman
James Page
Eral
Mr. Paige
Bryan Singer
Lions Minstrels
Alfred Schulman
Young Schulman
G. W. Simpson
Boy Scouts of America
Violent Deaths Reported Today In New Orleans
Two women died from shooting and poisoning and a man died from wounds in an automobile accident. Mrs. Anna Donellan, 51, died from gunshot wounds her husband inflicted. Mrs. Wilkins Roach, 47, died from poisoning taken on Christmas Eve. John Nunez, 53, was found dead in an automobile.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Jan
Anna Donellan
Wilkins Roach
John Nunez
Poll Taxes Paid By Nearly 1 200 Residents Here
Brazos county residents have paid about 1200 poll taxes this year, per tax collector J M Ferguson. He says payments are roughly 10 percent behind normal levels. total poll taxes due are estimated between 3000 and 3800, with no clear view on final month totals.
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J. M. Ferguson
Brazos County
Kirbyville Boy Profits From 150 Hens
Dolphin Beard a 10 year old from Kirbyville earns 15 to 20 dollars monthly from a flock of 150 hens. He breeds and tends the birds with daily care and reports steady profit from egg sales in the local market.
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Associated Press
Kirby Ville
Dolphin Beard
Death sentence of boy slayer affirmed today
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death sentence of William Pruitt Jr. for the murder of William Mann a Dallas high school student, a crime committed about a year ago in Dallas.
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Associated Press
Austin
Wm. Pruitt, Jr
William Mann
Dallas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Fort Worth Lawyer R. G. Johnson Dies Suddenly
Fort Worth leading attorney R. G. Johnson, a prominent bar member for 30 years, died suddenly in the city today.
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Fort Worth
Associated Press
R. G. Johnson
Senate Republicans seek compromise on finance committee
Washington report on January 3 details tense talks among Senate Republicans over a plan to appoint Senator La Follette of Wisconsin from the Western Independents to the finance committee. Senator Smoot opposes Western independents on the panel while President Hoover takes no active part in the dispute.
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Washington
Senate
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Western Independents
Finance Committee
Witte House
Hoover
Robert LaFollette Sr
Smoot
Utah
Borah
Idaho
Independents
da Follette
Cotton Market Edges Down as Exchanges Close
Cotton prices showed little change today as the New Orleans exchange closed. On the New York exchange the market fell 6 to 7 points, with most values remaining between 16 1 4 and 16 1 2 cents.
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New Orleans
New York
Nine Mexicans Arrested in Series of Thefts
Corpus Christi January 8 Nine Mexicans were arrested yesterday in connection with a series of thefts. Articles found in the room of Pedro Rabende in Alice were identified today as stolen from a local store. Rabenda, believed injured by officers after the Border Policeman V M McCalib was killed, is said to be suffering only from narcotics effects and a head blow.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Pedro Rabende
Alice
V.m. McCalib
Rabonda
McCalib
Defective Flue Triggers Seventh 1930 Fire
An early morning fire in John Crone's home at 19th Street and Wheelock Avenue started from a defective flue. The living room ceiling was damaged and losses are about 40 dollars. It marks the seventh property fire of 1930 and eighth in nine days, with total losses exceeding 35 thousand dollars, nearly the 1929 annual total.
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John Crone
19Th Street
Wheelock Avenue
Club Federation to elect officers Thursday at Bryan clubhouse
The Brazos County Federation of Women's Clubs will elect officers Thursday afternoon at 3 at the Bryan Woman's Club clubhouse. A city wide plan of civic activities will be discussed and attendance from Bryan and College areas is requested, says Mrs. W. B. Cline.
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Brazos County
Weather Outlook for Bryan and Vicinity
The forecast calls for rain tonight and Thursday with colder conditions. In Texas south regions expect rain with sleet or snow in the north, colder near the coast tonight, and unsettled conditions with heavy rain in the southeast. Snow is possible in the Rio Grande area tonight.
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Orleans
Jan
Bryan
Texas
Rio Grande
Brazos county sells road bonds for 250000 to Hall and Hall
Brazos county road bonds totaling 250000 were sold to Hall and Hall of Temple for par plus interest and a 225 premium. Seventeen bidders attended the bid opening but Hall and Hall alone met the terms, with delivery in about 45 days. Road improvements including widening drainage and grading will follow over two to three years with funds distributed accordingly.
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Brazos County
Hall and
Hall of Temple
County Commissioners Court
A. S. McSwain
H. G. Schultz
Hall and Hall
Musical Planned By Treble Cleft Club Early Date
The Treble Cleft Club met at Mrs. Roy Danforth’s home for the first new year gathering with unusually large attendance. Plans for a twilight musical to be held in Bryan were announced along with an extra practice session tonight at 9 at the First Presbyterian church. Refreshments of hot chocolate sandwiches mints and nuts were served.
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Roy Danforth
Danforth
Bryan
First Presbyterian Church
Threat Disease Brings Death to Wife of Lanham
Mrs. Fritz Lanham wife of Congressman Fritz Lanham of Fort Worth died in Austin from a throat gland disease. The illness proved fatal.
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Lanham
Austin, Jan
Fritz Lanham
Fort Worth
May Succeed Kaynor Ely as U S Representative Choice
May Succeed Kaynor Joseph B Ely of Westfield Mass former district attorney has been mentioned as a possible choice to succeed the late Rep W K Kaynor.
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Joseph B. Ely
Westfield
Mass
W. K. Kaynor
Steep Hollow Community Advances Rural Road Plan
Steep Hollow residents gathered Thursday to hear county officials led by Commissioner Guy Boyett and County Judge A S McSwain promote the rural road program. A committee was formed to work with authorities, agreeing to move fences and donate land for widening and grading, with grading funded by county money and bond funds reserved for drainage improvements.
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Steep Hollow
Guy Boyett
A. S. McSwain
Judge McSwain
James Tobias
T. P. Hall
Luther Holligan
I. M. Cook
McSwain
McSwair
Kurten Sunday School Staff Praises Bible Gifts
County Commissioner Emmett Holland presented Bibles to the Kurten Sunday School staff. Recipients include Rev. and Mrs. F. C. Barnofski, A Dittfurth, Mrs. W Kehlenbrink, and Mrs. R. Franze, who expressed high appreciation.
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Kurten
Emmett Holland
F.C. Barnofski
A. Dittfurth
W. Kehlenbrink
R. Franze
Officers Chosen By Reading Club At First Meeting
At the first 1930 meeting on a Tuesday afternoon the Reading Club elected officers for the year. Mrs I G Adams was named president with Mrs Guy Harri as president, Mrs Fred Jones as recording secretary, and Mrs Mit Dense as corresponding secretary. Elected members include Sterling Evans, Charles W Crawford, and Milton Davis as critic and partisan.
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An Reading Club
Woman’s Club
Ing
I. G. Adams
Guy Harri
Fred Jones
Mit Dense
Milton Davis
Eerie Sterling C. Evans
Chas. W. Crawford
Auto Crash Near Dallas Kills One, Injures Three
A collision near Dallas injures the wife and brother in law of Will 42 of Denison and kills Will 42. The accident occurred last night and involved an automobile crash with fatal results and multiple injuries.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Denison
Political fates of Jim Ferguson in Texas courts
In Austin on January 8 reporters expect Former Governor James E. Ferguson to enter the race for governor this year. The amnesty bill passed by the legislature in 1925 looms large as a political issue. The article notes Ferguson’s impeachment in 1927 and the resulting questions of eligibility and status.
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Jim Ferguson
Texas
Associated Press
Austin
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
Coun
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