Democratic platform calls for agricultural equality and enforcement of Prohibition
The Democratic platform centers on placing agriculture on equal footing with industry, promoting cooperative marketing, and a strong farm relief program. It condemns Republican inaction, urges federal aid for cooperatives, a farm board, and balanced policy to stabilize farm income while opposing subsidies. It also pledges strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and other federal laws.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
United States
Federal Farm Board
Federal Reserve Board
Democratic Congress
Federal Reserve
National Democracy
Resolutions Committee
Coolidge
Diversified Farming Praised by Brazos County Farmer
A. C. Novosad of Wheelock and Robinson in Brazos and Robinson counties promotes diversified farming. He farms 40 acres cotton 22 acres corn 12.5 acres sorghum plus vegetables fruits watermelons and cantaloupes. He keeps hogs chickens Jersey cows and produces milk butter meat and eggs for the family.
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A. C. Novosad
Wheelock
Robinson and
Brazos Counties
A. C. Jy
Bryan
Novosad
Jersey
Al Smith Promises Plain Talk as Campaign Watchword
Albany reports Governor Smith pledges constructive statesmanship in his presidential bid. He says he will speak plainly to the American people, just as he does to New Yorkers, outlining plans to help them without denigrating rivals.
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Albany
Smith
Rural sanitation topics to be discussed at Texas conference
At the Conference on Rural Life and Education next Monday and Tuesday in Austin the focus will include Problems of rural sanitation and health in rural schools. Speakers include Dr J C Anderson Dr Phyllis Blanchard Miss Julia Jacoby Miss Jennie Wilmot and Miss Sibyl Browne with varied expertise in child psychology nutrition home economics and interior design.
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Austin
University of Texas Division of Extension
State Teachers’ Association
State Department of Education
J. C. Anderson
Phyllis Blanchard
Julia Jacoby
Jennie Wilmot
Sibyl Browne
University of Nebraska
Funeral Services Held Here for Sim Atkins
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. from McCulloch Dansby chapel for Sim A Atkins 40 of Beaumont who died June 30 after a brief illness. Rev R E Day of Bryan led the service with burial in the city cemetery. He was born in Brazos County, son of Mrs Alva Atkins of Rock Prairie, and lived in Beaumont the past twelve years with his wife Ray Grace and their son Alvin. Surviving are the widow, son, mother, two sisters Mrs Jess Carroll and Mrs Joe Harrison, and seven brothers Joe Henry C P W L and G C Atkins. pallbearers were all brothers except C P.
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McCulloch-Dansby
Sim A. Atkins
Beaumont
R. E. Day
First Baptist Church of
Bryan
Brazos County
Alva Atkins
Rock Prairie
Ray Grace
Tom Gracce
Alvin Atkins
Jess Carroll
Iola
Grimes County
Joe Harrison
Waco
Joe
Henry Atkins
C. P. Atkins
College Station
W. B. Atkins
J. C
W- L
G. C. Atkins
Houston
Body Identified in Hearne After Mutilated Find
The body found near the T and N O rail line in Hearne three weeks earlier has been identified as Claude McElwee son of William McElwee of San Antonio. McElwee a cook by trade left home in May bound for Big Springs and the body was shipped to San Antonio for burial after the father confirmed the identification.
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Hearne
C. A. Thomas
Claude McElwee
William McElwee
San Antonio
Big Springs
Rains Raise Texas Agricultural Outlook and Broader Business Gains
Dallas June report shows stronger wholesale and retail sales with department stores up 14 percent from April and 4 percent above May 1927. Rain improves crops and livestock, wheat yields better than forecast, ranges strengthen, and cattle grazing looks favorable. Bank loans rise to 10.18 million while deposits climb. building permits reach 10.96 million, up 62 percent from April and 16 percent year over year.
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Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Busines
Federal Reserve Bank
United States Treasury
Moody Declines Dry Conference as Ultraright Opposition Forms
Governor Moody, a leader in the extreme dry faction at the Democratic national convention, says he will not attend the dry conference in Asheville, North Carolina, to discuss forming a third party of ultra prohibition Democrats opposing Governor Smith for president.
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Austin
Moody
Asheville
N. C
Smith
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Conference
Raymond Robbins
Citizens’ Committee
America
United States
Alfred E. Smith
Flying Squadron Foundation
Indianapolis
Ind
Five Prisoners Escape Georgetown Jail
Five inmates escaped from Georgetown Jail Thursday night by climbing through a roof vent and prying rivets and bars. The group includes three Mexicans and two Negroes led by Pete Blaz a 35 year old Mexican charged with shooting another Mexican. Also fleeing were A Miller a Negro held on liquor charges Grant Miller another Negro and two transient Mexicans. Maura Guajardo remained in another tank serving a death sentence for killing Arthur Bunnell a Taylor planter.
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Georgetown
Texas
Pete Blaz
A. Miller
Grant Miller
Maura Guajardo
Arthur Bunnell
Taylor
Six White Men to Face Trial in Lynching Case
Houston July 2 Six men charged with murder in the lynching of Robert Powell a Negro on June 20 are to go to trial here July 18 the district attorney announced. The seventh indicted had not been apprehended. The grand jury indicted A B Wheeler who gave a statement describing the lynching.
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Houston
Robert Powell
A. B. Wheeler
Judge at Gilmer Is Found Dead
Judge M. P. Mell aged 70 was found dead at his Gilmer home after illness that kept him away from work for several days. The death was reported today by local authorities and follows a period of illness.
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Gilmer
M. P. Mell
City Marshal Spirited Away After Kenedy Killing Arrest
Karnes City June 30 officers refuse to reveal the whereabouts of Norman Sunday city marshal at Kenedy who was spirited from the jail last night after his arrest in connection with the killing of E B Bowen night watchman at a Kenedy filling station Bowen was shot while sitting in a chair at the station
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Karnes City
Norman Sunday
Kenedy
E. B. Bowen
Bowen
Dry Democrats Call Meeting to Organize July 11
Houston dispatch reports Arthur J. Barter of Atlanta and Bishop James Cannon Jr of Richmond urge Southern dry Democrats to meet between July 11 and 18 in Asheville North Carolina to organize for electing dry nominees and defeat Governor Alfred E. Smith. They credit the Houston convention for enforcement of the eighteenth amendment but condemn Smith’s pro liquor stance.
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Houston
Asheville
N. C
Smith
Arthur J. Barter
Atlanta
Board of Temperance
The
Baptist Convention
James Cannon Jy
Richmond
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Tammany Hall
South
Alfred E. Smith
Brazos River Reclamation Urged at Bryan Meeting
Dr. N B Buie of Marlin urged regional towns to unite for a Brazos River reclamation and conservation project to boost Texas. He spoke at a Bryan and Brazos County Chamber event as plans for the 1929 convention were discussed.
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Brazos
Texas
N B. Buie
Marlin
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Bryan and Brazos County
Eis
Fidelity Finance Company
J. H. Todd
Lee J. Rountree
Hood’s
Green's
J. F. Dickinson
Brazos Mutual Insurance Company
N. D. Buie
H. G. Carter
George A. Adams
R. V. Armstrong
Eugene Edge
Tyler Haswell
F. L Henderson
J. Bryan Miller
Oak McKenzie
D. L. Wilson
A. M. Waldrop
Robinson Cousin of Bryan Woman Visits City
Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas, head of the National Democratic Convention in Houston, was a first cousin of Bryan resident Mrs. J. W. Coulter. He learned of his vice presidential nomination after passing through Bryan and sent a message via train agent H. H. Young to stop for a visit. Mrs. Coulter discovered the honor upon seeing his photograph in state papers.
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Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Houston
United States
J. W. Coulter
Bryan
Senator Robinson
Coulter
John Robinson
Robinson
H. H. Young
Mrs. Coulter
Mr. Young
Moody and Robinson Split Texas Vote in Vice Presidential Contention
Houston dispatch reports Governor Moody receiving 9 3 of Carolina votes and Edgar D. Davis getting 2 Massachusetts votes before shifting to Robinson. North Carolina caucus favored Moody if uncontested while Texas 40 votes backed Robinson, with Senator Walter Woodward supporting Robinson and former Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels praising Moody.
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Houston
Robinson
Moody
Carolina
Edgar D. Davis
Luling
Massachussets
North Carolina
Walter Woodward
Texas
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Illustrious Texan Jesse Jones Nominated for President
Col Thomas H Ball of Houston and Mrs Lee J Rountree nominate Jesse H Jones for president at the Democratic National Convention. Dan Moody and others second the nomination as crowds erupt with balloons and banners while Jones sits among his supporters. The scene features Texas pride and repeated praise for Jones and the party's principles.
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Col
Tom Ball
Lee J. Rountree
Jesse Jones
Thomas H. Ball
Houston
Colonel Ball
Bryan
Dan Moody
Jones
Mr. Jones
Texas Flag
Texas Standard
South Carolina
Texas
Massachusetts
United States
Jesse Hlsy Jones
Moody
O Citiseap
Chetem
Jesse E. Jones
Mrs Wilmans Opposes Smith in Governor Run
Mrs Edith Wilmans of Dallas declares she will not back Governor Smith the Democratic presidential nominee. She opposes his stance on prohibition and criticizes his New Yorker positions.
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Dallas
Edith Wilmans
Smith
Carranza Flies in Lindy Plane
Emilio Carranza, Mexican flier, left New York at noon for Detroit in Lindberghs new monoplane. Lindbergh escorted him in another plane during the flight.
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Carranza
Lindy
New York
Emilio Carranza
Detroit
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
San Antonio Man Leaps From Oklahoma Train
John F. Furnish a 33 year old San Antonio man from a wealthy Texas family leaped from a Pullman on the Katy Blue Bonnet train near Eufaula Oklahoma. He was found unconscious on the right of way with a fractured shoulder and seven bruises and taken to McAlester for treatment. Family said he suffered from a nervous disorder and slipped away with two attendants after locking himself in the drawing room. The train was traveling about 60 miles an hour and stopped only at McAlester, 28 miles away.
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Associated Press
Eufaula
Okla
John F. Furnish
San Texas
Katy Passonger
Furnish
McAlester
C. H. Furnish
Mrs Sousares Dies Near Bryan Home
Tillie Sousares aged 46, mother of Mrs Johnnie Phillips, died at 2 50 pm at her daughter's home two miles from Bryan on Smetana road after a period of illness Funeral plans have not been announced
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Tillie Sousares
Johnnie Phillips
Bryan
Smetana Road
Texan Killed in Auto Crash Near Enid Oklahoma
Enid Oklahoma July 2 M B Carroll allegedly from Spearman Texas was killed in an automobile accident near here yesterday in a fatal crash authorities said Carroll was driving a vehicle when it collided with another car near the city limits no other injuries were reported and the investigation is underway
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Enld
Okla
M B Carroll
Spearman
Texas
Ema
Here
Hawkins Maintains Opposition to Al Smith in Texas
Willem Hawkins a Breckenridge Democrat reaffirmed his stance against supporting or voting for Governor Smith for President at a Austin statement. The mentions July in Texas and underscores Hawkins opposition in the gubernatorial race context.
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Austin
Willem Hawkins
Breckenridge
Smith
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