Rotary Club urges reading Bryan Eagle for town progress
At a Bryan Rotary meeting new committee chairmen outlined plans to boost local work and the Rotary aims. W H Darrow urged citizens to support the Bryan Eagle as the town’s essential news medium and to read it despite personal views on politics or management. He echoed County Agent C L Benson’s past warning that public indifference to the local paper hinders College and county efforts. Continued on page 4.
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Bryan Rotary Club
Rotary
W. H. Darrow
Extension Service
Bryan Eagle
C. L. Benson
Bryan, Chamber of Commerce
Negro tied to Terrell death identified in Dallas
Fingerprint experts identify Willie Robinson as the man charged in the Terrell slaying of Justin farmer J. C. Terrell. He says a confederate did the shooting and a 100-man posse hunts the other suspect. The other man, Jesse Binkley, escaped from a Texas Prison farm near Houston where he served 75 years for burglary and assault to murder.
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Willie Robinson
Jesse Binkley
Terrell
Associated Press
Dallas
J. C. Terrell
Justin Farmer
Texas
Houston
Bryan local notes highlight housing move and new court house contract
W N Coleman and family visit Bryan as work on a Burleson county court house proceeds with a 150000 contract. Carl Cole’s brick home nears completion, Greenbus adds service, and local civic life features a prayer meeting at the Methodist Church and a Christian Endeavor picnic. Miss Lula Hollis and brother Dave Hollis visit A W Buchanan’s home while Lula returns to Bryan with ties to former local teaching.
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W. N. Coleman
Caldwell
Bryan
Carl Cole
East 24Th Street
Mrs. Cole
Texas Sheriffs Meet At Laredo
About 300 Texas sheriffs and deputies gathered in Laredo for their annual state convention with law enforcement as the keynote topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Sheriffs
Laredo
Associated Press
Texas
Lowden Gains 10000 Montana Signatures for President Bid
Frank Lowden former Illinois governor and Republican hopeful wins a petition from Montana voters totaling 10 000 signatures urging him to enter the presidential race as a GOP candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oregon
Frank Lowden
Ilinois
Montana
Laundry Owners' Association Meets in Galveston
R. M. Dansby owner of the American Steam Laundry and Chas. L. Ayres of College attend the Texas Laundry Owners' Association semi annual convention at the Galvez Hotel Galveston. The day includes a welcome by Mayor Jack E Peace a golf tourney at the Country Club a Galveston laundry plant tour and a moonlight boat sail with members their families and guests.
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R. M. Dansby
American Steam Laundry
Chas. L. Ayres
College
Galveston
Texas Laundry Owners’ Association
Galvez Hotel
P. A. Harvey
Jack E. Peace
J. M. Boyle
Houston
Southern Laundrymen’s Association
Mayo Holloway
Birmingham
G. W. Butler
Country Club
Gaido's
Major W. G. Martin Returns From Junior College Conference
Major W. G. Martin of Allen Academy returned to Bryan this morning from Austin where he attended a conference of junior colleges. He reported large attendance and much interest in the work. He said the junior college movement is rapidly developing in Texas but is in a period of transition.
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W. G. Martin
Allen Academy
Bryan
Austin
Texas
Houston Youth Charged On Six Counts Of Theft
L E Bell sentenced to 21 years on six Houston theft charges died at Harlem State farm during an escape attempt by Bell and Roy Fulton from San Jacinto county. Bell shot Guard Cline after first firing on Guard Bailey, who was used as a shield.
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Associated Press
Houston
L. E. Bell
Harlem State Farm
Roy Fulton
San Jacinto County
Bell
W. B. Cline
B. M. Bailey
Bailey
Cline
Captain Griner Returns to Bryan After RTC Camp
Captain George W. Griner, commandant of Allen Academy, completed a six week Texas college boys ROTC camp in San Antonio. He and his wife returned. the cadets presented him a silver cigarette case as thanks and affection.
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George W. Griner
Allen Academy
San Antonio
Texas College
Bryan
California
Gunner
United States Army
Playground Experts Of The Nation To Meet In Memphis
Texas playground professionals will join the 14th National Recreation Congress in Memphis October 3 7 under the Playground and Recreation Association of America. Speakers include W S Jacoby L H Weir A K Browne John A Lapp and Joseph Lee with topics on parks wildlife swimming and recreation programs. About 1000 delegates are expected with large southern and New York City contingents.
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Memphis
Associated Press
Texas
National Recreation Congress
Playground, and Recreation Association of America
Dixie
W. S. Jacoby
Dallas
L. H. Weir
Houston
Ft. Worth
San Antonio
A. K. Browne
Peabody College
Nashville
Ation
Los Angeles
Herbert May
New York
France
Germany
England
Denmark
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Joseph Lee
Boston
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Congress
Robert O'Brien
Rain Five Inches Flood Breckenridge Damages Hit $20 000
Fire and flood struck Breckenridge as five inches of rain swelled Gonzales creek and flooded low lands washing into homes. Fire of unknown origin destroyed about half a business block with damage estimated at $20 000 while the railroad bed north of the city went under water.
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Associated Press
Breckenridge
Gonzales Creek
Paris Chiropractor Sentenced by Court
A Paris Texas chiropractor M B Mc Coy was convicted in Lamar county of violating the medical practice act. He must serve 15 days in the county jail and pay a 50 dollar fine. Governor Dan Moody refused clemency. A petition signed by hundreds urged mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
M. B. McCoy
Paris
Texas
Lamar County
Dan Moody
McCoy
Absentee Voting And How It Is Done
County Clerk A. S. Mc Swain explains absentee voting windows for August 1 state constitution amendments. Voters abroad must send a poll tax receipt to receive a voting blank to cast where they are. Travelers have 3 to 10 days before election to vote absentee, with many expected to use holiday season privileges.
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A. S. McSwain
Last Day To Transfer Students To Bryan Public Schools
July 31 is the final date to transfer students from outside districts into Bryan public schools. Texas provides $15 per student for education this year to offset tuition, with $45 more from the Legislature to cover the balance. Transfers require a form from W S Higgs at the First State Bank and Trust Co or from F L Henderson, Harry L Durham, or D J McDonald.
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Bryan
Harry L. Durham
of Texas
W. S. Higgs
First State Bank and Trust Company
Services To Be Held At Kurten
The Rev. Hugo Roitsch and family of the Lutheran church return from a four week tour. Services next Sunday will be in Kurten at 8 p.m. The tour stopped in Galveston Houston La Grange Schulenberg Seguin Austin Taylor, with the last week at the Missouri Synod convention in Thorne dale Texas.
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Hugo Roitsch
The
Lutheran Church
Kurten
Galveston
Houston
la Grange
Schulenberg
Seguin
Austin
Taylor
Missouri Synod
Thorndale
Texas
Three Killed as Woman Driver Crashes Into Office
Three men were killed and four others injured when an automobile driven by Miss Betty Peck of Los Angeles crashed into a real estate office. The dead were Reuben Dietrich Vector Humes and a man named Isidore, all from Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Betty Peck
Reuben Dietrich
Vector Humes
Isidore
Baby Found Beside Highway Near De Leon
A four day old girl was found beside a rarely traveled road in the northwest outskirts of De Leon at 6 30 am. Bill Denby alerted officers after discovering the infant tied in a bundle near a cornfield. The baby, bitten by ants but unharmed, was taken to a local physician and identified by clothing marks and a woman's tracks near the scene.
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Associated Press
DE Leon
Bill Denby
Denby
First Open Boll Of Cotton Brought To Bryan Today
R L Jones, five miles east of Bryan on the Reliance road, brought to the Eagle office two stalks of cotton with two open bolls each. He owns 200 acres in cotton and says a good crop is already made, signaling the start of cotton picking in Brazos County.
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Brazos County
R. L. Jones
Bryan
Reliance
Eagle Office
Jones
Austin Group Urges Mrs. Thomas for Confederate Home Post
City Manager Adam R. Johnson and a delegation of Austin citizens urged the state board of control to appoint Mrs. Sidney Thomas of Austin as superintendent of the Confederate Women's Home. Mrs. Thomas had served under Governor Neff, but Governor Miriam A. Ferguson refused to confirm her and named Miss Jencie Burleson. The board will name heads of eleemosynary institutions by July 30.
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Austin
Adam R. Johnson
State Board of Control
Sidney Thomas
Naval Delegates Having Peaceful Meet At Geneva
Delegates at the Geneva naval conference plan a plenary session tomorrow to assure negotiations proceed in a friendly manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Naval Conference
Weather Forecast for Bryan Area Tonight and Thursday
The Weather section reports partly cloudy conditions for Bryan and vicinity tonight and Thursday.
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the Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan and Vicinity
Reid Heads Texas Delegation to World Poultry Congress
Prof. D H Reid head of poultry husbandry at A and M College and Dr R C Dunn depart College Station for the World's Poultry Congress in Ottawa July 27 to August 4. Six thousand poultrymen are expected with delegates from major agricultural schools. The officials will cover breeding disease control marketing nutrition and extension while Reid also represents the Texas National Egg Laying Contest. The Reids plan to visit five college poultry plants on return, arriving August 20.
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College Station
D. H. Reid
A. and
M. College
Reid
Wisconsin
Ottawa
Canada
R. C. Dunn
A. and M. College of Texas
Texas
United States
Poultry Science Association
Reids
Death toll rises to 400 from Palestine quake
Jerusalem July 13. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports 400 bodies recovered from debris across multiple Palestinian cities and villages. Authorities list 450 wounded and 400 dead in the disaster tally.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Palestine
West Texas Chamber of Commerce motorcade ends in Carlsbad
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce Motorcade ended today in Carlsbad Mexico after an eight day trip through Western Texas and touching New Mexico. The caravan disbanded.
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Carlsbad
Mexico
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
New Mexico
Dusting 7000 Acres of Brazos Cotton for Boll Weevil Control
College Station July 13 The season’s dusting of cotton in this section with calcium arsenate for boll weevil control by airplane is set to begin Thursday morning on the Mooring and Chance plantations in Brazos, Burleson and Robertson counties. About 7,000 acres on these farms will be dusted with Huff Daland Dusters Inc. of Monroe La operating three planes.
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College Station
Chance
Brazos
Burleson
Robertson Counties
Seth
George Chance
Iren
VOL Imnel
Huff Daland Dusters Inc
Monroe
Burleson County
Koppe
Huff Daiand Dusters
Mexico
California
Georgia
Peru
Equator
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
F. L. Thomas
Golf Tourney Set as 150 Pros Come to Bryan
Bryan Country Club plans Labor Day Central Texas Golf Association action with 150 golfers from 16 clubs, including Temple Cameron and Marlin, competing for 225 dollars in prizes. Committees oversee arrangements for refreshments parking publicity and receptions while Cameron and Temple vie for top participation awards.
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Labor Day
Central Texas Association
Bryan Country Club
Central Texas Golf Association
Central
Texas
Bryan Club
Bryan
J. E. Covey
L. R. Besse
George Hassell
Thomas Lundine
E. O. Saunders
W.S. Howell
W. S. Howell
Navasota
Temple
Taylor
Cameron
Valley Mills
Lampasas
Brenham
Belton
Elgin
Marlin Country Club
Marlin Golf Club
A Georgetown
Rock
Lundin
Marlin
Covey
Bryan Labor Day
W. S. Rowell
Dr. T. O. Walton
Curtis E. Vinson
Ty Cobb
General rain sweeps Wichita Falls area in July reports
Wichita Falls section reports general rain with heavier totals likely south of the city. Showers extended along the M. E. and T. railroad through Oklahoma and were expected to continue. Farmers anticipate significant crop benefits from the precipitation.
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Wichita Falls
Okahoma
Malley Elected to Head Order of Elks
John F. Malley of Springfield Mass won the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks grand exalted ruler position at the convention in Cincinnati. He defeated Lee Merriweather of St Louis by 1290 to 226 ballots. Los Angeles will host the next annual convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cincinatti
Ohio
John F. Malley
Springfield
Mass
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Lee Merriwether
St. Louis
Order In
William Keating Caps Marathon Victory at Hague to Lake George
William Keating a New York swimming instructor won a 24 mile Hague to Lake George marathon. He completed the course in 18 hours and 47 minutes as chill waters thwarted several entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lake George
New York
William Keating
Hague
Amarillo Well Ablaze After Lightning Strike
Amarillo reports the Sanford oil well where nine men died May 26 is on fire after a bolt struck this morning. All nearby operations halted until the well is shot out and secured.
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Associated Press
Amarillo
McMillan Oil Corporation
Sanford
Deportation of 124 Mexican Aliens in Hidalgo
Hidalgo July 13 124 Mexican aliens are being deported after being caught en route to cotton fields in Central Texas. This brings total arrests to about 350 aliens over the past two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hidalgo
Texas
Peking Demands Immediate Japanese Troop Withdrawals
Peking government, after a foreign office protest, sent a note to Japan demanding the immediate withdrawal of troops from Tsinanfu and Tsingtao in Shantung province.
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Associated Press
Peking
Foreign Office
Legation
Tsinanfu
Tsingtao
Shantung
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Fort Worth
Justin
Elbert Hooper
Denton
Bob Irvine
Albany
W. A. McGee
Miss Grace Thatcher
Methodist Church
Court House
D. J. McDonald
Christian Endeavor Society of the Free Baptist Church
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
Eric Fletcher
T. A. Cloud
Lula Hollis
Dave Hollis
A. W. Buchanan
Miss Hollis
Brazos Courty
Lowden
U. S
Laundry Owners’ Association
Captain Griner
Santone
Texas City
Dunn
Prof
West Texas C
Malley
Order of Elks
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