Seven-power talks seek renewal of Germany credits
London reports the seven-power conference plans to renew for three months the 100 million dollar credit granted to Germany on July 15 and to keep existing German credits. Finance ministers weigh a report for tomorrow as the meeting faces a delicate moment to avert financial collapse.
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London
Bank of England
Bank of France
American Federal Reserve
Bank For International Settlements
Germany
Prayer Service Across City Churches Tonight
The People's Column announces a citywide prayer service at 8 o clock this evening. Pastors urge all to attend mid-week services for spiritual uplift and fellowship. Will you be at your church tonight at eight?
Local People Busy With Court and Travel Updates
District Judge W. C. Davis spent today at the Brazos county courthouse and will return to Franklin for the present term on Thursday. Multiple families report recent visits, travels from the Ozarks to Mexico, and a mastoid operation recovery for George Jr. Adams. Roy and Mrs. Stone depart for a two week vacation through Dallas Mineral Wells and beyond to El Paso and Monterrey.
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W. C. Davis
Brazos County
Franklin
Roy Stone
Dallas
Mrs. Stone
Mineral Wells
Mr. Stone
el Paso
Monterrey
Mexico
Summer Term Commencement at Stephen F. Austin High
Nine graduates will receive diplomas at a July 24 commencement in the Stephen F. Austin High School auditorium. Rev. Ed J. Harris will give the address, Supt. Harry L. Durham will present diplomas, and Imogene Bunting will be valedictorian with Edna Pearle Ramsey as salutatorian.
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Stephen F. Austin High School
Ed J. Harris
First Methodist Church
Harry L. Durham
George Branch
Imogene Bunting
Edna Pearle Ramsey
Winnie Mae Carter
F. L. Sloop
Clara Calhoy
Elizabeth Suber
Wilia Griffin
Jane Cavitt Buard
Millie Novosad
Adelle Syok
Vera Mae Frame
Osborn Iggs
Henry Moehlman, Jr
Anddward Bravenec
Woman lands 150 pound tarpon near Port Isabel
Port Isabel reports Mrs. C W Weaton of Brownsville caught the season’s largest tarpon. The 150 pound fish was hooked on a trout line in the Gulf of Mexico near the Madre and landed after a skilled fight. Tarpon are plentiful in the area this season.
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Port Isabel
C. W. Weaton
Brownsille
Guna Madre
Plan to Aid Needy In Vernon Wheat Fund Effort
Business leaders in Vernon under the chamber of commerce plan to raise a fund to buy 1931 wheat to be ground into flour for the city's needy next winter. The announcement appears in a July 22 dispatch from Vernon.
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Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Patman to Address North Texas Legionnaires August 9
Congressman Wright Patman of Texarkana will be in McKinney August 9 to address North Texas Legionnaires at their semi annual meeting, as announced by Post Commander Lee Atkins.
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Patman
Legion McKinney
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Lee Atkins
North Texas Legionnaires
Beaumont Votes On Viaduct For Moving SP Lines
Citizens of Beaumont debate a $4,000,000 viaduct to move Southern Pacific railroad tracks from the business district. The city would pay $900,000 with the railroad covering the rest as polls open July 28 amid heavy campaigning and public discussion.
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Beaumont
Southern Pacific
Lone Star Co Opposes Loss of Gas Plant
Fort Worth July 22 Lone Star Gas Company seeks an injunction against the city to condemn and acquire its properties valued at 20 million dollars. Voters yesterday approved a charter amendment enabling the city to acquire and operate a municipal gas system.
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Fort Worth
Lone Star Gas Company
Longview Heads to Vote on $850000 County Bond Issue
Gregg county voters will decide on August 18 whether to issue 850000 in bonds 200000 for a new courthouse and jail and 650000 for highway development and maintenance. Officials urge a complete highway system to aid oil field activity while overcrowded court and jail facilities spark urgency.
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Longview
Gregg County
Commissioner's Court
Problems of Supervision Will Be General Topic for County Supervisors
County superintendents and rural school supervisors from across Texas will gather for the eighth annual conference at A. and M. College during short course week July 27 to 31 under the Department of Rural Education. Officers include M. C. McClain of Sulphur Springs as chair, K. E. S. Erwin of Rusk as vice chair, and Lois Souther of Marlin as secretary.
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Texas
Department of Rural Education
A. & M. College
M. C. McClain
Sulphur Springs
Erwin
Rusk
Boy Misses Sunday School on Golf Links Caddying for Teacher
In Dalhart on July 22 a woman explains her son was absent from Sunday School. She reveals the boy was on the golf links caddying for his teacher, explaining the absence as a means to help.
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Daddy
Dalhart
Scholarships To Short Course For 4-H Club Workers
Four 4-H club members under County Agent C. L. Benson received scholarships to a Short Course with expenses paid by the Bryant and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce. Recipients include Mike Fazzino, Joe Martin Henderson, Sam DeStefano, Milton Lazerone, Elle Manning, and Elizabeth Thames. They will attend a week of instruction and compete in future contests for trips to the Dallas fair and the international club congress in Chicago.
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C. L. Benson
Bryant and
Dallas Fair
Chicago
Cotton and Grain Markets Fall Again
The cotton market slumped with futures down 23 to 25 points and local spot prices quoted from 8 1 4 to 8 1 2 cents.
Pink Boll Worm Quarantine Eases During Shipping
The agriculture department announced an amendment to the pink bollworm quarantine allowing shipments of unfumigated but compressed cotton from recently infested Texas and New Mexico areas. Previously both compression and fumigation were required.
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Washington
The
Agriculture Department
Texas
New Mexico
Texans Seek Murray Help Building Texas Road
A Gainesville delegation will travel to Oklahoma City to urge the highway commission to lend machinery to finish a 1.6 mile Texas side gap on the route to the new free bridge. The Texas commission has not secured the right of way yet, though funds were raised locally.
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Gainesville
Oklahoma City
Highway Commission
Texas
Free Bridge
Texas Commission
Denison Seeks Free Bridge Opening Now
Denison residents at a mass meeting urged immediate opening of the Durant Denison free bridge. They commended Governor Murray for blocking the toll bridge and called for rapid action on the free crossing.
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Denison
Farmer Auction Chief Event For Trades Day
Trades Day opens with the Farmers Market at 7 30 am and brisk buying through late morning. Bryan community band performs at 2 30 pm before Col Byron Kelly holds a free farms auction, first of its kind on trades days.
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Rural Club
Bryan
Henry Locke
Col
Byron Kelly
Honey Grove
Public building plans move forward for Texas City
Plan for an $80,000 federal building in Texas City is under way after a July 22 conference between Rep. Clay Stone Briggs and Treasury officials. Separate plans for a Crockett Texas structure costing $85,000 are also in development.
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Federal
Texas City
Clay Stone Briggs
Treasury
Washington
Crockett, Tex
Artist to Create Statue Near Red River Crossing
Vernon reports clarendon Pan handle artist D. Bugbee plans to finish drawings by August 1 for a statue to be placed near the site of the original Deans store by the Red River crossing used by early train drivers. He made sketches during a visit here.
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Vernon
Harold D. Bugbee
Clarendon
Panhandle
Deans Store
Red River
Speakers at Farmers Short Course at Texas A and M
Speakers at the twenty second annual Farmers Short Course at Texas A and M College July 27 31 include J E McDonald Commissioner of Agriculture and William J Tucker executive secretary of the Game Fish and Oyster Commission. McDonald and Tucker appear on the general program Wednesday morning July 29. McDonald will discuss The State Department of Agriculture Serving Texas Farmers and Tucker will speak on Game As An Auxiliary Farm and Ranch Crop.
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College Station
Texas A. and M. College
J. E. McDonald
Department of Agriculture
William J. Tucker
Game, Fish and Oyster Commis
Sion
McDonald
Mr. Tucker
State Department of Agriculture
Texas
War on Japs Proposed by China Leader
The Canton government telegraphed an offer from Chiang Kai Shek to resign and unite all China against Japan. Chang Hsueh Liang proposed sending 500000 troops to Korea while Chiang would stay as commander of Nanking forces.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Chang Hsueh Liang
Chiang Kai Shek
Rio Grande flood subsiding with minimal damage
The Rio Grande is falling today with light damage along the river. No damage reported on the American side due to levees. the Mexican side overflowed but with little impact. Heavy rains in Mexico caused the rise.
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Rio
Mercedes
Rio Grande
Mexico
Daughter Shot By Austin Man Ends Own Life
Authorities ruled the deaths a murder and the killer's suicide after E. C. Fliescher shot his daughter Hilda 15 and then killed himself. The bodies were found in a residential addition in Austin.
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Austin
E. C. Fliescher
Hilda
Houston man shoots self after attacking ex wife
Mrs. Maggie Earl, 45, is hospitalized with a bullet wound in the throat after her former husband T. E. Earl, 48, wounded her at her Houston home last night and then killed himself. A death by own action verdict was returned.
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Houston
Maggie Earl
T. E. Earl
Earl
Highway 21 Group To Meet July 29 At Madisonville
The State Highway 21 Association, newly organized, will meet in Madisonville on July 29 to hear the nominating committee report. The group aims to retain federal aid and push improvements along the highway. Committee members include R. P. Hall Nacogdoches W P Hereford J N Raney J M Brownlee Madisonville W S Barron H O Ferguson Bryan Claude Brown Crockett Charles Oliver Caldwell and J C Porter Caldwell.
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Madisonville
State Highway 21 Association
Bryan
R. P. Hall
Nacogdoches
W. P. Hereford
J. N. Raney
J. M. Brownlee
W. S. Barron
Weather Snapshot for Bryan and Regions
The bulletin reports partly cloudy conditions for Bryan and vicinity tonight and Thursday. East Texas shares partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday, while West Texas remains generally fair.
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the Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
Vicinity
East Texas
West Texas
Large Texas writers to attend Agricultural Writers Conference
Texas press representatives expect record attendance at the annual Agricultural Writers Conference during the July 27 to 31 short course at Texas A and M. Afternoon meetings run 1 30 to 5 with roundtables and social events including a press banquet. The program opens with the secretary's report by Mrs Nell Bentley and an address by R E Zeiske, with C B Martin presenting The Short Course.
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Texas
Agricultural Writers
Nell Bentley
R. E. Zeiske
C. B. Martin
Sterling tells Senate probe on oil industry woes
Governor Sterling told the senate investigating committee that oil overproduction has left the industry in dire straits and urged legislative remedies. He faced questions from Senator Grady Woodruff on tariff, conservation laws, and the proposed board, prompting protests from other members over argumentative queries.
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Austin
Sterling
Senate
Grady Woodruff
Conservation Board
Allred Rules Out Oil Trust Probe Plan
Attorney General James V. Allred invalidated a House resolution calling for an oil trust inquiry by two assistant attorneys general. He said funding from the legislative contingent expense fund made the plan invalid and that it would consume the year’s work by investigators.
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Austin
James V. Allred
House
Will Rogers Says to the Editor about Ma Kennedy and Fall Case
Beverly Hills July 22. Will Rogers cites politics in a Hollywood affair involving Ma Kennedy and old man Fall. He notes a $100,000 verdict and loss of a ranch to Doheny, arguing the case was shaped by political motives and public theatrics.
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Texas
National
East Texas
Robert R. Penn
Texas Central Proration Committee
House of Representatives
Penn
Carl Estes
Railroad Commission
T. F. Hunter
Wichita Falls
The
Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
Ma Kennedy
Aimee
Hollywood
Old Man
Doheny
Politica
Wilt Rogers
Apa
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