General Coxey and Notable Figures in 1930s Public Life
A sweeping profile reviews General Coxey's long political arc from 1890s protest leader to 1931 mayor and his influence on U S road funding reform. It also highlights Thomas Corcoran as New Deal power broker, Julius Barnes as wartime mobilizer and business leader, Ralph Owen Brewster's Maine career and votes, aviator Laura Ingalls's historic flight, and sports figure Jean Borotra's retirement from singles play and ongoing doubles ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxey
Washington
U. S
Seelinsgrove
Danville
Massilon
Kentucky
Thomas Corcoran
Capitol Hill
Senate
Deing
Rep
Fred Britten
Georgetown
Julius H. Barnes
Barnes
Little Rock
Ark
Duluth
Ward Ames
Barnes-Ames Company
General Bronze Company
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Rome
International Chamber of Commerce
Phi Beta Kappa
William and Mary
Ralph Owen Brewster
Maine
Brewster
Insull
House of Representatives
Borotra
Roderich Menzel
Czecho-Slovakia
Wimbledon
Didier Poulain
Poulain
France
Texas Dry Forces Push Prohibition Endorsement
A Dallas plea urges voters to oppose returning legalized liquor trade while Texas repeal leaders claim tax gains from liquor. Civil district attorney says local option elections were wiped out after 1918. History notes show 1919 prohibition birth and 1933 beer amendment results, with other constitutional measures listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas United Days
League Against Whisky
Texas Repeal Forces
Jack Keller
Repeal Forces
Texas
Mac Taylor
Dallas
County Election Board
Taylor
Senate
House
Farmers Harvesting Weeds Feed Livestock Amid Texas Grain Surplus
Texas farmers gather tumbleweeds and burn cactus spines to grind into feed for cattle sheep and goats. Millions borrowed to buy feed and over 2 000 000 cattle and 1 080 000 sheep and goats sold to government due to lack of forage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Williamson
Extension Service
Breecer-Feeder Association
Cotton Oil Mills
The
Hardware and Implement Club
Texas Bankers’ Association
Breeder-Feeder Association
Texas Farmers urged to feed and finish livestock for profit
A Texas Breeder-Feeder Association meeting led by Frank P. Holland Jr. calls for a unified Extension Service plan to feed and finish beef cattle and lambs, urging farmers to raise cows hogs and poultry. The aim is profitable use of abundant feed crops and to counter possible price declines by cash markets. If the Supreme Court strikes down the processing tax, farmers must rely on their own resources for a viable cotton acreage program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Holland Jr
Texas
Extension Service
Breeder-Feeder Association
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court
Bryan extension group outlines plans and notices
E E Yeager announces a Thursday night Bryan meeting with a large Bryan delegation following a successful Normangee trip. Fire committee pauses banquet, a $100 Little Symphony donation is referred to the City Development committee. A $137000 county fund could hire about 350 workers for a year for district sanitation and malaria control offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola
E. R. Bryant
Bryan Fire Department
Little Symphony Orchestra
A. and Mt. Consolidated School
Emmett Trant
C. B. Martin
Texas A. and
M. College
C. L. Benson
FE. B. Reynolds
John 8. Caldwell
Lee J. Rountree
Neal Dow
J. C. Culpepper
Bryan
George A. Adams
R. W. Armstrong
T. D. Brooks
J. TH. Conway
W. J. Coulter
Charles H. Edge
Lamar Jones
W. R. McCullough
Sankey Park
G. 8. Parker Jr
E. B. Reynolds
Mrs
Daniel Russell
E. E. Yeager
Eagle's Sea Hag Spider Becomes Mother to Offspring
John Sidney Smith reports the black widow known as Sea Hag now has a mated brood in the bottle-home. The widow’s cannibalistic tendencies worry him for the young, though females may escape attacks. He expects many spiders for observation and sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sidney Smith
Smith
Choir Rehearsal Sets Giant Bryan College Station Service
Churches from Bryan and College Station plan a Sunday stadium service with a massive combined choir. Rehearsal for the all church choir is Thursday at 8 pm at First Baptist Bryan, under Theo Mahler direction. Dr Knowles of Houston will deliver the message if weather permits in Guion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
College Station
Texas Aggie
First Baptist Church
Roy Danforth
Evelyn Sanders Williams
Theo Mahler
First Presbyterian
First Baptist
First Methodist
Mahler
College
Farmers
A. & M. College
Harry T. Knowles
First Christian Church
Houston
Guion Hall
Lions Hold Meeting Amid Superintendent Short Course
In Victoria and Snyder, Frank Farmer of the Lions club and Mr Mullins, county superintendents, attend a weeklong superintendent short course at Texas A and M College. A directors meeting is planned next Monday at 8 p m in R C Franks office with a call for full attendance to discuss important matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Frank Farmer
Lions Club
Snyder
Mullins
Mr. Farmer
Texas A. and M. College
R. C. Franks
Franks
Program By BIU Heard Sunday Eve At First Baptist
The First Baptist Training Union’s Junior Intermediate and Senior unions presented a Sunday evening program at the church. Juniors sang and did a Bible drill under Mrs P G Gunter. Intermediates and seniors offered dramatic sketches with various cast members and direction by Mrs P S Mangum and Milton Maloney respectively. Jennifer June Howell and Imogene Nash provided vocal piano accompaniment.
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First Baptist Training Union
P. G. Gunter
P. S. Mangum
Anna B. Thomas
Dorothy Mangum
Pete Adams
Opal Smith
Joe White
Winnie Vance
Dorothy Hostetter
Imogene Bunting
Ralph Ball
W. S. Johnson
Milton Maloney
God
Gabe Carell Jr
George Branch
Jennie June Howell
Imogene Nash
Bryan Traveler Talks to Men's Bible Class
Walter J. Coulter, world traveler, spoke to the First Methodist Church Men’s Bible Class about his Holy Land journeys. He described Jerusalem Damascus Capernium Nazareth and other sites noting dress customs and the historical Biblical significance of each place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Coulter
First Methodist Church
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Damascus
Capernium
Nazareth
Marriage Licenses Filed In Local Court
D B Grayson and Miss Selma Eagle apply for a marriage license as listed in the local notices. M Sauers appears in the small print advertising section.
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D. B. Grayson
Miss Selma Eagle
M. Sauers
Folks Mainly About Folks in Bryan and Vicinity
A busy Bryan notebook records visits and travels of locals and visitors. Hallie Marshman guests Pansy Odom. Willlie Bottler family to Houston. Norman family from Freeport visiting W. F. Odom at Kurten. Stickney family moves to Cavitt Hill from New Jersey military posting. Wilma Briscoe visits from Moody. W. R. Carmichael tours St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit then returns by Lincoln Limited. many others stop in Bryan or plan trips to Dallas, San Antonio, Galveston, Navasota and Thorn ton for family events, shopping, and summer visits.
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Hallie Marshman
Houston
Pansy Marie Odom
H. P. Dansby, Jr
Willie Bottler
Nan Wennett Bottler
Johnnie Koppe
B. F. Norman, Jr
B. F
Freeport
W. F. Odom
Kurten
H. R. Brayton
Wilma Louise
Los Angeles
Calif
J. W. Wheeler
Freda Bacon
Jimmie
Gladys Wheeler
Lamar Bethea
Bankhead
College Station
Detroit
Cincinnati
Louisville
Nashville
Florence M. Geyer
J. W. Askew
E. N. Holmgreen
Carrizo Springs
Shirley Frances Carpenter
Dallas
M. I. Evans
Bryan
Theodor Mahler
Temple
J. B. Carroll
Rock Prairie
W. C. Owens
Madisonville
J. B
Virginia Evans
San Antonio
Jud Collier
W. C. Vines
Mumford
Earl Shelton
Patsy Jane
Babe
St. Joseph's Hospital
A. Carranza
al Roquize
Havana
Cuba
Galveston
Key West
United States
Lee Lobello
New York
Charlie Ferreri
Ferrer
Methodists Elect Officers Of S S For Coming Year
At the third quarterly conference in the First Methodist church Huntsville district presiding elder Rev. Guy F. Jones oversaw the election of Sunday school officers for the coming year. Theodore Mahler named new superintendent with E R Bryant as associate. W C Van deworth to be church board secretary. Other officers include Mrs S D Slaughter adult division, Mrs E R Bryant young people's division, Mrs Theodore Maher children's division, R C Franks steward board, Mrs T A Adams Woman's Missionary Society, and Miss Betty Syptak young people's department. Reports from church, Sunday school, Woman's Missionary Society, and young people's department were heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Guy F. Jones
Huntsville
Theodore Mahler
E. R. Bryant
W. C. Vandeworth
Church Board of Christian Education
S. D
July 31 Deadline for Rural School Transfers
Parents of children in rural districts must file transfer applications by July 31 to move pupils between rural schools or to Bryan schools. Applications are due in the county superintendent's office.
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Bryan
Have you tried a want ad in the Eagle to rent rooms
A friendly prompt about using a local Eagle want ad to rent spare rooms. It suggests placing a classified notice to reach nearby tenants and maximize occupancy.
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the Eagle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob S. Coxey
Ohio
Farmer-Labor Convention
Omaha
New England
Corcoran
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
Lan
White House
RFC
Passamaquoddy Bay
Ralph Brewster
Dexter
Bowdoin
Portland
Chapman & Brewster
Thaxter, Chapman & Brewster
Chapman National Bank
Maine House of Representatives
Maine National Guard
Central Officers Training Camp
Camp
Zachary Taylor
Portland School Commission
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
American
Maine State Bar Associations
Republican Party
Laura Ingalls
Floyd Bennett Field
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
California
Miss Ingalls
Curtiss Field
South America
Ligue Internationale Des Aviateurs
Bureau of Air Commerce
Aviatrix
Amelia Earhart
Jean Borotra
London
Johnson
Tilden
Richards
Vines
Borotta
Bounding
Tom Corcoran
Ralph O. Brewster
Peoples Column
Eagle’s
Lions
BIU
Bryan Traveler
C. E. Beeson
Washington, D. C
Mises Leis Manley
Anna Manley
L. J. Falgeau
Goliad
Frank Martin
Beeson
FERA
WPA
W. T. Echols
Rusk
Dan S. Hall
G. H. Jackson
George Tate
N. B. Vance
D. D. Vance
Cross
Grimes County
R. R. Ellis
Anne Hood
J. M. O’brien
Thornton
Ellis
Thompson
Methodist Church
A. and
McSwain
College Road
L. M. Haltom
Benchley
Methodists
S. S
Soabong Cokron
G. EB. Pittman
Ammons
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