Texas education system criticized by Dr Walton at Farmers' Short Course
Dr. T O Walton president of the University of Texas and University of Texas at San Antonio urged Texas officials to reassess schooling at the Farmers Short Course in College Station. He warned funds should reflect the system's product quality and called for stronger leaders and a focus beyond financing. He stressed producing good citizens over short term profits.
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Eagle
College Station
Texas
T .O. Walton
U. and M. College of Texas
Child on scooter killed in Vernon auto crash
July 30 report from Vernon states 12 year old W. L. Barrett was killed when an automobile struck him while he rode a scooter. The car carried Texas rangers and Jesse Lee Washington, Negro condemned to death for a Shamrock murder, toward the Huntsville penitentiary. Ranger M. T. Gonzallus said efforts to avoid the child were made. Ranger A. G. Goss was also in the car.
The People's Column on Texas Women's Competitions
Mrs. Thomas A. Edis on laments changing homemaker roles yet praises Farmers' Short Course reports shows women honored as Master Home Makers and prizes awarded for home decoration dressmaking fruit and vegetable preservation and other domestic arts urging persistence of wholesome womanhood through active participation.
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Thomas A. Edison
Texas
Travelers and Visitors Report in Bryan and Nearby Areas
Hon and Mrs Oak McKenzie return from Corpus Christi visiting Mrs C E Russell and family. Miss Mildred comes home with parents after a month with Mrs Russell. Foothold of relatives noted in Yoakum and visits by Mrs C D Brooks and Minnie Baker at Baylor Waco. Elizabeth Howell visits parents after year in Charleston and a Canadian Rockies trip. Parker Carrolls motor to Jola to see grandmother Mrs Durant Dansby critically ill. Mrs Joe B Lloyd recovering at home after appendicitis. Sallie Rubens and children return to Fort Worth after Short Course at A and M College. Rev T L Young visits Bryan on business. J L Duncan and Dorothy depart for Shreveport La.
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Hon
Oak McKenzie
Corpus Christi
Mrs. McKenzie
C. E. Russell
Mr. Russell
Mildred
C. D. Brooks
Rosse
Birmingham
Ala
Bryan
Baylor University
A. J. Buchanan
Brooks
Waco
Minnie Baker
Elizabeth Howell
Ralph Howell
Charleston
Ill
Miss Howell
J. A. Brompers
Mr. Tompkins
Chicago
Canadian Rockies
United States
Parker Carroll
Jola Yeserday
Durant Dansby
Geo. F. Lee
Dansby
Sallie Rubens
Fort Worth
A. and M. College
S. P. Authorized To Cut Service On Branch Line
The Texas state railroad commission authorized Southern Pacific to discontinue passenger trains on the Shiner Luling branch and substitute combination trains.
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S. P
Austin
State Railroad Commission
Southern Pacific
Shiner-Luling
Texas Heat Broke Rain Falls Across Several Cities
Heat fell today in Texas cities after a record scorching day with many areas reporting 100 plus temperatures. Swetwater Lampasas Beaumont and Brownwood saw from one-fifth to 2 inches of rain, while Quanah and Mount Pleasant registered the highest readings. Numerous towns reported temperatures over 100 including Lampasas Sherman Longview Temple Greenville Childress Eastland.
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Dallas
Swetwater
Lampasas
Beaumont
Brownwood
Grees
Quanah
Mount Pleasant
Sherman
Longview
Temple
Greenville
Childress
Eastland
Loot of Changsha Reported as City Burns
Peiping reports Changsha, capital of Hunan province, in flames with government buildings and foreign oil company property damaged. Communists allegedly loot the town inviting workers to seize goods and join their cause.
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Peiping
Changsha
Hunan Province
Cotton Market Little Change as Futures Edge Down
No notable movement in the cotton market with futures closing twenty points lower. New cotton priced around eleven and a half cents per pound.
Prosperity of Non-Farm People Could Hit Farmers Hard
Dr. O. F. Baker of the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned at College Station that if nonfarm prosperity declines and per capita consumption shifts back toward cereals, farm income could suffer. He said higher meat and dairy use has eased the agricultural downturn.
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College Station
O. FB. Baker
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Lions Club Luncheon Highlights Farm Short Course Guests
Bryan Lions Club Tuesday luncheon featured agricultural workers from the Farmers Short Course as speakers. Brief talks were given by Bentley Hamilton Penson Childress Wilson Learning and Coker. Dr Lamar Jones reported on the Denver international convention noting 309 clubs added last year and 1200 delegates. Texas led with 138 delegates followed by California with 119 and Toronto named the 1931 convention city. District Governor F D Fuller presided.
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Bryan Lions Club
Messrs. Bentley
Hamilton
Penson
Childress
Wilson
Iowa Park
Malabar
Coker
Menard
Lamar Jones
Denver
Texas
California
Oil men urge heavy cut in production
The Mid Continent Oil and Gas Association curtailment committee today recommended cutting daily output to 736,000 barrels, 125,000 less than current levels, at the railroad commission proration hearing in Austin on July 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mid Continent Oil and Gas Association
Railroad Commission
Rubio Assailant Breaks on Trip to Palace
Mexican assailant Daniel Flores who tried to assassinate President Ortiz Rubio at the February inauguration made a break for freedom during a Chapultepec Castle visit. He was struck on the head in the escape attempt but not seriously hurt.
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Mexico City
Daniel Flores
Ortiz Rubio
Chapultepec
Flores
Weather Outlook for New Orleans and Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with likely scattered showers for Bryan and vicinity. East Texas shows partly cloudy conditions tonight through Thursday with scattered showers in the south. West Texas remains partly cloudy to unsettled with showers possible in the south.
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The
Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
Vicinity
East Texas
West Texas
Ferguson Takes Lead By Sixty Four Thousand Votes
Dallas July 30. Mrs Miriam Ferguson led Sterling by 64 330 votes in the Texas Election Bureau count covering 252 counties including 151 complete. Other candidates maintained roughly the same ratio amid the statewide tally.
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Dallas
Miriam Ferguson
Sterling
Texas Election Bureau
Survey Planned By Bryan CC Of Consumer Public
The Trade Extension committee of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce plans a consumer survey in the Bryan trade territory to measure if merchants meet public standards and to find areas for improvement. Questionnaires will be mailed soon. return them un signed for chamber analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Bryan and Brazos County
Chamber of Commerce
Lipton's Yacht Rejoins Convoy Off Azores
Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht Shamrock V, after losing contact with its convoy five days earlier in mist and rain, rounded Pico Island under full sail late today near Horta Azores Islands.
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Horta
Azores Islands
Sir Thomas Lipton
Pico Island
Tax rate raised by one cent for new fiscal year
Austin reports the state automatic tax bond sets the rate at 69 cents per $100 for the year starting Sept 1. The increase of one cent from last year is expected to generate about $10,883,521 in revenue.
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Austin
Majority of 956 Is Given Winner Of Solon's Race
Unofficial Grimes county count shows 1 671 total votes for state representative in the 26th District with Mrs Lee J Rountree winning by 615. She carried 16 of 20 precincts and tied one. District total 4 716 with 2 836 for Mrs Rountree and 1 880 for Lamar Be thea, giving her a district majority of 956.
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Grimes County
Lee J. Rountree
Pageant Depicts Texas History At A M College
A historical pageant on Texas history will be staged Thursday evening at the Farmers Short Course in the animal husbandry building. The production, planned by Dr. S W Jensen of the chemistry department, covers early Texas days to the present.
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Farmers
Texas A. and M. College
Texas
S. W. Jensen
Chemistry
Hegari Popular Among Farmers Of This County
Hegari sorghum is growing in Brazos county with strong prospects for winter feed crops. It is planted in rows and can be harvested by row binder or by cutting heads and grazing stalks. A fine sample from the Oran Boyett 40 acre field is on display at the Eagle office with an estimated yield of 1,800 pounds per acre and fodder for stock feed.
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Brazos County
Eagle Office
Oran Boyett
Brazos Valley
Boyett
Murrray Leads in Oklahoma Democratic Governor Primary
Returns from 1766 of 3338 precincts show W H Murray leading the field for governor with 70758 votes Frank Buttram is second with 38033 votes E B Howard 22224 votes and M E Trapp 21733 votes. Funeral held today for Samuel Hill Hickman 71.9.21 in Brenham Texas area.
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Murray
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
W. H
Alfalfa
Bill) Murray
Frank Buttram
E. B. Howard
M. E. Trapp
Burglar System Prevented Loss At Meat Market
A burglar entered the Pin Money grocery and Mar tin Meat Market Tuesday evening but avoided large losses. W R Thomas heard a noise while unlocking the front door and found the rear door pried open. Only 79 cents was taken from the unlocked grocery register while the meat market cash remained untouched. The intruder departed unseen through the rear entrance.
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Pin Money
Martin
W. R. Thomas
Grocery
Dirigible R-100 Nears Canadian Shore
The marine department at 9 o'clock reports the dirigible R-100 flying from Cardington England to Montreal with 11 persons, about 500 miles from Belle Isle, nearing the Canadian coast.
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Ottawa
Canada
Marine Department
Cardington
England
Montreal
Belle Isle
Smetana School Barbecue Net Profit Reported
Principal Britten Henderson of the Smetana school reports a barbecue netted $160.75 after expenses to fund next year’s school work. He thanks donors of cakes and other items and patrons, and notes a community club meeting Friday evening August 22 will hear Dr. Dan Russell of A and M College speak on Personal Experiences in the Underworld of Chicago.
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Britten Henderson
Smetana School
Smetana
Henderson
Dan Russell
A. & M. College
Chicago
Soil Erosion Biggest Destroyer Of Farm Land
A K Short of the Federal Land Bank of Houston told the field corps and farm engineering group at Texas A and M that soil erosion is the greatest destroyer of national wealth and a major destroyer of the farm home. At Spur substation the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station found level cotton land losing soil.
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Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Infant Burkhalter Dies in College Station Home Funeral Held
Elizabeth Pearl Burkhalter three day old daughter of Mr and Mrs L C Burkhalter died at the family home in College Station Tuesday night at 1130 o clock Funeral services were conducted at 430 Wednesday at the home and at Wellborn cemetery Rev Jesse Thomson Methodist student pastor of College Station officiated at both services Surviving are the parents a brother Chester and a sister Macel Burkhalter
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Samuel Hill Hickman
Logan Avenue
S. Moylan Bird
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Brenham
St. Andrew's Church
Bryan
S. H. Hickman
Indiana
Alma Evans
Deolice Hickman Ray
Arthur Ray
Long Island
N. Y
Ray
Elizabeth Pearl Burkhalter
L C. Burkhalter
College Station
Wellborn
Jesse Thomson
Chester
Macel Burkhalter
Foster Named as Slayer of Tribune Scribe
Chicago July 30 Frank Foster the gunman charged with the fatal shooting of Alfred Linne Tribune reporter on June 9 was identified today by Patrolman Ruthy as the man pursued after the subway killing. Attorneys sought bail and the Illinois law allows holding without bail unless the state proves a weak case.
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Chicago
Frank Foster
Alfred Linmle
Chicago Tribune
Anthony Ruthy
Ruthy
Foster
Illinois
Hensarling Father Injured in Steep Hollow Fall
This morning T. A. Hensarling fell while at work at his home in Steep Hollow. His son Jess Hensarling was called to respond. Authorities report the injury not believed to be serious.
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Jess Hensarling
Steep Hollow
T. A. Hensarling
Mr. Hensarling
Will Rogers on Ma Ferguson and Texas politics
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills praising Ma Ferguson for helping her husband and criticizing political candidates. He quips that states have good and bad governors, and notes the abundance of office seekers as a sign of a poor business year.
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The
Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
Ma” Ferguson
Texas
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the People’s Column
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T. L. Young
Cook's Point
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J. L. Duncan
Dorothy
W. C. Holmes
Shreveport
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London
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Huston
D. Fess
Ohio
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Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Robert Lucas
Kentucky
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Simon
Toronto
F. D. Fuller
Rail Commission
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Bryan CC
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Azores
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Will Rogers
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