Texas State Building at centennial expo planned
The central Texas exhibit, costing 1.2 million dollars, will be the Texas State building designed by Texas architects. It features a 488 by 258 foot limestone plan rising to 80 feet with the Niche of Heroes and a Great Hall of Texas displaying six governments, regional rooms for East West North and South, and relics like bronze markers and historic murals.
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Texas State Building
Committee of Texas
Texas
Texas Hall of Heroes and 1836 Mission Replicas Planned
The auditorium walls will feature reliefs of Texas heroes and other figures in the Niche of Heroes. The side colonnades will show additional Texas figures. The Hall of 1836 will mimic a Texas mission while the Hall of 1936 adopts a modern interior.
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Texas
Notable Figures and Winners Highlight 1935 News Roundup
English actress Pat Paterson teams with husband Charles Boyer as they seek major acting laurels in Hollywood while Hank Leiber emerges as a top rookie for the Giants. Biographical notes cover Leon Chagnon, Ripley starter turn, and attorney William Ransom’s presidency of the American Bar Association. Also profiles Harry Chandler and Albert F. Hegenberger with career milestones and awards.
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Pat Paterson
Charles Boyer
Hollywood
England
Fox Films
America
Europe
Normandie
William Lynn Ransom
New York
Scott M. Loftin
Jacksonville
Fla
American Bar Association
Los Angeles
Calif
Bryan Group Returns From Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Forrest Jones and family from Bryan completed a two week motor trip visiting Bellmont North Carolina Washington DC and Tacoma Park Maryland They travelled through twelve states covering over 4000 miles The party included J W Wiley and daughter Mary Louise and Mrs H L Durham with Miss Katherine Gaston formerly of Stephen F Austin High School noted for teaching there.
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Forrest Jones
Mary Louise Jones
Jones
J. W. Wiley
Johnnie Mae Wiley
H. L. Durham
Bryan
Bellmont
N. C
Durham
Katherine Gaston
North Carolina
Washington, D. C
Wiley
Raymond Watson
Tacoma Park
Potomac River
Washington
Business and Professional Woman's Club District Meeting Planned
Bryan hosts the B and P W Club district conference November 2 3 with Miss Myrtle Murray presiding at the Bryan club supper. District includes Bryan College Waco Marlin Cameron Temple Belton and meetings set at La Salle hotel with Miss Kate Adelle Hill as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Woman’s Clubs
Myrtle Murray
Bryan Club
M. B. Parker
Bryan College
Waco
Marlin
Cameron
Temple
Belton
John Maxwell
la Salle Hotel
Katie Adelle Hill
Minnie Mae Grubbs
Lida Cooper
Marguerite Sammons
E. FE. Yeager
Onah Jacks
Jennie Camp
Stella Stuart
Ruby Mashburn
Lee J. Rountree
Helen Swift
Ruth Rucker
Mildred Horton
A. & M. College
Walso
Horton
Lee J
Yale University
Kate Adelle Hill
Maurine Hearne
M. R. Bentley
Tyler Haswell
J. T. Hanway
Raymond Rogers
Maurine Hearn
F. L. Thomas
Bryan Youth Writes of Trip to Europe
Mr and Mrs W B Edge have been receiving letters from their son John Edge who is touring Europe this summer. He writes of sights in Paris and London and his requests for familiar foods, enjoying France and England. He expects to land in New York on August 14 and return to Bryan thereafter.
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Henry
Hank” Leiber
Phoenix
Arthur Nehl
New York
Tteher
Giants
Leiber
Jersey City
Memphis
Nashville
Giant
W. B. Edge
John Edge
Europe
Faris
London
John
France
England
Bryan
Thur
W. P. Trant
Ferguson Springs
Navasota
W. C. Fountain
MaShoppen
E. J. Fountain
Horace Haygood
Robbie Cornelius
Bankhead
College Station
Houston
John E. Blair
Highway Division
Lufkin
East Texas
Texas Highway Commission
Alleged Thief Cage Carter Jailed After Cigarette Heist
Cage Carter, an employee of Tremont and Company, was arrested on the charge of taking 12 cartons of cigarettes from Tremont stock Wednesday. Police believe the arrest closes a case involving about $700 worth of cigars and cigarettes hidden by Carter, who was jailed in the county jail.
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Cage Carter
Tremont and Company
Tremont
Carter
Referendum Filed Against Oklahoma Slot Machines
Oklahoma City reports a measure to legalize slot machines was derailed at the capitol Monday by referendum petitions bearing about 40 000 signatures, rendering the measure ineffective at midnight Monday.
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Oklahoma City
For Sale Jersey Cows Fresh Priced Right
Jersey cows just fresh for sale, priced right. See Preston Spell two miles out old Smetana road.
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Jersey
Preston Spell
Smetana Road
28th Annual Farmers Congress Opens at Prairie View
The 28th Annual Farmers Congress and Short Course will convene at Prairie View State from August 12 to 14, 1935. 4-H members will camp outside, with prizes in state crop contests and local youth contests. Courses cover blacksmithing to home poultry, with judging in corn dairy cattle and more. Notable speakers include W. R. Banks and Langston University president J. W. Stanford.
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Farmers’ Congress
Prairie View State
W. R. Banks
Extension Service Department
College Station
W. D. Abernathy
Chamber of Commerce
Longview
T. M. Campbell
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
E. B. Deeter
Beazos County
First Summer Encampment for Brazos County Negro Youth
The first Brazos county Summer Encampment for negro boys and girls was July 25-26 at Central District Tabernacle on Mumford road. One hundred seventeen 4-H members attended with singing lectures games and demonstrations. Visiting speakers urged annual events to improve rural social conditions.
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Brazos County
Central District Tabernacle
Mumford Road
Plane crash near Laredo kills airman in test flight
Private Otho Flippen, 25, from Hensley Field Dallas, was killed and Lieut. S. R. Stewart was injured when a plane crashed three miles north of Laredo during a test flight on Monday afternoon. The two were evaluating the aircraft for purchase.
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Laredo
Otho Flippen
Hensley Field
Dallas
S. R. Stewart
Here
Mainly About Folks Mainly About Folks
Names and visits fill this Bryan Texas page as residents and friends travel from Kurten to Houston and Cameron. Announced guests include Miss Aquilla Neeley of San Angelo and Miss Marjorie Gay of Houston while local officials and workers such as I. Maniloff and A. D. Jackson enjoy fishing trips and short courses at A and M College.
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A. N. Durham
Durham
Truman D. Craddock
Truman Davis Craddock
Houston
W. C. Davis
Craddock
Harris County
A. & M. College
Charles Oliver
Caldwell
Bryan
Brazos Valley Cotton Co-op
Aquilla Neeley
San Angelo
W. E. Neeley
Kurten
Louise
Jane Worthington
Virginia Lattimore
Cameron
Dorothy Ma_tula
Lattimore
W. S. McCulley
College Station
McCulley
Brazos Country
S. M. Brown
Division Highway Office
Dallas
T. D. Brooks
Jackson
I. Maniloff
A. D. Jackson
Collegeport
Palacios Bay
H. A. Clapp
Marjorie Gay
la Salle
Miss Gay
W. S. Wilson
H. S. Russell
Donald Cole
Marlin
Cole
Sid Foster
Rosemary
Port Ar
Rainy Harvest Season Prompts Leaf Worm Watch
Farmers in Harvey report heavy rain and early leaf worm appearances in several fields. Poisoning has begun in affected areas as the insect threat grows. Local residents, visitors, and students travel between Beaumont Grimes county Navasota and Dellwood Park as families share updates.
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Douglas Peters
Grimes County
W. L. McCulloch
J.W. McCulloch
Dellwood Park
Helen
Betty Nell Pate
J. E. Hughey
Navasota
I. N. Kelley
K. Kelley
Co-Op Marketing Urges Cooperation for American Farmers
Dr. Tait Butler of Progressive Farmer spoke at the Texas A and M College Farmers Short Course urging widespread cooperative marketing. He said producers must know their products and form county organizations to defend farmers interests, noting Denmark’s 90 percent pork curing by cooperatives as a model.
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College Station
Tait Butler
Memphis
United States
Butler
Denmark
Have your Eagle mailed to you while on vacation this summer
A brief ad notes mailing the Eagle during summer vacations with contact Phone 36 and mentions Mr. Booth as a point of contact.
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Mr. Booth
Main Street Width Fixed By Oxen in Bryan
F Parks recalls Bryan fifty years after moving from Washington county. Main Street’s width once allowed an eight ox team to turn around and sparked local remarks. Population when he arrived was about 2,500, similar to Calvert and Navasota, with steady growth since.
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Bryan
F. Parks
Washington County
Calvert
Navasota
K. Parks
Main Street
Parks
Tom Padgitt
Gov. Ross
M. College
Crowd Enjoys Iola Program By Bryan Speakers
A good crowd attended a Thursday program in Iola organized by Bryan good wit trippers. Speakers included G. Sam Parker Jr and C. L. Benson with R. Willims as City Manager and E. Yeager as City Commissioner. The event featured Bryan chants and musical numbers by the Bryan band and an era of old time music provided by D. Cargill Holder and Bill Cox.
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Bryan
Iola
Chamber of Commerce
G. Sam Parker, Jr
C. L. Benson
R. Willims
E. Yeager
Chamber of
D. L. Wilson
Bryan Band
D. Cargill
Holder
Bill Cox
Ernest
E. E. Yeager
D. L
R. G. Williams
Jim James
G. Parker
J. S. Caldwell
H. T. Schovajsa
Albert Turek
E. R. Canady
Julia Schovajsa
Tom Sweeney
W. E. Wimberley
Dee Cargill
E. M. Connell
Emerson
J. D
Leroy
Laverne Connell
F. R. Smith
Marshall Bullock
Isanuel Akin
Walton Holder
William Cox
Jess Hensarling
Jakie Hensarling
Victor Wasatka
Henry Locke
Herman Krenek
L. J. Krenek
H. F. Stasney
E. J. Blazek
Albert J. Nedbalek
Joe Holick
Ernest Sample
Will Sebesta
Walter Holden
James Lawrence
Wm.Turek
Jao. Koneeny
Pete Koneeny
Henry Fulgham
Sam Knox
Robert Nelson
Henry Wheeless
L. E. Nedbalek
Herman Putz
C. A. Terrell
Negro shoots man in county. arrest follows
Co. C. Donley, a negro, was arrested Friday morning in connection with the shooting of George Hall a few days earlier. Hall suffered non serious injuries from bird shot after an argument involving Donley's wife. Donley faces charges of assault with intent to murder.
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Co. C. Donley
George Hall
Donley
Hall
Falls From House Roof Leaves Man Cut and Bruised
Bennie Catalina was taken to his home near Hearne after a fall from a house he was moving. He was caught in a wire on the roof and suffered a painful cut and severe bruises before being treated there.
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Bennie Catalina
Hearne
Catalina
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Jhasasito
Leon Chagnon
Leon Wilbur Chagnon
Ripley
New York Giants
Bill Terry
Chagnon
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Fort Worth
Pittsburg Pirates
Pittsfield
N. H
Haverhill
Lynn
Pittsburg
Pirates
Columbus
Wichita
Johnny Salveson
Harmony Township
Chautauqua County
Ranson
Jamestown
N. Y
Cornell
Citizens’ Committee
New York City
William M. Ivins
Whitman, Ottinger and Ransom
Public Service Commission
First District
State of New York
City Court
Academy of Political Science
Chautauqua Institution
Mary Crawford Hope
Sunny South
Ala
Harry Chandler
Dartmouth
Times- Mirror Company
Los Angeles Times
Chandler
Landaff, N. H
the Times
Baten
Hister
Pacific Coast
California
Calexico
Kern
Colorado
New Mexico
Herbert Hoover
California School of Technology
Leland Stanford
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert F. Hegenberger
Roosevelt
National Aeronautic Association
Collier Trophy
Hegenberger
Boston
Mechanic Art High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Tech
Signal Corps
Ellington Field
Permanent Military Establishment
Army
United States Naval Air Station
Pensacola
McCook
Wright Fields
Ohio
Hawaii
Air Corps
Lester J. Maitland
Bureau of Air Commerce
Department of Commerce
Bryan Group
Rosalio Hermandez and
Lus Calalz
B&w.p
Bryan Youth
Negro Club
H. K. Harnsbury
Laurelia M. Holden
Harvey
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