Tulsa Race Disturbances Explode Into Firefight
Gunfire erupted near Tulsa's negro quarters after an all night race clash that left unknown dead and wounded. National guard and state troops moved in as violence spread across the south Tulsa district. arrests followed the alleged assault of a white girl, with mobs surrounding armories and detainees placed in makeshift camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma National Guard
No Man’s Land
Yestersis
Adutant
Barrett
Ccal
Baseau Park
Dick Rowland
McCullough
Tahéy
House committee backs beer sale limit by prescription
The House party committee approved trimming the Volstead bill to prohibit beer sales except by physician prescription for medical use. The measure aims to loosen prohibition rules while restricting access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kington
House
Jary Committee
Poles Defeated Near Oppeln in German Counterattack
Reports from naberg Silesia say Polish forces who attacked German units seventeen miles southwest of Oppeln and east of the Oder River were defeated. The Poles were retreating northeastward as German troops launched a counterattack during combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Naberg
Silesia
Oppeln
East Oder River
Alexander Rere Campaigns for Senator in 12th District
W P Alexander Rere of Limestone county seeks the State Senate in the June 4 special election. He plans visits to Welborn Millican Edge Har Maerd Kurten Tabor and other voting boxes in Brazos county to drum up support before next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fibn
W. P. Alevender
Limestone County
Brazos
Freestone
Limestone
Robertson
Alexander
Welborn
Millican Edge
Har- Maerd Kurten
Tabor
Brazos County
Calvert Hosts Bryan Guests at Country Club Opening
A Bryan party attended the Calvert Country Club opening last night praising the hospitality. J. E. Covey said the event offered better eats and a better time. The gathering featured a swim, a barbecue supper, and a dance beneath live oaks by a lake and pool. Attendees included Mrs G W Emory, Miss Lacy Christian, Miss Elizabeth Wilson, Miss Nell Cole, J E Covey, J M Dunn, John Collins, O E Saunders, Will Saunders, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert
Bryan
J. E. Covey
Spreading Oaks
G. W. Emory
Lacy Christian
Elizabeth Wilson
Nell Cole
J. M. Dunn
John Collins
O. E. Saunders
Will Saunders
Feast of Saint Angela Observed at Villa Maria
The feast of Saint Angela was observed all day Tuesday at Villa Maria chapel. Saint Angela founded the Ursuline Sisters. Rev. J. B. Gleissner preached at 11 o clock and led high mass in the morning with benediction in the afternoon. Miss Lucy Christian, San Antonio public school teacher, arrived in Bryan to spend the summer with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Angela
Villa Maria Chapel
Order of the Ursuline Sisters
J. B. Gleissner
Lucy Christian
San Antonio
Bryan
J. F. Covey
Wages On Railroads Cut 12 Percent July First
The United States railroad labor board announced a 12 percent wage reduction effective July 1, affecting about 2 million railroad workers across 36 railroads and class A carriers. The cuts total roughly six million dollars annually and come despite industry hopes for reversing last year’s 20 percent wage rise. Union leaders and executives are awaiting further study of the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
United States Railroad Labor Board
Bryan Rotary Club Weekly Luncheon Outline and Members
A Bryan Rotary Club meeting featured Hon. Lee J. Rountree as speaker. The secretary notes the origin of Rotary started by Paul Harris in Chicago and the spread to 942 clubs worldwide, with a resolve to hold weekly luncheons at 12:30 on Wednesdays and the Bryan charter now granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak McKenzie
Lee J. Rountree
Rotary Club
Bryan
Texas
Rountree
Paul Harris
Chicago
Ill
America
San Francisco
Rotary
New York
South America
Australia
Africa
Japan
T. K. Lawrence
D. X. Bible
C. R. Gardner
R. W. Howell
John M. Lawrence
Ike S. Ashburn
Dean J. ©. Nagle
J. Webb Howell
Law Henderson
J. A. McQueen
G. Sam Parker
M. L. Parker
D. Ernest Moore
C. E. Jones
Tyler Haswell
Bryan Rotarians
Britain and Japan negotiating new term for alliance
Tokio June 1 news says Britain and Japan are negotiating a revision of the Anglo Japanese alliance. Britain suggested allowing the pact to continue for another year while talks proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokio
Great Britain
Japan
Nichi Nichi
Bolshevism Not to Rule in Mexico Says Socialist Leader
Mexico City June 1 Socialist leader Antonio Dias Soto Y Gama in the Chamber of Deputies rejects Bolshevism as a menace. He calls himself an irreconcilable radical and says Mexico is unready for Bolshevism due to education and experience of its working class. Local papers note the timing of his remark after claims of Bolshevik invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Associated Press
Antonio Dias Soto Y. Gama
Chamber of Deputies
Senor Soto Y. Gamac
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Optometrist Faces Medical License Requirement in Texas
Texas optometrists who prescribe glasses or treat eyes must hold a physician’s certificate under state law, the Court of Criminal Appeals ruled. In other notes, Mrs. H N Bell of Sayersville attended the Allen Academy commencement in Bryan where her son Henry N. graduated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
H. N. Bell
Sayersville
Bryan
Allen Academy
Henry N
Martial law declared in Tulsa after race clash violence
At noon today Governor Robertson ordered federal troops to take control as State Adjutant General Barrett enforces martial law across Tulsa and Tulsa county. Reports say a black assailant killed an orphan girl and a fight escalated. sixty or more people died, with the black section of town burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
Barrett
Robertson
Texas Legion Calls for 100 Percent Americanism
Memorial Day in Galveston featured gravesite honors for Civil Spanish American and World War heroes with red poppies. Maj. Gen. Harbord addressed crowds at Camp Travis and a statewide all American mass meeting urged unity and 100 percent Americanism, with messages from Harding Pershing and Roosevelt read aloud.
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Associated Press
Galveston
America
France
James G. Harbord
Camp
Travis
Army
Texas Department of the American Legion
President Harding
General Pershing
Roosevelt
Harding
Texas
Town to be moved to install irrigation
American Falls Idaho, with 2000 residents, will be relocated several miles to a higher site as part of a massive Snake River irrigation project. A one mile dam, 60 feet high with a 76 square mile reservoir will back water 20 miles to Blackfoot, forcing railroad moves and power plant relocation. Elizabeth and Rubye Borisk left for Houston to visit aunt Mrs Basin.
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Pocatello
Idaho
American Falls
Snake River
Blackfoot
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Idaho Power Company
Elizabeth
Rubye Boriski
Houston
Mrs
Edwin Basin
Dallas Purity Squad Arrests Include Negro Porters
Dallas Chief Elmo Strait launches a campaign to remove loafers and immorality, with eight men and women detained in hotels and rooming houses. Two black hotel porters face procuring charges amid broader vagrancy arrests and investigations.
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The
Eagle
Dallas
Tex
Elmo Strait
Purity Squad
Strait
Dallas Times-Hearth
Julian Cave
Will Johnson
F. H. Alexander
Creager Named Texas Republican Leader and Kansas Ambition
Brownsville attorney R. B. Creager, longtime Texas Republican figure, heads the state party and is touted for an ambassadorial post to Mexico. Born 1877 in Brownsville, he held multiple public roles including collector of customs, governor candidate in 1916, and 1920 Harding convention speaker.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
R. B. Creager
Texas
Roosevelt
Taft
Republican Party
Warren G. Harding
Creager
Southwestern University
University of Texas
S. W. U. Magazine
University of Texas Magazine
Brazos de Santiago
Mexico
Harding
Detour Cuts Ten Miles to Navasota on New Road
Secretary Eberstadt and Messrs White and Wilson announce a detour on the Navasota Bryan road will save at least ten miles between Bryan and Navasota. The concrete road will widen to 17 feet with $8,000 added from the Texas Highway Commission. Construction began this morning. Hammer returns from Houston business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navasota-Bryan
Eberstadt
Messrs White
Wilson
Bryan
Navasota
Texas Highway Commission
Allen Academy Commencement Honors Row of Graduates
Allen Academy held its 1920-21 commencement exercises with Col. Clarence Ousley delivering the address at the First Methodist church. Awards honored Dyer, Kennard, Webb, Price, and others. a large graduating class includes Henry Bell, Dyer, Pratt, and Studeman from multiple states.
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Allen Academy
First Methodist Church
R. O. Allen
Texas
Louisiana
Missouri
Tennessee
Academy Orchestra
Anton Ernst
Robert
Waco
Ernsts
Ernst
R. C. Stevenson
H. C.willis
Erwin Ernst
Robert Ernst
Ousley
Allen
Clarence Ousley
Bryan
Col. Ousley
Ashford
Bell
J. Berry
Brown
Birdwell
Bragg
Cable
Cannon
Caswell
Coleman
Crites
Franklin
Green
Herb
Hudspeth
Jackson
G. Martin
W. Martin
H. McConnell
Pratt
Salley
Sparks
E. Stark
Stryker
Thornham
C. Webb
White
Dyer
Studeman
Henry N. Bell
Sayersville
Edward McK. Berry
Livingston
William P. Chapman
Elizabeth
J. Edward Bragg
Liberty Hill
J. N. Collier, Jr
Silsbee
Francis G. Dyer
Houston
Clyde C. Franklin
Celter
William D. Herb
Waverly S. Jackson
Memphis
Tenn
Pat C. Lipscomb
Trinity
Mark W. Pratt
Hemphill
Kenneth C. Salley
el Campo
Thos. R. Stanford
Moody
Ernest W. Stark
Brazoria
Leon E. Studeman
Moulton
Maurice W. Wakefield
Midway
Clayton Welch
Stanberry
Aaron S. Whitener
Burton
Former Bryan Woman Dies in Dallas Friday
Mrs. W. C. Padgitt of Dallas died on Tuesday afternoon, funeral set for Wednesday at 4 o'clock in Oakland Cemetery Dallas. Born and raised in Brazos County she was formerly Miss Mollie Britton and married in Quvyen, mourned by Mrs. J. W. Barton and many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Barton
W. C. Padgitt
Dallas
Oakland Cemetery
Sparks Brother Earns Honor Roll at Local Academy
R. C. Sparks of Rockdale visited Bryan for his brother William who completed the session as a student and earned a place on the Academy Honor Roll this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Sparks
Rockdale
Bryan
William
Railroad Rates Must Come Down Campaign Gains Momentum
President Harding conferred with the Interstate Commerce Commission on lowering railroad rates for essential goods, signaling a broad review aimed at reductions. The Railway Wage Board announced a two thirds rollback of last July wage increases, with a $400 million cut effective July 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Chicago
Beard
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. Alexander Rere
Angela
Bryan Rotary Club
Optometrist
Associates Press
American Legion OF Texas
Creager Republican
H. Hammer
Colonel Ousley
Professor Allen
Jnc. H. Allen
Prof. Allen
F. G. Dyer
P. M. Raysor
J. H. Kennard, Jr
Anderson
O. H. Astin
Pat K. Webb
Elgin
Young Webb
John M. Caldwell
Bob Price
Waldrop & Co
Tom R. Stanford
N. B. Allen
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Corps of Cadets
Ernest Stark
Sewell King
W. G. Martin
Collier, Dyer
Kennard
Loggins
Price
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