Fire Rages Through Tokyo Slashing Water Supply
A vast blaze swept Northern Tokyo spreading across districts aided by a gale. Troops tear down houses as firemen struggle with exhausted reservoirs and a deathly drought. By evening 206,000 people were homeless with 3,000 buildings destroyed and unknown casualties. The fire was brought under control later tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreuth
City
New Northern
Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Rail Line Seeks Big Loan for Kansas City Mexico Orient
The Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway seeks a major loan to restore service and put the line back on its feet. The appeal targets creditors and government funding to cover repairs and operating costs amid financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mexico & Orient
Kansas City Mexico & Orient Receiver Seeks Certificates
W C Kemper as receiver for the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue one million dollars in receiver certificates bearing six percent interest. He proposed to deposit them with the treasury as security for a government loan of a like amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
W. C. Kemper
Interest Commerce Commission
Treasury Department
Maurine Neeley Celebrates Sixth Birthday With St Patrick Party
On Tuesday afternoon at the Neely home Maurine Erin Neeley celebrated her sixth birthday with a St Patrick’s Day party for over thirty friends. Games followed by angel food cake and ice cream cones, with favors of Easter baskets. Green and white decorations honored Ireland’s patron saint. Guests included Maurine’s friends and neighbors, with assistance from Mrs. W. E. Neeley and several hostesses from the Barron and related families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Neely
Maurine Erin
Ireland
Boyd Williams
Charles Felker
Walter Lee Porter
Robert Tatum
John Stanford
John Egan
Joe Dyer
Lyle Cuykendall
Forrest Jones, Jr
Irma Lenz
J. W. Hall
Thomas Koppe Hall
Stuart Barron, Jr
Anna B. Thomas
Mary Elizabeth Hall
Johnnie May Wiley
Anna Bell Barnes
Mayree Cuykendall
Iola Barron
Genevieve Barron
Elizabeth Ann Bradley
Edna Earl Bethea
Lillian King
Alezelle Mason
Frances Davis
Betsy Searcy
Maurice Searcy
Rodalene Smith
Zette Marie Andrews
Janey Gray
Catherine Lee Gray
Kirby Joyce McKenzie
June Cochran
Ruth
Maurine
Bonnie May Neely
John Edge
W. E. Neeley
D. P. Gaby
Artie Barron
W.S. Barron
J. H. Sanders
Navasota
Eula Bell Morehead and R. A. Crawford Marry at Caldwell
At the Caldwell Baptist parsonage on March 7, Eula Dell Morehead daughter of Mrs. L. F. Morehead and R. A. Crawford son of Mrs. Crawford of Jonesboro Arkansas were quietly wed. Rev. McKinney officiated and the couple may settle in Jonesboro after Crawford’s June graduation from the A and M College railway engineering program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Parsonage
Caldwell
Eula Dell Morehead
L. F. Morehead
R. A. Crawford
Crawford
Jonesboro
Arkansas
McKinney
A. and M. College
Bryan and
College
Schedule of County Health Nurse For This Week
The daily schedule of Miss Elizabeth Curtis Brazos county public health nurse for this week is listed. Friday she will visit College Station and vicinity. Saturday she will be in the Bryan court house office for public health services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Curtis
Brazos County
College Station
Tobacco and Booze Under Ban by Highway Division
Austin March 18 The State highway commission orders loyalty to state administration and nine hours a day work. Cigarettes and liquor are banned for all division engineers maintenance superintendents and county foremen. Do not waste time rolling cigarettes or smoking on the job. Drinking alcohol on department premises is prohibited. If nine hours a day is too long, resign. Be courteous to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
State Highway Commission
Highway 4 Division
Norris reappointed to Texas Board of Water Engineers
John A. Norris of Wharton was reappointed to the State Board of Water Engineers for a six year term as chairman. Norris first joined the board in 1918, was reappointed in 1919, and has led major reclamation and conservation efforts in Texas since 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mar
John A. Norris
Wharton
State Board of Water Engineers
Norris
J. C. Nagle
Texas
Representative of Guston Chronicle Visits Bryan
Julian Pennybacker of Palestine representing the Houston Chronicle toured east and central Texas and western Louisiana. A former A and M College student, he noted scholarship funding shaped his path and recalled teaching at Brazos County’s Womack area before joining the Chronicle nearly 23 years ago. He is brother of the late Percy V. Pennybacker, coauthor of Pennybacker’s History of Texas used in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Pennybacker
Palestine
Houston Chronicle
Texas
Louisiana
Bryan
Navasota
Hearne
Pennybacker
A. and M. College
Mr. Pennybacker
Universal School
Brazos
Brazos County
Womack
Jones Bridge Road
Jones’ Ferry
Tyler
Chronicle
Percy V. Pennybacker
Percy Pennybacker
Miss Dowty to Spend Weekend With Hughes Family
Miss Helen Dowty of San Angelo visits College and Austin where she studies at the State University. She will spend the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and family, the charming niece of Mrs. W. L. Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dowty
San Angelo
W. L. Hughes
College
Hughes
Austin
State University
T. B. Martin of Steep Hollow is . Bryan business visitor
T. B. Martin from Steep Hollow appears as a Bryan business visitor in a brief item noting a local travel connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Martin
Steep Hollow
Bryan
Third Important Peruvian City Wiped Out by Rains
Official and private radio reports from Trujillo say the third most important Peruvian city has been completely destroyed by floods after torrential rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Associated Press
Lima
Trujillo
Laborer's House on Kyle Field Burned Saturday
The house on Kyle field occupied by Will Davis a laborer for the Athletics Department was destroyed by fire early Saturday about 5 am. The total loss was about 2000 and was covered by insurance according to James Sullivan manager of Athletics.
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Eagle
College Station
Kyle Field
Will Davis
Atheltic
James Sullivan
Athletics
Experiment Station staff attend Santone Cattlemen's Convention
Dr. B. Youngblood director A. B. Conner vice director and J. M. Jones range animal husbandman of the College Experiment Station attend the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers' Association meeting in San Antonio and will return to College tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Dr. B. Youngblood
A. B. Conner
J. M. Jones
San Antonio
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Allen Academy Beats Caldwell High 9-8 in Windy Baseball clash
Allen Academy edged Caldwell High 9-8 in a windy Tuesday game. Baker pitched well with 13 strikeouts. Caldwell’s pitcher fanned three. McCullough made a stunning eighth inning shoe string catch to aid Allen’s win.
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Allen Academy
Baker
Allen
Caldwell
McCullough
Revival hostesses and visiting pastor depart Bryan
Mrs. Harry Edge hosted the Ladies Aid Society meeting at her West 27th street home from 8 to 5 PM. Dr. M E Hudson pastor of McKinney Baptist, who aided Bryan First Baptist in revival services, returned home after ten days and stopped in Waco to see his Baylor student daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edge
Ladies Aid Society of the Free Baptist Church
West 27Th Street
M. E. Hudson
McKinney Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Bryan
John A. Held
Bryan Cotton Market Update
Cotton futures closed today 15 to 20 points higher. Local spot prices quoted at 25 1 4 cents middling basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Sheppherd and Faiman Charged in McClintock Murder Trial
Two men, William McClintock's alleged killers, face trial after charges filed against Sheppherd and Faiman. Proceedings set to determine guilt or innocence in the fatal case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McClintock
Indictment for Murder In Chicago Case
William Sheppherd and Charles Farman were charged with the murder of William McClintock, foster son of Sheppherd, in an indictment returned today by the county grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Mar
William Sheppherd
Charles Farman
William McClintock
Sheppherd
Jardine orders probe into wheat price swings
Secretary Jardine directed the grain futures administration to immediately investigate recent violent fluctuations in wheat market prices. In Chicago today May wheat rose 10 cents to 1.63 at the close, up from 1.53 yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, Mar
Jardine
Grain Futures Administration
Chicago
Filibuster Forces Long Senate Day Over Prison Relocation Bill
In Austin on March 18 the senate ended an all day filibuster by two senators against the Teer prison relocation bill by a 15 to 6 engrossment vote. Senator R S Bowers spoke from 2 p m to 6 p m, aided by refreshments as debate stretched into the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Teer
Senate
Bowers
Fairchild
House
Woman Lobby
Women’s
Wife of Junior Student Teaches in Consolidated
Mrs. R. H. Schley of Austin, wife of a junior College student, joins the Consolidated Rural School faculty succeeding Miss Alena Brashear who resigned to Galveston. Brashear had been teaching at Tenaha prior to moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
House adopts conference bill on educational appropriations
The Free Conference Committee report on the educational appropriation bill totaling 14 410 728 for the next two years was adopted by the House 87 to 7. The measure adds funds for the University A and M West Texas Teachers College Galveston medical branch and Texas Tech, with President salaries set at 10000 for the University and 9000 for A and M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Free Conference Committee
Ie Highway Department
Oil and Gas Division
Railroad Commission
Genral
Senate
House
University
College of Industrial Aits
West Texas Teachers’ College
Canyon
Galeston
Texas Techological College
John Carleton Agricultural College
Eugene Blount
House Appropriations Committee
El Paso Native Nominated U S Marshal for West Texas
Washington reports President Coolidge named Scott White of El Paso to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas. The nomination was announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
U. S. Marshall
West Texas
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Scott White
Texas
Coolidge
Dynamite used in attempted murder shocks Texas town
Edward Wittliff confessed to dynamiting his brother in law Reinhold Fricke's farmhouse near Waco after months of alleged grievances. Fricke, asleep in the wrecked house, survived with minor injuries. Wittliff, jailed on assault to murder and arson charges, faces an examining trial Friday. The blast destroyed the five room home and left Fricke hospitalized in Providence sanitarium.
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Bryan Dally Eagle
Waco
Mar
Edward Wittliff
Ross Community
Here
Inlaw
Reinhold Fricke
Reinhold
Wittliff
Stegall
Farmer
Rino Fricke
Rino
R. B. Stanford
Providence
Fricke
Wowers Club Meets at Mrs Colson Home in Tabor
The Woman's Club of Tabor met March 11 at Mrs. W. G. Colson's home with few members, Miss Roten among them. Gardening was the main topic with a plan to plant two new vegetables each, reporting in fall. The next meeting is set for April 5 at 2 30 at Colson's residence to learn new vegetable dishes and serve a salad course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Dally Eagle
Tabor
Mar
Woman’s Club
W. G. Colson
Roten
Girls Club Meeting Beams With Sewing Progress
The club girls held a regular meeting on Monday with many absent yet active members attending. Each brought sewing gear, a pep atmosphere, and steady progress as Tabor’s club reports more than twice its previous membership, with Miss Roten delivering sewing books and guidance.
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Tabor
Roten
President nominates four for national tax appeals board
Washington March 18 President Calvin Coolidge named William Love of Texas William Green of Town Percy Phillips of New York and Logan Morris of Utah to the board of tax appeals.
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Love OF
Texas
National Board
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Calvin Coolidge
Board of Tax Appeals
William Love
William Green
Town
Percy Phillips
New York
Logan Morris
Utah
Rescue of Thirty Four Entombed Miners Believed Reachable
Rescue parties entered Bethlehem Mines No 4 at Barracksville West Virginia after a deadly blast. Officials hoped to reach the 34 entombed miners this afternoon but warned confirmation of survivors was not yet possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fairmont
West Va
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Barracksville
Here
Gore
Death of H R McInnis 86 led Llano funeral at 3
Major L L McInnis of the First National Bank returned from Llano where his brother H Russell McInnis died Monday afternoon. The Llano man aged 86 was longtime Llano county judge and prominent lawyer. He survived by a wife and six children. Funeral services were conducted by Rev Prince at the Llano Presbyterian church.
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L. L. McInnis
First National Bank
Llano
H. Russell McInnis
H. R. McInnis
Prince
Bryan
Mr. McInnis
Faculty Vacation Notes Health Break At Kerrville
Elmer C. Nash, formerly associate professor of Agricultural Education at Member College, has begun a year long health improving vacation at Kerrville on doctors advice. Friends report Nash recently resigned from his post to focus on recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle
College Station
Mar
Elmer C. Nash
Kerrville
Tornado Rips Across Montgomery County Kansas
A tornado swept the southern edge of Montgomery county from Caney to Dear ing damaging many rural homes and paralyzing telegraph and telephone service in Coffeyville area on March 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Coffeyville
Kas
Mar
Montgomery County
Caney
Dearing
Rail Line Receivers Named for Chicago Milwaukee Saint Paul
Receivers have been named for a major rail line serving Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul, addressing jurisdiction and management of the distressed route and its assets. They will oversee operations, finances, and restructuring efforts under court authority.
Receivers Appointed for Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway
An application for receivership was filed in federal court for the Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company. The move follows months of market declines and plans to refinance 48 million dollars of four percent bonds due next June. Harry Byram, president, and Mark Potter and Edward Brundage were named receivers by Judge Wilkerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company
United States District Court
Harry Byram
Mark Potter
Edward Brundage
Wilkerson
Local Couple L A Long and Ruth Jenkins Wed
On Tuesday afternoon at the Christian parsonage Rev L Guy Ament officiated the quiet ceremony between L A Long owner of the Dixie Theater stand and Ruth Jenkins daughter of Mr and Mrs John Jenkins a Bryan area farmer. They will reside at the Dixie apartments while planning a poultry and truck farm near Bryan.
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Christian Parsonage
L. Guy Ament
L. A. Long
Dixie Theater
Waco
Ruth Jenkins
John Jenkins
Bryan
Dixie Apartments
W. R. Fairman
Relocation Prison Bill Advances in Texas Senate
Austin March 18 Legislative sanction for moving the state prison from Huntsville toward Austin was virtually assured today as the Teer bill passed the Senate 20 to 8. The Senate cut the appropriation from 500000 to 200000 and the House must concur for the measure to take effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mar
Huntsville
Senate
House
A and M College Revives Interscholastic Meet for High Schools
The A and M College of Texas reopens the spring interscholastic track meet on April 25, directed by Frank G. Anderson, Aggies track coach. All bona fide high school and academy students may compete for medals. no division by class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
A. and M. College of Texas
Athletic Council
Frank G. Anderson
Aggies
Rice Institute
M. College
Frank Anderson
A. and
Brockmans Move After Hou-ton Trip on Wem 24th Street
Elmer C. Brockman traveled to Houston on a brief business trip last night. He and his wife have settled at the residence of Mr and Mrs Brooks Beal on Wem 24th street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Brockman
Houston
Mrs. Brockman
Mrs. Brooks Beal
Wem 24Th Street
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Maurine Neeley
ST. Patrick
Eula Bell Morehead
BAN Highway Division
RIAN
J. A. Norris
Board OF Water Engineers
Guston Chronicle
Santone Cattlemen’s Convention
Caldwell High
Riadton
Ellis Modesett
Schenda
Henslee Paren
le Harris Pevete
Ekens Mueller
Bain McCullough
Dowell Pausewang
Haddox
Modesett
Mueller
Lewis
Bain
Laker
Ellis
Turner
Cox
Faiman
R. S. Bowers
Board Control
Wower
West Virginia
Ai. Russell M’innis Llano
L. L. Minnis
Kansas County
Rail Line
Milwaukee
Saint Paul Road
L.A. Long
A.V
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