Tribute for Dr. Mark Francis on 72nd birthday at A and M College
Colleagues and former students paid tribute to Dr. Mark Francis internationally known dean of the Texas A M College veterinary school on his 72nd birthday. The gathering praised his work preventing cattle fever tick and immunizing cattle, fostering Texas and national beef and dairy industries and aiding public health advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Francis
School of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Texas A. and
M. College
Francis
Texas
T. O. Walton
Panama Canal
India
Walton
Hitler Pursues Army Build Up Amid European Tensions
Observers note Hitler seeks a large army and air power to counter Bolshevik threats while denying plans to attack Russia. Britain and France push for a European air pact and German reentry into the League of Nations. A 30 hour week proposal looms in Congress with wage safeguards urged.
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Hitler
Versailles
Gland
Germany
Europe
Russia
France
Buonday
England
League of Nations
London
Congress
Noel Coward’s Point Valaine flops amid critics in New York
Intyres New York March 26 Noel Coward sails to China after the stage defeat of Point Valaine. Critics and the public gave a cool reception, ending hopes for a new peak. The piece follows his past hits Cavalcade and rising fame amid a broader theater world scene.
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New York
Noel Coward
China
Noel
Coward
London
RFC Chairman Proposes Freight Allocation Plan
Jesse Jones, RFC chairman, suggests compulsory allocation of freight between rail and truck lines. He warns government control could push consumers to buy from a single dealer for each product, eroding initiative and destroying incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Jones
The
RFC
Alaskan Move At Century's End Draws 200 Families
Two hundred families flee drought beguiled northern Wisconsin and Minnesota to head north toward Alaska in the closing days of the century.
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Alaska
Mind
Webb County Starts Fight Against Tick Cleansing Cattle Area
San Angelo March 26 The Livestock Sanitary Commission begins 26 men to clean Webb county of cattle ticks. The effort concentrates on the South and East territories, aiming to control the infestation.
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Webb County
San Angelo
Mar
The
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Texas Band Teachers to Play Role in Centennial
The Texas Band Teachers association plans active participation in the Texas Centennial next year. D. O. Wiley, president and Matador band director, says leading school bands may perform at Centennial events. Committees will meet officials in Dallas Houston and San Antonio to finance appearances. Contest to select top high school musicians for an 80 member all state band. The group would be the official Centennial band and serve through summer 1936.
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Lubbock
Texas Band Teachers Association
Texas
D. O. Wiley
Texas Technological College
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Wiley
Temperatures Stable Through Week with One Low Monday
Week sees little variation in daily highs and lows overall. The coldest reading is 55 on Monday and the warmest 88 on Thursday with mixed values across other days.
Great laymen's banquet drew Bryan and county crowds
Twenty five years ago Bryan and Brazos County held a grand laymen's banquet at the skating rink. Over 500 earnest men attended from Bryan and surrounding areas. Speeches were delivered by J. M. Carson N. C. Hamner Charles Felker and others before guests departed for a fishing trip. Aeronaut Latham reached 3600 feet in an aeroplane, sparking talk of future height records as locals weighed the risks. Mrs. Alice Cole and others arrived for visits in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Messrs
J. M. Carson
N. C. Hamner
Charles Felker
W. H. Thomas
J. W. Carson
Ralph Chatham
Navasota
Alice Cole
Harvey
Miss Sunshine Cole
Wellborn
Latham
Luccifer
John Ward
Marlin
Sam Scott
Waco
Visisits Rim
Seth Mooring
Federation Loop Playground Ball Begins April 15
The Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies votes to start its playground ball league on Monday April 15 at Travis school with 6 15 p m start time and 6 30 deadline. Rules limit forfeits for late starts and late requests require two day notice. Nelson Fuller of First Presbyterian named director for round one. Officials intend cooperation with a separate commercial league and plan a city championship playoff if desired. A committee will coordinate with other league organizers to avoid conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Federation of Young People’s Societies
Playground Ball League
First Presbyterian Church
Travis School
Nelson Fuller
Federation
Louis Pistole
Bryan Lions Club
Curtis Cobb
Roger Herring
John Sidney Smith
Julian Cobb
M. W. Bergeson
First Baptist
John W. Black, Jr
W. A. Middleton
Sam Crensham
Katherine Lawrence
First Methodist
Ross Herring
Sarah Watts
First Presbyterian
Winnie Clary
Barry Colson
Free Will Baptist
Chester Jones
College Avenue Baptist
Distinguished visitor from New York visits Bryan over weekend
George F. Horner of New York general freight agent of Clyde-Mallory Steamship Co. stayed in Bryan with his wife over the weekend visiting local relatives. He said business conditions were improving and planned to tour Galveston San Antonio and other Texas points before returning to New York via New Orleans.
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George F. Horner
New York
Clyde-Mallory Steamship Company
Bryan
J. T. Turner
George Stephan
Horner
Texas
Galveston
San Antonio
New Orleans
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Bill Helbig and Miss Mable Bropast James Sikes and Miss Elnora Johnson Leslie Young and Miss Genevive Derryberry Reuben Aredondo and Antonio Corpus Nathanel Rhodes and Mary Wyatt Cecil Walker and Foretta Burrel
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Bill Helbig
Mable
James Sikes
Elnora Johnson
Leslie Young
Genevive Derryberry
Reuben Aredondo
Antonio Corpus
Nathanel Rhodes
Mary Wyatt
Cecil Walker
Foretta Burrel
Texas Baptists Prepare Largest South Sunday School Meet
At Baptist Meet Texas Baptists plan the souths largest Sunday school convention at First Baptist Houston April 9 10 11 with 10000 expected. Delegates from 3153 churches and 3173 Sunday schools attend representing over half a million Baptists. Sessions include inspirational morning and evening programs with music and addresses plus conferences on Sunday school problems. Officers include Rev H E Fowler president and Dr J Howard Williams speaker lineup features Dr Hight C Moore and Dr Geo W Truett among others.
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Texas Baptists
South
First Baptist Church
Houston
H. E. Fowler
Dallas
G. S. Hopkins
Julia Mae Slaughter
Manon Seawell
Roy Holloman
el Paso
College Avenue
T. L. Holcomb
Oklahoma City
Hight C. Moore
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
P. D. O'Brien
Colorado
Harold Fickett
Galveston
Tom Taylor
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Geo. W. Truett
The
Baptist World Alliance
Wallace Bassett
Robert Williams
Bryan Standard Training School Plans Are Made
The First Methodist First Presbyterian and A M Methodist churches organize a Bryan Standard Training School at the First Methodist church from March 31 to April 5 under the Texas Conference Board of Christian Education and the General Board. Courses include teaching principles using Myers text with Mrs Guy E Browne and organizing for Christian education with Rev E M Stanton, plus Edith Bowman directing children’s work for the Brazos Presbytery. Sessions begin 2 30 Sunday. evenings 7 30 to 9 30 Monday through Friday with textbooks sold in advance. tuition is the textbook purchase.
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First Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
A. & M. Methodist Church
Bryan
Texas Conference Board of Christian Education
General Board of Christian Education
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Myers
Guy E. Browne
Houston
E. M. Stanton
Christian Board of Education
Edith Bowman
Brazos Presbytery
Presbyterian Board
General Assembly
Methodist Church
Guy F. Jones
Theo Mahler
L. B. Elrod
EF. R. Bryant
R. L. Jackson
E. B. Reynolds
Fred R. Brison
Thomas Gordon Watts
J. B. Atkinson
Elon M. Stuart
College Station Girl Elected To Phi Beta Kappa
Miss Caroline Mitchell daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Mitchell of College Station has been admitted to the University of Texas chapter of Phi Beta Kappa the national scholarship society. She majors in physics and minors in mathematics and was valedictorian at the A and M Consolidated high school. She entered UT as third highest in entrance tests and was elected a student assistant after her first year. She takes an active interest in music and church activities.
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University of Texas
Caroline Mitchell
J. W. Mitchell
College Station
Phi Beta Kappa
National Scholarship Society
William and Mary College
Miss Mitchell
A. and M. Consolidated High School
Mitchell
Residence Design Exhibition At A M College
The architecture department of Texas A and M College announces an exhibition of 107 drawings from the Pencil Points Flat Glass Industry Architectural Competition for 1934. The designs for a residence for a family of average means will be shown for 10 days in the Library entrance foyer and Academic building fourth floor.
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Department of Architecture
Texas A. and
M. College
Picnic Tables Stolen From Sue Haswell Park
Park board members blame a notorious thief for stealing two picnic tables from Sue Haswell Memorial Park. They fear further theft and hesitate to place new tables outdoors at night.
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Sue Haswell Park
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
Night Classes at Kemp Promote Special Program
Speakers at Kemp high school gathered Friday night to boost interest and enrollment in the CWA night vocational classes. Rev Rivers Barnwell Pauline Watkins Jeanes supervisor Laurelila M Holden and R C Neal led talks with student input. Exhibits showcased by the vocational class led by William Cavitt and the home economics class.
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CWA
Kemp High School
Rivers Barnwell
Negro Leccurer
Pauline Watkins
Jeanes
Laurelia M. Holden
Negro County
R. C. Neal
Kemp School
William Cavitt
Church Music Leaders Meet at Southwestern
On March 28 and 29 Southwestern University hosts the Church Music conference led by Dean Henry Meyer. Choir directors and teachers from across the state share experiences and aim to improve the musical part of church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern University
Henry Meyer
Page Mangum Named DeMolay Leader in Mississippi
Page Mangum of Bryan and Texas A and M College becomes head of the Mississippi State DeMolay Association after being elected master councillor at the state convention in Jackson. He previously led the Vicksburg chapter and helped initiate candidates. Mangum is the son of P. S. Mangum and lived in Vicksburg during college years.
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Page Mangum
Bryan
A. and M. College
Mississippi State DeMolay Association
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi State Department
Jackson
Mississippi
P. S. Mangum
Texas A. and
M. College
Inmate Wayne Davis Ordered Back to Prison
The list of 100 prison inmates ordered returned to prison by Gov. James V. Allred includes Wayne Davis, a Brazos County dairyman, whose 14 year sentence was commuted by Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson to seven years and who received a furlough. The men were deemed to have violated their paroles.
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Wayne Davis
Brazos County
Miriam A. Ferguson
Go. James V. Allred
Wanted to Dispose of Odd Pieces of Furniture
A person seeks to clear space by disposing of various miscellaneous furniture items. The appeal notes unwanted chairs tables and cabinets in need of pickup or removal. interesse d buyers or movers are invited to respond.
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A.B. Chapin
Gloria Vanderbilt
Alexander Woollcott
Rome Burns
Major Bowes
Capitol Theatre
Ponselle
Tibbett
Col. Stoopnagle
Bud
David Warfield
Joe Weber
Tony Pastor
Gracie Allen
Libby Holman
Tallulah Bankhead
Adelaide Moffet
New Haven
Ted Saucier
the Waldorf
Larue
Jerkins
Gilbert Seldes
Seldes
Bob Martin
del Rio
Martin
Commission
DB Rra
William P. Witherow
Pittsburgh Steel
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
NRA
Roosevelt
Donald Richberg
S. Clay Williams
Witherow
Murray
Harris & Ewing
Associated Press
IBY Association
Federation Loop
Eagle
Baptist Meet
A-M College
Kemp
Southwestern
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