President Lewis Ready Nation's Coal Strike
International President John L. Lewis returns to Indianapolis to direct a planned three day warning strike. He aims to mobilize 600,000 miners in a walkout starting March 31 over wage demands, seeking higher anthracite pay and retention of basic bituminous scales amid operator wage proposals.
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United States
Associated Press
Springfield
International
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Lewis
Merchants on Three Blocks Donate to Armenia Relief
Merchants along Main Street raised 158.25 dollars for the Far East Armenia Relief Fund. Campaign chairman Jno A Moore Jr praised city donations and urged continued effort to push the drive over the top before week’s end. A women's canvassing report will follow in The Eagle.
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R. S. Webb
Far East Armenia Relief Fund
Main Street
Jno. A. Moore, Jr
Moore
Eagle
Mrs Fairman Returns Home From Waco
Mrs W R Fairman has returned from Waco where her daughter Marguerite Ann is ill at grandmother Mrs S A Long. She will stay until she improves and Mr Fairman plans to visit Sunday to bring the child home if travel is possible.
Beckwith Returns From San Antonio Fraternal Meeting
Mr. C. S. Beckwith, Bryan Odd Fellows Lodge representative, has returned from San Antonio where a large fraternal gathering was held. About 1500 delegates and Odd Fellows attended the event.
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Beckwith
C. S. Beckwith
Bryan Odd Fellows Lodge
San Antonio
Odd Fellows
Juniors Honor Seniors With A & M College Playlets
The Junior Class of A. & M. College will be entertained by the Seniors at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday night at 8. The two playlets are An Easter Message and What You Would Do. All juniors are urged to attend per social secretary B. Maschte.
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A. & M. College
B. Maschte
State Inspector Miss Peek Reviews Bryan High Home Econ
Miss Lillian Peek, state inspector of home economics from Austin, concluded the Bryan High School home economics departments were taught satisfactorily though textbooks were in short supply. She had previously visited the A and M Consolidated School at College and was impressed with the work there.
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Lillian Peek
Department of Education
Austin
Bryan
Bryan High School
A. and M. Consolidated School
College
Carload road material arrives for College Road project
A carload of road material from the Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company at San Antonio arrived in Bryan for immediate improvements on College Road. County Judge H. O. Ferguson said iron for the Little Brazos River bridge has been received and construction will start within a few days.
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College Road
Bryan
Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company
San Antonio
H. O. Ferguson
Little Brazos River
MacFadden and Associates
Port Arthur
James B. Dunn
San Antonio and
Nacogdoches
Navasota
Brazos River
Little Brazos
E. A. Humphreys
Milam County
E. A. Decherd Jr
Chicken Childress Enters Into Austin Ku Klux Investigation
Austin Texas March 29 Chicken Childress a night jitney driver arrested Monday night by Sheriff W D Miller on a bootlegging charge is to be prosecuted under the Dean prohibition law. He is a key witness in the Clayton killing investigation and faced assault to murder charges. The sheriff seized two pints of whisky as evidence and plans to call the buyer in court.
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Austin
Texas
Childress
Peeler Clayton
Clayton
Ku Klux Hall
Ku Klux Klan
Barney Blunt
Grand
Miller
T. O. Fox
D. J. Reese
Brownwood
Fire insurance conference held in Bryan with Texas agents
A Tuesday conference in Bryan gathered special agents from several fire insurance companies. chaired by Herbert A. Ford of Springfield Massachusetts, the meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms lasted two to three hours and included city officials such as Mayor Ty ler Haswell and Fire Chief J. W. Hamilton among participants.
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Bryan
Chamber of Commerce
Herbert A. Ford
San Antonio
Springfield
Mass
Mr. Ford
J. H. van Amburgh
Dallas
Phoenix Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Veron
Charles Oatman
Houston
Phoenix
Gilbert H. Hughes
North British and Mecantile Co
Herbert H. Sutton
Austin
Texas Inspection Bureau
Tyler Haswell
L. L. McInnis
Wilson Bradley
E. J. Jenkins
H. A. Burger
J. W
Battle Royal Boxing Band Concert This Thursday Night
Bryan residents can attend a free event at the City Auditorium Thursday March 30 at 7 15 pm featuring the Junior Band of Bryan with 38 musicians and a comic battle royal with five young Negro boxers and veterans from the John N Snell Post.
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Bryan
John N. Snell Post
Oak McKenzie Heads to Galveston for Son’s Examination
Hon. Oak McKenzie will travel to Galveston tonight with his son Oak Jr. for medical evaluation after a recent Hearne automobile wreck. Dr. Thompson at Sealy Hospital will examine the boy, with hopes of full recovery at an early date.
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Galveston
Oak McKenzie
Oak Jr
Hearne
Thompson
Sealy Hospital
Rotary Delegates Return From Mineral Wells
Prof. R. O. Allen City Manager E. E. McAdams Rev. S. Moylan Bird Prof. Gabe Cazell and State Agent H. H. Williamson are expected home Wednesday after attending the State Rotary Convention in Mineral Wells.
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R. O
Brick roads and streets paved with Vitri fied brick shine
Thurber Brick Co of Fort Worth Texas promotes Vitri fied brick for paving roads and streets claiming they will not wear out and endure heavy use.
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Thurber Brick Co
Ft. Worth
Texas
Cotton futures dip as Bryan market spots sell at 16 c
Cotton futures closed 7 to 8 points lower on the day. Spot sales occurred on the Bryan market at 16 cents middling basis.
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Bryan
Franklin Texas county braces for oil boom as wells surge
Franklin and Robertson counties expand drilling with ten wells active and more than two thirds under lease. Me xia Robertson Oil Company blocks 3 300 acres near Franklin while MacFadden and others drill near James B Dunn tract. Bonded deep tests planned across bios regions as geologists note favorable blocks and new spuds expected within weeks.
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Franklin
Texas
Marco Robertson
Wildcat
Eteen
Tire
Woodbine
Franklin Oil Association
Jones and I
Mexia-Robertson Oil Company
Ranklin
Bartholomew
Francis Slaughter
Co. W. Cherry
Oklahoma City
Mudd Creek
Ford Sedan Gift Planned for Rev Dr John A Held
During Crimm revival services in Bryan a donation from the congregation will fund a Ford sedan for Dr John A Held pastor of the First Baptist Church in recognition of his faithful service. Hon W S Barron notes the committee will present the car when it arrives. The revival and church work are praised for fraternal Christian spirit.
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Crimm
Tabernacle
B. B. Crimm
John A. Held
First Baptist Church
W.S. Barron
Dr. Held
Galveston Citizens Arrested in Prohibition Raids
Federal agents raided western Galveston resorts early today and arrested more than fifty men and women including prominent citizens on various charges. The raid followed months of alleged open violations of prohibition laws and criticism of local law enforcement.
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Eagle
Galveston
Prairie View Extension staff to visit Prairie View State Normal
College Station Texas March 29 The annual visit of the Extension staff and families to Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College will be made Saturday. Director T O Walton State Agent H H Williamson and other Extension personnel are expected to join the trip by automobile leaving the College in the morning and returning in the evening. A picnic dinner will be served in the college mess hall followed by a program to review extension work by the staff with talks by Walton Williamson and others. A lunch will be carried and eaten picnic style on the return trip. The committee in charge includes D L Weddington C M Evans and A W Buchanan.
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College Station
Texas
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College
T. O. Walton
H. H. Williamson
Extension Service
Prairie View
Bizzell
A. & M. Extension Force
D. L. Weddington
C. M. Evans
A. W. Buchanan
Return from Houston business mission travels by local officials
John F. Ettle and other officials including Hon. F. L. Henderson, J. E. Covey, Hon. Lamar Bethea, N. A. Stewart, Dr. J. R. Hunnicutt, Joe Cash, Joe M. Saladiner, Sheriff L. E. Morehead, Chief W. S. Martin, C. Egbert Jones, Guy F. Bayett, Allen Carr returned from Houston where they had been on business missions and may have been joined by others.
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Houston
John F. Ettle
F. L. Henderson
J. E. Covey
Lamar Bethea
N. A. Stewart
J. R. Hunnicutt
Joe Cash
Joe M. Saladiner
L. E. Morehead
W. S. Martin
C. Egbert Jones
Guy F. Bayett
Allen Carr
Oil Showings Reported Near Calvert and Bremond
The Pearce Petroleum Company drills near Bremond Falls county at about 2400 feet after a 600 foot shallow sand was skipped in a deep test. A shallow test is now underway around 300 feet with cable tool aims to test the sand likely to yield fifty barrels or more. N
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Calvert
Bremond
Pearce Petroleum Company
Falls County
Crimm Revival At Bryan Churches Totals 457 Converts
Rev B B Crimm closes three week revival at Tabernacle in Bryan Texas reporting 154 conversions and 303 reconsecrations across Baptist Methodist Free Will Baptist Presbyterian and Christian churchs with 56 out of town members. Resolutions of appreciation praise Crimm and his co workers for uniting the city and bringing spiritual fruit.
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B. B. Crimm
Tabernacle
Baptist
Methodist Church
Free Will Baptist
Presbyterian
Christian Church
W. N. Sholl
Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Secretary Eberstadt to Explain B L Stock Sale
Secretary S E Eberstadt of the Bryan Building and Loan Association will visit College Station on Wednesday March 29 from 2 to 5 PM at the Publicity Office to explain the $250 000 Series No 3 stock issue. He will also spend Thursday in Bryan explaining the new stock issue before the sale begins to set a one day record.
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S. E. Eberstadt
Bryan Building and Loan Association
College Station
College
Eberstadt
Bryan
Texas cattle may travel through Oklahoma before quarantine ends
Fort Worth Texas March 29 unless Oklahoma’s Board of Agriculture rescinds the cattle quarantine rule effective April 1 the prohibition of passage of Texas stock through Oklahoma will lead the Live Stock Sanitary Commission of Texas to pursue legal action Chairman Boog Scott announced
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Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma
Board of Agriculture
Sanitary Commission of Texas
Boog-Scott
Buck Smith Jailed on Wife Defeat Charge
Buck Smith a Black man from Bryan was jailed on a charge of defeating his wife after an arrest by Deputy Sheriff H T Wheeless on Tuesday morning. He was placed in the county jail on his wife's complaint.
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Buck Smith
H. T. Wheeless
Bryan
Farming Conditions In Brazos County Improve Says Walker
Prominent Bryan feed dealer C. G. Walker reports Brazos County soil in good condition with ample rainfall and rising farm optimism. He notes a potential bumper crop unless a frost in April hits, lists current and March prices for feeds and seeds, and highlights growing dairying and poultry activity boosting local income.
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Brazos County
C. G. Walker
Bryan Wednesday
Bermuda
Sudan
Fedesita
Mr. Walker
Bryan
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Miss Peek
College Road Aid
Chicken Childress
Austin Ku Klux Investigation
Fire Insurance Companies OF Texas
Battle Royal Boxing Band
Prairie View State Normal
Cleveland
Ohio
Bryan Pastors’ Association
W.N. Sholl
B. & L. Stock
Walker
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