President Lewis Readies Nation for Coal Strike
International President John L. Lewis returns to Indianapolis to direct a nationwide coal strike set to begin the night of March 31, targeting about 600,000 miners. The dispute centers on wage demands with anthracite seeking higher pay and bituminous seeking to keep or adjust basic scales as operators seek wage proposals.
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United States
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
International
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Lewis
Merchants on Three Blocks Donate to Armenia Relief
Merchants along three blocks on Main Street gave 158.25 dollars to the Far East Armenia Relief Fund. Jno A Moore Jr, campaign chairman, praised the liberal donations and urged further drive success before week’s end. Women’s canvassing reports will follow in the Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Webb
Far East Armenia Relief Fund
Main Street
Jno. A. Moore, Jr
Moore
Eagle
Mrs Fairman Returns Home From Waco With Ill Child
Mrs W R Fairman has come back from Waco where her daughter Marguerite Ann is ill at grandma Mrs S A Long. Mr Fairman plans to travel to Waco Sunday to bring the child home if she is well enough to travel.
Beckwith Returns From Fraternal Meeting in San Antonio
Mr. C. S. Beckwith, Bryan Odd Fellows Lodge representative, has returned from San Antonio where a grand fraternal gathering drew 1500 delegates and Odd Fellows in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Beckwith
Bryan
Odd Fellows Lodge
San Antonio
Odd Fellows
Juniors to Attend Seniors Event at A. and M. College
The Junior Class of A. and M. College will be entertained by the Senior Class with two playlets at the Y M C A building Thursday at 8 o'clock. The shows are An Easter Message and What You Would Do. All juniors are urged to attend, with or without a date, per social secretary B Maschte.
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A. & M. College
B. Maschte
Inspectors Praise Bryan and College Home Economics Programs
State inspector Lillian Peek toured Bryan High School and noted satisfactory domestic science and art teaching but text shortages. Earlier she visited A and M Consolidated School at College and expressed strong approval of the work there.
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Lillian Peek
Department of Education
Austin
Bryan
Bryan High School
A. and M. Consolidated School
College
College Road Aid Material Arrives for Immediate Work
A carload of road material from the Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company at San Antonio has arrived in Bryan for improvements on College Road. County Judge H. O. Ferguson announced construction will begin within a few days and iron for the Little Brazos River bridge has also been received.
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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 Faces Texas Prohibition Case
Chicken Childress a night jitney driver was arrested by Sheriff Miller on bootlegging charges and will be prosecuted under the Dean prohibition law. The arrest ties to the Clayton killing case and an Austin Ku Klux Klan investigation with multiple officers and citizens tied to the events. Evidence including two pints of whisky was seized for trial.
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Austin
Texas
Childress
W. D. Miller
Miller
Peeler Clayton
Clayton
Ku Klux Hall
Ku Klux Klan
Barney Blunt
Grand
T. O. Fox
D. J. Reese
Brownwood
Insurance Agents Gather for Texas Fire Conference in Bryan
A conference of special insurance agents from Bryan and surrounding areas convened in Bryan on Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. chaired by Herbert A. Ford of San Antonio with agents from Phoenix National Union Fire Republic Insurance Great Southern Life Kitchen & Bro and other firms attending alongside city officials and Chamber leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
The Bryan community is invited to a free event at the City Auditorium on Thursday night starting at 7:15 with a 38 member Junior Band concert. A comic battle royal features four John N. Snell Post veterans and five young black boxers in a playful ring, using blindfolds and tin cans for comic effect, with the last man winning a prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
John N. Snell Post
Oak McKenzie Heads to Galveston for Son's Exam
Hon Oak McKenzie and his son Oak Jr travel tonight to Galveston for examination by Dr Thompson at Sealy Hospital after the Hearne car wreck. Family hopes the boy will soon be fully restored to health.
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Oak McKenzie
Galveston
Oak Jr
Hearne
Thompson
Sealy Hospital
Rotary convention attendees return from Mineral Wells
Prof. R. O. Allen City Manager E. E. McAdams Rev. 8S 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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Mineral Wells
R. O. Allen
E. E. McAdams
Moylan Bird
Gabe Cazell
H. H. Williamson
Vitri fied brick promise on Fort Worth roads
Brick ad proclaims that roads and streets paved with Vitri fied brick will not wear out. Thurber Brick Co. of Fort Worth, Texas promotes the product and its durability.
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Thurber Brick Co
Ft. Worth
Texas
Cotton futures slip on today’s market action
Cotton futures closed seven to eight points lower with declines in late trading. Spots sold on the Bryan market at sixteen cents middling basis.
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Bryan
Wildcat oil drives surge in Robertson County Texas
Franklin Texas March 29 Robertson County rapidly develops as a prime wildcat field with nineteen wells drilling or contracted and acreage under lease. Multiple deep tests planned near Franklin Easterly Meixia Robertson Oil Meixia Robertson Franklin Meixia Robertson area.
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Franklin
Texas
Robertson County
Gar
Franklin Oil
Oklahoma City
Lin
Quertinmont & Maple
Bald Prairie
Fortheast
Woodbine
Franklin Oil Association
Ford Sedan Gift Approved for Dr John A Held
At Crimm revival closing, Rev B B Crimm led a donation drive by the congregation to buy a car for Dr John A Held pastor of the First Baptist Church. Hon W S Barron notes the committee will present a Ford sedan when it arrives, honoring Dr Held's faithful service.
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Crimm
Tabernacle
B. B. Crimm
John A. Held
First Baptist Church
W.S. Barron
Dr. Held
Galveston Citizens Arrested in Major Prohibition Raids
Federal agents raided western Galveston resorts early today arresting over fifty men and women including prominent residents on varied charges. The operation followed months of alleged widespread violations of prohibition laws and claims that local officers failed to act.
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Eagle
Galveston
Extension staff to visit Prairie View State Normal
College Station Texas March 29. The annual visit of the Extension staff and their families to Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College will be made Saturday with Director T O Walton State Agent H H Williamson and district agents and specialists expected to attend. They will travel by automobile leave early morning return in the evening. A picnic dinner in the college mess hall will be served as in previous years followed by talks on past work and future goals. The lunch will be carried for a picnic style meal on the return trip. The committee in charge comprises 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
Return from Houston Delegation Heads Home
John F. Ettle and a group including Hon. F. L. Henderson, J. E. Covey, Hon. Lamar Bethea, N. A. Stewart, Dr. J. R. Hunnicutt, Joe l Cash, Joe M. Saladiner, Sheriff L. E. Morehead, Chief W. S. Martin, C. Egbert Jones, Guy F. Bayett, Allen Carr and others have returned from Houston after business missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
John F. Ettle
F. L. Henderson
J. E. Covey
Lamar Bethea
N. A. Stewart
J. R. Hunnicutt
Joel Cash
Joe M. Saladiner
L. E. Morehead
W. S. Martin
C. Egbert Jones
Guy F. Bayett
Allen Carr
Oil Showings Reported Near Calvert Bremond Area
1 250 feet near Calvert and at about 2400 feet near Bremond Falls county Pearce Petroleum drills a shallow sand at 600 feet then spudded a shallow test near the deep hole now drilling below 300 feet with cable tools aiming to test the shallow sand. Indications point to about fifty barrels or more. Several other tests drill near Bremond with active trading in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Jones
Mexia-Robertson Oil Company
Bartholomew
Francis Slaughter
Cr. W. Cherry
Oklahoma City
Mudd Creek
Calvert
Bremond
Pearce Petroleum Company
Falls County
Crimm Revival Meeting Totals 457 At Bryan Churches
Revival led by Rev. B. B. Crimm ends with 290 conversions or reconsecrations among Baptist, Methodist, Free Will Baptist, Presbyterian and Christian churches plus 56 out of town members. Final grand total 457. Bryan pastors adopt resolutions praising Crimm and his co workers for three weeks of gospel preaching.
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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 and L Stock Sale
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 a proposed 250 000 stock issue Series No 3. He will be in Bryan Thursday to explain the new issue before the sale day to try to sell the entire issue in one eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Eberstadt
Bryan Building and Loan Association
College Station
College
Eberstadt
Bryan
Oklahoma Border Cattle Quarantine Sparks Texas Legal Action
Fort Worth Texas March 29 unless Oklahoma Board of Agriculture rescinds the cattle quarantine rule effective April 1st prohibition of passage of Texas stock through Oklahoma the Live Stock Sanitary Commission of Texas will institute legal proceeding Chairman Boog-Scott announced.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma
Board of Agriculture
Live Stock Sanitary Commission of Texas
Boog-Scott
Farming Conditions In Brazos County Improve Says Walker
C G Walker reports Brazos County farming is at its best in ten years with good corn stands and favorable conditions. He notes rainfall supports bumper crops and warns a late frost could threaten replanting. Prices for feed and seeds in March are listed, plus rising dairy and poultry activity in the county.
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Walker
Brazos County
C. G. Walker
Bryan Wednesday
Bermuda
Sudan
Mr. Walker
Bryan
San Antonio
Leon Springs
Boerne
Comfort
Brazos
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MR. Beckwith
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
B. & L. Stock
Buck Smith
H. T. Wheeless
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