Brenham Politician Confirms Texas Railroad Commissioner Candidacy
A note from Brenham dated March 20 1982 states a plan to announce candidacy for the unexpired Texas Railroad Commissioner term held by Pat M Neff. The message refers to Neff becoming Baylor University president in Waco and hints at ballot access complications for July primaries.
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Brenham
Texas
Pat M. Neff
Neff
Baylor University
Waco
State Democratic Committee
Bryan Links Family Easter Reunion and San Antonio Class Leader
Griff Cloud family returned from Bantrop where Easter weekend was spent with Mrs. Cloud’s mother Mrs. Roy Wilkes. Bob Burney has been elected president of his Mark Twain junior high school class in San Antonio where he and his mother reside. J Coulter Smith and wife came back from a business trip to Tyler Marshall and Crockett visiting a large growing plant farm in Marshall praised as inspiring.
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Griff Cloud
Bantrop
Mrs. Cloud
Roy Wilkes
Bryan
Bob Burney
Jessie Garth Burney
R. L. Burney
Mark Twain
San Antonio
Japanese drop notes offer reward for siege endurance
Changchun March 30. Four Japanese aviators parachuted notes offering 5 000 Mexican dollars if the garrison at Nagan held out against a siege by Chinese rebels and loyalist troops to the Manchurian government as Japanese reinforcements move forward.
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Changchun
Nagan
Buffalo Stampede After 161 Ranch Sale Train Load
Horsemen pursued 24 buffalo that stampeded last night as they were loaded onto a train after a sale from the 101 Ranch near Ponca City Oklahoma.
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Ponca City
Oklo
101
Dallas Fire Captain Bennett Found Shot Dead At Home
Dallas authorities report fire captain A. W. Bennett, 87, was found dead from a gunshot at his residence. A pistol lay near the body.
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Dallas
A. W. Bennett
State Dems pledge faces mandamus bid in TX
Former State Senator Tom Love said he will file a mandamus motion with the Texas Supreme Court to force precinct primary officers to allow Democrats to participate in precinct primaries without pledging support to nominees in the general election. He acted at the request of the Texas Women's Christian Temperance Union after the state Democratic executive committee voted to require the pledge.
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Dallas
Tom Love
State Supreme Court
Jeave
Texas Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Democratic Executive Committee
Appropriations Chief Forecasts Large Federal Savings
Washington March 30 Chairman Burns of the house Appropriations committee said federal expenses likely to be cut by 243 million dollars with a 150 million dollar reduction in annual supply bills and 60 to 70 million in salary reductions. Rep Williams of South Dakota echoed the estimate and said bills would be reported in a few days.
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Washington
Burns
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Williams
South Dakota
Republican Expenditures Committee
Garner Sways Solons Again Takes Floor
Speaker Garner again took the floor at the first sign of opposition to the Ways and Means committee tax bill. He urged rejection of Rep. Cannon's amendment to delete provisions allowing consolidated and affiliated corporate income tax returns. Cannon withdrew the amendment.
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Washington
March
Garner
Ways and Means Committee
Cannon
Missouri
Consolidated
Active Methodist Minister George M Gibson Dies in Dallas
Dr. George Miles Gibson a Methodist minister author and hospital board member died at his Dallas home on March 30 He contributed to religious periodicals held pastorates across the county and taught church schools.
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Dallas
George Miles Gibson
General Hospital
Judge W C Davis Speaks at Galveston Rotary Club
Judge W C Davis journeyed to Galveston to address the Rotary club and previously attended a Galveston meeting of the Galveston and Harris County bar associations last week. The Bryan jurist was invited to speak at the event.
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Davis
Rotary
W. C. Davis
Galveston
Rotary Club
Bryan Jurist
Harris County
Weather Outlook for Bryan and Nearby Areas
Special to The Eagle reports thundershowers and colder tonight with Thursday fair and colder. East Texas shows fair western regions and thundershowers in the east with frost in northwest north and central tonight. fair and colder in the east and south Thursday. West Texas expects fair and colder with frost tonight and fair and warmer in the north Thursday.
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The
Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
East Texas
West Texas
Texas AG Moves to Clarify Truck Load Law Enforcement
The Texas attorney general’s office acts to resolve enforcement of the 7 000 pound load limit in the new truck regulation. Elbert M. Hooper, assistant attorney general, begins filing answers and motions to dissolve some 454 court suits challenging the provision, with 168 cases pending in district court.
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Austin
Attorney General's Department
Texas
Elbert M. Hooper
Hooper
Court of District
Peace Parley to Reopen After Shanghai Skirmish
In Shanghai on March 30 Japanese forces report a sharp clash with Chinese forces near the city. They say Chinese troops were driven back across Soochow Creek. Peace negotiations are set to reopen tomorrow.
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Shanghai
Soochow Creek
Old Fiddlers of Etex Offered Fine Prizes
More than a hundred old fiddlers from East Texas were invited to an old fiddlers contest at the East Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Lufkin on April 17 to 19. The event runs 4 to 6 p m on the second day. Prizes include a seven tube Super-Hetredyne RCA Victor Radio donated by East Texas magazine, a fiddle bow and case by Whittle Music Co of Dallas, and a violin from Bush and Gerts Music Co of Dallas.
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Lufkin
East Texas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
R. C. A. Victor Radio Complete
Whittle Music Company of
Dallas
Bush and Gerts Music Company of
Pecan Short Course Banquet Tonight at Texas A and M
The second annual pecan short course at Texas A and M College continues its second day with lectures and a Brazos River bottom field trip. A banquet in the college mess hall annex tops the evening schedule at 7:30.
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College Station
Texas A. and
M. College
Brazos River
College Mess Hall
E. J. Kyle
School of Agriculture
J. F. Rosborough
F. R. Brison
W. A. Little
Dean Kyle
O. 8. Gray
North Texas Agricultural College Arlington
Professor Gray
Little
Rosborough
Brazos County Sets Crop Loan Record Says Heath
Samuel Heath reports a record loan rate for farmers in Brazos County with 15 of 18 applications approved in the past week totaling 1416.85 dollars. Loans range from 15 to 400 dollars, with nine more applications pending. Applications must be in by April 30 and are handled through Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce before going to the Brazos committee on loans.
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Brazos County
Samuel Heath
Reconstruction Finance Construction
Heath
Bryan and Brazos County
Bank Vault Robbed as $5000 to $6000 Taken
Beaumont March 30. The Saratoga State Bank at Saratoga was robbed last night with an acetylene torch. The vault was opened and between $5,000 and $6,000 stolen. The robbery was discovered this morning and the sheriff is investigating.
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Etex Bank
Beaumont
Saratoga State Bank
Saratoga
Bryan Firemen Tapped by Rotary for Training Talk
Bryan Rotary hosts the local fire department at its luncheon with Prof. H. R. Brayton of A and M College as speaker. He discusses the Firemen's Training School and Texas fire service, noting growth from 76 cities in 1930 to 115 in 1931 and urging continued training and cooperation to reduce loss of life and property.
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Bryan
Rotary Group
A. M. Waldrop
John S. Caldwell
Chas. E. Griesser
H. R. Brayton
A. and M. College
Texas
Brayton
A. and
State Firemen’s Association
College
East Texas Chambers Plan Regional Tax Study Start
R B Cousins chairs the East Texas Chamber of Commerce tax study committee which will begin a regional survey. The panel met in Huntsville March 24 to lay out policies and practices, with 16 local chambers asking inclusion of their counties. The study will compare per capita government costs and debt, debt purposes and value received, and delinquent tax status.
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Marlin
Chambers of Commerce
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Mayor Proclaims Spring Clean-up Week in Bryan
Mayor Forrest Jones issues a proclamation designating April 3 to 9 as Spring Clean-up Week and urging all citizens to cooperate. The campaign aims to make the city clean and beautiful to lift spirits and foster courage and confidence among residents.
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Bryan
City Commission
Forrest Jones
Former Students To Hold Meeting At A-M April 9
The Association of Former Students of Texas A and M College will hold its annual meeting April 9 at the college. Nine class reunions will be held, with officers to be elected. The 1882 class marks its Golden Anniversary and the 1907 class its 25th. Events include track, baseball, golf, tennis, boxing finals, and a corps dance in the mess hall annex.
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College Station
Association of
Texas A. and
M. College
Julian B. Thomas
Fort Worth
Woman Granted New Trial In Mate Slaying
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a new trial to Mrs. Maude Long of Kleberg County for poisoning her husband Jim in 1929, ruling sheriff testimony on moral conduct inadmissible. The court also granted Pat Henderson a new trial for killing James White, citing error in the trial charge.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Maude Long
Kleberg County
Jim
Kingsville
Pat Henderson
Nacogdoches County
James White
Health Committee Postponed to April 9 Visit by Hamp ton Institute Director
The Brazos County Health Committee postpones its meeting from this Saturday to Saturday afternoon April 9. Miss Nina Gage, director of nurses at Hamp ton Institute Virginia, will visit to observe negro health work in Brazos county.
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Brazos County
Nina Gage
Hampton Institute
Glass Charges Planned Battle On Banking Bill
Senator Glass of Virginia accused opposition forces of using stimulated propaganda in a committee hearing over the new banking bill. James Francis Burge, counsel for the Pittsburgh Clearing House, denied the charge.
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Glass
Washington
Virginia
James Francis Burge
Pittsburgh Clearing House
Iola Drilling Halted as Edge Expects Quick Resumption
J L Edge of Bryan reports drilling on the oil well is temporarily discontinued. He expects operations to be resumed shortly and gave the statement this morning.
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J. L. Edge of
Bryan
Edge
Cotton market shows limited gains despite futures rise
Material improvement was not evident in the cotton market today as futures closed 10 to 20 points higher. Local spot quotations ranged from 57 to 60 cents per pound on a middling basis.
Longviewian Urges Meters on Oil Pipeline
Clif ford Mooers of the Longview Chamber of Commerce urged the railroad commission to install meters on all oil pipelines to ensure honesty. He called for meter checks on oil leaving wells or entering refineries, with proration allowables to be discussed at a forthcoming hearing.
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Austin
Clifford Mooers
Longview Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Commission
First Pen Term In 41 Years to Borden Co Man
BIG SPRING March 30. The first penitentiary term recorded in Borden county in 41 years was handed down today. John Day was sentenced at Gail to one year in prison for possessing a liquor still.
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Borden Co
Big Spring
Borden County
John Day
Gail
Will Rogers Comments On Big Bankers And Government
Beverly Hills California dispatch quotes Will Rogers criticizing financiers new schemes to shift loan risk to the government. He denounces the practice of banks routing debts to Uncle Sam via the Finance Commission and taunting that such loans become “frozen” or “petrified persimmon.”
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The
Eagle
Beverly Hills
Gal
New Finance Commission
Sam
Hi Y Club Talk Before Bryan Lions Club
Sam Crenshaw of Stephen F. Austin high school spoke before the Bryan Lions Club Tuesday noon on the Bryan Hi Y Club program. He described the Hi Y as the boys branch of the Y M C A offering a wholesome gathering place with activities like ping pong and billiards to fill idle hours.
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Sam Crenshaw
Stephen F., Austin High School
Bryan Lions Club
Lion E. R. Bryant
Mr. Crenshaw
Bryan
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