Legge urges private group to carry on Farm Board work
Chairman Alex Legge of the Farm Board challenged U.S. Chamber of Commerce members to join in forming a private organization to replace the board in carrying out its duties. He criticized the Chamber’s attitude and said the new group would operate without government aid.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alex Legge
Farm Board
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Legge
Bryan Mayor proclaims May 4 10 as Music Week
The Mayor KE J Jenkins of Bryan designates May 4 to May 10 as Music Week urging churches schools clubs and individuals to foster a finer appreciation of good music in the city. The proclamation is signed April 29 1950.
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City of
Bryan
KE. J. Jenkins
BE. J. Jenkins
Bryan News Roundup of Local Building and Social News
W F Gelber builds two attractive bungalow type cottages on west 27th street with W C Hutton as contractor. Mr and Mrs Algie T Hearn of Detroit leave Bryan after weeks visiting L E Hearn family and others en route to Dallas and home. Mr and Mrs J T Bertrand of Houston return after their son Jay's marriage to Miss Gussie Ballerstedt at St Andrew's church. Dr Charles Edge and family of Houston and Paul Edge with Jane Jr return home after weekend visit with Mrs Edge and Bryan relatives.
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W. F. Gelber
West 27Th Street
W. C. Hutton
Algie T. Hearn
Detroit
Mich
Bryan
L. E. Hearn
Dallas
J. T. Bertrand
Houston
Jay Bertrand
Gussie Ballerstedt
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Charles Edge
Paul Edge
Jane Jr
Jewett
Mrs. Edge
Eugene
W. B. Edge
Women urged to attend free county cooking school
The Bryan Daily and Weekly Eagle invites Brazos county women to a free five day cooking school led by Mrs Leona Rusk Shrig starting Monday May 5 at 2 30 p m in the Myers building opposite the LaSalle Hotel Sessions are open to all rural homemakers with no tuition fee and attendance on any or all afternoons.
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Bryan Daily
Weekly
Eagle
Brazos County
Bryan
Myers
LaSalle Hotel
Leona Rusk Shrig
Steep Hollow Cemetery Association Postpones Meeting
The regular Steep Hollow Cemetery Association meeting scheduled for Friday June 1 is postponed to Sunday June 20. Officers are C. M. Risinger, president, and Mrs. Laura Mims Hicks, secretary.
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Steep Hollow Cemetery Association
C. M. Risinger
Laura Mims Hicks
Cotton Market Rises as Futures Climb in Trading
The cotton market showed notable improvement with futures closing 25 to 30 points higher. Local spot prices were quoted at 15 to 16 1/2 cents.
Anti-Chain Mass Meeting Friday Night
Preparations are complete for a mass meeting at the Brazos County courthouse on Friday night under the Home Merchants Association. R. B. Galloway of the Peden Company will speak on the impact of foreign owned chain stores on community enterprise, with Eugene Edge as host and F. L. Henderson introducing the speaker.
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Brazos County Court House
Home Merchants’ Assocation
R. B. Galloway
Peden Company of
Houston
Eugene Edge
F. L. Henderson
Galloway
EK. A. Peden
Davis to Speak To Many Public School Pupils
Judge W C Davis of Bryan will address the senior grammar school pupils of Robertson county next Friday night. A union graduation ceremony will be held in Franklin for graduates from the county's 60 grade schools. He will also deliver the Wharton high school baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning.
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W. C. Davis
Bryan
Finest Spirit of Hospitality Not Possible for Flustered Housewife
Domestic science expert Mrs Leona Rusk Thing announces an Eagle Cooking School lecture series at the Myers building opposite the LaSalle Hotel starting May 5 for five days. She says hospitality fails where drudgery and fear of guests dominate the home.
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Eagle Cooking School
Leona Rusk Thing
Cramton in Eighteenth Year in the House
Rep Louis Cramton of Michigan is serving his eighteenth year in the house of representatives.
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Louis C. Cramton
Michigan
House of Representatives
State tests plan to jump gasoline tax
The state plans to sue Wichita Traction Company of Wichita Falls to challenge private import of gasoline from Oklahoma to evade the Texas four cent gasoline tax. The suit alleges the company shipped gas for use in motor propelled buses and street cars not on tracks.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Wichita Traction Company
Wichita Falls
Rice Tilley
Oklahoma
Cotton Seed Crushers Elect Officers at Annual Meet
In Corpus Christi on April 30 W L Weber of Taft was elected president of the Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association. R K Montgomery of Palestine was chosen vice president.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
W. L. Weber
Taft
Texas Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
R. KE. Montgomery
Palestine
Better Salaries And Thrift For Women Tonight
The Business and Professional Women's Club met on Tuesday at Mrs. M. B. Parker’s home with Miss Mary Anna Grimes presiding. Mrs. Maggie W. Barry spoke on thrift for businesswomen emphasizing budgeting and savings and urged higher salaries. A new penny at each plate was introduced to fund an educational project, with a contest based on penny questions.
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Business and Professional Women's Club
M. B. Parker
Mary Anna Grimes
Mildred Horton
Maggie W. Barry
Bryan Boys Take City Roles During Boys Week
Stephen F. Austin high and local students will fill city posts during Bryan’s Boys Week. Seldon Andrews acts as mayor and Benny Griffin as commissioner while other youths assume roles from police chief to traffic officers. The week ends with a hobbyist exhibit in the Myers building on Main Street inviting the public.
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Stephen F. N High School
Bryan
Seldon Andrews
Benny Griffin
Joe Merka
Raymond Buchanan
Frank Webb
Milton Morehead
J. A. Rhodes
Jeremiah Merka
Jacob Beal
Thelston Carroll
Charles Ferguson
J. T. Lang
Bob Cloud
Jack Gregg
George Singletary
Paul Muth
Stephen F. Austin High School
Lamar Zimmerman
Bowie
James Alexander
Travis
W. T. McDonald
Frank Womble
Lawrence Parker
Allen Withers
Maurice Wilcox
Charles Wehrman
Gordon Edge
Joe Chanowsky
Chamber of Commerce
Myers
Main Street
Payroll Heist By Four Bandits In Gadsden
Four bandits seized a Goodyear payroll in Gadsden Alabama taking about $18 000. They forced the two guards and paymaster Burke Stresser into a ditch with sawed off shotguns and escaped in two cars.
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Gadsden
Ala
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Burke
Scions of State On Fishing Trip With Barron
State representative W. S. Barron heads a fishing party to Caddo Lake Louisiana for a trip. He is joined by Representative Phil C. Sanders of Nacogdoches and John Wallace of Teague, former chairman of the house actions committee.
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Barron
W. S. Barron
Caddo Lake
Caddo Parish
Louisiana
Phil C. Sanders
Nacogdoches
John Wallace
Teague
vanTeNe
Spring Gardens Flourish in Brazos County Women Canning Vegetables
Brazos county reports a surge in home gardens with Miss Lucy Givens noting double the number of women and girls under supervision this year. New crops include kohlrabi Swiss chard parsnips and asparagus with asparagus beds maturing early and needing little summer care beyond winter fertilization.
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Brazos County
Lucy Givens
Heavy Storm Wipes Crops in Taft Area
Houston April 30 Linton and Taft bankers estimate about 75 percent of growing crops in San Patricio county wiped out by torrential rain and hail Monday night with 12 inch totals in several spots. Travel over roads will be impossible for several days.
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Associated Press
Houston
Linton and Taft Bankers Today
San Patricio County
Austin Officials Confer With State About County Business
Austin County Judge A. S. McSwain and acting county attorney F. L. Henderson traveled to Austin to confer with state officials on county affairs.
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A. S. McSwain
F. L. Henderson
Austin
Parker Car Taken Last Night by Suspected Gang
A Nash sedan of 1929 owned by Lawrence Parver was stolen from in front of Harry Estill's home. Sheriff J H Reed reports no trace yet, with a broadcast description in circulation. The sheriff links the theft to a recent strike against Sgt. C Strange’s car and an earlier hold up on Sandy Point road, suggesting a series of thefts by the same party.
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Lawrence Parver
Harry Estill
J. H. Reed
Sgt. C. Strange
College Station
Marlin
Bryan
Sandy Point
Reed
Jamaica ginger poison treatment shows promise in Jake paralysis case
In Kansas City Missouri on April 30 a sodium thiosulphate treatment relieved Jamaica ginger poisoning, with one patient regaining limb use and three others greatly improved, offering a potential cure for Jake paralysis affecting hundreds who drank the beverage.
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Associated Press
Kansas Ciy
Jake
Gardner Ill, Cannot Lead Tariff Fight
Washington April 30 The condition of Representative Gardner of Texas minority leader will prevent him from leading the Democrats when the tariff is brought before the house tomorrow. Gardner has been confined to bed since Friday with influenza.
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Associated Press
Washington
Representative Gardner
Texas
House
Ways and Means
Garner
Wardens Killed and Fisherman Shot in Bay Fight
In San Francisco on April 30 two deputy game wardens were killed and fisherman Antone Anderson wounded in a bay near the city. The dead are Jack Burke and Alan Cury. The shooting followed Anderson resisting wardens attempting to board his fishing smack at daybreak.
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San Francisco
Cal
Here
Jack Burke
Alan Cury
Antone Anderson
Anderson
King's Highway 4 H Club Sets Four Month Plan
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce official Wilmer R. McCullough and County Agent C L Benson met with 4 H club members on King's Highway to map a four month program for May through August. Regular meetings will be held on the third Saturday night of each month with notice to follow.
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Wilmer R. McCullough
Bryan and Brazos County
Fathers and Sons Luncheon Marks Boys Week in Bryan Lions
Bryan Lions Club hosts a Tuesday luncheon as part of International Boys Week observances. Lions and visiting boys exchanged songs and messages, with some youths, including Johnson, traveling to Waco Seally for Shrine festivities. Dr. F B Giesecke of Texas A and M shared insights from his U S and European travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Lions
Bryan
Bryan Lions Club
Waco Seally
Ohio penitentiary barbed wire stockade completed
A barbed wire stockade within the Ohio penitentiary is finished and 400 prisoners will be moved into the enclosure. The Ohio National Guard controlled the inmates after an attempted break for liberty the previous day, during which two were wounded. Late, three prisoners were beaten by fellow inmates, one seriously Hanovich.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio National Guard
Jimmie Gordon
Edgar Barr
Chas
Hanovich
Tomato Growers Plan Meeting for Early Market Shipment
The Brazos County Tomato Growers Association will meet at the Bryan courthouse on Saturday afternoon May 3 at 2 o'clock. F H Tulloch urges all local growers to attend and outlines cultivation steps to ensure early production. The Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co will provide space for packing sheds and materials to move the crop promptly.
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F. H. Tulloch
Tulloch
Brazos
Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company
Brazos County
Inventions and time in a Will Rogers diary note
Beverly Hills dispatch notes playful quips on phones and travel time. A train passenger jokes about London calls proving talk grows louder than action. The column reflects on time as a scarce commodity and the era’s busy life.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Canada
London
England
Byrne Ray
San Antonio
Oklahoma
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Wichita Falls CO
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Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate Campaign Funds
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Missouri
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Maryland
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New York
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