Metropolis Hotels and Broadway Cast of Characters
In New York the hotel system is run by elusive directors hidden behind staff and buttons, while famed hosts fade from view. Notables like Tallulah Bankhead and Rube Goldberg shape city glamour, Broadway surface riders symbolize urban drive, and midtown crime exposes gaps in policing amid street-level dangers.
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New York
Metropolitian
Boomer
the Waldorf
Case
the Algonquin
Simeon Ford
George Boldt
John McF. Bowman
Servidor
Broadway
Tom Powers
Webster
Haswell of Bryan Dies After A Life Of Civic Service
Tyler Haswell, lifelong Bryan resident and businessman, died Tuesday evening at age 66. He helped found the Rotary Club, led the chamber of commerce, and chaired the city aldermen and first commission, shaping Bryan's government. His gift to the city, Sue Haswell Memorial Park, honors his mother and remains a lasting community landmark.
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Bryan
Tyler Haswell
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Board of Aldermen
Cemetery Association
Haswell
Harrison
Sue Haswell
Better Housing and Living Standards in New Deal Plan
The President outlines a $4 billion work relief program aiming to improve housing and reduce rents in cities while upgrading thousands of farm homes. He argues good housing is essential to healthy bodies and minds and to keeping the rural population from drifting to urban slums, promising protected wells and better sanitary facilities.
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America
Paving Projects at College A M Texas A and M
The piece argues for funding highway paving around Texas A and M College from federal public works money. It urges paving the drive from Highway 6 to the administration building and the road north of the college to ease congestion and support growing activity.
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Texas
Congress
Texas A. & M. College
Wellborn
Plan to Start Work on Forrest Field Shortly
City officials expect to begin re grading Forrest Field later this week. Fences will be removed and graders used to move dirt across the field. Topsoil will be spread and the area resodded, with fences replaced in improved condition.
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Forrest Field
College seeks highway improvements with broad support
Safety in traffic is a priority and will be presented to Federal and State highway officials. The College aims to gain backing from influential friends to secure improvements benefiting thousands from Texas and beyond who visit the institution annually.
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Texas
Canning at Home Becomes Texas Relief Emphasis
Texas A and M Extension Service promotes home canning to aid relief efforts. In Brazos County a 38 acre plot will be canned at the Bryan plant with toll revenue aiding relief. Over 800 relief families received seeds this spring and many will bring harvested products to the cannery for processing.
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Texas A. & M. College
Texas
State Relief Commission
Brazos County
Bryan
Jack At's Thinkers Hire Painter for House Job
Mr Cauffyeup hires a painter to color his house since he lacks time to do the work himself. The task is to beautify the town with fresh paint and a neat finish.
Rumors On Allred Senate Run Prompt Texas Political Shakeup
Austin rumor links Governor James V. Allred to a possible bid for the U S Senate delaying his Texas highway commission appointment. If he seeks re election Allred would likely stay governor while others like Ernest C. Thompson William McCraw Coke Stevenson and Walter Woodul adjust bids for Railroad Commissioner Attorney General Lieutenant Governor and House leadership.
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Austin
Harry Hines
Wichita Falls
Texas Highway Commission
James V. Allred
United States
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Allred
W. R. Ely
Abilene
Ely
Alfred
Ernest C. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
William McCraw
Coke Stevenson
Walter Woodul
Thompson
McCraw
Woodul
Stevenson
Roosevelt appoints Reynolds surgeon general of U S Army
President Roosevelt names Col. Charles Ransom Reynolds as surgeon general of the army with major general rank and appoints Maj. Augustus Wroten Shockley as assistant surgeon general with brigadier general rank in Washington on April 20.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Col
Charles Ransom Reynolds
Maj
Augustus Wroten Shockley
Editorial on tariffs and cotton textiles in New Deal economy
The piece presents a Cabinet debate among Hull Wallace and Perkins on tariffs, bounties, and planning. It argues that further tariff protection harms overall trade, but warns against excessive foreign competition that undercuts wage gains and NRA AAA progress. It concludes the New Deal era faces a test of planning versus free competition.
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Cordell Hull
Japan
Mr. Wallace
Miss Perkins
Hull-Wallace Exchange
NRA
South
AAA
Wallace
Hull
New England
Christian Science Monitor
Slayer William M. Howard Named In Bizarre Shooting
Police investigate a strange shooting in which chauffeur William M. Howard killed his employer Paul Wharton a costume designer and wounded Henry Bolte a college professor before killing himself. Associated Press Photo.
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William M. Howard
Hollywood
Paul Wharton
Henry &. Bolte
Associated Press
Clipper Captain Edwin Musick Returns to Honolulu
Pan American Clipper captain Edwin C. Musick arrives in Honolulu after a 2,400 mile flight from Alameda California. The Associated Press photo captures the moment of arrival and recognition for the historic transcontinental air route.
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Elwyn Dees
University of Kansas
Des Moines
Dees
Associated Press
Edwin C. Musick
Honolulu
Alameda
Calif
Ed Derden files candidacy for Brazos tax collector post
From the Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot April 30 1910 Ed 8 S Derden announces his candidacy for Brazos county tax collector subject to the Democratic primary in July. Also notes society events visits and local bids for campus housing repairs at A and M College amid a small roseola outbreak and whooping cough cases.
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Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot
S. Derden
the Eagle
Brazos County
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Texas Conference
Ed Hall
Maggie Sims
Aubrey Brown
Hillsboro
Prairie View Singers to Perform Benefit Recital
The Bryan Prairie View Alum and Former Students Club presents the Prairie View College Glee Club in a Wednesday 8 pm benefit recital at Kem High School. The group, making its Bryan debut, includes twelve singers an accompanist and four faculty members. They perform folk music and Negro spirituals with prior tours and broadcasts noted.
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Bryan-Prairie View
Prairie View College Glee Club
Kem High School
Bryan
Dallas
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
A. & M. College
Steph F. Austin Teachers College
State Penitentiary
Bay City
Houston and
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