Notable War Reporter Swope and Louisiana Leaders Profiled
A long profile notes Erbert Bayard Swope as a famed war correspondent and editor, detailing his World War roles and honors. It also covers Alexander Weddell and Bennett C Clark, with Dowell and Parker political histories, and Parker’s influence on Louisiana governance and flood relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Bayard Swoveerbert Bayard Swope
Journal
Per
Ope
St. Louis
United States
Europe
Hobart
Margaret Honeyman
New York City
Cordell Hull Rising in Roosevelts Cabinet Circle
Cordell Hull, Tennessee politician and former representative and senator, emerged as secretary of state in the Roosevelt administration. Described as able and experienced, Hull is noted for his tariff expertise and advocacy of reciprocal reductions to aid global economic recovery. Born October 2, 1871, in Overton now Pickett County, Hull studied at National Normal University and Lebanon Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice H. Dowell
Luling
House of Representatives
Preston Anderson
Bexar County
Dowell
Anderson
Caldwell County
University of Texas
Caldwell County Texas University
Ex-Students’ Association
Penrose Metcalfe
Luling Solon
American Legion
Paris
France
The
Texas
Lewisville
Cleveland
Kansas City
New Orleans
San Antonio
First Methodist Church of
Knights Templar
Tenessee House of Representatives
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Tenessee
Washington
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Executive Committee
John C. Calhoun
U. S. Senate
Huey
Kingfish) Long
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Parker
South
Louisiana State University
Bethel Church
Miss
New Orleans Board of Trade
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Southern Commercial Congress
Mississippi Valley Association
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Platform Committee
Roosevelt
Washington Arms Conference
Foreign Service
State Department
Cordell Hull
Tennessee Statesman
Congress
Legislative Branch
Overton
Tenh
Pickett
National Normal University At
Lebanon
Lebanon (Tenn
County Judge Gibbs Visited by Brother During East Texas Meeting
County Judge R P Gibbs of Madison county stayed with his brother W F Gibbs and family while attending the East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association conference here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Gibbs
Madison County
W. F. Gibbs
East Texas
Commissioners’ Association
Aggie coaching school to run Aug 20 26 at College Station
The fourth annual Texas Aggie coaching school will run August 20 to 26 at Texas A and M College. Designed for high school coaches and PE instructors, it will be free aside from modest room and board. Aggie staff lead football basketball track baseball and other sessions with guest instructors Pierce and Cisco adding gridiron guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas Aggie
Madison Bell
Department of Physical Education
Texas A. and
M. College
Aggie
John Reid
Frank Anderson
Roswell Higginbotham
Carl T.doc
Sprague
W. L. Peaberthy
Johnnie Pierce
Jack Cisco
Pierce
Corsicana
Cisco
North Texas S. T. C
Mrs. Cofer Named Member of Board of Nurses Group
Mrs. D. B. Cofer of College Station, chairwoman of the Brazos County Health Board, was elected a sustaining member of the Texas State Organization for Public Health Nurses at a Driskill hotel meeting in Austin. The appoinment places her on the organization’s board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Cofer
College Station
Brazos County
Shirley Ralston
School Health Department of
Fort Worth
Shelton
Thorndale
Flea Hoppers Scarce Yet Weevil Damage Grows in Valley
Dr. F L Thomas reports flea hoppers are scarce in southern Texas due to light rainfall but remain a threat where fall conditions favored reproduction. Over 2000 hoppers hatched after moisture from goatweed. Weather data show April rainfall well below normal, while boll weevils are injuring early cotton in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Thomas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
South
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Allen Academy Band Delights East Texas Crowd
The Allen Academy band of 31 members directed by R. E. Bond impressed crowds at the East Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting in Jacksonville this week. The group, praised for musical skill and exemplary conduct, camped in tents due to accommodations limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Academy
R. E. Bond
Bryan and
Brazos County
Jacksonville
New Mex Hiway Expected to Lure People of North
Houston reports an endless line of tourists heading north on the New Mexico highway as holiday travel accelerates. The scene suggests a summer surge for the region with motorists eager to reach northern destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Houston
Marine Monster Brought Ashore by Navasota Man
Mrs. Frank Ripper says her brother A C Sledge of Navasota shot and killed a strange river creature believed by some to be a young whale. The 9 foot 505 pound specimen had a hog like head, cow tongue, tough skin, grey back and white underside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ripper
A. C. Sledge
Navasota
Sledge
Brazos County Girl Found Near Calvert After Missing 24 Hours
Nellie Warner, 22, daughter of a farmer on the Egbert Jones farm, was found in a ditch near Calvert after being missing since Wednesday. She said she got lost while searching for a cow and had been given a lift by three men in an automobile. Sheriff J. H. Reed and deputies investigated but found no foul play. Warner’s family retrieved her in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett C. Clark
Champ Clark
House of Representativ
Miscouri
United States
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Clark
Joplin
American Legion
Champ
Capitol
Col. Clark
Ekill
John Quincy Adams
Nellie Warner
Egbert
Jones Farm
Jones Bridge
Calvert
Anderson Plantation
George Foster
Horace Reed
Warner Home
Burleson County
Warner
Reed
Union Hill
Bryan
Bottoms
Etex CC Manager Spends Week in National Capital
Longview May 2 Hubert M Harrison general manager of merce spends the first week of May in Washington D C to learn the Federal relief public works and reconstruction program and confer with bureau heads and the Texas delegation to protect East Texas interests He will reorient the East Texas regional chamber while the U S Chamber of Commerce is in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Texas
Old Mexico
Rio Grande
Laredo
Mexico City
Gilberto Mizquiz
Mexican
Department of Communications and Public Works
Texas Good Roads Association
Highway Department
Longview
Hubert M. Harrison
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Washington
D. C
Harrison
Congress
East Texas
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Capital
Use the Valley Eagle Want Ads for business growth
Local want ads in the Valley Eagle consistently reach readers. Advertisers report steady inquiries and notable exposure across the community, with affordable rates and quick turnaround for small businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vauly Eagie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louis Post-Dispatch
Save Tribune
New York Herald
New York World
Swope
U. S. Navy
U. S. War Industries Aid
Columbia University
Rand
Tors
American Society
Swoy
Alexander Wilbourne Weddell
Richmond
Argentina
Virginia
Uth
Richdon
Educton
George Washing University
Denmark
Zanzibar
Catania
Italy
Mr. Weddell
Athens
Greece
Beirut
Syria
Cairo
Egypt
Weddell
Inter-Allied Bureau of Commercial Attaches
American War Trade Board
Comlssion Financiere Interalliee
Commission Militaire Interaliee
Calcutta
India
Panama
Serbia
Bennett Champ Clark
AM Coach School
Allen
Etex
Marine
Etex CC
Montgomery Ward & Co
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