Erosion Control Efforts Expand Across Texas Farmland
Federal soil erosion program protects 15,465 farms in 173 counties through terracing contour planting and tree cover. Texas leads in erosion prevention with county agents training farmers and club boys to manage practices, boosting land value and curbing nutrient loss amid a national push to stabilize farm output.
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Federal Department of the Interior
H. H. Bennett
Soil Erosion Service
Department
Texas
The
Star-Telegram
Panhandle Highlands
United States
Extension Service
M. R. Bentley
Watered stock shaped as chickens reported from San Gelo
Report from San gelo describes watered stock molded like chickens to resemble fatness after water injection. The inventor of the wooden nutmeg WKdw reportedly takes a back seat in the affair.
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Sangelo
Roosevelt backs self regulation plan amid child labor debate
Roosevelt supports a NRA backed self regulation approach while keeping child labor minimums maximum hours and bargaining provisions in national codes. Dallas plans to impound loose unmuzzled dogs and imply muzzles for people. A Mecklenburg County justice who married about 6000 couples has died, prompting reflection on how many remain married.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Dallas
Meckennan County
Williams to lead 1910 Aggie baseball squad
George Frederick Howard Bittle nicknamed Pete selected as captain for next year’s Agricultural and Mechanical College baseball team. A. L. Ward of Houston named baseball business manager and L. P. Looney track manager. Budgets and staff assignments noted for summer activities and campus visitors.
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Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot
Agricultural and Mechanical College
George Frederick Howard Bittle
Pete
A. L. Ward
Houston
L. P. Looney
Charley Hudson
Jim Astin
Corpus Christi
E. K. Barden
Bethel Academy
Runge
First Baptist Church
Gussie Buchanan
Pauline Webb
Graham
Vanardo
Community building and civic duty reflections
An observant commentary on civic engagement and politics. It argues that contact with home audiences tempers lawmakers especially on the Economy bill and urges citizens to act for veterans. It cautions merchants to advertise and critiques class conflict while noting life’s mix of disliked and liked things.
Exams Prompt Last Minute Men of Students
A Bryan Daily Eagle column reflects on education and employment with cheeky lines about exams and excuses. It notes graduates may be better prepared than in avoiding work while contrasting with a senator's daughter and a quip from Dr. W. B. Riley. Cardboard sheets offered by Eagle Printing Co.
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Lexington
Bryan Daily Eagle
Los Angeles Chinatown Faces Change including Union Station
The article notes Chinatown in Los Angeles will be redeveloped with a new union station replacing the current dense area. It describes Olvera Street as a sunny old Mexico quarter with a sleepy market, and details Japanese town and a Filipino settlement nearby. It cites about 7,000 destitute Filipinos and their communal living, with harsh living conditions and a depressing Filipino restaurant scene featuring flies and poor food quality.
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Los Angeles
Chinatown
Union Station
California
Olvera Street
Old Mexico
Nippon
Manila
Hawaii
Amorous sabotage and cafe culture in early Los Angeles
A local writer notes engagement with cheap taxi-dance halls near the settlement where roguish women prey on Filipinos, while Filipino gentlemen favor blondes. Mentions Victor Hugo Italian restaurant expanding to Beverly, Mona Lisa, Vendome, The Pit, and a neon Variety office on Hollywood Boulevard reflecting entertainment in the region.
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Victor Hugo
Los Angeles
Beverly
Paul Morand
Moneta
New York
Mulberry Street
America
Mona
Long Beach
London
Variety
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Variety
Chief
Editorial on Dust Clouds and Soil Erosion Policy
The Christian Science Monitor argues the recent wide dust storm highlights land misuse and erosion. It calls for government action to repossess misused public lands and restore them to grass or woodland to preserve national fertility for future generations.
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United States
Dakotas
Seaboard
Canada
Virginia
Washington
Federal Department of Soil Erosion
America
Ilinois
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Interior Department
Soil Erosion Service
Eco
FERA
Christian Science Monitor
Encounters in a Journal Studio and Park Encounters
The narrator recalls visiting Sunny Brooks's parrot and chatting with Oscar Odd Young in Los Angeles. He notes odd exchanges with strangers in Westlake Park and reflects on aging studio scenes and the casual theater life away from Broadway.
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Oscar Odd
Los Angeles
Oscar Odd Young
Missouri
Grandpa
Mississippi convict confesses slaying naval officer in Kansas
A hitch hiker Leo Hudgins formerly of Mississippi confessed to killing Lieut Commander S J Trowbridge a naval officer whose body was found on a roadside in southern Kansas after an officer gave him a ride.
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Marietta
Okla
Leo Hudgins
Mississippi
S. J. Trowbridge
Vicim
Kansas
Associated Press
Fragmentary reminiscence of a Scotsman’s debt and collapse
The speaker recalls shared childhood in Cincinnati and a haircut scene. A debtor’s fate is described as a life jolt toward ruin, labeling him a mooch. The Scotsman repays a two-spot with what he calls fair interest, illustrating rough justice in hardship.
Roosevelt Backers Win In Literary Dispatch Poll Indirectly
The Literary Dispatch poll shows 61.64 percent confidence in the New Deal in the second tabulation, down from 66.19 percent. Maine reports a slight anti administration majority while New York hints at dissent from near financial centers. Pennsylvania posts the largest administration share among states surveyed.
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Maine
New York
New York City
Roosevelt
Hoover
Pennsylvania
Galveston
Local social notes from Monday’s Daily
Misses Katherine Henderson and Ethel Gavin of New Orleans visit Houston for the Allegro dance. Jane Oliver, back from New York, sails to Galveston. Baylor grads John Sidney Smith and Milton Maloney attend reunions in Waco. Families from Hempstead, Houston, Mexia, Bonham, Little Rock, and Dallas appear for visits, school events, and receptions.
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Katherine Henderson
Ethel Gavin
New Orleans
Jack Hollis Weaver
Houston
Jane Oliver
New York
Galveston
Bradford Sanders
Ellen Hughes
Hempstead
A. Searcy
C. C. Nash, Sr
Bryan
Waco
Sam Crenshaw
Dallas
Harry Crenshaw
R. W. Howell
Jennie June
Hockaday School For Girls
Lucille Bevan
Spell Uty
Dattac’ Cathiye
Beauticians
Austin Callan
Local families visit Bryan amid college events and illnesses
A group of Carroll and Jess Fords from New Mexico and Farwell spend Sunday with the Buchanans in Bryan. Martha Locke and Edwin attend Frances Locke and Edwin's wedding. Visitors include Tate in Lampasas and McKnight couple from Raymondville for A M College commencement. H. Marvin Sneed improves at home after months of illness.
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Féxas
Carroll Ford
Wayne
Beverly Jean
Mountainair
N. M
Jess Ford
Cilbert Ford
Farwell
Bryan
A. J. Buchanan
West 24Th Street
N. R. Tate
Noah
Lampasas
Bry@p
A. ‘and
M. College
W. H. McKnight
Raymondville
A. and
Hunter Randolph
Austin
Henry Ss. Locke
Frances Locke
M. E. Edwin
George Harrington
E. d. Harrington
Mary Smith
Evelyn Smith
San Saba
Galveston
Albert Block
Beverly
Naomi
Omaha
Neb
Harry Cronus
Lee J. Rountree
Waco
W. M. Kelly
Edgar Covey
Navasota
J. F. Covey
Covey
H. Marvin Sneed
Calvert
Mr. Sneed
Temple Hospital
Stop That Itching Ointment Ad Promises Relief
An advertisement offers Black Hawk Ointment with a guarantee for skin troubles such as itch eczema athletes foot ringworm tetter or pimples. The price is 50 cents and mentions Roman and Vick as distributors.
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Roman
Vick
Ady
Political Candidates for July Democratic Primaries
The Eagle lists candidates for various offices in the July Democratic primaries. District Judge W C Davis seeks re election. George B Butler Brazos County and Albert Fe Gruetzner Grimes County seek reelection to Representative. F T Cole Court Clerk. Mrs W Ke Neeley County Superintendent. Guy Harris Tax Collector Assessor. A S McSwain M Ferguson County Judge. J H Reed C Egbert Jones Roy Nunn Sheriff. Clyde F Goen Frank Worsham County Clerk. Oak McKenzie County Attorney. Jor t McGee Justice Precinct 4. Br Dodson Horace Reed R Budd y Knowles Constables Precinct 4. Precinct 1 Boyett Jake Watson Raymond Todd. Precinct 2 J W Harris Will Conrad. Precinct 3 Fred Wehrman R W Siegert Joseph L Burt Sam Piccolo William C Merka R Patterson Re election.
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George B. Butler
Brazos County
Albert FE. Gruetzner
Grimes County
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Clyde F. Goen
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Oak McKenzie
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Buddy) Knowles
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Bob) Siegert
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