Death of Cadet After Baylor A and M Affray At Waco
A committee of A and M Texas seniors releases a detailed statement recounting events leading to the October 30 Baylor A and M student clash in Waco during a football game half. Cadet Lieutenant Charles M Sessums of Dallas dies from a head blow during the incident. The note defends A and M interests, denounces biased reporting, and recalls prior provocations including Baylor’s feigned “Bucking Ford” joke that angered Aggie cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
College Station
A. and
M. College of Texas
Baylor A
Waco
Charles M. Sessums
Dallas
M. Senior
Baylor Petitions
Kansas City to Honor Soldier Dead By Edifice
The Kansas City memorial honoring fallen soldiers nears completion with three-unit complex and a 216 foot shaft. The Mayfield project, evolving from a $500000 idea to a $2000000 monument, will be dedicated by President Coolidge on Armistice Day with a formal program from 3:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Associated Press
United States
Washington
Coolidge
Foch
Pershing
Jacques
Diaz
Beatty
America
Mayfield World Court stance probes Klan era politics
The column notes Earle B. Mayfield backed the World Court and the League of Nations, while Jim Ferguson positions against it amid Ku Klux Klan debate. The piece suggests World Court support could shape the 1928 Senate race and re election prospects for Mayfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle B. Mayfield
Ku Klux Klan
World Court
Klan
United States
Texas
League of Nations
Jim Ferguson
Mayfield
Senate
Rooters Special Train To Rice Aggies Game
A Rooters Special train will run Friday from Union Station at 9 30 a m to the Rice A and M College game at Kyle Field College Station arriving at noon The return departs at 6 45 p m arriving Houston at 9 15 p m The round trip fare is 245 dollars Dining car service will be provided for Rice students and fans The service is announced by C W Strain passenger traffic manager and is tied to the Owls Aggies clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Owls
Aggies
Rice
Theft of 74 000 From Los Angeles Federal Reserve Bank
Police disclose the theft of 74000 from the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Wesley Davis 22 the janitor at the institution was arrested and 71895 was recovered from his home. A new automobile he says he bought with part of the money was seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Wesley Davis
Davis
Visitors Honored By Camp Supper
Miss Neeleen Robinson entertained at the home of her parents in Dellwood Park on Saturday night honoring Miss Eunice Womack of Hattiesburg Mississippi and Miss Angela Hallmar of Houston Texas. After a delightful program a campfire supper and dancing guests departed expressing appreciation for the hospitality. Attending were Misses Lucy Darwin Elva Trant Neeleen Robinson Eunice Womack Angela Hallmar and Messrs Walter Anderson Chas Rippy James Wipkin Harvlee Richards Cadet Young Maurice Cleaver and Mr and Mrs Lucian Sandifer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neeleen Robinson
Dellwood Park
Eunice Womeck
Hattiesburg
Angela Hallmar
Houston
Lucian Sandifer
Miss Robinson
Lucy Darwin
Elva Trant
Eunice Womack
Angela Halltmar
Messrs
Walter Anderson
Chas. Rippy
James Wipkin
Harvlee Richards
Cadet Young
Maurice Cleaver
End
Music Hall Star George Robey Crafts Violins Between Shows
London Nov 10 George Robey the famed music hall artist spends waits in theatres making violins as a long standing hobby. He sources parts globally and even crafted an instrument for Fritz Kreisler who plans to use it in forthcoming concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
George Robey
Fritz Kreisler
Kreisler
Weather week report shows cold Tuesday and warm Sunday
The past week featured Tuesday as the coldest day at 56 degrees and Sunday as the warmest at 70. Rainfall totaled 1.43 inches Monday and 0.17 inch Tuesday, with other days showing missing data.
Octobers tax intake tops one million amid statewide funds report
Austin reports October gross receipts taxes at 1 130 000 up from 160 000 a year earlier, boosting total funds to 8 659 607 on November 1. October receipts 4 166 761 and disbursements 4 782 811. General revenue balance 5 815 366 with funds for schools highways prisons text books and universities listed. An overdraft of 194 322 is shown in the Confederate pension fund. J J Adams Jr of Houston visits Bryan hometown family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
W. Gregory Hatcher
General Revenue
Prison Commission
University of Texas
Sanitary Commission
Confederate Pension Fund
Bok funds natural park in Florida mountain lake birds
Edward W. Bok sponsors Mountain Lake Bird Preservation near Lakeland Florida a 26 acre park preserving native flora and wildlife. existing artificial lake serves as flamingo habitat while a second is planned. nightingales from England and a carillon with 67 bells atop the mountain are planned to enhance the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Laker Wales
Fla
Florida
Edward W. Bok
Mountain Lake
Bok
Johnny Smith Visites Bryan During Week at Dellwood Park
Johnny Smith of Los Angeles is spending a week in Bryan visiting his sister Mrs H A Robinson and family at their Dellwood Park home. The noted singer draws many friends to hear him during this Bryan visit. Mr and Mrs Gordon Mitchell take apartments with Mr and Mrs L B Kern on East 24th Street. Miss Mary Locke travels from Tabor to Bryan on business today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J."adams, Jr
Houston
George A. Adams
J. J. Adams
Bryan
Johnny Smith
Los Angeles
California
Gordon Mitchell
Mrs. L. B. Kern
East 24Th Street
Mary Locke
Tabor
A and M Public School Teachers Join Association
Fort Worth reports that E W Chaney superintendent of the A and M Consolidated School at College Station has enrolled his faculty 100 percent in the Texas State Teachers Association. Several are expected to attend the annual El Paso convention November 25 to 27. The faculty includes Chaney Edwin D Martin Fred Ashley Virginia Harris Homer R Gross and others with Chaney Martin Pipkin and Mrs Webb life members. Local visitors Eunice Womack and Angela Hall mar visit. Mrs Sandifer to accompany them home. Mrs Crenshaw of Fort Worth visiting Bryan. Mrs Conaway reported seriously ill with appendicitis. Essie Shealey of Reliance a Bryan visitor today.
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Fort Worth
E. W. Chaney
A. and M. Consolidated School
College Station
Texas State Teachers’ Association
el Ps- 80
Chaney
Edwin D. Martin
Fred Ashley
Virginia Harrris
Homer R. Gross
C. C. ‘Doak
S. C. Leslie
Allie Low
M. E. Campbell
Louise Pipkin
S. D. Webb
D. C. Mcintosh
Susie Moxdey
Carl Sprague
N. H. Byrom
Fred Sloop
E. M. Walls. Chaney
Martin
Miss Pipkin
Webb
Association
Aggie Cadets Remember Charlie Sessums At Eleventh Hour
In a rain soaked Aggie yell practice cadets silent for Charlie Sessums honoring their fallen comrade. James E. Gunn’s poem The Battalion is quoted as the crowd reflects on memory loyalty and Aggie kinship at the eleventh hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and
Charlie Sessums
Aggieland
Jake
Dietel
Old Pal
James E. Gunn
Henry Ford Finances Queen Marie Tour Expenditures
J B Ayres, Ford’s representative, said Henry Ford pays incidental costs for Queen Marie of Romania during her U S tour. He estimates the tour will cost about 500000, with autos and drivers a major expense, totaling 168 cars used to date.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
Henry Ford
Detroit
Marie of
Romania
J. B. Ayres
Ford
Ayres
Mr. Ayres
New York
School Grounds Will Be Shady At Hogg's Wish
Green trees will be planted on over a thousand Texas school grounds as Governor James Stephen Hogg wished. Pecans and walnuts from trees planted by his grave will be sent to A and M College for distribution to schools planting these trees. County Agent Walter E. Davis gathered the first two walnuts and five pounds of pecans and sent them to Dean E. J. Kyle for compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
James Stephen Hogg
Mogg
A. and M. College
Walter E. Davis
Governor Hogg
Dean E. J. Kyle
A. and
Man Seventy Six Father of Eighty Seven Children
Berlin reports from Vienna medical association journal recount Inman aged 76 who twice married is father to 87 children with 84 living nine sets of multiples including quadruplets and triplets. Bernard Scheinberg near the German border fathered 69 by first wife who died at 56 and 18 with a second wife. 67 of his children are living and he says he has many grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Inman
Vienna Medical Association
Bernard Scheinberg
Scheinberg
The Farmer's Individual Responsibility in Cotton Crisis
The piece argues farmers must accept responsibility for cotton overproduction and adapt. It notes 1925–26 yields, calls for individual effort and sensible farming over speculation, and stresses farming as a business requiring cooperative action and personal judgment. It warns tenants bear some blame and urges change next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganbling
American Express to Begin Airplane Service Chicago to Dallas
New York November 9 The American Railway Express will use planes on two routes with National Air Transport Inc. The first link will be New York to Chicago and the second Chicago to Dallas with intermediate stops. Night and day flights aim to cut delivery time by one business day on these routes.
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Associated Press
New York
American Railway Express
Robert M. Cowie
National Air Transport, Inc
Chicago
Dallas
Texas
Air Express
Cowie
Express Company
Cigarette Causes Cash and Indictments Fire
Fire in the office of District Clerk Joe R. Davis in the county courthouse destroyed 750 dollars in currency and several indictments piled on a desk. A cigarette left near the edge is blamed for igniting the blaze while Davis was in an adjacent room. The grand jury may need reconvening to replace the destroyed indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Joe R. Davis
County Court House
Davis
Milady’s Stockings Affect Cotton Industry
Dallas report notes Congressman Charles J. Easterly of Reading Pennsylvania, a hosiery manufacturer, says women’s stockings drive cotton demand. He explains fashion shifted to silk or near silk, reducing mercerized cotton use in stocking tops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Charles J. Easterly
Reading
Milady
A. and M. Has Largest Representation at All Southern Conference
A. and M. College of Texas led Texas participation at the All Southern Baptist Student Conference in Birmingham October 28 to 31, with 24 delegates including Rev. and Mrs. Brown. About 200 Texas students attended, part of 1,400 total delegates. Noted Texas leaders and other state speakers attended, and the A and M quartet received praise for its performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern College
Alabama
Eagle
College Station
Texas
Birmingham
Ala
A. and M. College of Texas
R. L. Brown
The
Baptist Church
A. and M
Brown
George Truett
Dallas
Lee Scarborough
Fort Worth
P. Brooks
Waco
J. M. Dawson
3. D. Gordon
Boston
Carter Helm Jones
Atlanta
William Rusell Owen
Rome
Georgia
C. E. Maddry
Raleigh
N. C
16 Year Old Crosby Youth Declared Most Active Farm Club Worker
Homer Sheffield a Crosby resident aged 16 is hailed as Harris county’s most active farm club worker. He leads local youth in agricultural clubs, won a $250 prize from Farm Journal, and juggles farming, dairy, poultry, hogs, a paper route, and running the Crosby telephone switchboard while pursuing education at A and M College. He credits his success to market sense and persistent work.
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Crosby
Harris County
Homer Sheffield
A. A. Sheffield
Homer
Farm Journal of Philadelphia
United States
Jersey
Ward
Nacogdoches
E. G. Eagleston
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Homey
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Bucking Ford
Baylor
Baylor University
Heaven
M. College
Texas Aggies
Aggie
the People’s Column
Rooter
M. Public School Teachers
Mrs. Sandifer
Herbert Crenshaw
J. M. Bullock
College Avenue
W. T. Conaway
Independence
Essie Shealey
Reliance
Heaven's Bower
Mem'ry
Laddie
Queen Marie
Hogg
Frank A. Briggs
Farm
Rane
South
Merican Express Company
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