Fire destroys Brooklyn tenement. several dead
Police probe possible arson after a Brooklyn tenement fire killed Esther Chadow 36 and her children Lawrence 13 Natalia 3 and Lena Webb 35 and her infant Ethel four months. Mrs Chadow and another daughter were saved as Webb jumped from a window with her baby. several others were injured.
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New York
Esther Chadow
Lawrence
Natalia
Lena Webb
Ethel
Brooklyn
Chadow
Armistic Day Reflections on National Confidence
The column urges greater confidence and good will among people to reduce international conflict. It stresses that world peace depends on internal progress and mutual consideration, citing Bryan as needing more give and take spirit for real progress.
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Bryan
Mrs E J Fountain Visits Waco For Missionary Union Meeting
Mrs E J Fountain is visiting friends in Waco for the week and attending the state meeting of the Woman s Missionary Union of Texas tied to the Baptist general convention in the city. Dr W B Bizzell former A M College president and now Oklahoma University president passes through Bryan on the way to Houston. Locals greet him at the station and praise his steadfast friendship in Brazos county.
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E. J. Fountain
Waco
Woman's Missionary Union of Texas
Baptist General Convention
W. B. Bizzell
A. & M. College
Oklahoma University At
Norman
Bryan
College
Houston
Brazos County
World Peace Coming Says President Hoover
President Hoover says lasting world peace will follow only through international confidence built by personal contact of world leaders and actions by financial and industrial and social leaders. A brief Arlington Cemetery ceremony at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier followed the memorial dedication to District of Columbia soldiers and sailors.
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Washington
Hoover
District of Columbia
Arlington Cemetery
Associated Press
Dino Grandi
Italy
White House
United States
Mussolini
Fort Worth Man Named President Mission Workers
Fort Worth, Nov 11. Rev. B J Albritton president of Jacksonville Baptist College was elected president of the Baptist Missionary Association of Texas succeeding Rev J C Hearne of Waxahachie.
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Fort Worth
Mission Workers
B. J. Albritton
Jacksonville Baptist College
Baptist Missionary Association of Texas
J. C. Hearne
Waxahachie
Couple Robbed as Bandits Steal Shoes in Texas Incident
A. L. Voight of Round Rock and Miss Nell Poole of Fort Worth said two men held them up when Voight stopped to fix a tire. The thieves took Miss Poole's fur coat and wrist watch, Voight's coat and seven dollars. Shoes were taken to delay alarm.
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Austin
A. L. Voight
Round Rock
Sheriffs Department
Miss Nell Poole
Fort Worth
Miss Pool
Cadets Receive Commissions at Texas A&M Armistice Day
At Guion Hall Texas A M College cadet corps presented 321 senior officers with commissions during an Armistice Day service. P L Downs Jr outlined board duties and proposed a new 50000 dollar swimming pool. Cadet Lt Col A O Saenger read names of war dead and Taps played. President Walton urged higher citizenship standards.
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College Station
Texas A. & M. College Cadet Corps
Guion Hall
P. L. Downs, Jr
Temple
W. W. Daup
Bryan
A. 0. Saenger
Beaumont
T. O. Walton
A. C Moser, Jr
Dallas
Great Growth in Bryan Schools Reviewed for Lions by Bethany
Bryan Lions Club hosted a noon meeting honoring American Educational Week with teachers and principals. Lion Harry L. Durham announced ten Bryan school staff with fifteen or more years of service including Miss Wesa Weddington and C. M. Bethany among others.
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Bryan
Bethany
Red Cross
Bryan Lions Club
Harry L. Durham
Wesa Weddington
Stephan F. Austin
C. M. Bethany
Bowie
Lelia Griffin
Allie Montgomery
Annie Dearing
May Burtis
Nina Henry
Margaret
In Flanders Fields Poem by Jno McRae
The poem recalls soldiers buried in Flanders Fields beneath rows of crosses. It speaks of the dead who once felt dawn and sunset and loved, urging the living to take up the torch and keep faith with those who died. Poppies symbolize memory as larks fly above the guns.
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Flanders Fields
Jno
McRae
Women elect officials of Texas group at convention
Mrs. R. F. Lindsay of Mount Pleasant was elected general director by acclamation at the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Lubbock. Dallas wife Mrs. Homer D. Wade and Ran ger Mrs. M. H. Hagaman were candidates for general federation director while Houston Mrs. J. W. Fincher and Cisco Mrs. R. Q. Lee sought the state presidency.
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Lubbock
Navy
R. F. Lindsay
Mount Pleasant
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Homer D. Wade
Dallas
M. H. Hagaman
Ranger
J. W. Fincher
Houston
R. Q. Lee
Cisco
Suspected Communists Jailed in Mexico City Radio Denunciation
Mexico City on November 11 reports several suspected communists jailed as police sought to identify three men who marked the Soviet Republic anniversary by breaking into a radio station and broadcasting a denunciatory program.
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Mexico City
Road Commission To Let Contract On Hiway No 21
Gibb Gilchrist chief engineer of the state highway commission spent a short time in Bryan on his way from East Texas to Austin with Division Engineer J E Blair. He toured the new route for Highway 21 and the route for Highway 6 to Hearne and said Brazos County highway work is progressing well. He indicated that if the Highway 21 section between the Little Brazos and Brazos rivers is ready for dirt work the contract might be let at the November December meeting. Blair said the project is in readiness. The highway will run above the highwater mark with significant fill.
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Gibb Gilchrist
State Highway Commission
Bryan
East Texas
Austin
J. E. Blair
Madisonville
Hearne
Brazos County
Gilchrist
Little Brazos
Brazos Rivers
Blair
Army Official Dies in Washington Hospital
Major Stuart G. Wilder age 41 an aide to Governor Judd of Hawaii died at Walter Reed hospital after an operation. He was regarded as one of the brightest young officers in the army.
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Scranton
Penn
Chevalier Fortunato Tisear
Pennsylvania
New York
Dino Grandi
Washington
Stuart G. Wilder
Judd
Hawaii
Walter Reed Hospital
Bastrop Judge Names Sheriff in Towners Townsends Succeed
District Judge W. F. Robertson named E. H. Perkins of Bastrop as sheriff of Bastrop county replacing Woody Townsend who was suspended after conviction for collecting excess fees. Perkins is a former Bastrop sheriff and former county judge.
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Austin
W. F. Robertson
E. H.perkins
Bastrop
Bastrop County
Woody Townsend
Townsend
Perkins
Weather forecast for Bryan and Texas regions
Cloudy with possible showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday for Bryan and vicinity. East Texas expected showers tonight and Thursday. West Texas to see showers and cooler conditions tonight, partly cloudy and showers in the east on Thursday.
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New Orleans
Navy
Bryan
Vicinity
East Texas
West Texas
Red Cross Annual Membership Drive Expands in Brazos County
The American Red Cross begins its annual membership drive in Bryan College Station and Brazos County tomorrow. J Webb Howell chair says the drive starts Thursday morning with Major S R Hopkins as general community chairman. Workers meet at City Hall Red Cross office at 10 o'clock to receive territory and instructions.
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American Red Cross
Bryan
College Station
Brazos County
Goll Call
J. Webb Howell
S. R. Hopkins
A. and M. College
Howell
Red Cross
City Hall
Chemists Group of Texas A M to Meet on Friday
The sixthteen meeting of the College Station members of the American Chemical Society will be held Friday at 8:00 p m in the Physics Lecture Room A M College College Station Texas The program includes talks by G S Fraps S E Asbury Ray Treichler J F Fudge followed by questions and discussion All interested are invited Chairman C W Burchard and secretaries G S Fraps and Mr Thornton
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College Station
American Chemical Society
A. & M. College
Texas
G. S
C. W. Burchard
G. S. Fraps
Mr. Thornton
Hoover Working On His Message Advises Scribes
President Hoover told newspapermen at his press conference that he began work on his message to Congress opening early next month. He said he would also submit appointments to fill vacant government posts including two tariff commission members, one farm bureau member, and about a dozen to fifteen judiciary posts.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Tariff Commission
Farm Bureau
Judiciary
Bryan Mayor Proclaims Red Cross Roll Call Dates
Bryan mayor Forrest Jones proclaims November 11 to 26 for the annual American Red Cross Roll Call. He lauds the organization from its 50 year origin to its world wide disaster relief and family aid efforts.
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American Red Cross
Organization of Mercy
Bryan
Texas Baptists Open Annual Meet in Waco
The annual general convention of Texas Baptists opened today in Waco. Dr. George W. Truett preached the memorial sermon for Baylor president Dr. S. P. Brooks who died recently. About 3,000 churches and 500,000 members were represented. Dr. L. R. Scarborough was re elected president for a third term. Leon M. Latimer S D Dollahue and W S Allen were elected vice presidents.
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Waco
Navy
General Convention of Texas Baptists
George W. Truett
Dallas
S. P. Brooks
Baylor University
L. R. Scarborough
Fort Worth
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Leon M. Latimer
Austin
S. D. Dollahue
Marlin
W. S. Allen
Baylor
Tax Receipts Drop As Oil Prices Sag
State Comptroller George Shephard reports Texas gross receipts taxes for the year fell by over two million dollars from the prior year due to low crude oil prices. Gasoline tax income rose, increasing from 32.1 million to 38.3 million dollars as it is based on volume.
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Austin
East Texas
George Shephard
Will Rogers on War Claims and Diplomacy
Beverly Hills may 11 We cannot tell from this morning s press which nation declared war on the other China or Japan Each side seeks to cast the other as aggressor Rogers says diplomacy often deceives own people after nations are drawn into war He critiques wartime propaganda and patriotism.
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The
Eagle
Beverly. Hills
Cal
China
Japan
Armistice Observed Across Nations Amid Quiet Ceremonies
London reported widespread Armistice observances with bad weather keeping George V indoors and the Prince of Wales acting for him. Paris saw President Doumeret place a wreath on the Unknown Soldier tomb while Italy marked the day with Victor Emmanuel’s birthday. Some German papers denied responsibility for the war as Austria Balkans and Russia largely did not observe.
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London
George V
Prince of Wales
Paris
Paul Doumer
Italy
Austria
Victor Immanuel
Balkans
Russia
Open House by Bryan Legion Observed at New Home
Earl Graham Post No 159 and the Woman's Auxiliary held an open house at the new Legion Home today. No Armistice Day program was conducted. refreshments were served by the Auxiliary and a dance was planned for the evening inviting friends of both groups.
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Bryan Legion
New Legion
Earl Graham Post
Woman's Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Emperor Hirohito Orders Dispatch to Manchuria Front
Tokyo reports Hirohito authorized sending another brigade from Japan to Manchuria after a battle on the new front. Three hundred Chinese and three Japanese were killed, the brigade is to replace units there since September. Four destroyers were ordered from Port Arthur to Kure. The government sent a memorandum to ambassadors abroad outlining alleged Chinese treaty violations and protections for Japanese investments in Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Kure
Firing Reported From Tianjin As City Awaits Guard
Firing renewed in no man s land between the city and the concession. The population is extremely anxious. The Chinese again asked the League of Nations to furnish an international guard.
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Tientsin
No Man’s Land
Ese
League of Nations
Martial law ordered to prevent outbreaks
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese military authorities imposed martial law to curb outbreaks. A similar measure was taken at Hankow.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Japan Sends Conciliatory Note to Washington on Manchuria
Secretary Stimson said Japan sent a conciliatory note on the Manchurian situation. The note, delivered by Ambassador Debuchi, was not detailed to avoid harming negotiations.
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Japan
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Debuchi
No Motive Found In Deaths Of Three Local Teens
Elkhart reports a baffling trio of deaths from personal crises. Two prominent boys and a girl died Tuesday. investigators found no clear link among the casual acquaintances. One left brief farewell notes, another died without a word.
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Elkhart
Detective on Trail for Missing Bloodhound in Houston
Detective Jim Walker searches Houston for his missing bloodhound who vanished three weeks ago.
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Houston
Jim Walker
Ignorance Chief Cause of War Tells Bryan Rotarians
Col. C. C. Todd told Bryan Rotary Club listeners that ignorance fuels war and that education is the bulwark of democracy. He warned against teaching half truths about history to children and urged support for accurate, costed education amid Armistice Day and Rotary International Education Week observances.
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Col
Todd
Red Cross
Col. C. C. Todd
Bryan Rotary Club
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