Return of A and M and Allen cadets sparks Sunday plans
The People’s Column notes lack of amusements and transportation for cadets returning to campus in Bryan. Students may loaf on street corners or stay in rooms amid crude humor and gambling, while some will travel to Houston or nearby towns for entertainment. The piece criticizes Bryan and college efforts to provide worthwhile diversions as the student body grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and
M. College and
Allen Academy
Bryan
Houston
Athletics take opener in World Series 5 1 over Cardinals
Philadelphia Athletics defeat St. Louis 5 to 1 in the first World Series game at home. Foxx drives in a run, Cochrane belts a homer for four insurance runs. Lefty Grove allows nine hits but wards off a late rally. Grimes for the Cardinals allows five hits with no errors. Second game set for Philadelphia if weather allows. President attends. Frisch plans to play through lumbago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
Athletics
Foxx
Cardinals
Mackmen
Micky Cochrane
Philadelphia
Lefty Grove
Moundsman
Grimes
United States
Gabby Street
Burleigh Grimes
Cornelius McGilicuddy
Cardinal
Frank Frisch
Lumbago
Bryan community notes and student honors
Mrs. R. S. Webb Jr and Mrs Henry S Locke visited daughters Miss Marie Elizabeth Webb and Miss Francis Locke at State University in Austin. Mr and Mrs Dan Hall and family plan to move to Port Arthur as he is transferred by his employer. Bryan friends regret losing them but wish them success. Nelson Fuller, Texas University student, is named assistant editor for the Texan, repeating last year’s honor for his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Webb, Jr
Henry S. Locke
Austin
Marie Elizabeth Webb
Francis Locke
State University
Dan Hall
Bryan
Port Arthur
Hall
Automobile Company
Brazos County
Nelson Fuller
Texas University
The
Texan
Nelson
Talbot to Open His Campaign at Denison
William F. E. Talbot Republican gubernatorial nominee announced he would open his speaking campaign at Denison next week in Dallas district coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot
Denison
Dallas
William FE. Talbot
Mass in Prison Cost Archbishop Diaz Fine of 250
Mexico City October 1 The interior department announced Archbishop Pascual Diaz of Mexico paid a 250 fine for violating religious laws. He recently conducted a service in the Belen jail, with the law prohibiting public religious acts outside churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Interior Department
Pascual Diaz
Mexico
Belen
Ex Cub Manager To Lead Yankees
The New York Sun reports former Chicago Cubs manager Joe McCarthy agreed to a two year contract to manage the New York Yankees. He was deposed by the Cubs and is set to lead the Yankees next season and the following year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Yankees
New York
New York Sun Today
Joe McCarthy
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Talbot Faces Political Arena as Newcomer to Elections
Col William F E Talbot, Republican pick to lead the campaign against Dr George C Butte in November, is a newcomer to running for office. A former private who rose to colonel in the Rainbow Division, he comes from Dallas where he is an insurance firm vice president and headquarter committee secretary. Despite Legion fame, he lacks the familiarity of Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bolton
Associated Press
Austin
William FE. Talbot
George C. Butte
Republican Party
Texas
Col
Talbot
Dallas
Cleburne
Weather Forecast For Bryan and Regions
Weather bulletin notes generally fair conditions tonight for Bryan and vicinity with increasing clouds tomorrow. East Texas remains fair tonight with rising cloudiness Thursday. West Texas expects cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with probable showers in the north and extreme west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
Vicinity
East Texas
West Texas
Privy Council Approves London Naval Pact
Tokyo reports the privy council has approved the London naval treaty and advised the Emperor to ratify. England and America have already ratified the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Privy Council
England
America
Jobs Scarce In Houston Warns Former Bryanite
Frank Conrad, once of Bryan and now returning to Houston to run a service station on West 26th street, says Houston is a poor place to seek work. He notes employers cutting work and wages, with men riding in on cotton trucks only to return home empty handed after fruitless searches. Conrad spent 10 years with Gulf Refining Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Frank Conrad
Bryan
West 26Th Street
Conrad
Gulf Refining Company
Mother-in-Law to Wed Bethlehem Doctor in Quiet East Ceremony
Mrs Lena Brown of Omaha says she will marry Dr W J Pinkerton of Bethlehem Pa within two weeks. She plans a quiet ceremony in the east and residence in Bethlehem after the wedding. The match follows her nursing his wife during a last illness at Valparaiso Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Lena Brown
Omaha
W. J. Pinkerton
Bethlehem
Pinkerton
Valparaiso
Ind
Flying Westward Young Airman Aims For New Record
Robert Buck, 16, left Wichita at 10 05 AM Central time bound for Amarillo aiming to surpass the junior transcontinental flight record. He hopes to reach Albuquerque tonight, continuing a bold junior aviation bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Wichita
Kans
Robert Buck
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Local cotton receipts total 23 508 bales for Bryan warehouses
Weekly receipts amount to 2 033 round bales versus 3 850 prior week. Totals show 23 508 bales to date from Bryan warehouses with Farmers Union 9 000, Compress 11 299, Edens 1 556, rounded to halves in the count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Farmers Union
Edens
Body of McNulty Recovered After Lake Erie Crash
The body of William McNulty a Columbus salt maker was recovered today at Conneaut Harbor Ohio following a crash in Lake Erie last week involving a Cleveland airplane and pilot Willard Parker. Parker's body had been recovered earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conneaut
Ohio
William McNulty
Columbus
McNulty
Willard Parker
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Bryan Girl to Wed Ex-Aggie Now in Dallas
Formal announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Glada Mae Trant of Bryan to Al Crocker of Dallas. The couple will wed at the bride's home on October 19 with a social gathering at the bride's parents' house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Aggie
Dallas
Glada Mae Trant
al Crocker
Philip Grant
Free Baptist Church
Bryans
A. and M. College of Texas
Brazos County Couple Files Intent To Marry
Charles McKeever and Alena Roy of Brazos County filed notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee on Tuesday, along with their application for a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McKeever
Alena Roy
Brazos County
Jess B. McGee
Confederate veterans meet in Dallas at seventeenth reunion
About two hundred veterans gathered in Dallas for the 38th annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans of Texas. Simultaneously, Sons of Veterans hold a convention in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
United States Confederate Veterans of Texas
Sons of Veterans
Most Students At A M College Are Churchmen
At Texas A M College 2371 students answered the religious poll this year and 2180 belong to a church while 181 report no church affiliation. Seventeen denominations are shown with Methodist 691 and Baptist 558 the largest groups. Catholics 193 and Presbyterians 248 followed, with Lutherans 69 and Church of Christ 58 also present. Five campus pastors serve multiple denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
A. and M. College of Texas
M. L. Cashion
College
Methodist
Baptist Church
Presbyterian
Catholic
Christian
Episcopal
Lutheran
Church of Christ
Congregational
Church of England
Unitarian
Day to resign from Bryan First Baptist for Big Spring call
At a board meeting Rev. R. E. Day offered his resignation as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Bryan to accept a call as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Big Spring. The resignation would take effect November 1. The deacons recommended acceptance at next Sunday’s church conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Deacons
First Baptist Church of
Bryan
R. E. Day
First Baptist Church
Big Spring
French flyers begin U S goodwill tour to San Antonio
Dieu donne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, French trans Atlantic fliers, started from El Paso this morning on a nonstop United States goodwill tour leg. They expect to reach San Antonio by 4 pm Central time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
United States
San Antonio
Special Session Not Favored By Local Solon
W. S. Barron, speaker of the 41st Legislature, received a telegram from J. D. McDonald urging a special session to cut cotton acreage and to consider breath relief. Barron doubts enforcement would be feasible without heavy cost and questions any real benefit from a special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Barron
J. D. McDonald
Barron
McDonald
Pitts Bridge Closed to Place Steel Work
Pitts bridge is closed to allow the new steel span to be placed at the east approach. The work is expected to take about two weeks. Traffic will use Jones bridge as the main route during the closure due to prior anchoring issues after last season’s high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts
Jones Bridge
Cotton and Grain Market Edges Up as Futures Close Higher
The cotton market shows improvement with futures settling 15 to 16 points higher. Local spot prices range from 9.0 to 10.0 cents per pound.
Former Oklahoma Senator Kills Nephew Then Self
Ed F. Johns, a Chickasha banker and former state senator, shot and killed his 19 year old nephew Jack Comer and then took his own life. The double tragedy followed the nephew leaving school in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed F. Johns
Chickasha
Okla
Jack Comer
Mississippi
Woman killed as auto hits giant palm
Galveston October 1 Mrs S F McAlexander was killed and Miss Kittie W Newton and Private F T Miller of Fort Crockett were injured when their automobile struck a giant palm on a downtown street. Louis F Massoni the driver was charged with negligent homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
S. F. McAlexander
Kittie W. Newton
F. T. Miller
Fort Crockett
Louis F. Massoni
Barbecue Invitation for Bryan School Children
Rev Urbanovsky invites Bryan school children to an afternoon exhibition of games calisthenics and contests by Catholic Sokols from Bryan and visiting Catholic youth groups from West Granger Cameron Caldwell and nearby communities. Lunch will be served 11 30 to 1 30 after a barbecue of 2000 pounds ensuring plenty of rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Urbanovsky
Sokols
West, Granger
Cameron
Caldwell
Equipment chief arrives to direct Bryan Laundry setup
R. B. Getzlaff, a construction engineer for the Watts Laundry Machinery Co of St. Joseph Michigan, is in town to supervise the installation of equipment in Bryan Laundry Company's new establishment. The equipment is expected to arrive later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Getzlaff
Watts Laundry Machinery Company
St. Joseph, Mich
Bryan Laundry Company
Runoff Primary for Governor in Georgia
Georgia Democrats vote in the run off to choose a governor between Richard B. Russell Jr. speaker of the state house and George H. Carswell secretary of state in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Highbrows Win Over Roughnecks in Bryan Lions Contest
The Bryan Lions Club ends a nine week attendance and membership drive with 3 new members, 1 reinstatement and 1 transfer. President Lamar Jones split members into Highbrows and Roughnecks. Highbrows win with 29900 points to 13750. New members include A. D. Jackson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highbrows
Roughnecks
Bryan Lions
Bryan Lions Club
Lamar Jones
A. D. Jackson
Mob Hangs Suspect From Pole After Jail Escape in Georgia
In Cartersville Georgia fifty masked men abducted John Clark a Black man awaiting trial for the murder of Chief of Police Jenkins and hanged him from a telephone pole cross beam. National guardsmen had thwarted a similar plot two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartersville
John Clark
National Guardsmen
Jenkins
Bandits Massacre 8000 in Chinese City Lihsian
Eight thousand people are reported killed in Lihsian South Kansu after bandits besieged the town for four weeks. The captured were massacred. a few girls were carried away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
Lihsian
Kansu
Quarantine Holds On Citrus Fruits
Austin reports that Texas will rigidly enforce the state quarantine on Florida fruit shipments despite federal changes. State entomologist J M Del Gurto says unsterilized Florida fruit remains banned if it serves as host for the Mediterranean fruit fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Florida
Texas
J. M. del Gurto
Aviatrix and Mechanic Die in Plane Crash
Miss Jennings aviatrix and Fred Crane mechanic were killed when her aircraft crashed near the airport. Springfield reports the fatal accident occurred today with authorities investigating the crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviatrix
Springfield
Miss Jennings
Avatrix
Fred Crane
Will Rogers on Hitler and war debts in Letters
Will Rogers argues in Beverly Hills that Hitler’s rise is linked to disillusionment with postwar debt payments. He warns nations will abandon war by refusing to pay and predicts avoidance of wars by refusing credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
Get
Hitler
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
the People’ S Column
Mackien
Hoover
Congress
Chicago
Hyde
Hamis
Board of Trade
House
Russia
John A. Bunnell
Sterling
American Legion
Col. Talbot
Dr. Butte
Pennsy
Bor
A-M College
Day
Ist Baptist
Santone
France
Atlantic
Solon
Pitts Bridge
National Guard
Will Rogers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!