Brazos County Free Fair Opens Today Amid Local Hopes
Brazos County fair opens today with exhibitors and entertainment planned as crowds expect weather and activity. Labor leaders protest wage cuts in navy work and call for fair labor standards during the event. Government launches inquiry into nineteen Newark deaths tied to denatured alcohol diverted from official channels.
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Brazos County
Washington
R. B. Rhees
Newark
N. J
Echees
Boy Scout Training School Planned in Bryan Area
Local citizens in Bryan have organized a movement to raise funds for bringing a trained worker to conduct a Boy Scout leader training school. A total of 60 is needed, with 25 already subscribed by the Bryan Lions Club, leaving 35 to be raised from other clubs or individuals.
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Bryan
Rural Texas club board to meet at Rice Hotel in Houston
Mrs Dee J Rountree, chairman of rural publicity for Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, announces a board meeting Monday November 10 at 9 am in the Rose Room Rice Hotel Houston to hear reports and conduct business. Mrs W B Sharp will host a luncheon for directors at 4410 Rows Mayne Street. Also notes Charles Holmes recovering from a mild stroke and home improvements at E J Fountains eastern Bryan residence. Rev Charley Bullock of Hearne and wife visited Bryan. he is pastor of Hearne First Baptist Church.
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Dee J. Rountree
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Rice Hotel
Houston
W. B. Sharp
Rowsmayne Street
Charley’ Bullock
Hearne
Bryan
Bullock
First Baptist Ichurch
Community Builders Postpone Meeting
Announcement says the Associated Community Builders Inc will not hold its directors meeting this Thursday due to the Brazos County Free Fair in progress this week.
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Brazos County
Associated Community Builders, Inc
Brazos Citizens Plan to Discuss Road Improvement
Delegates from nineteen counties will testify before the Highway Commission in Austin on October 20 and 21 seeking road upgrades. Brazos County expects County Judge A. S. McSwain to discuss a contract to improve Highway No. 21 from Bryan to the Navasota River.
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Brazos
Austin
Highway Commission
Brazos County
Bryan Community Band Concert at Fair
The Bryan Community Band directed by Mney Locke will perform at 6 30 Thursday at the fair. King’s Highway and Steele’s staged events will precede the concert, with a stayen following immediately after. Admission is free.
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Fair BY Bryan
Bryan Communit
Mney Locke
King’s Highway
Steele's
Stayen
Death sentences affirmed for two murder cases in Texas
Austin editors report the state court of criminal appeals affirmed Clyde Thompson's death sentence for the 1928 shooting of A. L. Shook an Eastland County oil worker. The court also dismissed Pedro Aguilar's appeal in a Reeves County murder case as Aguilar is a fugitive.
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Austin
Clyde Thompson
A. L. Shook
Eastland County
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Pedro Aguilar
Do. R. Dakan
Reeves County
Aguilar
Colorado Outlaw Succumbs After Police Shootout
Jake Fleagle, a notorious Colorado bank robber, died in Springfield Missouri after being shot by officers during capture near Branson yesterday. The 15 Vet story notes his notoriety and demise following the incident.
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Colorado
Springfield
Jake Fleagle
Branson
Wesley Brotherhood Opens Season Banquet at College
A large Methodist Brotherhood gathered for the October banquet at the college church Tuesday night. Miss Mildred Salley Mrs C C Edge and Miss Maudelle Wiley provided piano and vocal numbers. Dr E P Humbert introduced the WTAW trio and Miss Clem Richardson performed with Mrs Sarah Goodman on piano. J Gordon Gay delivered the address on The Blue Ridge Y M A.
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The
Missionary Society
Brotherhood
Mildred Salley
Cc. C. Edge
Maudelle Wiley
E. P. Humbert
WTAW
Clem Richardson
Sarah Goodman
J. Gordon Gay
Blue Ridge Y. M
Weather Forecast For Bryan And Regions
Special to The Eagle reports fair conditions for Bryan and vicinity tonight and Thursday. East Texas expected fair tonight and Thursday. West Texas to be partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with colder air moving into the Panhandle and northern areas.
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Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
Vicinity
East Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Thureda
Texas Soions Plan Resolution to Correct Geography Errors
A Texas plan to correct misstatements about the state in U S geographies will be introduced in the Forty Second Legislature session in January. Senators Parrish and Woodward approved a resolution asking publishers to give Texas a square deal, with a move supported by the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the State Board of Education.
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Texas Soions Plan
Jayg
Publisers
Austen
Oakey
Texas
United States
Pink L. Parrish
Lubbock
Walter C. Woodward
Coleman
Spoke Board of Education
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Do. E. Combes
Stanford
West Texas
Austin
State Board
Bryan boys admitted to Kyle Field games at twenty five cents
All boys up to twelve years old may attend Kyle Field football games for 25 cents excluding the Thanksgiving game. They must assemble at Gate No. 2 at 2 p.m., march in with Bryan Boy Scouts under Scout Master Rev. W. W. Caup, enter through Ramp M, sit in Sections 123 and 124, and follow scout regulations or lose future reduced-price access.
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Kyle Field
Boy Scouts of
Bryan
Rev. W. W. Caup
Rev
W. W. Daup
Cotton and Grain Market Shows Mild Gains Today
Slight improvement noted in the cotton market as futures closed 6 to 8 points higher. Local spots ranged from a fractional to 10 cents, reflecting a cautious upswing in early trading.
Cotton Consumption In September Rises From August
The census bureau reports September cotton consumption at 394 320 bales of lint and 62 798 bales of linters, up from August figures of 352 336 lint and 57 010 linters, and down from September last year which had 545 834 lint and 81 804 linters.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Mrs Lee D Rountree Suit Against Railroad Continued
The suit filed by Mrs. Lee D. Rountree against the L. and G. N. Railroad, set for trial in district court today, was continued to the February term of court.
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Lee d. Rountree
L. & G. N. Railroad
Flooded Tracks Halt Trains on Mexican Roads
Flooding covered tracks more than one kilometer north of Queretaro halting rail traffic between Mexico City and Guadalajara and Laredo, Mexico. Conditions disrupted service on main lines and delayed regional travel.
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Queretaro
Mexico
Mexico City
Guadalajare
Mess Cty
Laredo
Labor federation protests wage cuts in naval yards
At the AFL convention, William Green was instructed to protest to President Hoover against wage reductions in government naval yards. The move follows criticism of Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams for attempting to lower wages by reclassifying workers.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor Convention
William Green
Hoover
Navy
Charles F. Adams
Navy official denies wage reclassification of yard workers
Washington on October 15 44 the assistant secretary of the navy stated the navy department was not reclassing naval yard employees in an effort to raise wages.
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Washington
Health Workers Meet in Bryan for Alma Haupt Visit
Brazos County Health committee members are called to a special meeting at the county nurse’s office on Tuesday October 21 at 2 30 PM. They will meet Miss Alma Haupt of New York assistant director of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing visiting Bryan to observe local public health work. Haupt will attend the American Public Health Association convention in Fort Worth October 26 to 29.
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Brazos County
Court House
Alma Haupt
New York
Bryan
Public Health Service
Miss Haupt
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
Texas
Housston
American Public Health Association
Fort Worth
City eyes bids for Bowie school projects
Requests from Bryan firms and out of town contractors show strong interest in completing the Bowie elementary school plant final section and in the new Negro high school building. City officials anticipate many bids.
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Bryan
Bowie
Testing of Milk For City Is Done At A M College
Bryan city officials plan to enforce the milk ordinance with four tests per source. Tests will measure bacterial count at the college and establish grades posted at the dairy for customers to see. Cattle producing milk sold in Bryan will be tested for tuberculosis before the ordinance takes full effect.
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Texas
M. College
Bryan
Brazilian Revolution Sees Government Edge in Frontline
Rio de Janeiro October 15 reports say the rebellion continues with government forces holding the upper hand in multiple sectors. Federals claim victories across 200 miles of Sao Paulo Parana front Minas Gerais and eastern Rio de Janeiro as rebels forecast a decisive clash in the Sao Paulo Parana region soon.
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Sao Paulo
Parana
Minas Geraes
Rio de Janeiro
Banquet Honors Seniors At A M College With Army Leaders
Colonel Ike Ashburn and Captain S D Hervey addressed the senior class at the A and M College of Texas during the first yearly banquet in the college mess hall. The event, arranged by the Y M C A and hosted by President T O Walton, featured reflections on the college’s past and improvements now seen.
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College Station
Ike Ashburn
360Th Infantry Division
A. and M. College of Texas
College Mess Hall
T. O. Walton
Y. M.oc. A
S. D. Hervey
360Th Infantry
Ashburn
Hervey
New Air Mail for South Inaugurated
Inaugural trans continental air mail route opens with flights from Atlanta Dallas and Los Angeles this morning. Dallas serves as a night stop though no night flights operate this leg. Planes from both coasts fly to Dallas and Dallas planes fly to both coasts aboard notable passengers and heavy mail cargo.
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Trans-Continental Air ‘Mail
Pines
Atlanta
Dallas
Los Angeles
Red Cross Cancels Texas Regional Conferences
Local Red Cross officials announce the regional conferences in San Antonio El Paso and Edinburg are cancelled due to staff demands from the drought crisis.
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RED Cross
Texas
San Antonio
el Paso
Edinburg
Record Seekers In Long Flights In Texas Today
Miss Laura Ingalls, of St. Louis, arrives in Amarillo after weather delays as she pursues the west to east transcontinental women's record. Mrs Keith Miller, a British flier aiming to beat Ingalls' east to west record, leaves Wichita for Amarillo at 7 15 this morning.
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Texas
Amarillo
Laura Ingalls
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Keith Miller
Ingall
Wichita
Bryan Lions Honor Ladies Banquet Speakers Honor Fuller
The Bryan Lions Club held its Ladies Night banquet at the New York Cafe with Judge T. P. Buffington of Anderson delivering an inspirational address on wisdom. The event honored the wives and lady friends of members and also Lions district governor F. D. Fuller, welcomed by Governor Fuller to the gathering.
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Bryan Lions
Anderson Man
Fuller
Bryan Lions Club
New York
T. P. Buffington
Anderson
Tle
Lion F. D. Fuller
International District No. 2
Texas
Bryan Club
Exhibits rise at convent for rural Bryan fair day
Exhibit booths form rapidly in the convent building as residents from rural Bryan and nearby citizens arrive. The American Legion information booth greets visitors while 4 H pantry display by Mrs. Lawrence Komar of Kurten features mustard greens and English peas among other items on the second floor.
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Bryan
The
American Legion
Lawrence Komar
Kurten
Komar
Royal couple may wed with papal dispensation
Pope Pius XI granted a dispensation allowing King Boris II of Bulgaria to marry Princess Giovanna of Italy. Boris agrees all children will be educated and baptized Roman Catholic. The wedding is set for Assisi on October 25.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Boris II
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Italy
Boris
Assisi
Will Rogers critiques Harvard on Legion convention tone
Will Rogers chides a Harvard College paper for calling the Boston Legion convention a wild party. He argues Harvard staff should test recruits about drinking to decide who should fight, claiming missteps cost a respectable war.
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Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
Harvard College
American Legion
Boston
Harvard
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