Parish Priest Thanks Supporters During Parish Financial Crisis
The Reverend B Bravi of St Anthony's Church expresses deep gratitude to families of his parish and Italian community in Bryenton for support amid an economic crisis. He credits royal trustees Brazos Varisco Sam Carrabba Frank Mauro Ben Lampo Cole Searmarde Paul Stalone Dee Debendetto and Joe Cash for helping the congregation meet its financial obligations.
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Bryen
St. Anthony’s Church
St .Anthony’s Church
Brazos Varisco
Sam Carrabba
Frank Mauro
Ben Lampo
Cole Searmarde
Paul Stalone
Dee Debendetto
Joe Cash
Railroad Unions Seek 6 Hour Working King Day
State Treasurer Hatcher announced that drought area banks with proper liquid security will receive preference as depositors of state funds for the fiscal year starting December 1. The Bryan Weekly Eagle notes multiple items including storm damage reports and bank policy moves amid regional drought concerns.
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Bryan Weekly
EAGLE
Drouth
Austin
Hatcher
Drouth Area
Same Group Wins Hour Day in 1916
Seven US and Canadian railroad unions took leadership to push a six hour day with full pay, aiming to employ about 50,000 currently unemployed railroad workers. The same unions had earlier won a 45 hour day for rail workers, influencing other industries. A national campaign plan was set for November 12 at a Chicago meeting with 700 representatives.
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Cleveland
United States
Chicago
Bryan Social Roundup Includes Visiting Siblings and Local News
Bigs 4 visits from Tom Sammons of Mission with sisters Masdames 8. C. Hoyle and Hales Saunders. Mrs. Sammons stops en route from New York City to her home. Bryan friends offer warm welcome. Mrs. B. Morris is seriously ill at home. Roy A. Malkentine of Stratton Neb. visits sister Mrs. Fred Jensen and Dr. Jensen. Mesdames BE Holmgreen and A L Smith host Wednesday Luncheon Club. Thomas Kraicher of the Bryan highway division office leaves for Caldwell to visit relatives in Port Arthur.
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Tom Sammons
Mission
Masdames
C. Hoyle
Hales Saunders
Roy A. Malkentine
Stratton, Neb
Fred Jensen
Dr. Jensen
Mesdames
BE. N. Holmgreen
A. L. Smith
Holmgreen
Thomas Kraicher
Bryan Highway
Caldwell
Mrs. Kraitcher
Port Arthur
231 Die in Anna Mine Explosion
The Anna coal mine disaster in Alsdorf Germany leaves 231 dead and 99 injured. One hundred seventy bodies have been recovered with little hope for the remaining entombed workers. Most victims died from asphyxiation.
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Alsdorf
Germany
Anna
Local couples file intention to marry in Texas counties
Martha Robinson and Fred Crawford of Brazos county and Joseph Williamson and Lorene Ferguson of Madison county filed notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee Tuesday.
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Martha Robinson
Fred Crawford
Brazos — County
Joseph Williamson
Lorene Ferguson
Madison County
Jess B. McGee
Cotton and Grain Market Summary
Cotton futures closed slightly higher with modest gains. Local cash bids ranged from 9.75 to 10.125 cents per pound. Wheat and corn quotes shown for December March and May with small percentage changes and mixed futures prices.
Moody declines to call special session for drought relief
Gov Dan Moody told West Texas bankers he would not commit to a special legislative session. He cited doubts a quorum could be gathered in the Fortieth Forty first Legislature, uncertain passage, risk to federal aid, and insufficient state funds for drought relief. The story continues on page 5.
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Austin
Dan Moody
West Texas
Phelan to Lead Fort Worth Club After Snyder Exit
Fort Worth baseball club president Ted Robinson announced Art Phelan, manager of this year's third place Shreveport team, will become manager of Fort Worth next season. He succeeds Frank Snyder who led Fort Worth to the Dixie championship after winning the Texas League playoff from Wichita Falls.
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Fort Worth
Ted Robinson
Art Phelan
Shreveport
Frank Snyder
Wichita Falls
College Theater Club charts active season plans
The College Theatre Club reorganizes with J P Abbott as president and C C Palmer as treasurer. It aims to stage three long plays and monthly one act studies in the Asbury room with free invitation only performances. A Ben Greet Players engagement may be secured as they tour Texas early next month.
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College Theater Club
Ben Greet Players
College Theatre Club
Campus Players
J. P. Abbott
Tom Harrington
Deee Woolker
C. C. Palmer
Co. O. Spriggs
Asbury
Abbott
Ben Greet
Sir Phillip Ben Greet
America
Texas
Chinese Reds Kill 8,000 in Looting City
Chinese dispatches report 8,000 people killed in Fo Kian Kiangsi after Communist capture on October 6. City burning and looting followed the massacre as Nanchang wires describe the atrocity.
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Shanghai
Nanchang
Fo Kian
Kiangsi
New Steel Span At Pitts Bridge Swung in Place
The new steel span has been placed in position at the east end of Pitts bridge and the structure opened to traffic. It replaces the wooden span that fell into the river last spring when high water weakened the understructure after bank cutting, per the Bryan state highway office.
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P Pitts Bridge
Bryan
State Highway Departmen
Moody appoints pink boll worm committee members
Governor Moody named the remaining members of the pink boll worm committee to meet in Dallas. Appointees include R. K. Petross of Marfa J. Hi Boogher of Grand Falls C. J. Bzell of Snyder W. K. Crawley of Lamesa and J. I. Glass of Midland among others recommended by district judges.
Seth Holmes Charged With Transporting Liquor Sentenced
Seth Holmes, a Black man, faced a liquor transport charge in district court. A jury sentenced him to five years in state prison and recommended suspension during good behavior.
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Seth Holmes
Jury completes murder trial of Virginia real estate man
The jury was completed today in the murder trial of Herbert Campbell a Virginia real estate dealer charged with killing Mary Baker a Navy Department clerk whose body was found stuffed under a culvert near Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
U/P
Herbert Campbell
Virginia
Mary Baker
Navy Department
Arlington National Centery
Madisonville Man Drops Dead at Home
A. A. Allen, 73, collapsed and was found dead in his barn in Madisonville. He had been in good health. Survived by three sons Joe Garry of Mart and Tom of Madisonville. four daughters Marian Hensarling L Williams of Madisonville and Lloyd Campbell and Steve Manning of Mart.
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Madisonville
A. A. Allen
Sle
Joe and
Garry
Mart
Tom
Marian Hensarling
L. Williams
Lloyd Campbell
Steve Manning
Lion Armstrong Wins Ist Place As Song Leader
At the Bryan Lions club luncheon Lion Henry S. Locke led a program of club songs with members taking turns at the piano. A ballet selected Lion R. V. Armstrong as best leader, who will direct singing next Tuesday. Mrs. D. S. Buchanan performed vocal numbers. Mrs. Roy Danforth accompanied at the piano. Guest Joel Hunt and Ben Youngblood attended.
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Bryan
Roy Danforth
Joel Hunt
Aggie
Lion
Lamar Jones
Lion Snyder
Ben Youngblood
R. V. Armstrong
D. Paul Dansby
Mit Dansby
Harry K. Durham
Charles Edge
H. O. Ferguson
Te Franks
W. S. Howell
Jno
State Loses Rehearing in Wilson Case
In Austin on October 22 the court of criminal appeals denied the state's motion for rehearing of its finding of reversible error in Lloyd Wilson's case. Wilson, a Smith County mechanic, was sentenced to three years for slaying Yout Wallace, a Baptist preacher, after Wilson's wife admitted improper relations with the preacher. Wilson had been granted a new trial on his earlier appeal.
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Austin
Oet
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lloyd Wilson
Smith County
Yout Wallace
Wilson
Explosion Kills Dynamiter in Palestine Pipeline Work
Claude Warren aged 22 died when an explosion occurred Monday during construction of a pipeline from Todd City in Anderson County to Huntsville. He lived five miles south of Neches and was employed as a dynamiter on the project.
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Palestine
Claude Warren
Todd City
Anderson County
Huntsville
Neches
Weather Outlook for Bryan and Texas Coastline
Partly cloudy tonight for Bryan and vicinity and East and West Texas. Thursday brings partial cloudiness with a likely coastal shower in the coastal area.
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New Orleans
Bryan
Vicinity
East
Texas
Jeweler Bound And Scores of Rings Stolen
Two gem thieves robbed the Minnesota Jewelry Store in Minneapolis taking between 160 and 200 diamond rings bound the proprietor and escaped local police searched for the suspects after the bold heist occurred October 22.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Farmers To Meet To Plan Growing Of Early Truck
Businessmen of Bryan will meet Brazos county farmers at the courthouse at 2 o clock Thursday afternoon to organize finance and promotion for truck farming. The group aims to boost production of tomatoes and other truck crops for market and canning in the Bryan trade area. J D McEnry of Newton Wallace Company, which shipped several cars of tomatoes in the area last season, is expected to attend.
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Bryan
Brazos County
Court House
J. D. McEnry
Newton-Wallace Company
Bomorrow
Antipodes Flyer Returns to Engaged Fiancée in Australia
Commander Charles Kingsford Smith, after months voyaging around the world, returned to his fiancée Miss Mary Powell in Sydney. Powell left a sick bed to greet him at Mascot airfield as plans to marry next month were announced.
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Sydney
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Mary Powell
Muscot Airdrome
Mexican Storm Ravages Gulf Coast Regions
October 22 report notes heavy gales flood Tampico and nearby towns forcing residents to hills. Banana trees suffer losses near Tuxtepec. The Leon de Los Mares sank after a collision with the Pitin off the Yucatan coast on October 18, with all crew and passengers saved.
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Mexico City
Gulf
Tampico
Tehuantepec
Laribera
Tuxtepec
Oaxaca
Leon de Los Mares
Pitin
Yucatan Coast
Reading Club Examines Immigration Law and Citizenship
The Bryan Reading Club held a Tuesday afternoon session at the Woman's Club building. Mrs. N. L. McCullough summarized newly enacted immigration laws and their industrial impact. Mrs. G. W. Ross outlined entrance requirements and Mrs. H. P. Smith described training methods for citizenship. An absentee committee of Mesdames Milton Dansby and Pat Barnes was named to improve attendance and arrange substitutions.
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Bryan Reading Club
The
Woman’s Club
N. L. McCullough
G. W. Ross
United States
Stewart Chosen For City Council To Complete Term
N A Stewart was elected city commissioner to fill the unexpired term of H A Burger after a special election Tuesday. Stewart led with 85 of 89 votes. 1 write-in was Wilson Bradley. He will be sworn in tonight as the city commission also considers bids for Bowie elementary final unit and the new Negro high school building.
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Nas Stewart
H. A. Burger
Stewart
Guy Bittle
Wilson Bradley
Bowie
Mayo to Speak on Education Seminar Question
Professor Thomas F. Mayo librarian at Texas A and M College will talk Monday evening October 27 at 8 in the Physics auditorium. His topic is What is Education or Pseudo Philosophical Impertinence. The open seminar will cover student attitudes toward education and is expected to attract Bryan and College residents.
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Thomas F. Mayo
Texas A. and M. College
University of Mississippi
Columbia
Oxford
Maye
Bryan
Survey of Brazos River Watershed Conference in Bryan Today
Mims of Freeport, president of the Braves River Conservation and Reclamation District, visits Bryan to confer with local board members on a survey of the Brazos watershed. Other participants include Jno M Lawrence, George G Chance, and officials from A and M College and City National Bank. The complete board list includes Lubbock to Sugarland members.
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Brazos River
Bryan
Mims
Freeport
Braves River Conservation and Reclamation District
College
Brazos
George G. Chance
Jno
City National Bank
A. B. Conner
Experiment Station
A. and
M. Colleges
Fractured Back Proves Fatal for Football Player
Chester Pennsylvania October 22 22 year old Stanley Pominah died from a fractured vertebrae suffered in a football game two weeks earlier. Initial injuries were deemed minor and he had been hospitalized since the incident.
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Chester
Penn
Stanley Pominah
Bracken Ridge Debaters Escape Serious Injuries Near Austin
Six Brackenridge High School debaters and coach E. C. Barksdale of San Antonio narrowly escaped harm when their car overturned near Austin after UT debate class tryouts. None were seriously hurt.
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San Antonio
Qet
Brackenridge High School
E. C. Barksdale
Austin
University of Texas
Denver Woman to be Charged With Murder in Stepchild Death
Detective Captain Bert Clark said a murder charge will be filed against Mrs Pearl O Laughlin by Friday in connection with the death of her stepchild Leona last week. The woman is the wife of a Denver police officer.
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Denver
Col
Bert Clark
Pearl O’laughlin
Leona
Will Rogers on hard times and a Del Monte banquet
Will Rogers notes business difficulties in Beverly Hills. He recounts a Del Monte Hotel banquet by a known organization where cleaners finished in an hour, implying weakened demand and empty bottles carried home. He also cites Africa with monarchs and presidents doubting prestige.
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Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
Big del Monte
Africa
Sym
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