Cameron Gunfight Kills Three and Wounds Deputy
In Cameron on Oct. 20 Ed Dunman special officer Gay Pope deputy sheriff and R B Brady store proprietor were killed in a gun fight. Deputy Sheriff Ray Robinson was wounded and Brady shot himself as City Marshall Gene Smith tried to arrest him. Sheriff L L Blaylock cannot determine motive.
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Cameron
Ed Dunman
Gay Pope
R. B. Brady
Ray Robinson
L. L. Blaylock
Brady
Gene Smith
Halloween Spirit Moves Community
The writer notes an eerie Hallowe'en mood as moonlight tilts shadows and gates swing open. Adults dismiss it, while overzealous mischief includes a hen moved from hen house to a distant oven. Washing lines also report unusual activity during the Halloween night.
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Hallowe’en
Hallowe'en
Ethyl Walton Burgess Wedding Attends Bryan Visit
Mr and Mrs Turner Wallace of Houston visit Bryan for the wedding of Ethyl Walton to Hershel Burgess. Mrs Wallace formerly Miss Clara Wood of Bryan. Rev A B E Day begins ten day revival at Stephenville then joins Big Springs. Carnegie Library board meets Thursday at 4 50 pm. Mrs F A Sibley and baby arrive from San Antonio to visit Mr and Mrs C L Eden.
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Turner Wallace
Houston
Bryan
Wallace
T. B. Wood
Ethyl Walton
Hershel Burgess
Clara Wood
A. BE. Day
Stephenville
First Baptist Church
Big Springs
Carnegie Library
W. FE. Saunders
F. A. Sibley
San Antonio
C. L. Eden
South
Washington
Sibley
Ethel Eden
Two Baden Sailors Die From Shelling Injuries
Hamburg officials report two crew members of the Steamship Baden died of wounds after the vessel was shelled while attempting to leave Rio de Janeiro harbor last week. The incident raises the death toll to 20 with forty injured.
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Hamburg
Germany
Hamburg-American Line
Baden
Rio de Janeiro
Brazos County couples file intention to marry
Alex Gigey and Rebecca Evans along with Ervin Dawson and Alice Pigford of Brazos County filed notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee on Tuesday.
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Alex Gigey
Rebecca Evans
Ervin Dawson
Alice Pigford
Brazos County
Jess B. McGee
Another Junior Seeks Record in Flight to Coast
Stanley Boynton an 18 year old youth departed from Chicago for Kansas City aiming to lower the junior transcontinental flight record in a westward attempt.
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Chicago
Stanley Boynton
Kansas City
Reward Offered For Capture of Brazos County Escapee
A fifty dollar reward is posted for the capture of Fred C. Crawford a Brazos county negro inmate who escaped from H L Reese sheriff of Washington county Crawford who was en route to Chappells Hill for burglary trial fled at Navasota on Oct 1 after picking his handcuffs lock and leaving the dragging chain attached.
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Fred C. Crawford
Brazos County
H. L. Reese
Washington County
J. Hl. Reed
Crawford
Austin
Chappells Hill
Navasota
Reese
Missing Banker Returns Home After Claimed Kidnapping
Karl Yocum, a wealthy Galva banker, arrived home safely after three days believed to involve a ransom attempt. He refused to see callers and his wife asserted a kidnapping had occurred but would not discuss the ransom or his return.
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Galva
Karl Yocum
Cotton and Grain Market Slumps as Futures Fall
The cotton market declined with futures down 18 to 20 points. Local spot prices ranged from 10 to 147 cents, reflecting weaker demand in today’s trading.
Texas Conference to Convene 91st Session at St Pauls Houston
Bishop Jil A. Boaz will preside over the 91st Texas annual conference at St. Pauls Church in Houston starting November 6. Changes in church organization from the 1980 general conference will be adopted and boards, committees, and preacher assignments for the quadrennium will be elected. Two of ten presiding elders face reassignment after four years in the same district. It is likely that 18 pastors will be reassigned.
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Texas
St. Paul’s
Houston
Boaz
Jil. A. Boaz
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
St. Paul's Church
Eight Bodies Recovered From Blasted Mine Tragedy
In Alelster Oklahoma eight bodies of twenty miners trapped at Wheatly No 4 mine after an explosion were recovered and identified. Several miners remain underground pending rescue or recovery efforts.
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Mncu Alester
Okla
Time Is Turned Back by Moody to Aid Convict
Gov Dan Moody granted a furlough extension to convict Joe Bowden of a prohibition case to avoid parole violations. Bowden had been freed on a furlough that expired July 17 and had not returned to prison, risking loss of good time. The extension runs until Oct 1 1980 to align prison records with Bowden's understanding.
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USTIN
Dan Moody
Bedef
Pstn
Joe Bowden
Bofots
Iton
Lengthy Texas career ends with Nat M. Harrison
Nat M. Harrison, 52, longtime Up shur County resident and early Texas legislator, died at his Gilmer home. He helped accept the Capitol in 1882 and served as financial agent at Rusk under Governors Hogg and Culberson, beginning in his childhood days in the state.
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Gilmer
Nat M. Harrison
Upshur County
Texas
Capitol
Rusk
Hogg and Culberson
Weather Outlook for Bryan and Texas Regions
Weather summary from New Orleans dispatch notes generally fair and colder with frost tonight. Thursday brings fair conditions across Bryan vicinity and West and North Texas, with interior frost forming tonight.
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Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
Vicinity
Texas
West
Eastern Star Convention Opens In San Angelo
Houston and Dallas arrived early to vie for the 1931 convention of the Terdas Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, as the annual meeting opened in San Angelo yesterday.
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Houston
Dallas
San Angela
Terdas Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Unemployed men walk 25 miles to Ste Anne de Beaupre
In Quebec 350 men marched from the city to the shrine of Ste Anne de Beaupre seeking relief from unemployment. In Tehuacana the Texas conference of the Methodist Protestant church adjourned selecting Tehuacana for the 1931 convention and endorsing strict prohibition enforcement.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Quebec
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Tehucana
Texas
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Barber Confesses to Slayings in Hamilton Home
Chief J C Calhoun said Charles King, 38, confessed to killing his wife and four of his five children at a United States home in Hamilton on October 24, 1929.
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Hamilton
Ohio
J. C. Calhoun
Charles King
Barber
Admission Free At Allen Fresh Game On Friday
The annual clash between the Aggie Fish eleven and the Allen Academy gridsters will be at Kyle Field Friday at 3 15 with no admission charge. Coach Tony Wilson announced the event saying the game is a historic classic and promises to be highly competitive. The Aggies are said to have one of Texas A and M Colleges strongest teams, while Allen claims a potentially best squad.
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Aggie Fish
Allen Academy
Kyle Field
Tony” Wilson
Texas A & M
Wilson
Allen
Women and Girls Of Brazos Earn Fourth At Houston Fair
Brazos county farm women and girls placed fourth in this class at the South Texas Exposition closing in Houston. They scored 710 points and won 58 dollars in prize money from 878 entries. Harris county women and girls led in points and prizes with 79 dollars. A total of 320 farm women and girls from 12 counties entered.
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Brazos County
Houston
Harris County
Yeggs Drill Bank Vaults Take 7000
Windom police report an overnight robbery at First National Bank. Yegg men drilled the rear window vault and safe with a torch and escaped with $7000 in cash and securities. The janitor found the burglary this morning.
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YEGGS
Windom
Yeggmen
First National Bank
Red Cross Field Secretary to Visit Bryan
Miss Severs, field representative of the American Red Cross, will arrive in Bryan Friday for an official visit with the States County Red Cross Chapter. She will attend the organization meeting at the LaSalle Hotel on Saturday where roll call plans will be completed by annual roll call chairman J. Webb Howell and chapter officers. Local officers include C. M. Bethany as chairman Rev J B Gleissner as vice chairman Mrs Albert Buchanan executive chairman and secretary of Home Service F L Cavitt treasurer Wilson Bradley chairman disaster relief.
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Miss Severs
American Red Cross
Bryan
States County
Treasuer
Wilson Bradley
Rubio's Son Fights Glacer In Atchison Bout
Fernando Ortiz Rubio 18 son of Mexico's president boxed Gus Glacer in Atchison Missouri in a three round no decision lightweight bout last night.
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Atchison, Kan
Fernando Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Gus Glacer
St. Joseph
Mash vats crash from third floor in Milwaukee
Two large mash vats, totaling about 80 000 gallons, plunged from the top loop of a three story building into the basement destroying a still valued at around 14 000 dollars. Prohibition agents reported extensive interior damage to the building.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bridge Break Cuts Half of Span Hanging Over Brazos
New Castle reports damage estimated at 100000 dollars after a supporting cable on a 1100 foot Brazos River bridge near New Castle snapped. The 1910 bridge, claimed to be the longest west of the Mississippi, left half the structure suspended in midair.
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New Castle
Brazos River
Mississippi
Kelley Fired as Interior Agent Over Colorado Oil Lands
Secretary Wilbur dismissed Ralph S. Kelley former Denver field agent who charged the Interior Department mishandled Colorado oil shale lands. The secretary said his conduct was such as to warrant termination by dismissal. President Hoover yesterday called the charges false and explained discrepancies in statements.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur
Ralph S. Kelley
Denver
Colorado
Kelley
Hoover
City officials inspect San Antonio street equipment
City Manager R. G. Williams City Commissioner Forrest Jones and street foreman Ivan Boyett traveled to San Antonio today to review street maintenance equipment and discuss fleet needs for the town.
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R. G. Williams
Forrest Jones
Ivan Boyett
San Antonio
Business Women Plan for Funds to Help Girls
The Business and Professional Women's Club will hold a bridge tournament at the Elks hall on Thursday evening to fund an educational program for girls. Chairwoman Mrs. Dora Barnes leads the general committee with assistants Miss Edna Abbott and others, promising a profitable and enjoyable social event with decorative details by Miss Mary Anna Grimes.
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Elks Hall
Dora Barnes
Edna Abbott
Glenna Lee
Ray Wilson
M. Lb. Parker
Mary Anna Grimes
Head Hunters on War Path Against Japs
Tokyo reports Formosa uprising by Tai yal head hunters. At Musha 86 Japanese were killed and 150 feared dead or missing. Japanese expedition of 600 troops attacked mountain strongholds as 1,500 natives reportedly joined the revolt.
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Tokyo
Formosa
War Office
Musha
Mount Morrison
Mount Sylvia
Bryan As Marketing Center Discussed Before Lions
Dr. W. B. Paulson of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station spoke to Bryan Lions on Bryan as a marketing center. He outlined Bryan as a place to buy farm supplies and as a place to sell farm products, noting two divisions for goods shipped out and goods consumed locally.
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Bryan
Bryan Lions
Harry L. Durham
W. B. Paulson
Farm and Ranch Economies
The
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Bryan Lions Club
Eoysogian
Rail Dispute Threatens Moscow Conference Breakup
Harbin reports Manchurian authorities have sent troops to the Russian border amid fears a breakdown of talks over the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute with Russia. The joint line, built in czarist times, saw Chinese forces remove Russians in 1929, triggering Russian occupation of Manchurian towns. A peace accord existed pending Moscow conference outcomes.
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Shanghai
Harbin
Manchur
Moscow
China
Russia
British Protest Over Soviet Propaganda Pact Adherence
London reports that the British government has made representations to Soviet Russia alleging the Moscow government violated its pledge against propaganda in the resumed relations agreement.
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London
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Bridge Location In Brazos River Examined By Engineers
Inspection of the Brazos River bridge site on Highway 21 was done by state and federal engineers. J E Blair of the State Highway Commission said no public decision on location has been announced. The team included G G Wickline F P Sexton L N Edwards from federal and state departments.
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Brazos River
J. E. Blair
State Highway Commission
Division 17
Bryan
G. G. Wickline
State Department
F. P. Sexton
L. N. Edwards
United States Bureau of Roads
Train Wreck Leaves 15 Dead and 40 Injured in France
In Ferigeux France the Geneva and Bordeaux express wreck killed 15 and injured 40. Fire and emergency crews worked through the night to pull survivors from the mangled cars amid smoke and spilled fuel.
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Ferigeux
France
Geneve
Bordeaux
Will Rogers on war taxes and navy cuts
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers argues that half the world fights while the other half is unemployed and notes that reducing the navy to save taxes harms the unemployed. He compares cutting naval strength to a man skipping life insurance when finances are failing.
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The
Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
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American Legion
Frank Haucke
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