Four Die as Pacific Air Transport Plane Crashes into San Francisco Bay
A passenger mail plane bound for Portland crashed after takeoff from Oakland, catching fire and sinking in San Francisco Bay. Pilot Ray Boudreaux and Seattle’s Kirk Herre were among the dead, along with San Francisco residents W. H. Bissel and F. E. Sheehan. Bodies retrieved were badly mangled. cause unknown.
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Oakland
Calif
Ray Boudreaux
Kirk Herre
Seattle
W. H. Bissel
F. E. Sheehan
San Francisco
Pacific Air Transport
San Francisco Bay
Portland
Boudreaux
Constitution Week Highlighted by Civic Observances
The column notes it is nearly 150 years since the Constitution and marks September 13 as the start of Constitution Week. Schools and civic groups are urged to present programs to educate citizens about the framers’ problems and to reinforce adherence to constitutional principles. The piece calls for courage integrity leadership and straight thinking as the nation faces historic challenges.
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United States
Congress
Bryan Visitors Tied by Ties to City Residents
Mr and Mrs J L Dickerson of Houston are in Bryan visiting their son Egan Dickerson and reconnecting with friends. Paul Ferguson of Abilene visits with his brothers Judge H O Ferguson J M Ferguson and sister Miss Lillian Ferguson. Rev Ed J Harris travels to Jacksonville for Len Morris College board meeting and returns. Miss Jean McAdams spends summer with grandparents A W and Mrs Buchanan and returns to Waco. she is daughter of Waco City Manager E E McAdams formerly in Bryan.
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J. L. Dickerson
Houston
Bryan
Egan Dickerson
Mrs. Dickerson
Paul Ferguson
Abilene
H. O. Ferguson
J. M. Ferguson
Lillian Ferguson
Brazos County
Ed. J. Harris
Jacksonville
Len Morris College
Harris
Jean McAdams
Waco
A. W. Buchanan
Miss McAdams
E. E. McAdams
Rail lines seek freight relief while excluding farm produce
Three briefs to the Interstate Commerce Commission argued a 15 percent rail freight increase could spare farm products. One hundred fifty three short line railways said agriculture is a major industry but only a minor share of total freights. Two opposing briefs challenged the plan for various commodities.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ed Smith takes over Allen Smith Produce in Navasota
Ed Smith moves to Navasota to manage the Allen Smith Produce Company formerly led by his deceased brother Ollie Smith. He will be joined soon by Mrs. Smith and their children and will make the town their home.
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Ed Smith
Navasota
Allen Smith
Constitution Day Observed by DAR Across Texas
Daughters of the American Revolution plan Constitution Week observances in Texas with September 17 set as Constitution Day. Wm. Scott Chapter in College Station will host a program at Mrs. G. S. Fraps home Thursday at 4 pm. Citizens and businesses are urged to display flags from September 13 to 19.
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George Morgan
Dallas
Constitution Week
Texas
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. P. H. McFadden
National Foundation
Wm. Scott
G. S. Fraps
Officers Elected by W M A Circle No 1
Circle No 1 of the Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church met for organization and officer elections. Twenty two members compose the circle and officers named for the new year include Chairman Mrs E F Parks Vice Chairman Mrs M I Evans Secretary Mrs P S Park Bible teacher Mrs Charley S Myers Assistant teacher Mrs FE J Fountain Mission chairman Mrs Tom A Sweeney Orphans Home chairman Mrs J W Batts.
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Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church
E. F. Parks
M. I. Evans
P. S. Park
Charley S. Myers
FE. J. Fountain
Tom A. Sweeney
Orphans’ Home
J. W. Batts
Need for Leader in Present Economic Stress Pointed Out To Bryan Lions
Lions Club meeting in Bryan featured Jess B. McGee in charge with musical numbers by Kathleen Stuart and Ruth Johnson. Hon. F L Henderson urged leadership amid economic strain, warning of rising tendencies toward socialism and dictatorship as the nation loses confidence.
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Bryan Lions
Henderson
Lions Club
Jess B. McGee
Kathleen Stuart
Ruth Johnson
F. L. Henderson
Perry woman charged in fraud case over life policies
Mrs. John M. Smith wife of a Perry law manufacturer stands charged with attempting defraud life insurance firms with $60 000 policies on her husband who reappeared after being thought dead also held by authorities
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Associated Press
John M. Smith
Perry
Smith
Idle residents of Bryan faced plan checks over refuse to work
County and city officials with the Good Cheer organization planned to survey unemployed Bryan residents who refuse cotton work at 35 to 40 cents per 100 pounds and may seek relief later. The effort aims to determine opportunities to work and offer relief accordingly, with no blacklist policy.
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Bryan
Good Cheer
Good Cheer Organization
A. S. McSwain
R. G. Williams
J. E. Stanford
Bryan and Brazos County
Yachtsman's Murder Linked to Yacht Abduction Tale
The body of Benjamin P. Collings, a yachtsman from Stamford Connecticut, was found in Oyster Bay surf bound hand and foot with head beaten and throat slashed. A widow had told authorities two men boarded the yacht and abducted her husband, leaving her daughter aboard.
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Huntington Station
New York
Benjamin P. Collings
Stamford
Connecticut
Oyster Bay
Weather report for Bryan and regions in Texas
The forecast calls for generally fair and continuing warm conditions tonight and Thursday in Bryan and vicinity. East Texas should see generally fair weather tonight and Thursday. West Texas will be partly cloudy.
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The
Eagle
New Orleans
Bryan
East Texas
West Texas
Russians Relay Safe Return of Transpacific Flyers
The Russian steamer Buriat relayed that Don Moyle and C A Allen, who vanished while attempting a Japan to Seattle flight, were found safe on a small uninhabited island off Kamchatka. Moyle told his fiancée Frances Bresson he would be home September 22. The Buriat provided Lindberghs’ fuel during the rescue. Details remain unclear.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Buriat
Kamchatka Peninsula
Don Moyle
C. A. Allen
Japan
Moyle
Frances Bresson
Riverside
Calif
Kamchatka
Pitts Bridge Residents Recover From Injuries
Mr and Mrs Pete Kucera and their brother Adolph Kucera of near Pitts Bridge are recovering satisfactorily at home after an automobile collision near Bowie school last Saturday afternoon The Eagle office had initially reported three children but Adolph Kucera clarifies he is not married.
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Pete Kucera
Adolph Kucera
Pitts Bridge
Bowie School
Eagle Office
College of Mines Adopts Cotton Uniforms for Athletes
El Paso September 16. College of Mines athletes will wear cotton uniforms instead of wool this year. Coach Mack Saxon announced jerseys socks and sweat shirts will be cotton as part of a push to boost manufactured cotton use. The football squad will be first to wear the new uniforms.
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EL Paso
College of Mines
Mack Saxon
Auto Collision Death of Mrs J R Astin in Houston Area
Mrs Mable Franklin Astin widow of Hon J Robt Astin of Mumford died in a two car crash near Westfield while en route to Tomball to catch a train home. She was skull fractured and body bruised. Survivors include brother R W Franklin and sister Mrs A G Maguire. Funeral at 5 p m today at Franklin home.
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Mable Franklin Astin
J. Robt. Astin
Mumford
Houston
Bryan
Westfield
Astin
Houck
Franklin
A. G. Maguire
E. H. Astin
M. Astin
F. D. Pera
McKinney
British Sailors to Recheck Pay Scale in Atlantic Fleet
Sir Austen Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that the government will re-examine the new pay scale to satisfy sailors of the Atlantic fleet. Demonstrations are planned as ships return to home ports. Pay cuts apply to all public employees though some sailor grades face hardship.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Local Singer George Griffin Performs in Corpus Christi
George Griffin son of Mr and Mrs George Griffin returned from Corpus Christi where he stayed with relatives and appeared at a Sept 1 concert at the Nueces Hotel sponsored by the Corpus Christi Harmony Club He will remain for a week or ten days more then return to study and an autumn light opera engagement in New York He is offering a limited number of vocal lessons during his visit.
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George Griffin
Corpus Christi
Nueces Hotel
Corpus Christi Harmony Club
Young Griffin
New York
Harlingen Couple Held on Charge Murder Attempt
Harlingen authorities held Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Johnson without bond on assault to murder charges after they wounded W. F. Redwine a sign painter who had accused Mrs. Johnson of abusive language. Redwine was shot in the back and later discharged in justice court.
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Harlingen
L. R. Johnson
W. F. Redwine
Cotton and Grain Market Dips on 1931 Prices
The cotton market slid with futures 16 to 20 points lower and local spot prices quoted at 6 1 2 to 6 3 4 cents per pound, a new 1931 crop low.
Brazos County Singers Invited to Navasota
Brazos county singers and enthusiasts are invited to the Grimes county singing convention at Navasota grade school auditorium on Sunday September 20. Jesse Garvin will be in charge. Attendees should bring lunch baskets and a noon dinner will be provided on the school campus.
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Brazos County
Grimes County
Navasota
Jesse Garvin
Lisbon Fears Revolt Prompting Troop Barracks Lockdown
Portugal's government fears a fresh rebellion and confines troops to barracks after an emergency cabinet session. Last month a Lisbon revolt left twenty dead while earlier May unrest touched Madeira and the Azores.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Madeira
Azores Islands
I O O F Meet Planned in McKinney for Texas Encampment
Lynda Encampment No 33 of McKinney schedules the annual grand encampment of Texas I O O F to convene October 12 13 and 14 with 200 to 300 delegates expected from across the state led by George B Hughes chief patriarch of Lynda Encampment.
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Mckinney
Lynda
Grand Encampment
Texas I. O. O. F
George B. Hughes
Harvest Date Crop Ripens in Laredo Area
Laredo reports the harvest of the date crop now underway with the season's flavors described as delicious.
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Laredo
Flyers Fate Shown by Plane Wreck in North Sea
New York report identifies wreckage found by the British trawler Lord Trent as part of the Edo Aircraft plane of Parker Cramer and Oliver Pacquette. The craft vanished August 9 while testing a rapid air mail route from Detroit to Copenhagen and had passed the Shetland Islands en route to the White Sea.
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New York
K. D. Vosler
Edo Aircraft Corporation
North Sea
Lord Trent
Parker Cramer
Oliver Pacquette
Detroit
Copenhagen
Shetland Islands
White Sea
London
Long plan adherents besiege Bryan Solon in Texas
Reports from Austin say Mrs. Lee J. Rountree of Bryan representing the 26th District was besieged by proponents of the Long Plan who urged support for the no cotton bill. She said she will hold out all summer against them.
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Austin
Lee J. Rountree
Bryan
Houston Paper Locates Wife of Alleged Slayer
The Houston Chronicle said it located Mrs. Barney McGonegal, wife of the man charged with killing gangster John Cherris. She was in a hospital under an assumed name and said she knew nothing of her husband's whereabouts.
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Houston
the Chronicle
Barney McGonegal
John Cherris
Brazads River
Career of Stonewall Jackson Told by Oak McKenzie to Rotarians
Oak McKenzie spoke at a Bryan Rotary Club luncheon about Stonewall Jackson. He traced Jackson from birth in Clarksburg Virginia in 1824 through West Point and the Mexican War, to his rise as a Confederate Army leader after teaching military tactics at Virginia Military Institute.
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Stonewall Jackson
Oak McKenzie
A. M. Waldrop
Bryan Rotary Club
Clarksburg
Jackson
West Point
Winfield Scott
Virginia Military Institute
Upper House Votes Action This Morning On Cotton Acreage
In Austin the Senate approved 15 to 12 an amendment reducing cotton acreage to one fourth of the land, not one third as originally drafted. No final bills passed. House members rejected one fourth for one fifth, and both houses debated further amendments with no immediate action on limits.
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Austin
Senate
Jack Keller
Dallas
Bate
S$ Missioner of Agriculture
Stock Sanitary Commission
Archie Parr
Parr
Ate
Sony J. W. E. H
Traces Found of Pleistocene Habitat in Oklahoma Pit
Frederick Oklahoma reports trace of human habitat from the Pleistocene age found in Holloman gravel pits near Red River at the Wichita Mountains. E H Sellards of the University of Texas geology department leads the study with student Wayne Wilson. Discovery supports long habitation in the region and confirms prior findings.
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Frederick
Okla
Thisse
Oklahoma
E. H
Red River
Wichita Mountains
Olas
Will Rogers Letter to Editor on Disarmament Conference
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills praising London observers and noting delegates traveled by boat. He jokes about dressmakers and a skinny man, critiquing the fashion and pomp surrounding the disarmament conference and mocks the pageantry of the elites.
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The
Eagle
Beverly Hills
Cal
Sone
London
Westling
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