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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1934
Page
4
Distribution centers noted in Dallas at 510 Mercantile Bank Building Texas New York address at 70 Lexington Avenue and Chicago headquarters in the Association Building with Chicago Winds listed.
Brazos County may vote on a county wide stock law to keep livestock off highways to protect plantings and improve safety for motorists. Petitions signed by 100 freeholders from each justice precinct would trigger the election across eight precincts, with anticipated support from Bryan and rural residents.
Jesse Jones asserts that business is improving and credit is easier, citing higher loan demand, stronger lender sentiment, and rising industrial output. Rail and factory data show loans, wage hikes, and production gains across steel GM GE, with consumer sales or prices up in many sectors.
Mussolini objects to Japanese ties in Africa and halts a planned marriage between an Ethiopian prince and a Japanese viscount’s daughter. He seeks to shield one Italian sphere from what he calls an insidious influence.
Police shift to urgent manhunt for Barrow suspects after routine duties. Authorities urge public tips as search widens across jurisdictions.
A phrase suggests the subject may soon gain a home after a period of statelessness. The tone implies progress toward settlement or residence, with emphasis on a positive development for the man in question.
The Bryan Eagle notes afternoon edition approval and its telegraphic news service. Mrs. R L Weddington presents a Galveston News from 1881, now archived. Ministers at First Baptist church session include Dr J L Gross and Rev J J Pipkin among others. All tenth graders passed exams. no graduating class this year due to course extension.
The March 29 article by the News agricultural editor urges a national reforestation project in Texas, proposing federal funding to purchase 1,400,000 acres of East Texas timber lands. It argues restoring timber resources will sustain lumber and building industries, reduce dependence on distant sources, and support paper and rayon production via Southern pine.
In New York on April 3, Paul Block blends advertising agency work with newspaper publishing while Clark Gable visits private circles. The piece notes Block’s Elmira roots, theatrical tastes, and a sympathetic view of public injustice. It also sketches Max Gordon’s rise in legitimates and the brothers Gordon as remnants of a shy vaudeville era.
A fragment reflects on a sudden shift from bewilderment to clarity in American life, pondering how three months of work might transform a magazine piece from puzzling to clear as events unfold unexpectedly.
Sheriff J. H. Reed and Constable Horace Reed chased a tip about a green sedan in Woodville county. A man and woman were found in a parked car, with reports of another vehicle seen nearby making a run toward the highway. no gang link established.
Judge W. C. Davis traveled to Franklin Monday to open Robertson county district court for the April term. He will convene the grand jury and arrange for a five week session.
Tom Tibbs, a Negro, was held to the grand jury by Justice J. T. McGee on a charge of illegal liquor sale. His bond was set at $500.
East Texas voices urge self reliance over federal aid. The piece lauds individual enterprise, warns against permanent government relief, and calls for a live at home farm program while praising the President's reform efforts and warning bankers and industrialists against nationalization. Fast Texans want to stand on their own feet.
Everett Cole of Roger was held to the grand jury by Justice J. T. McGee on perjury charges after testifying in the trial of W. J. Walker to support Walker’s alibi. Bond set at $500. He testified he spoke with Walker at the home of Walker’s father on Dec 14 and had not seen Walker for years.
District 17 competitors from nine counties took part in declaiming debating and writing events in Bryan with tennis at College Station. The Texas Interscholastic League meet spanned Friday to Saturday April 7, featuring track and field at College Station and the tennis tournament closed there while other events concluded in Bryan. Rural declamations led by L G Andrews finished at the district courthouse with winners in junior and senior divisions across several counties.
Rockdale will face Calvert in the boys final after Rockdale beat Brenham and Calvert defeated Oakwood and Navasota. Oakwood meets the Rockdale Brenham winner in the girls final with debates to start at 9:30 at the Carnegie library. Finals and events run through Bowie and Stephen F. Austin High. Awards for top places will be given.
O W Sherrill secretary of the Production Credit Corporation of Houston spoke at a Bryan district meeting in the New York cafe room. He described a not Santa Claus business loan program for agriculture and livestock with lower interest and planned farm operations. Members present included C E Jones president and a list of directors inspectors and contact men from Brazos Milam Grimes Robertson Burleson and Madison counties.
Advertisement for Eagle Printing Company offering old newspapers for sale and inviting customers to place printing orders to save money and receive better work with contact by phone 36.
About 359 students from the Consolidated school gathered at a College park on Thursday afternoon for the annual Easter egg hunt led by Luke and Charlie. Teachers supervised as hundreds of eggs were hidden, including 11 prize eggs donated by local firms on College Street. Ten prize winners were Lyana Donald Warren, Thomas Hale, Mark Vavra, Patsy Sam Nixon, Leon Seema Parson, Ruth Williams, and Tav Swartz.
At a Thursday afternoon meeting of the Sunday School class at First Baptist church new officers were chosen for the coming months. Latest lineup includes Mrs. Foster as president and Mrs. Zzell as first vice president with K. Miller as second vice president and Mrs. P. S. Park as third vice president. Mrs. Forrest Jones serves as man of stewardship, F. B. Elliott as secretary, J. Webb Howell as Bible teacher, and John A. Moore as class porter. The class is divided into four groups with captains named.
A Waco News-Tribune report recalls a horseshoe found under a cut tree on Baylor University grounds, said to bless long marriages. It highlights pairs such as W.A. Wood and Nina Jan and A. J. Buchanan and Allen of Bryan, noting nearly five decades of matrimony among locals.
Plans for a two week revival beginning April 15 proceed at Avenue Baptist Church. Rev Bradford from Dublin and Harrison from Fort Worth will lead the service, with Rev Breazeale as pastor. Bradford is a Baylor University alumnus and pastor of First Baptist Dublin. Harrison, Memorial Baptist Worth music director, led the previous revival.
The second annual Seed Rodeo in Bryan and Brazos County is set for the weekend of April 28 at Forrest Field. Virgil Stapp, who managed the first event, returns with improved performances and ropers from Fort Worth and other points expected to compete.
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