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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1935
Page
1
The column notes sport lovers stock Brazos County with Bob White to boost future bird shooting. A proposed game preserve stocked with deer and wild turkey aims to protect this effort, but success depends on protecting the game from vandalism and illegal hunts.
Morris Kaplan and roommate Glenden Benjamin return to New Orleans to resume Tulane Medical studies after Easter with Mr and Mrs Joe Kaplan in Bryan. Mrs Kaplan joined them to Houston for the return trip. Kaplan earns MD at May commencement with an enviable medical school record and honors.
A Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce Trade Extension event distributed 300 dollars in 11 prizes to local patrons amid a crowd of 4 000 to 5 000 on a Thursday afternoon. First prize went to Jeff Tabor of Wixon Lake, with several other named recipients from Bryan, College, and area communities. The ceremony followed a concert by the Allen Academy band and drew spectators along 25th Street and Main Street.
Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance committee that any bonus plans would require extra expenditures and taxes. He warned a large outlay could lower government security prices and that a federal inheritance tax might raise 200 to 600 million dollars yearly. The American Legion pressed for full cash payment and backed the Vinson-Legion bill over other proposals.
Burleson county officials show growing support for the Jones bridge road to connect with Highway 36. Brazos officials balk at the expense of moving Pitts bridge and building a new link, urging state backing to avoid costly Burleson side improvements.
A benefit play titled Oh Kay will be staged Tuesday April 80 at 8 p m at Stephen F. Austin High School. Mrs Maurice Young director, and helpers have prepared a farce comedy with prominent roles filled by Mildred McKenzie M Brownlee Oak McKenzie Jr Sankey Park Ruth Neeley Curtis Cobb Sam Crenshaw William Allen Pauline Davis and Mrs Maurice Young. Brazos County Rural Circulating Library will receive the proceeds.
Clarence Edge a Bryan native and A and M College freshman has been selected as a representative in the Battle of Flowers oral contest in San Antonio. He will compete against Rice Institute and the University of Texas campus speakers, following his campaign addresses last summer for Gov. James V. Allred.
The Pan American clipper completed its first round trip flight from Hawaii to California. At noon it was 1833 miles from Honolulu and traveling 144 miles per hour. The flight marked the first return voyage after departing Hawaii three hours earlier.
The 19 ton flying boat departed Pearl Harbor at 3 29 p m on its return to Alameda California after an experimental flight to test passenger and transport service to the Orient. The clipper took off smoothly, dipped over Lakefield and Ford Island, then climbed and passed through a rainbow over Pearl Harbor.
Edwin P Arneson of San Antonio was chosen district governor-nominate of Rotary International Forty-seventh district at a Rice hotel conference in Houston. He will succeed John W Kirkpatrick of Edinburg pending confirmation in Mexico City in June. Arneson, a Texas A and M graduate and San Antonio Rotary past president, is a highway engineer with wide local ties in Bryan.
Concrete work on Highway No 6 south of College is progressing well. Work resumed Monday after rain halted it Friday and Saturday. About four miles of pavement have been laid as the contractor supplies gravel, doing so more quickly than many rivals.
A U SDA soil erosion study shows 10,000,000 acres ruined for cultivation and 65 percent of Texas land under active erosion. The survey, conducted on a reconnaissance basis, covers 111,000,000 acres with breakdowns by erosion type and region. Glenn reports regional summaries and notes the preliminary nature of the findings.
Brazos residents signed as members of the Texas Centennial Million club must have their lists delivered to county chairman C. M. Bethany by month’s end. About 1500 names exist on submitted lists. 45 lists remain outstanding. Bethany requests those holding lists to send or ready them for pickup.
Three Aggie track teams will host John Tarleton Plowboys of Stephenville in a triangular track and field meet at College Station. The varsity and freshman squads invite their branch college brothers for the event this Saturday.
Frank Stubbs Jr and his family traveled to Dalhart where Mr Stubbs will assume the role of county agent for Dallam County with the Extension Service at Texas A and M College. He previously worked in the Animal Husbandry department of the college.
Sheriff Roy W. Nunn and Patrolman Howard Lee transported two Brazos County residents deemed insane to the state hospital in Austin on Monday afternoon.
F. D. Lefevre suffered a compound fracture of the left arm and bruises when struck and knocked down by a bakery truck driven by Frank Cash on Main Street. Lefevre received first aid at McQueen pharmacy and was taken to Wilkerson Memorial Clinic.
Telegram from Bryan and Brazos County Chamber officials confirms Allen Academy band has been chosen as the official East Texas Chamber of Commerce band for next year. The group traveled to Henderson Monday, with Parker and Wilson praising the boys for their personal conduct and performance.
Chicago authorities report seven rapid apartment fires on April 23 in the North Side blamed on a firebug. One woman died, another, Virginia Winnick, a high school student, was badly burned as residents fled their homes. a suspect fled the scene days earlier in the same area.
City manager R G Williams traveled to Austin for a conference with state highway engineer Gibb Gil christ and other officials to obtain federal funds for Bryan paving. He urged widening College avenue from the city north limits to the Country club and re paving from 25th street south with asphalt on a solid foundation. Additional requests included Ursuline avenue and several gaps in the city paving plan.
Dr. C P Coogle of the U S Public Health Service outlines a malaria control drive with three to five thousand blood specimens to gauge carrier rates in Brazos County over about three months. Vergne Adams presented students and the high school band prepares for a Waco band contest in class D.
Bryan Superintendent S M Brown was elected president of the Southeast Division Texas State Teachers Association at the Houston convention. He succeeds R H Williams as division leader while C W Bingman becomes executives head. Sam Crenshaw and others were elected to office as the meeting drew about 5 000 educators.
J. C. Mike and Miss Willie Joe Shannon, both of Madisonville, were married Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. James Mike by Rev. Sterl Phinney of the Free Will Baptist church. The ceremony was simple with no attendants.
Owners from the Fourth district invited to enter retrievers spaniels pointers setters and hounds in a beach show Friday from 3 to 6 pm at the American Legion home. Three classes puppies open and a special event will judge dogs and best of breed with first to third prizes. Entry fees 50 cents for first dog 25 cents for each additional. Inquiries to Carl T Sprague College Station.
Otis Bryan Donaho and Miss Iwis Norcross Kraft received a marriage license as a prelude to their wedding plans. The couple announced their intention to marry in a ceremony to be held later this season.
Os car Coe of Navasota suffered severe injuries when his car skidded on wet pavement Friday morning. He was thrown from the vehicle and sustained a broken right shoulder and arm, three broken ribs, and a punctured right lung, placing him in critical condition.
In Toledo Ohio part of the first shift of 1100 workers walked out after union wage demands and a signed contract were rejected. About 600 quit, others sent home by plant head Hugh Dean. The plant will stay closed indefinitely though no disorder occurred. Washington warned the dispute may spread to other auto plants as resentment toward the Automobile Labor Board grows.
Friday rainfall totaled .63 inch with .39 inch from Thursday night. General rain spurred rejoicing among farmers as crops and vegetables neared drought stress. The light shower was praised as a million dollar rain by residents.
Mrs. Lee J. Rountree, editor of the Bryan Eagle, leaves for New Orleans and Washington to attend the Associated Press annual meeting, a key event for smaller papers. She will also visit Washington and New Orleans to join the National Editorial Association convention.
Washington April 23. The president nominated Carl Eugene Nesbitt of the Texas National Guard to be brigadier general in the adjutant general's office.
In 18th century Texas defense and development faced a recurring problem how to control Native peoples. Officials in San Antonio de Bexar pleaded for solutions as fear of extermination grew. Bexar Archives in UT Library are being translated revealing these debates and the linked French trade plans.
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