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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1934
Page
4
An editorial urges readers to face issues directly and stop blaming others for troubles. It argues advertizing and enthusiasm aid business, stresses community action, solidarity, and shared justice as foundations for a thriving city. Constructive criticism and ethical governance are essential.
In New York July 31 a hospital year of closures looms as private institutions fail to attract paying patients amid a medical center surplus. Doctors face job scarcity. young graduates struggle for interneships while surgeons halve incomes. The piece also notes cultural quirks, from Dorothy Parker’s view of the Medical Center to Gene Fowler’s forthcoming Mack Sennett biography and reflections on writers’ rises and faltering bursts of creativity.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors backed East Texas efforts to spark public interest in the upcoming county budget. The piece urges citizens to review the proposed budget due August 1 and attend hearings to influence tax rates, noting past apathy and potential savings from informed scrutiny.
Local planters report difficulty securing Negro labor and have turned to Mexican workers for cotton farm work. Relief offices say enough labor exists in the county but getting workers to fields remains the challenge. workers must report to relief headquarters and those who fail to show up will be removed from relief rolls.
Charles W. Wells of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange warns that slow tagging under the Bankhead bill hampers cotton movement and contracts. He notes regulatory compliance difficulties and a crop smaller than anticipated may pressure compulsory reductions. delays risk the law’s future support.
O B Colquitt launched his bid for the gubernatorial nomination in a San Saba speech to old Confederates. A baptism at the Presbyterian service drew four generations of Bryan families, and James Godwin announced a grain and feed business in the Parsons building. President Richard McDonald of the Baptist Academy arrived with his family to join Bryan.
In a vivid column a dramatic campaign clangs through Europe and U S politics. The piece jokes about the gubernatorial race with rivals Tom and Jimmy, predicting a widening breach and a dramatic run-off while lampooning film history and public decency debates. Davis Scholtz provides the closing quip.
The editorial notes European powers may avoid intervention after the failed Nazi putsch in Vienna. It credits Chancellor Starhemberg with suppressing rebels, while Germany under Hitler moves to prevent Austrian escalation and distance itself from Austrian NS factions. It cautions against a Teutonic bloc from the Brenner to the Baltic.
The murder of Chancellor Dollfuss by Nazi sympathizers intensifies European danger as Hitler purges Nazi leadership in Germany, provoking horror abroad but no formal action, since the German affair is treated as an internal matter.
The Houston Post notes Italy must address the Vienna situation and fears Nazi expansion. Mussolini is portrayed as decisive against Germany expanding toward the Aus tro-Italian border. Dollfuss is hailed as a principled leader whose murder marks Nazism’s crime.
The afternoon session planned a joint meeting with the State Board of Education. Mrs. Volney Taylor of Brownsville leads Texas Federation of Women's Clubs visitors. County agents meet by districts. home demonstration agents hold district meetings. I W Duggan of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration discusses Bankhead Act implications for Texas cotton. A display of candlewick bedspreads and related textiles is shown in the college library. 4 H Club members attend a Play Party in Kyle Field Gym. The Short Course Ball arrives Thursday night. tickets cost fifty cents for 4 H funds. Dr J W Mills of Beaumont conducts the Vesper Service at President Walton’s lawn. Grap juice demonstrations run this afternoon and Thursday. Seed producers meet. A A A cotton chief A Cobb will speak at Friday’s general assembly.
The article argues that farming as a social institution should be valued beyond pure profit, distinguishing farming from agriculture as motives of production. It notes that agriculture as business is declining while the farmer sustains life from his own outputs, calling for clearer roles among agricultural agencies amid ongoing discussions at the Agricultural and Mechanical College.
The College of Agriculture emphasizes farming as a way of life while the State Department of Agriculture and the Extension Service clash over function. The author argues for electing Fred W. Davis as State Commissioner of Agriculture to restore active leadership and support for both the College and Extension Service.
Hollis Frazer and Cecil Rhodes of Robertson county will be in the August runoff as candidates for nomination as state representative. J. L. Goodman, father of Albert Goodman, veteran holder of that office, was defeated for nomination in a field of five candidates. Mrs. M. S. DeMaret, candidate for county clerk, won over her opponent. Mrs. DeMaret is known to many Bryan residents and C. L. Eden, Jr., married Miss Margaret DeMaret about a year ago. Ace Nickleson was renominated for sheriff and J. R. Galloway for district clerk. Both had opposition, John R. Grace, county attorney, had no opposition, as was the case with other county officials.
Joe Malik died after a gun-related incident near Wheelock. He is survived by his wife Carrie Kopecky Malik and an infant son Joe Jr. Additional survivors include his parents Mr. and Mrs. Martin Malik, a brother Frank Malik, and sisters Miss Christine and Miss Gussie Malik. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph’s Church in Bryan with burial in Bryan Catholic cemetery.
J E Stanford state director of rural rehabilitation visited Bryan for the Farmers Short Course at Texas A and M College and returned to Austin. He said the program is being organized in many counties with 31 field men out and 33 more to be named soon. Each man covers two or three counties and some counties have larger populations or areas, treated as territories.
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