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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1931
Page
1
The People column notes two incidents in Bryan where saline soaked clothing near an open gas fire caused a home loss and a painful burn to a young woman. The piece echoes fire commission cautions on gas safety, urging ordinary care for individual and community safety with open gas stoves.
Dr. Thomas Gordon Watts, pastor of First Presbyterian, confined at home with flu but able to be up. J O Orr of Edge visited son Walden ill at Scott boarding house in Bryan. Emmett Holland of Edge shipped pecans from Cedar Creek farm. A B McSwain of Wellborn visited Bryan today.
In Imlay City Michigan a passenger train struck an automobile killing Frank Steple 45 Minnie Steple 43 and Anna Proctor 53 early today. Arthur Proctor 55 husband of Anna is expected to die. The Proctors have nine children and the Steples eight.
The Dokeys of Bryan Knights of Pythias invite Pythians and friends to a free dance at the K of P hall Thursday night from 8 to 12. R M Dansby Guy F Boyett Hy T Schovassa lead the committee. A Mexican string band will play with cake sales and a prize dancing contest to raise funds for the Good Cheer fund.
A liars contest similar to a two year ago event will be sponsored by the Jimmie Gergas American Legion Post of McKinney and limited to post members. Last time three legionnaires tied for first with County Attorney W D Howdy close behind.
The Good Cheer Association reports halfway through its annual drive that donations fall short of the $4,000 minimum to sustain next year’s relief efforts. Despite heavier demand for aid as winter nears, some donors have increased gifts while others have not. A fund-raising football game on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. pairs Stephen F. Austin high school with Texas A. and M. Freshman B, charging 50 cents with all proceeds to Good Cheer. Bryan High’s team prepares for a tough match as locals await a hard-fought contest.
The County Federation of Womens Clubs will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 4 pm at the Bryan Woman's Club. The Girls Reading Club hosts with Miss Lucy Harrison as president. A musical ensemble by College women, a saxophone solo by Carl M. Cochran, and a discussion on American Pottery by Miss Willie Rogers are on the program.
The split payment system raised tax receipts in Brazos County and Bryan city in October and November compared with the prior year. County and city officials reported minimal collection costs, with detailed October figures showing higher half and full payments across state, county, and school taxes, totaling significant gains.
Washington December 9 Representative Luce of Massachusetts Republican member of the banking committee introduced legislation to establish twelve home loan discount banks. They would be modeled after the federal reserve and federal land banks with government capitalization of 150 million dollars. They would discount loans for home building for building and loan associations insurance companies and regular banks.
Henderson makers report Joe Ross aged 41, charged with killing his father Acey in a Sunday argument over a $2 wood cutting job, remains at large as officers search for him.
Bryan public school teachers join Bowie Elementary staff for a morning session from 10 to 12. The Bowie PTA serves tea during social time. The program features a Liszt piano duet by J. H. Conway and C. Cochran, Eleanor Lucas reading, and talks by Prof. W. L. Hughes and Prof. George Wilcox of Texas A&M on school Failures and Marking Systems. The event is open to the public.
For Bryan and vicinity generally fair and slightly warmer tonight. Thursday increasing cloudiness and warmer followed by rain Thursday night. West Texas increasing cloudiness tonight with probable rain in the west and rain in the east Thursday night. East Texas generally fair tonight, Thursday cloudy and warmer in the south, rain Thursday night.
Rotary members discussed community service and potential aid to those in need. The program covered individual Rotarian responsibility, Chamber of Commerce roles for service clubs, and business community engagement before they decide on funding a football feast.
The Illinois Supreme Court refused Jesse Lucas petition to erase a murder conviction after another man confessed. The court ruled finality of decisions outweighed relief for Lucas who served 23 years.
A group of Texans will travel to Chicago for the National Wool Marketing Corporation directors meeting. Attending are Sol Mayer of San Angelo Roger Gillis or Horace Fawcett of Del Rio L. W. Elliott of Sonora and Albert Martin of Menard.
Lockney is now a postal savings office, announced by Homer Howard the postmaster. The designation follows strong local demand, after the office previously held the status years ago and was withdrawn. Since the new order deposits have increased at the office.
In southwest Texas the Guadalupe country feeds legends of buried treasure. Pat terson Hills host an irrigation ditch feeding Indian camps, while Rustler Springs near the Guadalupe Mountains draws treasure hunters seeking 19 burro loads of gold. In El Capitan Mountain a recent discovery unearthed four skeletons with spear heads.
San Angelo December 9 with all papers in order and $100000 cash in new capital raised the re organized San Angelo National Bank set to reopen December 1d after routine matters are settled.
The University of Texas School of Law showcases a hall of fame with portraits of graduates since its founding. Many early female students rose to prominent legal and political roles, including A. S. Burleson, 1886 graduate and former postmaster general under Wilson, and James Hamilton, longtime district judge in Austin.
Tokyo government readies Kenkichi Yoshizawa as League of Nations delegate to accept the peace plan in full after removing an objectionable clause. He was told to request postponement earlier due to plan details but now to clarify Japan’s claim to temporary ban on bandits.
San Antonio hosted a busy convention month with about 6900 visitors. The international Order of Eastern Star meeting and national Ice Manufacturers convention topped a slate that also included the National Railway Mail Clerks Association gathering. Southwest Ice Manufacturers Association and Texas Fraternal Congress were also held in the city.
A roundup on the A C Hoover ranch gathered 50 people to hunt coyotes. Nine coyotes were captured and Hoover barbecued eight goats for the crowd.
Senator Hiram Johnson California Republican introduced a resolution demanding a full investigation of foreign security sales in the United States. The move targets the Hoover moratorium as President Hoover plans to submit moratorium proposals the next day with ratification anticipated.
The cotton market drifted lower with futures settling seven to a point down. Local spot prices quoted from five and a half to five and a quarter cents middling basis.
Will Rogers writes from Osaka on December 9 describing a flight from Japan to Manchuria. He comments on Japan’s mountains and rural scenes noting a village with 2,000,000 inhabitants and mentions rumors of a fight at Chin Chow.
Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald told the House of Commons Britain backs an international conference on the world economy after Basel experts report Germany’s ability to pay reparations. In San Benito Cameron County farmers probe a new potato variety called White Gold, touted as two weeks earlier than the Bliss Triumph.
The Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial for Sam Louder, a Black man sentenced to death for killing policeman EvEns Johnson in Arlington on November 23, 1930. The error cited was failure to instruct jurors on evidence about the officer’s warrant.
Miss Opal Brogden suffered burns to both legs below the knees when a dress soaked in gasoline ignited as she dried it before a gas fire at her Beck street home. Her hair was singed but her face and hands escaped serious burns. She received treatment at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic and returned home. The fire department extinguished the flare with no damage to the house. She is the daughter of Henry Brogdon, whose home burned months ago.
Washington December 9. The administration urged Congress to raise taxes next month for most people and President Hoover sent a 4 billion budget. Mellon to set tax details while pledging strict curbs on appropriations. A looming 4.44 billion deficit is forecast for the next fiscal year without action.
Bryan Lions Club endorses the Good Cheer drive and pledges help with charity funds. J. E. Stanford notes public trends in fads and fashion, urging focus on generosity over style while outlining campaign aims and community support.
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