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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1933
Page
1
In the Citizens column Bryan residents are urged to support the annual Good Cheer Association fundraiser over the next two days. The appeal emphasizes community responsibility to aid destitute aged and ill residents who lack federal or state support and need basic food clothing fuel and medicine.
McNeal of New Baden held in Brazos county jail on murder charges linked to his wife’s death. Autopsy shows primary cause as two ruptures of the right lung with pneumonia as a secondary result. Sheriff moved prisoner from Franklin to Bryan amid threats of mob actions. Grace alleges prior beatings. case follows reports to Franklin County officials.
Guest speaker Mrs. W. P. Hobby of Houston will address the Brazos County Federation of Women's Clubs at a 1 pm meeting and luncheon in the Bryan Woman's Club. She is renowned in Texas for serving as the first woman parliamentarian in the Texas House and later married W. P. Hobby, former Texas governor and publisher.
President Roosevelt will extend the Civil Works Administration until next spring while budget review continues. He said no decision yet on the scale of public works for next year and requested an additional 350 million dollars to run through May 1. Officials reported 100000 women employed and 400000 needing help. four million men would be on payroll by Saturday.
Fort Worth residents Mr and Mrs N P Drew with their daughter Eva and sister-in-law Mrs Fred Jackson visit Bryan. Wynne Lay of Houston spends time with uncle and aunt the Haswells. Russell Yankie of Kansas City visits friends in Bryan and Kurten area. Georgia Tate returns home to Corsicana after visits in Bryan and Kurten. Mrs B C Johnson of Houston visits sister Mrs J E Corey and family and brother J B Christian and family.
Thieves drilled through 18 inches of brick and mortar to enter a vault at the Alfred Street post office in Detroit. They stole registered mail of undetermined value and $19 000 in postage stamps last night, concealing themselves inside the building.
J J Krolczyk announces The Beacon as the name of a cafe on College Road. He offered a cash prize for naming, receiving 294 responses, with John M Barron submitting the winning entry.
Col and Mrs Charles Lindbergh plan to continue their flight from Port Spain to the United States on the next day, aiming for a direct route to Miami via Puerto Rico. The couple is en route in the homeward journey after a stop in Trinidad.
Assistant Attorney General Keenan said Alfred Bates, one of the Urschel kidnappers, is in solitary at Leavenworth to obtain information on the location of $100,000 ransom money.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist church presented a check for 250 to the board of stewards at the regular meeting. The church budget was adopted as proposed by the finance committee led by R. C. Franks, with plans for spiritual and financial growth discussed.
The Bryan Rotary club heard a noon program of Russian music by Campus Study club members from College Station. Mrs T W Leland opened with remarks on Russian folk songs and noted ongoing study by the Campus Study club as RJ Dunn introduced the performers.
United States Ambassador William Bullitt met Soviet Russia's President Mikhail Kalinin in Moscow to present credentials. The exchange appeared cordial and Bullitt made a favorable impression on Soviet officials during the first official encounter at the executive offices.
The William Scott Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at the home of Mrs. C N Shepardson on the A and M College campus at 3 o'clock Saturday. Prof. Ernest Langford of the architecture department at A and M College will speak on Architecture of the Early American Colonies. Mrs. H C Fulgham asks that all members be present.
A civil works allotment of about 2.5 million dollars funds a typhus fever control campaign in the South focusing on Georgia Alabama and Texas. The program through the Biological Survey and Public Health Service will employ about 20 000 workers to trap rats and apply poison with Georgia accounting for 5 000 Alabama 3 000 and Texas 2 000 workers. Public Health Service will spend over 1 million dollars in southern states for roughly 10 000 more workers.
Rev Thomas E Milholland spoke on Did God Make the Devil The Value of Trials as Church of Christ revival continued with a large audience. He argued that God tests his servants before giving responsibility and cited examples from scripture as he outlined future topics such as The New Birth and The Completeness of the Church.
Rebecca Baker, aged grandmother, is critically ill at her daughter Mrs. L. M. Johnson's Bryan home after a Monday night fall. She was unconscious from the shock and remains in serious condition. Hershel Baker of Abilene and Mrs. Florence Baker Andrew of Houston were notified and travel to Bryan. C. L. Baker and Mrs. L. M. Johnson stay by the bedside with their mother.
Washington reports the administration and Congress aim for retail hard liquor at about 1.50 a quart as wine makers and the agriculture department discuss a regulatory code. The discussion involves the agricultural adjustment administration and seeks a strict pricing framework.
Del Rio readers learn a railway project halted by revolutionists in Old Mexico will resume and finish in 1934. The San Carlos branch of the National Railway is planned to reach within 10 miles of Villa Acuna across the border, linking to an agrarian city at the Y where routes to Palestina meet. The 1914 work paused when ground material was destroyed, with irrigation expansion and crop distribution needs driving the line’s revival.
Dallas auditor Toy Wooley aged 28 was acquitted today of a murder charge for shooting his wife Dorothy aged 20 in their bedroom on November 5. He was rushed to the county jail to forestall an attempt on his life and later released.
M. J. Norrell formerly general manager of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce was named aeronautics advisor for the Texas Civil Works Administration. He will work on civic airport development and be available for civil works project recommendations to the federal administration.
The market shows gains for cotton while grains slip. Local spot cotton trades 9.80 to 10.05 middling with the New York close up seven points. Wheat and corn decline in Chicago with mixed closing figures across futures.
In Taloga Oklahoma Fred Overstreet twenty one and Cleo Owens eighteen were held to avert mob violence after arrest near the town for the killing of three people in a country store robbery yesterday. The youth admitted the slayings.
Postmaster Charles S. Myers announced Bryan will stay open until 6 p m on the two Saturdays Dec 16 and 23 to handle the Christmas rush. The office normally closes Saturday afternoons and this extension is seasonal, reverting after Christmas to the first Saturday after.
Britain plans to hand the United States a token war debt payment of 7.5 million dollars on Friday. The check is expected as a partial settlement for Britain’s wartime debt amid official statements from London.
Claus has sent word to Bryan he will appear in a van with a big parade planned for Friday December 15. The event runs from 1 to 5 pm with more than 100 Bryan and College firms and organizations taking part starting at 8 o clock from the south end of Main Street. Bryan will portray Nicholas in the procession amid a season of Yuletide festivities.
Miss Dorothy Hedges a frean student at the University of Texas and daughter of Dr and Mrs C Hedges of College Station is among 132 nominated for the Live Bennett beauty section of the Cactus annual The nominees were named Tuesday from 52 campus organizations Photographs of the nominees will be prepared for judges to select the 1934 Bonnet Belles Earlier lists show many fraternities clubs and dormitories involved in nominations
Two men bound Crocker National Bank employees and forced access to the vault in Turner Falls Massachusetts. Estimated cash stolen ranges from fifteen thousand to twenty thousand dollars. Local authorities pursue suspects as investigation continues.
In Coalgate Oklahoma today three masked gunmen robbed a First National Bank branch and kidnapped two employees and three customers. The hostages were released unharmed as investigators pursue the bandits who escaped with an undetermined amount of money.
East Texas: partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with a bit warmer temperatures in the west. West Texas: mainly clear tonight with a warmer Thursday ahead and continued mild conditions.
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