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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1931
Page
1
The column urges giving children practical gifts like brand new shoes for play over toy guns. It argues shoes let a child romp outside, while a boy may want a gun for fun. The piece ends urging shoe gifts and warns against gifting a Christmas gun.
Mrs. L. H. Tucker departs for Houston to spend Christmas with daughter Mazie Currie and grandsons Montie and Felix. Also joining are N. B. Tucker of Mart and other family members for a full reunion. Edith Harlow of Dallas to return home after visiting Bryan and Reliance. Evelyn Sanders Williams of Fort Worth visiting parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sanders in Bryan. Williams just returned from Washington DC with sister Mrs. Wellington Brink.
Senate leaders from both parties met President Hoover at the White House and promised prompt action on the 500 million reconstruction corporation after the Christmas recess. They aim to pass the moratorium before the recess begins tomorrow night.
The St Joseph School pupils presented In Quest of Santa Claus a four scene Christmas operetta in the school auditorium on Friday December 18. Two performances drew large appreciative audiences. Intermissions featured piano violin and mandolin music by the school's music pupils.
Otto Kahn, renowned banker, told the senate finance committee that Germany could meet its private debts. He declined to predict reparations action and noted more than $600 million in short term German securities were held in the United States. He praised Germany's demonstrated capacity for extraordinary accomplishments.
Associated Press reports Japan began a southward offensive from Mukden against bandits. Chinese leaders hope to seize Chinchow while China appeals to the League of Nations and to the United States under the Kellogg Briand pact and nine power treaty for intervention.
Charley Andrews, local contractor, holds the contract for a corrugated iron and steel building on Parker Avenue behind McCulloch Dansby Company. When finished, Gordon Mitchells garage and repair shop will move from the old blacksmith shop into the new structure, and the old shop will be torn down for a modern filling station.
T B Warden a Brazos county noted good roads advocate resigns as head of Houston Chamber of Commerce highway department to take a district engineer post with the Portland Cement Association based in Dallas He formerly worked with the Gulf Coast Good Roads Association.
Arkansas officers travel to Dallas to identify two men and a woman arrested as suspects in a bank robbery at Emerson Arkansas on Saturday. They were in an automobile, unarmed, with little money when taken into custody.
Elmer Johnson of the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research cites a shift in thinking toward solving production efficiency to address oil industry problems. He quotes Prof. T. FE. Gregory and notes the belief that better production may ease broader civilizational issues. Continued on page 5.
Senators Brownson and Cutting of New Mexico and Jim Ham LewIs of Illinois urged President Hoover to parole former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall from his New Mexico prison term for accepting a bribe. The President reportedly planned to defer to the federal parole board amid numerous pleas for Fall.
Judge Scott Field aged about 80, long Robertson county resident and influential figure, died Sunday at his Calvert home after a lingering illness. He served as Robertson County attorney, Texas senator during the Hogg era, and represented the county in Congress from 1908 to 1907. He later became totally blind but continued legal work until recent years. Funeral services were held at his Calvert residence with interment in Calvert cemetery.
Will Rogers ridicules a European bid to cancel debts arguing America bears blame for World War outcomes. He mocks appeals to egotism and the idea of international good will, noting it wanes when loans run out and every action seems wrong.
Virginia Penfield aged 19 who vanished from Mary Lyon school Swarthmore was located in a Providence Rhode Island hotel. Her father Clare J Penfield was notified she arrived yesterday dazed and ill likely from excessive study. He had flown there by airplane.
The First Baptist Church of Bryan marked Rev. Jno L Wharton’s start of a second year with full morning and evening services. Gifts to Buckner Orphan Home from Sunday School and a cherished Christmas cantata highlighted the day as members renewed dedication for the year ahead.
The census bureau reports 15,358,405 bales ginned before December 13, up from 13,259,413 a year ago. Texas contributed 4,761,886 bales as part of the nationwide total.
William Suberkrup a 53 year old veteran guard at the Leavenworth federal prison killed himself with carbon monoxide in a garage at his home. Officials said illness prompted the act and he faced no suspicion of negligence related to the recent break of seven prisoners with smuggled arms.
Bishop W N Ainsworth of the Methodist Episcopal Church South received a postcard from Elko Georgia sent to his mother forty years ago describing his first pastorate. The card was recovered by the Elko post office and returned to him in Birmingham Alabama.
The Business Men's Bible Class of the First Baptist Sunday School elected new officers for the coming year. President H. H. Newton, first vice M. F. Thurmond, second vice R. A. McDaniel, third vice R. A. Eads, secretary treasurer M. P. Holleman, song leader C. P. MOSley, pianist Mrs. C. W. Simmons, sick and flowers chairman N. A. Stewart, reporter A. J. Buchanan, special music Henry S. Locke, teacher P. G. Gunter, assistant A. W. Buchanan. The class is among the city's largest Bible classes.
Arnaldo Mussolini brother of the premier and editor of Popolo L Italia died in Milan at 46 from a sudden heart attack.
The cotton market slipped slightly with futures off 8 to 10 points. Local spot values ranged from 5 to 6 cents per pound on middling basis.
Hale Center, Dec 21. Charles Hurst aged 58 editor of the Abernathy newspaper died from injuries after an automobile collision off the highway south of Hale Center on Monday.
Texas building permits totaled 2,905,000 in November, down 19 percent from October, with Austin Dallas Galveston Houston San Antonio and Waco showing gains. Compared with November last year the state fell 29 percent as Fort Worth’s October surge influenced the monthly figure. Eastern states likewise declined and material prices stayed down.
Nine men identified as African American were arrested after a Saturday night craps game. They pleaded guilty to gambling before Justice J. T. McGee, were fined, and released.
The senate campaign funds investigating committee submitted a bill to require candidates to be directly responsible for expenditures by supporters and committees. It targets presidential and congressional campaigns and their financial disclosures.
Dallas oil man Robert R. Penn was killed Saturday at Bledsoe Cochran county when a hunting shotgun discharged accidentally. He was about 41, born in Taylor Williamson county, son of Judge R L Penn. The Dallas body arrived today and funeral services were planned this afternoon. Penn studied geology at Texas University and helped pioneer several Texas oil fields.
Leslie Cummings, star returnee from Stephen F. Austin era, chosen captain for 1932 Bryan High School football squad. Coach Pete Jones also awards letters to 1951 players including Raymond Buchanan Paul Gregg Morris Williamson Park Merka Meriman Bass Lawrence Parker Elvin Moehlman Hillery Josey J D Benson Neal Godwin Willie Boris ki Chester Jones and Milton Morehead during Christmas honors.
Texas freshmen at the University of Texas in 1930-31 posted a higher scholastic average than out of state arrivals. Texas graduates averaged 4.72 while out-of-state freshmen averaged 4.48, giving a campus-wide 4.69. The top single-town score came from Sugarland with 8.06.
December 21 report from Mont Belvieu says Isaiah Edwards, condemned for killing a constable in August, was found dead in weeds near town. Deputy Neal Roten, who turned himself in for murder, fired when Edwards was spotted in a stolen car last night. Authorities planned grand jury action to probe Edwards's escape or abduction from Conroe jail amid claims by other prisoners of white kidnappers. Bloodhounds and a posse pursued Edwards after a sighting in Chambers County. Roten said he fired on recognizing Edwards.
AUSTIN December 21. Adjutant General Bill aims to let the law run its course, with Rangers deployed to prevent illegal activity. Conroe December 21. Five men disguised as officers abduct Isaiah Edwards 19 from Montgomery County jail after forcing a cell door. Edwards, under death sentence for the Magnolia constable murder, vanished as a posse scoured miles of mud. George Tolson 17, held with Edwards, narrowly escaped abduction.
Four couples filed notices of intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee. Names include Rector Houston with Adrian Lewis of Brazos County, Johnnie Damon with Velma L. Hall of Burleson, Ernest J. Holcomb of College Station with Erin E. Thomas of Temple, and Raymond Nevill with Truby Taylor of Brazos.
Partly cloudy tonight with showers Tuesday. Increasing cloudiness and a slight rise in temperatures tonight.
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