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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1934
Page
6
In Bryan 1934 starts with farmers like I M Cook and J T Cross speaking of quiet plenty while grocer Luke Patranella plans lower prices. Police Chief K T Tillis returns after illness as townsfolk tout home trading and a strong faith in community cooperation.
P F English of the Michigan Department of Conservation urges better game management to restore quail numbers in Brazos county. He argues against wholesale killing of predatory birds, favors seed stock preservation, and notes that humans and dogs, not predators, caused pheasant mortality in his studies. He asks for contact to reach the local game protection association and cites forthcoming bulletins on pheasant management.
Col Ike S Ashburn of Houston will be principal speaker at the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on Jan 16 in College Mess Hall. He formerly commanded cadets at College and served as secretary of the Former Students Association and now chairs the state PWA advisory board and is secretary of the Texas Good Roads Association. The entertainment committee plans a 45 minute floor show with musical numbers dancing and novelty acts.
In Houston on January 2, Mildred Arndt, 27, was shot dead at a New Year party hosted by friends. Her husband, 17 year old FE T Arndt, a leather worker, was charged with the slaying after officers found the body in the kitchen with a bullet wound to the head.
Leonard Brown a San Antonio lawyer seeks to nullify the Texas State constitutional amendment prohibiting liquor sales. He argues the Dean law rests on the 18th Amendment and that notice publication requirements were not followed. He plans further appeals and possibly a direct attack via indictment quashal if arrests occur. Brown sees a potential shortcut to removing the liquor law without another election.
In San Angelo and across West Texas active bidding at 12 1/2 cents per pound for ewe lambs has boosted prices by 1 cent. About 3,000 lambs sold in Ozona, with buyers offering up to 4 1/2 cents for lighter cutbacks. Ranchers forecast below last year's lamb production and potential wool gains. A rain would lift values, and February lambing plans hinge on feed costs and next weeks' rains.
William Hunt, a University of Texas student from Torreón, Mexico, was accidentally shot in the abdomen during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Richmond. He was taken to a Houston hospital, operated on, and attendants reported his condition good.
Main focusfully lists residents from Tabor Benchley Kurten Rock Prairie and Bryan visiting or returning home from Christmas and New Year events. Includes names such as Hudspeth Bade Buchanan Keith Jones Pippin Regenbrecht Preibisch Elrod and many others with relatives travel to Houston Austin San Antonio and Conway Ark. Also notes cotton prices and 1934 government programs affecting farmers.
The Cottonup campaign led to the removal of 10,700,000 acres from the 1983 cotton crop. With nearly a quarter of cotton acreage retired, confidence rose in the program’s effectiveness and long-term supply adjustments.
Aristides Garcia, son of Bryan’s Rev. J. E. Garcia, a student for the ministry, died recently of a heart attack in Monterrey, Mexico. He had worked with his father in Bryan and was known to many locals.
Hillsboro Texas district attorney Sam H. Allred Jr. filed a complaint in justice court against R. H. Burck of Whitney for swindling tied to alleged job sales with the state. Charlie Golden paid Burck $15 for a job at Gatesville Training School. indictments had been dismissed earlier. The new case awaits grand jury action.
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