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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1936
Page
6
Article outlines Minnesota political shifts with Olson and Benson potential runs for governor and senator, notes Judge Merrill Otis's NRA and AAA rulings, and profiles Missouri judge fielding federal posts. It also covers Charl Ormond Williams’s leadership roles in the National Federation of Business and Professional Women, and details Dr Karl T Compton’s election as AAAS president amid a prominent scientific family.
The piece traces Dr. Compton’s path from Wooster College where Karl kicked a historic field goal to his role as president of MIT. It notes his prior posts at Wooster Reed Princeton and the U S Signal Corps, plus service as associate scientific attaché in Paris and consultant to the Agriculture department. It stresses his New Deal science advisory work and stance against the AAA in favor of industrial uses for agricultural products. He is 48 married with two children and active in scientific organizations.
In a People’s Column continuation, an unnamed narrator travels from oil fields to a carnival to a cemetery rock quarry seeking work. The responses range from rejection for being a farmer boy to grim suggestions about the afterlife, ending with a return to farm labor. The piece closes with attribution to M. Corgey.
Dr. C C Hedges head of the department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at A and M College of Texas returned from the Texas Laundry Owners Association meeting in Amarillo. He spoke by special invitation on factors affecting business. The Short Course for laundries is run jointly by the department and the association and has grown from two days in 1934 to three days in 1935 with a requested five day course for 1936.
General Manager William A. Webb invites every Texas town with over 2500 residents to pick a special Exposition day between June 6 and November 29. Mayors will be asked to designate the date and organize a local program with bands or entertainment while radio facilities and a broadcast auditorium are provided at the Texas Centennial Exposition.
J H Herrington and Fred Per Lins were held to the grand jury Thursday by Justice A J Buchanan on charges of attempted burglary. Bond set at 300 dollars. Henry Person also arrested, had posted bond of 500 dollars.
The Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies suspended its winter basketball league due to inadequate facilities. The cabinet met at Grover White Jr.'s home and planned immediate steps to secure a proper venue for next winter while canceling current play.
Matty BellMustangs coach joins Dean CromwellUSC track coach on a summer visit to Berlin for the Olympic Games. Bell will sail on the Normandie to teach football while Cromwell sails on the Manhattan to coach track and field. Roy Cochran leads the tours as manager.
Henry Ransom, golf pro at Bryan Country Club, fired 31 for the first nine and 34 for the second nine, totaling 65 for 18 holes on a hard, nearly turfless course. He played with Milton Beneke of Texas A M, who carded 84. Ransom’s 63 hole run yielded 12 under par.
The city issued marriage licenses to Theodore Nedbalek and Mary Kopetsky. Officials recorded the pair as applicants for matrimony in the local civil registry.
Texas events span 1835 to 1874. Tenorio marched to Ana huac to collect duties, Texas navy vessels began, a 200000 loan aided independence, 1839 capital location by Trinity and Colorado rivers, and Richard Coke was inaugurated governor.
Ninteen Bryan and College Station democrats among 417 attendees at Corsicana high school cafeteria for a Jackson Day dinner honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt. T. Whit Davidson of Dallas praised Roosevelt as a builder and leader, predicting a Democratic victory and urging support for the party.
Admiral William Tarrant promoted to Vice Admiral and to command the Navy scouting force. He previously led the 11th Naval District in San Diego and succeeds Vice Admiral Hepburn as commander in chief of the fleet. Born in Mississippi, he grew up in Brenham Texas and has long served since his 1896 Annapolis appointment.
Friday’s column lists visits and arrivals in Bryan and Brazos County. Lieut George Abbott arriving from Brooklyn to visit his son cadet George Abbott Jr at Allen Military Academy falls ill with pneumonia but improves. Several residents relocate or announce births moves and local work changes.
Kerens residents plan a morning departure to Houston for a day trip. Rev. and Mrs. Spitzenpfeil and their daughter from Kurten returned Thursday from two weeks with relatives in St. Louis and Kansas City. Mo. T. W. Cole remains in critical condition after a period of illness.
At Waxahachie meeting the Central Texas Sport Writers Association favored a 19 year age limit for the Texas Interscholastic League, while Roy Henderson defended the 18 year rule. Floyd Casebolt elected president and Harold Ratliff vice president, Burris Jackson perpetual secretary and treasurer. Bill Parker named committee chair to plan a state wide sports writers organization and won the enamel cup as Miss Central Texas.
C. E. McClelland of the Temple Telegram claimed the title of Most Ugly Scribe after a five year campaign.
Readable fragments show several couples including John Habarta Jr and Miss Lottie Kre Isaac Bernal and Mona Munos Vernon Winston and Mollie JL Turner Audrey Jones and Goldie Phil lips. The text presents potential marriage or social notices with paired names in a local column.
A 1932 1933 feeding test for six Delta Station mules showed 4.5 lb cottonseed meal 4 lb corn 15 lb hay daily yielding good condition, with later 6 lb cake 5.2 lb corn and 16–17 lb hay. The report urges continued cake use and hulls when abundant hay is unavailable, citing economic benefits and productivity gains.
Delta Experiment Station issues guidance on feeding mules with cottonseed cake or hulls and hay to maximize value and conserve grain. Recommendations cover idle and work mules, feeding rates by weight, use of hulls and meals, and shelter and health notes.
Calling cards may be secured quickly and at moderate cost from the Eagle Printing Company.
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