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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1935
Page
1
A column urges citizens to pay poll tax this month in preparation for upcoming votes on repeal of saloon reopenings, a sales tax proposal to fund bonds, and possibly an old age pension. The article hints at a federal delay affecting Texas voting decisions.
Mrs J C Godbey and Mrs Roy Richardson of Georgetown joined Dr Godbey at the Lions club meeting in Bryan where he was guest speaker. Richardson runs a leading gents furnishing store. Also Mrs Barron Simmons Rountree Culpepper Maloney Smith and others traveled to Waco to see The Green Pastures and Dr and Mrs R H Harrison went to Austin for Governor Allreds inauguration.
Bryan fire department members elected Charlies EB. Greisser as chief Sam Noto as assistant chief and C E Jenkins as secretary. The trio will organize the annual banquet and attendance prizes were discussed with Blazek and Noto tied for best attendance. no contest this year.
James W. James Judge W C Davis Judge Whit Boyd and other local figures attended the funeral of Mrs. J Felton Lane in Hearne on Sunday afternoon at 3 p m.
County agent C. L. Beason was telephoned to Houston Tuesday where Mrs. Beason is at the Dr Marvin Graves clinic for observation in a serious condition. Miss Elliott Beason of Bryan public school and Miss Margaret Beason of Sam Houston State Teachers College Huntsville are with their mother.
Three relatives of Isa dor Fisch arrived in New York to testify in the Hauptmann murder trial. Police say detective Arthur Johnson and the trio of mystery witnesses were landed in Brooklyn aboard the Ile De France liner and rushed to unknown destination, thought to be New Jersey.
In Flemington New Jersey on June 15 the defense again pressed the suspect Hauptmann case by probing Isador Fisch as a possible witness and suggesting forged handwriting. John F Tyrrell, a state expert from Milwaukee, testified Hauptmann’s handwriting matched the ransom notes in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping.
Texas A and M College hosts about 150 temporary workers for three weeks in two shifts. They gather data under the Bankhead Act for the past year at the State Allotment Board offices starting January 15.
J. Godbey professor of chemistry at Southwestern University Georgetown addressed the Bryan Lions Club on success factors. He named perseverance hard work and vision noting two kinds of vision self and service. Guests included H L St John Roy Richardson and Godbey. Richardson and Godbey are Georgetown Lions Club members with Godbey a past president. Bryan club members Hi O Ferguson and J C Goldsmith returned after illness. Attendance prize won by R A Booth.
Maj. James R. Doolittle established a new air transport record by reaching Floyd Bennett airport at New York 11 hours 59 minutes after leaving Los Angeles. He broke Eddie Rickenbacker’s previous 12 hours 3 minutes 50 seconds mark set on November 8.
Wayne Davis of Brazos county, previously sentenced to 14 years for killing his son in law Willie Lovell, had his term cut to seven years by Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson. He received a 60 day furlough and has already shaved about a year through double time work on the dairy.
Dean Slade tried to pet a leopard at the Dallas zoo on Sunday. He needed treatment for hand lacerations at Emergency Hospital and was later hospitalized for care.
Judge W C Davis F L Henderson, Mr and Mrs E H Astin and Coulter Hoppes traveled to Austin on Tuesday to attend Gov James V Allred's inaugural ceremony.
TEMPLE Jan. 15. Erosion has cut crop productivity by a third to over half in the Brazos river watershed and worsened floods. Experts note that native pastures now cover about half the watershed and overlook their role in erosion control and flood mitigation.
The Woman's Home Demonstration Council met at City Hall on Saturday at 2 pm. They announced a pattern school for wardrobe demonstrators in Bryan at City Hall on Friday and Saturday Jan 18 and 19, led by Mrs. Dora Barnes of College Station. A lunch will be served Saturday at noon for visiting club women from Grimes and Leon counties. A recreational school will follow in College Station Feb 11 to 15, with Brazos county recreational leaders urged to attend. Present: Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Burroughs, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Holden, Miss Crenshaw, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Pate, Mrs. Haire, and Mrs. Metcalfe.
The King's Highway woman's home demonstration club met at Mrs. E. M. Sanders home and elected demonstrators. The chosen were Mrs. G. A. Nash pantry Mrs. Roy Thurman yard and Mrs. C. A. Holden wardrobe. Present were Mesdames Nash Thurman Sanders Coney Windsor and W. E. Lewis and Miss Emma Kindt.
Tom Fields manager of the Brazos Valley Cotton Cooperative and directors Jno D Rogers of Navasota Bob Schear of Chappell Hill C A Bain of Caldwell L Atkinson of Maysfield J W Brosig of Navasota M A Gilland of Calvert and C B Oliver of Caldwell left Sunday for New Orleans to attend a National Cotton Cooperation Association board meeting with directors from many states. The session opened this morning and will run through the week.
Directors of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce discussed a potential “bread war” threatening local employment. A petition from Bryan bakers and food sellers claimed that new low retail prices undercut agreed wholesale prices, risking bakeries’ profits and local business stability. A district meeting is set for February 13 to review the issue.
Cherokee Troop of Boy Scouts hosted a surprise birthday party for Scoutmaster M. L. Rees at the Sue Haswell Memorial park cabin Saturday evening. The event, first held in the new log cabin, featured light out and a reveal by Edward Bush, with popcorn balls apples peanuts and other treats provided by family and troop members.
County commissioners in their second day of the 1935 meeting set pay scales for county workers and approved the hiring of precinct foremen at 100 dollars monthly. Motor operators to 3 50 daily and common labor to 2 daily. Tax assessor and collector Guy Harris authorized 300 dollars for assessments and up to 1200 dollars total.
County Clerk Clyde Goen issued 433 marriage licenses in 1934 as part of a year of marital approvals. The figure highlights a busy year for civil unions under local records.
The Saar plebiscite yielded 477,119 votes for return to Germany, 46,513 for the status quo, and 2,124 for annexation to France, with Nazis taking full command of Saarbruecken police. They began rounding up 190 anti Nazi Blue Coats and jailed 30, including some who fled Germany, by 1:30 p.m. Sixteen communists had been arrested earlier.
Metz France Jan 15 The possibility of a general strike in the Saar was reported after 256 workers walked out at Sulzbach when a miner was dismissed by the French mine administration. The discharged worker went to Kaiserlautern to advocate for the German front before the plebiscite vote.
Geneva January 15 The Saar council committee of the League of Nations voted in principle to return the Saar Basin to Germany with a resolution to be sent to the League council. Refugees fear Nazi vengeance as a German plebiscite looms. about 400 Jews have fled, with 150 more planning moves to Palestine. France prepared to aid up to 40 000 refugees crossing the frontier.
Ernest Whitworth Marland was sworn in as Oklahoma's tenth governor on Monday, pledging a New Deal for Oklahoma. He promised to reconstruct state government and rebuild economic theories, taking the oath on a family Bible with historic significance.
Plans for the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and dinner were discussed by directors. Ralph Bradford, head of the commercial organization department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, will be the chief speaker. Bradford is described as a finished after-dinner orator with timely insights for business men and views tied to Washington developments. The program also includes a dance number by Miss Elizabeth Duffy, a Houston dancing instructor.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Elder of Ennis, mother of Mrs. J. S. Doane and grandmother of Dorothy and Jack Doane of Bryan, celebrated her eightieth birthday with 40 relatives from across Texas at her Ennis home. Born January 11, 1855 in Dallas County, she married Charles M. Elder in 1875, lived in Ellis County, then settled in Ennis. She has nine children, seven living: J. B. Elder Bardwell. Mrs. J. S. Doane Bry an. Mrs. E. W. Morriss and Mrs. W. A. Mees San Antonio. Mrs. Tom May Palestine. Mrs. Floyd Dunkerley and Annie Elder Ennis.
County Agent C. L. Benson presided at the Brazos agricultural agents fifteenth annual dinner at the New York cafe. Home Demonstration Agent Mrs Alma Metcalfe led introductions as leaders spoke. District agent C Dutch Hohn praised the Brazos effort amid depression context.
James V. Allred, 36, former Texas attorney general, was sworn in as governor at 12:22 p.m. He succeeds Miriam A. Ferguson. Lieutenant Governor Walter F. Woodul of Houston also took the oath and pledged cooperation with the governor and legislature in the recovery program and enforcement of state laws.
Clarence Darrow, famed criminal lawyer, will lecture at Guion Hall Friday evening under the A M College Entertainment Series. His talk titled Whither the United States will cover NRA criticism and public education on his long career defending labor, Leopold and Loeb, and the Scopes trial.
In Santa Monica on January 1 the speaker mused about allowing all countries to vote on whether to return territories to their original nations or join other blocs, citing Australia India Canada Philippines Manchuria and Louisiana with broader shifts in national alignments. The remark suggested many changes including the United States potentially regaining Indiana.
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