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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1934
Page
4
A legal copyright note from the Associated Press reserves exclusive rights to reproduce all AP dispatches and local news published in the paper. It also reserves reproduction rights for special dispatches and prohibits unauthorized use.
New York gossip column notes Broadway’s famed unsolved murders of Arnold Rothstein and Dot King remain shrouded in rumor. It also surveys Sigmund Spaeth, Gene Tunney’s wife, fashion revivals, Astor House, and social whirl around dinners, opera, and theater amid post prohibition changes.
A letter decries the danger of unlighted horse drawn wagons after nightfall. It notes recent injuries from a collision and cites prior prosecutions that failed to curb the practice. The piece urges stronger enforcement and penalties by traffic officers and magistrates.
Residents in multiple Texas towns favor a proposed route from Fort Worth to Houston using part of the defunct H T C line from Mexia to Nelleva Junction. The plan would parallel No 75 and raise questions about completing Nos 6 and 14 instead of a new third corridor.
The Texas A and M appeal upheld the board of education’s authority to bar women from enrollment claiming they are not biologically adapted to agricultural and military training. The Des Moines Register notes the argument weakens as women increasingly work in farming, dairy, teaching, textiles, and management across Texas.
The United States Department of Commerce has approved plans for a joint airport serving Bryan and College. Work can begin once the Texas CWA orders are issued, with a final directive expected in a few days from Austin.
A compact appeal emphasizes optimism and healthy living. It urges promoting a city’s advantages, criticizes government overreach in utility rates, and stresses the merchant need for ongoing newspaper advertising to boost sales and quicken turnover. It also extols home life as life's treasured center.
An editorial urges citizens to pay the 1.75 poll tax promptly to obtain a tax receipt and vote. It notes extra deputies assist late payers, warns of long lines, and argues voting access funds schools. It defends poll taxes as constitutional but resist calls to repeal and stresses the voter’s duty.
The editorial condemns lax state incorporation laws led by Delaware and similar courts, citing banks and holding companies that skirt Michigan rules. It argues for a federal charter and uniform standards, noting parallels with other nations and urging nationwide control of interstate business and holding companies.
The Galveston News argues the 1935 Texas vote will shape state policy on homestead tax exemptions and fiscal crisis, with decisions on governor Ferguson policy, prohibition repeal, and county races, while noting Mrs. Ferguson will not seek reelection.
A series of song services began last Sunday night at First Baptist Church and will continue for some time. The programs center on the life and works of famous song writers with last Sunday's subject already explored.
Sunday night services at 6:45 in the main auditorium invite the public. Rev Lowery, a Baptist preacher and songwriter, leads the program with special music at First Baptist Church. Dr W Andrew preaches both morning and evening services with the men's and women's choirs featured.
College Station January George W Johnson and M Payne district agents in the A and M College Extension Service were named by rector O B Martin to represent the Texas Extension Service at a rural Adjustment Administration hearing in Shreveport Monday January 22 Producers county agents and other interested representatives from Louisiana and Texas are expected to be present The rice program is in its formative stage and tentatively planned to have producers sign contracts to grow about 20 percent more acreage in return for which mills would pay a guaranteed minimum price for each grade Producers who do not sign contracts would receive about 30 percent less than the minimum price under the current plan Rice producers are licensed under the program which is a product of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration Twelve South Texas counties have sizable rice acreage and are expected to cooperate when the plan is finalized.
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