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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1927
Page
1
A Citizen urges authorities to ensure open aisles at the Palace theatre after a crowded last night performance. The letter warns a fire could cause many deaths if people cannot escape, and notes possible state law requiring exit paths.
J Webb Howell president Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co and Bryan Telephone Co led the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce as president at Tuesday mornings meeting. J N Dulaney was elected first vice president with Dave L Wilson named second vice president. Pat Newton named treasurer and Sam E Eberstadt secretary for eleventh year.
Rev H H McCain urges advertising in a Sunday sermon on The Press and the Prophet and J Frank Norrin. Lions Club committees meet to decide on another minstrel show likely at College Station. Bryan Miller attends State waterworks meeting in Dallas with A and M officials. No jurors were selected in the Sledge Houston trial as veniremen claim Ku Kluxer background. Lions minstrel show cleared about 350 with 150 expenses. 30 for Houston costumes. profits to Sue Haswell Memorial park.
John Whitman recalls leaving Austria for America in 1874 to work as a tailor in Bryan. He rose from 8 to 12 dollars weekly, later running Bryan’s largest tailor shop with seven tailors and four women, training in Vienna, and never plans to retire, even at 74.
The Eagle reports for Bryan and vicinity that tonight will be cloudy with rain and colder air, freezing conditions expected in Central East Texas. Thursday will bring more rain and cooler temperatures.
Dr J Frank Norris Fort Worth fundamentalist pastor is acquitted by a Travis County jury of murdering Dexter Chipps. The 14 year old son of the victim expresses regret as Norris, his wife and supporters celebrate outside the court.
Cameron County water improvement district No 5 signs with Central Power for electrifying a large 30 inch pumping unit at the river plant below Brownsville. A 225 horsepower motor will replace the 200 horsepower oil engine long in service as the irrigation plant serves El Jardin farms. Electricity has proven successful at other valley pumps as a substitute for motive power.
A bill introduced by Senator I. D. Fairchild of Lufkin in Austin on January 26 provides $500 to pay for a portrait of former Governor Miriam Ferguson and sends the measure to the finance committee.
At the University of Texas election Granville Price of Austin defeated Tillie Frances Young of Corsicana for editor of the Daily Texan by 1 273 to 587 votes. O M Stubblefield Cisco won business administration councilman 69 to 46 over Malcolm Green. three others won without opposition: Lee Woods De Rio, C B Smith Austin, and Dick Vaughan Austin.
Austin January 26 The Court of Criminal Appeals denied Charles Ponzi motions for a rehearing in his bid for liberty claiming illegal arrest and insufficiency of Massachusetts charging he is a common notorious thief.
In White Plains on January 26 Frances Peaches Browning concluded testimony in her husband Browning separation case by identifying many letters from a real estate man received from her mother Carolyn Heenan. She described events related to Peaches, noting she once viewed Browning as a fine man before their marriage.
Mrs. Mary Chemelsky continues to be critically ill at her mother Mrs. Fritz Lehman’s home in this city. She had a long illness from an arm infection and underwent a third operation with grafting of new skin. Doctors report a severe malarial fever accompanying her other diseases.
Brazoe Union Lodge No. 129 plans a George Washington birthday banquet at Ibisa Hall A and M College Bryan Friday Feb 18. Speakers include Grand Master M A Childers San Antonio Grand Secretary W B Pearson Waco Wilbur Keith Dallas Hon George Purl Dallas toastmaster. All Masonic groups invited. plate cost 75 cents.
Austin January 26 Negro juvenile delinquents would be admitted to state training schools under a House Bill introduced in the 40th Legislature by Representatives Nabors and Holder The measure provides that all juvenile delinquents regardless of color should be placed in state schools when properly convicted
Frank McGoldrick of New York, who escaped the Atlanta Federal penitentiary last night with two companions, was recaptured today in the underbrush near the prison.
The Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Open Port law unconstitutional in a decision sustaining a state motion in the case against A. W. Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe was convicted of assaulting a railway guard in Potter County.
Austin January 26 Governor Moody submitted for confirmation two names for the state Highway Commission R S Sterling of Houston and Cone Johnson of Tyler.
The Knights of Pythias including Brazos Lodge No. 64 and Bryan Lodge No. 476 have purchased the Hines lot at Twenty fifth and Parker avenue a 75 by 115 foot site for a Pythian home. The price paid was $4,000.
Rev J Frank Norris was acquitted of the D E Chipps murder in Austin last night. He will travel to Dallas then Fort Worth to address a church prayer meeting. Attorneys say the jury voted on first ballot amid claims jurors feared legal issues. Mrs Chipps and Dr E Chipps Jr drove to Fort Worth.
President F D ler thanks Lions Club participants in a minstrel show. The event supports the Sue Haswell memorial park, a major Lions Club civic project, with a large audience signifying public cooperation and support for the service club.
R S Sterling Houston capitalist and publisher and Cone Johnson Tyler lawyer are slated for unanimous Senate confirmation as state highway commissioners. Moody announced their appointment after pushing reforms related to the Ferguson commission. Sterling expected as chairman, with terms set for two four and six years. board oversees about 17 million dollars yearly. Sterling’s career spans Humble Oil founding to major Houston properties and the 40 story Sterling Hotel project.
C Cottingham, president of Louisiana College, urged athletic reforms at Southern Baptist colleges including Baylor Furman Mercer and Stetson. He said Baylor President Brooks indicated outside contributions were needed to supplement the athletic director's salary.
Ray Leeman elected general manager of the new South Texas Chamber of Commerce said he will report to duty in San Antonio by February 10. He currently serves as assistant manager of the West Texas Chamber in Fort Worth and received a congratulatory telegram from Homer D. Wade of Stamford, noting Wade’s regrets at Leeman’s departure and offering cooperation.
Carl T. Oleson of Houston Past Master Councilor of Houston Chapter DeMolay visited Bryan Chapter DeMolay. Bad weather prevented the Houston degree team from coming. Oleson spoke to Bryan DeMolays offering advice and encouragement for their chapter work.
Clarence Dubose 18 a student at Austin High School and son of Mr and Mrs Frank Dubose was found dead with a bullet wound to the head in a machinery barn at the Austin aviation field. Matthew Watson discovered the body after seeing the youth earlier that morning. Justice Frank Tannehill said death was due to a bullet wound but did not file an official verdict. Dubose had worked at the field for a year repairing airplanes.
The Experiment Station of A and M College reports daily highs and lows under Dr. F L Thomas. Week totals show notable temperatures from 50s to 70s with several days at 71 and 64 degrees. Rainfall was light with traces on several days and a weekly total of 0.3 inch.
An overflowing audience at the Palace Theatre praised the Bryan Lions Club minstrel benefiting Sue Haswell Memorial Park as perhaps the best home show yet. Ty Cobb as interlocutor opened with warmth, Allen Academy band, directed by E A Lightfoot, provided pre show music, and the ensemble including Marshal Bullock and others delivered standout performances.
A wild doe wandered over 30 miles from Palo Duro game preserve into a Canyon yard where a cowboy roped the animal. Heled back to the reserve in a truck as the preserve, spanning 45,000 acres, houses deer and turkeys. Dr Earl Axtell, formerly of Fort Worth, is the new federal game warden for the Panhandle district.
In Round Rock Texas on January 26 witnesses testified about heavy mist as a natural cause of the Baylor bus wreck. The station was turned into a courtroom to hear the inquiry as ten students died in the accident.
Cotton futures quoted from 146 to 18 points down with local spots at 12 1 2 cents per pound.
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