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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
1
Eleven inmates escaped Gregg County jail overnight after sawing bars from a window. One prisoner was recaptured by the jailer as he sealed a wire fence following the breakout.
The People's Column notes Temple Texas celebrated 50 years since the railroad arrived, transforming prairie land into a thriving town of about 20 000. The event included a historic pageant and a parade featuring Mrs Sterling and her young daughter in an ox cart with government officials present. Continued on page 5.
Gabe Lewis Sr of San Antonio, once a resident here and tied to Webb Bros, is spending a few days in town with old friends. R L Jones of Steep Hollow visits for business. Frank Clark of Johnson City, formerly here, visits his sister Mrs T K Lawrence and husband. Mr and Mrs W S Smith and daughter Mary Gene plan a ten day vacation to Grandview to see Mrs Woodruff.
A joint Bryan committee of the city commission and the public school trustees decided on equipment for Bowie elementary and Kemp high school on Tuesday night. Bids will be sought promptly. Members included Oak McKenzie, A. M. Waldrop, A. O. Johnson, N. A. Stewart, with Supt. H. L. Durham and City Manager R. G. Williams ex-officio.
A clump of 13 perfectly formed peaches, 16 inches on a limb, was sent to the Eagle office from the EB J Fountain plantation in Brazos Valley. The display signals strong local fruit production this year and suggests the area can rival any for quality peaches.
Fort Worth aviators Ren Robbins and H. H. Jones departed from Fort Worth for Seattle as the second leg of a route toward Tokyo. They chase a $25,000 prize offered by a Japanese newspaper.
Dallas July 1. Two suspects arrested yesterday in the shooting death of Abe Schreiber 19 of Galveston and his fiancée Pauline Corman 17 of Dallas were freed after proving they did not buy the pistol later found near the scene. Chief of Detectives J C Gunning said there was no definite clue.
Native stone with high hardness has been located in paying quantities on the old Yellowhouse Ranch south and west of Littlefield. Plans are under way to develop the rock for commercial road building use.
Records from Tuskegee Institute show five lynchings in the first six months of 1931, four fewer than the same period in 1930. Officers prevented 32 lynchings, with 28 in the South and four in the North and West, saving 55 people, including ten whites and 45 blacks. one white and four black individuals were lynched across Mississippi Missouri North Dakota and Tennessee.
Generally fair tonight in Bryan and vicinity with Thursday partly cloudy. East Texas: generally fair tonight with Thursday partly cloudy and thundershowers in the northwest. West Texas: partly cloudy with probable thundershowers.
Notice signed by H Mitchell and J P Mitchell describes organizing a subscription school to run 41 weeks in two sessions. First session begins in September for 16 weeks and second starts in January for 21 weeks. Miss Mary S Guest named sole supervisor of the school.
Prof Daniel Russell of the Rural Sociology Department at A and M College spoke to the Bryan Lions Club on What Is Human Nature. He argued that a child becomes human through training and environment and that behavior reflects association. The Bryan Lions elected a second delegate to the International convention in Toronto July 14 to 17.
The Texas Rail Commission finished a two day hearing on a proposed East Texas oil proration order. Supporters want a 250000 barrel day limit with 1000 wells exempt from allowable calculations. Opponents question the high figure and prefer a potential based proration. Past orders were ignored by operators, leaving prospects of a new rule uncertain.
A party from Bryan travels by auto to Liverpool for a several day stay at the Gulf Coast Camp run by the Presbyterian church. Attendees include Dr and Mrs Thos Gordon Wattis and three daughters, Doris Dansby, Melvin Dansby, Lucile Gibson, Dorothy Murray, Mrs Morris Tatum, Robert Tatum, and Billy Holmes. Rev Norman Anderson of College Station leads this week’s intermediate youth camp.
Forty prohibition agents raided nearly all Reno night clubs and speakeasies tonight and today as crowds gathered for the racing season opener. Nevada has no prohibition law.
The Friendship Bible Class of the First Baptist Sunday School elected officers for the year at a recent business meeting. Presiding was Mrs. Emory Smith with secretary Mrs. E. H. Gibbons. New officers include Mrs. E. A. Finley president and several vice presidents, secretary, treasurer, and Bible teachers.
The Young People's Department of College Avenue Baptist Church held a Tuesday evening picnic and sunset supper at Sue Haswell Memorial Park at 7 30. Mrs Guy Harris supervised the entertainment and ensured a joyful event for all attendees.
John L. McCall 35 Bowie county chief deputy stood trial in Miller county circuit court for the January 18 killing of George Griffin 35 a paroled Texas convict who was slain at his home during a raid with Arkansas officers on the scene in Texarkana.
Brazos Lodge No 64 and Bryan Lodge No 476 will jointly install officers Monday night. Readings list Charles Wetter C W Hedke Frank Worsham C E Dodson Frank Griffin T E Phillips for Brazos and Charles Ramsey Frank Schramek J B Covington Lee Viviana Frank Patronella Pete Bonano for Bryan. Refreshments and social hour to follow. all Pythians in good standing urged to attend.
In San Angelo on July 1 George Baugh of Eldorado completed a sale of 1,400 mutton lambs for September delivery at $3 a head under Texas 1931 fall contracts. The lambs and ewes are fat and growing, with Southwest production expected to supply heavier stock this fall. Buyers from the corn belt anticipate satisfactory quality lambs.
Jesus Salvatierra and neighbors from Val Verde county Texas filed an appeal in the supreme court challenging an independent school district plan to use part of a 125000 bond for building five rooms to segregate Spanish and Mexican descent children. The trial court blocked the funding, but the Fourth district court at San Antonio allowed the use as proposed.
All departments of the post office will be closed Saturday in observance of the Fourth of July with Sunday schedule hours observed.
Betty Jean Rogers two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C O Rogers died after a neighbor sprayed fruit trees with insecticide. The Rogers family and another daughter fell ill. A verdict of accidental poisoning was returned.
In Ozona on July 1, about 35 000 head of spring lambs have moved to terminal markets from a single county ranch. Buyers paid 6 to 7 cents per pound, with some ranchers marketing up to 45 percent of their lambs.
A movement to organize a Junior Chamber of Commerce is under way in Big Spring plan with committees appointed to recruit members and a two week membership drive scheduled.
The Texas department of agriculture plans to administer a new seed test law that takes effect August 22 before planting season. Responding to growers in the Valleys and winter gardens, the measure targets old and defective seed by testing germination purity and weed content. Texas last year shipped thousands of cars of spinach and onions valued at several million dollars.
The cotton market rose with futures up 20 to 25 points and local spot bids between 9 and 9.5 cents. Wheat and corn futures show September and December contracts with mixed highs lows and closes around mid to high 50s for prices, reflecting modest gains overall.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty started from Edmonton at 3:39 or 4:39 Texas time with aims to reach Cleveland in 12 hours and then fly to New York to complete the world circuit. Rain turned the flying field to mud so they used a paved street as a runway.
President Hoover plans a White House luncheon with aviators Post and Gatty once a date is set. He is keen on their flight and will wire congratulations when they reach New York.
AUSTIN July 1 Payments of royalties on oil produced on lands owned by the University of Texas in Reagan Upton and Crane counties totaled 53550.16 during June for May production. The drop reflects low oil prices and pro ration enforcement. The largest payment was Big Lake Oil Co 25632.30 followed by Texan Oil and Land Co 13008.04.
Fifty two cars of 1931 wheat have been shipped from Chillicothe after a grain dealer survey. The wheat tested sixty pounds per bushel and was reported as better.
FAIRFIELD July 1. H B Riley 28 of Frankston was killed and Virgil Stritchfield 26 was seriously injured when their auto struck a truck parked on the highway.
The new law makes the county superintendent the budget officer for the county. The system, effective before the next school year, requires itemized budgets for each district and aims to cover all proposed expenditures.
Rome announces the Hoover plan goes into effect with Germany Austria Hungary and Bulgaria told to suspend reparations for a year. Italy says it will continue war debt payments if France blocks the plan and informs England and the United States.
Paris July 1 The Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Ambassador Edge concluded talks with Premier Laval on the moratorium plan without agreement and will meet again tomorrow. An official communique said the Americans presented the document and detailed U S views while seeking to continue negotiations.
Prison officials probe a wood alcohol poisoning at the Huntsville penitentiary after a Sunday drinking session killed Earnest Hamilton, 23, and blinded two inmates with a fourth listed as critically ill. About 20 prisoners were questioned as authorities search for the alcohol’s source and smugglers behind the walls.
Oklahoma motorists may use the new free bridge between Denison and Colbert but a barrier at the Texas end blocks entry into Texas. The Red River Bridge Company has sought an injunction against opening the free bridge.
Beverly Hills July 1 Will Rogers humorously remarks that no news today rivals the Post and Gatty story shaping the world like a watermelon. He calls the pilot an old Oklahoma boy with a sharp horizon gaze and jokes about Gatty, an Australian called Brumby and Wombat, jokingly noting intellect and car passes.
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