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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1926
Page
1
Bud Russell escorted a group of prisoners to state prison farms, with a local citizen objecting to chained white and Black inmates being kept together. The citizen urged authorities to address social equality in the confinement process.
The United States Submarine 8 51 grounded in the East River while being towed to the Navy Yard after reaching the most difficult part of its 135 mile voyage. Officials cited a missing buoy and pilot misguidance as causes and noted the conning tower remained visible. The sub had sunk off Block Island after colliding with the City of Rome nine months earlier and was raised by Navy crews. High tide may be needed to refloat.
Dr and Mrs F L Thomas with Mr and Mrs E B Reynolds hosted the Experiment Station staff and families on the Thomas lawn last Saturday night in an informal event honoring Mr and Mrs H J Reinhard and four other couples brides and grooms from the station. Guests were invited to Experiment Station personnel with punch served by Mrs Reynolds and Miss Bess Spence. Assistants included Mrs B Youngblood Mr and Mrs A B Connor and Mrs Robert Karper. Decorations featured Japanese lanterns hung at vantage points over the lawn.
A Bryan crowd joined others in Brenham to hear ex Governor James E Ferguson speak for Miriam A Ferguson in the gubernatorial race. Attendees included J B Dunn Wheelock W A Boyett W C Boyett Lynnwood Boyett Dr R H Harrison Sam Harrison Lamar Be thea P A Tardy Will M Jones Dr J N Goodwin and R L Jones.
J E Stanford and wife Mrs Stanford with children Alia Evelyn and John returned home by car from a circuit through Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri. He was on vacation from his post as district agent with the Extension Service at A and M College.
The Weather report from New Orleans shows tonight and Thursday partly cloudy for Bryan and vicinity.
Washington July 7 The Senate campaign funds committee announced it will begin its inquiry into the Illinois Republican primary held in July 1926 in Chicago The probe will examine the spending of 1 000 000 on behalf of Senator McKinley and 2 000 000 for Frank Smith who defeated him for renomination
Harvey July 7 Russell Etheridge was badly cut and bruised when a team of mules ran away pulling down barbed wire and posts. He was thrown from the wagon and dragged along. cuts also on the throat. His father Robert Etheridge, returning with him, faced a storm and a flooded ditch but no one else was hurt.
New York's subway strike continues into its second day as striking motormen and switchmen and IRT officials report satisfaction with operations. Strikers say broader support from other transportation workers strengthens their cause while officials claim enough staff to keep service near normal.
The Bryan Sunday School Baseball League releases the next week schedule starting Monday July 5 through Friday July 10. All games start at 6 00 p m sharp. July 8 features Bryan High versus Baptists and July 9 pits Methodists against Harvey.
Mrs S A Pierce of Waco was bitten by a snake while wading in Bosque River near Waco. Her husband, while showing a pistol to his uncle from El Paso at the hospital, accidentally discharged it, shooting his left leg.
The State Board of Control fixed July 26 to hear the money needs of A and M College and its branches including the agricultural experiment stations. The college seeks funds for more barracks or dormitories as growth has stalled. UT and College of Industrial Arts will also present requests and various state hospitals and schools will be heard on successive dates through July 17.
Clara Phillips the Los Angeles hammer murderess was happier in prison as seventy four inmates at San Quentin staged a surprise birthday party for her on what marked her twenty seventh birthday anniversary.
In Austin on July 7 former residents of B Hall urged action to secure new dormitories for male students at Texas University. Regents plan to convert B Hall into classrooms and offices, a move bitterly opposed by many alumni who lived there.
E F Parks and Co will reopen a furniture store at the White Front Cafe building on North Main Street about the first of the month. The 30 by 100 foot space with 16 foot ceiling allows a balcony and ample stock room. Al Higgins, formerly with the firm, will join as a salesman.
The special train carrying President and Mrs. Coolidge arrived at Paul Smiths New York this morning en route to White Pine Camp for a vacation. The presidential party then traveled to the camp in White House limousines.
Daniel Hesley of Chicago pleaded guilty in Hammond Indiana to robbing a mail truck of 37000 dollars and was sentenced to 25 years in Leavenworth. He said the crime aimed to fund his wife’s hospital fees as she prepared to become a mother.
Charles E. Baughman, Brown County candidate for railroad commissioner, spoke in Bryan detailing honesty and efficiency over political expediency. He pledged to advocate for Texans, attend hearings, defend public rights against railroad denials, and not resign for other posts. He then left Bryan for Navasota.
President Baldridge appoints standing committees of the Texas Press association and names delegates for the 1927 National Editorial Association meeting. Committees include Memorial Printing Program and Legislative with numerous editors and papers across Texas and allied colleges. Delegates listed by paper and city.
Representative John Morin of Pennsylvania testifies before the Senate Campaign Funds committee. He says he organized 17 counties in western Pennsylvania and did not contribute to the Vare campaign fund nor sign notes or collect money.
The poultry association held a meeting in chamber of commerce rooms to discuss marketing problems. Pooling high quality products and better merchant pricing for quality eggs were urged to raise local market standards and attract larger centers. A committee was formed to meet with Allen Smith and arrange talks for raisers and to locate a site for a December poultry show.
Kalamazoo and local police joined in a firebug hunt after arson at the First Presbyterian Church. It marked the fourth church burned in seven months in Kalamazoo.
Mexico City on July 7 reports rising flood waters threatening isolation and famine as supplies may need imports. Losses from widespread crop destruction are estimated at ten to fifteen million pesos.
Rev W H Matthews of College Station has accepted the call to lead the First Presbyterian Church of Marlin and begun duties. He has worked with the Y M C A at A and M College and will remain there most of the time until mid August when the move to Marlin will occur.
Charles Ponzi asked Governor Miriam A. Ferguson for a hearing on extradition to Massachusetts. Ferguson scheduled Thursday for the Ponzi hearing and said the case centers on publicity sought for political purposes.
The State reclamation department asked the state board of control for 1927 28 appropriations of 80000 for the first year and 60000 for the second, to be provided by the fortieth legislature. A further 20000 was sought for boundary work in the first year.
In Santiago a man named Aguilera will be garroted tomorrow for beating his aunt to death with a candlestick after she refused to give him money. This marks Cuba’s first execution in 20 years under executive clemency.
Gillespie Baker superintendent of the El Brownsville school and Melba Baker teacher, with their brother sister and relatives from New Orleans, left in the morning for Orange after staying with the Alsobrooks in Bryan to visit their father O. D. Baker.
Dan Moody will station election supervisors at voting boxes in several counties on July 24. The move uses authority to oversee the election, with Moody forces deployed in counties where opposition controls the machinery.
The Lubbock Avalanche reports the wedding of Mina Graham Poole and William Garrett McMillan at 8 45 p m Wednesday at Mrs F M Bowen Sr home 2124 16th Street The Rev W A Bowen officiated The scene featured pink and green decor a rose trellis wedding music by Foy Proctor and Blanche Beakley The couple will reside at 2310 Tenth Street and plan a brief post wedding visit to Waco Albany Calvert Bryan before settling into Henderson Hotel Lubbock.
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