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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
7
The twentieth annual Farmers Short Course at Texas A and M College will run July 29 to August 3 with group sessions for men and women and specialized farm operations. Officials expect attendance to exceed last year's nearly 5,000 and railways offer special one cent per mile rates.
The writer recalls a Bryan reunion of Hood's and Green's Brigades, the Texas soldiers marching through town toward Perryville, and the memory of Civil War battles. He notes hospitality in Bryan and the enduring pull of Dixie, with aging veterans revived by the gathering.
Recaps of visits from Mrs. S. B. Dunn and daughter Eula Frances of Luling to Bryan friends. William F. Minkert, A&M College student, named principal and teacher at Bedias High School. Bryan residents attend summer school as Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Parker of Dilly reside in Bryan. The Goliad family from Hubbard City tour to Corpus Christi for tarpon fishing. Mrs. H. G. Stallings ill in Shreveport with sister Mrs. George Robison at bedside. Mrs. H O Boatwright and grandchildren return from Houston. Frederick Leon Webster and party dine with Haswells in Bryan. Webster directs Houston Little Theater.
A wire that threatened serious damage was found and quenched Monday night in the W. D Lawrence garage. It was located around 11:30 in a car at the rear of the plant, causing heavy smoke and serious damage to the vehicle and extensive smoke in the building.
The bulletin reports partly cloudy conditions for Bryan and vicinity tonight and Thursday. East Texas shows similar partly cloudy skies with thunder showers near the east coast. West Texas trends partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with showers in the extreme west portion.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City reports new winter wheat near 300 million bushels, within 7 to 34 million of last year’s bumper crop. Wheat harvest advances across Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wyoming as June heat accelerates mature grain. Prospects for a balanced farm year improve along with good pasture grazing and strong livestock conditions nationwide.
Telephone messages from Mrs. BE. G. Jenkins in Nacogdoches bring news that Elizabeth Jenkins is convalescing satisfactorily after a throat operation on Tuesday.
A derailment of five Atlantic Coast cars near Enfield, North Carolina, on July 10 injured between 40 and 60 people, with several said to be seriously hurt. Authorities transported five seriously injured to local hospitals and continued rescue operations.
Phil Mills, living near the Navasota river, suffered hydrophobia after a calf attack linked to rabies. Sheriff J. H. Reed was summoned as Mills, who aided the Davises with the ailing animal two weeks earlier, refused serum. Mills was taken to Nava soma for treatment after a doctor confirmed rabies in the calf.
Culver City Cal July 10 The ninth day of the endurance refueling flight of the biplane Angeleno began today with the ship at its 195th hour in the air before noon. Pilots L W Mendell and R B Reinhart who surpassed the previous sustained flight record yesterday are cheerful and confident.
The cotton market was inactive today with futures settling 10 to 14 points lower and local spot prices quoted between 17 and 17 1/2 cents.
Washington observers expect the post of ambassador to Turkey to be offered to John Willys, veteran Ohio automobile manufacturer, after he sold his interest in the Willys-Overland Company. The Turkish posting comes as the American auto market faces strong Italian competition.
E. G. Marsh of Wheelock says diversified farming combining poultry swine and cows with cotton can revive his finances. While in Bryan with Mrs Marsh and children he announced plans to expand dairy and livestock farming in Brazos county with premium breeding stock and scrapping scrub stock to boost profits for tenants and himself.
In Wales on July 10 a British submarine dived near the stricken H-47 to reach the 21 men trapped aboard. A diver using a German suit prepared to locate them at about 330 feet depth, attempting to communicate by sound telegraphy though no Morse signals were received.
Texas ginners in the 14th district will meet on Wednesday July 17 at the Red and Gun Club in Brenham for a barbecue dinner and social program sponsored by the Brenham Chamber of Commerce. The meeting aims to boost a stronger organization and highlight benefits such as warehouse law relief and lower bond and insurance costs.
In a rural committee session Lion W. E. Leverkuhn outlined 1929 30 goals aligned with the ten year program. The plan promotes high grade cottonseed planting with countywide film showings and a county survey of purebred seed use and lint yield, plus cooperation with planters to buy cotton seed in carloads under the cow sow and hen initiative.
David Hughes a 23 year old bridegroom was drowned when friends after serenading him and his bride at their new home threw him into a lake. Police arrested two men as instigators of the prank. the body was recovered but not revived.
In Houston on July 10 a well dressed bandit robbed a girl cafe cashier Bertha McDonald 18 of $200 after threatening her at the register. The incident occurred early today and the thief appeared to joke at first before demanding the money.
Denton July 10 Forty miles a day to classes and never late a single time. Ruth Gossett senior student in C I A drives from Justin to Denton and back five days a week. In the first nine weeks she will have driven 1760 miles and during the last three weeks 600 miles for a total of 2860 miles, one twelfth the distance around the world.
The Bryan Daily Eagle runs an Associated Press Telephoto photo on the front page showing the monoplane Pathfinder and pilots Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey. The image and metal cast were produced from three photographs after the plane left Old Orchard Missouri, with the process developed in Boston and Atlanta. The Eagle will publish AP telephoto cuts daily, offering up to the minute illustrated news.
The nine day street car strike in New Orleans stalemates as union leaders plan an open air meeting to decide on a possible general sympathetic strike by organized labor aimed at breaking the deadlock with the company.
Services were held at 3 p.m. from the home of Mrs. J N Cole on East 24th Street with Rev. R E Day of the First Baptist Church officiating. The service featured scriptures from St John and the 23rd Psalm, a quartet song, and prayers before interment in City Cemetery. Pallbearers included John M. Lawrence Jr and E F Parks among others. out of town mourners hailed from Galveston Commerce Harlingen Houston Brenham.
The 1929 miniature model paper money is available at local banks today as the U S Treasury specifies circulation date. A local banker says the quota is limited only by the balance in your checking account.
Yan cey and Williams, fatigued and low on fuel, made a late landing at Albericia in Santander after a long 3,247 mile flight from Old Orchard Maine toward Rome. Crowds gathered as the two aviators were welcomed by the civil governor and Spain's townspeople after a challenging non stop voyage.
The Texas relocation commission including the prison board and legislators plans a survey to pick a site for a new prison. A May meeting in Austin established the organizing body and set December 1 as the filing deadline for recommendations to the legislature.
Johnson and Rohde, Oakland and Pontiac dealers, move from 25th Street and Washington Avenue to a new building at 27th Street and Bryan Avenue. Opening to be announced later, though full service is available now.
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