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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1937
Page
1
The column explains Hl. R. 456 allowing installment payments for delinquent taxes. On and after July 1, 1937, taxpayers can pay within twenty months in ten equal installments. The first payment is due by September 1, 1937, with all payments collected by the Assessor and County Treasurer.
James Roosevelt, son of the president, testified before the Tax Inquiry Committee denying any interest in a Bahamas personal holding company. Rep. Treadway pressed for 1935 income tax data, which Roosevelt offered to provide as the committee declined to insist. Later, Hearst, Ruppert, and Paley were named by Securities Commission counsel Rogge during the session.
Mrs. F. L. Summers and children are visiting relatives in Corpus Christi. Clyde E. Freeman of the Southern Pacific returns from a business trip to Hearne. O. W. Kelly of the First State Bank and Trust Co. takes a vacation this week.
East Chicago Ind July 13 operations resumed peacefully at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube plants after 46 days of idleness. The CLO claimed a victory but a gate sign stated no agreement was made with anyone. Guardsmen patrolled the Massilon riot district where two were killed and many injured Monday.
Mrs Ruby Woods Sandstedt wife of C E Standstedt of the engineering department College passed away after illness at the family residence on the College campus Monday night at 9 10 o clock Born Aurora Illinois April 12 1887 she was 50 and a Stanford graduate class of 1909 who taught in Honolulu
Chief Jess Conlee reports seven automobile wheels and tires were stolen Monday night in a coordinated theft ring. Thieves struck Fred Kohler's garage first, taking two wheels, then hit Mrs. P. K. Trant, and the cars of L. J. Huffman and Marvin Oakes, each losing two wheels. Detectives labor to identify the gang with possible ties to Houston.
Gibb Gilchrist state highway engineer for nine years announces resignation to accept the engineering deanship at Texas A M College. The move not effective before September 1 and will be acted on by the highway commission which will appoint a successor. John Wood notes a Septem ber 1 target for a replacement.
Army officers said the Soviet transpolar flyers, after a cyclone and snowstorm, were winging over British Columbia and may reach San Francisco around 2 a.m. Central standard time on Wednesday.
East Texas remains partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. West Texas also shows a partly cloudy forecast with similar conditions.
Vernal Walston and Gy Black, Colorado farmers near Hugo, employed a flame thrower to halt an advancing swarm of grasshoppers threatening crops. The dramatic method aimed to safeguard fields as the insect invasion progressed across the area.
Brazos county farmers plan a 2 PM Saturday gathering at the courthouse to boost the Texas Agricultural Association and push House Bill 7577 for 1938 farm season parity goals. Delegates referenced Roosevelt era policy and Washington consultations, aiming for soil conservation, parity prices and farm income alignment.
Work to asphalt grade the East Side streets began Tuesday morning with a car of asphalt arriving soon. If weather permits the project should be rushed to completion in about six weeks.
Chinese reports say five Japanese planes bombed the Nanyuan Barracks and airdrome eight miles south of Peiping. Earlier Gen Sung Cheh-Yuan's 29th Route Army routed a Japanese detachment after two hours of hand to hand fighting. Thirteen hundred Japanese troops began a concerted attack on Peiping from east and south as Tokyo said reinforcements to north China would be hastened.
A Dallas romance from the Texas Centennial sparked a fatal shooting near Forreston. Bar to Ward was killed and Oscar Wiles, his brother in law, was seriously wounded in a family quarrel linked to the affair. Lloyd Jennings of Clear-water Florida, who married Wiles' ex wife after wooing her at the Centennial, is jailed and says he acted in self defense.
Rev E D Urbanosky, Catholic missionary to the Mexicans in the Brazos valley, preached in Spanish at St Joseph Church. He travels in a church on wheels built as an altar car attached to a truck with a tent, folding chairs, and living quarters. The trailer travels between missions and will be stationed at St Joseph's Wednesday for viewing.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors discussed protecting rural property holders from defective wiring tied to electric service supplied through an REA arrangement. A secret committee monitors solicitations and solicitors, and the group proposed registering all firms seeking county business to allow reliability and price checks.
Texas county school superintendents and supervisors at Texas A and M College studied retirement legislation and school law during the second day of their four day session. Dr. L B Cooper and Dr S B McAlister led discussions as attendees pressed for clarification on new regulations.
Dr F C Bolton dean of the college and school of engineering and new vice president of Texas A M College has been elected vice president of the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education SPEE met in Boston and will hold its 1938 meeting at Texas A M College Dean Boston was named supervisor for a New York University scholarship contest offering 1000 dollars for architecture design work to be done in July 1923 Texas A M teachers at the SPEE meeting included Giesecke Crawford Hughes Steel Dillingham Orr and Spencer
Burleson County Judge J M Ferguson and officials report the sale of the Pitts Bridge held by Brazos County to J B Newton of Rockdale. An injunction halts razing while the matter of the sale is investigated. The bridge, bought in 1906 for Brazos County, spans the Brazos River and linked with toll operations.
The aircraft carrier Lexington presses toward the equatorial South Pacific as the navy extends its hunt for Amelia Earhart and navigator Noonan. A tropical storm slowed progress last night and could push back dawn arrival.
Austin July 13. The first half of 1,680,000 in July old age pension payments to Texas recipients went in the mail Tuesday morning. W A Little said a federal warrant for government funds matching July and August pensions arrived, enabling 120,000 checks to begin mailing, with all July checks expected to be mailed by Wednesday.
Market experts estimated the year's harvest of principal grains will be worth about 4 billion dollars. They noted the first 2 billion dollar corn crop since 1929 contributes significantly to the total, with experts citing favorable conditions and high yields across major grain commodities.
Mrs. Clara Boehme Andert wife of Joe J. Andert died at St Joseph’s hospital after a long illness. Born January 9 1891 in Bryan she was 46 years 1 month and 4 days old. Survived by husband daughter Frances and son William Vesmirovski all of Bryan. Funeral services at McCulloch Dansby chapel at 8:45 am and 9 am at St Joseph’s Catholic church with Rt Rev J B Gleissner. interment Bryan city cemetery. Pallbearers include six nephews Frank Boriskie John Boriskie Ralph Fuchs George Cline Francis Henry Fuchs. Knights of Columbus to meet 8 pm Tuesday at McCullough Dansby parlors to say the Rosary.
Brazos county commissioners accepted Series E road bond dated February 15, 1950 after Chase National Bank NY offered a $100 bond to cover potential loss from two missing $25 coupons. They moved $4,000 within road funds, approving county reports and bills.
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