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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1936
Page
4
Helene Madison overcome fear to become a legendary woman swimmer with 100 records. In 1938 at age 16 she set six new marks in a single 500 yard event at Lackawanna Pool Jacksonville Florida, missing only the 100 yard record.
A motion to drop the county auditor was not pursued at the commissioners court meeting. The article stresses county finances require up to date records and a reasonably salaried bookkeeper to avoid past confusion before the 1929 highway bond plan.
Thousands of fish from fingerlings to several pounds have died in Pin Oak Creek and the Little Brazos river due to oil and other injurious substances from Humble’s pipeline. The incident spurs a Texas wildlife protection drive urging sportsmen to follow bag rules and banks to cooperate in cleanup, with calls to prosecute offenders if found responsible.
The Texas Centennial grounds display artistic facades with bas reliefs and statuary, lit at night to outshine Chicago and San Diego Expositions. Exhibits educate on Texas industries, drawing visitors with free, high quality features and courteous staff. The piece notes widespread interest and suggests the event will drive regional pride and economic hope, contrasting social classes and Roosevelt-era tensions.
A science claim notes two trillion descendants possible for two house flies in a season urging rapid waste disposal. A Bryan report mentions garbage collection to a municipal incinerator. A line about a new Russian constitution asserts class equality after next November with mixed tone.
A stream of social commentary covers bad plays, theater audiences, and management woes in New York. The piece recalls Emily Dickinson, notes indifferent crowds, and quotes a quip about Governor Hoffman. It weaves in Beekman Place crime, old behemoth families, and a radio girl orchestra on air.
A woman persuades her companion to install a shower at home, remarking that he had long desired such an update. The pair discuss modern comforts and domestic improvements in a candid street-side exchange.
The items note D M Dansby buying the Buchanan house near the post office and planning relocation east of his residence. C A Foster brings roasting ears nearly as large as wagon hubs from his son George Foster’s farm. corn and cotton crops are reported fine. E W Coren shaw of City National Bank to start a new residence. Mrs W S Collard and niece Ethel Wigley visit from Alexandria and travel to Normangee. Joe Greeland moves further east after buying A W Wilkerson residence. Parker plantation hosts a barbecue with a large turnout and hearty meal.
Leopold Weis 90 Texas oldest past master of Blue Masonry and founder of Levy and Weis will have funeral services at 4 p.m. Tuesday at J Levy and Bro funeral home Rabbi Henry Cohen of Temple BnaI Israel will officiate and burial follows at Hebrew Benevolent Association cemetery Tucker Lodge 297 A F and A M will conduct at the grave Weis died in Winslow Arkansas and his body arrives Tuesday morning with H B Kleinecke a close friend of the family
The Christian Science Monitor editorial argues that both Republican and Roosevelt antimonopoly positions misread monopoly, noting that fixed prices and regulatory powers shape today’s economy. It warns that neither party clearly defines monopoly and suggests cautious regulation rather than sweeping destruction of markets.
Juan Rivera, a Mexican inmate, died in the electric chair in Huntsville after being refused clemency by Acting Governor Walter F. Woodul. Rivera had been in the state penitentiary for about three months and showed no emotion on learning his final chance to escape execution was denied.
The world’s first bale of 1936 cotton arrived in Corpus Christi at 3 30 p m Monday. It earned a $500 premium for grower Teofilo Garcia of La Gulla Starr County. Garcia’s bale trailed the Hidalgo county effort by about 10 minutes but was judged marketable while the Hidalgo bale was rejected as green and wet by the Corpus Christi Cotton Exchange classification committee.
A fragment notes a family scene about a hearing issue and a radio being set up at home. The tone hints at postwar or rural domestic life with casual dialogue and local color.
Bryan residents were noted in this Tuesday roundup. A. W. Kammerer and family moved from Marlin to Bryan and stay on Haswell Drive with Mrs. W. R. Sanders. he works with Gulf Bitulithic paving at College Station. Jud Collier of Mumford visited Bryan on business. Sterling C. Evans and wife traveled Dallas to Houston, stopping at their Bryan farm on Highway 6 south of College, after previously living here during Evans extension service years. Ruth Lindsay, nearing business college completion in Tyler, is home with her parents. Mary Everett and Tom Everett of Dallas left for Corpus Christi for ten days’ visit after spending last night in Bryan.
Advertising Age reports a 8.3 percent weekly rise in retail newspaper advertising for the week ending June 14, with 66 papers providing 1,370,292 more lines, totaling 17,057,275. Year to date increases reach 15,143,084 lines, up 48 percent from 1955.
Southern Pacific announced on Monday it placed orders for about 2960 freight cars and 20 baggage cars worth 8 million dollars, the largest car purchase since 1929. G M Betterton, contract agent, said the group of contracts totaled eight million dollars.
State Senator 14th District lists J Alton York and Albert Stone seeking re election. District 26 includes Buck Thomas Ralph W Barry George P Edge and W T McDonald. Sheriff candidates Horace Redd Roy Nunn. Tax Collector Assessor contenders Guy Harris Walter J Higgs D Paul Dansby. County Clerk Frank Worsham. District Clerk F T Cole. Precincts 1 to 4 show multiple candidates and some incumbents: Raymond Todd Aubrey Tobias J A Rychlik Will Conrad Fred Wehrman Sam Salvaggio Charles Merka R Patterson J M Moore Claude Buchanan Buddy Knowles Jim Welch Dave Jolly A J Buchanan.
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