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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
5
Tariff debate and Hoover plan sparking economic concerns
United States Senator Tom Connally in Bryan addresses the Lions Club, urging approval of President Hoover's plan for payments on war debts while warning Smoot Hawley tariff hikes hinder foreign debt settlement. He cites deflation, war debts, and Russia's industrial push as factors in the global low mood and argues for avoiding protectionist spikes to restore trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuenlay
Congress
Hoover
United States
Tom Connally
Marlin
Bryan Lions Club
France
Connally
Russia
England
Germany
Howev
Republican Party
Hs Desk
Unitedes
War debts clash over postponement and cancellation
A speech urges postponement of war debts while opposing cancellation citing Europe’s need for liberal terms. Parliament watchers note bankers prefer debt relief and that future revisions may be needed. A. S. Ware led the Lions and District Judge W. C. Davis introduced Senator Connally amid club entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Congress
United States
S. Ware
Senator Connally
W. C. Davis
R. H. Harrison Jr
Jane Reynolds
Rey Danforth
Lamar Bethea
W. S. Tarron
Lee J. Rountree
M. M. Erskine
A. B. Conner
W. A. Duncan
L. P. Gabbard
J. B. Joyce
W. J. Coulter
A. D. Jackson
Emerald Isbell
C. R. Miller
W. R. McCullough
Morris Schulman
Charles H. Edge
H. E. Burgess
Luke Patronella
Frank Womble
Frederick A. Burt
J. C. Goldsmith
W. E. Wimberley
H. O. Ferguson
Brazos A. Variseo
R. G. Williams
Coverage Value Over Subscriber Count in Community News
The Publishers Auxiliary argues that a newspaper’s advertising value comes from coverage in the town’s trading radius, not raw subscriber numbers. A 500 circulation with full local coverage beats 1,000 with only half-radius reach.
Brazos County Couple Files Intent to Marry
J A Britten and Ruby Robinson of Brazos county filed a notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Britten
Ruby Robinson
Brazos County
Withounty
Jess B. McGee
Picnic Supper At Sue Haswell Park Draws 100 Friends
More than 100 members of the Church of Christ and their families plus about 25 summer school students at A. and M. College enjoyed a Friday picnic supper and outdoor party at Sue Haswell Memorial Park from 6 to 9 p m. The event featured fried chicken and other picnic favorites and attendees reported a happy time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
A. and M. College
Sue Haswel Memorial Park
General Preserving Recipes and Menu Highlights
Instructions for preserving firm and soft fruits with sugar or water, boiling temperatures, cooling, pasteurizing, and jar sealing. Includes daily Sunday to Monday menus with fruit jams, preserves, and varied meals featuring peaches, apricots, berries, jam, and entrees.
Birthday Toasts Mark Mrs J W Coulter Eighty
A noon feast at Fin Feather Club honored Mrs. J W Coulter on her 80th birthday. Family and friends from Bryan Hillsboro and Rockdale attended including Coulter Hop pess and Jimmy James. Remarks praised her life and long church service as she shared cake and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fin Feather Club
J. W. Coulter
Honone
Bryan
H. T. Downard
Old Washington
Arkansas
Houston and
Texas Central Railway
Coulter
H. T. Coulter
Rockdale
Coulter Hoppess
Baylor University
Waco
R. C. Marshall and Sons
Jimmy
Hillsboro
W. J. Coulter
Dana Carnes
Ward Mooring
Seth Mooring
Annie Dearing
Two Pretty Weddings At St Anthony's Last Weekend
St Anthony's Catholic church hosted two weddings over the weekend. Patrick Abbata of Marlin wed Annie Mae Douchmas at 10 a m Saturday, with pink carnation bouquets and a reception at the bride’s home. Frank Cash wed Beatrice Philopello at 10 a m Sunday, with pink carnations and a barbecue reception at the bride's family home. The couples honeymoon briefly in Houston and Galveston before settling in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Patrick Abbata
Marlin
Annie Mae Douchmas
Frank Cash
Beatrice Philepello
Douchmas
Miss Philepello
Lena Salvaggio
Katherine Fazzino
Frances Cash
Josephine Fazzino
Abatta
Brazos Labardo
John Lewis
Highbanks
Frank Scantin
Johnny Fazzino
S and White
Peter Willan
Abbata
Angelo Douchmas
Misa Philopello
Mr. Cash
Tiny de Luke
Frank Scanlin
Miss de Luke
Miss Frances Cash
George Chickerella
Little Antionette Scardino
Margaret Scanlin
Margaret Scardino
Pather
Peter Villani
Mrs. Cash
Houston
Galveston
Fire-Fighting Corps
Bryan
Smith Family Hosts Surprise Birthday Dinner Outing
A large gathering from Bryan North Zulch Navasota and Waco joined the Smith family at the river for a day long birthday dinner for C. M. Smith. The menu included barbecue fish cake and pies with a 75 candle cake presented by son Ollie. Rev. John Swanwick offered prayers and thanks for the abundant meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Bryan
North Zulch
Navasota
Waco
C. M. Smith
Oak Grove
Addie Keatch
Houston
Allen Smith
Plummer Smith
Ed Smith
George Smith
Ollie Smith
Martha Ball
Ada Rush
Wink
Olllie
John Swanwick
Swanwick
Thelma Bledsoe
L. M. Adams
J. A. Andrews
Pearl Burts
W. C. Burts
M. E. Andrews
Normangee
Nortex oats yield high on Temple station plots
An evaluation of oats at the Black Land Experiment Station farm near Temple shows Nortex, developed at the Denton sub-station, produced the highest yields from five plats with averages of 75.5 to 107.5 bushels per acre and a top experimental plat at 135.4 bushels. The variety arose from long breeding work aimed at climate and soil fit, with wide adoption across Texas increasing overall oat yields by thousands of bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Land
Temple
A. & M. College
Denton
Texas
Trucker Strike Halts Work On Highway No 6 In Bryan
Bryan truck owners employed by Westark Construction Company of McAlister Oklahoma stopped work Friday noon on the Highway No 6 paving contract north of Bryan. The contractor arranged with Houston trucking firms to supply trucks and expected resumed work by Monday. Six Bryan owners returned for re employment with reinstatement depending on available Houston trucks. A scale allegedly enables short haul pay to match long haul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Westark Construction Company
McAlister
Okla
Houston
Westark Company
Four Texans File Intent To Wed In Two Counties
Elias Pineda and Heriberta Gallardo of Brazos County along with Jesse E. Fox and Lorena Hillyer of Milam County filed notices of intention to wed with County Clerk Jesse McGee on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Pineda
Heriberta Gallardo
Brazos County
Jesse E. Fox
Lorena Hillyer
Milam County
Jesse. McGee
Bryan Community Band concert at Haswell Park
The Bryan Community Band under Henry Locke played a varied program of popular and classical selections at Sue Haswell Memorial Park on Friday evening. Attendees packed the scene in cars and groups around the park while youngsters enjoyed the playground and wading pool. adults chatted on benches or the greensward as hearty applause followed each rendition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
Bryan
Henry Locke
Free on Parole Youths of Bryan Steal Big Auto
Harold White and Odis DeHart, formerly paroled in Bryan after past highway robbery sentences, were arrested in Waco on charges of stealing a Temple physician’s automobile. The pair, on parole or furlough, were identified by Motorcycle Officer Sam Fuller and were to be returned to Temple after formal charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold White
Odis DeHart
Bryan
Decatur
la Grange
Temple
Waco
Sam Fuller
DeHart
White
Sam Hall
John Bigham
Steele of A. and M. Will Take Over Malaria Work
Prof FE W Steele of A and M College appointed by the State Health Department to assume malaria control in East Texas counties, succeeding Mr H O Wilson who leaves Bryan for Huntsville. Legislation provided $51000 with U S Health Department support to fund the effort as mosquito presence increases in Bryan and concerns rise over disease costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Wilson
Bryan
Huntsville
Wilson
State Health Department
East Texas
FE. W. Steele
A. and M. College
Trazes County
United States Health Department
Notable Visitors and Local Arrivals in Bryan Highlights
The Bryan area hosts a parade of visitors including Huntsville Mayor Sam McKinney, J. W. Daley of Missouri Pacific, and editors A. R. Crawford and others. Residents from Fort Worth, Wellborn, Hearne, Houston, Rock Prairie, Clovis, and more mingle with local families, with several plan summer and reunion visits across Brazos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam McKinney
Huntsville
Bryan
G. B. Hensarling
E. L. Dickerson
Wellborn
Theodore Chambers
Hearne
J. W. Daley
Houston
Missouri Pacific Lines
Jean Emerson
Fort Worth
A. and
M. College
A. B. McSwain
Rock Prairie
J. W. Harris
Chas. Presnal
Tabor
W. F E. Jones
Steep Hollow
George Foster
Elva Rippy
Charles C. Cochran
Thorndale
W. A. Withers
Lampasas
Waco
Dick Kent
East Orange
N. J
Horace
Soule
Paul Wipprecht
Elsbeth Wipprecht
Robert Armstrong
Hood's
Green’s Brigade
Captain Barrie
Navasota
C. G. Walker, Jr
Bill Walker
Miami
Fla
Brazos County
Florida
Ralph E. Hill
Blacksburg
Guy P. Bittle
Captain Hill
John H. Roberts
Arcadia
Hood
Texas Brigade
W. S. Barron
Captain Roberts
Barron
Allen Academy Named in 1931 Honor Military School List
The War Department under Adjutant General C H Bridges announced the 1931 honor military schools. The list includes Allen Academy Bryan along with Culver, Fork Union, Shattuck, Staunton, Tennessee Military Institute, Kentucky Military Institute and others across states from Virginia to Wisconsin and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
C. H. Bridges
War Department
Allen Academy
Bryan
Augusta Military Academy
Fort Defiance
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
Fishburne Military School
Waynesboro
Fork Union Military Academy
Fork Union
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
W. Va
Gulf Coast Military Academy
Gulfport
Miss
Staunton Military Academy
Staunton, Va
Tennessee Military Institute
Sweetwater, Tenn
Valley Forge Military Academy
Lexington, Mo
Wester Military Academy
Alton, Il
Miss Mildred McKenzie Makes Social Visit in Houston
The Houston Press shows Miss Mildred McKenzie daughter of Mr and Mrs Oak McKenzie receiving social courtesies while visiting Houston as guest of Mrs W J Duhmann Miss Leona Tucker and Misses Polly and Pattie Pierson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Press Today
Mildred McKenzie
Oak McKenzie
Houston
W. J. Duhmann
Leona Tucker
Polly and
Pattie Pierson
Free Farmers Auction Set For Trade Day With Col Byron Kelly
Farmers in the Bryan trade area will host a free auction on Trades Day July 22. Col Byron Kelly of Honey Grove will officiate, bringing a long-record in Oklahoma Missouri and Texas as a licensed auctioneer. He began auctioneering at 17 and has promoted farmers sales days in Paris Greenville Center and Henderson. Kelly, born on Round Grove Stock Farm, is noted for horse and mule trade and live show style auctions attracting local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Byron Kelly
Honey Grove
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Col. Kelly
Chambers of Commerce
Paris
Greenville
Bryan and Brazos County
Center
Henderson
Round Grove
Owens Brothers
Mule Company
Kansas City
Kelly
Brazos County Farmers Form Evening Schools With A&M Trainees
About 67 Brazos county farmers and some in Madison county enroll in three week evening classes in Mumford King’s Highway Prospect and Willow Hole led by A&M College trainee teachers under Prof J C Dykes. Sessions cover grasshopper control storage of Irish potatoes and onions crop diseases hog diseases and home garden topics with 21 to 20 farmers at different sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Madison County
Mumford
King’s Highway
Prospect
Willow Hole
A. and M. College
J. C. Dykes
C. Luker
Bryan
Mumford and Prospect
Otten
R. H .Maxwell
King’s
Madisonville
Former A M student honored in naval ranks
Lieut. Roger E. Perry, a former student at A M College, left for Harvard to begin a three year law course after a visit with his uncle P A Tardy. Perry attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis, served on the airplane carrier Saratoga, and is now detached for a special law course at Harvard. He is a native of Bay City Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger E. Perry
M. College
Harvard Uni
P. A. Tardy
Sege
Naval Academy
Aesolis
Navy
Atoga
Harvard
Texas
Bay City
Bryan Baptists Prepare for Six Day Palacios Camp
Twenty one members of the Bi by. P. A. and Sunday School of the First Baptist church of Bryan have registered to attend the six day Baptist encampment at Palacios from June 29 to July 5. Rev. J. Whorton, pastor, will serve as encampment pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Bi Y. P. A
First Baptist Church of
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mars
Sen. Connally
Sue Haswell Park
ST. Anthony's
Hiway
Haswell Park
Allen
A-M
Naval
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