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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1931
Page
1
Dallas Dispatch reporter Eddie Barr was fined $100 and jailed for contempt after he refused to reveal his source about a story on the kidnapping and flogging of Communist organizers C. J. Cotler and Lewis Hurst. The grand jury opened the case today and Barr stood by his claim of source confidence.
The People’s Column notes a renewed county yard beautification contest by the 1930 group of women, inviting rural and urban homes to participate. Officials urge county residents to take pride, enter, and display beauty at homes as Bryan expects visitors in June from across the state.
Will F Gelber and H G Um land left Bryan by automobile for Kilgore to view the new oil boom area. Mr and Mrs Cecil Baugus moved into a new cottage near Sue Haswell Park. Charley Conlee of Martins Prairie visited Bryan and the Conlees on North Tabor. Mr and Mrs Leo Daniels hosted guests from New Gulf including Jim Gus and Billy Watkins Earl Fairman Jeff Sloan and Joyce.
A February record of 7 250 cars of fruit and vegetables from Texas tops January at 5 597 cars, with mixed vegetables spinach and cabbage among the leading items. Grapefruit loading reached 361 cars, while spring movement of sweet tastes from curing houses was expected to lift totals.
In Oklahoma City on March 11 two robbers hit the First National Bank of Harrah near here. One bandit was killed. the other fled with about $250 in silver. The slain robber carried $3,000 from the bank. Walter Fallwell, a filling station attendant nearby, fired a shotgun as the robbers departed.
The case of J. E. Blair against Grant Lumber Company was settled out of court this morning after a year in the district court docket. Barron and Ware represented the defendant, Henderson and Hoyle the plaintiff.
Secretary Wilbur by 48 890 000 bid accepts Six Companies Inc of San Francisco for building the Hoover Dam power house and works at Boulder Canyon project in Washington.
In Hempstead Roy Sterling lies in serious condition at a Navasota hospital after a night gunfight at a warehouse. An unidentified Negro was killed in the exchange when Sterling surprised the intruder.
Texas farm census sponsors plan to ask the house appropriations committee for a 20000 dollar annual census to survey farms. Rep Westbrook of Waco says economic conditions justify the measure and notes backing from three regional chambers of commerce and state and federal agriculture departments.
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight in New Orleans area. East Texas sees partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday. West Texas reports fair skies and warmer temperatures, with Thursday turning partly cloudy and warmer in the south.
A training school is in progress this week at College Avenue Baptist Church with Lawrence Black as director. The program runs 6:30 to 8 o clock each evening and includes courses on People Called Baptist and The Plan of Salvation. Attendance reached 30 Monday and 50 Tuesday as sessions continue through Friday.
Right Rev. John J. Flanagan about 55 chancellor of the Rockford Illinois diocese of the Roman Catholic church was found dead in a hotel room in Amarillo. He had been there nearly a week while en route to California for his health. He complained of poor health but did not seek hospital care.
Paris dispatches report the Republican Catalonist party published a declaration seeking full autonomy for Catalonia. It calls for separation of civil and ecclesiastical powers over education, the use of Catalan language, protection of private property, fair pay for women, and social insurance against illness old age and unemployment.
Fully completed plans for the first steps in improving Highway 21 west of Bryan to the Brazos River were mailed to the state highway commission by Resident Engineer C. C. Todd. The next commission meeting is set for the later part of the month, with a contract for dirt work drainage and small bridge structures expected to be let there.
Moderate to low temperatures dominated last week with only one 24 hour period above 10 degrees. The highest readings occurred Thursday while rainfall totaled 0.19 inches with weekly amounts broken down as Monday 0.08, Tuesday 0.02, Friday 0.09 inches.
F. H. Peters of Franklin made a business trip to Houston Tuesday and returned to stop over for a visit with his sister, Miss Etta Peters.
The cotton market opened lower with futures down 10 to 12 points. Local spot prices were quoted between 9.87 and 10.25 cents.
London March 11. Terms of the naval agreement among Great Britain France and Italy covering capital ships aircraft carriers cruisers and submarines and bringing France and Italy into harmony with the London naval treaty were issued today. This transforms the London naval pact into a virtual fire power agreement.
Mr and Mrs J D Martin learn their daughter Wava married Philip Price formerly of Honey Grove Texas now of Bentonville Arkansas at the home of J D Martin Jr in Oklahoma City at high noon today.
Texas A and M geology staff and graduate students will present two papers at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting in San Antonio March 1922. The papers cover Eocene sands petrography in Southwest Texas and Lower Claiborne stratigraphy along the Brazos River.
A list of graduation candidates from the Texas University medical branch in Gal veston includes Richard B. Grant Jr. This Bryan native will take the state exam in June after graduation and begins an internship at Richard B. Green Memorial Hospital in San Antonio in July 1931.
The Reading Club met Tuesday with Mrs. Mit Lee as hostess and Miss Lacey Harrison named as delegate to the Fourth District Federation of Women's Clubs for the April 8 9 10 convention. Mrs. Grif Cloud named alternate. Discussion on City Beautification covered community needs and club support for a local market for regional products and a women’s rest room from rural areas.
Austin March 11 The senate after an hour of debate referred Representative Graves' resolution to the printing committee authorizing the prison system printing plant to bid on state printing jobs. The measure was reported favorably last week. Senator Purl warned the plant could not rely on state work alone and noted a two by four printing plant costing about $30,000.
Dr. J. Kinney O Heeron pastor of Central Christian Church Waco will be principal speaker at the First Christian Church Bryan banquet next Tuesday at 7 00 p m. The event will be held in the church dining rooms.
Officials blame a campfire built by tramps for destroying the El Paso county bridge across the Rio Grande at Borderland Inn in the upper valley. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars.
Capt E L Lyons outlined how the army disciplines offenders at a Bryan Lions Club luncheon. He contrasted the path for those with a chance at return and an honorable discharge with prisoners denied a comeback. He described credit for good conduct, work training in prison trades, and the severest penalty solitary confinement for rule infractions.
Senator Norris of Nebraska, an independent Republican, opens a two day conference of independent leaders to debate national issues including agriculture, power, unemployment, tariff and representative government. The meeting signals possible groundwork for a third party and aims to draft a legislative program for Congress in December.
San Antonio reports Alexander Leygge retired chairman of the federal farm board warns Texas cotton growers with 9 million bales tied up against mills that prices will fall lower than ever unless diversification of crops is adopted in 1931.
Will Rogers cites Jamaica ginger as a deadly poison sold for 50 cents a two ounce bottle. He notes numbness and permanent paralysis in victims including a barber with a wife and two children and a laborer with a wife and three children, plus deaths among old soldiers and other cases.
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