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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1931
Page
1
The column urges Bryan to secure an airport, noting that nearby towns gain prestige when planes fly overhead. It cites a 30,000 acre tract cleared near Icketwire Colorado and Amarillo Texas as the world’s largest natural airport, suggesting Bryan chase a similar project before 1931 ends.
Heber Stuart a senior at the A and M College of Texas left Bryan this morning for Dallas on a brief business trip. Ida Landrum mother of Mrs A L Smith arrived in Bryan from Houston to visit her daughter for several weeks and then will go to Lampasas for the summer. Mrs L E Hart of McComb Miss is in Bryan visiting her son L C Hart and family and granddaughter with Mr and Mrs L G Sandifer on College boulevard.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. said he would attend any Senate hearings on his 1928 Virginia campaign expenditures. The statement came as the campaign funds committee prepared to probe the activities linked to the Bishop and his campaign.
Announcement states Brazos County Farmers Cotton Warehouse Co agreed to sell its property in Bryan to Bryan Press Co for about 50000 dollars in cash. Purchase is subject to title. Bryan Press Co is based in a new North Bryan location beside Farmers' warehouse plant. J Webb Howell serves as president and J Ud as manager for Farmers.
Washington May 6. Commerce department and Fokker raft officials continued talks to resolve maintenance problems for 35 giant Fokker transport airplanes. The outcome could lead to the government lifting its ban on passenger flights.
The court of criminal appeals granted James R. Adair a $5,000 bail after his arrest for the killing of Nitz Blank of Kendall county. The trial court had denied bail. The appellate court noted Adair had no connection to the actual shooting.
Blue Mountain Miss May 6 Authorities found A W Carter a farmer his wife Nora and their two children Martha and Mary aged 9 and 7 and a woman roomer Anne Jeffries 65 slain at the Carter home. Investigators said Carter killed the others with a hammer and then shot himself with a shotgun. All heads except Carters were crushed.
The Social Science and Science Seminars close their year with Dr William Bennett Bizzell former college president and OU president speaking on The Changing Intellectual Climate at a 7 oclock banquet in the Mess Hall Annex Tickets available until Monday morning Bryan and College residents invited
A new shelter building at 25th street and Tabor avenue, nearing completion, will host the first Farmers Market Saturday morning. The Trades Extension committee of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce sponsors the market to boost Bryan as a trading center and extend its trade area. Any Brazos County farm home with produce may use the space at no charge.
American Consul Richard P F Boyce of Nuevo Laredo is reassigned to Barcelona Spain and plans to depart July 1 with his family after three years in Nuevo Laredo. Consul Romeyn Warmuth, moved from St Johns Canada, has arrived in Laredo to replace Boyce.
A forest fire near Gladewater sparked by the Sinclair No 1 Cole oil well last night was extinguished today after firefighters attempted a 70 quart nitroglycerine shot to blow out the flames. The blast dislodged a broken Kelly joint hindering operations, prompting plans for a second shot later today.
Mrs Lucy Cogshall of El Paso is critically ill with flu pneumonia. telegrams from Wichita Falls confirm Buttercup Wilson's grave condition with no hope of recovery, as reported to her Bryan friends by Mrs John Finley at her bedside.
The cotton market showed improvement with futures closing 9 to 10 points up. Local spot quotes ranged from 9 to 9 12 cents as trading ended.
Special to The Eagle reports for Bryan and vicinity: partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. East Texas partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with probable showers in Rio Grande Valley and west. West Texas cloudy with probable showers in the south tonight and Thursday, warmer in the north Thursday.
Judge W. C. Davis returned from Franklin to Robertson county and reassembled the grand jury. The wounded bank robber Emmons, from the Calvert robbery, was indicted and set for trial next Friday. Cantrell, a 17-year-old in the car, was not indicted. the judge believes he knew nothing of the crime.
A giant Golden Eagle shot near Victoria and nursed back to health by Joseph Vogt was presented to the Hermann Park zoo in Houston on May 6.
Texas employment rose 6 percent in April from March per UT Bureau of Business Research and U S Bureau of Labor Statistics. Despite gains, total workers were 12 percent below April 1930. Upturns occurred in auto and body works, ice cream factories, meat packing, cotton oil mills, clothing, brick plants, and other industries. Average weekly wage fell to 25.56 from 25.81.
In Houston on May 6 Luther Berwick faced closing arguments after both sides rested in the trial for killing William Byrd of Port Arthur. During the proceedings Berwick's sweetheart Belle Crowe was also slain. The defense called 14 character witnesses.
Art Starbuck and Charles R. Parmalee were found dead in a mountainside wreck near Urbank California after a fog shrouded crash. The northbound mail plane from San Diego was in heavy fog and radio contact until minutes before the crash.
In April Texas reported an average of sixteen commercial failures per week, down from eighteen in March and thirteen in April last year. Weekly liabilities dropped to 123000 from 147000 in March and 226000 in April 1930, per the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research.
In Nacogdoches County growth in tomato and Irish potato acreage exceeds prior records. Local growers say a large capacity canning factory is planned, with construction work begun to support the expanded business.
Three sheriffs and 15 deputies surrounded a tourist park cabin near Tahlequah Oklahoma and after a gun fight arrested four suspects tied to the Leslie Arkansas bank robbery. The suspects were heavily armed and two had recently escaped the Oklahoma penitentiary.
The A and M Consolidated school senior class will stage “Oh Kay,” a mystery play, on May 18 at 8 p m in the Assembly Hall. Director Mrs H C Spencer leads with Margaret Duncan as Kay Millis and Eldon Calloway as Arthur Whitman in a tale of intergenerational conflict and staged terror.
Registrations for the state board of pharmacists meeting in Beaumont May 12 to 14 have reached 200. The Southeast Druggists Association will convene May 13 and a joint banquet for pharmacists and druggists will be held that night.
Sam Myers, a 65 year old Wheelock farmer, was killed by a bolt of lightning while harnessing four mules. Three mules also died. His young son escaped uninjured as the storm struck the mule lot. Myers lived on valued land in Wheelock and previously resided in Calvert. He left a wife and six children.
COLLEGE STATION May 6 Many mothers and fathers are invited to attend Mother's Day exercises at Texas A and M College Sunday May 10. Cadet formation precedes the 8 o'clock service with girls pinning flowers on cadets. Parents dine with sons, then Ross Volunteer drill and band concert. Weekend features include Cattlemen's Ball and spring horse show.
Eastland freshman Karl K. White Jr. won the first prize of 25 dollars at the Ninth Annual Chemistry Contest banquet held May 5 in the college mess hall. About fifty attended as 28 contestants were honored. White is a mechanical engineering student coached by M.
Austin May 6. The 42nd Legislature will not go home before May 22 after the House adopted a resolution 83 to 57. The measure, initially setting May 12 as adjournment, was amended to provide ten extra working days to finish pending legislation.
J B Priddy president of the Brazos County Track Growers Association says potatoes that survived wet planting are ready to ship around May 15 and tomatoes should reach shipping stage by May 20 to 25. Sacks for potatoes arrived and tomato logs have been ordered as packing likely returns to the old compress sheds.
The senate voted 16 to 10 against printing the Brooks highway refunding bill on a minority report. The motion to print was led by Senator Small of Wellington. Consideration of the measure began yesterday.
Alloyse Meyer of Luxemburg, president of the European Steel Cartel, told the International Chamber of Commerce meeting that European conditions differ from the United States and that adopting the American high nominal wage system would be dangerous to economic balance.
Beverly Hills May 6 Will Rogers observes a European woman reportedly telling the League of Nations about the United States. He notes Americans misjudge their own mood, blaming prosperity for poor habits and cheap substitutes.
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