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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1934
Page
4
The record lists offices for the Texas Daily Press League in Dallas at 510 Mercantile Bank Building, in New York at 870 Lexington Ave, and in Chicago at the Association Building, Illinois.
Texas faces pressure over federal control of oil production with calls for cooperation among oil states. Texas dominates U S crude output at about 40 percent, and stricter proration enforcement by the Railroad Commission could avert federal intervention. If Texas acts now, federal control may be delayed. lacking action, federal rules seem inevitable.
Brazos County advisory group forms rural rehabilitation committees to place relief families in vacant farms with government help. J. E. Stanford directs the program to supply seeds stock and capital and move families to rural locations to foster independence and reduce relief dependency.
A May 8 1909 Bryan Daily Eagle record recalls a council called meeting to consider fire station location and city hall rebuilding. Mayor Maloney names standing committees and civic leaders attend a key discussion on promoting the Texas Woman's College with sermons and speeches by local ministers and educators.
The Christian Science Monitor notes Bryce once saw city governance as a major failure but later revisions show improvements through reorganized structures and city manager plans. It cites Milwaukee, Denver, Louisville, Richmond, Los Angeles, Dallas, Watertown and others, with Oakland Berkeley Cincinnati Hamilton Winnetka Atchison Wichita Norfolk Fort Worth adopting reforms.
The fragment Weaves a mix of wartime diplomacy and pop culture. It mentions Dillinger at sea and Japan claiming leadership in eastern Asia while sprinkling proverbs and a quote from William Frederick Bigelow of Good Housekeeping. The tone resembles a newspaper miscellany column.
John Barker Waite of the University of Michigan argues in his new book Criminal Law in Action that defective workmanship in framing laws is not the sole fault for slow justice. He says abolition of the jury system and other causes interact to affect how justice moves, with no single remedy.
Professor Waite points to administrative flaws as the core problem in law enforcement. He argues prosecutors juries judges police and public all influence justice, and though not prescribing fixes he signals that law changes could ease human error in delivering justice.
The author roams Baxter Street markets and Broadway sideshows, describing pushy street vendors, refurbished garments, and a vanished vaudeville era by the Palace and 47th Street. He recalls big spenders, famed performers, aging poets, and modern crowds moving past a changing theater district.
The piece argues citizens must contribute to the city and proposes a constitutional amendment to draft Congress members with no military service during war while veterans stay to govern. It warns against civic apathy and urges decisive local action to prevent war and stagnation.
Local residents and visitors will view the A and M College Station agricultural engineering exhibits in the new $200 000 building starting Friday afternoon at 2 o clock and again Saturday evening 7 o clock Prof Dan Scoates heads the department with displays of 18 new automobiles, a kitchen lab, engines from one to eight cylinders, a sawmill, cotton pickers, terracing and irrigation demonstrations and a range of farm machinery and models.
April automobile registrations total 37, up slightly from March, as reported by County Tax Collector Guy Harris. Ford leads with 13 passenger cars and two trucks, while Chevrolet is second with eight passenger cars and two trucks. other makes include Dodge, Plymouth, Studebaker, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chrysler, and DeSoto.
Stephen F. Austin high school presents Uncle Sam's Dream a Thursday night showcase by Travis geography pupils featuring 20 famous person roles. Cast includes Uncle Sam by James Freeman and Marie Dressler by Emily Adams with numerous signaled figures from Mussolini to Lindbergh and Byrd, plus first grade song numbers and The Musical Millers of Hearts Delight. Prices are set to welcome all audiences.
Mallory McDonald and W. J. Andrews of Houston with Missouri Pacific Lines traveled to Calvert for a hearing on abandoning the Calvert Junction to Calvert branch. The five mile line is cited by railroad authorities as a losing proposition. J. E. Anderson testified for the railroad.
Miss Elizabeth Sloop daughter of Prof and Mrs Fred L Sloop and a 1931 Stephen F Austin HS graduate was elected editor of the 1935 Daedalean yearbook of the College of Industrial Arts Denton She is a journalism student active in publications serving as Lass O social editor and contributor to the quarterly magazine this year and member of several honors groups.
Bert S. Castles of New York City arrived with Bart Moore and Oscar Moore of Waco to visit Bryan friends and relatives. They are staying at the La Salle Hotel. Castles, who left Bryan forty years ago, is now a real estate man in New York after a long career as a cotton man. They traveled to Brownsville on Monday.
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