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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1936
Page
4
Analysis argues that increased machinery raises efficiency and living standards while not reducing overall employment. Historical data show growing population and jobs from 1900 to 1930, with unemployment tied to distribution gaps more than automation. Improved distribution could relieve labor-market pressure.
Debate over preserving CCC camps grows as Congress contemplates 70 million dollars for ongoing work. Fechner warns 300,000 youths may remain out of work, with CCC camps delivering soil, forestry, park, and educational benefits while shaping disciplined, fed, and housed enlistees.
Inflation measures under the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage bill propose 3 billion in new currency for farmer relief. Texas lawmakers split, ten for immediate action, seven against, one paired, three absent. Buchanan and Jones opposed rapid consideration. The piece hints at large subsequent spending to back Texas wheat and cattle.
The article argues Britain failed to deter Mussolini, noting Italy’s gained prestige in the East and Britain’s diminished influence. It suggests possible shifts away from the collective system and new European alignments, with future outcomes uncertain.
The delay in the Townsend inquiry has contributed to defeats of four House Democrats in Pennsylvania primaries, a shift driven by Townsend and Coughlin aligned factions that could become a lasting political pattern.
A column notes carborundum composition from sawdust sand salt and coke and explains porosity. It recounts Julius Caesar's kidnapping by pirates off Pharmacusa with a 50 talent ransom and his execution of the gang. Guy de Maupassant destroyed early works under Flaubert, with later publications after Flaubert’s death. Tomorrow: Invented the Telephone Without knowing it.
May 12 New York feature profiles Johnny Broderick a hardnosed plain clothes detective famed for facing gunfire and tackling gangsters though earning only 3000 a year. The piece also notes poet James J. Montague the Trede France delays and stylistic notes on present tense writing by Runyon and Hemingway.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a personal reminiscence claiming no prior encounter with a ghost. The speaker notes a near encounter or close call, described in colloquial terms with incomplete punctuation and diction.
Congressmen avoid probes that could undo them. Census data value Texas cattle at $18.20 per head over three years, while Latros County taxes them at $10 per head.
Texas football reputations grows as coaches from the state are sought after for roles outside the Lone Star State, signaling strong demand and national recognition for Texas coaching talent.
A fragment recalling New York’s busy female editor Mrs William Brown Meloney who works 17 hours daily at two desks one in the office and another at a West 67th penthouse with a roof garden. The scene mentions notable figures Curie Davidsson King Towne and Crowninshield as literary echoes.
The Bryan Daily Eagle notes a likely split in the Republican Party over Taft's renomination, while democracy looks favorable. Mrs. BE Crum visits from Frankfort, Ky. The annual intercollegiate track meet opens at Kyle Field with six colleges present, including Texas and Baylor. Daniel Baker College brings its team and President McJnikin with a dozen students. Prof. W. J. Moyes of San Antonio, former Allen Academy teacher, is in town. Telephony progress is hinted with Chicago and verbiage about communications worldwide.
The editorial argues that taxes on corporations fall hardest on labor, not stockholders. It cites 1934 General Motors and United States Steel wage versus dividend ratios, and 1954 Commerce Department data showing labor's large share of income. It warns that heavy taxes curb reinvestment and threaten American workers' livelihoods.
Cr C Dulaney visited the city today from Thompson Creek while Mr and Mrs T W Beard were in town from Edge.
Baylor University and Southern Methodist University announce major fundraising campaigns to add buildings and expand libraries. Baylor plans three new structures and library enlargement starting in June with a Baylor Alumni fund for a new building. SMU aims to raise 1 million dollars to expand the administration building after receiving a 400 thousand dollar gift from Mr. and Mrs. Fondren of Houston.
The Houston Post notes that Baylor University and Baylor College have received large gifts and will soon acquire new assets, ensuring the church educational institutions will survive and occupy a more important place in Texas education than ever before.
Nell remarks that poverty reaches into elites who ask for food at her door and recalls a once well paid executive in corsets and hairpins, plus an ex railway engineer. She warns bus drivers and pilots to beware when the public returns to horse and buggy.
Because weather kept many from attending Friday, Kemp High seniors will perform Mother's Moment again this evening at 8 in the Kemp auditorium.
18 year old Lloyd Cowell was jailed in Caro Michigan after signing a statement that he shot and killed his 74 year old grandfather Ralph Geroy during a robbery that netted $15. The Associated Press photograph accompanies the report.
Community chatter highlights relief rolls for many workers, officials like Sam Cavitt guiding the Fish Game and Oyster Commission, and Fourth of July planning. Local residents visit, shop, and commute as road work and building boom along Bryan College roads reflect broader government incentives. Onions from Fountain plantation showcase Brazos county agriculture. Bits of philosophy from Dean White close the column with reflections on leadership and judgment.
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