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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1928
Page
1
Recent rains across Brazos County and much of Texas should yield better farm conditions. Texas agriculture fared well last year and Bryan continues steady growth. another good year could see Bryan grow possibly beyond its peers except where oil strikes occur.
Bryan A D Jackson heads to Longview for East Texas Chamber of Commerce dedication then to Texarkana for the Texas Press Association meeting. Mrs. Lee J. Rountree leaves for Texarkana and Memphis for editorial association events. R V Armstrong praises Beaumont convention actions and backs Governor Moody. Allen Academy band to give first public concert of commencement week at 5 30 on the Allen lawn under Major E A Lightfoot.
The Italia began its northward flight at 4 40 this morning from Kingsbay with the North Pole 750 miles ahead. General Nobile leads the expedition and plans to land at the pole to conduct explorations and plant a cross given by Pope Pius.
Congressman Tom Connally of Marble addressed the State Democratic Convention in Beaumont as delegates to the National Convention were being chosen. He asserted that Democrats now have the 40 years of influence and leadership.
Widows in Civil War cases will receive $40 a month after President Coolidge signed the bill raising the pension from $30. The action, announced May 23, expands relief for eligible veterans' spouses.
Beaumont May 23 Arguments over minor matters delayed the State Democratic Convention and postponed key questions and national convention delegate selections. The harmony faction secured control as the permanent organization was made permanent, with twelve men and twelve women delegates at large to cast one sixth vote each. The platform backed prohibition principles from Governor Moody's harmony democrats.
Bryan city schools elected all faculty for another year praising the cooperative effort and noting no changes. Superintendent Harry L. Durham was re elected with the highest recommendations for his work over the past year.
Thirteen miners are known dead and four reported missing after a blast at No. 1 mine of the Yukon Pocahontas Coal Company in Yukon West Virginia. Thirteen workers have been brought to the surface. The cause of the explosion is undetermined.
Col J C Nelson, commandant at Texas A and M and military instructor, will address Bryan High School students Friday May 25 at 1 p m in the auditorium. He will speak on Flanders Fields describing World War I battles and sacrifices, urging students to wear a remembrance poppy.
Washington May 23 The new air corps training center at San Antonio will be named Randolph Field in honor of Captain Randolph a Texas native who lost his life in a plane crash at Gorman Texas last February.
A bomb exploded inside the Italian consulate building in Buenos Aires on May 23 injuring several people. Authorities investigated the blast and security forces responded to the scene.
New Orleans weather bulletin reports tonight and Thursday will be fair for Bryan and surrounding areas with continued calm conditions. no precipitation expected and temperatures likely mild.
The East Texas Chamber of Commerce dedicated its new Longview home today after the board meeting. About 200 delegates from East Texas attended, with guests from the Texas Press Association convention stopping briefly en route to Texaskarana. The $30,000 Spanish style building features stucco walls, interlocking hollow tile, wrought iron balconies, and ventilated windows.
The Business Men's Bible Class of First Baptist held its first social in the new church building with 156 men around a banquet table. The program featured an orchestra and musical numbers. Rev. R. E. Day acted as toastmaster and introduced N. A. Stewart who honored the class president and builder of the church.
An explosion at Black Mountain Coal No. 30 in Kenvir Kentucky trapped about seventy five miners during shift change at 645 pm. Fifteen men remain unaccounted for with two bodies recovered and more believed entombed as rescue teams work through the mine. E B Childers oversees the operation and the plant employs around seven hundred workers.
Dan Hall begins Friday to operate a taxi in Bryan serving the city and county areas. The venture will be known as the LaSalle taxi and is owned and run by Pall. Call 1000 for taxi service.
Station WTAW schedules a college radio program for Thursday at 12 10 p m featuring Angleton Grass and E B Reynolds with piano solos by Cadet McCown.
D B Drink Milner 17 will lead the Home Service Bureau started by the San Antonio Building Materials Company in the Milam Building on the eighteenth floor. The bureau will assist small home builders with financing design planning and construction advice supported by a draftsman team including Gordon Smith 27 and D Flores Jr 27. Milner a Marine Corps veteran and former A and M architect now based in San Antonio expects strong growth and success.
An explosion in the Black Mountain coal mine near Harlan Kentucky yesterday killed at least seven workers with eight possible. Seven bodies have been recovered and one man remains missing.
SAN ANTONIO May 23 Harry M Wurzbach Republican congressman from Seguin faces a tough bid for re election Two Democrats entered the race Judge Augustus McCloskey of Bexar county and A D Rogers of Alamo Heights promising to address Texas agricultural issues Wurzbach fights a faction led by R B Creager and Eugene Nolte but he is thought to hold the nomination due to district control Eickenroht Reno state representative from Seguin remains a Republican rival within the party delegates in his precinct show Wurzbach influence
Mather Penn May 23 burial of its dead as state mine officials and rescue squads continue to search for missing after last Saturday’s coal mine explosion. One hundred sixty four bodies have been recovered.
Bryan Lions Club delegates M. M. Erskine R. V. Armstrong M. F. Vitopil W. S. Howell and Ty Cobb attended the state meeting in Wichita Falls Monday and Tuesday with about 400 delegates present. The group reported a splendid time and was queried about the Allen Academy band and the club secretary.
The TCU Horned Frogs finished the season with a .229 team batting average and five players at .500 or better. Fort Worth’s Melbourne Moore led with .329, while Leo Buckley hit .423 in limited at bats. Bertrand Williams and Horsie Wallin added .307 each, with several teammates listed on the batting chart.
At the Texas state GOP meeting in Dallas the Creager faction appointed 22 delegates and four delegates at large to back Hoover. The Wurzbach Littleton group boycotted and held their own convention choosing four delegates at large and affirming 22 delegates in district conventions. The national committee will likely rule on the contest.
The Bryan City Commission awarded a contract to Denison & Stegall of Temple to pave fifteen blocks in Bryan for about $40,000. A. C. Stegall of the firm paid part of the bid, the first paving in Bryan’s history, per City Manager J. Bryan Miller. Bids were opened yesterday at 10 o’clock with five firms bidding.
President Coolidge vetoed the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill for the second time, disapproving the plan that would impose an equalization fee to control surplus crops.
Brigadier General Bowley orders Allen Academy cadets to attend the R O T C camp at Fort Sam Houston on June 6. Selected cadets include Fred B. Sterling of Galveston, Frank S. Ladin of Houston, William H. Eaves of Bakersfield California, Frank H. Damagel of Port Arthur, Robert L. McCauley of Brookshire, Charles A. Arnold of Houston, Frank L. Overton of Tampico, Idell L. Overton of Tampico, Jack E. Radford of Dallas, and Lawrence H. Hassell of Fort Worth.
House leaders announced a conference with the Senate on the tax bill to reconcile differences after the House agreed to a conference. Hawley and Smoot heads lead the talks as estimates of the revenue cut range from 220 to 260 million dollars, higher than the Senate's 205 million figure.
Dr J C Anderson state health officer seeks to profit the state by trading the unused furnishings from the Galveston old quarantine station with junk dealers in Austin Houston and Galveston records show the federal government spent 90000 on real estate and supplies for its quarantine service sweeping from California to Texas Gulf coast landing in Orange Texas.
Bryan merchants Joe Kaplan and Tyler Haswell organize a poppy sale on May 26 to aid disabled World War I soldiers. Friday evening and Saturday continue the old war time records at loud speakers on Main Street, with songs like Over There and Keep the Home Fires Burnin.
Allen Academy rifle team members earned medals from the government for high marksmanship with Spring field rifles. Recipients include Expert Roy Jorgensen San Antonio. sharpshooters Jim Mallard Houston Pony Allen Calvert Ned Bradley Marlin Wallace Cromer Milvid Pellum Barron Bryan. marksmen Lee Braun Milano Joe Ove Tampico Paul Harris Dallas Frank Druagel San Antonio Elma Johnson Galveston Fred Sterling Galveston William Eaves Bakersfield Fred Wheelis Mart Alvin Dawson Waco Jimmie Dunn Bryan Ben Barden Galveston Horace Bradley Groveton.
Texas University Longhorns rout Texas A and M 14 to 1 in the first game and win 5 to 4 in the nightcap to clinch the Southwest conference championship in Austin. Railton of Texas A and M fanned eight as the Aggies committed seven errors in the opener.
Cotton futures are quoted from 7 to 8 points down while local spot prices edge down from 19 1 4 to 19 3 4 cents per pound.
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