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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1932
Page
4
In Bryan’s expansive agricultural territory local banks express strong support for the A. and M. Plan, signaling interest in an improved and more profitable farming system for the trade area. The banks’ endorsement suggests potential community leadership and investment in agricultural development.
Expressions of regret pour in for D. J. McDonald, longtime county superintendent and educator in Brazos county. He shaped rural schooling for twenty five years, mentored thousands, and forged a life of integrity and spiritual leadership with broad influence on students, teachers, and communities.
The three Bryan banks publish the A M Plan to back the Chamber of Commerce contest promoting farm and home improvements. Seven core points include soil care, low cost methods, living at home, and marketing quality products, with emphasis on soil fertility, terracing, adapted crops, and balancing farm finances. The banks praise endorsing agricultural practices to enhance prosperity.
Dr C W Brown announces cattle horses and mules may be shipped by rail to points outside the state and cattle to any slaughtering point requiring no federal certificate if shipped by rail. He calls this the dawn of a new era in Brazos County agriculture and credits tick eradication progress and farmer cooperation for the advancement. The move promises a tick free county and more profitable beef and dairy cattle production under the A M Farm Plan with crop diversification and local feed production.
Building community goodwill, the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce Trade Extension Committee and Bryan Community Band receive general approval to arrange a series of twice monthly concerts in Bryan trade territory during summer and early fall. Aiming to accompany tours with delegations of Bryan business men and women, the effort seeks to cultivate local goodwill and promote selling Bryan facilities for farm or home needs efficiently and economically.
The piece notes cotton use growth in clothing especially for women and new cotton suits for men in Texas, stressing cotton’s economic impact and price concerns for 1932. It cites National Cotton Week’s aim to boost demand, urges broader consumption, and mentions the Cotton Textile Institute. It critiques repeal prospects for the 18th Amendment amid party views.
LES AKERS laments the Lindbergh baby case as a moral rebuke to a nation chasing wealth and pleasure. He condemns lax laws, jury avoidance, and sympathy for criminals, urging stronger civic duty and protection for children amid global shock and grief.
The Rye school presented a Friday night program with robust attendance. Antone Zemanek and Miss Agatha Laskoski directed, featuring multiple short plays and songs including Airplane Station and Irish Stew, with students such as Olga Inez Higgs and Mary Krolczyk among performers.
Brazos county residents face petit jury duty the fourth fifth and sixth weeks of district court. Four special venues are summoned for murder trial duty. Names listed include F T Cole Ward Mooring Albert Goodman and many others.
Guy D. Dean, longtime Uvalde superintendent of schools since 1925, has been reelected for the 10th consecutive year in a May 24 decision.
Announced official notices list district county precinct roles and names including state senator state representative district clerk county judge tax collector assessor clerk treasurer sheriff county attorney and precinct leaders with re election notes and positions in Thurst on county. The roster lists candidates such as Albert Stone Lee J Rountree George Butler A S McSwain Jess McGee Guy Harris Frank Worsham D Dansby Jess Conlee Clyde Goen Roy Montgomery J H Reed Oak McKenzie Guy Boyett Raymond Todd W Conrad Emmett Holland John Kalinec Fred Wehrman Chas De Stefano Claude Buchanan R Patterson J Sidney Smith J T McGee Horace Reed.
Hearne Rotary members visited Bryan for a luncheon program led by President A M Waldrop. Judge J Felton Lane spoke and introduced Miss Beaumont and Miss Alexander who performed musical numbers. Dozens of Bryan Rotarians and guests attended, with Mrs Karney at the piano and Mrs Roy Danforth presiding.
Judge W. C. Davis F L Henderson and A S Ware returned from Mineral Wells after attending the Texas Bar Association annual meeting. The group reports 250 to 300 attorneys and visitors. Davis was repeatedly mistaken for Martin W. Littleton, a New York bar member, and for R B Hughes of Weatherbeach, who introduced the visitor.
A. B. Syptak formerly of the Central Texas Auto Company was elected assistant secretary of Fidelity Finance Company and began his duties this week.
W. S. Barron travels to Houston to try a pending civil matter in district court seeking remedy in a redeployment case. The move highlights ongoing legal strategies and formal proceedings in the Houston venue.
The Bryan Weekly Eagle announces Judge J A Stanford of Waco as candidate for the Court of Civil Appeals in the Tenth District. A life long Democrat, he hails from Johnson County and rose from farm roots to Baylor University and Baylor Law. He served one term as judge and aims to meet voters across the fifteen counties before the primary.
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