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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1931
Page
1
The People's Column urges Bryan residents to donate clothing and bedding to Good Cheer for the relief of the poor and needy. The article praises the organization, notes its ongoing work, and assures donations will be carefully distributed after collection at Good Cheer headquarters.
Coulter Hoppess plans to skip Thanksgiving at home and join a large house party near Albany Texas hosted by Carter and Sallie King at their uncle’s ranch. Mrs Minnie Ward Gaffney visits Bryan before sailing to New York to see lawyer Robert Field. Mr and Mrs J D Mann return to Bryan for the Thanksgiving football game then stay through Sunday.
Washington Nov 24 Henry T Rainey of Illinois is virtually assured the Democratic House leadership as Representative Joseph W Burns of Tennessee withdraws from the floor leadership race Burns favors the speaker role over the appropriations chairmanship and McDuffie of Alabama also withdraws leaving Rainey the likely choice
An old fashioned chuck wagon dinner will be served to the history section of the Texas State Teachers association convention in Amarillo on November 27. The meal will be at noon at the old T Anchor Ranch headquarters near Canyon now occupied by West Texas State Teachers college.
Norman W. Totter, air mail pilot, was found dead in his wrecked plane eight miles west of Salt Lake City. He was near his destination when forced down in a heavy snowstorm yesterday after the plane was located by an army pilot who sent word.
Japanese railway guards attacked Chinese bandits southwest of Mukden. The government denied it targeted Chinchow where Chinese forces concentrate. Dr. Alfred Sze, League of Nations envoy, presented a Manchurian proposal seeking League action to stop aggression and withdraw Japanese troops within two weeks under neutral supervision. Deadlock lingered in Paris between China and Japan.
In Latrobe Pennsylvania, two men Robert Pescatore and Philip Duffy were killed outright and Allen Feather fatally injured when Lou Strickler, 18, guiding a moonlight plane, struck the group of workers. The accident occurred early today as the plane landed after a night flight.
Harris County commissioners will sue over the state law governing auto tax distribution. Commissioner W. G. Sharman supports action, while County Judge R. H. Spencer disagrees. They claim the distribution does not provide an equitable share for Harris County, unlike Bexar County which halted proceedings.
Last week's weather showed wide swings with a high of 85 degrees on Monday and a low of 46 on Friday. Total rainfall reached .67 inches, with daily amounts including .65 on Thursday, trace on Sunday, and small totals on other days.
Julius Nagel keeper of the Houston zoo and bearer of seals from encounters with many animals has been appointed representative of the Houston Museum and Scientific Society on the Carpelan East Indies expedition. The two year world cruise will depart New York early next year. Nagel collects specimens for the local museum.
The Palace Theatre presents four benefit showings of Bebe Daniels in Hon or of the Family on Wednesday. Half of the proceeds go to the Good Cheer Association fund to aid the needy destitute and unemployed in Bryan. Sponsors include the Good Cheer Association Bryan Lions Club Rotary Club and the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce with Morris Schulman managing.
The Bryan DOKK Club, dissolved about ten months ago, reorganized Monday night with help from Fi Tex Temple No. 114 Houston. Officers are Guy F. Boyett president I Manoff vice president R M Dansby secretary Joe Patronella treasurer. A banquet followed at the New York Cafe with music by El Tex Temple band.
Special to The Eagle reports fair weather for Bryan and vicinity with colder nights and frost tonight. Wednesday brings fair skies and colder conditions across East Texas. Lower Rio Grande Valley sees showers then fair and cooler, with interior frost and freezing in the northwest tonight. Southeast Texas and West Texas should stay fair and colder with frost in the southeast tonight.
Sam J. Reading 27 and his female companion reported being bound and robbed by a white man with a Middle Western accent early in a byroad near Houston. The assailant jumped onto the running board as they turned around, leaving them crowded in a gutter in the rain. Both were hospitalized for exposure.
North Zulch mourns Dr Julius Zulch 63 a physician since youth with strong ties to the town named for his father J Zulch. He died November 21 after illness and his funeral was held at North Zulch cemetery with Rev Fred Few and Rev C B Thompson officiating. Survived by widow son Jack Zulch Houston daughter Mrs Arthur Payne of Houston and sisters Mrs Minnie Zimmerman Mrs Eugene Edge and Mrs Powell Winter all of Bryan.
Brownsville reports the 1928 Southwestern tariff may reopen with a 15 percent increase on railroad shipments of vegetables and watermelons from the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Texas. The announced change covers the entire rate structure affecting these commodities.
Edgar Painter, 28, arrested in Houston and held for Evansville authorities. Evansville police said he was sought on charges of attempting to railroad a Black man to prison.
New York mayor Jimmy Walker and a party of lawyers arrived in San Francisco to seek a pardon for Thomas Mooney, imprisoned for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing. They were received by Gov. Rolph, Mayor Rossi, and other officials.
Willacy county will surpass Webb county as the state’s top early onion producer in 1932 if plantings proceed as planned. The Corpus Christi area expands from 4 800 to 9 600 acres, a 100 percent rise, with Nueces San Patricio Jim Wells and Kleberg counties contributing. Webb county totals fall to about 1 560 acres, while Willacy reaches around 3 000 acres, indicating a sharp shift in regional production.
Representative John N. Garner of Texas will discuss Democratic House policies on the National Radio Forum. The broadcast, arranged by the Washington Star and carried by CBS, airs Saturday November 28 from 10 to 10:15 p.m. EST from Columbia's Washington studios.
In Laredo on November 24 an official statement via Deputy Miguel Salazar said all Chinese in the northwestern Mexican states will be expelled by early 1932. The deportations arise from an energetic anti Chinese campaign by Mexican officials and the public.
A group of engineers from American Metals Company visited the Shafter silver mine in Shafter and said it is ready to reopen at fifteen minutes notice if silver reaches 60 cents an ounce. Once the greatest Texas mine, it produced for 45 years before closing last year.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors met this morning to arrange traffic plans for Thanksgiving Day including airport access for visitors to the Aggie Longhorn game. They approved permanently marking Walton Field and instructed W R mopehenes to obtain lime and help to lay out a locating circle from the air. The Turkey Creek road to Fin Feather Club may be graded and marked to direct Bryan traffic to College Station, pending city development committee action.
San Antonio November 24 voting lagged in the special election to name a successor to Congressman Harry M. Wurzbach Republican. Democrats push to elect a Democrat to aid John Gardner for speaker. Leading Democrats are Richard M. Kleberg of Corpus Christi and Carl Wright Johnson of San Antonio. Five others run. sole Republican is Charles W. Anderson.
Anderson Ind November 24 An attorney filed in circuit court for Nola and Geneva Armstrong brothers aged 31 and 33 to end their 30 year masquerade as girls They plan to grow facial hair and claim their mother’s wish for a daughter led to cross dressing Their mother died seven years ago and left six sons on a farm without girls
The Thanksgiving Day service for Bryan area Protestant churches will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the First Christian church. Rev. John L. Wharton of First Baptist will deliver the sermon with music by the First Christian choir. The program includes a piano prelude by Mrs. Jess Cook and a Holy Holy Holy call to worship, among other elements led by Rev. Arthur Ayde and Dr. Thomas Gordon.
The Senate agricultural committee opened a probe into the two year operations of the Federal farm Board. The board’s annual report showed purchases of 329,641,052 bushels of wheat for $270,204,502 and 1,319,809 bales of cotton for $107,533,246. Wheat sold around $1 a bushel and cotton about 16 cents a pound. Senator McNary asked about losses. Chairman Stone said losses could not be determined until holdings were sold.
New York November 24 trains of the Georgia and Florida lines in the Big Four Brotherhoods approved a ten percent wage reduction. It marks the first reduction sanctioned by Big Four leaders during the current economic strain. The line remains in receivership and threatened to halt operations unless the cut proceeds.
Plan expansion of Pan American Airways operations in Brownsville announced by E. Ballader of Mexico City vice president in charge of Brownsville operations. He conferred with local officials.
National Wool Marketing Corporation has issued about 100000 in advances to Southwest ranchmen, announced by Sob Mayer president before he departed for Washington.
The cotton market was notably stronger today with futures up 25 points. Local quotes ranged from 6 to 6.5 cents for middling in the basin, while wheat and corn figures show December to May shifts across several price points.
A message from aboard the Empress of Russia dated November 24 reports Floyd Gib sons noting 22 Chinese passengers, later counting 250 total. The writer mentions trading commands and references Chinese and Japanese travelers, with vague remarks on peaceful conditions and misdirected college youths.
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