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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1931
Page
7
The People's Column urges Bryan residents to donate clothing and bedding tomorrow for the Good Cheer relief effort. The article notes the organization has long done worthy work and distributes donations after careful investigation.
Coulter Hoppess a Baylor student will spend Thanksgiving away from home joining a large house party near Albany Texas hosted by Carter and Sallie King at their uncle’s ranch. Mrs Minnie Ward Gaffney of Wichita Falls visits Bryan en route to Galveston then New York City to see lawyer Robert Field. Mr and Mrs J D Mann of Bal linger arrive to visit daughter Mrs Jack Sandifer on College Road and will stay for the big game and Sunday.
Washington November 24. Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois appears virtually assured as Democratic House leader after Joseph W. Burns of Tennessee said he would not seek the floor position. Burns emphasized the speakership mattered more than heading the Appropriations Committee, and Senator McDuffie of Alabama withdrew yesterday.
A chuck wagon dinner will be served to the history section of the Texas State Teachers association during its Amarillo convention on November 27. The meal will be at noon at the old T-Anchor Ranch headquarters near Canyon, now part of the West Texas State Teachers College farm.
In Salt Lake City a body was found eight miles west of town in a wrecked air mail plane. Norman W Potter, the pilot, was near his destination when forced down in heavy snow yesterday. An army pilot located the wreck and notified authorities.
In Paris a Chinese Japanese deadlock persists while the U S Farm Board notes losses are not estimated. Sze proposes a fresh Manchuria plan urging a ceasefire and troop recall to ease tensions.
Japanese railway guards attack Chinese bandits southwest of Mukden. China says the move is not aimed at Chinchow where Chinese forces concentrate. Dr. Alfred Sze presented a Manchurian proposal to the League demanding immediate League measures and observer supervision for troop withdrawal. Deadlock persists in Paris.
Louis Strickler, 18, landed a plane after a moonlight flight and struck a group of men in Latrobe Pennsylvania killing Robert Pescatore 24 and Philip Duffy 23 outright and fatally injuring Allen Feather 21 in the early hours.
Harris County commissioners vow to file suit over state automobile tax distribution while expressing skepticism toward a voluntary settlement. County Judge Spencer opposes the move, and Commissioner W. G. Sharman insists the state law results in an unfair division.
The past week showed wide temperature swings with a high of 85 degrees on Monday and a low of 16 degrees on Friday. Rainfall totaled 0.67 inches. Temperatures were as listed for the week.
Ilans Nagel keeper of the Houston gov and bearer of scars from encounters with many animals has been appointed representative of the Houston Museum and Science Society on the Carpelan East Indies expedition. The two year cruise of the world will begin next year with Nagel collecting specimens for the local museum.
The Palace Theatre hosts four benefit showings of Bebe Daniels in Honor of the Family. Half of the proceeds go to the Good Cheer Association fund for Bryan relief of the needy and unemployed. Sponsors include the Good Cheer Association Bryan Lions Club Rotary Club and the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce.
The Bryan chapter of the D O K K club, which dissolved about a year ago, was reorganized Monday with help from Fl Tex Temple No 114 Houston. Officers include Guy F Boyett president I Maniloff vice president R M Danshy secretary and Joe Patronella treasurer. A banquet followed at the New York Cafe with El Tex Temple band providing music. Visitors from several clubs attended.
Special to The Eagle notes fair and colder conditions across Bryan and vicinity with frost tonight. East Texas sees fair weather with showers in the lower Rio Grande Valley and frost in the interior. Northwest tonight may freeze. southeast stays frigid Wednesday. West Texas remains fair but cooler with frost in the southeast.
Sam ix. Reading, 27, and his girl companion told police they were bound and robbed by a white man early. The girl was attacked and they were left in a rain soaked gully. officers found them and took them to a hospital. They described the assailant as about 25 with a Midwest accent.
Dr Julius Zulch a longtime North Zulch physician who retired due to illness died Saturday at age 63. His funeral was held Sunday at North Zulch cemetery with Rev Fred E Few of Huntsville and Rev C B Thompson assisting. He was born in 1868 and educated at Southwestern University and Tulane University. Survived by widow, son Jack Zulch, daughter Mrs Arthur Payne of Houston, and sisters Mrs Minnie Zimmerman Mrs Eugene Edge and Mrs Powell Winter of Bryan.
Brownsville reports a threatened 15 percent increase in the reopening of the 1928 Southwestern tariff affecting railroad shipments of vegetables and watermelons from the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Texas.
Evansville police report Edgar Painter 28 was arrested in Houston on a charge of attempting to railroad a negro to prison. Authorities say Painter was held for Evansville officials who refused to discuss the case.
Jimmy Walker and a party of distinguished lawyers arrived in San Francisco to request Governor James Rolph Jr. grant clemency for Thomas Mooney, serving life for the Preparedness Day bombing. Gov. Rolph, Mayor Rossi and others welcomed the visitors.
Willacy county is poised to surpass Webb as the state’s top early onion producer in 1932 if plantings proceed, according to a report from the state and federal agriculture departments. Corpus Christi area onion acreage climbs from 4,800 to 9,600 acres, a dramatic rise, while Webb county shows 1,580 acres planned for the season, up from 2,600 last year. Willacy county estimates about 3,000 acres, roughly doubling Webb’s size, with Corpus Christi area expanding rapidly across Nueces, San Patricio, Jim Wells and Kleberg counties.
Representative John N. Garner of Texas, a likely next House Speaker if Democrats control, will address the National Radio Forum broadcast coast to coast by CBS. The Nov 28 program from Columbia studios in Washington precedes the party caucus and opening of Congress.
Laredo November 24. Deputy Miguel Salazar says all Chinese in the northwestern Mexican states will be expelled by early 1932. The move follows an anti Chinese campaign by Mexican officials and the general populace, per an official statement received by the Mexican consulate in Laredo.
A group of engineers from American Metals Company visited Shafter and announced the Shafter silver mine can reopen on fifteen minutes notice if silver reaches 60 cents an ounce. It was once the largest mine in Texas, operating 45 years before closing last year.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors discussed arrangements to ease traffic on Thanksgiving Day for air and ground travel. They approved permanently marking Walton Field and tasked W R McCullough to mark a circle for air location and secure lime and helpers. They also referred grading and marking Turkey Creek road to route Bryan traffic to College Station.
Voting lagged in the San Antonio special election to name a successor to Republican Congressman Harry M. Wurzbach. Democrats press to elect a Democrat to influence the speakership, with results unlikely before late today. Leading Democrats are Richard M. Kleberg of Corpus Christi and Carl Wight Johnson of San Antonio. five others run. lone Republican is Charles W. Anderson.
In Anderson Indiana two brothers Nola and Geneva Armstrong aged 31 and 33 plan to abandon a thirty year masquerade as girls by growing beards. An attorney filed in circuit court for their name change to Noel and Gene citing their late mother’s wish for daughters born from dressing them in female clothing. They live alone on a family farm once owned by their parents.
The Protestant churches of Bryan hold a Thanksgiving Day union service Thursday at 10 AM in the First Christian church. Rev. John L. Wharton of the First Baptist church will deliver the sermon. The First Christian choir provides special music and the program includes hymns, readings, prayers, and offertory.
Washington November 24 The Senate agricultural committee opened an inquiry into two years of operations by the Federal Farm Board. The board’s annual report shows purchases of 329,641,062 bushels of wheat for 270,204,503 dollars and 1,319,809 bales of cotton for 107,533,246 dollars. Prices at purchase were about 1 dollar per bushel for wheat and 16 cents per pound for cotton. Chairman Stone said losses could not be determined until holdings are sold.
New York, Nov 24. Train crews of the Georgia and Florida Railroad, members of the Big Four Brotherhoods, have agreed to a ten percent wage reduction. This marks the first approval of a cut by Big Four leaders during the current economic situation as the line, already in receiver ship, faced possible shutdown if the concession had not been made.
E Ballader the Mexico City based vice president in charge of Brownsville operations announced a considerable expansion plan for Pan American Airways here next year. He conferred with local company officials.
National Wool Marketing Corporation released about 100000 in advances to Southwest ranchmen, announced by Sol Mayer, president, before his departure to Washington.
The cotton market shows strength with futures up 25 points. Local middling quotes range from 6 to 6.5 cents, while grain prices edge higher with December wheat at 56.5 and corn around 42.4.
A garbled message from Will Rogers to The Eagle editor describes aboard the Empress of Russia on November 24 an odd account of Chinamen and Japs traded commands and mentions Chinese passengers and a Notre Dame loss, with vague notes of ships and crews.
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