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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1929
Page
4
An editorial urges a statewide gas tax funded bond to improve Texas roads and eliminate grade crossings. It notes seven deaths in recent crashes and argues avoiding crossings saves lives and funds road projects, pointing to New York as a model and calling for long term planning to remove danger on major highways.
Judge Sam R. Scott of Waco writes to George W. Wickersham arguing that lack of steady employment drives youth crime. He says offenders are ages 18 to 23, urges parental guidance and work for youths after school and vacations, and warns idle minds aid the Devil in a modern, connected nation.
President Hoover will include Dwight Morrow along with Owen D. Young and Charles G. Dawes in the United States delegation to the London naval conference in January. The choice reflects an aim to apply business leaders to governmental service and non political insight.
A Texas A and M College agent warns against promiscuous drinking at football games and urges other schools to emulate the drive to eliminate public drinking at Kyle Field. The college authorities push to curb maudlin conduct at the Aggie-Longhorn game next Thursday.
President Hoover ends conferences on business conditions and aims to stimulate prosperity by meeting farm organization heads. The session is expected to be lively due to farm leaders’ wariness of GOP promises. Only Ford has gained notable publicity from the series of meetings. Warren of Wyoming, longtime senator and appropriations chair, dies, having supported Wilson war plans and placed country above party during stress.
The Public Ownership League closed its annual meeting at Muscle Shoals on Saturday and decried the government plant as idle. The article suggests Mr Hoover might stimulate southern industry by overhauling this plant to manufacture cheap power for infant industries.
A Laredo oilman touring Bryan criticizes the city for lacking a safe landing field and municipal airport. He urges Bryan to build a publicly owned airport to keep pace with modern air travel and freight needs. The piece also notes Henry Ford's wage proposal and discusses the potential impact on prices and buying power amid broader economic questions. It ends by urging fair Thanksgiving weather and Thanksgiving Day planning at Kyle Field.
Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr sends greetings by radio from the executive mansion in Richmond to her son Commodore Richard E Byrd near the south pole. She is pictured with her son Governor Harry Flood Byrd.
A Bryan Eagle Town Doctor column argues no one truly succeeds alone, crediting neighbors and civic support for community growth. It likens self reliance to ducks tied to water, urging readers to stop hoarding and invest in collective welfare with Lions Club sponsorship noted.
Five men Norman Greenway Hubert Hester Bill Younger Alex Fulks and Joe White were indicted on first degree murder charges for the March assault of Connie Franklin 20 and an attack on his young woman companion on a mountain road fourteen miles east of Mountain View Arkansas. Greenway and Hester face criminal assault charges in addition to murder. The grand jury probe followed months of fear and secrecy from witnesses including the injured woman and a deaf mute.
Mr and Mrs Anton Turek arranged a surprise party at their home honoring Joe Vymola on his 8th birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs George Krenek and family Mr and Mrs J H Krenek and family Mr and Mrs Joé Krenek Mr and Mrs N J Saladiner and baby Mr and Mrs Frank Vy m olla and daughter Mr and Mrs Sig eer and Willie.
The Travis school will be formally taken over by the city public school system next Monday. The building will expand facilities enabling all day sessions for elementary pupils and ease congestion. In about ten days the new municipal building should be ready for occupancy with a dedication to be announced later involving school and city officials and students.
The Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist church marks a week of Prayer for Foreign Missions from December 2 to December 5. Programs begin daily at 3 PM with the theme Speeding the Message led by Mrs. Tom Sweeney, Mrs. A. S. McSwain, Mrs. G. M. Brandon, Mrs. Albert Buchanan, and the Y. W. A. A public invitation is extended.
The temporary bridge over the Navasota river on Highway No 6 will be raised about eight feet to pass high water. Division Engineer John E Blair says work starts at once barring weather delays. The current bridge sits roughly 12 feet above low water. the added height should make it passable during the next two months. The new bridge is nearing completion and slated to open around February 1.
The Sunday society sections of the Houston Chronicle and Post-Dispatch feature photos of Mrs. Charles Fairbanks Howard nee Nanne Shel Waldrood. The Bryan wedding was solemnized Thursday night at First Methodist Church. A. W. Buchanan of Bryan is in Palestine for Extension Service business for A and M College.
Mr and Mrs Drummond Martin will host guests for Thanksgiving and the football game including Mr and Mrs J B Flowers of Goose Creek, Miss Aline Neeley and Foster Royall of Ware.
Dr. Dayton C. Miller of Case School of Applied Science will present the final results of his proof of the existence of ether before the National Academy of Science, outlining experimental conclusions and implications for physics.
Fred F. Hassler former teller at American National Bank Beaumont is freed on $2,500 bond after being indicted for embezzling about $5,000 by accepting deposits and destroying deposit slips. One count alleges he took $1,500.84 from Mrs Ay Porter on Feb 1 and destroyed the slip.
Mrs Dean Belt of Ohio visiting her mother Mrs Deyerle in Calvert spent the weekend in Bryan as the guest of Miss Hettie Edge. In her former home she was known as Miss Jessie Deyerle and has many friends there.
Mrs Gineva Wagner of 614 Gold Cord St Waco Texas says Orgatene restored her health after a yearlong stomach ailment. She suffered poor appetite gas and nerve strain and sleeping problems. After using Orgatene she reports better digestion energy sound sleep and strength to manage daily tasks. The ad notes Canady Pharmacy Bryan carries Genuine Orgatone.
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