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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1931
Page
1
Fritzi Staples a 20 year old waitress is brought to Big Spring on a chartered flight to face a theft charge. Police say she took a bankroll from a business man at a cocktail party and was found with 2300 dollars in her purse. She told him to have a good time and that she took it. The man cannot recall party details.
The cemetery board moves to purchase land for a new drive into the city cemetery. The old path is tough in bad weather, and the proposed hard surfaced road will improve entry and exit. The initiative aligns with ongoing improvements to keep Bryan's cemetery well kept and beautified.
Mr and Mrs J L Hensarling of Wellborn traveled to Bryan on business. Rep Paul Grogan of Liberty Trinity county plans to attend Baylor Aggie event Saturday. Rev and Mrs W W Daup depart for Indiana on business. Tyler Haswell warden at St Andrew's Episcopal offers parish help during rector's absence. Dr Vel Keith and Mrs Keith of Thurber visit East 23rd Street home.
Thousands of officers hunted Winnie Ruth Judd in Los Angeles after she allegedly killed Agnes Le roi and Hedvig Samuelson in Phoenix. Bodies found in trunks at a railway station. Detectives feared she might kill herself to avoid capture amid suspected derangement. A San Bernardino arrest proved not her, and a Texas arrest was released.
The Gulf States Utilities Company office was burglarized last night for the second time in a month. A safe was opened by knocking off the combination. it is unclear if the inner safe was opened and no loss estimate has been made.
The Bryan Public School authorities with the Bryan Pastors Association arrange weekly chapel sessions in three schools Stephen F. Austin Travis and Bowie. Starting next Tuesday pastors from local churches will lead rotations including Rev J B Gleissner Rev Walker Rev C E Morris and others through December with different pastors at each school on specified dates.
The Bryan Lions Club luncheon featured L P Gabbard chief of the Division of Farm and Ranch Economics at Texas A and M Agricultural Experiment Station speaking on taxation. He called property tax the backbone of the state system and cited Concerns that taxes are high inequitable and inefficiently spent. He noted data from the National Bureau of Economic Research about Texas income shares.
In Dallas on October 21 Mrs Irene Davenport 27 was shot and likely fatally wounded at her home. Her brother Ford A Schmitz an auto salesman was detained for questioning. Neighbor Miss A Shepard said the mother Mrs M A Schmitz reported a quarrel over Schmitz drinking.
Members of the Woman's Missionary Auxiliary of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Bryan traveled to Navasota for a regional district meeting called by district chairman Mrs. Clinton S. Quinn of Houston. Attending were Mesdames Ora B. Swift D. C. DeMaret H. B. Stoddard M. Lawson Eleanor McDonald T. K. Lawrence Josephine Greenwood Jno. E. Astin Mabel Castles and Robert Armstrong Jr.
Mrs. George Stephan hurried to Dallas after a message from Mr. Stephan about his brother Charles Stephan who was gravely ill. Charles had suffered a bullet wound in the abdomen two weeks earlier when a real estate agent owner ran amuck in the agent office. He then developed pneumonia after a second operation and no hopeful signs remained for days.
Special to The Eagle reports cloudy conditions with scattered showers tonight and Thursday for Bryan and vicinity. East Texas also sees clouds and showers with cooler air in the northwest. West Texas forecasts partly cloudy skies and cooler northeast tonight with generally fair conditions Thursday.
Four thousand longshoremen who have been on strike since October 1 return to work tomorrow in Galveston Houston Corpus Christi and Texas City. An agreement reached at 1 am sets wages at 70 cents an hour with time and a half for overtime. The old scale was 80 cents under a 17 month contract. Nonunion men loaded ships at 65 cents during the strike.
Dr Green of the state health department is in Bryan for a general inspection of abattoirs dairies and other food sources as well as restaurants where foods are dispensed He will review the dairies report and the city health officer Dr J W Black is expected to publish the milk grade report for local dairymen in a few days.
Corporal G Y Wilcoxson publicity man for the United States Army recruiting service with 42 counties in east and central Texas arrives at Bryan and will spend the week here with headquarters at the post office. He travels by a special recruiting service truck and will enlist men who pass muster for any branch of the service.
The cotton market showed improvement with futures closing 17 points higher. Local middling prices were quoted at 6 to 6.5 cents per pound.
Geneva dispatch reports Japan insisting evacuation of Manchuria hinges on China guaranteeing protection for Japanese citizens. Delegates led by Kenkichi Yoshizawa fail to yield. full council may meet openly tomorrow. United States and five powers issue identical notes invoking Kellogg anti war pact duties.
County Attorney T. L. Tyson said patrols moved just north of Calvert to bypass Hearne as trucks are routed via Mumford to Bryan to avoid Robertson County. Officers keep 24 hour vigilance.
Texas Masons were elected to receive the 33rd degree by the supreme council Scottish Rite southern jurisdiction. Named honorees include Nathan Adams and Dr. Wm. B. Carrell of Dallas, R. T. Arthur of Denison, W. M. Fly of Gonzales, John M. Lockhart of Galveston, W. C. Ragan of Houston, John Dalrympie of Lubbock, Ralph H. Cameron and William Eiffer of San Antonio.
Bankers in seven Southern states pledged support for withholding 7,000,000 bales of cotton as part of a credit extension plan from a recent conference of the Federal Farm Board. State associations in Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Texas Georgia Oklahoma and Tennessee backed the plan and noted target sales restrictions. South Carolina bankers meanwhile subscribed about 1,000,000 to stock in the National Credit Corporation.
Funeral services for Thomas A. Edison were held privately at 2:30 p.m. in West Orange on the anniversary of his descent light. About four hundred friends attended. burial followed at Rosedale cemetery. Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, among survivors, visited the casket. Ford chose to remember Edison as he appeared in the laboratory.
Mrs Herbert Hoover attended Thomas A Edison funeral in Orange New Jersey. President Hoover suggested Americans extinguish home lights for one minute at 10 pm EST to honor the inventor. White House noted Laval's visit details kept the president from attending.
Clarence Williams and Hannah Glover of Brazos County filed their intention to marry with County Clerk Jess B. McGee on Tuesday.
Superintendent H. L. Durham reports report cards are being mailed today marking the close of the first six weeks of the fall term.
Posses hunted a armed suspect in Crowley after D. L. Reed, a farmer, was killed and F. H. Culton wounded in his kitchen last night. Culton was struck with a shotgun then the assailant fled, leaving the same gun later identified as the murder weapon.
J M Jones a junior dairy husbandry student at Texas A and M College was arrested Wednesday night on forgery charges. Authorities report at least three cases and possibly a fourth. Jones from Teague was described as a good student amid alleged victimizations of Bryan firms including Smith and Morgan and Charles Nitch.
George F. Conklin 28 a dance hall gatekeeper was convicted of killing Adolph Kolesnikovic 20 at the hall and given a five years suspended sentence. The defense argued the shooting was accidental and Conklin believed the youth a robber.
Dr John A Crockett of Harlingen governor of Texas Rotary International's 47th District was a guest at the Bryan Rotary Club weekly luncheon. He formerly lived in Bryan and belonged to the local club, visiting this day for an occasion of notable interest and pleasure.
District Judge W C Davis dissolved eighteen injunctions granted by Judge H F Kirby in Groesbeck against enforcing House Bill No 335 requiring truck operators to hold certificates. Sheriff Box Constables Josey and Bush were named defendants as Robertson County officials had vigorously enforced the law. The petition cites state lawmakers and U S Supreme Court validation of the provision that certificates come from the state railroad commission.
In district court 8 jurors were selected from a 50 man special venire for the case of Bill Carr a negro charged with the murder of Bud Thornton a negro. An additional venire of 20 men was summoned for 2 pm with expectations of a full jury and trial to begin. Barron and Ware defend Carr while Count and Oak McKenzie prosecute for the state.
Borger reports that Atus brey B. Dempsey aged 26 a boilermaker was killed when a violent wind hurled a residence about 100 yards at Sunray. L Bagsby escaped leaping from a window during the squall.
The letter from Beverly Hills dated October 21 jokes about Virginia’s Yorktown celebration and the transfer of control of the 13 colonies to Pennsylvania and Mellon. It quips that Cornwallis would have joined the celebration if alive, and speculates on a general’s loss becoming a national pride issue.
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