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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1933
Page
1
The Ferguson Crossing road through the Navasota bottoms is praised for Bryan’s benefit as a vital all weather route. Support is urged for county warrants funding, with oil development and Grimes county trade at stake and no delay in completing the project.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors discussed the Ferguson Crossing project at a Tuesday morning meeting. A special committee including J Webb Howell, W R McCullough and James Sullivan was formed to cooperate with county commissioners and meet tonight. County Judge A S McSwain and Commissioners Boyett and Patterson attended, with plans to back an emergency improvement subject to funding and RFC labor aid.
More than fifty models will showcase fall attire from 23 Bryan merchants. The event features a stage at 25th and Main with electric lighting and sound, a 7 to 9 p.m. shop visit window, band music, a 9 p.m. fashion show, and a post show street dance. Participating stores include Maniloff's, J Gelber & Son, Brooks, J C Penney, Montgomery Ward, Woolworth, and others.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Jones celebrate the birth of a son named Clarence Marshall on September 18 at their home with the baby and mother both reported well at the grandparents home Antone Merka and Mrs Bud Williams of Macy seeks care at Wilkerson Memorial clinic in Bryant. Mrs A P Cleveland receives health treatment in Houston and shows slight improvement. James H Harrison of Navasota remains in critical condition after a stroke Friday. Frank Nagy of Diley visiting Mrs Antone Vito ipil.
In Linz on September 19 three men were killed and 12 wounded when Nazi and Heimwehr fighters clashed during an attempted arrest by armed police at Wolfsegg. The confrontation followed today's operation to take Nazis into custody.
In New York on September 19 a large group of major local department stores said the anti German boycott has grown so widespread they will not buy German goods except where unavailable elsewhere. They declined to join the boycott formally citing a dangerous precedent while expressing sympathy with the German anti Jewish movement.
Floyd Guillidge of Big Spring died and three others were critically injured in a head-on collision on Highway 12 north of Tulsa. Both trucks were demolished in the crash reported last night.
London bullion rose to 131 shillings 9 pence per ounce on Monday, the highest price ever recorded for gold. The quote reflects market strength and investor demand amid global financial tensions.
Roy W. Snyder meat specialist will join County Agent C. L. Benson for a meat cutting demonstration at Mrs. A. O. Fox home West 26th street Baptist parsonage two blocks west of the post office. It starts promptly at 8 30 a m and aims to teach the latest cuts for canning beef with Snyder’s expert guidance.
In this 20 page Bryan Daily Eagle issue readers are urged to study local business advertising and notices. The city presents its facilities as a market and supply source for Bryan and the surrounding 100 mile trade area. Local merchants unite behind the President's Recovery program by subscribing to the New Deal and offering a Square Deal to buyers and sellers.
Washington reports say Cotton States convention delegates could not meet President Roosevelt or Secretary Wallace to seek inflation and higher cotton prices. J S Wannamaker of the American Cotton Association urged the resolutions committee stay in Washington for an audience, accusing Wallace of “running out” on the delegates. Linden and Peek attended the hearing.
Governor Morgenthau of the Farm Credit administration urged greater liberality in valuing farm lands in a message to officials of the 12 federal land banks. He called for speeding loan refinancing as farmer applications rise to over 17 000 weekly and stressed accelerating loan handling to keep pace.
Crowell Sept 19 Trial of Que R Miller former sheriff and tax collector of Foard county for misapplication of public funds was continued to the February term by agreement of counsel.
Amarillo report says a federal grand jury indicted O. D. Stevens D. W. May and M. T. Howard for participation in the $71 000 Texas Pacific mail robbery at Fort Worth last spring in United States district court.
LIST NEW STUDENTS COLLEGE STATION Sept 19 Registration of freshmen at Texas A and M College shows a first day total of 652, up from 501 the previous year. More than 700 are expected after ongoing registration, with classes to start Thursday and the fifty eighth annual session opening Thursday afternoon.
More than 50,000 acres of cultivated land north of Ciudad Victoria floodwaters after a dam breach from Friday's storm. Soldiers recover more bodies in San Luis Potosi and Tampico, with sugar plantations and factories in the affected area destroyed.
The South College avenue sewage disposal plant is practically complete and residents will begin connecting their homes in the coming week. It is expected the plant will operate within another week or ten days.
Havana reports an incipient civil war as the Cuban government sends troops and students to Camaguey province. Captain Juan Blas Hernandez has taken the field after guerrilla actions against the ousted President Machado. Secretary Guiteras says Blas commands under 100 men.
Harold L Neff 25, a mail plane flyer, was located in a marsh near Leoni eight miles east of Jackson. He was brought to Foote hospital with a broken leg, saying he came down at 3 am Saturday on the Toledo-Cleveland route.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson on September 19 sent a special message to the legislature proposing a bill to relieve conditions in Cameron County common and independent school districts affected by hurricane damage and destruction.
The Texas Senate recesses into a committee of the whole and votes to start hearings at 2 p m on bills to modify state anti trust laws to avoid conflicts with the National Recovery Act.
Two Missouri state highway inspectors on a routine check found a five foot bull snake coiled around the carburetor and accelerator feed in a car on Highway 160. The snake caused the motor to refuse to slow, and the ignition was cut off to inspect the engine.
The First Christian Church of Bryan invites A M students to an outdoor social on Wednesday evening from 7 to 8 on the W A Orth lawn of the college campus. Freshmen and upperclassmen may attend, meeting at the Y M C A building at 7 for transport to the event.
Lions International dedicates September 17 to 24 to honor district governors. In Bryan the noonday luncheon featured a tribute by Past District Governor F. D. Fuller to H. Copenhaver, Wharton Chamber of Commerce president. Copenhaver is active in civic work and will be invited to the Bryan Club soon. National Key Week is set for October 22 to 29 with Lions Andrew, McDaniel, Myers, Anderson, Burgess, and Be.
The September opening of Harvey Bailey and 11 co defendants trial details the government case. Bailey labeled the brains and Bates the strong arm of the ring. Witnesses including Mrs Coleman identify Bates as one of the plotters who stayed at a farm near Stratford. The government says the kidnapping target was Charles Urschel.
Beaumont faces an estimated $100000 annual property damage from rats and a typhus outbreak with seven cases reported. Health authorities and civic groups plan a pest extermination program, with Dr S J Lewis noting cases in Spindle Top and Amelia and Dr Stuart Weir promoting poison to curb losses.
Halifax Nova Scotia September 19 damage estimated above 750,000 was caused today by a fire which swept the 1200 foot pier of the Halifax Harbor commission. The bulk of a seasonal shipment of new flour was destroyed.
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