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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1930
Page
1
An Ohio farmer seeks the return of his 17 year old daughter after leasing her to neighbors to settle a debt. Courts deemed the arrangement adoption by guardians, leading to custody conflicts and a habeas corpus suit. Continued on Page 2.
Schedules show Bryan Lions Club committees to cooperate with Brazos County communities for fall and winter programs. Meetings announced by community clubs outline cooperative efforts to support local activities and bandits’ false alarm context.
Mr and Mrs George F Isbell of Iola move to Bryan to live with daughter Emerald Isbell who works in the State Experiment ation She has a five room brick cottage under construction on College Road Their parents will reside there Also Mr and Mrs P K Inghram and Mr and Mrs J G Henry visit Bryan from Cooks Point Burleson county Mr and Mrs Alfred Reeves of Dallas arrive for a Bryan home stay while Reeves works in the area He is a Community Gas representative They were married at the bride s Albany home last week Louis A Kehlenbrink of Kurten visits Bryan for the day Joe Ryle Barnett and J J Vandiver visit from Steep Hollow.
Dallas Texas September 24 The Republican state executive committee named William E Talbott of Dallas the gubernatorial nominee to succeed the resigned Dr George C Butte of Austin It positions Talbott to oppose Democrat Ross S Sterling in the fall elections.
W. S. Martin veteran Bryan police chief returned from Beaumont after the second annual convention of the Police Chiefs and City Marshals Association. About 200 chiefs and peace officers attended with entertainments and courtesies provided by Beaumont city officials and citizens.
New York stock prices fell sharply in a renewed mass selling session. Many shares hit the lowest levels of the current decline with losses ranging from four to zero dollars per share.
John F Curry Tammany Hall leader testified before the extraordinary grand jury probing corruption in New York City's magistrates courts. He said he received a subpoena at Tammany Hall and felt insulted, declining to amplify his remarks.
Local warehouses show 21 575 bales of cotton received, an increase of over 8 500 bales since last week. The day’s breakdown lists Farmers Union 8 250, Lawrence 3 025, Compress 9 642, and Edens round bales counted as half bales 1 316.
Four Dallas youths returned from Fort Worth where they were held after confessing to the murder of a circus worker on a railroad car. Police continued the search for the two robbers who fired the fatal shot as the train traveled from Dallas to Fort Worth.
Special weather note from The Eagle reports partly cloudy and unsettled conditions in Bryan and vicinity tonight and Thursday. East Texas remains partly cloudy and unsettled tonight and Thursday. West Texas, including the Panhandle, is cooler with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday.
The Brazos county grand jury completed an eight day term reporting 46 cases with 30 true bills 28 felonies and seven misdemeanors. Judge Davis will set the criminal docket with about 40 cases to be tried in the five week session alongside civil matters. Indictments include felonies for murder burglary robbery and liquor offenses plus driving while intoxicated and hog theft. Jury dismissed but available if matters arise.
A Williamson county farmers delegation will visit state experiment stations. The first group will tour Bell county farm on the second Monday in October and, within the same week, visit the Luling Foundation.
D Mike remodels the Be F Parks Furniture Company building on North Main into a modern shop. The work includes a new front with large show windows, attractive lighting, and upgraded equipment to create an inviting Bryan store.
Dr E P Humbert announces WTAW College Station will reopen its radio season with the Aggieland Orchestra performing from 8 to 9 o'clock tonight and again 8 to 9 o'clock Friday evening. Regular winter schedule continues Wednesday and Friday evenings.
In Corning New York two men identified as W S Maxwell and J L Larsen were killed when their car left the highway and plunged down a 90 foot embankment landing in front of a speeding Lackawanna train.
In New Orleans on Sept 24 major oil firms including Standard Oil of Louisiana Texas Company Shell Gulf Refining and Pan American Petroleum raised gasoline prices by 5 cents to 18 cents a gallon hinting at the end of the price war in the district.
Three unmasked robbers seized $3,500 from the Neches state Bank 14 miles northeast of Palestine while cashier A. M. Brock was taken captive. Brock says the trio used false mustaches and split the cash among themselves, with one man guarding the exterior, one the cashier, and a third collecting the money.
Enid Sept 24 Mrs Dolly Douthitt 60 shot and wounded U S commissioner H Z Wedgwood after the judge dismissed her damage suit against Wedgwood She was jailed Wedgwood in serious condition in a hospital The shooter aimed at the presiding judge A G Sutton but missed
The Degree of Honor and Protective Association in Bryan will formally close its charter on October 1. Afterward the group will hold regular meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays each month. Mrs. R. L. Brown serves as president and Miss Lucile Todd as recording secretary.
Cotton and grain markets showed little change with futures closing 5 to 6 points down. Local spot prices were quoted at 9 to 10 cents.
At the University of Texas Gregory gymnasium a cleaning plan assigns ninety student janitors. The athletic council approved forty five workers each two hours daily to keep the gym spotless.
The College Utilities Club, a new social and literary group for wives of utilities and grounds department workers, held its first meeting at the YMCA parlors. A musical program featured Eve lyn Koenig, Cad man, and Forest Redding with piano and violin numbers. Dr Dan Russell spoke on Society and its Problems. Mrs F B Brown serves as president. meetings set for the last Tuesday of each month.
Miss Agnes Jones arrives in Bryan from Thornton after presenting Miss Bluebonnet the home talent play under American Legion Auxiliary auspices. Cast tentatively chosen at Tuesday meeting. committees assign advertising programs ticket sales and general production duties.
Ada Ross Jones aged 54 of Harvey died Tuesday night at home on Robertson avenue in Bryan after a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon with an 8:15 am home service by Rev. J J Tatum and a later ceremony at old Bethel cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs L R Goodman and Miss Martha Jones of Bryan and Ross Jones of Houston, plus sisters Mrs Ella Shaw Mrs Minnie Evans and Mrs Lucy Carroll and brother Tom Ross.
Dr T O Walton president of Texas A M College was the chief speaker at the Tuesday night meeting of the Associated Community Builders Inc outlining development goals for the community and college cooperation.
Senator Sheppard of Texas said in Washington that there is as much chance of repealing the 18th amendment as a hummingbird flying to Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail. He spoke on primaries and possible congressional effect on prohibition.
The Bryan public school system holds its annual banquet at St Andrew's Episcopal Parish House at 7 pm Friday to honor teachers board members and others. Tickets are sold by committees from the three Bryan Parent-Teacher organizations and the City Council of Parent-Teachers. Mrs John W Maxwell of Waco district PTA president will be principal speaker with other district officers possibly in attendance.
Nancy Hopkins, the only woman pilot in the Ford reliability tour, was first to depart Wichita for the Enid hop as seventeen contestants followed at two minute intervals.
Mos cow dispatch reports 175 killed and 300 injured in a quake near Stalinabad Tajikistan in the Soviet Socialist Republic. Seven villages were destroyed and ten damaged leaving 1200 families homeless.
Dr. T O Walton president of Texas A and M College spoke Tuesday night to the Associated Community Builders urging merchants to adopt successful methods from larger firms and stay abreast of changing economic conditions. Other speakers highlighted local trade opportunities and community foundations as 140 attendees listened at the New York Cafe banquet.
Will Rogers says a New York Opera Company touring the West Coast is slumming in Beverly Hills and Frisco to advertise. He mocks performers age and tone, then notes rivalries persist as singers save their best for Los Angeles.
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