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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1934
Page
4
Dr. John W. Brown notes influenza remains a concern in Texas with pneumonia as a serious complication. He urges bed rest at first signs of a cold, prevention through hygiene, avoiding close contact with ill family members, keeping feet dry, hand washing, avoiding fatigue, and maintaining a regular alimentary system.
The War Department calls for constructing 1800 aircraft for the air service. Balbo led a 24‑plane mass flight to Chicago and back to Italy, costing 625000 dollars. Roosevelt signs a farm credit bonds guarantee. Walter Wellman, once a transatlantic attempt, dies in New York at 75. Byrd's second ship Bear of Oakland reaches Little America with more supplies.
Report from Washington cites 211,763,441,149 cigarettes sold in the United States during 1993 and cigar sales totaling 4,344,752,338.
President Roosevelt received more than 250000 congratulatory messages from across the nation on the occasion of his 520d birthday anniversary January 80. Citizens from every section of the country sent notes of praise and support in a widespread outpouring of goodwill.
Government urges cotton growers to sign acreage reduction contracts by February 15. Poor January weather slowed committee work, extending the campaign by fifteen days to finish enrollment in the cotton producing areas.
Tit-Bits Magazine notes fifty thousand naked divers work in shark infested waters off the Bahrein pearl banks. The trade sustains about two million people, with dhows and admirals amid a ritual prayer, as quotas from sheikdoms move ships to markets in Paris London and New York.
The Victoria and Albert museum in London acquired a thirteenth century boxwood staff carved with twenty horizontal relief panels depicting Genesis scenes from creation to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. A similar New Testament handle exists as the Pastoral Staff of St Gautier in Paris. Both date to the thirteenth century and show northern French influence.
The article explains cables as a money market term for orders or transfers and cites Escher's Foreign Exchange Explained. It describes how a New York banker uses a London rate via cablegram to set prices, compares cables to sight drafts and long bills, and notes differing immediate payment when selling cables versus delayed cash from drafts.
The Kilt Society of Scotland issues a treatise on proper wear. Rules require the kilt to reach the knee center in front and no excess fabric below the belt. Ordinary dress calls for a tweed Highlander's jacket and clan tartan kilt with loose stockings and plain black brogues.
An astronomer at Carnegie's Mount Wilson Observatory reports the Earth whirs around the galaxy's center at about 9,000 miles a minute and orbits the Sun at 1,100 miles a minute while turning on its axis daily. The galaxy resembles spiral nebulae with faster inner stars, though unlike a pinwheel the speed varies with radius.
The president received 3 500 to 4 000 letters daily while about 4 000 Americans are over 100. Fort Keogh Montana recorded the coldest U S weather at 65 below zero in January 1888 and northern Siberia hit 90 4 below in January 1885. More than 10 000 000 people attended Roosevelt birthday parties in 6 000 communities on January 30.
San Antonio plans to add more birds and animals to Brackenridge Park Zoo. The park is a southern beauty spot drawing tourists from around the world each year.
Walter Dealey of Dallas age 43 vice president of the A. H. Belo corporation publishers of the Dallas News Evening Journal and the Semi Weekly Farm News died suddenly of a heart attack January 30 in Dallas.
Congressman Clark W. Thomp of Galveston says his district will move into the Ninth in January after redistricting and that he will not seek reelection but will support Congressman J. J. Mansfield.
State Senator Gus Russek will run for re election in the Fifteenth district which comprises Fayette, Austin, Colorado, Waller and Lavaca counties. The report confirms his candidacy and outlines the district composition.
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