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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1936
Page
4
A Gonzales County Fair and Pecan Exposition opened in Gonzales on Tuesday and will run through the week. About 45,000,000 votes are estimated to be cast in the general election on November 8. The publication notes it is published every Friday with subscription details.
Governor Alfred M Landon toured California and other Western states this week as campaigns intensified. Gonzales county reported cotton ginnings of 3497 bales by October 1, up from 7000 bales at the same date a year ago.
Former president Herbert Hoover enters the political arena to support Governor Alf Landon as his candidacy for the presidency gains traction.
By October 1 Fayette county recorded 65291 bales of cotton ginned, well above the 8884 bales ginned by the same date last year, indicating a strong harvest pace and higher yields this season.
San Antonio hosts 750 factories producing 2000 distinct items. The sector employs 25,000 workers with an annual payroll exceeding 50 million dollars.
President Roosevelt wrapped up a 5000 mile journey that took him through Nebraska Colorado and other Western and Midwestern states. He urged supporters to rally for the coming elections and outlined policy priorities.
Mrs Herbert Hoover was re elected president of the Girl Scouts of America at the annual convention in Cincinnati last week.
Vice President John N Garner spoke over a nationwide hookup Saturday night defending the Roosevelt administration. He reviewed the achievements of the administration and concluded that the United States is a big country needing a big president saying the safest thing for the country is the re election of President Roosevelt.
Connecticut’s blood test law cuts marriages. In five months 1 813 marriages vs 3 468 year ago, a 47 percent drop. Elopers from nearby states crossed borders to avoid testing. Health officials call the law highly successful with tests finding disease in about 1 in 100.
Eleven year old Sam Owen Jr of Bassett Arkansas survived after doctors in Memphis removed his own blood from the right side of his body following a gunshot wound and transfused it back into a leg vein. The diagonal bullet path damaged internal vessels but the self transfusion saved the boy's life.
The San Cruz municipal wharf uses an official mechanical engineer who set a record by coaxing 50 rats to leap from the pier into the ocean. The city council affirms his pay as long as the pier stays free of rats.
Shiner Texas October 15 Martin Dusek and Miss Mary Marek wed Tuesday at Sts Cyril and Methodius Church officiated by Father E J Bily.
In Flatonia Texas on October 14 Wesley son of Henry Hoe fenbrook broke his arm while practicing with the high school football team.
Archbishop A J Crossaerts of San Antonio and 12 visiting priests joined Rev Father Joe Pustka at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Flatonia Texas to confirm a class of 78.
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