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THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE XLV BRYAN, TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1931. (By Associated Press) The People's Column While growers of cotton and state officials are attempting to work out some plan for remedying conditions in the cotton indus. try, the rank and file of the peoare in a position to do something toward this end. Reports from fashion headquarters have been that cotton fabrics have grown in popularity. A recent fashion show at Texas A.

M. College demonstrated that cotton fabrics may be used for dresses for all occasions. Men's clothing may be made of cotton and this summer many men have worn clothing of this kind. All of us are in a position to make more use of cotton and if each one of us would think to do this, there would be much more cotton used, even if new uses were not found for it. This movement should.

be especially strong in the South, not only because of the interest in improving the cotton industry, but because of climatic conditions. SOUTHERNER. ABOUT BRYAN John Lang, Joe Frazier, and Vernon Webb, all of Hillsboro, stopped over in Bryan Sunday and Sunday night for a visit with their friend, Coulter Hoppess, as they were enroute to. Galveston for a vacation visit of several days. The boys left early this morning in their car, continuing their journey to Galveston.

C. D. Marrs of College Station went to Madisonville this afternoon, where he will speak before the Chamber of Commerce tonight on the subject of "Malaria Control." Dr. E. P.

Hutchings of Torbett Sanitarium, Marlin, was a visitor in Bryan Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. J. Elmer Reed of Navasota spent Sunday in Bryan with Mrs. Reed's aunt, Mrs.

W. L. Powers and family. LINDY LANDED WHERE PLANES NOT ALLOWED SOME JAPANESE OFFICIALS HOLD CIRCUMSTANCES SUSPICIOUS TOKYO, Aug. (P) The Rengo News Agency reported certain Japanese authorities considered circumstances of the Lindbergh flight suspicious, as landing is prohibited in waters of the Kurile Islands.

High government officials apparently failed to take the report seriously. The Lindberghs reached Nemuro today after five days and four forced landings on their way from Petropavlovsk. A great crowd' gave them an ovation. POLICE SEEK LOSER OF DIAMOND BROOCH Bryan police received a wire today from the chief of police at Fort Worth to the effect that a man, being heid there, had a diamond bar pin in his possession which he said he had found in an auditorium at Bryan. The man gave his name as A.

L. Walston. Local police know no such man and have had no report of such a loss. They are attempting to discover if any resident here lost such a pin and if so, where and when. Davis Will Hold Court for Price; Advises Sterling Judge W.

C. Daris, presiding judge of the 85th Judicial district and also of the Second Adminis- I trative Judicial district, will hold court at Brenham the week beginning Sept. 7, in place of Judge J. B. Price of Bastrop, presiding judge of the 21st district, who is disqualified until the senate tries him on the impeachment charges! filed with that body by the house of representatives.

Saturday Governor R. S. Sterling called Judge Davis and conferred with him about the matter. Judge Datis said he either could name a man to preside or could sit himself and finally decided on the latter course. This was requested, too, by the Washington County Ear Association, Cabinet Falls Long's Cotton Plan WHEN LINDY MOORED HIS PLANE NEAR NOME Associated Press Photo Col.

Charles A. Lindbergh is shown as he moored his big black monoplane in 1 Safety bay near Nome, Alaska, when he and Mrs. Lindbergh stopped there enroute to Japan. Mrs. Lindbergh, bundled in flying togs, is shown standing between.

Mr. and Mrs. Grant Jackson, the Lindberghs' hosts at the once a famous gold camp. DOLLAR OFFER FOR OIL MADE IN OKLAHOMA TWO MAJOR COMPANIES IN FIELD POST IT TODAY OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. (P) -R.

D. McManus, aide to Governor Murray who is in Memphis for the unemployment conference, announced that two major oil oil companies had agreed to $1 per barrel for oil in Oklahoma and 60 to 72 cents in Texas. The names were not announced. Phillips Petroleum Company already has offered $1. Cicero Murray said the fields would be open only when all major companies post $1.

He expected others to follow, probably tomorrow and said the amount of oil to be released would depend on the condition of the market. Holy Land Trip Is Discussed by Local Traveler Mrs. Dona Carnes who, since her return from a trip to the Holy Land last year, has given many accounts of her trip in lectures which she prepared while there and which she illustrates with many souvenirs, pictures and art collections, spoke twice Sunday to large audiences by special invitation. On Friday night Mrs. Carnes was the guest speaker at a banquet given by the Amoma Class of the College Avenue Baptist church.

Sunday morning at 9:30 she spoke at' a general assembly of the College Avenue Sunday School and Sunday evening at 8 o'clock Mrs. Carnes filled the pulpit of Rev. R. L. Brown at the Baptist church at College Station.

BARRON CAR DAMAGED News was received in Bryan this afternoon that the car owned by P. L. Barron of Wellborn had collided with another car near Wellborn and was badly damaged. No one was hurt but both cars were damaged. Further details of the accident were not given.

Two Negroes Die In Affrays; Two Held for Murder Two negroes, each charged with murder, are in the county jail as the result of a shooting and a stabbing in Brazos county Sunday. The alleged slayers are Bill Carr, who is said to have fatally stabbed Emmett Thornton, and Early Hall, said to have shot Clarence Webster to death. According to Sheriff J. H. Reed Bill Carr and Thornton got into an argument Sunday on the John M.

Moore farm near Kurten and Carr stabbed Thornton in the heart. The Webster killing took place on the Elmer Weeden farm near Harvey. Webster was shot thru heart, it is claimed, by Hall during an argument, On Finds Budget Opposition MacDonald Resigns Associated Press Photo Premier Ramsey McDonald, premier of Great Britain and his Labor government, resigned today. He has been asked by King George to form a coalition cabinet, such as functioned during the World War, to devise a plan for balancing the budget, faced with a $600,000,000 deficit. Man Found Dead Below Millican From Galveston The body of the man who was found dead on Highway No.

6, south of Millican, last Thursday morning, was identified today as that of Zak Hignight of Galveston, by a cousin, William H. Ginn. The body will be shipped to Galveston tonight. According to Mr. Ginn, the dead (man had no near relatives.

He is thought to have fallen from the truck on which he had been riding and suffered a concussion of the brain, which caused death. Well Known Man Of This County Taken by Death Funeral services were held this morning at ten o'clock for the late Joe J. Kopecky, whose death occurred at the family farm home in Rye community Saturday at 8:30 p. m. after an illness of two weeks.

Rev. J. B. Gliessner of St. Joseph's Catholic church officiated at the services at home and also at the grave in the Smetana cemetery where interment was made.

Joe J. Kopecky, had been a citizen of Brazos county for 61 years at the time of his death. He was born in Czecho-Slovakia September 4, 1863, and when he was six years of age he came to the United States. He grew to manhood here and was married to his wife who passed away several years ago. Ten children survive the deceased, four sons and six daughters as follows: Lee Kopecky, Bryan; Paul, John and Joe Kopecky, of Rye community; Mrs.

A. L. Higgs, Rye; Mrs. John Chajka, Wheelock; Mrs. Fred Wehrman, Smetana; Mrs.

Charles Gardner and Mrs. William Stasney, Bryan; Miss Ella Kopecky of Rye, A member of the Bohemian Lodge C. S. P. S.

of Bryan and also of other fraternal organizations of Brazos county, the deceased was regarded as a useful and successful citizen. He operated a large farm and a cotton gin in the Rye community and also owned and operated a gin in the Wheelock community. The funeral was largely attended and his grave in the church cemetery at Smetana was covered with exquisite flowers, gifts from friends and relatives in this and other cities of the state. Eagle Employee Learns of Death Of Grandmother J. R.

Tatman received a message this morning telling him of the death of his grandmother, Mrs. F. W. Hamilton, 87 years old, of Teague, at 6 o'clock this morning. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.

Mr. Tatman will attend the funeral, Crisis Here BELIEVE THAT UPSET BOUND TO BE RESULT Acreage Reduction By Some Method Thot Better Move NEW CROP PROGRAM Is Sought By One Who Questions Value of Proposal The plan proposed by Governor Huey P. Long and adopted by the New Orleans Cotton Conference last Friday, which would result in no planting of cotton in this 1932, was widely discountry in in- Bryan today. This was the result, not only of interest in the plan, but because Gevernor R. S.

Sterling was attempting to check sentiment before deciding to call a special session of the Legislature, as Governor Long and the conference urged, to enact legislation prohibiting cotton planting in this state next year. Action by Texas is necessary to the plan, under the agreement reached at New Orleans. This provided that the plan would not be operative unless states representing three fourths of the production area enacted such legislation. Men active in the cotton and banking industries of Bryan were interviewed this morning. The majority were opposed to the Long plan, though there was a strong sentiment for some curtailment of acreage.

The statements of these Bryan business men follow: 41 am not in favor of the Long proposal," said H. O. Boatwright, president of First National Bank, this morning, "I believe that a drastie reduction in acreage would bring about an improvement in the cotton industry, but we cannot completely abandon the crop. What would the farmer plant that (Continued on page 6) Clinic of Bryan Is Inspected by Many on Sunday More than five hundred registered at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic during its formal opening for public inspection between the hours of 2:30 and 6 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Visitors were greeted in the foyer by Dr.

and Mrs. L. 0. Wilkerson, Dr. and Mrs.

T. T. Walton and Dr. and Mrs. Sid Perry, and were conducted through the building by Miss Gene Watson, Mrs.

E. N. Way, Miss Plagens and Mrs. Emma Gustavus, who will assist with office management and be in charge as nurses. In addition to the hundreds of iocal people from Bryan and surrounding territory who called during the afternoon to extend congratulations and best wishes for this new establishment, the following -town nurses and doctors were here to express their professional interest in the new clinic: Dr.

Herbert E. Hipps, Dr. Claire S. Milley, Dr. Edgar P.

Hutchins and Dr. Howard Smith, all of Marlin; Dr. W. F. Masskod of Brenham and Dr.

Wm. Greenwood of Navasota. Nurses: A. Valigura, M. Valigura and Sarah Kervin of Marlin.

Neva Duncan and E. J. Woodward: of Navasota; sisters of St. Francis, Brenham; Dr. S.

D. Coleman, Navasota; Dr. and Mrs. C. M.

Cole, Bedias; Dr. E. Herman, Brenham and Dr. Murphy Allison, Marlin. WEATHER (Special to The Eagle) NEW ORLEANS, Aug.

24. -For Bryan and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. East Texas: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Probably showers in northwest and lower Rio Grande Valley. West Texas: Partly cloudy.

Probably showers, INCENDIARIES SEEK TO FIRE THIRD CHURCH Gasoline Soaked Rags Are Found By Soldiers OFFICER JUST MISSED Shot At By Unknown Man, Car Filled With Rags KILGORE, Aug. 24. (P) Martial law headquarters were quiet today after incindiary fires yesterday destroyed only two churches and attempts were made to burn other buildings. The last attempt was at 2 a. m.

today, when soldiers found gasoline soaked rags in an old Baptist church now used as a grocery. Special guards were posted over town. An unidentified man drove thru the military camp early this morning, firing a gun and nearly hitting Colonel Lawrence McGee. The man escaped. Guards captured the automobile to find rags apparently for use in starting fires inside.

Six are held for investigation. KILGORE, Aug. An outburst of incendiary fires and threats of others aroused authoriSunday in Kilgore, the headquarters for military occupation in the East Texas oil fields. Kilgore's two churches burned to the ground under mysterious circumstances during the two-hour period beginning shortly before noon. Sunday afternoon, gasoline soaked rags started fires at a seed house and gin and under the structure housing a wholesale grocery concern on the main street.

They were quickly controlled. County officers were advised anonymously telephone they better watch" their jail here, a building of flimsy frame construction. It is subordinate to the main county jail at Longview, the county seat. A special guard was thrown about the jail immediately, as a number of prisoners were lodged in it. Brig.

Gen. Jacob F. Wolters, in seneral command of the oil field area under a martial law proclamation which shut down 1,600 wells in the East Texas field, first announced after the churches had burned that he would leave the investigation to civil officials. Later he personally joined in the inquiry after fires in the seed house and grocery establishment were discovered. The Methodist church, the second to burn, was adjacent to the 'hotel where the general was registered and a time the wing of the hotel where his room is located was menaced by flames.

General Wolters was not at the hotel. The Presbyterian church first (Continued on page 5) Aviation Field Is Needed Here, Fliers Contend Miss Frances Gale, a commercial flier and pilot from Fort Worth, is reported to have been forced to land here on Sunday afternoon enroute to Houston for the purpose of replenishing her gasoline supply and she is said to have taxied around and about for more than an hour in search of a safe landing field. This is but one of several instances reported lately, where flyers have made impromptu landings here for some unanticipated reason and the lack of a designated and properly equipped landing field is particularly noticeable in such instances. Flyers who plan a landing here often are given information in advance which is of assistance in locating a safe if not entirely satisfactory landing, but the casual flyer, forced down for any reason whatever finds the lack of designated landing facilities hazardous as well as inconvenient. KING ASKS I HE WILL FORM NEW CABINET Will Include Member Of All Parties As In War $600,000,000 DEFICIT Is Faced and Plan To Balance This Is Opposed PROF.

AND MRS. MARSHALL LEAVE FOR GARWOOD Prof. and Mrs. E. G.

Marshall and children will leave early on Tuesday for Garwood, Colorado county, where Prof. Marshall will be superintendent of schools during the coming year. Prof. Marshall taught in the schools there in 1925-27 and for the past two years he has been an instructor at Allen Academy. Tick Eradication Will Be Started Here in Autumn According to information received from Dr.

H. C. Darby of the State Livestock Sanitary Commission, Dr. C. W.

Brown, who for several months has been engaged with work under the direction of that organization in Cass county, will come to Bryan about September 1 and will establish headquarters here, taking up preliminary work in preparation for an active tick eradication program. It is anticipated that systematic dipping work will be ordered into effect by state and federal author. ities not later than March of 1932 and possible during the autumn season. American Fliers To Turkey Greet Home Folk Today NEW YORK, Aug. 24- Russell Boardman and John Polando, who flew a nonstop flight from New York to Istanbul, Turkey, breaking the distance were officially welcomed on arriving on the liner Excelibur.

They jumped from the liner to the City Tug Macom to greet their wives. Customs officials made them postpone kisses until the usual formalities were met. Woman Is Killed By Her Husband; Companion Shot SEMINOLE, Aug. (P)- -Mrs. Alice Menick, 18, mother of two children, was killed, and Andy Shores, 28, critically shot about midnight in an automobile at the home of Mrs.

Mary Pemberton with whom she had been living. She was estranged from her husband, Claude Menick, who was arrested. He had been waiting near the Pemberton home. Two Men Sought For Robbery of Bottling Plant HOUSTON. Aug.

Police are hunting two men who robbed Ed Isaac, junior office manager of the Coca-Cola Bottling Works, escaping in a car with about $1,700 in cash. They entered the office asking for work. When told none was, available they drew a pistol, took the money and fled. BANDITS HOLD MISSIONARIES, REPORT SAYS THIRTY ARE IMPRISONED ABOUT 250 MILES FROM PEIPING PEIPING, China, Aug. (P) -Native newspaper dispatches from Tsinanfu said 30 American missionaries were imprisoned by Bandits at Tamingfu, 250 miles south of Peiping.

Government troops are, besieging the bandits, led by Liukwei Tang. The missionaries are of the Nazarene Mennonite and National Holiness churches. Jewish New Year Or Rash Hashanah To Be Observed The Jewish New Year or Rosh will be traditionally observed throughout the world begin. ning on Friday evening, September 11th, and continuing until sundown of the following day. The day is one of pious and reverent devotion which ushers in a period of repentance lasting for ten days.

This period, which includes the Sabbath of Repentance, reaches its climax in the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. The foundation for the observance of Rosh Hashanah goes back to biblical times. Through the ages the festival has gained in import and has gathered about itself some of the loftiest moral and religious concepts of our civilization. On Rosh Hashanah the Jew attempts to gain a true knowledge of his place in the order of things. He acknowledges the greatness of God and looks upon Him as the source of his being, while confessing within himself his own weaknesses and sins.

The Jew attempts on this day to purge himself and begin anew with firm resolve to follow his noblest impulses. Rosh Hashanah is the traditional day for the exchange of greetings and good wishes and for the para doning dividuals. of The grievances day is between joyfully ob- inserved along with its devotional character. The House of Worship is adorned in white; the music and the liturgy are adapted to the penitential themes of the day, and the service is signalized with the blowing of the Shofar, the rams' horn. Bryan Folks Visit Friends in London Mr.

and Mrs. Milton Sims have received a letter from their daugh. Iter, Mrs. Robert Stiles, whose home is in London, England, telling of a day which she spent recently at the country home of Mr. and Mrs.

W. S. Howell, near Paris, during the time that they had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. W.

S. Howell of Bryan. A feature of this visit with homefolk, according to Mrs. Stiles, was a chance to see the Sultan of Turkey and his court then quartered in Paris, this opportunity coming through the fact that the younger Mr. Howell is connected with the diplomatic service of Paris.

LONDON, Aug. 24- (P) J. Ramsey McDonald's Labor Cab. inet resigned, facing a financial crisis. King George asked Former Premier MacDonald to form a temporary non-party government, cluding Conservatives and Liberals, to balance the budget.

Stanley Baldwin, former Conservative premier, will be a minister. Lloyd George, Liberal and former mier, is ill. It will be similar to the coalition government during the World- War. Ramsey MacDonald has been premier for two years this time. His cabinet fell on the budget.

threatened with a $600,000,000 deficit. It is proposed to levy $300,000, 000 in new taxes and cut the same amount from expenditures, mostly from the dole paid the unem ployed. The Trades Union Congress refused to yield on the dole and position parties opposed new taxes WIFE IS SHOT BY MATE, THEN HE ENDS LIFE POLICE FIND NOTE THAT POINTS TO SUICIDE AGREEMENT PORT ARTHUR Aug. (M W. P.

Cash, 25, killed himself ter fatally wounding his wife her apartment here, She died a hospital. A note found in his pocket dat ted Sunday, said he intended to kill his wife and himself. I ried the signatures of both, the police scouted the suicide theory. The note referred to pace health. Cash shot his wife twice, fired at his sister-in-law, Mrs.

R. Arminter, and then shot himself. Cotton and Gra The cotton market showed improvement today. closed 20 points up. Local were quoted from to cents.

WHEAT High Low Close September December 2 March May 563 CORN September 40 December 37 37 March 40 Will Rogers Says To the Editor of The Eagle: SANTA MONICA, Cal Aug, 24. -Best news in a whole bale of Sunday papers was from Senator (wouldn't think it, would you?) Senator Jim Couzens offered a million to Detroit's relief fnnd. A few examples like that early before the cold sets in will have great effect. Young Insull in Chicago is doing some fine work. That's the best thing about Mr.

Hoover's big committee. It's what they will give themselves and get their friends to give that will make them valuable. Our rich are mighty liberal when the real showdown comes, so thank you, Jim. We will cable your friend Andy about this. Yours, WILL.