15 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1939
Page
1
Assistant Editor Rathmayn Pate and WD F Reid Kaditor entered at the Bonham Texas post office on second class mail matter published daily except Sunday indicating a standard newspaper mailing notice.
Dean Printing company offers 20 percent off all new and used typewriters and adding machines for this month only. Located at 1128 Walnut in Sherman.
The Booneville Savings Bank will close September 1 due to no profitable use of depositor funds, despite $267000 in assets and solvency. The bank, started by five residents with $10000 capital, faced two robberies and a 1927 burglary, with former cashier C C Cook involved in the 1925 shooting across the street.
In Tulare California an odd incident occurred when a truck driven by William E Long spread 12 tons of ads along the highway. The event risked heavy penalties depending on the amount of ketchup used.
Loraine Day, a Long Beach native and descendant of a Mormon family, rose from local theater to MGM contract work in the late 1930s. Her progress included roles with Wallace Beery, appearances in Border G-Men and The Painted Desert, and a swift screen test leading to a significant role. She comes from the Johnson family of Roosevelt Utah and Salt Lake City, with a notable ancestor Charles C Rich who helped found a Mormon colony in California. Her biography notes her humor, verse writing, and light blue eyes, plus MGM credits including Calling Dr. Kildare Tarzan Finds a Son and Northwest Passage.
A home made vanilla ice cream recipe uses condensed milk water vanilla and cream with a chocolate sauce option. The article also mentions a Philadelphia Red Cross flag sewing effort and a timely roll call starting November 11.
The Daily Favorite invites buyers to deliver jean cotton rags at its office noting a payment of six cents per pound for the material.
Remember co starring Robert Taylor and Greer Garson begins production at Culver City Studios with Norman McLeod directing Milton Bren producing and Lew Ayres in a prominent role Billie Burke Reginald Owen George Barbier Sara Haden also cast. Balalaika adds Frank Morgan joining Nelson Eddy Iona Massey Edna May Oliver Una Merkel Walter Woolf King plus others. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer buys Moving Day story by Eric L. Ergenbright for next season.
Details of Britain's air strength are now hidden from foreign secret service eyes. Until recently the Air Force List printed monthly revealed information that in other European nations would be closely guarded. Secret agents receive only brief glimpses of the data now.
Fragmentary text suggests past practice of listing home and overseas armaments and unit details, including officers and pilot counts. It notes future omissions and refers to merchants maintaining steady patronage, indicating secrecy around military data.
The notice describes land buyouts near a dam project with multiple tracts offered for sale or trade. Listings include 40 A near Bonham at $65 per acre, 88 A near Sadler at $25 per acre, 91 A near Sherman at $45, and 205 A near Sherman with similar terms. Other parcels include 134 and 336 A near Ravenna and Sherman with varied prices and conditions. The ad invites buyers to contact Ino Fannin or Grayson County, with no sale fees.
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