18 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1939
Page
1
Bonham Public Schools announce mandatory smallpox vaccination for all pupils entering the district. Opening date set for September 11 to ensure children are fit for entering school work. no exemptions allowed. Parents urged to secure certificates of vaccination, especially for six year olds and newcomers to the district.
Oil firms including Sinclair Continental and Texas Co. are accused of price fixing and forming a combine. Federal officials monitor the situation with possible emergency federal control if needed. Kilgore operators plan to keep shipping stored oil with many storage tanks in East Texas about 75 percent empty.
Mining of manganese resumes in Kings County after 44 year lapse. Mines in Markhamville have yielded the richest samples yet found in Canada, according to Canadian American geologists.
Malaria symptoms include chills and fever treated by Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. Marketed as effective, it claims to contain quinine iron and to fight malaria in the blood. Advertises ease of use, pleasant taste, and wide availability at drugstores with a large size option.
Elkins Grocers defeated the league leading Pumpers 6-2 to climb to second place. A big second inning built a 4-0 lead with hits, errors, and walks fueling the rally. Perry and others added runs as Pumpers managed two in the later innings.
The report details G Smith at right end Tar ey at left half back Clyde Hall at left tackle and a large backfield lineup including Parsons Conley Williams and de Parme with candidates like Bragg Birdwell McCarry and Kelly. It also lists a full schedule with games at Whitesboro North Dallas Denison Menton Sherman Commerce Paris Chainesville Sulphur Springs and Honey Grove. In a separate note Benny Nelson of Dubuque, with ten children, faces eviction after police report, and Judge Plautsch gives him a week to find housing.
The government set prices near 16 cents per pound and extended loan maturities. About 3 to 5.27 thousand bales from 193 ration on which loans averaged nine cents a pound expired. Loans on 4.48 million bales from 1839 cotton extended to July 3 1940. A barter deal with Great Britain calls for 600000 bales of cotton for rubber.
Former Governor Sterling, ex president of Humble Oil, endorses a five cent tax on oil production to fund pension revenue. He criticizes current proration and asserts the tax would offset heavy taxation. Tulsa reports note Bell Gas restores prior crude price by 20 cents per barrel, reversing a recent cut as six states end field closures.
James Fulton's Goodbye Mr Chips screens at the American Theatre starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson. The MGM English production follows a kindly English schoolmaster from youth to elder age, shaping generations of boys at a large school.
Funeral services for Whitey Webb formerly of the Gober community will be at Gober Baptist church Friday at 1:30 PM. Webb died at his Dallas home Wednesday. Survivors include two sons Wiley and Woodrow of Dallas, four daughters Mrs E L Moore Abernathy, Mrs Malcolm Gee Dallas, Ida Mae and Elizabeth B both of Dallas, and three sisters Mrs C W James Dallas Mrs W O Moore Jasper Tenn and Mrs J D Massengale South Pittsburg Tenn.
The article notes a requirement for transport planes to use specified propellers or equivalents at the earliest feasible date. It mentions several operators already installing the equipment and urges the Civil Aeronautics Administration to consider this in setting airmail rates.
During the World War period, football and cricket matches unfold at renowned English schools, delivering thrilling moments and skilled human interest under the deft direction of Sam Wood.
A fragment discusses the financial impact of a proposed requirement on the industry and the burden it would impose. The note focuses on cost considerations and potential economic strain for stakeholders.
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