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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
3
Philadelphia Aug 28 The United Mine Workers President John Lewis ordered a general strike to start Monday at midnight after the current agreement with operators expires. About 150,000 miners in 328 local unions will halt activity as stockpiles cover a three month supply and no arbitration is expected soon.
Striking area youths attended a recent Union gathering at Club Lake. The evening featured a detour to Pot-Epes and involved chaperones Mrs. Rayburn and Mrs. Edgar Womack, with plans and time well spent.
A debris spill on the Santa Fe tracks in Heidenheimer stops rail traffic for twelve hours after twenty three tank cars derail overnight. No injuries are reported and the cause is listed as unknown.
In Mexia Texas Henry McKenzie shot his wife at their home. Mrs McKenzie, age 15 years old, was wounded but expected to recover. Dallas officers later detained a suspect tied in a car after a confrontation in a Dallas district attorney office.
United Press reports fighting broke out near Canton at Whampoa military school. Cadets described as reds exchanged volleys while gendarmerie detachments reportedly fought alongside anti Bolshevik forces in the disturbance. In Texas, former Governor Ferguson announces relief for drought area with cotton seed sales at half price through the state prison system.
Texas and Pacig plan to reassign a locomotive crew to operate a new Dodger Run between Paris and Clarksville, shifting the Bonham to Clarksville service. Three crew members are to be assigned to the route, allowing workers to be home each night and redefining passenger service intervals as business needs evolve. The change aims to reduce through-train crews and adjust schedules, with potential future restorations to morning and night eastbound trains if business improves.
United Press dispatch from Hong Kong dated August 28 says Whampoa cadets led by Russian officers have seized control of the Canton government. Some fighting is reported, and the red forces appear to hold the situation.
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