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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1924
Page
1
Federal officers disclosed a massive theft in Chicago as a warehouse was looted of liquors valued at 1,000,000 dollars. Soldiers patrolled the building during the robbery. Fifteen steel doors were pried open and padlocks stripped as hijackers moved in unseen.
Aniakke Tr. December 6 Physicians attend Gay nor Len Small and family after their car was struck by another vehicle last night. The Small car overturned but none of them are seriously injured.
Isador Shepehi was arrested by Des Moines authorities on a charge of embezzling $100,000 from a defunct United States Bank. Gambling is blamed for defalcations in the report from United Press filed in Memphis.
J T Jenkins of near Savoy, recently stricken with paralysis, is reported to be improving as neighbors and family note gradual recovery and better health.
Revolting trial disclosures in Hanover report Fritz Haarmann accused of murdering twenty seven boys. He confessed to details of each crime and implicated Hugo Witowski and Hans Granz as co conspirators. Haarmann said he killed the boys by biting their throats with fang like teeth and dismembering them and selling their clothing.
Veterans exposed to fake associations were defrauded by drafters who promised faster compensation or benefits. The Veterans Bureau will join with the Justice and Post Office departments in a joint investigation after complaints from veterans and disabled soldiers who were charged money for supposed expedited cases.
Ming Candleton enjoyed a good night and sat up awhile this morning, a sign of improvement that will bring cheer to many friends.
Washington Dec 6 With the senate adjourned the house prepared to pass the first of a series of appropriation bills for the Interior Department. The measure is expected to be adopted as senate adjournment came over a dispute over the MuscIe Shoals bill and administration opinion.
Washington December 6 the agricultural bill carrying 124 million dollars in appropriations an increase of 58 million over last year has been reported to the house by the appropriations committee. The bill carries 80 million dollars for road construction.
President Coolidge is back at his desk today after his Chicago livestock show trip. He is expected to decide promptly on the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill currently pending in the Senate.
More than five thousand preachers nationwide are urged to observe Golden Rule Sunday by personally practicing the rule. Clergymen are asked to eat a four-cent orphanage meal and appeal for support of Near East refugee orphans. The Federal Council bulletin emphasizes the Golden Rule's compelling Christian appeal.
In Boston Rev. William B. Ayers of Wollaston argues ministers should avoid chaplaincy in the armed forces. He says there is no God in the Army, only a book of rules, and would serve as a stretcher bearer in another war. He warns ministers must choose preaching or conformity to military structure. Chaplain Harry C. Fraser defends ministers serving in the Army.
A church call to action urges Christians in the United States to lead in universal neighborliness. It notes Armenians’ famine plight and pledges a December 7 noon dinner to reflect their hardships and inspire gifts equal to their needs.
Attorney General Stone ordered the Kansas Journal-Post income tax publicity case appealed to the supreme court. The paper said the case arising from publication of income tax returns was dismissed on a demurrer alleging a constitutional rights violation.
The Blue Bird schooner with twelve crew members stranded by a storm was salvaged today 497 miles off Cape Haterras by the coast guard cutter Sereea. The crew was in starving condition when rescued after weeks adrift in a heavy gale. Other helpless vessels are being sought.
Gordon Dunn Jr. reported this morning that he is fairly well but in a very weakened condition.
Reports on the new waterworks addition indicate steady progress and improved infrastructure for Bonham and nearby towns. Citizens expect modernized systems, better service, and an upgraded school building once improvements proceed, with ongoing public demand for urban enhancements.
A recipe note describes pancakes and fresh pork sausage prepared to taste and fried to a crispy brown. It urges readers to order the sausage and pancake flour now for breakfast tomorrow morning.
Jersey City December 6. Hudson County authorities have begun arrangements for the trial of twelve men indicted after an investigation into the landing under police protection of a $50,000,000 cargo of liquor. The commissioner of police and ten policemen are under arrest. It is charged that saloons supplied with liquor are running wide open.
The retrial of W. S. Stewart, indicted two years ago in connection with Texas and frauds, has been set for February 23. Stewart was convicted in the first trial and sentenced to five years. he appealed, the case was reversed and remanded, with Federal James Elliott of North Dakota to preside.
In Talladega Florida on December 6 engineers puzzled by the sudden loss of two million gallons of water from a new municipal reservoir. The water disappeared seconds after the reservoir dropped and it was being pumped to a filtration plant as the city plans additional reservoirs.
Washington reports a hitch in French debt funding talks may push the final settlement back for months. Disagreements over discrimination claims and U.S. debt commission splits, plus informal protests via the British ambassador, delayed plans to grant France a two percent interest rate on its four billion debt.
The American vice-consul Harry Dayton was shot three times by a Lithuanian girl. He lies in a Belgrade hospital in a des patch state.
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