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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1944
Page
4
Navy authorities report eleven men killed and others missing after a blast at the ammunition depot near McAlester. Captain Elmer B Wie, commanding officer, said the explosion occurred during a routine transfer of torpedoes from a magazine.
Woodside described a flash and bang as the 11 man crew vanished. Only tiny pieces of the motor truck were recovered, a mix of four depot civilian employees and seven enlisted navy personnel.
Federal agents seized 1716 cases of brand liquor in three Southeastern Colorado towns. A V Anderson of the Alcohol Tax Unit said the stock included whisky rum gin and wine and none bore federal wholesale tax stamps. Spokesmen suggested the caches may have been headed for Kansas and Oklahoma bootleggers.
The report notes the American public has spent over $1,000,500 weekly on chewing gum since 1860 and that the initial investment in the business was $55. This snapshot highlights the industry’s long financial footprint and modest beginnings.
A highway patrol estimate put total losses at 11,500 after a truck crash near Morris Oklahoma overturned and caught fire last night. Two injured were head lacerations and second degree burns. others uninjured. Cargo from Wilson & Co in Oklahoma City valued at 8,000 dollars.
Wess Ferguson sold his grocery store in Ector to Trop Burkhal ter for 17 million dollars. The deal transfers ownership of the business and assets to the buyer.
A tripartite panel hearing will be held in Beaumont to address a dispute among Ne ches Butane Products, Meches, and the Oil Workers International Union Local 228. Union security and seniority are the key issues.
A tripartite panel hearing on an oil dispute will be held tomorrow in Dallas. The Gulf Of Corp. Of Gdewsa War International and frontiers group will present objections to alleged racisification and regrouping of certain roles. Panel members include Dr. D A Meers and W B Arnold, with officials from Alt Christian College and San Antonio Tri Council noted.
Ma and Mrs J W Russell and daughter Charlotte of Fort Worth hunted deer in Southwest Texas. Mrs Russell killed a buck and the daughter also fared well. The report mentions the Russells as a prominent local family with unclear genealogical notes lingering in the text.
The Navy reports the loss of Mount Hood the minesweepers YMS-19 and YMS-335 LCI G 459 and PT 863 in the Central Pacific and the Philippines. Mount Hood exploded at an advance base. the others were due to enemy action. Three men were killed outright. five others and an officer were missing after YMS-19 struck a mine.
The House passes no bill to freeze the social security payroll tax at 1 percent, despite potential presidential veto. The tally shows 262 to 72 against the move. Senate also opposes raising to 2 percent on January 1.
Private First Class Laron D. Shepherd 21 of Bonham Texas received the Combat Infantryman Badge for combat in the Solomons Campaign. He served 19 months overseas as an infantry automatic rifleman with the 87th Division including Bougainville Hill 129 actions. Parents Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Shepherd live on Route 1 Bonham.
London December 6 A P reports the initials naming Greek warring factions. EAM stands for Ethnikon ApeleutherotikON Metopon the national liberation front led by Communists. ELAS is Ellinokos Laikos Apeleutheratikos Stratos the military arm of EAM. EDES denotes Ethnikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos the rightist party.
Nine airmen died when a C-60 training plane from Hondo Army Air Field crashed 18 miles southeast of Bakersfield California. Among the dead was 2nd Lt Jimmie Edward Hoch twenty son ofarry Hoch of San Antonio Texas. Bodies were recovered from a mountainside as the aircraft was on a combat training flight.
War Production Chairman J A Krug said November output of B 29 Superfortresses fell about 20 percent short of Army targets. He noted only 6747 planes of all types were accepted by the Army and Navy in November, roughly 300 below schedule.
The Bonham Chamber of Commerce via Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, arranges three large United States wall maps for Bonham schools including High School, Stephen son School, and the Washington School for Negroes. Earlier maps have been placed at Duncan and Bailey Inglish schools. The maps are updated showing army camps and serve as valuable information sources.
Claude Kirkpatrick S1/c USN participated in the Leyte invasion as part of Allied forces. The report notes his service and role amid the 1944 island campaign.
Seaman Kirkpatrick, overseas for six months and involved in the invasion of the Philippines, returns with his daughter to their home on Fourth Street San Francisco while his father and Mrs H T Kirkpatrick reside near Ninth Street.
Lions Club directors schedule an 8 oclock meeting at the Gem. Curlee Oy resident announces plans to invest in The Future Buy.
A fragmented OCR reads as Saunders Drug facing trouble tied to felon issues and dry goods concerns. Limited legible details mention a business decline and unspecified legal or regulatory pressure affecting operations.
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