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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
3
William Hale Thompson appointed Charles Fitzmorris as police chief with a mandate to jail every gunman criminal and bootlegger. He ordered a clean slate, raided gambling dives and vice dens, and held mass identifications at police headquarters as raids continued.
Fitsmorris appoints new police chief on his first day and immediately arrests a bandit sought for weeks. He declares no influence can remove a Chicagoan from trouble as the department takes firm action.
In a Commons showdown, a Liberal amendment to cap government appropriations at 60 800 000 pounds yearly failed by 21 votes to 66. A substitute proposed by the government to instruct the expenditure committee passed 807 to 30. The debate touched imperial defense and the navy, with ministers insisting on safety and a cautious approach to capital ships. Drummers samples offered for Christmas, and a North Side store rental advertised at 30 dollars per month.
Deputy Sheriff Leenan attended civic matters in needful Grove and met Joe Rone this morning. Mrs McA fallon visited Sherman. Povawontas Pape and June Wir traveled to Tulsa and other Oklahoma cities. Several locals report conditions akin to Barnktoof Poor So. Andree returns from a voyage to Magna in New York. Maeae Fermarty remembered by locals. Wood & Gen. John Pathe cited among attendees.
Memphis dispatch reports a 50 percent cut in 2021 cotton production and one third of total area devoted to cotton, backed by Southern bankers merchants and farmers. A new township by township organization to enforce pledges and restrict credit to noncompliant growers is established, with border warehouses and cooperative farming promoted to stabilize prices.
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