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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1940
Page
4
German bombing devastates central London as fires rage through the City Hall Guild Hall and numerous churches. Mrs. Churchill visits bombed districts while prayers rise for survivors as St. Pauls dome looms over ruins.
Speaker Sam Rayburn will leave here late today for Washington to attend the opening of the new session next week. He expects to arrive around the first of several days before the session to meet with the President and others on the program including defense, finance, and revenue measures. Rayburn has been here since shortly before Day, after the House adjourned and prior attempts to override Roosevelt's veto of the Wall Act.
The Royal Air Force reported a heavy attack on troops massed at Valona as Greek forces advance toward a vital port along the coastal road near strategic lines north of the mountains. A building housing ore and ammunition burned in flames after the strike.
President Roosevelt rejected proposals for the United States to initiate a peace movement and promised no American troops would be sent to Europe. He urged continued production to aid Britain and warned the Axis must be defeated, asserting no peace while the Axis seeks global domination. The speech, heard on major networks, reached tens of millions worldwide.
Texas DPS anticipates a surge in fatalities over New Year’s weekend with an estimated 20 deaths on December 31 and January 1. The patrol will conduct continuous operations from Tuesday into Thursday, focusing on major routes into Dallas for the New Year football game and deploying officers to high risk areas statewide.
The Panniaconty AAA Office received 396 conservation checks on Monday for the 1940 AAA farm program. Total checks received this year amount to 6,530 with a value of 416,063.95 dollars.
The British admiralty said a Christmas Day battle in the North Atlantic ended with the sinking of the 8204 ton German steamer Baden, thought to be the raid supply ship for a Nazi raider of the Admiral Hipper class. The 10000 ton Berwick cruiser was damaged with five crew casualties. one merchant ship was lightly hit.
Vichy reports that the frontiers of unoccupied France with both Germany and Italy are sealed. The northern frontier with German-occupied France is closed until Jan 6, and the border with Italy is closed indefinitely.
The Texas Agricultural Workers' Association will hold its annual meeting in San Antonio on January 10. Attendees will discuss union activities and future plans for farm labor advocacy.
London endured one of its worst bombing raids as German planes dropped thousands of bombs over the capital. Incendiaries and high explosives struck landmarks, hospitals, a town hall, a museum, churches, and a brewery. Firefighters and volunteers battled fires, a police officer was killed, and about 400 people sheltered in a church basement after a bomb breached a shelter.
In Seattle on December 30 the AFL Aeronautical Mechanics Union at Boeing voted to exonerate Busines. Hugo Lundquist faced charges of Communist activity. Officers report Stone Keppler and Lundquist were involved. Keppler already found guilty of leanings. The vote trimmed recommended penalties. Lundquist acquitted, Keppler to appeal.
The administration of justice is described as the county’s oldest function in New York, underscoring historic responsibilities carried by local government.
White House said President Roosevelt was tremendously pleased by the favorable response to his emergency war aid pledge to Britain. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early noted bipartisan support and that about 600 messages came in, with most favoring the speech.
Washington December 30 R J Thomas president of the United Automobile Workers CIO charged that a 387500 War Department contract to Ford Motor Company will undermine morale of workers in defense plants He called Ford the most notorious violator of the Wagner Act and said the firm pays the lowest wage in the automobile industry The contract for 1500 light reconnaissance cars was awarded November 27 and a labor official protested that Ford should not receive a contract from a company accused of labor law violations War Department announced on Friday it would stand by the award despite the protest
Texas dairy leaders praise the Boys Baby Build Club project as a statewide effort to uplift farm boys and ranchers. The program pairs breeders and clubs to provide top sires for registered dairy cattle, with a mutual option to buy and a goal of uniform high-quality bulls, while highlighting Texas dairy growth and production needs.
United Press reports Nazi Berlin silent on Roosevelt speech while Rome’s Gayda calls it a step toward undeclared war. Berlin awaits higher orders after the London fire bombing, and Tokyo plans to critique the president as New Year nears.
Rome reports Mussolini orders death for food hoarders as wartime powers expand. A four point decree creates a war economy commission led by Senator Jacopo Gasparault to manage foodstuffs raw materials and industrial output for Italy and its colonies. The move aims to keep East African supplies flowing despite the British blockade.
Wuireo Press reports in Tyler that the S. J. Rotondt et al No 1 Cobb heirs in the Hawkins townsite brought in a new oil field with an estimated 2,500 barrels per day of 29 gravity crude. The field lies three miles south of the Bobby Manaier No 1 Morrison, Wood County's first oil producer completed weeks earlier.
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