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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1925
Page
6
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A Chicago basement furnace fire swept a thirty unit apartment house, killing ten and seriously injuring four. Firefighters and police saved others from the blaze, while ten victims were found burned in the building. The line of investigation focuses on the furnace origin as residents await word on further casualties.
United Press report from Lufkin dated January 81 says Henry J. Vickey 21 died when a car plunged down an embankment at Corrigan. Two others were injured though their names and conditions were not learned.
Seven more deaths attributed to the recent storm are reported in New York State. A man and a child froze to death at Syracuse. Two more people died in New York City. Two were killed at Saratoga Springs when a locomotive was wrecked.
Relief from Nome's diphtheria threat nears as Leonard Seppala drives his dog team westward from Kalagu area with 200000 units of antitoxin. Epidemic reported at a standstill as supplies move toward Nome.
In Chicago on January 31 an appeal for a new trial was prepared for Colonel Charles Forbes former head of the veteran bureau and John W Thompson a St. Louis contractor who were found guilty by a Federal grand jury on a conspiracy to defraud the government in bureau hospitalisation contracts. Hearings are scheduled for Wednesday.
Sinking earth near Malleyville Oklahoma caused the city hall and a three story YMCA building to be ruined and cracks appeared along the business district. Ants abandoned the YMCA site as wide fissures formed and tunnels 150 feet below in abandoned coal mines threaten further collapse.
Worner Collins of Leonard reports the city has sent the park woods deed to Austin for state park consideration. Leonard’s fairgrounds and athletic field occupy the area, praised as a top local recreation space. The editorial urges nearby Bonham to follow Leonard’s example and invest in public playgrounds. Trade in a Bunham and be satisfied.
A sensational murder trial in Dallas ended with the jury verdict of five years and the defense seeking a new trial. The case drew wide attention as prosecutors and defense attorneys argued over the evidence and legal standards used. The judge closed the courtroom after the verdict, with motion practice expected in the coming days.
William Lester Crawford, son of the late Colonel W L Crawford and former master of the Texas criminal courts, was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Paul O Day. He was sentenced to five years and his attorneys said they would appeal.
United Press reports Fred Milton and Harold Crosby, two youths, were arrested in New York on charges of stealing gems valued at 40,000 from Mrs. Dorothy Clendes of Kansas City Missouri, with the theft dated in October. The case details were provided today.
Last night Officer Dalton arrested Ralph Roberts on a charge of driving while intoxicated. The car held two other men and a woman who fled as the officer searched the vehicle. Roberts had three bottles of jake on his person, five more in the car, and cocoa cola. A prior speeding record by a party arrested by Dalton is noted, with a 67 mph chase by a motorcycle officer.
Dr. O. C. Nevill and wife returned from Ft. Worth where they visited Monte L. Nevill who lost his right arm in a switch engine accident. He was on a car that was bumped causing him to be thrown under a wheel, a fellow worker pulled him free. He rested well last night and will return to Fort Worth to stay a few days with his brother until his condition allows.
Tango on Jan 31 reports nine members of the Indian government sloop Elphinstone missing after the vessel wrecked off Nicobar Island in a storm. Survivors taken to lifeboats as the ship ran ashore. no one reported saved.
Washington January 31 The house ways and means committee reported a resolution asking the house to return the postal salaries bill to the senate The measure is said to infringe the house right to originate revenue bills per the committee statement
Government Agent Harry Gray reports Wynmannin county cotton ginned this season reached about 76,187 bales, far above last year's figure at the same date. Acreage increased though yield per acre was likely not as high as a year ago.
A Washington statement notes widespread failure to deduct the earned income credit under the new law. It explains that no income up to 5000 dollars is earned for credit purposes, and details how to treat mixed income from salary and real estate actions for 1924.
A storefront extols careful service and excellence in groceries and meat. It urges customers to call phones 9 and 67 for ordering as a quick, convenient shopping method.
United Press reports both houses in Washington set in motion to enact farm relief before March adjournment. The White House backed measure aims to ease farming distress as committees in the state legislature meet to clear agenda items totaling over 300 proposed bills.
A violent storm blew the Londonberry-Wondonport Express off its tracks on a mountain viaduct. Three people were killed and ten injured as grain toppled and crashed 1007 feet below.
In Athens today the expulsion of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate from Constantinople by the Angora government sparks anger across Greece. Deputies in parliament confront tensions as public talk and indignation surge over the seven-year crisis and deteriorating Greek-Turkish relations.
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