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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1934
Page
3
Washington reports the Fletcher-Rayburn bill to regulate stock exchanges nears final Congressional approval as the Senate accepts the conference report. The House is expected to act, with Roosevelt’s signature assured, aiming to spur financing and revive the capital goods market.
An explosive laden car on the Alameda waterfront caused a dramatic standoff as Frank Bennett, calling himself king for a day, debated detonating five tons of dynamite. Police halted the threat, Bennett surrendered, and he was taken to a mental facility as Roosevelt policies gain broad support in a national poll with mixed state results.
Whtey Walker, described as the hero of the First State Bank burglary in Marlin, Texas, received a 99 year prison term from a McLennan County jury today after stealing about $43,000 last winter.
State Cream Grading Committee chairmen report progress on the Texas cream grading program. The actual grading begins June 1, with cream buyers paying grade premiums based on butterfat content. Meetings across major cream buying points educate station operators and dairy schools about grades and penalties. The program, part of a national effort to improve creamery butter quality, is expected to boost Texas producer income significantly.
A chaotic OCR fragment describes widespread record breaking across states including Des Moines and Chicago with mentions of compulsory events and a convention. The text is fragmented but hints at a major day with multiple locations and activities.
May 31 Fort Worth reports the first carload of graded 1934 wheat harvested in the United States sold for a favorable price. The grain grown in Grandfield Oklahoma on Porter Hickson’s farm and shipped by G. P. Carroll was purchased by J. W. Warthar local buyer for the Wich-Fat Mall and Elevator Co. and resold to Ki. F Kimbell for the Kimbell Diamond Co of Fort Worth at about 107 2/3 cents per bushel.
Agents advertise certificates for round purchases totaling $1865 at the T P depot in Chattanooga. Patrons urged to act quickly as time is running out.
A Rural Carriers association meeting in Greenville elected a new president and secretary. The president will serve as delegate to the State convention in Arkansas in July. The group met all day at Old Settlers Park and selected the 1935 meeting place.
The Paraguayan defense ministry says the army seized 15 miles of defense works in Canada sector and forced Bolivian forces to abandon trenches. Fourteen or more Bolivians were killed, including five officers, as the drive aims at Fort Ballivivian in Chacoboreal.
A suspect resembling Arthur Wilson is held aboard the Lady Nelson near Port of Spain after a murder near Vann Texas involving Mrs Irene Debol. US authorities await word from the American consul on arrest proceedings as the ship sails toward Trinidad.
Associated Press reports Fred Herring, 19, a Groesbeck farm laborer, was indicted in the death of John L. Adams 50, a Groesbeck dairyman. Adams body was found in a stock tank in Greensback after a three day disappearance. Investigators suspect robbery as the motive, with kidnapping not yet ruled out.
In Houston a man and a woman were found dead in a small grove near Harrisburg Boulevard. Police said the preliminary investigation suggested death by their own action. Both bodies were clothed in black with the man on his back and the woman on her right side.
Mrs. Henry Barrow, mother of Clyde Barrow, rushed into a Dallas theatre during a newsreel of the Bonnie and Clyde death scenes, tore down ads, shouted for the film to stop, and was arrested before apologizing at the police station. Relatives had earlier caused disturbances in the lobby.
Workmen cut a ditch at the north edge of Honey Grove Lake dam to lower water by about six feet. Water will drain gradually to avoid dam danger, then cattails and vegetation will be removed. The Honey Grove Pishing Club funds the effort for the benefit of all Honey Grove residents.
Fast Texas shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday. West Texas forecasts general trends for tonight and Saturday with variable cloud cover and mild temperatures.
The Public Library Board announces new hours beginning Monday June 4 from 9 to 11 A.M. The library will be closed in the afternoon and open on the usual day Monday Wednesday and Saturday each week. Those interested should note the change.
July began at 1141 and finished around 11.64 to 11.85 per unit. The figures suggest a narrow trading range for the month with small price moves and limited volatility.
New Orleans on June 1 saw cotton rise to 2.15 a bale in late trading. July futures hit 11.77 and October 11.99, up 40 to 4 1/2 percentage points from yesterday's close.
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