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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1940
Page
1
Berlin reports two West German coal miners were jailed for calling a foreman an Englishman. Aachen court calls the remark a serious insult to an honorable German, sentencing one youth to four weeks and the other to three.
Rome reports strong indications that Italy may intervene in the war within a fortnight possibly with Spain assisting at Gibraltar amid talks on Italo Spanish relations. Ambassadors Gambara and Musolini remarks cited as supporting evidence and London watchers predicted Italy’s move before next week’s end.
A survey found at least 63 deaths from violence on the first day of the four day Memorial Day weekend. Traffic accidents accounted for 35 deaths, drownings 11, suicides 5, and 12 in shootings, plane crashes, and other violence. No fatalities occurred at the Memorial Day speed classic in Indianapolis.
Bonham Daily Favorite presents fragments from local kitchen notes and household tips. The page highlights simple dishes and thrift ideas once common in Bonham households, reflecting daily life and home economics of the era.
June 1 1934 report notes University of Texas student James Rodgers and Texas Tech students R E Old Bill Sasser and Mac Holder returning home for the summer session break.
Visiting son Mc and Mrs John J Rodgers went to College Station to see their son William a junior at A and M Mrs C S Bradford returned from Tyler. Joe Richardson of Honey Grove was listed among Georgia Tech graduates.
On June 1 1930 Mr and Mrs R T Gordon moved from Sherman to Bonham. Miss Cora Fuller with nieces Lillian Creekmore and Allie Reece depart for Boulder Colorado for the summer. Birth announced of a son to Mr and Mrs Roy N Owens of Randolph. Reunion trip under way as M R Butt T J Carter B F Routt Tom Smith and J P Lair leave for Biloxi Mississippi to attend the Confederate Veterans Reunion.
Mrs Ray Peeler visited Tyler on June 1 1928. P M Ponder formerly with Texas Power and Light in Bonham moved to Dallas. Mr John Burks planned a short visit at Jems and then a summer trip to New Hampshire.
The deadline to file for state or multi county district offices in the first Democratic primary is midnight Monday June 3. County or precinct candidate filings with the county executive committee chairman close June 15. Bonham Daily Favorite ad copy notes classified opportunities.
The article lauds the role in achieving Italian aspirations and describes Italo-Spanish relations as the friendliest, highlighting a strong diplomatic rapport and cooperative stance between Italy and Spain.
In Topeka Kansas Alf M Landon Wendell Willkie respond to cheers of Republicans saying they would be nominated and would back national unity against combined threats. The speech touched on defense enterprise and avoiding conflict while cautions about totalitarian states.
A long list of individuals including James Odell Todd Essie Vankirk Delton FE Burnett Lorene Whitewright Ina Mae Aldridge Weldon Robertson Daphne Windom C G Green Norris Box Harmon Brewer Smith Moss Burns Holmes Catherine Smith Epley Rowland Hickman Trammel Dewey Emmonm Ruby Keen Ralph Moody Alberta Reynolds Hardy Richards Oneida Bobbie Wes land Lois Clark Annie Mildred Telephone R 2 appears in a courthouse notice. The fragment references multiple names and locations in Texas and Oklahoma areas.
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