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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1929
Page
5
The readable fragments indicate a group or association preparing a launch or event in a period of planning. Mentions suggest monthly or ongoing activities, a small scale gathering, and efforts to mail invitations or materials to participants.
Citizens of Bonham are asked to vote on municipal funding for a city band and to support a sheep farming expansion plan in Fannin and nearby counties. The article notes anticipated concerts to boost civic spirit and outlines potential economic gains from sheep production, with county-wide involvement and plans for local chamber support and airport development.
Off to Mexico a group described as Peruvians departed New Orleans this morning aboard a nonstop flight. The report notes their travel as part of a larger movement toward teaching assignments near the Rio Grande River, with a signed and sealed document marking the date.
Governor Moody says he will deploy state rangers to halt any prizefight proposed in Texas no matter where it is held. He opposes importing professional fighters, supports exhibitions with no gate and no purses, and warns penalties of two to five years for promoters and participants. Court officials in Dallas endorse strict enforcement of the prizefight law.
United Press reports the Supreme Court rejected the White Shriners bid to block the Negro Shrine organization from using the Shrine name and insignia. The decision ends the white group’s legal challenge, leaving the Negro Shrine with full rights to the name, titles, and costumes associated with the order.
United Press reports two masked men held up the Dallas Milk Co. plant early Monday, forcing an employee into a cooling vault and taking about 1800 dollars from the safe. The daring heist caps a weekend of robberies across the area.
The Supreme Court unanimously upholding six month sentence for oil magnate Harry Sinclair for jury shadowing, with associates also affected. Sinclair already serves a three month contempt term. William Burns’s fifteen year sentence reversed for lack of overt act. W Sherman Burns fined one thousand dollars. Henry Mason Day jailed four months.
Robbins and Kelly departed for Austin to be presented to the legislature and commissioned as lieutenant colonels.
In Laxey Emma Aren refused to identify her daughter's body after a quarrel. Neighbors stepped in to perform the identification, amid a tense local scene.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday cover East and West Texas. Winds light. No precipitation expected.
The Supreme Court affirms Sinclair's sentence in a case involving alleged jury shadowing. The ruling preserves the original punishment and concludes the appellate review with the same statutory terms.
The Fannin County Fair plans a bigger and better 1929 event at Bonham on October 4 7 with space for community exhibits, expanded grounds, new buildings and a larger carnival by J George Loos Shows. Football may be played during the fair and plans include a permanent football field and more ample show space. The Fair motto, An Educational Fair with Progress the Watchword, guides officers and the Home Demonstration work.
The region faced hail wind and flood damage with thousands in farm losses near Stamford Texas as Center and Plain View suffer a cyclone impact. Rivers rise and coastal counties brace for evacuation while highways flood and towns across Kansas Nebraska and Wyoming report serious damage and isolation.
Paris June 3 Germany promised Belgium to settle the war currency dispute before the Owen Young reparations plan takes effect September 1. The pledge appears to clear the final barrier to the general reparations agreement reached by experts of seven nations after four months of talks.
Watt Sanders of Gatesville was appointed assistant secretary of the state today succeeding R J Randolph who resigned. Sanders previously served as Coryell County attorney and most recently as special attorney for the State Banking Commission.
Five double decked carloads totaling around 1 400 head of sheep were shipped from Slaton to Hartley County by Bob Hefner. The stock includes nearly 40 lambs and will be placed on Hartley County ranch lands after transit. The herd had been on feed near Slaton for weeks.
London evening Standard reports Premier Stanley Baldwin informed cabinet members of his decision to resign after a brief one hour conference. No cabinet statements were issued.
Lieutenant Thomas Barnett Talbott U S attache recently flew from Washington to Newport covering 87 hours of travel time rented a cottage and returned next day He plans to join the next class at the Naval War College
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