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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
1
Ed Steger reports 600 acres of oats with prospects for record yields and early cuts already started. Farmers say stands are good across the county, weather favorable, no rust or insects, with estimates from 25 to 100 bushels per acre and cutting set to begin next week.
Five Bonham girls graduated from C I A this year with Bachelor of Arts degrees going to Miss Annie Crawford and Mrs Jane Bevans Lee and Bachelor of Science degrees to Misses Dorothy Russell Evalyn Bevans and Mary Carr. Graduation exercises were in Denton on Monday and the girls have returned home. Bonham is proud of their accomplishments.
Rev. S. R. Smith reports a strong turnout at the Boy Scout T. O. Council meeting in Denison. Topics included Grayson county summer camp, pool drainage and refilling, and a Durant gathering next Sunday with national speakers. The meeting was praised by Mr. Smith.
Associated Press reports in Austin that the prosecution rested in the arson trial of J B McCasland aged 19 for participation in the Sherman riot of May 9 1930. The courthouse was burned and a Black man died inside. Witnesses described a ten gallon gasoline can allegedly poured on the fire.
County records show 11 708 pupils aged six to seventeen with 13 562 last year and a net gain of 146. Independent districts include Bonham Honey Grove Leonard Dodd City Windom Trenton Randolph Ravenna Savoy Ector Bailey Ladoma with 4611 students. rural schools total about 7097 enrollments. Bonham leads in colored enrollment. Savoy plans a new brick school costing about 16 000. Duplex is building a two story school. county expects over 200 000 state funds for scholastic support.
The Associated Press reports that in Corsicana on June 3, the attorneys in the Curry Caldwell kidnapping trial concluded their arguments. The case concerns the abduction of Robert Cerf, a banker’s son from Corsicana, and the jury trial was expected to reach a verdict that afternoon.
Humble Oil and Refining Co announces it will stop posting crude oil prices from East Texas fields. The move coincides with price cuts by Texas Company and others in North Louisiana and North Texas regions, as Mid-Continent crude prices drop to new lows since 1906. Sinclair Consolidated Oil head Sinclair expects a stabilized market aiding industry gains.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. filed a libel suit for 500000 dollars in Washington against Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts over charges Cannon says Tinkham made during the 1928 anti Smith campaign.
Five American Presbyterian bodies with more than two million communicants discuss union plans at the General Assembly session in Pittsburgh. A tentative plan will be drafted this summer for submission next year to the assemblies of the five denominations. The Federal Council of Churches is criticized over a birth control report, but no action is taken.
Francis Crowley was searched in Sing Sing today when a three and a half inch knife crafted from a spoon handle was found in his stocking. He claimed no knowledge of how he obtained it, while keepers suspected he made it from a spoon used in Nassau County jail.
A Ford motor coach carrying Bonham residents to C I A graduation collided with an east bound bus two miles west of Bells on Tuesday. Mrs Bertha Ball suffered a fractured knee cap and was treated in Sherman before returning home to Bonham. Several passengers on both vehicles were injured and shaken. the bus had minor injuries and damage to the coach was extensive.
Wheat prices fell twelve and a half cents in an hour on the Minneapolis exchange as Farm Board agents left the market. Spot offerings found no buyers amid the withdrawal, with Chicago July at 59 1/4 cents.
June 3 Houston Lyda Moulds eleven, was killed when she thrust her head from a moving bus window. Velena Morrison twelve and Mary Hey four were injured as they fell from the bus. Details were not immediately learned.
Readable farm notes describe Bonham area strawberry yields ranging from 100 to 250 crates per acre with prices from $1.50 to $2.00 per crate. Growers like T B Richmond and J Sneed report strong profits and plan expanded plantings next year, while others in Sherman Denison Durant and McKinney markets absorb berries locally and regionally.
Bonham crowd attends Odd Fellows revival at Ilof Lodge with Greenville team. candidates conferred first degree amid praises. Frank Ander of the team and L Bates, once Bonham resident, lead the ceremony. State visitors Randolph Ravenna Wu Ci Leonard Paris attend as one underwent appendectomy yesterday afternoon.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Wil Fritts death sentence for killing D. W. Hamilton in Maske county. Hess Tyler's death sentence was reversed and remanded due to improper jury discussion of a defendant's failure to testify. FY Middleton's 99 year term for murdering his father Z J Middleton was affirmed.
A cloudy unsettled pattern remains over West Texas with limited sunshine expected on Thursday. Winds shift to easterly and temperatures stay mild with chances of isolated showers across central and western areas.
Utah June 3 Senator Smoot, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, released a telegram from President Hoover indicating several nations opposed to the International Silver Conference after informal discussions in Salt Lake City.
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