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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1939
Page
8
A submitted piece satirically proposes absurd steps to cause another war to fix unemployment. It suggests drafting officials for declaring war, arming stockholders in weapon firms, using professors as traitor-hunters, sending war correspondents and spies into No Man's Land, and secret agents creating enemy plots.
A Bonham community appeal stresses that 90 percent of receipts circulate locally, benefiting merchants professionals and taxes. The piece urges residents to support a local institution as a valuable asset to the town.
President Roosevelt prepares to host King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the Presidential yacht Potomac. The vessel, updated with a new communications feature, will ferry the royal party from Washington to Mount Vernon for a 20 mile cruise.
The reader notes praise for the enrichment of war supply manufacturers as a sign of national strength and a stand against a religiously framed crusade, framed as not a holy war but a democratic bulwark.
A two way Great Lakes voyage package provides a 60 mile rail leg from Port McNicoll to the Twin Cities, offered twice weekly in each direction. Passengers can board again to continue westward by train, with a Toronto to Winnipeg cruise option aboard the SS Manitoba and a one day Lake Superior route via Owen Sound Manitoulin Island and the Soo Canal. The voyage highlights include St Marys River locks, Thunder Cape, Sleeping Giant and comfortable steamers with cabins, space, and a dance orchestra.
News about correspondents and subscribers notes officers and crew of the presidential yacht Potomac. It lists 36 crew including piloting mess boys serving meals, ample deck space, two speedboats for ship to shore and patrol duties, modern navigation and communications gear, and the Cuyahoga patrol boat. Also mentions Frank A. Spencer paying for the Daily Favorite for himself and relatives, praising his subscription status, and C Perry of Boyd praising the Daily Favorite.
Mrs J B Owens and others from Paris visit the Sheffield home while Miss Lorene Hudgins returns home for the summer. About 2000 attend the Warrior Park graduation where honor students Lee Eu banks and James Collier are cited. Dr Fred Ferts quotes a class address by H E Robinson and the superintendent’s praise concludes the event.
Will H Evans writes that a Bonham Texas advertiser sold a 543 acre farm at 40 dollars per acre after placing an ad in the local newspaper. He says buyers from Alabama and other places have shown interest and plan to purchase as soon as funds are arranged, proving advertising pays.
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