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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1948
Page
11
Friday night the Fannin Rayburn Club formed to back Democratic leader Rayburn for the July 24 election. Judge Cunningham urged a district-wide push with local supporters and listed committee members and campaign offices in Bonham, Denison, and surrounding towns.
The Tulsa District announces bids for construction of the Bonham Veterans Administration Hospital to start in September 1948. The project includes a 50 bed general medical unit, operating rooms, lab, X ray, a domiciliary with dining, chapel, post office, theater, and quarters. Bid opening for general contracting and drainage work is June 17, 1948 in Tulsa Oklahoma.
E Stassen declared the Republican battle for the nomination now definitely open. The former Minnesota governor spoke at a press conference while traveling through Pennsylvania and New Jersey en route to Philadelphia for a lunch with Josse Fay.
The 200 inch mirror telescope atop Palomar Mountain was dedicated with world famous scientists attending. They predicted it may broaden human knowledge and even offer clues about life on other planets while warning against war and global insanity.
County commissioners appoint Buck Toor acting sheriff after Noland Maynard resigns amid murder charge in the Dorothy Palmer case. Toor will serve until after the July 24 Democratic primary when a sheriff is to be nominated. Marshall Muller named deputy to Toor.
Hugh McCain age 18, son of Mr and Mrs Hugh McCain of Bonham Texas, reports to Keesler Field Mississippi to begin a 28 week Airplane and Engine Mechanics School. The program trains in electrical systems, engines, fuel and propeller operation, instruments and inspections for maintenance on conventional USAF aircraft.
Four new polio patients were admitted to the Edinburg Polio Club today, bringing the total to 36. The patients include a two year old girl and three infants, with three from Cameron County and one from Hidalgo. no discharges occurred.
H B McAnally Jr of Bonham completed requirements for graduation from North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington Texas. He earned a mechanical engineering major and was graduated in a ceremony in the college gymnasium on Tuesday evening June 1. McAnally is the son of Mr and Mrs M B McAnally of Bonham.
President Truman started a nationwide swing with an early morning stop in Pittsburgh to meet Allegheny County Democratic leaders. He heads to Chicago for the first of five major speeches, shaking hands with Pittsburgh officials and party delegates on the airport platform.
A formal judgment in the sixty million college building amendment case was entered by District Judge Roy C Archer. He ruled on May 21 that the August 23 1947 election approving the amendment was legal and denied a restraining order to stop Attorney Price Daniel from approving bonds. The suit, filed September 1 by Clarence White Epucer Wells Homer Mexey and H E Speer with Paul Brown and Daniel as defendants, prompts appeal to the Third Court of Civil Appeals as Austin plans.
New York police hunt a six-foot male with long arms dubbed the ape man of Washington Heights after he strangled to death Mrs. Serda Frenk 48 a widow who had arrived from Germany six months ago. Authorities say he may have attacked several other middle aged women in the neighborhood recently.
Unofficial reports say Israeli forces captured Jenin in northern central Palestine after a three day battle. The fall would remove a northern anchor in the dangerous triangle and threaten Arab positions across the coastal plain. UN mediator Bernadotte pursued a ceasefire formula as heavy fighting continued around Tulkarm and the Jenin area.
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough ordered John L Lewis to bargain immediately with the Southern Soft Coal Producers Association. The order, requested by NLRB General Counsel Robert N. Denhart, followed a 28 minute informal opinion and a brief court recess.
Washington June 4 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower declares he will not run for president under the Democratic ticket. The Pathfinder Magazine quotes the former Army chief of staff in an exclusive statement to a reporter. He says he remains a Republican and will back the Republican nominee. The story notes party questions swirled as drafts discussed by both parties.
A spokesman for the National Coal Association urged Congress to outlaw strikes in essential industries and to prohibit health and welfare fund strikes. Eb ersol Gaines, president, said about 170 workers per end of the industry would be affected. He testified before the labor management relations committee in Washington.
Grasshoppers swarm across Jack County wheat fields causing extensive damage to hundreds of acres. County agricultural agent Hulsey reports hoppers hatching in ideal weather and invading crop land from pasture. State and federal experts, including M C Spicer of the U S Department of Agriculture, assist in control efforts with new chemical Chioradine proving successful.
Gov Roy J Turner proclaimed June 8 to 14 as Flag Week in Oklahoma. The period will honor the 1711st anniversary of the selection of the national emblem on June 14.
Denny the Trenton superintendent and a local delegation told the State Highway Commission in Austin that two county cooperative roads serving Trenton merit aid. One road would run four miles west to Grayson County 160 with an estimated 570,000 cost. the other would extend 4.5 miles south to Highway 78 at an estimated 440,000. Financing via a bond issue was pledged if approved. Local officials noted Grayson County’s interest and sought state help or a county share as tests.
A fragmented report notes the Jyanhoe School building plan moving forward with approval from district officials. Details on timing and funding are unclear due to garbled text, but the decision appears linked to a scheduled carpentry and related work.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall warned that any cut in European recovery program funds would shift the effort from reconstruction to mere relief. Democrats supported Marshall against House reductions, while Rayburn led a floor battle to restore funding in the ongoing appropriations fight.
The House approved the defense bill totaling 3.686 billion for the Navy Marine corps and related services. The measure funds the Navy Navy Marine Corps active personnel and a large fleet including 879 ships and 65 000 ton carrier program. The Senate action follows other service allocations addressing national defense needs.
Fort Worth markets show cattle at 700 head with active steady demand. Medium slaughtering cattle 22 to 22.50 for feeders, good and choice fat calves 26 to 29, hogs steady with 150 to 175 pound hogs at 22.75 to 23.25, sows at 17.90 to 18.00, all reflecting a stable trading day.
Fragmentary notice indicates a grand jury will convene on Monday to hear multiple cases and tax investigations. The report mentions a court and a prosecutor outlining a pending investigation with scheduled recesses and proceedings.
The largest store in Texas faces a civil action to recover alleged delinquent taxes. Tax Commissioner C Ray Davis secured city council approval to pursue the case.
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