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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
6
President Truman denies aiming for the Democratic presidential nomination and says he will attend the Democratic National Convention only as retiring president after a new nominee is chosen. He also reiterates he will remain neutral in the race.
Cloudy conditions persist this afternoon with scattered thunderstorms likely in the eastern portion. No notable temperature changes expected through tomorrow.
A fragment from a newspaper page mentions star names tied to a section titled Daily Favorite Ads. The casual tone suggests reader interest in promotional listings and celebrity references within the classified ads.
Traces and threats of rain continue to plague the Bonham region with no heavy precipitation yet. The Weather Bureau predicts scattered thundershowers across northern Texas while temperatures remain near yesterday's levels. Dallas and Austin report light traces, with Dalhart and Salt Flat recording 58 degrees the coolest spots.
The 20th atomic weapon exploded in the Nevada desert early today. Residents of nearby Las Vegas stayed in bed as the bright flash lit the horizon and a mushroom cloud rose. The blast was visible in Kalispell Montana near the Canadian border about 750 miles from Yucca Flat and in Los Angeles about 250 miles away.
Market report from Fort Worth shows steady to firm demand across cattle with steady calves and slightly lower hog values. Slaughter steers and yearlings range 19 to 22 for utilities, with calves 30 to 4.50 and hogs mostly 20.50 to 21 for butcher weight 180 to 240 pounds.
President Eisenhower says there is no simple formula for a rapid UN victory in Korea and praises MacArthur. The White House hosts steel industry talks as workers seek higher wages and price gains.
The Bonham shipment brings the first 1952 wheat into town on Wednesday. Calvin Witherspoon of Ector delivered 16 acres yielding 52 bushels, selling at 82.15 per bushel to the Gross Feed Store.
Federal officers pursue two men who broke into a Fort Hood post office in the dependent housing area. A 150 pound safe containing 202 dollars in cash and 69 dollars in stamps was taken as postal inspectors, army investigators and FBI personnel join the probe.
Taft holds a lead in pledged delegates with 431 to Eisenhower 397 as the GOP race moves toward the Chicago convention on July 7. South Dakota’s 14 delegates tipped to Taft in a photo finish amid possible recounts, while Warren and Stassen supporters lean Eisenhower in later ballots.
Luindley Beckworth of Glade water Upshur county a U S Senate candidate will speak in Bonham on Saturday June 14 at 2 pm. Beckworth currently a member of Congress will travel from Paris to Bonham and then onward to Denison and Gainesville.
The Annual Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church opens Monday at 8 45 a m for children aged three to sixteen. Principal is Pastor Hi Morgan with Mrs Joe Johnston and Mrs John Bewley as assistants. Enrollment runs until Wednesday with a three day attendance required for a certificate. Special events include a Must Workshop, Youth Choir emphasis, a Picnic on Friday June 13, daily movie cartoons and refreshments. Proceeds go to Foreign Missionary Dr August Lovegren in Beirut to buy medical books. Open to all and aiming for over 300 enrollees.
A tornado south of Perrin Air Force Base in Sherman was observed at 1 15 p m touching ground and moving east north east The system predicted continued travel east north east through extreme northeast Fannin and north Lamar counties with expected speeds.
An 18 year old youth was arrested for inquiry into the theft of a car and radio. He agreed to take a lie detector test in Dallas after the Quate theft case and denied direct participation though willing to proceed with testing. Deputies reported the suspect signed a statement and the case will go to the Sixth District Court grand jury in June.
Workmen started demolishing the vacant Bailey Inglish three story brick elementary building that stood unused since last fall. The Joallas firm bid $7, for the material and will shore the site and clear the ground. The old structure had served as storage and was kept to prevent injuries to students until spring. Demolition aims for completion by the start of school this fall.
Major-General Robert Grow faces an army court martial for diary entries detailing travels in Russia as a military envoy. A Soviet agent reportedly stole the diary during a visit to Frankfurt last summer, and communist media published excerpts. The trial at Fort Meade, Maryland will be held behind closed doors on an undisclosed date.
In Austin on June 5 the state court of appeals denied a bid by Fae San Antonio Conservation Sockets to block construction by Endowment Incorporated of a bridge across the San Antonio River. The court ruled the society has no special privileges over the public. The suit, filed last November, claimed the bridge would trespass on public property.
Miss Res Bronks of Bagwell Red River County and graduate of North Texas State College reports for duty as Fannin County home demonstration agent. She fills a vacancy since the resignation of Mr Risinger and comes highly recommended by Lyda G.
Fragmentary text reports workers at an auto plant and mentions a driver, a police response, and a protest scene. The readable parts reference Communists, a plant, and workers leaving the facility with unclear details. The article lacks coherent events or dates to form a full summary.
In Jacksonville Mississippi on June 5 two elderly Confederate veterans, William Bush of Fitzgerald Georgia aged 106 and William Townsend of Olla Louisiana aged 107, attended a final reunion. Bush declared they would have a gay old time.
General Eisenhower faced 354 reporters in Abilene Kansas and avoided discussing Senator Taft while outlining views on MacArthur his Korea policy and possible 1952 bid He ruled out talking about personal rivals and said he favors fair employment and free market principles and would seek no backroom coalitions.
Sudderth was elected president of the Bonham Lions Club for the ensuing year, succeeding Ed Southerland. New officers include Maggie Williams first vice president Arthur Maxwell second vice president Lee Morrow third vice president Glen Finley secretary Bot Barrow treasurer John Lane tall twister and Dennis Bales and BB o Box directors. Wake Island in the Pacific has a short shoreline of only 12 miles.
In Bonham on Thursday, Wade Lipscomb and John Oliver stroll East Ninth Street as Kate Estes covers Dusty Maggie Williams new coaching ambitions. Albert Foster and the missus recount two pholl weevils in their living room and accuse them of aiming to skew a cotton crop estimate.
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