Ford and UAW Near Long Term Pact Amid Nationwide Walkout
Reports say Ford and the UAW reached a three year contract with a guaranteed take home pay plan during layoffs. Pickets active at plants with over 60,000 workers while Ford Local 600 continues work at the Rouge plant. Agreements on pensions and an improvement factor were noted with raises from 1.75 to 2.25 per year plus a six cent hourly boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuther
Ford
Rouge
Union
Empany
Imore
Labor leaders and executives mull new labor pact at breakfast
At breakfast on Monday CIO President Walter Reuther and Ford negotiator John Bugas led talks in a marathon session as workers walked out nationwide. The sides sought a quick settlement to the strike with frequent recesses for private caucuses amid rapid wage talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Walter Reuther
Ford
John Bugas
Open House Reunions Attract Former Students In Bonhi Ballyhoo
Open houses for multiple classes drew ex students over the past weekend in Bonhi. Hosts included Ray Peeler Jr and Odine Mhoon Hodge for the 1945-46 group at the Golf club. A Sunday breakfast on West 9th Street featured Joyce Rayburn Lightfoot with 1919 class members. Other gatherings honored classes from 1944 1903 1935 1914 and 1941 with hosts listed across Elm Park and Park Ave locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Peeler Jr
Odine Mhoon Hodge
Dick Higgins
West 9Th Street
Joyce Rayburn Lightfoot
A. A. Beasley Jr
Bill Frances
Frances
Emmett Thompson
Elm Street
John Meade
Eloise Phillips Meade
Richard Quigg
Landon Reunites with Windermere Circle in TB Cure Tale
Landon McCrae returns to Windermere Canada to care for Maggie Scarfie and her household while Maggie undergoes TB treatment. Landon navigates jealousy toward Kay Irish and Eric, faces Scott Wylie’s romantic pressure, and bonds with Maggie as winter deepens. Christmas brings family bustle and renewed tensions in the Scarfe home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon McCrae
Windermere
Canada
New York
Scott Wylie
Scott
Landon
Maggie Scarfie
Maggie
Merry-o
Eric
Kay Irish
Community News and Notices from Bonham Area
A mixed local page lists radio show segments and morning devotion entries along with numerous names and addresses in Bonham and nearby areas. The piece notes social visits, family movements, and a safety remark about a car brake system reaching over 250 degrees after multiple stops.
Sweeney Suffering Stroke Leaves Family At Home
Michigan's urban residents total 3,454,867 with 1,801,239 rural. Mrs. D W Sweeney, 92 Center Street, suffered a stroke last Saturday morning and was taken to M&S hospital in a stable condition. Miss Mary Sweeney, dean of women at Center College Danville Kentucky, arrived home to be with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Meade Quigg
North Center Street
Herbert Burow
Helen Evans Burow
Dan Ferrell
Etsy Burow Ferrel
North Main Street
Dwight Hackley
Lucille Thompson Hackley
Chestnut Street
Margaret White
John Arledge
Madeline Jones Arledge
John Bacon Saunders
Eloise Chapman Saunders
John W. Russell
Elizabeth Hassell Russell
Fast 9Th Street
Fama Acres
Stella Kennedy
Jule Pagan
Mary Kennedy Robinson
Michigan
State
D. W. Sweeney III
D. W. Sweeny
Center Street
M&s Hospital
Mary Sweeney
Women of
Center College
Danville
Rites Set For Mart H Bentle Tuesday At 4 P.M
Funeral services for Mart H Bentle 70 longtime Precinct 1 constable are scheduled for 4 PM Tuesday at Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev M H Koontz and Rev James W Hatley with interment at Willow Wild cemetery. Pallbearers include W M Windle M D Anderson Marion Gouge Ralph Shipley Glen Reeves and J C Holcomb. Bentle died Saturday in a Bonham hospital. He was born February 2 1885 in Savoy. Survivors include his mother Mrs Frances Bentle of Bonham wife Lydia Bentle two stepchildren, Ralph Covey of Durant OK and Homer Fairchild of Bonham one brother Bill Bentle of Lubbock one sister Mrs Bertha Ball of Bonham, plus 138 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The grand jury will be dismissed Tuesday for his funeral.
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Mart H. Bentle
Wise Funeral Home
M. H. Koontz
Trinity Baptist Church
James W. Hatley
First Baptist Church
Willow Wild Cemetery
W. M. Windle
M. D. Anderson
Marion Gouge
Ralph Shipley
Glen Reeves
J. C. Holcomb
Bentle
Bonham Hospital
Savoy
Frances Bentle
Bonham
Lydia Bentle
Ralph Covey
Durant
Okla
Homer Fairchild
Bill Bentle
Lubbock
Bertha Ball
Destructive storm toll across the nation and tornado wreckage
Violent weather battered the region with heavy rains and record floods. A lightning strike killed a girl in Chicago and injured others, a Marine trainer crashed in fog near Laguna Beach killing all four aboard, and a Sunday night tornado tunnel struck Encinal causing major damage. Florence and Bradford experienced outages and flooding while large hail fell in Gainesville and substantial rain fell in Shreveport College Station Greenwood.
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Chicago
Laguna Beach
Calif
Plance
Encinal
Florence
Bradford
Shreveport
College Station
Tex
Greenwood
Miss
Gainesville
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Sue
Hetpshas
Jake
Frances Sarah Moore
King Features Syndicate
NPON
Breck
Lannon
Vandon
Dueky
Magegie
Kay
Ireland
Eric Landon
Rowena
Landun
Dareling
Jake Scott Wyle
Kennedys’ Beach
Michael
Ieric
Gran
Juandon
Miie
Lunden
Crittenden Butane
D. L. Watson
Hatley Motor Co
Mckelva Mattress Factory
Bryan
Kinson
Hop
Dane
Frank L. Scruggs
Bonds
Mary Scruggs
West Sth Street
Talley Nichols
Houston
J. F. Bowling
Teresa Clark
Penny
Sitzler
West Seventh St
Dairy Queen
Mrs. C. M. Ertburn
At the Dairy Queen
Sherbert
Reece
Hii
Bonham Furniture Store
Milwaukee
Wis
U. S
Europe
Cleveland, Ohio
Paris
France
Fannin County
Bonham Finance Company
Elmer Harrell
Mgr
First National Bank
M.H. Bentle
S. Main Street
J.E. McKissack
Agt
Trwilliams
Beetle Bailey
S the
Beetle
Ella Cinders
Miss Cinders
You
Miss Gaye
Curly Kayo
Kozmo
Curly
Buttons
Zeena
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