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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1935
Page
7
A partial classified notice references arrangements for a meeting or event related to disabled veterans or a wartime effort. The readable fragments include terms like shop, ed, NTED, spare, and department, with no clear date, place, or names.
Washington June 6 NRA employees hunting for new jobs with Senators and Congressmen face cold shoulders on Capitol Hill. A Representative recalls snooty treatment when NRA staff rode to power and says many sought insider-to-insider recruiting. Officials estimate only about 1,500 of the 5,400 workers will remain for Roosevelts proposed government contract duties.
Philip Wise of Wise Undertaking Co announces the purchase of the Scarborough ld home on West 4th street to be converted into a modern undertaking establishment. The transfer was made Wednesday and remodeling will begin soon. Associated with Wise are Joe Denton Paul Coleman and Virgil Wilson. The new location is deemed very desirable and will be an attractive funeral home in this section.
Pedro Severa Sotolongo, attorney for kidnapped Antonio San Miguel, 78, a Havana railroad magnate, was detained by police on undisclosed charges. The arrest adds a fresh twist to the high profile abduction as Sotolongo had claimed contact with the abductors and hoped to reach them later.
In Hutchinson Kansas on Wednesday night E R Lyon a chiropractor and Mrs Pearl Whitlock a rooming house operator were shot to death by George Pennington a black patient undergoing treatment for a nervous disorder Pennington later attempted suicide in a county jail cell but was thwarted by fellow prisoners and officers He is in custody awaiting further action by authorities.
Llano Texas residents report the Llano River rising nine feet today due to heavy upstream rains. Damaging conditions prompt watches as authorities monitor the flood impact on homes and roads.
The June 7 forecast shows a majority in the House favoring an NRA stop gap extension with a 280 to 100 vote to take up the measure immediately and limit debate to one hour. President Roosevelt stressed that voluntary codes must conform with anti trust laws.
The Bonham Chamber of Commerce will hold a June 10 meeting at 8 PM in the Sub Marginal Land Office over Hunt's Dry Goods Store. The session will explain the Sub Marginal Land Project in Fannin County, its progress, and how residents can participate in Rural Resettlement efforts through dam construction, soil erosion control, drainage, land clearing, and grass planting.
After World War I Greenville County South Carolina designed medals for 5000 recruited soldiers but most tokens were never claimed.
Associated Press reports the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping probe widening to San Francisco and Montana. Harold J. Nathan, Hoover aide, arrived in Tacoma to direct the hunt with John J. Kee gan saying Bailey and Herbert Lester Johnson, once sought, were sighted at Perma, Montana.
In Seaford Sussex county Delaware Mrs May E Carey 55 mother of three died by hanging for murdering her brother Robert Kitchens to collect a $2000 life insurance. She was the first woman hanged in Delaware. Her son Howard 37 followed her to the gallows 30 minutes later.
A Senate or government archive recounts President Roosevelt as New York governor opposing centralized power. A 1930 broadcast speech urged limiting national laws while arguing for broader federal authority, contrasting with his later remarks on the Supreme Court NRA decision. The piece highlights state rights versus federal control and criticizes master minds in Washington.
Austin reports the State relief director says able bodied men who refuse farm labor must be dropped from relief rolls. Adam R. Johnson notes farm labor shortages statewide and counties with noncompliance will cut aid. Officials order registration of all employable relief recipients to classify by occupation and fitness for work.
Bonham residents visited Dr. Dart’s six inch telescope at the CCC camp last night. They viewed the moon’s craters and four of Jupiter’s moons along with other stars and planets. Dr. Dart invites visitors any night to see and ask questions, with Mr. Davidson assisting at the camp.
A reflective line notes that not all preachers fully trust their own words or assume hearers share their belief, implying doubt about conviction and audience reception.
Mrs M Jones, long time Bonham resident, is in critical condition at Cook Memorial Hospital in Fort Worth. She is 87 and remembered by many, sister to G P Rogers and the late P J L Rogers, prominent local figures.
A massive Soviet airliner crashed after a stunting craft struck it, killing 49 people aboard. Investigators focus on the midair collision as the primary cause and search for further details on the accident.
Stanley is named to return as prime minister of the Isles. Political leaders confirmed his appointment amid cabinet reshuffles and regional talks. The move follows ongoing negotiations with allied parties and factions.
A Trenton man promotes a distinctive trade mark for Bermuda onions with a distinctive label. The notice notes a local push for branding and market identification among growers and sellers.
A report notes that defendant Virgil Dobbs was sentenced to life imprisonment with a building term imposed. The item references the prior month and an event dated in 1934, with names and details partially obscured in the OCR text.
Paris June 7 Premier Pierre Laval secured decree powers to defend the French Franc and won a rapid confidence vote from the chamber within 17 hours after forming his government.
In Vinita Oklahoma on June 7 heavy rainfall overflowed Big Cabin and Bull Creeks with about nine inches in 15 hours. Hundreds of motorists stranded and 300 families left homeless as trains halted on the Frisco line. Property damage and crop losses total around $200,000 and rise with the flood. Read the Daily Favorite.
Tokyo June 7 The North China crisis deepens as Japanese troops move and the government authorizes pressure tactics south of the Great Wall amid mounting tensions in the region.
Readers note a fragmentary advertisement about stockings and a stray item about Englander Thos and a lad. The text also mentions Army transports sailing from Japanese ports and officials denying direct links to Japanese authorities with implied demands to the Chinese government for timely compliance.
Two men from Fannin County were charged in connection with a murder. Authorities say the suspects assaulted the victim, Dixon, leading to his death. The case details involve local arrests and charges arising from the incident in Oklahoma.
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