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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
4
Volunteers are invited to attend a cemetery improvement day at Arledge Ridge on Monday June 11 to help clean and maintain the grounds. All interested parties are urged to participate and support the future upkeep efforts.
W. A. Thomas announces the new 500 automibile use tax stamps go on sale at post offices and major IRS offices on Saturday June 9 1945. Tax applies to all motor vehicles used on highways and must be displayed beginning July 1 with penalties for nonpayment. Collectors will also process mail orders with cash or certified funds but not personal checks.
Six people are in custody after the theft of highly confidential government papers marked restricted and top secret. Included are two State Department officials and a navy lieutenant. Authorities say the case involves stolen documents and ongoing investigations.
Mrs Adna Savage of Bailey has been working in the county superintendent office to compile and type the actual school census records during the past week detailing pupil counts and household entries.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson announced that Texas will hold two election days in November 1947 due to a legislature prompted error. One election for constitutional amendments is set for November 7 while the general election occurs November 5, with no fix available.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson voiced disappointment that the Legislature failed to reapportion the state and said he had not decided on a veto of the bill increasing judges pay. He had urged redistricting to reduce court numbers after one court was abolished at Eastland.
Local residents including Mr and Mrs W A Dorries and others attended the War Bond invasion at Lake Texoma on Sunday. Several visitors from Dallas Yuma Glen Rose Commerce Ada Okla Sturgeon Bay Wis and Trenton were noted among attendees and relatives.
The Senate approved the 140.0 million interior department appropriation bill and sent it to conference with the House after adding 39.0 million to the House version. It also reinstated California water project funding for Delta Steam Power Plant planning and Sacramento River transmission line planning, amid wartime manpower and material shortages.
A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a two year sentence for bigamy against J B Reen in Donley county Texas. The case involved a divorce ruling from an Oklahoma court and touched on full faith and credit across states. The court referenced a North Carolina Nevada decision and noted the similar legal question. Judge Lloyd Davidson noted the Texas case involved the same issue.
Steam engineers estimate that ten tons of black coal burned into steam yields one horsepower, highlighting the high energy conversion cost in early industrial power systems.
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