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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1934
Page
3
President Roosevelt told Congress a vast national plan for social insurance aims to secure citizens and families. He outlined a second plan for land and water resources to be presented next winter, plus housing measures to stimulate loan financing for modernization and new homes.
A taxi driver named Ahe Holcomb was kidnapped near Taylor this morning and released at Mount Bonnell near Austinty limits at noon. He lost about $28, his clothing, and the taxicab. Deputies pursue the kidnappers who drove away in the cab. Holcomb says he knew the man he picked up years ago.
Bonham municipal band opens the season under Professor Crelia on the square. From the Alexander Hotel balcony the band will perform with a loud speaker. The 8 o clock program includes Military Escort, Sincerity, Under the Double Eagle, Bravura, Cloth of Gold, Fox trots Dinah and Honey Moon, and La Golondrina.
Onion harvest in full swing with loads hauled into Trenton and sold. No 1 yellows bring 75 cents per bushel and No 1 whites 84 cents. Frosts in March and dry spells in spring reduced yield. Clyde Robinson reports 1521 bushels from five acres and Dolly Butler over 909 bushels from three acres. Harvest and loading to cars to take three to four weeks.
The farm administration announced that over 318000 benefit checks totaling 11836344.69 were mailed to cotton farmers in 16 states. The payments are part of an estimated 100 million dollars to be sent to farmers cooperating in the cotton reduction program for 1934, covering about 15 million acres retired from production.
Bonham announces the marriage of Katherine Swan Williams to Walton Joseph Young on Friday June eighth nineteen thirty four at First Methodist Church Sulphur Springs Texas. Mr Young, county agent for Fannin County, and his bride reside in Bonham with many well wishers.
In Schuster Oklahoma the town votes to restrict political hopefuls over 40 after the next election. A mass meeting with about five hundred residents debated limits and blamed officials for lack of insurer coverage for older workers. The plan takes effect in 1936 with extra influence on public officials.
In Eng June 7 Stetson, 26, a member of the terral big open air ton, was mauled to death by four lions after attempting to recover a hat blown into the cage. Keepers shot two lions. the body was recovered from the concrete pit as he lay unconscious after a 17 foot fall.
Seattle June 8 A wrecked United airliner in fogbound Cascades was found by a logging crew. Only three of its nine occupants were reported injured, with search efforts continuing for the missing six.
The Lannius annual meeting drew residents and older townspeople to a gathering at W. F. Wi’s home. Attendees heard speeches, with Dwight Hansen described moving through underbrush to a logging area. Several residents were named as speakers and participants amid a chaotic scene and disrupted transport.
Lieut Gov Edge Witt spoke to a fair audience in the district courtroom at 11 o'clock about his Texas governor bid. Judge Leslie introduced Witt and praised his career, citing wartime service and association with Sam Rayburn. He outlined a platform to combat economic disaster and unemployment. Eight lives were lost in a San Salvador hurricane, with 500 homeless and $1.5 million in damage reported by Pan American Airways.
In Waterloo Iowa on Thursday Tommy Curro 38 a top lieutenant of the John Dillinger gang dies from wounds after a gun battle with peace officers in a local hospital. A captured woman Jean Crumpton 21 from Madison Wisconsin says she sheltered Dillinger’s group at Litle Bohemia and was with Carroll when police closed in.
In Oklahoma City a stockyards strike area saw 900 workers, mainly women, picketing for union recognition and higher wages. Pepper spray from cans was tossed at non union drivers as police ended the clash after pepper filled the air and many were sprayed.
Bonham Texas based VOW team visits Whitewright and kicks off a class of 21 candidates with street floor work and a modest reception offering sake cream and sandwiches. State Manager R B Mira presided as local leaders, while a district deputy oversaw the gathering.
Mrs Catherine Hate Travis brings paintings titled Tex Plumes to Dallas fair with expected display on Bonham State Park east side. Travis notes that she will travel to California in summer to continue scenic art work as public exhibit draws interest.
In Kerrville on June 7 a Dallas attorney’s keys fell into a Medua Lake. A four pound bass caught by Joe Paces hooked the keys with the name plate still attached. The fisherman retrieved the items and returned them to the owner.
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