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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1930
Page
2
United Press reports seven miners were killed and a likely ninth fatally injured in an Alameda tunnel explosion at Calaveras Dam in Sunol California. The blast, caused by natural gas, occurred with eight workers inside the tunnel. the dam remained intact. The foreman suspects the charge failed to explode when the drill struck it.
William Agnew died at 7 o'clock after a period of failing health. He had lived in Bonham for years and was the last of a large Red River family. Survived by Meg Agnew and children Allen Edwin Mrs Vea Wheel ing Plot Point Mrs Lacey May Dodd Grace Miss Louie D Elliot Miss Tennie Laura Agnew and others. Funeral from Mrs John A A Agnew’s home on West 6th Street at 10 Tuesday morning. Burial at Willow Wild cemetery.
Irene Risser of Bonham daughter of Mrs R A Risser is among S M U 1930 graduates. She has earned a B A and a Master of Arts thesis on History of Dramatic Fiction in America and is a Yi Beta Phi member. She will join the local schools' faculty next year.
AUSTIN Texas June 9 UP Who dryest promises to be a major campaign issue in Texas this year Senator Morris Sheppard author of the Eighteenth Amendment urged prosecution of liquor buyers as well as sellers He connected opposition to Alfred J Smith to wet sentiment Former Congressman R J Henry announced against Sheppard on a wet platform Governor Ferguson demanded oath affidavits from officeholders and judges who handle liquor cases Dan Moody offered a September reward for detection of bootleggers serving students Former National Committeeman Thos B Love campaigns as too dry to back Smith Ras kob Hoover Mayfield warned that open defiance of law by bootleggers threatens government
A judge notes two methods of death by one’s own action using a rope as gliders are now towed by airplanes. The remark highlights dangers tied to glide operations and potential self harm.
Senator Caraway returned to Washington and refused to commit on the dispute with Bishop James Cannon Jr until consulting fellow investigators. He denied giving an Arkansas interview after Cannon walked out and denied saying Cannon’s action did not constitute contempt.
The U S Forest Service reports nearly 14 percent of Jumter cut yearly in the United States goes to box and crate production and 7 percent of wood pulp is used for fibre containers. The agency completed a study on this subject.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina loses renomination after thirty years in the Senate. The veteran ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee faced a surprise defeat amid Democratic primary turmoil. Analysts note shifts in North Carolina political dynamics ahead of the next congress. A separate Austin report notes Frank Putnam pledging to halt state enforcement if elected governor and to pardon 660 inmates.
Temperature for 24 hours ending at 7 a m today shows a max of 80 and min of 64 with east Texas partly cloudy and unsettled weather through tonight and Tuesday. West Texas will be mostly cloudy with local thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday.
A long discussion extols Sulphur Oklahoma its sulphur artesian wells and waters praised for healing and vigor. It describes the scenery Pennington River winding roads from Bonham to Tishomingo and routes via Durant Hugo Paris and Sherman. Road improvements and a Camp County Texas agrarian snapshot follow with crop and market notes.
A man was gunned down by gangsters as he walked home, the assailants firing multiple shots. The victim, identified as Frank R. Thompson, died at hospital after being struck in the head by at least one bullet. Police investigate the fatal shooting amid reports of gang activity in the area.
Twelve alleged leaders of a mob riot in Chickasha Oklahoma pleaded not guilty at arraignment before U S Commissioner Howard Cabeen. Federal Marshal J C Burnet searched for five other leaders charged with destruction of a national guard attack during the riot.
State and United States senate candidates were certified for the Republican ballot at a Houston meeting of the state Republican executive committee. San Angelo was chosen as the convention site for September 9.
In Detroit Michigan a tunnel collapse caused by 250 pounds of dynamite buried four men under ground. Eight other workers were seriously hurt and three more feared buried in debris. Reports say eighteen men were submerged under the river with six killed and ten injured.
Yount Worth June 9 Russell Kikendall a Dallas safe cracker is en route back to Huntsville penitentiary after a failed safe job that lasted nine hours at a jewelry store. He attempted to flee with nearly $10 000 in diamonds and cash but was tackled by W Allen a company employee who called a policeman. Diamonds were scattered on the sidewalk during the struggle and Kuykendall was listed as an escaped convict from Huntsville.
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