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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1930
Page
7
An Alameda tunnel blast at Calaveras dam in Sunol California killed seven miners and fatally injured another. Eight men were in the tunnel when the explosion occurred likely from natural gas ignition of a dynamite charge that failed to explode previously. The dam was not endangered.
Moody withdrew from the gubernatorial contest while Tom Love entered the race in Dallas. In Detroit a tunnel explosion killed four workers and injured eight others with fears of more buried under debris and river conditions.
William Agnew died at 7 o clock this morning after a period of illness. He had lived in Bonham for years and was the last of a large Red River settlement family. Surviving are his wife and children Allen Edwin Vera Wheel ing Grace Miss Louie Elliot and Vennie Laura with siblings John Gideon Eugene Edwin Fannie Will. Funeral will be from Mrs John A Agnew residence on West 6th street at 10 o clock Tuesday. burial at Willow Wild cemetery.
Bonham native Miss Irene Risser of the 1930 class of 34 graduates from S M A this year after earning a B A and a Master of Arts thesis on the History of Dramatic Fiction in America. She is active in Yi Beta Phi and will join the faculty next year.
In Texas the 1930s dry law debate heats up as candidates push for stricter liquor laws. Morris Sheppard demands prosecution of buyers and sellers amid a wet platform, while Ferguson and Moody push oath affidavits and bootlegger detection. Other candidates outline rigid anti liquor stances and loyalty to prohibition.
The U S Forest Service reports nearly 14 percent of annual lumber goes to boxes and crates while 7 percent of wood pulp is used for fibre containers, highlighting the role of packaging in the industry.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Simmons of North Carolina defeated for renomination ending his thirty year Senate tenure as Finance Committee ranking Democrat and former chair, a surprise turnover amid broader GOP and Democratic primary activity across several states. Frank Putnam of Houston pledges to halt state enforcement if elected Texas governor and to pardon 650 inmates under the enforcement law.
Senator Caraway returned to Washington and refused to commit on the Cannon controversy until meeting with fellow investigators. He denied giving an interview at Jonesboro Arkansas after Cannon walked out and rejected claims that Cannon's conduct showed contempt.
Temperature for 24 hours ending 7 am today shows a high of 80 and low of 64. Partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with unsettled conditions and possible interior thunderstorms. West Texas expected mostly cloudy with local storms tonight and Tuesday.
Sulphur Oklahoma remains popular with visitors seeking healing waters. The piece notes July and August as peak months, describes Uncle Sam’s interest in the springs, and jokes about the waters’ curative powers and bitter taste. It mentions swimming pools, heated baths, and cold sulfur water as exercise and leisure attractions.
In Chickasha Oklahoma twelve alleged leaders of a mob riot faced arraignment as a negro was accused of attacking a white woman. Federal officers pursued five other leaders linked to a national guard attack during the riot. The piece also includes unrelated travelogue and local agriculture notes.
A shooting along a street leaves a man dead after gangsters fire as he rides or walks home. Reported details mention a machine gun and multiple shots to the head, with investigators tracing a ninth or tenth wave of gang violence.
State and United States senate candidates for the Republican primary were certified at a Houston meeting of the state Republican executive committee. San Angelo was selected for the convention on September 9.
Russell L. Kuykendall a Dallas safe cracker was captured en route to Huntsville penitentiary after a failed nine hour safe job. He fled with nearly $10 000 in diamonds and money when Allen an employee tackled him and police were summoned. Kuykendall was listed as an escaped convict from Huntsville and had served four years.
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