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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
2
The Bonham Daily Favorite requests readers to supply both old and new addresses when changing delivery. This ensures prompt processing and avoids delays. The staff lists positions including Manager, Editor, Society Editor, Advertising Director, Advertising Salesman, Mechanical Superintendent, Linotype Dept, Linotype Operator, and Mechanical Dept.
Advertises multiple Bonham region properties for sale with acreage 113 to 160 acres. Highlights include good water, pools, timber, pasture, cultivation, and improvements. Prices range from 850 to 3000 per acre with cash and terms and contact J. M Carver, telephone 454-M.
The column muses on public officials, the shifting appeal of harsh rhetoric, and the world’s wartime pressure. It notes Joe Stalin’s statements, Japan’s possible alliances, and America’s two front struggle with potential for a third. MacArthur’s Pacific activities continue alongside Europe’s front opening.
Local notices recount Navy and Marine families awaiting loved ones overseas in the Southwest and Atlantic war zones. The Navy Mail Service outlines a Christmas mail plan from Sept 1 to Oct 15 1944 with a 5 pound weight limit and item dimensions, urging early mailing to reach distant outposts and avoid fragile perishable items.
Sergeant Clyde W. C. Crabb, after fourteen months overseas with the Armored Force in the European theater, arrived at Camp Beauregard Louisiana and will visit his wife Opal Crabb and his parents in Bonham, Dodd City.
The piece notes that incorrect addresses delay mail by about 90 days on average and can extend longer. It mentions last year several thousand Navy Christmas packages were delayed due to misaddressing.
Capt Angelo J Luck Jr 27 recently transferred from Jones Field Bonham to Perrin Field Texas as assistant personnel officer at AAP Training Command station He previously served two years as adjutant of the primary flight training school at Jones Field and now resides on the post with his wife and 22 month old child.
A New York Times report notes that a 30 percent night club tax has forced about a third of such clubs to shutter. The remark about war’s compensations frames the uneasy balance between revenue and cultural venues as society bears the costs of conflict.
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