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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1941
Page
3
New Orleans June 15 recruiting officials in the Elgita Naval District seek over 200 civilians with strong mechanical aptitude to train as aviation mechanics for servicing military aircraft. Class V-2 Naval Reserve opens to men 17 to 28, who enlist as apprentice seamen and enter recruit training before assignment to aviation duties.
College Station June 15 Texas turkey farmers will attend a three week course in turkey production offered by the poultry husbandry department at Texas A&M College July 21 to Aug 9. Dr E J Kyle dean announces Dr V S Asmundson of UC will lecture with college staff assisting in teaching the course.
Engineers say 45 carloads of sand and gravel and 10 carloads of cement will be unloaded when weather permits. Paving will take about two months of good weather after ground dries.
In Greenwood New York on June 14 UP reports Joe Louis and Billy Conn near peak form for their title fight next Wednesday. Louis trains wary of fading early, while Conn follows a strict routine amid rain delays and final pacing before the bout.
The Nation faces aluminum production strain as defense needs rise. After January, new power sources will meet plant demand, but until then towns and electrified farms in the south are asked to save electricity by dimming signs and streetlights, lowering bath temperatures, and diverting kilowatts to the key defense plant.
At Madison Central High School a planned valedictory address was disrupted when Phyllis Pinkerton the top senior and her father Milo Pinkerton abducted her. Milo said he disciplined her for not letting him help with the speech and criticized its content claiming it failed to attack evil and defend a pond.
A Norwegian press dispatch reports German authorities have heavily mined coastal waters in recent days and taken other precautions seen as prep for potential military action.
Population between 2,500 and 5,000 is 1,422 per town, up from 1,332 ten years earlier. Combined population of these towns totals 5,025,911, versus 4,717,690 in 1990.
The piece recalls the Red River bridge saga at Sowell's Bluff from ferry days to a $100,000 cantilever design. Flood damage and river shifts leave only one approved approach from the Texas side, with Oklahoma road loss and risk of more bridges if the river moves again.
Wesley Burks, in the air corps at San Antonio, promoted to staff sergeant. Mrs Burks, formerly Miss Etta Fae Burchfield, moved to San Antonio. Charles Gibson, also in the air corps, attends engineering school in Brady for mechanics. Asscce Foster of Dallas, formerly Bells, called to active duty in San Diego. Jack Johnson, in Hawaii with the navy, joins the naval flying service.
Chicago White Sox pitcher John Rigney has withdrawn his 60 day draft deferment request after the state director asked President Roosevelt to intervene. Rigney will report for duty on June 20 and had cited partial salary leasing as his deferment basis. The piece also notes player trades and upcoming heavyweight boxing bout plans, along with local fishing reports mentioning improved catches but unsettled waters.
A Texas agriculture census shows cattle rising to 6,281,537 while horses and mules drop from 1,125,834 to 638,408 since 1910. Sheep numbers jump to 8,447,809 as tenancy falls to 48.9 percent, indicating farm expansion and rising rural employment shifts.
Kilgore Texas reports extension of Federal Tender Board No 1 areas to 107 Texas counties two New Mexico counties and all of Louisiana with an extensive reporting system. The new order expands county groups along borders and west Texas and requires agents to examine records on petroleum industry properties and deliveries. Detailed reporting on wells production and transactions is mandated for producers buyers refiners storers shippers and other transport entities.
The record shows a long run decline in farm numbers and a drop in cultivation. From 1985 to 1940 the farm count fell from 76 468 to 39 821 with a peak of 105 122 in 1930. Aggregate Texas cultivated land stood at 137 683 372 acres last year, roughly unchanged from five years prior.
In San Antonio a rear end collision halted a traffic light delay. The injured driver jumped from his car and confronted the other motorist, only to recognize a long unseen old friend. They shared a surprised reunion amid the scene.
New York June 14 The return bout between welterweight champion Fritzie Zivis of Pittsburgh and Private Al Davis of the U S Army was postponed today until July 1.
Clevland June 14 UP Paul Martin president of the local Die Casting Weathers Union struck at the Aluminum Company of America plant for three days tonight faced possible prosecution for falsification of draft information. Martin held at city jail on orders of State Parole Officer M J Hanchin who recommended return to the Ohio Penitentiary to complete a term for armed robbery. City attorneys filed a complaint alleging Martin gave his age as 26 instead of 34 on his draft registration and used the name Martin instead of Paul Mehrinpe cited other discrepancies. The parole question hinged on whether the union president left the state legally to go to Washington to negotiate for the diecasters and whether he changed his name legally.
CHICAGO June 14 The controversial selective service case of White Sox pitcher Johnny Rigney was closed today by mutual agreement and he is ready for induction into the army any time his local board calls probably June 20 Acting on a request by Rigney to cancel a 60 day deferment granted by the River Forest Illinois board Illinois selective service Director Paul G Armstrong withdrew his appeal of the delay filed with national draft official Washington Armstrong said he appealed the deferment in fairness to all the registrants of Illinois
London reported an air raid alarm briefly this morning with limited sightings of anti aircraft fire. The all clear followed after a quiet period of more than an hour.
O Cawtron, who fixes flats and works on cars on South Main, went to the city lake Saturday morning and snared a 6 pound bass. The long slim fish was the prettiest seen this year and he was proud of it.
Rome June 14 Axis press issued the first statement on the Robin Moor sinking. La Stampa in Turin carried a declaration blaming President Roosevelt and his self appointed world rule for failing to recognize the Axis war trade zone.
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