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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
3
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The Willow Wild Cemetery Commission met to plan graveling and grading driveways, noting wet weather makes them nearly impassable after funerals. City leaders offer to supply gravel and grading free, but funds are scarce. They ask the public to donate 200 dollars, promising refunds if the goal isn’t met, with donor lists published in the Favorite.
Reports claim Ned River rises in the city due to rain in the northwest though local conditions show no rainfall. The Red River, long noted in state records, could rise with rain elsewhere while Brazos remains dry, illustrating uneven regional precipitation and flood risk.
Sherman Texas June 16 C C Kellcher local capitalist and large land owner has been appointed a member of the Sherman City Council He succeeds C C Stevens resigned.
Veterans fill galleries and thousands gather outside as the Senate moves toward a vote on the $2.4 billion bonus bill. Leaders expected defeat, while veterans counsel restraint and police are posted for potential disturbances.
Five unmasked bandits armed with a machine gun robbed Citizens National Bank in Fort Scott Kansas. They slugged assistant cashier Harry Parrish and teller Leslie Wolfe, forcing female employees to accompany them. Hostages were released before the bandits fled the town.
A Paris gathering with L A Pierie district highway engineer discussed designating a north south highway from Wolfe City to Gober and Bonham to the Red River. About 40 delegates from Gober Wolfe City Greenville and Bonham urged a free bridges route and planned a delegation to Austin to press the Highway Commission. Bonham attendees included Sid Smith Judge Warren John R Spivy Will Nevill and H A McDougal.
Dr. T. E. Finney of Baylor University was seriously injured in an automobile collision ten miles south of Belton on a highway curve. A woman driver, taken to Georgetown hospital, was involved. The accident occurred at a curve where Finney was injured three years earlier.
The Bonham Municipal Band performs on the square at the usual hour Friday night with Director Crealia selecting a fine program. The lineup includes marches and overtures by O. R. Parrar, G Holmes, K L King, and the Conqueror overture, plus a Broadway One Step and potential audience requests.
Sherman Texas June 16 W IH Gilley a farmer living east of Sherman brought in the first cotton blooms this season about two weeks earlier than last year Walter Cooper a Negro farmer living two miles south of Sherman brought in a stalk of cotton well loaded with unopened squares Cotton all over Grayson county is reported to be developing very rapidly
Robert Martinez, convicted in Live Oak county for the slaying of Dr A Ramsey, is paroled by a governor proclamation. Harry J Lehy of Mathis was electrocuted for the killing. Martinez had been sentenced to five years, entering the penitentiary on February 17, 1930. A separate Ontario item notes body material value dropping to 31 cents.
Washington June 17 President Hoover is heartened by overwhelming Republican convention support for him and his administration He will launch his bid from the White House portico after formal notification and use the White House and Rapidan Camp as campaign HQ He was showered with congratulations and posed for photos along with a cabinet meeting.
In Pecos Texas on June 16 the city recorded a shade temperature of 116 degrees breaking all June heat records. The spike capped a four day heat wave with prior highs of 104 degrees on Monday and Tuesday.
In Montreal on June 17 explosions aboard the Cymbaline killed four and left thirty five injured with sixteen missing. The fire brigade reported nineteen injured including seven firemen in critical condition. The director and two Montreal firefighters are listed among the missing.
In El Paso on June 17 five firemen were injured as a blaze engulfed the W. T. Grant Company store. The estimated damage runs to $200000.
Humble Oil and Refining and Humble Pipe Line adopt a five day week effective July 1. Wages stay above $100 monthly for salary employees. hourly workers paid for time worked. Executives and salaried staff will see salary reductions to reflect the shorter week. Company leaders say the move aligns with industry trends and aims to secure ongoing employment.
Washington June 16 The U S Civil Service Commission warns the public against paying for coaching courses for federal service exams. Some schools take money under false pretenses and a Iowa indictment is noted as an example. Few federal appointments are made. exams are rare, and large eligibles lists exist from prior exams.
Ernest Wilson, bank employee of First National Webster, escorted by a police officer and taxi driver, was robbed by four armed men outside the Webster post office. A parcel bearing 15 000 to 20 000 in new bills from the Federal Reserve in Boston was taken. The heist occurred as they exited the post office.
Temperature for 24 hours ending at 7 am reports a maximum of 95 and a minimum of 76. East Texas shows partly cloudy to unsettled conditions with some chances of rain tonight, while West Texas remains generally cooler with pale skies and calmer conditions.
Bonham business men and local farmers visited Trenton to study the onion deal now at its height. No. 1 onions paid about 90 cents per bushel basket, second grade 45 to 60 cents, with 125 to 150 workers at loading and grading sheds. About 810 acres in onions in the area, 200 carloads expected this year, and plans to expand to 2500 acres next year. The soil near Trenton, Farmersville and nearby areas favors Bermuda onions, with Sandy land yielding less durable stock. The community seeks to recruit more farmers to grow onions for carload shipments, offering a cash crop alternative to cotton.
Onion harvest begins around Trenton Texas with many vacant houses now occupied as workers camp nearby. Yields range from 150 bushels per acre to a farm totaling 491 bushels from two acres. Twenty cars shipped at 50 cents per bushel. storage shed built by M K T railroad. electric and hand graders in use. Weather may extend the picking season with a later crop anticipated.
A Bonham businessman said recently that when he gets a son’s letter typewritten he reads it before returning home, but if the boy writes by hand he takes the letter home for his wife to read.
The Associated Press reports Chicago on June 17 that the Republican convention closed with Hoover and Curtis nominated, Everett Sanders chosen as campaign manager, and Texas’s forty nine delegates influential in the showdown. The Texas delegation drove the Dawes movement until Dawes halted it, casting their votes for B J Snell of New York despite his protest.
Washington June 16 Speaker Garner remains feverish with 100 degrees plus and shows no improvement. Doctor Calver reports the bronchitis persists while the speaker rests in bed after a relapse causing concern for possible pneumonia. Mrs Garner stays at the hotel. no visitors or calls.
In Durant Oklahoma a feud over school policy erupted into gunfire outside a country store. Charley Fisher is jailed on two murder charges for firing a shotgun that killed Roscoe Garner and Frank Farmer. Joe Smith, former school superintendent, may die. authorities say the shooting followed threats against Fisher and his family.
In Glasgow Scotland a pageant preceded a muted ceremony as Helen Keller the renowned deaf and blind educator was awarded the Doctor of Laws degree by Glasgow University despite being unable to hear Mass or fully perceive the pageantry.
Maj T B Curtis died after being shot on a San Marcos train by William F McWilliams a demented ex soldier. A W Turner received four wounds and remains critical. McWilliams was captured near San Marcos by rangers four hours later and will face a district court sanity trial.
Vernon Texas June 16 the first car of tomatoes to be shipped from Franklin County laid in by W. F. Denny representing buyers. Quality is excellent and more cars expected as acres are being grown. Price per pound two cents, satisfactory to the grower. The yield is old.
June J A Shrey of Logansport Louisiana, an alleged National Supply Company employee, suffered minor cuts and facial injuries when a small airplane wrecked during an attempted landing on a golf driving range east of Longview. The aircraft tipped over and Shrey’s cane was damaged along with landing gear.
Report cites Warden Lewis E Lawes of Sing Sing noting that none of the two children of the prison’s 15,000 inmates have served time elsewhere. In Los Angeles, Mrs Harry K Bally disputed a spanking claim, testifying she did not contract for such discipline.
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