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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
7
A cold front drills south through Texas bringing sleet and snow to North Texas. Amarillo records twelve degrees while El Paso sits around thirty two and Del Rio about forty four as Dallas Gainesville and Sherman report accumulating snow and icy conditions.
Senator Glass and others assail Woodrow Wilson and defend Nye in a high voltage Senate debate. Nye accuses Wilson and Lansing of falsifying wartime records on secret treaties, challenging Connally and Democratic allies amid Morgan banking influence concerns.
William Morgan a Dallas United States secret service agent was kidnapped by Leonard Johnson a counterfeiter en route from Texarkana to Paris. Morgan escaped by leaping from the car at Bokchito Oklahoma and was uninjured. Johnson remains at large as authorities hunt him.
Aunt Parilee Diggerstalli celebrated her eighty third birthday with a surprise dinner at her East Fourth Street home in Bonham. Friends attended including Mrs Z O Biggerstaff, Mrs Ola Kirby, Mrs Logan Myers, Mrs Laura Tittsworth, Mrs Beckie Muller, Mrs Ralph Biggerstaff, Mrs L A Jones, Mrs John Jackson, Mrs Pete Henderson, and Mr and Mrs F A Decker.
A tornado swept the eastern slope of Sand Mountain near Rainsville, killing two men one woman and a small girl and injuring several more as it wrecked numerous structures in the area.
Secretary Wallace said public opinion would not tolerate refunds to manufacturers of billions of dollars paid in processing taxes. He noted the taxes had been passed to the consumer.
Washington January 18 The Senate opened a debate on the coalition favoring full payment of the bonus in desirable bonds. A top heavy administrative majority was sighted.
The Daily Favorite offers rural and Bonham post office subscribers a limited time rate of $2 for one year or $1 for six months with renewals at the same price. Readers are urged to renew and send copies to friends in other localities. No rate reduction for city carrier deliveries in Bonham.
An American source in Addis Ababa says Captain John Meade, the U S military attache, barely escaped death after a clash with bandits in Ethiopia’s interior when mistaken for an Italian officer. Meade reportedly gained tribesmen’s trust after the incident. Meanwhile reports of a rebellion in Gojjam and Italian advances were disputed by Ethiopia as fantastical.
Snow began about 10:30 in the morning and quickly covered the city to a depth of one to two inches by early afternoon. The storm persisted for several hours and much colder weather is forecast tonight and tomorrow with temperatures dropping to 10 to 18 degrees.
Several young people enjoyed sleighing this afternoon as sleds were hitched to automobiles. Excitement grew as riders were drawn through the streets and some were overturned when cars turned abruptly.
Attorney General Wilentz and Colonel Norman Schwartzkopf, who directed the Lindbergh kidnap hunt, discussed Governor Hoffman's Hauptmann prieve defense today and unofficially said they would stay out of the controversy. Defense attorneys denied any rift in their ranks.
Amateur night at Ector Gym Friday drew a large crowd with twenty amateurs in two groups outsiders and a school group. First prize in outsiders went to Bill Skipworth and Carlton Felmet, second to Mrs Bryan Baker, while Margaret Wright and George Thomas Baku led the school group. Proceeds will fund school building and grounds improvements and organizers plan an Amateurs Club.
State Works Progress Administrator H P Droveht opened an avenue of employment for able bodied family heads on relief rolls admitted between Nov 1 and Dec 31. After Jan 1 these clients became wards of their communities as Texas Relief Commission removed ineligible cases. About 4000 to 4900 may gain W P A project work assignments after prior certification and placement of existing workers.
Senator Clark of Missouri accused Senator Glass of abusing his power to attack the senate munitions committee without study. He spoke to defend the neutrality investigation amid Democratic indignation.
Woman discusses buying a walnut dining suite with reed seating from Bonham Furniture Company and trading in their old breakfast set. She plans to bring John to help select a rug and aims to arrive by two thirty before a party.
King George VI, age 70, ill with a brain ailment, suffered a possible heart attack and anxious signs. Four physicians including a heart specialist attended as oxygen was used overnight to aid a catarrhal condition, officials said.
Rev and Mrs S R Smith and Miss Willelie Smith attended the Far Wood conference in District 13. About a hundred visitors joined the four day event with Rev Smith speaking on the program and a noon dinner served by Edgewood ladies.
Partly cloudy conditions across East Texas with varying temperatures from ten to twenty eight degrees. Northwest wind and livestock warnings noted. West Texas reports colder south and east central areas with lows from four to twenty two degrees. Sunday mostly fair with continued livestock warnings in the south.
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