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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
10
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Judge Spies receives a letter from W H Gordon chief accountant of Texas road indebtedness praising efforts to refund road district bonds into a county wide issue to lower interest and taxes. petition circulation continues needing 250 signatures to call an election for August to consolidate bonds with beaming savings for taxpayers.
Rev Floyd Akin of Bonham chosen to fill the Denison Nazarene Church vacancy after Rev G F Webb transferred to El Paso. He and his wife arrive Thursday for an informal church reception and will reside at 227 West Texas. Mrs Akin is a musician and expression teacher. He trained at Bethany Penial College in Oklahoma City.
The county opens a new road to link Bonham and Gober to aid residents. Work began and aims to be travel ready soon. The route runs past Bois Are bridge and near Hillcrest Stock Farm linking Highway 78 with the Gober Road.
A Pampa Texas resident visiting relatives in Fannin County reports extreme drought. The dry conditions are said to be so severe that even three year old frogs are unable to swim.
A memory of selecting a green living room suite at Bonham Furniture Company with notes on matching a rust rug and adding an occasional rocker chair end tables lamps and small rugs. The writer jokes about furnishing a friend's home and mentions getting wallpaper color advice from Boubeu Furniture Company.
J Edgar Hoover said George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping was premeditated with underground pits built by William Mahan near Spirit Lake Idaho and near Tacoma. Indictments expected against Harmon Waley and Mahan after pits were uncovered in June 1934 and May 24 abduction.
Federal Judge R. L. Williams decreed the first execution under the Lindboren law. Arthur Gooch, a southwestern outlaw, was sentenced to die on September 13 for kidnapping two Paris Texas officers last November. Abductors Amorose Nix and Arthur Gooch seized officers Baker and Marks when questioned near Paris and moved them into Oklahoma before releasing them. Nix was slain during the confrontation.
Paris June 19 Members of the chamber naval committee to Gay say a majority believes Britain scrapped the Washington treaty of 1922 by signing a new naval agreement with Germany. The committee backs the government view that France has free hands on the naval question. They foresee a possible Anglo German arms race and a need for France to build up the Atlantic fleet to guard the coastline.
The Kansas Medical Board's revocation of Dr John R Brinkley's medical license was upheld by U S District Judge Tilman D Johnson of Utah. The judge said Brinkley's methods were so notorious that ignorance of them by board members was impossible and demanded condemnation. After losing the Kansas license, Brinkley moved from Milford to Del Rio and expanded his clinic with his radio audience.
Ewing Y. Mitchell, former assistant secretary of commerce, told the Senate Commerce Committee he had no evidence of direct bribes in ship subsidies. He urged a grand jury probe to determine if criminal acts occurred in granting millions to private operators.
In Trenton New Jersey on June 19 the Western Union Telegraph Company was sued by the Supreme Court for 3.6 million dollars alleging violation of gambling laws through chain telegrams.
Donald Ray Brannan 11 son of Mr and Mrs Horace Brannan of Hillsboro drowned Tuesday afternoon at Jefferson Davis State Park Lake three miles east of the city after falling from a board. Jr M Barnett a CDC enrollee recovered the body after twelve minutes in the water. Life-saving efforts failed. He is survived by his parents two brothers and one sister. Mead the Daily Favorite.
W H Roeser a 60 year old wildcat operator who had won and lost three fortunes died in Fort Worth Texas two hours after learning of a new oil discovery in Anderson County where he was drilling. He suffered a heart attack at home before a doctor could arrive. The finding had elated him as he spoke of prospects and thousands of acres to be proved in the territory.
A note found on a road near London Ohio claims Virginia Perry of Indianapolis is being kidnapped and attacked and taken to New York City. Ohio State Highway Patrol conducts an intensive search for the girl.
Ninety five of North Carolina's one hundred counties are represented among the student body at North Carolina State College indicating broad regional enrollment and local ties across the state.
Washington report notes an aging herd with 11.8 million horses and 4.8 million mules, annual deaths around 1.2 million, and 1.5 million colts needed yearly to meet demand. Rising racing needs after legalization in 22 states, plus farm use and recreation, boost demand.
San Antonio June 18 A Philippine Islands constabulary officer Major Porfirio Zablan was killed in a plane crash near Kendall county last night while on a night cross country flight to Sabinal Pearsall and other points He was to graduate with fifteen cadets from Kelly Field in a few days His wrecked plane was found by farmer John Kneupper and the body was brought to Kelly Field for burial.
Mutineers at the Lansing state prison coal mine surrendered under officers led by Warden Lacey Kimpson. After wrecking the mine and injuring no guards, officials used a reversal of ventilator fans to flood the mine with smoke and force the mutineers to yield. Leaders to be punished. no concessions to demands for food, Parker the physician, or immunity.
Hubert Whitsett, 18, former Woodrow Wilson High School student, was killed at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday after being knocked from his bicycle by a car at East Grand and Clermont. He died from a fractured skull before aid arrived. He was the 64th Dallas traffic fatality this year. Raymond Perane, 15, of 1223 Caldwell, drove the car. Patrolmen Hubbard and Cauley investigated.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death sentence for John Trapper, a Negro, for the murder of White Officer J. W. Haygood at Uvalde last February. The Associated Press report from Austin notes the ruling.
June 18 Orange. Attorneys for Rev. Edgar Eskridge a 42 year old former pastor plan to ask for a change of venue when the murder case against him is called for trial tomorrow. They expressed the opinion today.
Thirty five city blocks in Wharton were submerged as the Colorado River rose three inches per hour. About 600 African American farm workers and 200 Mexican laborers were housed in boxcars on railroad properties while white refugees totaled around fifty seven at the county fair grounds. Three refugee camps and rolling kitchens aided by the National Guard fed displaced residents. Relief was coordinated by the Red Cross and Wharton Chamber of Commerce with shipments of donated food arriving from Houston and nearby merchants.
Washington June 19 The administration requests 4 743 000 for flood control in Cameron Hidalgo and Willacy counties Texas. The project includes floodway clearing, floodway excavation, structure protection and flood control measures along the Rio Grande watershed from storm activity.
The Texas Highway commission sought an emergency $2,000,000 allocation from the Bureau of Public Roads to fund road and bridge work caused by severe floods in central and south Texas last week.
A man identified as Jimmie Brent, age about 20, was killed by a lightning strike late Monday at the farm of his father in law R. A. Adck six miles east of Mineral Wells. The incident occurred during a rain and electrical storm as the man and others sought shelter in a cellar. The body was found near the orchard and burial arrangements were to be made by the Adck family.
The fire swept a New Orleans shop causing extensive damage and smoke. Initial reports say many goods were lost though insurance may cover most of the loss. Authorities investigated the cause as crews fought the blaze through the day.
City police chief O Reilly, linked to Rev Eskridge, was shot three weeks ago in the business district. J J Collins of Lufkin, defense chief, says the pastor cannot receive a fair trial here due to prejudice and notoriety surrounding the case.
A federal shelter belt nursery is projected across the Midwest with a site planned for Hardeman County Texas near Quanah to supply trees for windbreaks and erosion control.
In Cleburne Texas on June 18 R H Crank shows several stalks of white bar ley tobacco with healthy leaves and sixty other plants just beginning to grow.
East and West Texas forecast a fair night with Thursday partly cloudy skies. Temperatures span a max 87 and min 65 degrees as the day moves from morning to evening.
Fragmentary text notes a baseball base incident or event in Colton Texas involving Valley Gins and Regorta with unclear pricing or value details. No clear dates or outcomes are available.
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