Elkins Grocermen Defeat Swartz 6-2 In Tight Contest
Elkins Grocermen beat Swartz Department Store 6-2 to stay in the league title chase. Clarence Elkins led at bat with three hits in four appearances as the win keeps Elkins one game behind pace-setters Whites Auto and Hulsey’s Cleaner. A key matchup this afternoon pits Whites Auto against Hulsey to decide the league lead with Hulsey favored.
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Elkins
Swartz
Clarence Elkins
Whites Auto
Hulsey’s
Whites Auto Ten
Hulsey
Inventive Spirit of American Workers Cited
The article argues that Americans dominate invention globally, claiming eighty percent of the world's inventions originate in the United States and praising national ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Herbal Kidney Remedy Ad
An old advertisement claims Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root relieves bladder and kidney symptoms from acidity. It promises fast relief, a blend of 16 herbs, no habit forming ingredients, and prepaid sample offers from Kilmer & Co. in Stamford Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiemer
Department A. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Bill Long Dies At Home In Bonham
William C. Long aged 67 a longtime Fannin County resident died suddenly at his Bonham home Monday at 8 p m He was born November 12 1877 in Tennessee Survivors include his widow Carrie Long a son Fred Long two sisters from Etowah Tennessee and a brother Also surviving are a brother and two sisters Funeral services are set for 4 p m Wednesday at Wise Funeral Home with burial at Willow Wild Rev T W Sisterson and Ashley Evans will officiate Pallbearers listed as Fount Tarver Burr Sparkman George Biggerstaff Roy Doyle George Wilson and Noah Taylor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Long
Fannin County
Carrie Long
Fred Long
Ashley Evans
Tarver Burr Sparkman
George Biggerstaff
Roy Doyle
George Wilson
Noah Taylor
Two Charged In Lubbock Holdup Death
In Lubbock Texas a man and a woman were charged with murder with malice after the fatal shooting of Bill Lamb a 50 year old filling station operator during an attempted holdup early Sunday They were captured near Slide community and held without bail Authorities said robbery involved car and cash from Cisco victim C B Leaird and that Leaird was forced to remove his trousers and flee as Lamb resisted the attack
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas
Bill Lamb
Lubberk County
Slide Community
Justice of the Prace
D. W. Robertson
A. J. Wright
Abilene
Vinnie McKeever
Demine
Dist. Atty
Burton S. Burks
Burks
Cisco
Leaird
Lamb
Countis Taken to Hospital for Rest and Treatment
R M Countis, who came from San Antonio to attend to business, suffered a stroke late last week and is staying at Allen Memorial Hospital for treatment. He formerly lived in Fannin County before moving to live with a sister in San Antonio. Ye Invest In The Future Buy Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Countis
Penham
San Antonio
Allen Memorial Hospital
Mr. Countis
Fannin County
Alamo City
Bonham Businesses Named in Local Ad List
A collection of business names appears in a Bonham segment listing local merchants and services including Daa Yates Morrow Motor Co J C Penney Co Texas Power Light Co and Williamson Jewelry along with city references and individuals such as Joe Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates & Morrow Motor Company
Demonds Grocery Sitzlers Flowers
Bonham State Bank
Manning & Meador Implement CO
Bonham Daily Favorite
J. C. Penney Company
Southwest Pump Company
Texas Power & Light Company
White Furniture Company
Russell Cleaners
Miller Motor Company
Hunt's Peelfer‘'S Drug Store
Star Shoe Shop
Hodge ¢BraDford-WatSon CO
Williamson Jewelry Knight Furniture CO
City OF
Bonham
Carrier Planes Join Attacks of B-29s On Japs
Carrier aircraft led a task force raid on Sakishima Islands south of Okinawa and four Japanese industrial cities, with about 3000 tons dropped in the four targets. Tokyo reported round the clock B-29 bombing of the homeland and Lib erators sinking two small cargo ships off Paramushiru.
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Guam
Sakishima
Okinawa
Tokyo
Japan
Kakishima
Kyogoshima
Omuta
Koyuthu
Yokkaichi
Hamamatsu
Honshu
Saia Mres
Kaeoshima
Ovuta
Yokkatchi
Strikers Ordered To End Walkout At Goodyear Tire Akron
In Akron Ohio the regional War Labor Board ordered 18 000 striking workers to end their unauthorized walkout at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co union leaders said the strike began early Sunday after talks on at least eight grievances under contract negotiations stalled The walkout reportedly cost 32000 tires and inner tubes a day officials said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
C. V. Wheeler
Goodyear
United Rubber Workers (Cio
New Pacific Command Set Up Under Gen Stye
General Douglas MacArthur announced a new Pacific command run by General Wilhelm D. Stye to manage flow of ammunition equipment food and personnel to fronts for the coming assault on Japan set up in Manila on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Wilhelm D. Stye
Japan
First Car Wheat Arrives for Kansas City Market
Weinert Texas shipped the season s first carload of new wheat to the Kansas City market arriving today in June. The arrival is usually from Oklahoma and is the second latest date on record for the first car. The note ends with a wartime slogan urging support for the 7th War Loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury Department
Kansas City
U.P
Weinert
Tex
Oklahoma
Torpedo Jam Threat Faces Returning Destroyer Lamson
The destroyer Lamson returned to Bremerton under power despite torpedoes jammed in tubes after a Jap death in action plane damaged the ship near the Philippines. Under Comdr William H. Watson Jr this crew brought the Lamson home and is now ready to join anti ship missions again with Haraden nearby.
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Washington
Samson
Navy
Ormoc Bay
Philippines
Comdr
William H. Watson Jr
Pensacola
Fla
Lamson
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Te Lamson
Lremerton Yard
Haraden
Workers Vote To Call Strike At Glass Plants
A CIO affiliated union votes to strike eight Lib bey Owens Ford Glass Co plants in Toledo Charleston Ottawa Shreveport and other sites after wage adjustment dispute. The walkout may be delayed until Thursday with near twelve to one approval.
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Cleveland
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co
CIO
National
Jo Hor Relations Board
Toledo
Ohio
Charleston
W. Va
Ottawa
Shreveport
Ieland Beard
Iner Nations
Walkout Continues At Rolling Mill In Ashland
In Ashland Kentucky on June 19 striking workers at the American Rolling Mill Co plant enter a seventh day of walkout. The walkout followed the suspension of an employee and persisted despite a War Labor Board order to return to work from Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Stike
American Rolling Mill Co
Regional War Labor Board
Cleveland
Man Drowns In Houston Channel
A man identified as Jack Reaves, 42, of Houston, drowned after his car plummeted through a guard chain at the Pasade ferry and sank into the Houston slip channel this afternoon.
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Houston Channel
Houston
Tex
U. A
Jack Reaves
Pasade
Belgian King Leopold refuses abdication demand
King Leopold of Belgium rejected a clamorous call to abdicate and affirmed his ongoing constitutional prerogatives. A note mentions an ALT FIREMEN INVITED Fryer festival and a Golf Club gathering scheduled for Wednesday night at 7:30.
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SAL ZeBl KG
Ausitia
Leopold
The
Belg
Loday
ALT Firemen
Golf Club
Bonhamites Scan Sky For Silvery Speck In Morning
Bonham residents craned necks and strained their eyes to identify a silver speck hanging aloft in the morning. Theories ranged from a Jap balloon bomb to a star or weather balloon, with most leaning toward a star as the explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonhamites
Center man drowns in Sabine River on Sunday
A man named Harr drowned while boating with a Wimmint party on the Sabine River near Center Texas on Sunday. Others present included relatives and a few children, with no immediate cause determined. The accident details and names are partly unreadable in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Jess Ther
Acciden Carrol
Appointed Bank Examiner Listed in Texas Notice
A terse fragment from a Texas notice mentions an appointed bank examiner amid garbled names and references to banks or bank work. The legible items include a Texas location and references to state banking staff, with unreadable surrounding text.
Funeral Services for Ensign Owens Thursday
Funeral services for Ensign Everett L. Owens USNR 20 son of Mr and Mrs John R Owens will be held at 4 p m Thursday from the First Baptist Church with Rev J I Gregory officiating Burial will follow in Willow Wid Wise in charge Owens born February 25 1925 in Benham graduated Benham high school 1942 he was employed at Jones Field and recently commissioned in the Naval service Survivors include his parents and sister Gladys Trene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett L. Owens
USNR
John R. Owens
Lfe
Vicksburg
Miss
First Baptist Church
J. I. Gregory
Willow Wid
Wise
Ens Owens
Benham
Benham High School
Jones Field
Naval Service
Northwestern University
Chicago
Ster
Gladys Trene
Educational requirements lowered for enlistment in defense guard
At New Orleans headquarters Lt Cmdr E B vrige rlet announced a reduction in enlistment requirements for the Cosa Guard. Seventeen year olds with at least high school work may join in June and July. Men may train as electricians machinists cooks bakers pharmacist’s mates and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cra
New Orleans
Cosa’ Guard
Cmdr
E B Vrige
Teen Poll Buoyed By Training Law Support
A poll shows 72 of 100 questioned favor a law for American teenagers to undergo military training and conscription. The survey frames the topic amid debates on Soviet plans for military education and national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bament
View Wanted for Merchant Marine Training
The United States Maritime Service seeks volunteers for training at the Employment Office in Sherman Texas with interviews scheduled June 20 and 22 and 28. Applicants aged men and women are invited to join the Merchant Marine program for service in the United States Merchant Marine.
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Yale
Clark
State Maritime Service
United States
Sherman
Tex
Texas
Volunte
United Es Maritime Service
Ma Ihe
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Newton
Bill Long
William
Bill) C. Long
Bonham, Rt. 2
Mr. Long
Bonda
Bonham Theatres
Salome
Yvonne de Carlo
David Bruce
G. IT
Peter Cookson
National Velvet
Michel Rooney
Jackie Jenkins
Yeserday
Kagoshima
Curtis EE. Lemay
Erd
New Command
Luan
Home Furniture CO
Roy Smaryers
Mgr
W. Duh
Senham, Texas
Rolling Mill
Eisenhower
Hitler
Himmiler's
Germany
Mufti
Austin
Texan
Bar
Tyler Ch
Coramis
H. A Jamivet
Hardwicke-Elise and
KNOW
U. S. Employment Service
W. Ath St
Bomiam, Ilxa
Hardwicke-Fitey Company
Sherman, Texas
E. L. Owens
Nes
Denver
Np Oer Center
Payn
West Fifth Street
SEARS
Bonham, Texas
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