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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1928
Page
5
Afton Bladet reports a Kingsbay dispatch saying Roald Amundsen s plane was forced down in Polar seas and drifting among ice floes with Amundsen in greater need of help than the Italia crew. Dispatch unconfirmed.
At Kings Bay on June 20 unconfirmed reports said rescuers dropped groceries to Italia's crew over the side but did not land. The dispatch notes no verified landing as yet.
American crew members Lieutenant Harry Lyon and James Warner plan a crossing from Finland to the United States and said they would ask Captain Charles Kingsford Smith to pilot the transatlantic venture.
Governor Moody authorized a $250 reward for each offender involved in the Houston lynching. The proclamation makes payable upon arrest and delivery of all participants, with a sixty day limit.
Frederick report notes a severe storm last night with electrical wind rain and hail. Eight people died with Elbert Reeves 20 killed by a lightning strike while plowing eighteen miles northwest of Frederick.
Columbus Ohio June 20. George Remus, a confessed slayer of his wife, was ordered released from the state hospital for the criminally insane today.
Severe storms with rains and cyclonic winds swept the Middle West. Indiana University workers sheltering under a tree were killed by lightning, and a man died near Newark Ohio. Illinois and Indiana damage was estimated at one million dollars.
Laurel Point, W Va June 20 Five miners were killed and seven injured in an explosion at the National Coal Co Laurel Point Mine. The blast occurred in a shaft with twenty workers present. Ten escaped unharmed. Rescue teams were dispatched to aid in recovering the dead and inspecting the scene. Officials could not determine the cause of the explosion.
The attorney general's office in Austin approves fifty thousand dollars in City of Bonham school bonds. The action allows the Bonham district to proceed with the financed project.
East Texas tonight and Thursday are partly cloudy to cloudy. West Texas expects tonight and Thursday to be generally fair.
The Senior Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday with President J. W. Evans presiding. Sid Smith urged strict government formula for cotton poisoning and data gathering for growers. Judge Leslie shared income per acre from unpoisoned land and potential bale yields with proper dusting. A motion supported four five acre tests of calcium arenate for boll weevil control, records to be kept in the Chamber. H. L. Rodgers announced a June two day encampment for five hundred youth at Bonham with $36 proposed for travel expenses.
June 20 reports Jno Bartlett first assistant postmaster general will visit Texas early next month to assess Wichita Falls needs for a new federal building. The city has sought a federal structure for several years.
A car accident two miles north of Bailey killed Elizabeth Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bailey, after she darted from behind bushes into the path of Wyatt McMurray’s vehicle. Despite swift medical aid, she died from injuries shortly after. The driver is sorrowful but not to blame.
Houston rolls out hospitality for the Democratic National Convention as Texans promise warm welcomes and abundant food. Delegates and press are greeted with a hand shake line, hot tamales, chile bowls, and salesman style fanfare in a carnival atmosphere.
More than 200 Europeans in Juarez await quota numbers under a new law set to admit entries starting July 1. Italians Poles Syrians and Russians dominate the applicant pool with many waiting four years in crowded apartments.
Fort Worth reports house detective Tom Knight of the Met op Titan Movel charged with assault murder following a hotel guest confrontation. Needing verification, the police note the incident involved a guest named William Re and Knight allegedly attacked him amid a dispute. The case unfolds with testimony and possible further detentions.
Houston reports a 24 year old Black man named Robert Powell was dragged from Jefferson Davis Hospital and lynched near a Post Oak road bridge after unnamed attackers hijacked a deputy guarding him. Authorities sought state rangers as a grand jury began investigating the mob violence before the Democratic convention.
A petition circulated in Longview calls for a bond issue to fund streets at 46 000, water at 210 000, and cemetery improvements. The plan also seeks repaving, additional street lighting, and related city improvements.
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