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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1948
Page
5
A historical item notes an authored measure aimed at regulating large utility holding firms. The report lists related broadcast segments and program entries in a period-appropriate listings style, highlighting policy focus and schedule context without sensational detail.
In 1944 Sam Rayburn pressed for postwar road funding with 30 percent of federal highway money earmarked for farm to market roads. Texas would receive about 30 million for all purposes, with 9 million allocated to farm to market needs. The piece also discusses holding companies in New York and Boston that controlled vast electric assets and argues for breaking them up. it closes by urging state cooperation to build extensive farm to market roads so farmers avoid mud.
Senator J Howard McGrath announced the appointment of Joe L Blythe to treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Blythe of Charlotte NC is a state senator since 1939 and vice president of Blythe Brothers Company. Also named was William J Primm Jr of Montgomery AL as assistant to the national chairman as part of the 1948 campaign reorganization.
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