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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
4
A brief notice describes a hat preorder tied to an upcoming ehand launch. It highlights limited stock, preorder window, and shipping timelines. The item centers on a fashion accessory tied to a tech brand event and urges quick action to secure one.
Dean Acheson outlined a postwar aid program at a White Sulphur Springs meeting, stressing technical aid for developing nations to improve food, health, and education and to bolster resistance to extremism. He warned against Communist influence and discussed how aid could support peace and stability.
Census figures released by area director W Stroud in Dallas indicate district population changes. Dallas County reports 70,122 residents, up 523 in the decade, while the seven districts tabulated include overall gains and losses for the exas congressional district areas.
In Pelville Florida on June 20 a new chemical named No Nib s from B F Godrich Company is tested to keep rabbits from nibbling rice and young vegetables. The Florida Agriculture Station at Gainesville reports cottontail rabbits near gardens sprayed with No Nib s caused about 80 percent plant protection near Gainesville areas.
Judy Garland suspended by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for reporting to work on Royal Wedding without approval. The action follows a film schedule conflict with co star Peter Lawford and other studio plans.
The United Press reports a postwar shift as the GI bulge graduates, leaving campuses and the business world to adjust. Enrollments peaked in 1946 with the class graduating in June, while older veterans increase job competition but bring maturity. Enrollment deadline is July 1951 with GI education to finish by July 1956.
A British freighter, the Indian Enterprise, exploded 300 miles south of the Suez Canal. Of 74 crewmen aboard, most are believed killed or missing. Survivors are severely burned. the ship vanished with its cargo of explosives. The vessel was en route from Calcutta to London.
The Senate is poised to approve an expanded Social Security program adding 30 million beneficiaries and lifting monthly benefits from 45 to 72.50. House tax writers push a second tax increase on corporations to offset excise tax cuts, while rent control leaders seek a six month extension with optional further six months.
Former Kentucky congressman Andrew May, convicted of taking war time bribes from the Garsson Brothers, will have a Federal Parole Board hearing next month at Ashland Kentucky reformatory. May began an eight to 24 month sentence in December and is not eligible for parole until August 4. Garsson Brothers also received parole hearings last week.
North Texas amateur operators from Dallas McKinney Sherman Commerce Bonham and other points will gather at Bonham State Park for a ham radio fest Sunday. The all day meeting starts about 9 a m and runs into the afternoon with several short wave sets on display and in operation.
Fort Worth markets show cattle sales mostly steady to lower with steers and yearlings down 28 to 31 in good and common categories. Beef cows 17.50 to 21.50, canners steady. hogs weak to 25 lower, butchers at 19.75 to 20, sow and feeder pig values soft to steady.
Four people were found dead in a light plane crash near Lebanon Indiana. Officials identify the victims as Clinton Ferguson his wife their son and a man believed to be pilot Robert Lahr all from Lafayette Indiana. A farmer near the scene reported hearing engine trouble around midnight.
New Orleans attorney Eberhard P Deutch has been appointed to assist in the federal governments appeal of the Texas City disaster base. The Southern District of Texas court filed in April for about 800 plaintiffs seeking more than 300 million dollars in damages from the Texas City waterfront disaster in the spring of 1947.
Texas hatcheries produced 6.7 million chicks in May, slightly below the monthly average. The US Department of Agriculture reports broiler chick production rose 3 percent over May.
Mexican cotton growers in Tamaulipas call for 10 000 Vickers to guard the Rio Grande border and keep Mexican labor in Mexico. They claim the army will patrol to block crossings and push Valley farmers toward U S labor, as C B Ray of Mercedes notes a switch from Corpus Christi migration.
Johnny Galyon and his three year old son Johnny Ray escaped serious injury after a Hudson Brothers tank car transport hit the rear of their eastbound car on Highway 82 near Sam Rayburn's home. The boy suffered minor head injuries and was treated at a local hospital.
The Missouri Valley Conference adds the University of Houston as a member. Houston will participate in the 1950-51 basketball schedule but not in the upcoming football slate. The eight members include Tulsa Oklahoma A&M Bradley Detroit St Louis and Drake. A conference vote within days will decide full admission.
Partly cloudy with little temperature change this afternoon through tomorrow. Widely scattered thundershowers possible this afternoon or tonight. East Texas sees partly cloudy conditions with a few scattered storms mainly in the east portion and moderate to locally fresh southeast winds along the coast.
The city commission set the 1986 ad valorem tax rate at 1.20 with a 65,504,346.96 valuation, a $212,508.36 increase from 1949 valuations. The budget includes general, street, airport and waterworks funds plus a $25 taxi levy and a $1 poll tax. A trash contract for 1986 was awarded to Walker at 25.50 per month effective July 1. Residents north of the city urged sewer connections.
Billie Adele, 15, and nickname Sparky, is the sole woman radio operator in the US merchant service aboard SS Gulf Banker sailing Caribbean routes. Fellow sailors praise her competence, while captains note her calm handling of work in a male dominated field despite occasional misperceptions.
A small tornado ripped through the Dallam County area near Dalhart on June 20. The storm caused moderately heavy property damage along the Rock Island railroad right of way and lifted about one mile outside Dalhart. A wheat combine was tossed onto the main line and a team of horses was used to clear it. The system brought almost two inches of rain and a heavy downpour.
For the eighth consecutive day the temperature rose above 90 degrees with a high of 34. The forecast calls for mid nine teens for today's high. Last night’s low was 23 degrees.
A plane named Aeronca crashed in a wheat field three miles south of Dallas. The mystery accident killed the sole occupant, pilot Donald Redding of Dallas, who was flying a rented craft. No other injuries reported.
Fishermen report higher rattlesnake sales along the Red River this year than in prior seasons. Several snakes were killed, including one by Cedric Austin last week amid ongoing concern over the species’ abundance.
A 22-beauty pageant from 13 Texoma area cities will compete for Miss Texoma in Gainesville Tuesday night. The event launches a two hour program for the new 100000 municipal pool at Leonard Park with diving exhibitions by North Texas State College students and performances by Ardmore Community Chorus and Civic Band.
Attorney General Price Daniel will report to the people of Texas tonight via Tenan State Networks. He will discuss the US Supreme Court ruling affirming federal control of offshore tidelands and explain its impact on Texas law and state rights.
Nine policemen from Fort Worth pursued burglars to a church and returned with two men in custody. The incident started when a neighbor awakened by a halter on the church safe summoned police. The safe was not broken open with a hatchet, and officers arrested the suspects as they fled.
Eldon Morris Roten received a year suspended sentence in Sixth District Court after pleading guilty to an indictment of horse theft. The trial started at 1 p.m due to a County Democratic Committee meeting in the courtroom.
Bids for building and paving US Highway 69 from Trenton northeast to join with State 160 south of Whitewright will be opened by the State Highway Commission in Austin Wednesday. The contract includes an underpass under the Katy railroad south of Whitewright. The new route runs parallel to the Katy and eliminates sharp curves on the stretch built earlier. When the Trenton Whitewright segment is completed the entire US 69 route through Fannin County will be newly built and modernized.
Georgia forestry officials reported control of fires that scorched thousands of acres across southern Georgia. Spark from a railroad locomotive sparked earlier blazes. by nightfall about 75 fires burned along a wide stretch, with rangers monitoring remaining hotspots.
Lightning killed Carroll Ray Gillespie an 18-year-old farm boy near Levelland while he walked toward his farmhouse. He lived with his parents.
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