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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
8
John Rocke Jr expects to visit the Soviet Union mid July to discuss oil relations. Report by James MacDonald of the American Foreign Association notes plans to negotiate expanded cooperation with the Soviet oil industry and Standard Oil.
More, Neb February 20 Miss Anna Batten marked fifty years as a teacher in Nebraska reaching a record as the Wverhore schools veteran She began teaching in Pawnee County when the region was sparsely settled and remained in the profession with only two absences in 39 years Batten plans to begin her 51st year and still teaches a song in class much as she did in the early days.
More 100 sensory and public school actions in Kansas Missouri and home have turned students at Kansas State Teachers college has The occasion is a short course struction in the science and prc art underlying their work. A project is being sponsored jointly the ktate board for vocational edu the college and the Kansas for Engineers Association.
United Press reports Washington University psychologist N E Bunch ran a study with 80 volunteers kept awake overnight using radio and bridge. The next day they took a stiff exam and were sleepy irritable and less responsive to jokes from the professor.
Birmingham woman Miss Madge Gunner endured four engagements ending in tragedy as fiances died in war crashes accidents and during buildup to marriage. Her losses included a World War officer, an airman, an engineer, and personal family deaths abroad.
United States indicated cotton supply on June 1 totaled 3,935,000 bales, down from 4,447,000 a year earlier and below the seven year average. May consumption and exports reduced supply, with carryover expected near 2,125,000 bales if current rates hold. New Orleans and world price effects noted as May figures show weaker demand and lower output, with stocks and backlogs inching up.
J C Curry a 46 year old engineer was seriously burned when gas built up and a boiler exploded at Oriental Dyeing and Dry Cleaning Co in Dallas. The blast shattered brick buildings and drove workers into the street. Watchman H Gerth aged 61 sustained minor injuries.
Houston dispatch notes 92 inmates still at large near Clemons prison farm in Hira zorin county as of today. Twenty two prisoners, including the prison-break leaders, are actively hunted with continued reposts reporting the manhunt.
Governor Ron Moody spoke openly about a controversy in Austin on June 21. He argued that if Washington follows a custom and precedent, the precedent is bad and should be broken. He said Missourians who feel aggrieved should have sent a white man to Congress and his wife would receive social privileges.
Texas reports show continued high emergence of boll weevils with 8.18 percent of wintered weevils emerging by June 16. County reports note widespread activity from Brazoria to Williamson with dust control and 12 to 18 percent infestation near Woodlands.
Weather this past week aided bell weevil emergence with extension reports showing 2 percent infestation in cotton near timber across Pittsburg McIntosh Has Kell L Flore Johnston and Carter counties and as far west as Wilson. Carter and Johnston counties experienced heavy infestation with similar patterns along the Canadian River in southern McIntosh and reports extending into Choctaw Bryan Marshall and Pontotoc counties.
In a Baton Rouge report dated June 20, adult second generation weevils were found near Franklin. Entomologist W. F. E. Hinds notes a very high infestation of alternate weevils in fields near Shelter with about 75 percent of squares punctured and two to three squares damaged per plant. St Landry Parish farmers have applied two calcium arsenate treatments to young cotton to control the pest.
In a telegram dated June 21 from Louis Colquitt former Texas governor Colquitt asks Governor Moody not to sign the legislative resolution censuring Mrs. Hoover. He writes Me too Dan in reply to Moody.
East and West Texas see generally fair skies with warmth rising in the Panhandle tonight. The forecast calls for clear conditions, with temperatures easing into pleasant levels as Saturday approaches.
Charles Swan and Napoleon Glover were executed in the Cook County jail by electric chair after confessing to murdering two Black men and committing nearly ninety holdups. The pair, described as youthful, admitted desecrating the Sabbath by banditry and detailing their crimes.
Lions Club program included a skit titled How a story grew led by Lioness Edith McClure. Nine wives portrayed nine sisters and spread gossip about new neighbors who allegedly murdered a woman. The twist reveals the victims were the minister and his family. George Wheeler and Prentice Gross spoke, with Gross outlining Federal duties. Clyde Monds and Baxter Sitzler were named for next week’s program. President Tarter paid fines for judging fellow members.
Creed Stephens, 37, an engineer for West Texas Utilities Co., was electrocuted when a safety plug was not pulled before switching off a street lighting system in Cisco. He had worked for the company eight years.
A husband mails candy to his wife while she undergoes rapid dieting. The act appears aimed at comfort but contrasts with her dieting regimen, highlighting a contradictory gesture amid the tense domestic situation.
AUSTIN June 21 Protesters from Houston challenged fire insurance rates on municipally owned property before the State Insurance Commission. Tom Ball and Harvey Draper cited that rates net 40 percent profit to insurers. Hearings began on 38 proposed rate changes while the House postponed Robison charge hearings to this afternoon to avoid delaying pressing legislation.
Mrs. Alice Lee West Movius, state chairman of the Massachusetts branch of the National Woman's party, urges all women juries for cases with women defendants. She argues men are biased when tried by women juries and cites discrimination in jury duty.
LENINRAD June 20 Sunday has been abolished here by the Pskovsky Pedagogical Technikum Ostrovsky School and other institutions adopting Wednesday as the weekly day of rest A movement started recently by schools in Tomsk Siberia and spread to other parts of the country finds Wednesday as the substitute for the former free day. Terrier mothers chits COLUMBUS O June 20 Kitsie a blink fox terrier adopted a brood of little pups as orphans The mother dog shows strong maternal care and the pups appear content CATTLE ARE MORTAR FIED COLUMBIA Mo June 20 Four hogs are dead four steers are not expected to live after eating contents unloaded in the pasture
Brownwood on June 21 T Leonard aged 35 a driller was sentenced to fifty years in the state penitentiary for the killing of J R Wilson here last February.
The Texas House voted today for a 4 cent gasoline tax to be levied as an occupation tax on wholesale gases. The plan, replacing the earlier excise proposal, comes from Montgomery and Hidalgo counties and follows a higher rate.
Cincinnati June 6 Judge Edward Hurley notes athletes rarely face arraignment in criminal courts. He cites discipline and self reliance as factors shaping sound minds and bodies among athletes.
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