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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1934
Page
3
Chancellor Hitler left Berlin for Nadeck to confer with President Paul von Hindenburg after Von Papen backed the Nazi regime. The visit gains significance as Von Papen plans to accompany the president during the talks.
Reports from Smyrna and surrounding regions describe widespread destruction after a series of quakes. Istanbul dispatches note a cloudburst and flooding in many villages while seven miners were entombed in upper Silesia by a cave-in caused by the tremor.
The Fannin County Relief Administration canning plant will begin operations Friday on West Street behind J C Penney. Miss Edith Wasson will supervise with bookings starting today for those needing vegetables canned. The plant can process 1500 cans per day over an eight hour shift, taking 55 percent of the finished product as toll. The remaining 55 percent supports relief recipients for next winter. Wasson previously managed the plant and is qualified. vegetables available include peas beans beets with several other canning sites around the county.
The cotton market opened July at 11.99 cents and finished the session around 11.98 to 12 cents. The movement shows a slight easing after the early rise and indicates modest price stability for the period.
Norwegian pilot Tocogsen resumed sole responsibility for the Dresden disaster that drowned 16 women from a Nazi excursion. He blamed greater drifting than estimated. Fifteen passengers were hospitalized at Stavanger. An unknown young officer was praised for diving from the third deck to rescue women. Survivors say heroism saved many lives.
The German steamship Dresden struck a submerged rock near Kleep Bokn Fjord and landed 1,000 passengers on Karmory Island with four lives reported lost. The captain sent a wireless SOS and beached the vessel, then continued to Kurmor Island under own power. The ship listed violently as passengers stood by for lifeboats.
The third Wednesday sale by the Retail Merchants Association drew hundreds of buyers on South Center Street near the Alexander Hotel Deet. Auctioneer Dorough ran the event with Jim Carmedseel and Bill Roberts in attendance. Items fetched varied sums with a wool blanket at 6.90 selling for 177, an Ingersoll watch at 75 and a car tire at 150. A 98 cent address book sold around 65 and a 3300 electric fan went for 16. Bed spreads sold for 140 and 115, coffee wreckage 115, ten pounds of sugar 105. A bidder raised a bed’s price from 25 to 75 with good natured crowd and merriment. Increased attendance signals rising interest and potential for larger crowds with more advertising.
Fire in a wheat field near Bonham State Park scorched a farm shed and damaged shocks. Boys assisting on the farm fought the blaze with fire lighters as flames spread through the dry field.
Midland records a high of 106 degrees, the season’s peak, as a heat wave continues. The brief item notes the extreme temperature with minimal detail and a local dateline.
Two holidays celebrated globally are Christmas and New Year. Both mark seasonal and calendar events with cultural and religious significance across many countries and communities.
A mob of white men seized Neero Griggs and hanged him after officers had him in custody en route to Dreige for safekeeping. Seventeen shots struck the body before the crowd cut it down and dragged it behind an automobile. Local witnesses report the incident near Kirbyville on June 1 in a violent racially charged act.
Mayor Bailey announces that a car load of oil has arrived and street oiling will begin tomorrow or the next day. Several cars will be used if needed with one oil applied and more added as warranted. Citizens will welcome dust relief along the streets, especially for households troubled by dust.
Readable fragments indicate a fair Saturday and Sunday with temperatures near 99 degrees and a low around 2.3. An advisory mentions possible storms around Thursday and Friday with uncertain timing.
Secretary Vicresathau said the treasury will carry out the Silver Purchase Act enthusiastically as Moogenttay reported the treasury began purchasing silver from its general fund. The law requires increasing silver holdings to 12% of the nation’s monetary stock. In Seattle a bakery saw three cash register heists in six weeks with pies left untouched.
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