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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1940
Page
7
Erratic wording from an early edition reflects hopeful stance about America’s role in France. The brief notes confusion in phrasing but implies optimism about Allied cooperation and wartime effort.
In Fannin County activity rises this week as two oil lease blocks are assembled. Hugh McCulloch and M T Johnson secured about 4 000 acres northwest of Hon ey Grove with leases across S H Howell L Hanks D Brown F Watson surveys. Stewart of Bonham reportedly gathered more than 7 300 acres near Bonham around W E Miler J J Simpoon and Slaughter surveys. Texas operators drilled 70 percent of state wells last year while large companies accounted for 40 percent.
Plans outline establishing a military training base on Treasure Island off San Francisco Bay. The project would involve 800 acres originally granted becoming 400 acres on the water, with potential to double the base size. Construction would use 25,000,000 cubic yards of sand, a four mile sea-way, and 3,000 workers on a around-the-clock schedule. Three permanent buildings are planned, including administration and two hangars, to support Pacific Clipper operations and future barracks use. The facility would be ready within 17 months after the exposition ends September.
Philadelphia June 24 The Willkie for president boom gains momentum as Republican rivals clash for unpledged delegates before the convention. Gov Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut will second Willkie and his 11 votes may back him. Warren Austin of Vermont backs Taft, while Massachusetts unpledged delegates hint 25 to 27 of 34 votes may favor Willkie. Willkie claims strength in most states, with caucuses in several delegations tonight testing the outlook.
Baylor University geography professor Dr. James Culbert warned in Waco that if the Axis wins the war, totalitarian powers could dominate South American republics economically and politically. He said Germany could use barter trade and low prices to squeeze U S merchants, bringing South America into the Axis sphere and potentially as a base for operations against the United States.
A Bonham mosquito eradication program will be mapped at a meeting in the Bonham Chamber of Commerce rooms at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The session, expected to last an hour, will finalize the complete plans for the program. Live sponges would not be recognized as such by laymen.
At the Republican National Convention in Cleveland the front runners were Thomas F. Dewey Wendell L Willkie and Robert A Taft with Dewey leading initial delegate strength. Gov Harold B Stassen was named temporary chairman to deliver the keynote. The event featured routine prayers and songs amid turbulent city politics and candidate jockeying.
Navy Secretary Edison announced readiness to award contracts for sixty eight warships totaling about 750 million dollars. President Roosevelt signs the speed up bill and asserts Congress will have a congressional investigation on how to speed up congress.
Police awaiting aid after a squad car crash are ordered to investigate their own collision. A Miami bank teller complains his wife smokes in bed. A CCC camp near Sault Ste Marie wakes to martial music. Los Angeles residents hear eerie noises as a baby cries. A post clerk opens a box to reveal a bedraggled kitten. A Boston man avoids a $5 fine as he plans marriage.
Mrs James Cameron and Mrs Porter Stansbury departed today for Augusta Kansas. They were joined by Mrs Cameron’s mother Mrs Etta Donaldson who is returning to her home in Augusta.
Berlin reports German forces opened a coastal push toward Bordeaux and breached the Rhone Valley to threaten French Alpine forts. Admiral Reeder inspected coasts from the Netherlands to France to gauge naval readiness. A column neared Poitiers as Maginot Line forts, including those near Alsace Lorraine, reportedly fell to isolation of French patrols.
Berlin reports Germany will press a rapid knockout blow against Britain after France’s capitulation. The foreign office outlet says a new war phase begins, with hostilities in France essentially concluded and 500,000 French prisoners captured. Sources note timing may hinge on the Armistice talks.
Bad weather delays crop reporting as the 1940 AAA committee handicaps reporters. Eleven new workers join belt checking duties for the week while daily farm and acreage reports are compiled. Five authorities from Latin American nations will teach at the University of Texas summer Institute of Latin American Studies, paving a permanent Latin American Institute in September. A decade after women enter the market, a leading trade journal calls the debut a qualified success.
Rome reports France and Italy signed an armistice ending the conflict that began two weeks earlier. Hostilities in France to cease six hours after Italian notification to Germany, at 1:35 a.m. Italian time. The signing followed a meeting near Rome as Traian forces had pushed French positions on the Aisne front.
Ladonia announces an annual homecoming program planned for July 30 chaired by W. A Roach with a welcome address by Lk Pry and a response by Frank Clark of Walters Oklahoma. Music directed by Mavel McFall with other events being arranged.
A raid damaged British and French consulates, destroying the buildings and medical facilities. Officials counted about 200 casualties among Chinese residents and Beijing’s Chinese Municipal Hospital was destroyed. The attack, reported by Warren Pumee, notes heavy artillery impact and the collapse of nearby facilities.
London dispatch reports a British destroyer sunk an Italian submarine in the western waters. The communiqué claims the encounter occurred amid heavy weather as Allied forces pressed the war in the Mediterranean theater.
Java June 24 The Dutch still control the East Indies capital Batavia as WWII pressures mount. The article notes about 124,000 under Dutch rule, outlines key exports like rubber and coffee, and describes Japanese interest in the region after Holland’s collapse. It highlights the empire’s stubborn stance amid war, with colonial trade centers and the aim to sustain operations from Batavia.
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