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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1935
Page
3
Primo Carnera will hold a 64-1 2 pound weight edge over Joe Louis in a 15 round heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium. Carnera weighed 26 1 2 pounds and Louis 196 pounds on the official scales. Dr William Walker the official examiner called both in first class condition.
In Washington on June 25 Associated Press reports Senate Finance Committee chairman Harrison will convene a hastily arranged meeting to outline the procedure for advancing Roosevelt’s wealth tax program this session amid Republican protests.
Former NRA head Hugh S Johnson was appointed works progress administrator for New York City. The announcement came from Harry Hopkins, head of the Works Progress Administration, as the program oversees a four billion dollar federal effort.
The Associated Press reports a deadly blaze at Pilkingson's basin near Fort Lauderdale leaving Captain R. C. Abel among the dead and a fire loss near 1 million dollars. Authorities say 75 pleasure craft were burned in the event on June 25.
Bonham Rotarians will meet in Ector tomorrow at noon and be served by the P. T. A. of Ector. Members are assured of a good meal as the Ector Indies know how to cook.
The FERA class in art taught by Miss Lily Lane will exhibit in the Aral Darling Candy store windows on the east side of the square and at the Bonham Furniture Co. store this Wednesday through Friday. A German invention enables attaching photographs to documents without mu cage or metal clips.
In a chatty note, Susie and Sallie discuss Margaret and Sam ordering Luger shades from the Bonham Furniture Company. They praise custom fitting and one week for installation, stressing that measured, well hung shades improve a room as much as fine shoes.
Sir Charles Tyres-Mansell announced in the House of Commons that Germany pledged never again to use unrestricted submarine warfare. Germany also said it would follow the submarine warfare rules outlined in part four of the London naval treaty.
In Birmingham Alabama on June 25 a federal district court granted the Alabama Packing Company a temporary injunction restraining the collector of internet revenue from collecting processing taxes under the agricultural act. Judge Grubb set the final hearing for July 12.
Denison police captured convict Perry Archer who escaped June 15 from the State farm at Vandalia Illinois. Archer had been sentenced to one year on the Government farm and is held for transfer to the Illinois superintendent awaiting arrival.
Machinery for drilling a deep oil test arrived in Van Alstyne. The first of three wells began Saturday on the Mrs O G Durning farm about a mile from Kelly Crossing, two and a half miles east of Van Alstyne. Port Bouver company of St. Louis holds the contract.
The July cotton market opened at 11.51 and closed at 11.53, showing a small intraday movement. Traders watched price action as values edged higher and then settled near the session close.
ST. LOUIS June 24 More than 10 000 boys have been kept out of penal institutions and more than 40 000 underprivileged boys aided through Optimist Clubs in the United States and Canada in the last decade, said Henry Schaffert president of Optimist International at the seventeenth annual convention. He cited three methods for character building Junior Optimist Clubs Uncle plan and indirect plan via YMCA membership to help slum boys.
Senate finance chair Harrison said a three way program to raise 340 million by inheritance gift taxes and higher corporate rates would be added to a measure to extend the 500 million nuisance taxes for another year. He indicated the plan could be offered even if nuisance and excise taxes lapse temporarily at week end after treasury reviews. The finance committee meeting was set for this afternoon.
In Medellin Colombia on June 25 Alfonzo Azaff Puerto Rican actor died as the fifteenth victim of yesterday’s rain related air crash. Four others were seriously injured and the War Ministry Commission flew from Bogota to investigate the disaster, the worst in South American air history.
In Medellin near Bogota 17 people perished when a South American Air Line plane flown by Carlos Gardel ally Samper collided with a Scad ia German firm craft. Gardel was en route to Hollywood to fulfill a contract. A Scad ia pilot named Thom and four others died.
Muddy waters advance over low lands with levee breaches and destroyed property. Crews in Little Rock work to shield homes as 1,600 acres of hay and cotton flood after a private levee bursts. Red Cross moves to aid 3,000 refugees while box cars provide shelter as 60,000 of 100,000 acres in Phillips County remain cultivatable.
President Roosevelt signed a Navy appropriation bill providing a record peace-time fund of 460 million dollars. The bill finances construction of 24 warships and the purchase of 555 airplanes as part of the navy program.
The Senate Banking Committee approved a joint resolution to extend the temporary bank deposit insurance law for one year beyond June 30. The measure follows a subcommittee recommendation and faces further congressional action.
A gasoline fire at Pilkington's storage basin near Fort Lauderdale destroys or damages seventy two yachts. Captain R S Abel of West Palm Beach is killed aboard Seminole. John Thomas of West Palm Beach is among those burned and missing. Fort Lauderdale search teams recover bodies as crews battle the blaze.
The Fannin County 4-H Club encampment will take place at Fair Park in Benham on Friday and Saturday July 5 and 6. About 300 members from 24 girls clubs and 10 boys clubs are expected to attend with contests in smock making and stock judging and a prize trip to A M Short Course. Judge Beulah Blackwell of Paris and Dallas Internal Revenue Collector Thomas will speak and supervise events.
Two Huntington West Virginia teens in Indiana faced reduced sentences after pleading guilty to auto banditry in a kidnap case. The judge ordered the 14 year old Bascum Ray Jr to attend the Indiana Boys School with suspension if guardianship by an agent was arranged. 17 year old Maurice Sheridan received one to ten years in a reformatory. The defendants were accused of stealing a car with liquor, forcing Sheriff Ed Leugers at gunpoint, and fleeing before being captured.
Soliciting committees visited Bonham business people to raise the first 1000 dollars for E W Martsoll the industrial engineer to secure factories. Citizens responded with enthusiasm and many pledged support urging payment to the Chamber of Commerce secretary by next Saturday for forwarding to Mr Martsoll.
Science noting low fatality rate, Robert Cole, horticulturist, says black widows are common and not newly invading Dallas. He reports 300 to 400 spiders per egg sac, but only a small share tied to fatalities. W. W. Fitzwater remains in serious condition after a stroke. his sons and wives stay by his side as friends extend sympathy.
Fragmentary report lists temperatures around 9 C high and cool overnight. Mentions East Texas and West Texas next two days with mixed daytime and overnight conditions. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
New Orleans endures a political clash as Senator Huey Long and Mayor T Semmes Walmsley opposed each other over city payrolls. Mule Rand wager teams and garbage crews faced overdue pay while federal relief funds allowed truck drivers to continue work. The turmoil center d on financial strain and leadership battle in the city.
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