White’s Tod and Johnson in Late Race Showdown
A fragmented notice hints at a late event involving contestants White and Johnson. Details are unreadable but the names appear as key participants in a forthcoming race or match.
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1944
Page
4
A fragmented notice hints at a late event involving contestants White and Johnson. Details are unreadable but the names appear as key participants in a forthcoming race or match.
A Bonham bond rally netted about 7 150 bonds sold and an interim total of 47 150 dollars for Vets Aid Sales. Purchases were expected to reach 50 000 by day’s end as townsfolk and firms supported articles donated by locals at the courthouse wall. The event featured paratrooper Lt Jackson of Houston who spoke on Salerno fighting and shared his wartime experiences.
Bonham endured summer heat with a Sunday high of 96 degrees and a 97 degree Saturday. The forecast calls for more heat, with scattered rain in parts of the county and heavy hail north of Ector in Duckworth Flats. Boist d Arc areas faced rising river levels and crop damage to corn cotton and gardens while fruit trees lost peaches and apples. Bonham State Park and county lakes drew the season’s largest crowds seeking relief from the heat.
Republicans gather in Chicago for the national convention to nominate Gov. Dewey of New York for president. The opening session features Chairman Spessard of the national committee calling the meeting to order as Dewey is supported by delegations from Yale and California among others. Weber of Ohio trails, with about 679 votes needed to reach the nomination.
In Fort Leevenon Gray charged with murder in the knife death of Thurman Atero. The trial proceeds in 6th Court Monday morning as a special venire of 57 men is called. A motion to continue was filed and discussed at noon with 45 Broadfoot involved.
Admiral Chester Nimitz disclosed that additional Japanese ships were damaged including a carrier and two cruisers in the Saipan area. He cited a surge of enemy planes shot down since the Marianas campaign and noted Marines advancing on Mt Tapoltchau amid strong resistance on Saipan.
A chaotic scene erupts in a city area with clashes reported on multiple streets. Police intervene as protests and confrontations unfold near various landmarks and blocks, leaving bystanders and participants unsettled.
The German Transocean news agency reports a secret meeting in Helsinki tonight and indicates President Risto Ryti will broadcast a message to Finns this evening.
War Department informs parents Mr and Mrs Cirkel that their son J D Cirkel is missing in action on the French beachead since June 6. The Cirkel family, of three other sons Clyde Cecil and JR, already have family members serving in the armed forces.
Fort Worth livestock market notes cattle and hogs with June 26 entries. Calves bring 23 to 24 dollars. steers and yearlings mix 4-13 cents per pound. fat cows 7 to 10 dollars. hogs steady with top butcher hogs at 13.65 and other grades 9.75 to 12.25. Packing sows range 9.75 to 10.25.
Soviet forces sealed off Vitebsk in a major encirclement as Col Gen ChetulukhLovsky’s third army and allied units pushed toward Orsha and Senno. The operation left 2,700+ Germans killed and 600 captured, with more than 40 towns taken on the western Dnepr flank.
Allied forces push into central Italy around Perugia and Chiusi as German resistance weakens along the Rome Florence rail hub. British and American units claim progress near Pesaro and Castiglione del Lago with tanks entering towns and pursuing retreating enemy forces.
A deciphered World War II dispatch notes Port Battalion's key role in a victory. It highlights unit contributions to operations in the Mediterranean theater and mentions factual details about the Allied assault without graphic description.
Nine Fighter Command at England base commends three fighter bomber groups led by veteran Colonel Lance Call from Chalkothea Texas for support to the invasion beachhead. General Brereton praises their aerial protection, logistics, and precise operations aiding Allied landings in France.
In Chicago on June 26 supporters of Gov Thomas E Dewey display a reused campaign banner. The 1942 slogan "Dewey for Governor" is now repurposed with the faded message changed to "Dewey for President." The note highlights a shift in campaign symbolism and public faith alongside a reference to the Bible as a bestseller.
Frank Mohanan 34 of Iowa Park Texas died from injuries after a heavy loaded truck collided with a Southern Pacific freight train near Houston. Four train crewmen were burned when the truck's gasoline tank exploded. Injured crewmen were J. R. Lewis H. D. Morgan L. C Huckabey and Leon Krus.
BEAUMONT Texas June 26 Alice Cormier a 39 year old Pennsylvania shipyard employee was killed today when a sideplane broke loose from a crane and fell on him Four other workers were hurt in the incident at the shipyard and hospital conditions were listed as serious or improving.
Soviet storm troops fight in Vitebsk as German defenders are forced back while American doughboys seize Cherbourg docks and claim 3400 prisoners in 24 hours. Allied bombing hits Ruhr targets as British and American forces press along the Tyrrhenian coast toward Livorno and Piombino.
US heavy bombers and Italian based planes struck targets around Paris and southeast of the former capital, aiming at bridges and transport networks. Ninth Air Force bombers and fighters supported multiple attacks, including electric railway cuts near Paris, with Luftwaffe counterstrikes over western Germany and the Danube reported.
Farmers face higher costs as growers must identify the botanical host of pests and the chemical controls used. The text implies someone must pay for these rising expenses, stressing the burden on producers.
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