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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1943
Page
3
Reports from Algiers say Gen. Henri Giraud, co president of the French National Committee of Liberation, is expected to depart for the United States in the coming days. He may also visit Canada on the trip.
A G McRae of Denison former manager at Texas Power and Light Bonham office was installed as president of the Denison Rotary Club at Thursday noon meeting. He had served as vice president during the past year.
Philip Murray, head of the state CIO council, says Hitler and John L. Lewis benefited from the Smith Connally bill. He claims the measure sows disunity and that Lewis aided its passage. Lew Michever, West Coast director of the CIO, says the bill damages war production and that workers will resent forced substitutions for dialogue.
Radio movie star Bob Hope arrived in Great Britain to entertain American troops in the theater. He is from Hitchin Hertfordshire and plans to visit his grandfather who turns 100 in August.
German author Anna Seghers 42, famed for The Seventh Cross and anti Nazi exile, lies in a coma after a skull fracture and contusions. Police report she may have been struck by a hit and run car or thrown from an automobile, identity initially undetermined.
In Eastern Henan Province a Chinese unit captured a Japanese stronghold after killing over 100 enemy troops and taking six prisoners. Chinese forces also raided another town causing further Japanese casualties. Separately, Chinese troops expelled the enemy from a village on the Kwang-Fukien border and battles continued west of Chaon Fukien. The Hunan government noted farmers returning to the Tangting Lake area for summer planting, predicting a stable harvest despite four months of occupation. A Chinese spokesman said Japan is building rail networks in Shantung to move troops amid guerilla resistance, and ships are being built of wood due to shipping shortages at Hong Kong Singapore and other ports.
Route-carriers of the Favorite went on an all-night fishing trip to Lake Crockett Friday with Ralph Allen Elbert Shea Frank Svoboda and Robert Arndt. They brought back nice-sized catfish. Carriers on the trip included Johnny Ford James Danner Floyd Tyler Joe Jones Roy Morrow Cramer Dale Crella and James London.
David Keefe vice president of the ILWU CIO blames John L Lewis for enacting the anti strike law. He says Lewis tactics forced Congress to override the veto and argues wartime regulation was excessive though some rules might be needed.
Texas, boasting the largest share of men in military service, is the only state to meet its Red Cross female nurse quota. Gov. Coke Stevenson announced that 1,134 Texas nurses are serving with the armed forces.
Texas officials told a House Naval Affairs subcommittee that 300000 barrels of oil daily could be added without harming fields and that higher prices would spur new wildcatting. They urged a 35 cent price increase to prevent future shortages, while blaming bureaucracy for current petroleum troubles.
James Roy Berry 22 son of Mr and Mrs Roy Calvin Berry of Telephone won the Navy Wing of Gold and was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve after completing flight training at Pensacola Florida He graduated from Sam Houston Teachers College where he played boxing and baseball and will serve at an air operational training center before a combat zone assignment
The National Safety Council urged a patriotic Fourth with more than flags and urged preventing July accidents to protect war workers. It outlined five pointers for patriots, including avoiding fireworks and cutting car trips to reduce wartime danger.
North Texas and Southern Oklahoma amateurs compete at the Fannin County Round-Up Club rodeo this Saturday and Sunday July 3-4. Dennis Bales says top riders and ropers will appear with events including trick roping steer riding bronc riding roping bulldogging and special contests. The show repeats each Saturday night in the future.
Mrs. Susan Akard died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Bonham after four years there. Born January 11 1862 in Tennessee, she lived earlier in Grove Hill. Survivors include son Claude Akard Abilene and daughter Mrs R P Smith Bonham, plus siblings in Tennessee. Wise funeral in charge. services pending with Rev C R Combs.
A wartime public safety advisory warns to slow down and exercise caution to protect lives and property. It stresses not driving or handling cars recklessly, limiting sun exposure, avoiding solitary swimming, waiting after meals, and knowing water depth while promoting victory-first conduct for the Axis era.
An official report says Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest may have survived the Kiel raid crash on June 13 after eight crew from his Flying Fortress bailed out. Forrest, 38, a great grandson of the Civil War general, accompanied the mission as an observer. the bomber's crew numbered about ten.
Local notices list visits and calls among Bonham area residents including Mrs. Alice Stallings and Miss Hope Stallings Worth, Mrs. Virgil Hill of Dallas visiting with family, and several guests for Sunday at the Moore home. Several others are noted as weekend visitors or callers from nearby towns.
A local woman reports her son learns to play the med cept with neighbors in an informal street group. No formal lessons or organization are noted.
The 1825 Marine Corps regulation set the design of chevrons, placing chevrons above the insignia for corporals and below the others, clarifying rank markings for enlisted personnel.
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