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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1940
Page
2
The Budget Bureau urged Congress to provide additional appropriations to encourage export of cotton and cotton products, warning that current funds are insufficient for program needs.
Sherman travels to Gainesville to face the league leading Leopards in North Texas Basketball Association action. Gainesville and McKinney are near the top, with Sherman and Denison bunched at the bottom. The Bonham game was postponed due to the Bonham football banquet.
The proposal would end the cotton export program soon and limit payments to 500000 additional bales, while allowing 8000000 bales under the amendment. By Jan 5 commitments already reached the equivalent of 925000 bales.
The Public Works Administration in Fort Worth begins listing furloughed engineers clerical and administrative staff attorneys and others for placement in industry and with other government agencies after a January 31 closure. Lists will be sent to Arkansas Colorado Kansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma Texas and to state departments and local officials with full education training and experience details provided to employers.
The county chair calls the crippled children of the area a 50 percent share of suffering humanity and asks every citizen to join in the fundraising effort. An intensified countywide drive will be launched with the motto Buy in Bonham.
Bob Cantrell MR Basketball reports Bailey Bulldogs as favorites in Class 8 with Gober Plowboys a potential challenger if Bailey underperforms due to flu. Class C bets on Bartley-Woods, while Class A mentions Benham Leonard Trenton and the Purple Warriors. Bonham’s Purple Warriors postponed a Denison game due to a church dinner with no rescheduled date.
E A Barker reports the postponed Bonham Honey Grove Thanksgiving game amid post season concerns. Honey Grove aims to complete a new field house and improve facilities, while Connie Mack eyes the 1941 Athletics revival as he plans for future power. A charity event on Jan 30 will support infantile paralysis research with speeches at First Christian church and banquet tickets sold downtown.
Pat Pattison former Olney high school coach is elected Denison high school head coach to replace Logan Stoltenwerck who resigned to take a Waxahachie post. Pattison signs a two year contract and may pick his first assistant. He is a Centenary College graduate and has coached in Louisiana and Texas with a strong Olney record. He will conduct spring football training.
Scotland Yard probes linked blasts at Waltham Abbey plant and other sites as anonymous tips warn of accidents. At Waltham Abbey a single shed burst with girders flying 500 yards, breaking windows up to six miles away and heard twenty miles distant. Minor casualties reported from flying debris amid Britain’s wartime alert.
Honey Grove officials including Thomasson and Dawson plan a ceremony at the new high school campus with a downtown parade led by the high school band. Ralph Daniels, a Sherman WPA engineer, will introduce officials while Rev. Edgar Graham gives the invocation and the band closes with The Star Spangled Banner. The event precedes a noon Lions Club luncheon for the guests, amid ongoing NYA and building projects at the district.
With the completion of the field house, Honey Grove will have one of the most modern athletic plants in this part of the state.
Cape Town July 19 Premier General J B Hertzog United Party leader informed Parliament that on Tuesday he will introduce a motion calling for peace with Germany. The statement signals formal steps toward negotiating an end to hostilities with the Nazi regime.
Local store promotes complete line of films and cameras with emphasis on Elka photo finishing. Advert suggests fadeproof border prints and high quality results to attract customers.
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