War update claims Italian destroyer casualties and battles
London reports June 2 that British forces claim nine Italian destroyers destroyed and two Italian U boats sunk in the Mediterranean with minimal British casualties. The admiralty says Italian units plan to disrupt Allied lines from home bases. Separately a Hong Kong note says Japan sees no progress in 1938 border tensions.
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Ady
Indies
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Fice
Feir
Sapid
Istralia
New
Honor Scarborough And Rayburn Masonry 100th Anniversary
The 100th anniversary of Masonry in Fannin county was celebrated with a full day of events from Lake Fannin to Bonham high school auditorium. About 200 Masons attended as A B Scarborough and Tom Rayburn received 50 year pins from E G Gilley. Will H Evans spoke on Masonry’s history and Dr Daniel Rowlett’s role as county founder, with a look at land donations for the park.
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A. B. Scarborough
Tom Rayburn
Fannin County
Lake Fannin
Bonham High School
North Texas
E. G. Gilley
Mr. Rayburn
Mr. Scarborough
Claude Austin
Dallas
Leo Hart
Gilmer
Bonham Orchestra
Denton
Masonry
Will H Evans
Sherman
Daniel Rowlett
Constantine Lodge
No 12
Evans
Dr Rowlett
Republic of Texas
Texas
Mexico
Sprechts
Johnnie Henn Holt Miller
Frank Jones
Wadesboro
Red River
Bole
Rowlett
North
Imediate
Anderson Rowlett
Century
Italian Air Marshal Dies in Libyan Battle
An air battle over Africa ends in the death of a 44-year-old Italian Air Marshal who governed Libya and helped found the regime's air force. He perished at the controls as his wing burned near Tobruk, with four other crew members reported killed. The clash involved British aircraft attacking Libya and Egypt.
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Libya
Africa
Tobruk
Egypt
Recordkeeping shifts in Fannin County schedule
The document outlines two daily work shifts in Fannin County. The first shift starts at 6 a.m. and ends earlier, while the second shift begins around 6 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m. It notes efforts to increase ID record accuracy and streamline records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
Willkie Pledges Unity At 1940 GOP Convention In Philly
Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate, pledged to unite all classes for freedom as the party closed its 22nd convention in Philadelphia. The scene featured Charl McNary backing Willkie as running mate, with themes of preparedness and prosperity dominating the five-day meeting. A separate Berlin plan hints at a new European economic order under Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, aiming to balance agricultural output with western industry and reduce overproduction through central planning.
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Philadelphia
Wendell Lewis Willkie
Senate
Charl McNary
Oregon
Fett
Willkie
Willkie Page
Hitler
Hjakar Schacht
Germany
Reich
Europe
Berlin
European
Americas
Rop
O. & Brunin
New Order Struggles Across Anese Country During Shortages
A terse report notes widespread hardship as Anese seeks a “New Order” amid water shortages in Tokyo with scarce water for bathing and distribution, rising costs, and imports restricted. Rationing limits purchases, matches per person, and foreign goods vanish from stores.
Hearty Response To Mosquito War In Bonham
Bonham residents rallied by the Chamber of Commerce to fight mosquitoes and flies. A Tuesday meeting launched a campaign to destroy breeding places and improve city sanitation. Volunteers, mainly women, plan active follow through. Questions arose about weed cutting on vacant property and hog pens within city limits.
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Bonham
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Mar
Coco the Clown War Hero Becomes Private Nicolai Poliakoff
A mixed set of brief items notes Coco the Clown turning soldier in gratitude for prosperity found in Britain, with Poliakoff choosing military service over a $600 weekly offer. Other reports cover a zoo pet bank allowing daily animal loans, veteran teachers’ reflections on education, a fox terrier confronting a wildcat, and a Batavia turtle outlasting a car accident with five passengers unharmed.
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Coco the Clown
London
Coco
Geme
E¢Lreus
Billy
Nicolai Poliakoff
Eireus
Trade Abroad To Help Cotton Industry Recapture
WACO June 29 Ben J Williams of New Orleans urged Texas leadership to reorganize the South to reopen trade channels aiding cotton. He defended renewing the Japan trade treaty to secure 1 700 000 bales annually. Killough outlined new cotton varieties, while T Garter highlighted erosion losses and M Jaynes urged standardization to boost fiber uniformity and farm profits.
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Waco
Texas
South
Ben J. Williams
New Orleans
American Cotton Shippers Assocation
Cotton Research Congress
Williams
Washington
Japan
Wiliams
United States
Ile Cotton House
Priday D T Killough
Texas A. & M. College
T. Garter
Divisio of Sou
M. ©. Jaynes
College Station
Victoria County
Jom Saunders County Pavent
Absentee Voting In Demo Primary To Start July 1
Voters absent on July 27, the first primary day, may request absentee ballots after July 7 and receive them July 24. Absentee votes must be cast with the county clerk by that date. Ballots cast are sent to the election judge and opened on election afternoon.
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Fannin County
Coun
Communist Party Entitled To Spot On Texas Ballot
In Austin on June 29 Attorney General Gerald C Mann ruled that the Communist Party is entitled to a place on the Texas general election ballot. The opinion responded to a request by Secretary of State M. O. Flowers after a protest by the Austin American Legion post over permitting Communist representation on the ballot. The note mentions tobacco’s 1612 colonial planting in Virginia.
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Austin
Communist Party
Texas
Gerald C Mann
Mann
M. O. Flowers
Flowers
Austin American Legion Post
Heavy Rain Brings Halt To Farm Work In Fannin County
A heavy downpour across Fannin County halted farm work Friday afternoon, with Bonham reporting 0.4 inches. Rain moved north to south, soaking fields, flooding ditches, and delaying threshing of wheat and oats started earlier in the week. Some farmers welcomed rain for soil but others faced delayed planting and fieldwork as western areas reported heavier rainfall than central and eastern sections.
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Bonham
Savoy
Beter
Soviet Forces Take Bessarabia Without Incident
Moscow announced peaceful occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina by Russian troops. Communiques claimed towns entered with no incidents and greeted by locals with cheers for the Soviet Union. The report noted a Russian Finnish trade treaty and planned exchanges of goods and wheat.
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Bessarabia
Ber ‘Arabia
Bukovina
Dorohoi
Moscow
Hesirabia
Tass
Soviet Union
Cernowitz
Hotin
Oroca
Beltsy
Kishiney
Bender
Akkerman
Tacs
Finland
Russia
Organization For 1910 Campaign Deferred By GOP
The Republican National Committee postponed organization plans as it readies for the 1910 campaign. A 12 member sub committee was empowered to select all officers after a conference with Wendell L. Willkie, the presidential nominee, and the field features an eastern business man with no prior public office experience.
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Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Campaiy
Weeters
Wendell L. Winkle
Detroit debate over cavalry squadrons for air defense
Michigan officials and Army spokesmen clash over giving up two cavalry squadrons to form an anti aircraft unit in Detroit. Selfridge Field officers warn a single regiment cannot defend Ford and other plants. Col. Bersey suggests converting armories to anti air gun storage as state moves to fund Detroit defense. Wayne County VFW pushes to restore full wartime artillery strength.
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Washington
Michigan
Calvary
Loren D. Dickson
Detroit
Selfridge Field
U .S. Army Air Corps
River Rowe
Ford Motor Company
War Department
Oryetpace
John Bersey
Michigan National Guard
Army
Wren
Wayne
Detroit) County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Police
Lady Mosley
Sir Morley
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Tle
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Herr Hitler
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Mili
Elies
Schacht
Naema
Balkans
Daly
Gner
Hes
Tokyo
Zoo
Robert Conant
Seattle
Wash
Anna Kane
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Washiteton
Foundation of Education
Phoenix
Ariz
Dopey
Turtle Wrecks
Batavia
N. Y
Albert Wood
Asireo Pases
Virginia
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Theodore Roosevelt
American Bureau
Bucharest
Rumania
Rumanija
Carel
Hungary
Bulgaria
Transylvania
Dobrodja
GOP
Univeo
PWO
Americca
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Itseniy Craft Regiment Becade
Taree
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