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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
3
A damaged OCR item mentions a local public action with unclear phrases about a sale. Readable text references an official in a civic setting but lacks concrete names, dates, or locations to identify participants or outcomes.
Washington reports Senator Sheppard co author of the 18th amendment would vote to submit repeal to the people if the Texas referendum in July fails to decide. Connecticut Senator Bingham urged amending the Velstead Act to permit 4 percent beer before adjournment and move to remove it from the Senate calendar. Democratic leader Rainey sees no chance for another House vote this season.
Paris June 29 budget conference will discuss local government spending and control of public expenditures. Attendees include legislators, commissioners, chamber officials, tax groups from 12 counties Grayson Fannin Collin Hunt Delta Hopkins Dallas Rockwall Kaufman Van Zandt Navarro Lamar Navis and others. C A Jay of Dallas will speak as a public finance authority. The event starts July 5 at two o clock and is first of six regional chamber sessions in July.
Congressman Sam Rayburn will address residents at the Bonham courthouse at 2 PM on Monday July 4. He plans to discuss Chicago Democratic convention happenings and respond to charges raised by Hon Jess Morris. TM D STEGER reports. An ambitious thief stole the cornerstone of a Mississippi church, valued at several coins.
The 4 H Boys and Girls campment in the city opens with morning events including a welcome by Mayor Crawford and remarks from Bradford Blount and H A McDougal. Activities feature girls apron and pillow contests, bed room demonstrations, dairy cattle and hog judging, grain judging, and a health contest with winners announced at the general assembly.
D V Hill brought Irish cobbler potatoes to the Favorite office from land near the old compress site. He dug 400 bushels from two and a half acres. A basket of ten weighed eleven pounds. If D W Hill cannot grow, he can.
Colorado Springs-Bartow is not a tenderfoot after a judge sentenced him to five years of work on the ranch of R. P. Lamont Jr. Lamont is the son of the secretary of commerce, and Bartow was punished for obtaining an automobile under false pretenses.
Roosevelt 55 supports repeal plank and wires Jas Farley praising the convention platform as concise and readable. Farley commends the party for showing will with a clear majority and expresses satisfaction with the outcome.
The Bonham Band hosts a Friday night concert at Fat Park in honor of the 4 H Club encampment. The program includes Heads Up De Molay Commandery El Sonora Golden Sunset Huntress Pride of the Illini Home Star Spangled Banner. Twenty three members rehearsed two hours. The club shows promise and invites public support and attendance.
London report says five million dollars due from the Irish Free State for land annuities to Great Britain today was not received. Dominion Secretary Thomas plans to submit Monday a proposal to the house of commons, expected to take the form of a retaliatory tariff on Free State goods.
Associated Press reports that Harry Gammel was sentenced to two years by a Travis County district court jury after being charged with receiving and concealing stolen property linked to the alleged theft of books from the state capitol in Austin.
At Chicago June 29 the Democratic assembly paused for entertainment as Will Rogers, invited by Oklahoma delegates, accepted a nomination and quipped about keeping the platform committee sober. Eddie Dowling introduced him, and Rogers joked about the convention, Prohibition, and the candidates while Amos ’n’ Andy and Gene Tunney drew laughs from the crowd.
More than 350 members of 4-H Boys and Girls Clubs from Fannin County gather at Fairpark for a two day encampment. Leaders from numerous clubs are listed with names such as Mrs Ruby Parr er Bettis Club and Mrs Hiram Farmer Bondi. The event aims to be educational and profitable for attendees while showcasing youth programs in the region.
The Texas Railroad Commission fixed the East Texas field allowable at fifty barrels daily per well, flat, until July 15 with each well sharing equally in top production. It also set a maximum area output of 3 000 to 5 000 barrels until September 1, rescinding the prior order of fifty one barrels without regard to field allowable.
Dallas June 29 Thomas B. Love Democratic city leader issued a statement criticizing the two thirds rule at Democratic national conventions. He argues majority rule would curb Tammany Hall and city machines influence and mentions past defeats and his 1924 Texas convention resolution backing a majority vote for presidential or vice presidential nominations at Madison Square Garden.
Huntsville report states Texas H Glenn a 32 year old Aransas Pass resident died at a local hospital from a gunshot wound after Highway Patrolman M L Berry attempted to halt him and a companion. The suspected forger fled with an unidentified partner.
A 24 hour period ending at 1 am shows high 88 and low 74 with 0.43 inch rainfall. East Texas is partly cloudy with possible local showers in the south and extreme east. West Texas reports generally full skies, but unsettled conditions in the Panhandle.
CHICAGO June 30 The fifth Democratic national convention session opened slowly after a long night of speeches and protests. Ticket admission delays kept galleries empty while delegates planned nominating speeches. McAdoo backed a plank for bank deposits. it failed by voice vote alongside other proposed planks. The convention adopted the child welfare amendment.
Delegations from Bonham Gober Wolfe City and Greenville met Highway Commissioner Johnson at the Baker Hotel in Dallas to discuss the proposed Fannin county highway from Wolfe City to the untelted River Johnson reserved comment on the Bonham Red River route noting toll bridge policy and possible Oklahoma Texas bridge trade plans. Judge Warren and John Spivey with Gober Wolfe City and Greenville residents then went to Austin to press for final Highway 5 arrangements bids and north south routes through the county.
At Chicago Stadium on June 2 the Texas delegation voted 67 to 61 to support the repeal plank under the unit rule. The scene featured anti prohibition demonstrations and bitter party divisions as Alfred Smith and Governor Ritchie backed the repeal. Roosevelt forces were divided while Hull of Tennessee led the minority to seek submission to the people.
The Great Northern railway announced that car repair shops employing 1,559 workers returned to a full time basis today in St Paul and that on July 5 their forces would be increased by 220 workers. P Kenney, president, cited excellent crop prospects across the line's area and expected heavy tonnage to be moved as the reason for the expansion.
Associated Press report from Hamilton Ontario details a fatal freight truck crash. Seven dead and five injured when a heavy freight smashed into a passenger car near a crossing. Rescue teams rush to the scene as victims are pulled from wreckage.
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