03 Nov 1940
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1940
Page
1
Tuesday is the day voters choose the President and many congressmen and senators for four, two, and six year terms. The article urges citizens to register and vote their convictions, emphasizing the responsibility to participate in shaping laws and policies affecting business, labor, foreign relations, and the general welfare.
Several farms described for sale with details on acreage 61.65 65 75 and improvements including bungalows barns wells cisterns pools and outbuildings. Prices range from 3700 to 5500 with cash downs and annual principal and interest payments. Locations include Richardson Gober Bonham Templeton and Fannin County with route and school proximity mentions.
Two men and a woman disguised as peasants used a copper sample passable as 29 carat gold to swindle Valentin Diaz, a clothes dealer, offering 155 Pesos for a nugget said to come from Pachuca. The jeweler exposed the ruse. police arrested Rodolfo Munoz and Inocencia Galan after Diaz confronted them on the street.
Authorities at Fort Mason identified the thiefs of Colonel Robert A. McClures pants along with his shoes shirt and a 43 calibre army automatic. Private Dale Fyvans surrendered to Captain Burton Williams provost marshal who stated Evans turned himself in with the missing items.
Troop 53 meeting featured a archery talk by Mrs. Teresa Weeener and a first aid demonstration by Dr. Clyde Nevil. Weeener explained bow care and arrow placement for accuracy while Nevil covered fractures with helpers Dick Was Jr and PF G Watson assisting.
Parents of the boys are invited to attend the next troop meeting on Monday night November 4 at the old Methodist parsonage on Star Street at 7 p.m.
The Food Stamp Plan issued four and a half million dollars in blue surplus food stamps during August. The program operated in 125 areas across the United States.
A Texas rule prohibits killing game birds with firearms larger than ten gauge. The regulation limits hunting methods to standard gauges to protect wildlife.
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