04 Sep 1940
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1940
Page
1
Lost a brand new 20 inch tire between Bonham and Durant. Finder please notify George 4.T. Hughes, Durant Oklahoma, Silo Route 48.
Three fugitives surrendered, two were captured, and a sixth was killed in a gun battle at the Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg after a search from a Arkansas prison farm. The report also notes department studies showing apples release ethylene harming carnations in storage.
The Bethlehem Baptist Church expresses gratitude to Bonham businesses and individuals for financial aid that enabled the church to entertain the North west District Baptist Association during the past week. W W L Knighten chairs the Board of Deacons and B K Johnson serves as Clerk.
A collage of items notes weather chaos in New Jersey with floods and five deaths, a playful hoax about 49 wives, odd food quirks from George Chisholm and William Seabrook, and a Racine union march opposing non union Boy Scout music in a Labor Day parade.
Fatalities from traffic crashes drownings and other accidents mark the Labor Day weekend total. Officials report 198 highway deaths 50 drownings 22 by own action and 91 in miscellaneous incidents as California Illinois Michigan New York and Virginia record multiple deaths. A 95-year-old Cleveland attorney John P. Green is killed when struck by a car. A Hillsboro youth drowns trying to learn to swim and a Knoxville boy dies when a racing car wheel hits a truck. A Texas man is killed near Denton after being dragged by a box car door.
Bonham Daily Favorite readers hear tips from Bonham residents on turning old recipes into new favorites. Discussion covers thrifted ingredients and practical kitchen hacks passed down through generations.
The September 4 1932 ceremony united Carlton Sparkman and Ida Fearl Whitt in Sherman with plans to reside on Sixth Street. Visitors include Miss Viola Woods in Bonham and Mrs Kate Black with two children returning to Ft Stockton. Local travel brings T Taylor Paris Texas and Heffner Rogers Oklahoma to Bonham. Frank Lane returns from Paris with his wife. Stacia Corbet visits J W Randell then heads to Wylie to see Dallas relatives. Deputy Leeman returns from Exloge on sheriff's office business.
A German pilot shot down over Kent was escorted by guards through the Chatham railroad restaurant. A waitress collecting money for British fighter planes thrust her money box at the German. He contributed a five mark note.
Dr. Lee De Forest says U S Army flight engineers at Dayton Ohio possess slugprints for a secret television torpedo plane. The robot craft would operate without human pilots, using a nose television camera to relay close up target details for the mother plane. He envisions observational use and explosive nose loads, with an estimated cost near $500.
A farewell note hints at urgency to relocate operations from the waterfront bar where Joe Jinks Hernando worked as a bouncer. The message suggests a plan that could save the venture if acted on quickly.
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