09 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1939
Page
1
Bonham public schools open at 8:30 Monday for the 1939 40 session with enrollment expected near 1600, surpassing 1938 39. Superintendent Irby Carruth notes expanded curriculum including music public speaking art junior business training journalism and physical education for both boys and girls to develop personalities.
The Fannin County Fair Association board unanimously refused to accept A G McRae’s resignation as president and urged him to continue leading. Secretary Tate says Roy Gray Shows will appear on the midway, with expectations this year’s fair may be the largest yet.
AUSTIN Sept 9 T H Shelby dean of the University of Texas Extension Division warned Americans to watch for propaganda in the European war. He said propaganda of staggering proportions will be directed at the United States from both sides.
Washington September 9 The International Cotton Conference adjourned after saying an international agreement on division of export markets is impractical due to the European War. The gathering, convened by the United States to pursue cooperation, will seek an advisory committee to monitor world conditions. Participants included the United States India Egypt Brazil Great Britain France Russia Peru Mexico and the Sudan.
Secretary Henry A. Wallace told a national audience that there are no wheat or flour shortages and that surpluses under the New Deal policy ensure ample meat dairy and sugar supplies for the coming year. He urged patriotic cooperation among farmers wholesalers retailers and consumers to curb price rises as chains pledged to help maintain reasonable food prices.
German high command claims Warsaw fallen with first Nazi troops in the Polish capital. Major encirclement threat looms as Polish forces resist in a three sided squeeze while Lublin acts as a temporary capital. Western Front reports Saar Basin fighting as French forces push into Saarbrucken and claims of local advances amid German retreat. Britain imposes contraband restrictions as U boat warfare escalates and a vague note on non aggression pact fallout ends with uncertainty.
French forces including Moroccans surround Gaarbrucken and push toward the Reich’s west wall. Reports say penetrations up to eight miles into German territory as German troops retreat in the northern sector. Farther advances by the French left wing are believed near See Front. At Allen Memorial Hospital, twins seek adoptive parents while their mother has died.
President Croosevelt spends weekend at Hyde Park with his mother and meets Sara Delano Roosevelt for the first time since Europe trip. County farms show stark livestock shortages with 100000 farms, 75400 without dairy cows, and 75000 with few chickens. Bankers and agencies focus on farm livestock priorities. Back page notes farmers urged to boost dairy herds.
New York September 9 stocks resume rally with broad gains as war boom boosts prices across many sectors. Dow Jones hits 152.58 intraday, closes at 1504, up 17.2. rails and steel lead, bonds strong, commodities mixed with wheat and cotton slipping. notable gains for UG steel and Bethlehem, Chrysler and GM advance in a volatile session.
A Dallas survey finds retail clothiers upbeat about fall and winter prospects as warmer days dwindle. They report current sales above last year amid war era price expectations and plan for higher prices on winter and spring goods sourced before the war.
Britain and France declared they will continue fighting until Hitlerism is crushed and will reject any peace moves even if Poland falls. Goering claimed conquest within a week and transfer of troops to the west, while Chamberlain insisted no acceptance of such plans. Warsaw was besieged as German forces pressed from north and south and clashed with Polish defenses near the capital. The western front saw French claims of major gains as back page notes.
German naval losses mounted as World War II sea operations dominated headlines. Reports list 16 ships sunk by torpedoes mines and shells, including the British freighter Winkleigh the tanker Regent Tiger and the Dutch minesweeper Wilhelm van Ewyck. Casualties totaled lives lost with several vessels reported sunk near the Danish island Aeroe.
Favorable August conditions boosted Texas cotton production outlook by 19 percent to 3,072,000 bales, up from 3,086,000 in 1948. The gain, led by the plains where rains were favorable, adds about 495,000 bales.
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