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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1929
Page
1
A deadly tornado outbreak in the Ohio Valley leaves multiple communities grieving as rescue teams search debris. Officials warn of continuing danger with power outages and damaged infrastructure across affected counties.
The Oklahoma house advanced multiple impeachment articles against Governor Henry S Johnston, adopting charge 5 on officially issuing a deficiency certificate to fund a special attorney in the state banking department. Senate action remains unlikely before Monday. Sophie Irene Loeb, noted author and social worker, died in New York at age 71 after a long illness.
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair weather by Saturday evening. West Texas will be partly cloudy. New Mexico sees generally fair conditions. The morning pressure is low over the eastern Kansas area with a center and a ridge bringing westerly weather. pressures rise toward fair conditions in the local area. Yesterday temperatures ranged from the mid 40s to mid 50s with a high around the mid 50s.
A washout derailed express train No. 83 at Lee's crossing near Stony Creek Ontario causing a steep embankment fall. Cars lay in shallow water and ice as rescuers work, the Buffalo bound train from Buffalo to Hamilton due in Hamilton at 8:30 p.m. No deaths reported.
Harold E F Buckner Varney air mail pilot was found in a trapper’s cabin after a crash in northeast of La Grande Oregon. He had both legs broken and other injuries but was conscious awaiting aid. trappers heard the crash and located the plane a mile away.
Four condemned African Americans were executed in Georgia state prison, each singing spirituals as the electric chair claimed their lives. One by one, Clarence George and Ed Capers from Atlanta, Will Gillam, and Ed Capers died between 10:24 a.m. and 11:04 a.m., the executions ending with a silent prison.
In San Francisco Mrs Martin Jensen, mother of a noted pilot, enrolled in the University of California aerial navigation course and began real flight training at Mills Field with hopes of making a long distance journey. Her husband piloted a small plane to a second place in the 1927 Dolo race and she aims to follow with her own flight.
Miss Bertha Lips and Dr Evelyn Frisbie resigned as superintendent and home physician of the State Welfare Home for Girls in Albuquerque after a legislative inquiry into the death of inmate Helen Haskew. Coroner reports showed she died from injections during a water tainted with saltpeter and a bread and water diet for escape attempts. District Attorney Eugene Lujan said manslaughter charges could be filed, as senators and representatives prepared to report to Governor Dillon.
Natural gas was connected to two thirds of Miami Texas homes and all business establishments today with more connections planned. The rollout was announced as pipes were energized and preparations for broader adoption continued in the area.
A proposed project aims to open South Plains territory by creating a new grade extending 185 miles from Seymour through Paducah, marking a strategic route development.
Washington announces Frisco plans to build a continuous line from Amarillo to Fort Worth via Paducah Seymour Vernon and connections to the Gulf Texas and Western and Rock Island systems. The company seeks three Interstate Commerce Commission permits including track purchase and trackage rights amid jobber enthusiasm for access to the South Plains agricultural belt.
A Port Arthur woman woke to find her pillow money swapped for stage money and jewelry after two fortune tellers promised to multiply $6,000 into $10,000. The incident highlights a daylight swindle involving supposed Oriental seers. Separately, The American Service Company, an ice maker for the southern states, has acquired the Shreveport ice and brewing company, noted as the oldest in the U.S. since 1846.
Funeral services for Mayor Lee Bivins, 66, who died Thursday in Wichita Falls, will be at the municipal auditorium Sunday at 2:40 PM. The body lies at 1060 Polk Street until noon, then moves to the auditorium. Pallbearers include Ware, Avery, Record, Loving, Rogers, Jersiz, Griffin, and Ansley. A crowd of over 3,000 gathered at Fort Worth & Denver station to pay tribute, with police, fire, and city officials directing arrival and processions.
An Indiana Ohio river region tornado killed six people and injured many, mostly children, including deaths from school collapse in Maunie Illinois and Fort Branch Indiana. Storms disrupted communications from Evansville. In Mississippi Shelby wind damage injured several, with a man killed by a collapsing building. In Louisville a worker drowned after being swept from a bridge as windstorms troubled Kentucky and Indiana shores.
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