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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1930
Page
1
Plans are laid to spirit Meers to Chihuahua across the border. Officials describe a covert crossing scheme and potential routes. Investigators warn the operation could involve multiple individuals and logistical details.
Thousands, largely service workers and relatives, marched in Juarez to demand that J H Meers receive the maximum penalty for the killing of Antonio Visconte a Juarez bartender. Federal troops guard the jail as plans circulated to smuggle Meers out to Chihuahua City amid fears of violence.
Sayre Oklahoma June 99 J Q Pounds a former deputy sheriff arrested early today confessed to killing Beckham County Sheriff T C Phillips whose body was found in his Sayre office. Pounds implicated Frank Griffin and Jess Brown who are in custody. Pounds was arrested five miles north of Sayre near a state highway. A German pistol found on Pounds matches one Griffin reportedly owned. Pounds was hurried to Granite reformatory as mob threats rose.
Ray Field a 35 year old Wichita pilot was killed when his plane crashed at Braley Airport during an air show race. The craft fell from about 400 feet as he banked in a turn near the finish with three other planes in the race.
Dallas date June 22 William Roberts Brodnax a 53 year old Dallas realtor was shot twice in the head while in bed at his apartment His wife Leona Brodnax was arrested and charged with murder in a complaint by assistant district attorney Owen George
Drive safer on summer trips with a reliable used car from Amarillo dealers. Check the Globe-News Want Ads for daily listings and turn back not delay.
In Englewood New Jersey a son was born at 3 15 p m at the home of Mrs Dwight W Morrow to Col Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh The infant arrives on Mrs Lindberghs 24th birthday amid guarded details and public admiration for the famed aviator and his wife
Mrs Clifton suffered severe burns in a blaze at the A A Graham apartment house at 715. Fire left her fighting for life at Northwest Texas hospital. later conditions fluctuated with reports of danger then improvement, per Dr. Richard Keyes.
Newport Ky June 22 three persons were asphyxiated today by fumes from a 500 gallon still in the home of August Remenowsky 39. The dead are August Remenowsky 39 Mrs Matilda Remenowsky 38 and Anthony Sendelback 39.
Chicago police launch an intensive hunt for four fugitives led by Jamies Red Forsythe in the Lingle murder case. Frank Osier Simon J. Gorman and Frankie Noon are also sought. Authorities tie the slaying to the Moran Aiello gang and dispatch gunmen from the bureau to seize armed suspects. Forsythe, 24, was previously arrested with the gang in a Loop raid.
William Scott, about 38 and long time Amarillo resident, former owner of Scott's Dairy, was reported near death in St Anthony's Hospital. He was found convulsing in his Auditorium Hotel room after being moved to the hospital by ambulance. A bottle of bichloride tablets and a glass of bichloride solution were found nearby. authorities suspect a possible suicide amid worries over finances. Dr. Richard Keyes attended him.
Fair conditions expected in Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change. High near 89 and low around 69. Oklahoma and Texas: generally fair with unsettled conditions starting Monday. Light to moderate southeasterly winds along the coast. New Mexico: mostly fair Monday and Tuesday, slightly cooler Monday in the far east portion.
Aritone Wes sendorf of Houston was killed and H W Garrow of Houston was seriously wounded in a Torreon Mexico shooting. Garrow was wounded while attempting to intervene in a dispute with a former employee. Wes sendorf died and Garner says Wes sendorf's brother-in-law Ambrose Garner was fatally wounded. Funeral plans to be announced after body arrival.
President Hoover voiced opposition to the veterans relief bill in a letter to Senator Watson. A Reed substitute was to be offered in the Senate, with administration approval expected. The House had passed the measure despite the president’s disapproval, prompting a Republican caucus Tuesday evening.
A man fitting the Queens Maniac description was arrested in North Bergen New Jersey near the Loop. He identified himself as Ernest Cordra 1 his father worked as a railroad conductor. Police found scribbled papers including 3-X in his pockets.
Three Oklahoma Publishing Company employees in the roadster were killed and three others injured when their car hit a truck carrying drilling machinery five miles east of Oklahoma City. The deceased were Robert Mullin Sybil Barnard and A B Davis. The injured were R H Black and wife and R L Carlson.
Eleven campaign speeches are scheduled this week for governor candidate Clint C. Omah with stops at Decatur Weatherford Breckenridge Eastland Brownwood Comanche Stephenville Gatesville Granbury and Fort Worth. One talk will be broadcast on WBAP Thursday 8 to 9 pm preceded by a band concert, with radio relay from Stephenville to the station.
Jung Roby 41, manager of a downtown hotel in Galveston, fell from a hotel building and died instantly. He was unmarried and had lived in Galveston since December, with friends noting he had been brooding over a past event.
Virgil Heath of Hobbs, New Mexico, was killed when a boiler on California No. 1 state well exploded at 3 PM in section 29 18 38. A center boiler failed under high pressure as Heath turned water into an outside boiler. He was blown about 20 feet, died en route to hospital in New Hobbs. Debris damaged boiler house, platforms, autos, and equipment. Barham of Shreveport and Barham Co. own the well.
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