Moody signs bill to expand railroad commission powers
Austin report states Governor Moody filed with the secretary of state a bill to enlarge the railroad commission authority over pipelines and crude oil storage facilities. The measure, effective 90 days after adjournment, would regulate pipelines and tanks as common carriers and purchasers amid debate over monopolies and oil losses. Independent operators back the bill. major companies oppose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Einor Moody
Secretary of State
Railroad Commission
Sdaing
Potter County 11.3 Miles Surfacing Gets State Backing
The Texas highway commission awarded 106 miles of new construction in seven counties and about 200 miles of bituminous surfacing in 18 counties at a session in Austin. Total project costs include 1,290,304 for construction and 408,528 for surfacing, with maintenance bids from Potter and Eastland counties. The commission pledged two to one state aid to Tyler County for Highway 40 45 and 106 if the county approves 300 000 for improvement. Potter County 11.3 miles on Highway 83 extends to the Carson County line and will take 50 working days to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Highway Commission
Potter County
Maney and Alley
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Eastland County
McClung Surfacing Company
Tyler County
Carson County
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with fair and warmer conditions on Wednesday. West Texas expected mainly fair with possible showers in the southern portion and rising temperatures northward. New Mexico forecast is fair and warmer east, with hourly readings and past day temperatures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pope Protest Follows Soviet Anti religious Drive
Pope Pius XI will hold a mass of expiation and reparation in St. Peter's Basilica with relics displayed as diplomatic officials from 33 nations attend. Protests note Soviet leaders intensify anti religious actions while masses occur around the world. Sam Kimberlin of Wichita Falls wires to secure 8000 pesos ransom for J E Bristow linked to San Angelo oil operator. Ovie Bristow plans to fly from El Paso to Mazatlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vatican City
Pius XI
St. Peter’s Pascilica
Soviet Russia
St. Peter's
Holy See
Wichita Falls
Texas
Sam Kimberlin
William Blocker
Juarez
J. E. Bristow
Bristow
Kemper Kimberlin
San Angelo
EL Paso
Tex
Ovie Bristow
Mazatlan
Trains Crash Kills Five in Early Reports
Five people are reported dead after Chicago & Northwestern passenger train No. 516 bound for Chicago crashed into a work train at a grade crossing near Arlington Heights Till at 9 30 tonight. The Chicago bound passenger train continues on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Huron
S. C
Arlington Heights
Till
Crosby County Farmer Missing Sparks Cross‑State Search
Lubbock Texas March 18 Search was begun today over Texas and New Mexico for R L Chambers 55 retired farmer of Crosby county Texas who left his home 6 am yesterday and has not been found His family fears he is dead after his car was found parked on a downtown street in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lubbock
Texas
New Mexico
R. L. Chambers
Crosby County
T G Kelly Cleared of Robbery by Jury
A district court jury yesterday found T G Kelly not guilty of robbery. The accuser said Kelly restrained him while a porter took his money. the porter, described as a negro, has not been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Kelly
District Criminal Court
Kelly
Edison aims five more years on rubber projects
Edison plans to devote the next five years to perfecting his rubber projects, saying he does not expect to reach 100. The 86 year old inventor, still active and working about 14 hours daily, lives on a milk centered diet and spends seven hours sleeping and reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Fort Myers
Fla
Thomas A. Edison
Prison Repair Bill Ahead At Austin Governor Deliberates
The Texas penitentiary reform measure seeks 575000 to renovate existing properties and is before Governor Moody for action. Opponents fear high sums, with warnings that above 400000 may trigger a veto. The plan allocates 150000 for Huntsville walls 300000 for farms 100000 for Goree and Wynne Farms and 25000 for inter-prison highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Moody
Conference
Huntsville
Goree Farm
Wynne Farm
George H Sheppard Named State Comptroller
George H. Sheppard wired Governor Moody to accept the appointment as state comptroller. A Sweetwater resident, he served as secretary of the City Development Board and later as mayor, and helped implement the state tax collection system for automobile license fees in 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sweetwater
Texas
George H. Sheppard
Moody
Sheppard
Austin
Snow Closes In Panhandle Wheat Belt as Storm Hits Texas
A sweeping twenty third snow storm drenched the Texas Panhandle with heavy flakes and and a half inch of rain reported near Perryton. Amarillo saw mainly melted snow by sundown while temperatures ranged from 28 to 30. The weather forecast called for clearing and warmer conditions today. Weather observer Colman said the freeze would spare much of the fruit crop while aiding wheat by strengthening stools. Snowfall was widespread from Dalhart to Dalhart and the North Plains, with heavy precipitation moving south. Fort Worth and Denver City reported the storm’s reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Lie Colman
Perryton
Panhandle
Dalhart
North Plains
South Plains
Fort Worth
Denver City
Plans Considered for Potter County Court House Replacement
Potter county commissioners reviewed proposals for a new court house. Architect E. F. Rittenberry presented plans including remodeling the current building, adding two units, and a new top story at an estimated cost around 350 thousand dollars. Some officials favor building a new structure now without raising tax valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County Court House
E. F. Rittenberry
The Cheerful Cherub in a Fragmented Verse
A fragmented OCR style note mentions a cheerful cherub influenced life themes. It references Tim eating lunch on kitchen stairs and sleeping with head to the foot in a bed. The text shows garbled phrasing and stray names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim
W M S Session Ends With 27 Reports and Negro Delegate
The Womans Missionary Society of the Methodist Church ends its five day session at Polk Street Methodist Church after hearing 27 committee reports. Delegates adopt invitations for a Negro representative to attend the council conference and approve programs for expanded membership and peace training. Mrs F J Stephens of Columbia Missouri is named president of the Colored Methodist Church delegate invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Polk Street Methodist Church
Council
Woman's Missionary Council of the
Colored Methodist Church
Mra
F. J. Stephens
Columbia
Trial Today for Blackburn Store Theft In Amarillo
Charged with grand jury indictments in the Blackburn Bros store robbery last December. Renois to be brought to Amarillo today for immediate trial by a sheriff's deputy. He faces two-year sentences from Abilene cases and a prior Tyler sentence on appeal. About $4000 worth of merchandise was stolen through an office access from the floor above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn Bros
Renois
Amarillo
Bill Thompson
Renoix
Abilene
Thompson
Benois
Tyler
Bodies of Sanford Man's Sons Sent to Dallas for Burial
The bodies of Roy Kenneth and Roy Leon Coin, sons of Leon Coin of Sanford, died of pneumonia last week and were sent by Fort Worth and Denver to Dallas for burial. Accompanying relatives included Mrs. J. S. Morris and Leon Coin's mother. Roy Kenneth died Saturday at 11, Roy Leon Sunday morning. their mother died in December from burns after a gas explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kenneth
Roy Leon Coin
Leon Coin
Sanford
Fort Worth
Denver
Dallas
Fort Worth Banker Major Van Zandt Ill at 93
Major K. M. Van Zandt, 93, long time president of Fort Worth National Bank since its founding during cattle drives on the Chisholm trail, was very ill at his home tonight in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
K. M. van Zandt
Fort Worth National Bank
Chisholm Trail
Northwest Texas Conference Meets in City Today
The Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South convenes this morning at Polk Street Methodist Church with Mrs. Nat Rolline of Abilene presiding. Reports from committees will shape plans for 1930 and the session is expected to close by 4 30. Officers attended the Woman's Missionary Council and lunch will be served to delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Scarritt Bible College
Women's Missionary Council
Southern Methodist Church
Polk Street Methodist Church
Reading
Esther Drinker
Beggs
Okla
Susie Peach Foster
Brantley
Ala
Korea
Margaret Hodkins
Kansas City
Northwest Texas
Methodiat Episcopal Church
South
Huelnessa
Polk Street Methodiat
Mra
Nat. Rolline
Abilene
Woman's Missionary Council
Rol Ving
Council Sees Adoption As Key Step In Racial Cooperation
The council called the adoption a first step toward inter racial cooperation and planned an intensive campaign to recruit 35 000 new members carefully selected from church rolls. The committee also named the motion picture industry as a major focus of the effort.
Senate Bill Would Allocate Five Million for Texas Schools
The Texas Senate approved a roughly 5 million dollar plan for summer schools and state institutions plus construction at several schools. Amendments included 76 thousand for a Confederate widows home, 50 thousand for a hospital, 25 thousand for a staff home, library funds for Texas Tech and Southwest Texas State Teachers College, dormitory and classroom improvements, and land purchases near the Alamo. Total funds projected near 5 million with prison funding trimmed to 330 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prec
Austin
Texas
Senate
Texan Technological College
College of Arts and Industries
Southwest Texas State Teachers’ College
Sul Ross State Teachers’ College
College of Industrial Arts
Sam H. Houston State Teachers’ College
Department of Agriculture
Alamo
San Antonio
Auditor's Department
Major Shepard Denies Murder Charge In Denver Arraignment
Major Charles A. Shepard a Fitzsimmons hospital surgeon pleaded not guilty at arraignment before U S Commissioner Robert E Foote on charges of murdering his wife at Fort Miley and later tied to a June Kansas death. Government officials held him in jail as probes link him to the case while Miss Grace Brandon of Brooks Field San Antonio testified she was asked to marry him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Denver
Charles A. Shepard
Fitzsimmons Hospital
U. S
Robert E. Foote
Foote
California
Fort Miley
Colo
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Fort Riley
Kansas
Major Shepard
Grace Brandon
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Texas
Shepard
Brandon
Itzsimmons General Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scribbles
Potter
R. Q. Lee
Washington
Dem
Son
Pope
Nations
Russia
Illinois
Crosby
Edison
New Court House
W. M.S
New York
London
Chase National Bank
City of
Equitable Trust Company
Interstate Trust Company
Chase
Equitable
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National
United States
Associated Securities Companies
Midland Bank of London
Blackburn Store
Major van Zandt III
N. W. Texas
City
Texas Tech
Brooksfield Steno
Globe News Want
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!