One Wounded Escapes From Hospital Room
A hospital patient escaped from their room after a fall squad incident that left one person wounded. Police say a fatal fight occurred nearby, triggering emergency response and investigations.
24 Mar 1930
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1930
Page
1
A hospital patient escaped from their room after a fall squad incident that left one person wounded. Police say a fatal fight occurred nearby, triggering emergency response and investigations.
Four men were killed and one wounded in two confrontations with police as they chased stolen cars in Buffalo New York. An injured suspect escaped the hospital operating room climbing a fire escape while police hunted the remaining suspects. The gunfire began when officers signaled the fleeing car to halt and it crashed into a hydrant. Walter Krajewski is named among suspects.
Hoboken New Jersey reports its worst blaze since 1900 began at 10 p.m. and wrecked the waterfront. By 6 p.m. tonight officials believed the fire was under control. Two Lamport and Holt piers burned. over 400 cars destroyed. Damage estimated between 3.5 and 4 million dollars.
About 300 public school children will plant trees at the City Section park at 4 p m as part of Arbor Day exercises. Two pupils will plant trees for President Hoover and Governor Cody. Jimmie Guleke and Ernestine Smith chosen for the honors amid a large public turnout.
The First Baptist church of Dimmitt unveils a $25,000 church educational unit with classrooms for every Sunday school department and B Y P U, plus an auditorium. Pastor N M Gilbert arrived sixteen months ago when services were in the high school gym. Membership rose 120 percent and Sunday school 850 percent, with weekly attendance in Sunday school matching church membership. The project, on the main highway toward New Mexico, signals a major growth milestone.
In Fairchild Texas officers seek verification that blackmail helped drive a forgery case. Mrs. Sarah Dodd and her son Tom Dodd were charged with forging a $250 check on G S Moore. Miss Wilma Jones, 23, claims someone tried to burn her hotel room while she awaits trial.
Rome marked the 11th anniversary of the Fasci foundation with demonstrations of party strength in major cities and towns. In Albuquerque New Mexico an earth tremor rattled homes for one to two seconds, felt citywide with no damage reported.
Arbor day activities unfold in Amarillo with Kiwanis leading tours and tree planting events. After a luncheon at the Amarillo hotel featuring remarks by Mayor Ernest C. Thompson city forester Temple Robinson and Kiwanis leader Fred Galle, participants move to the auditorium for a root planting ceremony and then join hundreds of students and teachers for a citywide Arbor Day celebration.
The Associated Press reports Julius H. Barnes announces a nationwide survey of American business. Early retarding factors seem overcome as the conference sketches trade and commodity production patterns four months after last fall's security decline.
In Panhandle, Groom, and Conway vocational agriculture classes 23 students form six judging teams. Geo P Grout says training on Guernsey cattle and poultry flocks strengthens dairy and poultry squads. A gold medal from the Rotary Club motivates top judging results at Lubbock. teams travel early tomorrow morning.
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair skies today with slightly colder temperatures. In West Texas, partly cloudy conditions persist with colder air into Monday and Tuesday, while Oklahoma faces thundershowers followed by a cooler trend and then fair weather.
New York March 22 A caller from the Bronx Daisy Tunick at 1700 Crotona Parkway reports an 18 spade hand disrupted a bridge game. She recalls bidding seven spades while her partner with no spades overbid eight clubs, then eight spades which cannot be played, ending the game.
Special to The News, Canadian, March 23. Mrs Inez Humphrey, shot in the breast by her husband Virgil Humphrey 42 then killed himself with the same weapon. Physicians say she has a good chance of recovery. Funeral services for Virgil Humphrey were held today at the Humphrey home. Mrs Humphrey was believed to be in serious condition when hospitalized but regained consciousness yesterday and described the shooting. Humphrey had been ill over a year and motive remains unclear. The incident occurred at the Humphrey residence.
Tennessee Representative Byrns, head of the Democratic congressional committee, cites a survey showing dissatisfaction with the administration. He forecasts the Democrats will add 70 seats in the fall elections, raising their total to 218 in the 435 member House.
The City of New York flagship of Rear Admiral Richard Byrd sails from Otago Harbour with 60 expedition members aboard for Tahiti and then New York. Byrd joins a crowd of over ten thousand bidding farewell as he stays to finish business affairs and will rejoin the ship at the Panama Canal.
In Fort Worth this week, the widow and four children of Temple Houston, son of Sam Houston, sue Liberty Magazine for 600000 in a defamation case. The action centers on a June 9 1924 article excerpt claiming Temple Houston’s life and conduct were improper after a 1932 incident.
Between 73 and 100 representatives from Panhandle Chambers of Commerce will gather in McLean tomorrow for the Panhandle Chamber of Commerce Secretaries Association annual meeting. President Guy Hill of Shamrock will open the all day session and introduce members and guests. D A Bandeen of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and Maury Hopkins of Plainview will speak with Joseph Leopold, manager of the southwestern division of the United.
Tonight Amarillo hosts a Spring Fashion Festival with 43 merchants unveiling window displays at 7 30 to showcase new spring apparel and accessories. A The News Globe contest offers cash prizes plus five theater tickets for a slogan puzzle using capital and small letters in each display. Contest entries must include name and address and be submitted by 6 pm.
Mrs. King told reporters at the sheriff's presence that Jesse McKee known as Jack King was killed when Yale's pistol jammed as he fired. Yale surrendered after the incident in front of the South Pampa rooming house. The grand jury is in session to consider murder charges as Yale returns to town.
A special session of the 14th District Court in Panhandle begins with Judge E J Pickens presiding over the case J M Sanford vs Grover C Bishop. Sanford seeks cancellation of leases on thousands of acres of Carson county oil property. a jury of fifty men has been summoned for trial.
Rain began last night and ended this morning with fair skies returning. Weather Observer H. T. Collman predicted light showers from Amarillo moving south, bringing measurable benefit to wheat. The third rain since March 14 broke the city’s longest dry spell on record.
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