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Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1930

Page

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Sensational Cree and Hoover well blows near Pampa

A gas and oil discovery at the Cree and Hoover well near Pampa started Sunday at 2,990 feet. Wind drove oil spray across the area as storage tanks and emergency earthen tanks rose to contain the spill. Initial flow estimated 40 to 45 barrels per hour with gas around 50,000,000 cubic feet, and full control expected only after Monday night.

Pampa Gray County Santa Fe J. H. McCracken Block B-3 Scelpe McCracken Jack Davis Humble Davis

Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Southwest States

Forecast calls for fair weather across Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change. New Mexico expects fair skies Monday and Tuesday with slightly cooler conditions in the southeast. Arizona likewise sees fair days Monday and Tuesday with minimal temperature variation.

Amarillo New Mexico Arizona

Communists and Fascists clash as Berlin polls today

Berlin police report a riotous preelection night leaving 500 jailed and two dead after a confrontation between Communists and Fascists. An attack on Neukoelin police station was repelled as shots were fired and 170 arrests were made on the scene.

Associated Press Berlin Neukoelin Buelow Square

Plains Interests To Discuss T. & P. Plan With T.R.C. Monday

Texas Panhandle officials prepare for a Monday hearing to urge rapid Interstate Commerce Commission approval of the 333 mile T and P railroad from Big Spring to Vega and Amarillo. The move seeks to absorb drought era unemployment, with state rail commission and Dallas Chamber of Commerce representatives attending.

Austin Texas Panhandle Texas and Pacific State Railroad Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Big Spring Vega Amarillo State Commission Railroad Commission Drouth C. W. Terrell Texas Commission Robert Lee Bobbitt Jack Blalock Dallas Chamber of Commerce Sam Goodstein West Texas

The Cheerful Cherub Poem Fragment

A fragment speaks of a cheerful cherub who rarely thinks of fish or whales in the sea and notes a shared world yet mutual indifference. The lines hint at a distant perspective between beings and a personal sense of separation.

Arrest Two in Plot to Extort From Negro Congressman

Two men were arrested in Chicago on charges of attempting to extort money from Congressman Oscar De Priest. Sally Lason allegedly confessed and named Julius Link as a partner. detectives also sought Joe Gladstone. De Priest had received a note promising to drop the plot if $10,000 in marked bills were delivered.

Associated Press Chicago Oscar de Priest Sally Lason Julius Link de Priest Joe Gladstone Lason Thetter Alabama Robert I. Randolph Chicago Association of Commerce Walter Walker Employers’ Association

Livingston Leads Flight in Sixth National Air Tour

John Livingston of Aurora Illinois led 18 planes into Winnipeg Manitoba on the sixth national air tour, arriving from Duluth Minnesota in a Waco open biplane. He was followed by Arthur Davis Myron Zeller and Harry Russell in Tri Motor Fords Walter Carr Jr in a Stinson High motor and Walter Beech in a Curtiss Kingbird. Capt Frank Hawks the transcontinental record holder was the official referee.

Associated Press Winnipeg Man John Livingston Aurora Ill Duluth Mann Livingston Arthur Davis Myron Zeller Harry Russell Walter Carr, Jr Walter Beech Frank Hawks

Classified Day at The Globe and News Office

Wednesday is Classified Day at The Globe and News office. Bring ads to the classified counter for 25 words at 50 cents, one appearance in The News and one in The Globe on Thursday. Three day runs cost $1, with overage words at 3 cents each. no phone ads accepted.

Globe and News Office The Globe News-Globe

Four Die in Collision At Grade Crossing Near Georgetown

Four people including J B Cousins 34 and his wife 82 and two children Archie 6 Harold 2 died when a Missouri-Kansas-Texas train struck their car three miles south of Georgetown Texas at 5 30 p m A boy in the party was fatally injured and hospitalized J B Cousins a Talpa Texas farmer had taken his family to South Texas to pick cotton Driving to a Sunday ride the car failed to see the oncoming train The engineer halted the train and backed it to Georgetown to retrieve the dead and injured with Pendleton accompanying the Cousins family in another car

The Associated Press Georgetown Here Ballinger J.B. Jr Cousins Talpa Tunnels South Texas Louis Pendleton

Police seize suspect in Jake Lingle slaying case in London

Chicago detectives prepared to take into custody a man in London who claimed the name Robert Vickers but was believed to be Ted Geisking, the suspect in the murder of Jake Lingle, Tribune reporter.

Jake Lingle Associated Press London Chicago Robert Vickers Ted Geisking Chicago Tribune

Fascist Party Landslide Victory in Reichstag Elections

Berlin reports a landslide in yesterday's election with the Fascist National Socialists poised to win 54 seats as half the returns come in. The dissolved Reichstag faces a looming dictatorship under Chancellor Burining as Social Democrats hold 76 seats with half votes counted.

Associated Press Berlin Adolf Hitler German Republic Heinrich Burening

Gavel from 1912 starts Southwest Water Works session in Amarillo

The 19th annual Southwest Water Works Association convention opens Monday in Amarillo at 9:30 with Mayor Ernest C. Thompson welcoming about 700 delegates. The gavel used in the 1912 Temple meeting, owned by Pat Bracken of Baytown, will again be used to open the sessions.

Southwest Water Works Association Amarillo Pat Bracken Baytown Texas Temple Ernest C. Thompson Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Louisiana

Circus Man Bitten by Camel at Ringling Bros Circus

James Gray, a circus employee, was attacked by a camel from Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey about 10 p.m. on Sunday. The camel gripped his forearm. Gray had trained the animal for over a year and was not afraid. The forearm muscles were badly mangled and he was taken to St Anthony's Hospital where serum was given to prevent lockjaw.

James Gray Circus Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus St. Anthony's Hospital Blackburn

Little Rock Man Seriously Injured in Alanreed Wreck

A. B. Wilbanks of Little Rock Arkansas is in Clarendon hospital in serious condition after a Sunday night automobile crash two and a half miles west of Alanreed. His wife and daughter Nina Mae were bruised. the truck driver aided the injured party and a passing car transported them to the McLean hospital.

Little Rock Alanreed A. B. Wilbanks Clarendon Wilbanks Nina Mae Ark Missouri Pacific Railway Ordway Colo BH. F. Finley McLean

Panhandle singers win Abilene audition honors

Mrs Y W Rogers of Lubbock and Robert Pool of Amarillo will represent the Panhandle in the Abilene elimination contest of the Fourth National Radio Audition at the Atwater Kent Foundation. They won from 12 participants on KGRS yesterday. each will receive 17.50 from local music clubs and the News Globe.

Robert Pool Amarillo Y.w.rogers Lubbock Y. W. Rogers Panhandle Abilene Atwater Kent Foundation KGRS

Ringling Barnum Circus Brings New Population To City

Amarillo residents encounter a cosmopolitan crowd as Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey set up tents on Ross street. Two performances scheduled today at 2 pm and 8 pm, with sections of the circus arriving by train earlier.

Ringling Barnum Circus Amarillo Ringling Brothers Barnum Ba‘ley Ross Street Santa Fe Tenth Frank Braden Panhandle Plains Dexter Rock Island French Congo Ringling-Barnum Organization

Man Slays Wife Then Kills Himself in Texas

In M CAMEY Texas Leon Euckert 23 killed his estranged wife Dorothy with three shots at her sister Mrs George Finch home and then shot himself twice. Justice B A Sturdivant ruled murder and death by own action. Dorothy had moved to the area with their daughter La Verna seven after separating from Euckert three weeks earlier. Euckert left a note to notify his parents in Fletcher Oklahoma. Dorothy’s parents Mr and Mrs J B Maton of Lawton Oklahoma survive.

Associated Press M’camey Texas Leon Euckert Dorothy Euckert B. A. Sturdivant Odessa la Verna Crane Eucker

Three Men Trapped During Osage Bank Robbery

Three men were trapped by gunfire from eight officers and captured early today after attempting to break into the vault of the First State Bank of Osage. Hosey Mitchell, 26, Pawhuska, was wounded 16 times during the escape attempt. his two accomplices surrendered unharmed.

Associated Press Osage Okly First State Bank of Hosey Mitchell Pawhuska

Posse Abandons Search For Plane In Timber Near Chireño

In Nacogdoches County on Sept 14 a 25 member posse hunted a reported fallen plane over seven miles from town. After a full day Saturday and part of today they gave up the search in the uncut timberland.

Associated Press Chireno Nacogdoches County

American Aviators Halt Pacific Flight Attempt Near Japan

Harold Bromley and Harold Gatty failed to complete a non stop Pacific crossing aboard the City of Tacoma. The monoplane landed near Shiritenka Cape Shiriya Aomori Prefecture after 24 hours 62 minutes aloft. Both aviators were unharmed and weather largely caused the setback. The flight began from Samishiro Beach near Sambongi after a dawn takeoff with 1 020 gallons of gasoline aboard.

Associated Treasy Tokyo Harold Bromley Harold Gatty Pacific Ocean Shiritenka Cape Shiriya Aomori Prefecture Samishiro Beach Sambongi Tacoma Ward Kurilg Island Japan Dollar Line Taft Yokohama Cape Lopatka Kamchatka Peninsula Bromley and Gatty

Texas History Movies Begin on Inner Back Page

The Daily News launches a feature on its inner back page titled Texas History Movies. Over the coming months the history of the state will be told in a series of brief, amusing comic strip style installments starting today and continuing daily on the inside back page.

Daily News Texas The

Youth slays sweetheart in home slashing case

In South Bend Indiana 17 year old Alice Waltman was killed in her bed by a razor wielding intruder who fled after nearly decapitating her. The killer escaped by jumping from a second story window as police search for a ne er do well suspect. The eight year old Richard slept nearby and was not awakened. The family includes sisters Henrietta 20 Evelyn 19 and mother Kate Waltman. Police described the attacker as attached to the girl and recently unemployed with plans to go to Florida. A trail of dirty and bloody fingerprints marked his entry and exit.

Associated Press South Bend Ind Alice Waltman St. Mary's Parochial School Richard Henrietta Evelyn Kate Waltman Alice Florida

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MORAN Sheridan Road Jack Costa Sheridan Irving Park Margaret Reardon Hugh McCarthy the Globe and News M.E. T J. B. Cousins Mrs. Cousins Archie Harold Fascist Party U. S W. B. Thompson Bernadine Jones Memphis Emmett Smith Groom Walter C. Crompton Dalhart Reba Mill Harmon Tita Marie Sommerville Rachel Burgess Ameda Foringer Shiritsuka Cape Shiriya News Today Harry Henry
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