Body of News Girl Is Found in Indiana Incident
In Terre Haute April 8 a country school principal ends a search for a missing news girl. The Associated Press reports the body was found, details and cause pending investigation and officials stated.
08 Apr 1929
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1929
Page
1
In Terre Haute April 8 a country school principal ends a search for a missing news girl. The Associated Press reports the body was found, details and cause pending investigation and officials stated.
In Austin Texas two Austin High School faculty members face liquor charges to be filed before U S Commissioner Trenckmann upon arrival of a federal prohibition agent from San Antonio. Ranger Captain Frank Hamer said the charges follow a raid on a shack described as a nest by rangers. Three men two of them teachers and three girls were present. One ranger drew a pistol to quell resistance. None of the girls were pupils.
Radio listings show air time blocks featuring Rudy Vallee orchestra at 6 00 pm and 7 00 pm programs with choristers gypsies and family party segments across WEAF WGY WTAM WWJ and others. Grand Opera closes the night on WWI KSD WFAA WKY WOC WHAS and related stations.
Rebels kill their commander in Ojinaga and flee to ceasefire. Mexican forces turn loyal, skirmish lasts about two hours near the border. American cavalry at Fort Bliss protects civilians, while Mexican commanders report forced allegiance. United States fliers stationed at Fort Huachuca under orders to shoot any Mexican aircraft.
Arthur Brisbane notes 16 prohibition-related deaths in 15 months and questions enforcement as New York saloons swell to 382 000 speakeasies. He cites Coolidge on eight-year presidency and Hoover's sore hand after a mass greeting. The piece contrasts attitudes and foreign events with the federal reserve and Borah urging recognition of the Russian government.
More than 100 dealers and salesmen register as the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Dealers association opens its 20th annual convention at the Amarillo hotel. Clarence M. Williams outlines a profit program for the average dealer and urges participation in the three day sessions and the auto caravan to the Oklahoma City national convention.
The Rev. Jim Roberts a retired Baptist preacher became suddenly insane and attacked his invalid wife with an axe at their Terrell home this morning nearly severing her head. Roberts in poor health for some time is jailed awaiting examination. Mrs Roberts survives a son and a daughter both in Terrell.
Senator Burton Wheeler arrives aboard the Ancon and says all but four Marines should be withdrawn from Nicaragua at once. He also opposes a new canal across Nicaragua, arguing the Panama Canal suffices for the next forty years and noting the monthly cost of maintaining the force at two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
The Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of Harry F. Sinclair for contempt for refusing to answer questions during the Teapot Dome investigation by the Senate oil committee.
Suits filed against Amarillo by River Road and Pleasant Valley residents seek more than 90 000 in damages from flood waters poured into Amarillo creek via storm sewers. The cases were continued until the spring term by agreement of counsel and will be heard by the new city commission after April 15.
Farmers near Randall county line south of Amnerillo report vandalism on Harding ranch road as gunfire strikes the Park schoolhouse. A maroon sedan fled after more than 200 shots fired from a .32 revolver. Local officials offer a $25 reward for arrest and conviction, with potential raises from trustees and residents.
Col Ernest Thompson pledged as mayor to remove bootleggers and moral elements and to demand sobriety from city officials. Dr Clark Buckner read the pledge to First Christian Church amid strong applause and urged support for Thompson’s administration. Buckner called the election hot and noted the overwhelming vote for Thompson.
G A Gosser 69 pioneer resident and cigar manufacturer died in a local hotel at 5 30 this morning after over a month of illness. Survived by two sons Ernest A El Paso and Harold B Tulsa and a daughter Loretta of San Francisco. Body held at N B Griggs & Sons until relatives arrive. Widely known for years in Amarillo for hand made cigars and trade.
W. J. Tucker Texas fish and game commissioner visits Amarillo with his son and continues praise for Panhandle hunting. He notes Texas as a premier game state and supports stronger enforcement with farmer and hunter cooperation. Prairie chicken season opens September 1 for four days with a ten bird limit. Wheeler and Colingsworth counties remain closed.
Dallas reports eight deaths from Sunday accidents. Bob Griffin of Dallas drowned in Lake Dallas in a leaky boat. Joe Lopez and sons aged 14 and 11 drowned in the San Gabriel river near Rockdale as the father and elder brothers are believed to have drowned trying to save the younger. W W Hatcher and wife 50 killed when their buggy was struck by a freight train near Moody. Frank Fryar 25 of Elkhart died in a car overturn. A man believed to be J H Baird of Childress about 60 perished in a separate automobile crash.
Judge C. R. Reeder of Reeder & Reeder has moved his law offices for the first time in over 26 years from the National Bank of Commerce area to a fourth floor suite in the Fisk building. The firm includes Alton Cortie Reeder and marks a long tenure in Amarillo with a new downtown location.
In Tulsa Oklahoma on April 6 a six year old boy Harry Fisher Jr fell into a twenty foot well and was pulled out by a crew of firemen standing in water up to his neck. He fell while playing near the well and survived the incident with a successful rescue.
Police searched for the sender after a bomb addressed to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was found in the New York General Post Office. Porter's accidental hit triggered a hiss and smoke. he stepped on the device, likely saving lives.
Eleven condemned men crowd a small death row at Huntsville Texas, two to a cell in a former convict school. Among them is 21 year old Robert Blake awaiting execution for Tulsa Swisher County murder and Ofilio Herrera newly moved here for safekeeping as his murder case awaits appeal. Governor Moody has granted stays in this ongoing death row situation.
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