Funeral setting for Speaker Longworth sparks national mourning
Cincinnati groans as Nick Longworth is laid to rest after his death. President Hoover and Senate leaders plan trains to attend. John Garner declines last minute in time to join the funeral, sending condolences to Mrs Longworth and family. The nation mourns a prominent public servant.
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Cincinnati
Longworth
Senate House
Congress
Hoover
EP. Garner
Texas
Uvalde
Tex
John Garner
Nicholas Lough
Garner
Leeram
Ted Nick
Jack
Protests Debate Tax Levy on Natural Gas
The session discussed a proposed levy on natural gas with arguments over whether revenue bills should originate in the House. Senator Hopkins urged the point of order while Senator Berkeley defended the amendments as germane and legal. No record of prior similar taxation was found.
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Hopkins
Gonzales
House
Berkeley
Kidnappers Demand 15000 for Blumer Rift
An unnamed kidnapper informs Wells that Blumer will not be harmed but will be held for a day or two. He is told to pay 15000 while the suspect says Blumer’s car will be found in Freeport. Wells seeks more details as the ransom plan unfolds.
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Blumer
Wells
Freeport
Atti
Andy Wikh
Home rule debate continues on page one
A political dispute centers on home rule with fears of centralization and reduced county voice. Akin argues the plan weakens local government and fair chance for honest men. Planes frighten foxes as mail aircraft buzz Wisconsin farms disturbing mothers and pups during breeding season.
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Akin
Voice of the People
Stockbridge
Wis
Northwest
Wisconsin
Oil and Zoning Call Protect East Texas Groves
Dear Colonel, the East Texas pines and groves face pollution from dirty crude. A multi million idea is proposed to shield these resources and defend their beauty from oil industry damage.
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East
Texas
Pines
Cums
Post
Bandits robbed three stores in spree with cash totals
Bandits struck Owl Drug Store and two other outlets during the night stealing about 75 cents at one site adjacent to $10 from a cash register. The Waggoner case at City Drug No. 4 yielded about $7. A Hudson car was seen at all three locations as police and sheriff’s deputies conducted a broad sweep until 4 AM.
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Frank G. Waggoner
City Drug No. 4
Owl Drug Store
West Sixth Avenue
Ex Mayor of Houston Files Libel Suit
Oscar Holcombe former Houston mayor filed a $260000 libel suit against the Houston Press, claiming 15 campaign articles supported Monteith. He seeks $15000 actual damages and $95000 exemplary damages.
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Houston
U.P
Oscar Holcombe
Walter E. Monteith
Houston Press
Holcombe
Monteith
Tulsa Airport Sets New World's Record
The Tulsa municipal airport, in its second year of operation in 1930, became the world’s busiest air port. Its busiest day saw 691 passengers and June’s volume reached 11 009 passengers. Over 60 000 planes used its runways as it nears its third anniversary in 1931.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.A
America
Patsy Tickets On Sale At Local Drug Stores
Tickets for the Patsy three act play at the High School Auditorium go on sale today. Varvel Gibson and Heeze coke Drug Stores carry the 25 cent student and 50 cent adult admission for the Hi Y and Thrift Room benefit performance.
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Varvel, Gibson and Heézecoke
Radio schedule changes and programs across networks
NBC will begin nightly talks on April 27 with WJZs 5:45 East and CBS 7:00 West. a second WJZ at 9:15. regional shifts include Giants Phillies opener on WEAF with Graham McNamee. Channing Pollock on How I Write Plays. new drama Moments of Adventure on WJZ at 7:30. speeches by John Erskine and Alan Gould. Parks Sisters Eskimos on WEAF. Lowell Thomas at 9 on WJZ. Dorothy Lee in Theater of the Air on WEAF.
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New York
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Local Radio Listings and Majestic Tube Ad in Amarillo
Tonight on WDAG-8 Metzger's Milk Man from 8 to 8:30, KGRS-9 Joe Norman's Orchestra from 9 to 9:30, and 9:45 to 10 Herb Cook the Oklahoma Joy Boy. Ad urges buyers to demand MULTI Mu screen grid tubes. Majestic radios on display at Amarillo Electric Company 111 East 8th Street.
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Joe Norman
Herb Cook
Majestic
Amarillo Electric Company
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Engineer proposes recreation island in Lake Michigan
Chicago April 10 engineer J E Cahill of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co envisions a 300acre recreation island off Chicago at either Devon Avenue or 55th Street. The project, costing about 30 million dollars excluding buildings, would include a summer hotel and viewing facilities and reuse 500000 cubic yards of city dump fill.
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Lake Michigan
J. E. Cahill
Great Lakes
Devon Avenue
55Th Street
Cahill
Taxation Threatens British Millionaires
London reports a sharp decline in Britain's millionaires due to heavy taxation and weak trade. Inland Revenue data show 487 in Great Britain and Northern Ireland last year, down 24 from the prior year, with expectations of further drops toward 1930.
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U.A
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Commissioners of Inland Revenue
Britain
Nebraska Eggs Set for European Export
Fremont, Neb April 10 Europeans will consume at least five carloads of Nebraska eggs weekly under a contract with a New York produce house for export. Nebraska hens have the laying habit. the state typically produces about 67,000,000 dozen eggs a year and the crop brings in around 15,000,000 dollars under normal price conditions.
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Neb
U.R
Nebraska
Freemont Produce
New York
Hoover urges Panhandle Pioneers museum project revival
History interpreted through the proposed Panhandle Plains museum draws emphasis from Mr. Hoover. He recalls the project stalled since last August and urges community support to preserve pioneer history. A memorial service, business session for officers, and a dinner with speakers and moving pictures follow. Directors listed include J. A. Hill, Borace Russell, W. H. Patrick, H. E. Hoover, and T. D. Hobart.
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Hoover
Panhandle Plains
United States
Highlands
Asia
T. D. Hobart
Pampa
Wall Street Looks Toward Prosperity Amid Broad Unease
The report notes Wall Street remains hopeful yet doubtful as markets weigh copper prices at nine and a half cents a pound and steel shares falter. Regional tension surfaces with renewed violence in Palestine as Arabs Jews and Christians clash around Easter. Democratic figures debate prohibition positions while a school board sermon on earth shape highlights education themes.
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London World’s Phone Exchange Expands Global Reach
London’s telephone system connects with 32,000,000 users and 24 European countries, with plans to extend further. The network links British calls to overseas lines and relays American and Canadian traffic, while Moscow stays isolated except for Berlin.
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London
U.P
United States
Canada
Moscow
Berlin
Fire destroys New Philadelphia Convention Hall under three alarms
A three alarm blaze swept the new five million Municipal Convention Hall in Philadelphia today as flames spread. Fire crews from 25 city companies rushed to the scene while nearby Philadelphia General Hospital treated patients from the incident. The hall neared completion and was expected to be usable within two months.
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Philadelphia General Hospital
Charters Issued in Texas Include Several Corporations
Austin April 10 U P Charters issued for Texas Reserve Investment Corp Beaumont with 60 percent no par stock and incorporators W W Underwood J C Bennett Bert M Cromack Bayside Park Corpus Christi 75000 capital stock incorporators C A Anderson A H Gardes Dan Culver Johnson Mattocks Oil Gas Development Co Austin 50000 stock incorporators O G Hansler B R Spiller H C Johnson J Berwald Co Marshall 20000 stock incorporators Julius Berwald Edward Jacobson Isadore H Berwald
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U.P
Texas Reserve Investment Corp
Beaumont
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W. W. Underwood
J. C. Bennett
Bert M. Cromack
Bayside Park
Corpus Christi
C. A. Anderson
A. H. Gardes
Dan Culver
Johnson Mattocks Oil & Gas Development Co
Movie star divorce after too many parties in Reading
Lisabeth Seltzer Luden wins divorce from Jack Luden, Hollywood actor, after four days of trial in Los Angeles. The Superior Court judge said the case showed too much liquor and too many parties but found cruelty on both sides and ruled in favor of Mrs. Luden.
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Hollywood
Reading
Lisabeth Seltzer Luden
Jack Ludden
Fire damages Ammon home on Lincoln Street
Fire of undetermined origin damaged the B. F. Ammon residence at 1904 South Lincoln Street early Friday, with losses estimated at 5000. Neighbors said the Ammon family was visiting in Dalhart. Firemen arrived after a 2:30 a.m. alarm from a Buchanan Street box. The two story frame house showed a possible closet fire on the second floor.
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B. F. Ammon
Lincoln Street
Ammon
Dalhart
Buchanan Street
G. B. Cooper
Water Department Sees Lower Expenses Despite Higher Production
Mayor Ernest O. Thompson cited a city water department report for the ten and a half months ending February 28 showing lower operating expenses even as production rose and operating income increased by 26569.10 from the prior year.
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Ernest O. Thompson
Wichita Falls Boy Killed in Car Crash
April 10 in Wichita Falls A R L Hammond Jr 12 died when the automobile carrying his father L P Hammond and brother John 5 overturned on the Archer highway. L P Hammond and the other boy were critically injured and transported to a local hospital.
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Wichita Falls
A.R
L. P. Hammond Jr
L. P. Hammond
John
Archer Highway
Hammond
Cermak Orders City Departments Review After Firings
Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak began a thorough check of all city hall departments to identify employees who could be eliminated under the new administration. The action followed an order issued yesterday dismissing more than 2,000 temporary workers who held appointments during William Hale Thompson's tenure.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
William Hale Thompson
Detroit braces for largest Legion convention migration
Detroit plans for the National American Legion Convention in September expect 100,000 Legionnaires and 50,000 auxiliary members to travel by air, mail, water, and bus. About 26,000 will be housed in Pullmans using terminal space in Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
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American Legion
National Legion
Ralph T. O'Neil
O'Neill
Mark McKee
General Committee On Transportation
Pullmans
Windsor
Ont
Our Car Becomes Federal Limo After Longworth
The limousin e used by Speaker Nicholas Longworth will no longer have a private owner. As the House remains closely divided, Democratic Leader Garner faces a possible turn to make the vehicle his if he is chosen as speaker. Garner has teased about lifting ownership from Longworth, who denies joint ownership.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Garner
Nick
Longworth
Jack
Panhandle Osteopathic Society Names Cradit President
The Panhandle Osteopathic Society organized in Amarillo with Dr. L. V. Cradit elected president and Dr. Lester J Vick as secretary-treasurer. Attendees included M. B. Harris Ralph J. Moore J. H. Chandler E. H. Mann Lester J. Vick L. V. Cradit Frank Gants J Frances Brown all of Amarillo with H G Grainger Canyon C P Callison W A Seyder Pampa and H Sechrist Morse. Monthly meetings will include a clinic in the afternoon, business sessions and social activities in the evening with two papers presented by members.
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Osteopathic Physicians
M. B. Harris
Ralph J. Moore
J. H. Chandler
E. H. Mann
Lester J. Vick
L. V. Cradit
Frank Gants
J. Frances Brown
Amarillo
H. G. Grainger
Canyon
C. P. Callison
W. A. Seyder
Pampa
H. Sechrist
Morse
Theevening
Stichtinger Rites Set for Saturday at Nazareth Church
Services for Jacob Stichtinger aged 50 who died Thursday in a local hospital will be held at 10 AM Saturday from the Catholic Church at Nazareth. Rev. Frances M. Kamin sky of Amarillo will officiate. He was a farmer living eight miles north of Happy and is survived by his wife and six children. Burial will be in Nazareth Cemetery under Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home supervision.
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Jacob Stichtinger
Nazareth
Frances M. Kaminsky
Amarillo
Stichtinger
Happy
Nazareth Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Charles Scott Sets New Flight Record
Charles W. A. Scott completed an England to Australia flight in 9 days 3 hours 20 minutes covering about 11 000 miles. He beat Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith by 19 hours 20 minutes, flying from Turbulent Timor Sea to Port Darwin, North Australia and returning via Eurasia and the Malay Archipelago.
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North Australia
Charles W. A. Scott
Timor Sea
England
Australia
Eurasia
Malay Archipelago
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Condemned Negroes Riot in Penitentiary
Gadsden April 10. Eight negroes condemned to death at Scottsboro yesterday for attacking two white girls rioted in the county jail today as guards placed them in irons. After quieting them one inmate said they did not like the death sentence.
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Gadsden
Scottsboro
Whei
Divorces Decline in Nebraska as Marriages Rise
Lincoln Nebraska April 10 A R Divorce rates fell in 1930 while marriages increased compared with 1929 in the state. The report notes fewer filings and suggests economic or social factors influence marital stability during the period.
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Lincoln, Neb
A Call to Hope and Action for New Beginnings
A 1931 Edgar A. Guest poem urges removing grudge and sorrow and embracing fresh effort and optimism. The piece encourages starting anew, facing mornings with resolve, and applying a good heart to tasks ahead. It frames renewal as a moral choice and a daily practice.
Nebraska Divorce and Marriage Totals 1929 1930
The state registrar reports 1929 had 1728 divorces and 1930 had 1635, a drop of 93. Marriages rose from 10,202 in 1929 to 10,248 in 1930, a gain of 46. Six counties reported zero divorces in the year.
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Braska
Chicago and New Orleans markets report livestock and cotton trends
Chicago hogs 13 000 mostly steady with bulk 140 to 210 pounds and top 8.05. Cattle 1 500, calves 1 000 steady. vealers 7.00 to 8.25. Sheep 10 000, lambs firm to 25 cents higher. cotton in New Orleans opens weak with May at 9.97, July 10.22, October 10.58 amid May liquidation and favorable belt weather.
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