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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
8
From Owen Sound Ontario George F Parsons of Toronto is killed after a fall from amphibian craft while adjusting a motor. In Missoula Montana Hughes age 16 fights for life after an ax wedge caused a steel slug to lodge in his heart, per AP reports.
Mrs. EB Palmer announces the opening in Amarillo with a detailed premium list for the Fine Arts Department covering painting and portrait categories in various media. Entries are judged, with prices and lot numbers listed and contact provided for further information at 5914.
Hopes of careers on the stage and in movies rise for winners of the bathing revue at the Southwestern Style Show in Dallas. Mable Rocks as Miss Waco won $500, Sidney Mae Lockhart Miss Magic Valley $200, Virginia Stimson Miss Wichita Falls $100. Novice Hicks Miss Pittsburg and Patti Braden Miss Del Rio earned $50 each, with 25 consolation prizes of $25 to others including Katherine Miller Miss Houston and Sybil Lavy Miss Fort Worth.
Texas shipping interests telegrammed the Interstate Commerce Commission to delay the October 1 1930 effective date for new grain rates. They argue large elevator and mill stocks make the change ill timed. Some want January 1 1941 or June 1 1931 as new dates. Fort Worth meeting committee member S J Cole Amarillo Chamber of Commerce awaits the commission's decision. A California Automobile Association compilation lists over 35 million motor vehicles worldwide, 76 percent in the United States.
Nearly a dozen army airplanes planned a cross country flight to Denton and Gainesville as part of the air corps reserve officers training at Hensley Field near Dallas. Lieut. Harry Weddington, executive officer at Hensley Field, led the flight.
In Zenta Yugoslavia 60 year old Cabriel Budasch stabbed to death his wife and son and his 17 year old mistress and then killed himself when his attempt to attack a neighbor’s 13 year old child was frustrated.
Weather observer H T Collman predicts rain for Amarillo after several cloudy nights. The forecast for Thursday calls for fair conditions and little temperature change. The report notes shifts in the warm belt and that western Texas and southwestern New Mexico see fair to good conditions with ample moisture, while showers elsewhere bring limited benefits. The piece also mentions US golf ball imports totaling 1 590 089 from January to July.
Wilmer A. Dyar a 10 year old Good night boy who disappeared Tuesday night after boarding a freight train has been found in Amarillo. His father Rev J M Dyar pastor of the Goodnight Baptist Church placed a description with newspapers and police before his son was located. Wilmer had said he might go to Louisiana to play with peers before vanishing.
Hidalgo County Taxpayers League filed suit against Edinburg State Bank and Trust Company as county depository for 200000 dollars, claiming nonpayment of interest since 1926 on road district funds deposited there. The petition asserts several million dollars in road district taxes are on deposit and that the bank has refused to pay interest.
One per cent interest by state law cited. A. Baker, ex sheriff of Hidalgo County, and Cam E. Hill, county clerk, both under federal indictments linked to voting irregularities in Hidalgo County, are named as defendants along with bank officials.
The monoplane On To Oregon, piloted by Dick Rankin, resumes air operations after a failed first attempt caused by the Tex refueling ship. The pair aim to break the sustained flight record, continuing the August 21 sequence from Portland Oregon amid a thunderous aviation push.
A classic antiseptic product Zemo offers quick relief for itching rashes bites ivy poisoning and sunburn. It draws out heat and pain soothes irritation and clears up pimples and dandruff. Invisible odorless and sold by druggists at 6c or 1.00.
A 128 pound watermelon from Sanderville Georgia is sent to the president as the producer claims it is the largest grown in the United States. The cargo travels from Clements of Sanderville to Washington while native Central American women weave much of their clothing.
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