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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
4
Wealthy pioneer and former mayor Hundley and his wife were murdered in their home as a burglar entered late at night. Hundley, age 76, was shot in the head while undressing. Mrs. Hundley was killed with three shots after being chased upstairs. Police consider revenge for a 49 year old killing a possible motive.
Dalhart hunters W. M. Franks and R. H. Waite were fined 110.60 for possessing twelve quail over the legal limit. Judge Linton of Chenning imposed the penalties with A. C. Clifton and S. D. Turner aiding arrests. Waite paid 0.90 of the fine and Franks 49.70. The season has seen other arrests and heavier fines as the state game department boosts enforcement.
Lon Stancie, chief deputy sheriff of Union Parish Louisiana, collapsed and died of heart failure in Eldorado Arkansas while arresting a bank robbery suspect during service of legal papers. The incident occurred yesterday as Stancie attempted to take L. L. Stanley into custody.
A chamber of commerce special meeting will discuss a drive to raise 400000 dollars for establishing a four year college in Wichita Falls. Mr and Mrs J G Hardin of Burkburnett have offered to give the same amount if the city matches it.
A full carload of citrus fruit from the Rio Grande Valley will be shipped to the Fowler Home for Old People and Orphans in Dallas. The shipment, announced in Harlingen, will depart December 17, organized by the Christian church of the Valle.
A. & M. College of Texas reports a continued drop in influenza cases. Twenty one cases remain in the college hospital down from more than one hundred near Thanksgiving as the epidemic eased. President T. O. Walton announced the progress at College Station.
The Kansas City council plans to repeal the 3 cent per package cigarette tax, arguing it cannot be enforced. Councilman Chase Clark will submit a resolution to remove the law from the city ordinance. The tax was projected to raise 250000 a year but yielded only about 13000 last year amid rising bootlegging.
Corpus Christi wins approval for a $150 000 street improvement bond and a $25 000 spark risk set aside, approved by the Attorney General's department and sent to the comptroller for registration.
A drill crew member named Bootwell, 30, fell 75 feet from the top of a derrick in the Rock Crossing field yesterday. The accident occurred when his footing slipped, causing him to topple over the edge.
Dev B. Ro hall was convicted of the murder of 7 Adams on October 29 in Hillsboro Texas. A jury sentenced him to ten years in prison.
French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand voiced strong satisfaction after a long conference with Gustav Stresemann regarding the September Geneva reparations agreement. The meeting in Lugano, Switzerland, followed discussions on the postwar settlement and Germany's obligations.
Eight fast new planes ordered to handle all mail traffic between Dallas and Chisago. The biplanes use Liberty engines and can reach 145 miles per hour. They will replace the Douglas aircraft currently in use.
A 1 year old in New Orleans was electrocuted when he rushed to help his mother who had been killed by an electrified clothes line while hanging weekly wash. Mrs Paul Thibodaux, 42, died after crying out as the current traveled through her. The incident occurred as the child Paul, playing nearby, answered his mother’s call.
Amateu r firemen motion picture stars and studio employees fought a blaze in the First National Studios here yesterday and extinguished it after it caused about 25000 in damage. No one was injured. Richard Barthelmess Milton Sills and Billie Dove joined in with employees and halted the flames after they had burned for an hour.
The German foreign minister hints at expected early complete evacuation of the Rhineland while talks press on. Briand and other league council members applaud U S backed Paraguay Bolivia action but worry over Baltic situation. Lithuania accuses Poland of aggression as Poland’s Zaleski calls for expert investigation into the conflict.
For thirty days the Manfalcone gambling ship resisted state and federal action. After a storm sank the Blue Sea stop, authorities warned that if the ship entered port it would be seized and gambling gear confiscated. The vessel remained anchored off San Pedro with no customers aboard and empty interiors.
Two barge deckhands recount their vessel stranded at a port hostile to foreigners. The ship, a vessel seeking safe harbor, confronts peril as crews weigh survival and passage to neutral waters.
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