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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1930
Page
9
New York report notes the Polo Grounds contest ended 22 to 0 in favor of the Giants and shows condition and teamwork trump star power. Notre Dame All-Stars, led by the Four Horsemen, were too slow and soft, with only one first down and no completed passes.
Paris Dec 15 Raymond Poincare former premier and leading French statesman since World War I was stricken gravely ill today. The illness began Saturday and worsened at noon. Doctors fear complications as he has not fully recovered from a recent operation.
Four men who escaped from the jail at Texas City near Texarkana were recaptured and returned to custody. All face federal charges for counterfeiting, liquor law violations, or related offenses. The escape involved sawed bars around 1 a.m. and one brother was arrested and questioned. Roy Towles was found on a viaduct and bound over to a federal grand jury. Other captives include Jess Glascoe James A. Wilson and Joe L. Spears.
John Beisin, 385, of Port Arthur, awaiting district court trial for a sexual assault case, was found attempting to saw his way out of jail. Six ten inch hacksaws were discovered in his cell during the attempted escape in Beaumont. He had been taken to Orange for safekeeping two weeks earlier after an alleged offense against a 12 year old girl.
Greenwood Indiana December 15 Lion cubs and bears roam the yard of retired poultry man Grafton Johnson. The two bears named Bob and Betty slept in trees and hunted for sugar and candy from visitors. Johnson later bought two lion cubs and says they are less friendly but have not harmed him.
A decorative stripe applicator uses a wheel spinning inside a paint receptacle. A thumb controlled valve regulates paint flow to the wheel, enabling precise stripe patterns on automotive surfaces.
Berlin reports new restrictions on hard liquor sales from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sealed bottles are exempt but any nonsealed sale is prohibited during those hours, tightening controls on alcohol access in Prussia.
Swarthmore Pa Dec 15 The Rhodes scholars list for this year includes Carl Albert of the University of Oklahoma Norman Okla and Alexander Barrow Daspit of Louisiana State University Baton Rouge. The selections announced by Dr Frank Aydelotte mark the largest candidate pool in Rhodes history with 529 applicants.
Shoe making has grown to be one of Mexico's most important manufacturing industries, with more than 6,000,950 pairs produced in the country last year.
In Carthage Missouri Sheriff Harry Stevens led a four state search for a young man and a woman who yesterday entered the Jasper county jail and killed 50 year old peace officer Othel F Bray with Bray’s own revolver. They fled after failing to open the women’s cell block, dropping a hat and a woman’s shoe heel as clues. The pair escaped in a small coupe with Kansas plates. a 17 year old jailer’s son was fired upon but unharmed. Affected by the attack, Bray’s keys were seized and seven women were briefly placed at risk before the couple fled. A deputy sheriff and a trusty attempted pursuit but were repelled. Australia’s population of sheep is about 100 million, more than ten times the human population.
Amarillo leads Texas cities in the December Babson Sales and Credit map with retail sales fair and above most Southwest cities except Albuquerque New Mexico. The city also outperforms many larger Texas towns in monthly business values. The Alexander Hamilton Institute contrast shows no state city with universally strong business conditions.
An English railway conducts the first large scale trial of steel cross ties, previously known to disrupt electric signaling. World gold production for 1930 is estimated at about $405,000,000.
Ron Rogers will depart tonight to represent Amarillo at the first annual meeting of the All-Factory and Industrial committee of Texas in Austin. Named by Will Herring and C Y Vernon, Amarillo is the only western city with a committee representative, as chambers of commerce across the state formed the association to advance industrial interests.
A cable dispatch from Madras, India reports Mia Stephen Millett, formerly Diane Ellis, a Hollywood motion picture ace, has died. Millett was married in Paris two months earlier to Stephen C. Millett, a young millionaire, and the couple planned a honeymoon returning via India, Egypt and Spain. Parents Walter and Sara Ellis conveyed that the cablegram gave no further details.
To attract more factories to the southwest and make Texas a production hub, officials note much raw material now leaves Texas for eastern manufacturers. Industrial committees include reps from major cities such as Amarillo, Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso.
Eveready Prestone offers one shot anti freez e protection for winter cold snaps and midwinter warm spells. The green undiluted concentrate promises no testing or topping up, economical use and protection for cars in various climates with small can sizes available in the South. Replaceable cooling system seals and prompt dealer service urged to prevent costly delays.
The Eveready Hour, radio's oldest commercial feature, airs every Tuesday at nine Eastern from WEAF on a nationwide N B C network of 27 stations.
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