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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1930
Page
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Arthur Brisbane notes in The Globe on Hoover's 37 word Christmas message urging work not lament. Canadian Alberta finds oldest preserved trees in bitumen sands, Japan links, and pale continents. Ford Brazil rubber plantations threaten wildlife as police protect workers. global rubber return teased. Reading increases in hard times, per Bacon. Griggs ambulance.
In Youngstown Ohio December 29 1935 Judge G Jenkins ruled the merger between Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co and Bethlehem Steel Corp invalid The decision credited Cyrus S Eaton Cleveland financier and major Stockholder who opposed the consolidation as fraudulent and costly to stockholders The suit cited secret negotiations by Sheet & Tube leaders and Bethlehem executives and a proxy battle backed by Eaton and allies
A three hundred person charity marathon at 911 Polk Street collected 285.85 in cash and numerous clothing items for the Salvation Army. The give-what-you-please event ran from midnight Saturday to Sunday with no gate and no admission. Several thousand attended. six couples and one solo dancer remained on the floor as the marathon passed the 426 hour mark toward a 1000 prize.
Forecast shows fair conditions tonight and Tuesday across Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico. Temperature extremes today ranged from 24 to 38 degrees with small changes expected and sunrise Tuesday at 7 55 a m sunset at 5 45 p m.
Robert L. Williams an 18 year old University of Texas sophomore was held on murder charges after the death of his sweetheart Elizabeth Johnson 17 at a church area in Port Arthur. Williams bonded for grand jury appearance. Witnesses claim a gun was placed in a wall pocket of his sedan before Miss Johnson was found dead. Williams is represented by his brother Paul Williams Dallas attorney. His father Rev S W Williams pastor of an Austin Texas Methodist church comforted him in jail. Williams is nephew of federal judge R I Williams Oklahoma City. The gun was found in the car and Williams spent last night at EF P Bakers home a prominent church member.
Unmasked robbers stormed the J. W. Searcy Jewelry store in Bristow Oklahoma taking diamonds and jewels valued at 5000 dollars after knocking the owner unconscious. The pair escaped before authorities arrived. A separate report notes a half billion dollar transit acquisition bargain for New York City subway and elevated systems reached in negotiations between the city and transit companies.
British troops clashed with Burmese rebels in the Tharawaddy district near Rangoon. Gunfire roared over a 30 mile area as jungle fires and smoke hindered advances. Both sides reported heavy casualties in the first major engagement since the marauders began attacks.
In Shanghai authorities awaited fuller details of a massacre alleged in Kansu province where Mohammedan forces are said to have killed up to 0,000 Chinese. Dispatches describe severed communications, mail closure, and a plea for troops to halt the killings.
Final details on dividing the Fillmore Street subway costs will be solved at a January 7 meeting of railroad and city officials. Mayor Ernest Thompson announced the session with Rock Island engineers invited via telegram from President J E Gorman. Both Denver and Rock Island have approved the project and the meeting aims to secure final engineer approval and cost allocation.
Monroe, La December 29 Fire Chief Frank J Roddy was seriously injured when his automobile side swiped a fire truck as he rushed to battle a blaze that yesterday caused about 50 000 in losses to five Monroe business district stores Mrs Roddy sustained minor injuries and Fireman John Welsh on the truck broke a leg The fire swept through five stores damaging the business district
Special to The Globe from Childress Texas Dec 29 Scores of men continue to drag Lake Childress in hope of recovering the body of Jack Billingsley 25 who with Dr M L Gibson 34 drowned last Sunday while hunting ducks Gibson a chiropractor was recovered last night Billingsley and Gibson were part of a hunting party The lake supplies the city water and lies about two miles south of Carey Witness Marvin King said he refused to enter the boat because he could not swim The two men reportedly sank after the boat capsized in the icy water Gibson survived by his widow and father The article notes Billingsley was formerly employed See CHILDRESS Page 2.
In Oklahoma, authorities kept Lyman Constant in Enid as a possible suspect in the December killings of Jessie and Jexie Griffith, dragged from their car into a field near Tonkawa. The victims, who had spent Christmas with their parents, were found shot and the car later bloodstained near Perry.
A masked youth held up the Paramount Theater treasurer at gunpoint in Times Square, seizing $11,150 from the 12 20 show receipts as patrons watched Tom Sawyer. He coerced elevator man Ernest Morganstein and treasurer Eli Dreylinger, then fled via a secret exit after sending confederates outside.
District county and precinct officials meet at 2 pm to discuss the new salary law. County Judge Sam B Motlow cites attorney general guidance. deputies’ pay ranges and basic salaries are outlined. Officials must file two year reports for payroll and staffing decisions by county commissioners.
A grand jury in Opelousas investigated the fatal shooting of J. B. Brown eight miles west of the city after a debt dispute with Tom Burnett. Burnett, who claimed to hold a pistol, said Brown tried to knock it from him with a crank causing the weapon to discharge. Burnett was arrested as the investigation began.
In Oklahoma City a heated exchange pits National Farmers Union head John A. Simpson against Federal Farm Board chairman Alexander Legge. Simpson urges Legge to back the Walsh resolution for investigating the board's marketing activities and asserts two accusations about wheat sales on November 22.
Legal wrangling over widening Amarillo city limits was settled hours before polling began. Judge Fires in Childress voided a temporary injunction forcing a halt to the special election. Officials faced court orders as Col. Ernest O. Thompson and counsel traveled to contest the action.
The Panhandle Amarillo trade area marks its second anniversary in the White Spot on Nation's Business map. For 24 months the region appears white, signaling growth and prosperity. the November map shows business in the Panhandle as good. It is one of ten White Spots nationwide, and one of four in Texas, equal in size to the others combined.
Paris December 29 Marshal Joffre weakened to a grave state under doctors watch as a 3 pm bulletin declared his condition most grave. General Isaie reported the hero of the Marne sinking slowly and his doctors offered little hope of recovery as crowds gathered at St. Jean De Dieu hospital.
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