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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1930
Page
2
A Texas column notes an unusually mild winter with little wind and most snow melting. The writer cites cattleman R A Haley and Dodgers Amarillo reference, predicts a hard winter misread, and includes humorous local anecdotes, job notices, lost items, and a call for a Hedley home helper.
Harve Hal Avants of The Texas Outlook will visit Amarillo on Saturday to explore facilities for the 191 convention of the State Teachers Association. He travels as representative of the state executive board, with Amarillo bidding to host next year. Avants will be hosted by Mayor Ernest Thompson, Chamber manager O V Vernon, and Superintendent W A McIntosh.
A heavily armed police squad was sent to Lincoln Heights jail in Los Angeles after threats of mob violence aimed at two men who allegedly confessed to assaulting two sisters on Christmas Eve. Suspects Salome Morales, 26, and Jesus Orozco, 21, were moved to other jails following the warnings.
Eastland December 29 jury draw begins to decide Clyde Thompson 20 to determine his sanity. Thompson previously sentenced to death for the murder of Lucian Shook 27 and his brother 21 during a hunting trip. He claimed the killings were to see them kick.
The Associated Press reports heavy gales across the British Isles with 80 mph gusts in Ireland and Scotland and 59 mph averages in Farnworth Lancashire. London records 50 mph as ships endure towering seas along the southern and western coasts. shop signs and fences topple in the capital.
The Farmers State Bank of Wheaton failed to open, with frozen assets cited by the state banking department as the cause, marking the 38th Kansas bank closure this year. The Gary based Central Trust and Savings Bank, once Southside Trust, was also closed with $109,000 capital, $900,000 in deposits, and $25,000 surplus and profits, led by State Senator C Oliver Holmes as president.
Scout leaders will not meet in the regular weekly training school next Tuesday night. They will meet again a week from Tuesday night January 13 191 in the First Baptist Church.
In Salem Indiana a gunfight with four brothers storming the Washington county jail left one man dead and three officers wounded as they attempted to seize two prisoners tied to the feud killing of the brothers’ father two weeks earlier. The article also contains unrelated garbled notices about free kindling a dog reward and a dog with a cash reward.
The court voided a temporary injunction over the election proceed ings as a non resident judge lacked jurisdiction. Voters faced a light turnout with seven precincts voting on annexation of nine tracts including Summers addition and the Tri State fair grounds.
Mayor Ernest Thompson praised Chil dress District Judge A J Fires for his courtesy after a midnight injunction hearing. The city seeks to extend limits to include the Tri-State Fairgrounds city park and Southwestern Public Service plant, forecasting several thousand dollars in annual taxes.
Members of the Lions Club will have their wives as special guests at the regular weekly meeting Tuesday noon at the Amarillo Hotel. The event is not the regular annual program but a special program arranged by chairman John P. Mathis.
W. N. Baker and Norman Minter, local court reporters, attend the State Convention of Court Reporters in San Angelo this week and invite the convention to meet in Amarillo in 1932. The Chamber of Commerce distributed literature Saturday to pass to members.
A writer addresses Mr Tack, urging restraint after a family dispute and advising to wait until tempers have cooled before sending harsh messages. The note defends Tack against resentful remarks.
New features debut and old programs fade as radio networks reshuffle for the new year. The Theater of the Air ends its run after three years with a 30 minute format then becomes Old Curiosity Shop as a dramatic series. Phil Cook’s early morning show moves to evenings. The Radio Follies return March 8 after a first series ended December 19.
Dispatches recount two months of killings and looting as Mohammedan forces moved through towns. They describe a 20 000 inhabitant town looted and burned with streets piled with corpses, and 4 600 men lined up and shot while women were taken prisoner, children left to starve or freeze.
Authorities say eighteen bandits and Communists were executed in Hankow area. Reds reportedly tightened grip near Shasi in Hupeh province as martial law was imposed below Shasi and attacks on passing steamers continued.
Judge Jenkins voids the Amalgamation, leaving Sheet and Tube independent and blocking a merger that would have made a steel giant second only to United States Steel. Eaton and allies filed injunctions earlier. appeals expected, potentially to the Supreme Court.
Funeral services for Harry M Brown aged 58 are set for Tuesday afternoon in Stratford per Blackburn Funeral Parlors. He died Sunday night in a local hospital. Overland transport to Stratford for burial Tuesday morning. Survivors include his widow a daughter six and three sisters and four brothers living in Los Angeles Ashland and Liberal Kansas.
A column argues that ideas create wealth and power, citing STEAM POWER as the ultimate agent to erase debts and advance industry. It cites General Hines’s veteran statistics forecasting long-lived veterans and rising costs, and notes Pope Pius XII urging prayers to avert new wars amid global suffering in Russia, Siberia, and China.
Special counsel for the city and Gerhard M. Dahl, chairmen of transit boards, have agreed on a municipal purchase of the transit properties of two lines for 489.804 million dollars. The Associated Press reports. In Oklahoma City oil hearing, operators seek January 465000 barrels daily, February 469000, March 470000. Edwin Jackson of Rogers bank found dead with poison nearby. A Texas tale notes a woman’s jaw dislocation after a long yawn at a hospital. Charles J. Kirk, ex Houston public service commissioner and former Navasota mayor, dies after a stroke. veteran of Shaw's Rifles Texas National Guard.
A letter challenges opponents to join in urging Senate passage of the Walsh resolution. It calls for an investigation into the marketing activities of the Farm Board and accuses it of pressuring farm organizations to subscribe to its policies.
The Associated Press reports that the Senate had no record of the Walsh resolution asking an investigation of the farm board's marketing activities. John A Simpson, national president of the Farmers' Union, challenged Chairman Legge to back the measure. Legge acknowledged receipt but offered no comment. Senators Walsh of Massachusetts and Walsh of Montana were away from Washington.
Joe Sparachedo aged 18 of Tickfaw was instantly killed when an Illinois Central passenger train struck him while he stood on a crossing at Shiloh three miles north of Independence.
Fire believed caused by defective wiring damaged the Lewis Hotel at 200 Taylor Street early Monday. Guests fled at 4 AM as flames spread along the top floor ceiling, three rooms severely damaged, roof cut to fight the blaze. No damage estimate yet. Also a vacant house fire near 2700 Grant Street marked the thirteenth such incident in two months.
Two Oklahoma women, Jessie 24 and Jessie 35, were shot to death on a Salt Fork road after leaving Norman for work. A hitchhiker is suspected. purses showed no robbery, one found with a body and the other in a car. County Attorney Potter labeled the crime a possible maniacs act.
The deceased had lived in Houston for the past year and was visiting home for the holidays. He is survived by his father and mother Mr and Mrs E N Billingsley pioneer residents of Childress, and two sisters Miss Thelma Billingsley of Childress and Mrs Jesse East of Vernon Texas. Funeral arrangements had not been announced at noon today.
A report from Burma describes the insurgent leader as a mysterious figure, claimed by some to be a sham prince foretold by a fortune teller to become king. He reportedly pursues a bold bid while the rebellion continues.
Six children rested well by 10 30 this morning after tonsil operations at the free clinic at Northwest Texas hospital. Arrangements were made Saturday by the Amarillo Potter County health unit to serve children whose parents cannot afford physicians. No more operations until next month, said Dr. Benjamin H. Primer, director. He plans about one clinic a month.
Richard Lloyd Stanley four months old son of Mr and Mrs A N Stanley died today at 510 A North Nineth Avenue. Survived by parents and sister Judith Margaret four. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in charge pending arrangements.
Hogs sold 8 000 head steady to 10 cents lower with tops at 8.00. Packing sows ranged 6.15 to 7.00, stock pigs 7.25 to 38.00. Cattle 18 000 head with killing classes 25 cents lower, short fed steers and heifers down, stockers and feeders steady to strong. Steers 600-900 lbs 9.50 to 18.75. 900-1100 lbs 39.50 to 13.75. 1100-1800 lbs 9.50 to 13.25. 1300-1500 lbs 9.50 to 12.75. Heifers 650-850 lbs 7.25 to 11.50. cows 5.50 to 7.00. vealers 6.00 to 10.00.
Fragmentary verse contemplates time as a constant, shaping all lives. It contrasts moments of joy and sorrow, birth and death, while reflecting on how hours and days are marked by actions, records, and the passage of time.
Chicago and Fort Worth livestock notes show hogs weak to 10c lower with top around 8.50 while cattle demand steadies and vealers rise. Lambs and sheep varied with futures showing modest gains in some weights and regional markets reporting steady to mixed tendencies. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans opened steady to firmer as covering and buying supported some gains before midday.
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