Funeral for Mrs Harris Held at Central Presbyterian Friday
Funeral services for Mrs Mary J Biarris 65 wife of J H Harris Amarillo pioneer and mother of Miss Mary McCormic star of Opera Comique in Paris will be held Friday at 2 pm at Central Presbyterian Church Dr G L Yates of First Baptist will officiate She died Tuesday afternoon after a stroke Burial will be in Liano cemetery Survivors include husband three sons Odell and Willard and daughter Miss McCormice Body in state at Griggs chapel until 10 am Friday then at home 1322 Buchanan until 1 30 pm Pallbearers named Ben Short W H Foqua Ray C Johnson Dick Ware A B Meyer and Will Gilvin
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Mary J. Biarris
J. H. Harris
Mary McCormic
Opera Comique
Paris
Central Presbyterian Church
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
Harris
Odell and
Willard
Amarillo
Miss McCormice
Liano Cemetery
Ben Short
W. H. Foqua
Ray C. Johnson
Dick Ware
A. BE. Meyer
Will Gilvin
Griggs Chapel
Buchanan
Modern infantryman eyed as composite fighting unit
The War Department envisions future infantrymen as multi weapon specialists. At Fort Benning secretary Hurley authorized forming the 29th Infantry as an experimental battalion to test new arms and tactics. The unit will include headquarters, three rifle companies, two machine gun platoons, plus 37 mm cannons and 75 mm mortars. Strength rises to 1,178 men with greater fire power and mobility. Meritem experiments continue on a semi automatic rifle to replace World War I era rifles.
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United Press
Washington
Terrence Mulvaney
Kipling
War Department
Fort Benning
Hurley
29Th Infantry
Prisons Proposal Seeks 800000 For New Facilities
A continuation on page one argues for an $800000 expansion of prison capacity and a $1000000 emergency appropriation. The piece suggests separate facilities for under-21 offenders to provide targeted rehabilitation through extended hard work and trade training, aiming to curb juvenile crime.
Hold up men gun down grocer and rob station
Two armed men shot grocer F W Schwenck at 305 West Annie Street and robbed him with his own gun. They disarmed two patrol officers at a filling station near Summitt and Tucker Streets as Scout Officers Jones and Sumpter arrived to help.
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United Presse
Fort Worth
Tex
F. W. Schwenck
West Annie Street
Schwenck
S.C. Combs
Summitt
Tucker Streets
Coombs
Scout
Paul Jones
Charles Sumpter
Jones
Sampto
Amarillo News Glimpse of 1930 Voices and Rose Plant Plans
A wide page of rambling local prose looks at violence in Amarillo and a lighthearted note on plans for 20 000 rose plants to be sold in bundles to raise funds. The writer recalls city life, shares jokes about Texan bravado, and asks readers to help locate a lost poodle and a shepherd dog while mixing in humorous anecdotes about a dream of Hell and a dentist bill tale.
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Old Tack
News-Globe
French flier has greatest aerial mark
Jacques Corsin a 20 year old French ace during World War I has been named by the Aero Club as the pilot with the greatest flying record totaling 6,533 hours twelve years after earning his license. He has flown 1,006,000 kilometres carried 10,000 passengers and never had an accident. Corsin now pilots a Paris Air Union commercial plane on the Paris London and Paris Marseille routes.
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Paris
Jacques Corsin
Aero Club
French Air Union
Corsin
Verdun
Ypres
Peru
Cino de Pasco
London
Bride Held as Husband Rites Planned in Houston
Mrs. Mary Wright a 35 year old bride of four months is jailed without bond on murder charges as authorities plan the funeral for her husband James E. Wright. Rev M C Lambry who joined the couple will conduct the funeral service. Wright a truck line operator was shot with buckshot at his home near Sylvan Beach dance pavilion as the New Year began. Mrs Wright claims he shot himself and she was holding him as he died whispering sweetheart little Jimmie. Investigators say the shotgun was fired twice with one charge hitting near the ribs and the other in his left lung.
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Houston
Mary Wright
James E. Wright
M. C. Lambry
Wright
Sylvan Beach Dance Pavilion
Jimmie
Dentists and Dentures and a Denver Trip Request
A reader seeks advice on dental plates and salvage of a painful denture situation. He notes six trips, offers to take a lady to his dentist to inspect plates, and suggests contacting a lawyer if fit is not guaranteed. He shares personal comfort with his denture set and mentions rheumatism relief, then advertises a ride to Denver with a man from the Scott Hotel seeking companionship and gasoline money, inviting calls to 20134 for D. M.
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Tack
Denver
Scott Hotel
D. M
Sadie Jones, Ten-Year Main Cog of Local Paper
A Western town newspaper staffer Sadie Jones, with over ten years of steady service, never late or absent, handled charity, naming of children, and readers’ advice, earning recognition as the paper’s indispensable main cog before missing a morning at the office.
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Sadie Jones
Sadie
Lauder Ticket Free For Oldest Scotsman or Woman
A free ticket to Sir Harry Lauder in Amarillo will be given by Wilbur C. Hawk to the oldest person of direct Scottish descent who calls the News-Globe office or City Drug Store by Saturday noon. Mrs. Annie MacDonald Ulbrecht, 85, currently holds the honor. she will attend with niece Miss Marytian MacDonald and Daniel R. MacDonald.
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Harry Lauder
Wilbur C. Hawk
News-Globe
City
Hawk
America
Scotland
Lauder
Annie MacDonald Ulbrecht
Albrecht
Canada
Amarillo
Kansas
Mary Tian MacDonald
Daniel R
MacDonald
Jackson Street
Sir Harry
Paris Chambermaids in Revolt Demand Fixed Wages
Parisian chambermaids form a union and issue an ultimatum seeking fixed wages, uniforms pay, and new rules on tips, with 15 minute morning rests. They demand double pay on Sundays and holidays and extra for polishing after dinners, noting Paris rates four to six dollars monthly versus higher elsewhere.
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Paris
Femmes de Mange
Chamber
Seine
Femme de Mange
Union
Julie
Marie
Jeanne
Billie Ruth Still Leads 1930 Contest
Four Amarillo babies born between midnight and 8 am start the 1930 contest with Billie Ruth Wilson at 1:50 am named first Miss Amarillo for the year. Parents Mr and Mrs J T Wilson of Garfield Street, the child receives gifts from local merchants as the race for the year's top baby continues.
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Stork Air Transportation Co. Ltd
Amarillo
Billie Ruth Wilson
J. T. Wilson
Garfield Street
Billie Ruth
I. Rasco
Three Birth Reports In Local Homes Prompted by Early Morn
Test records list Jackie FUnderburg of 1005 Fillmore Street reporting at 4 55 a m a nine pound son of John Hunter of 608 Harrison at 5 a m and another birth to Mr and Mrs Harold L Murphy of 710 Virginia Street reported at 8 14 a m indicating multiple early morning deliveries in the city.
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Jackie Funderburg
Fillmore Street
John Hunter
Harrison
Harold L. Murphy
Virginia Street
Eight Mexican bandits killed in police battle near Oblates
United Press dispatch from Mexico City reports eight bandits killed in a confrontation near Oblates after police surrounded the group on a tip from a captured member. The arresting informant aided the operation leading to the fatal exchange.
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United Press
Mexico City
Oblates
Judge Accepts Not Guilty Verdict in Scott Murder Trial
Canadian Tex Jan 2 District Judge E J Pickens accepts a not guilty verdict for Earl J Scott charged with murdering Mrs Bonnie R Turner of Borger on April 15 The judge warns that if self defense existed there would never be a murder in Hemphill county The defense cited Scotts and his wife testimony that Turner reached toward her car pocket before the shooting
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United Press
Canadian
Tex
E. J. Pickens
Earl J. Scott
Bonnie R. Turner
Borger
Hemphill County
Scott
Rothstein Murder Case Reopened by New DA Crain
New York January 2 The Rothstein murder case is reopened as Thomas C. T. Crain the new New York County district attorney orders records reviewed and begins an inquiry into the shooting of Broadway gambler Arnold Rothstein. He will study DA records and the McManus acquittal testimony though he says no new evidence has emerged.
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United Press
New York
Rothstein
New York County
Thomas C.T. Grain
Supreme Court
Grover A. Whalen
Crain
Arnold Rothstein
George McManus
Amarillo Couple Marry in Clovis
News reaches Amarillo of the marriage of Estelle Garner Harris and W H Ingerton Jr in Clovis New Mexico on Tuesday morning. The couple plan a 10 day West tour and will reside in Amarillo after returning home. Mrs Garner Ingerton is the daughter of C R Garner of 1612 Van Buren Street and Mr Ingerton is the son of Mr and Mrs W H Ingerton of 2219 Hayden Street. A large circle of local friends will be glad to hear of the marriage.
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Estelle Garner Harris
W. H. Ingerton, Jr
Clovis
N. M
Markets Report From Kansas City and Midwest Livestock
Kansas City hogs receipts 5,000 with 250 lb hogs down to 150 higher and top at 9.55, cattle receipts 4,000 with varied steers and cows priced up to 15.50 for yearlings, sheep receipts 6,000 with lambs 12.00 to 13.10. Fort Worth hogs up to 9.35 for 190 lb averages, cattle and calves mixed, sheep with lambs 12.50 to 13.00. Chicago hogs steady to higher with 22,000 receipts, cattle 5,000 with steers 12.00 to 16.26, vealers 18.50 to 15.50. St Louis hogs 9.85 to 10.00, cattle steady, vealers 16.50, New York cotton markets begin session.
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Kansas City
The
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Jan
Chicago
Associated Preas
U. 5
ST. Louis
East ST. Louis
Illa
Greers
Better a loyal partner than wealth or fame
A brief poem extols choosing a companion of shared life over riches or fame. It praises sympathy, understanding, and gentleness, asserting that true value lies in mutual support through pain and joy rather than pride in intellect or wealth.
Steady Opening Sends Cotton Prices Higher in New Orleans
The cotton market opened steady with modest gains as Liver pool showed strength. March rose to 17.86, May to 17.60, and January to 17.08, then climbed further into late morning with gains of 11 to 12 points before slight midday pullbacks.
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Liverpool
Associated Press
New Orleans
Liverpool spot cotton prices and futures steady
Liverpool reports firm demand for cotton with prices rising across grades. American grades show strong figures from strict good middling to good ordinary, with sales totaling 5 000 bales and receipts 6 000. Futures closed steady with several months listed.
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Liverpool
Associated Press
Butter and Poultry Prices Reported in Chicago
Chicago January 2 butter prices show weak creamery extras at 36 cents, extras 34 to 34 1/2 cents, firsts 31 to 33 1/2 cents, seconds 29 to 30 cents. Poultry firm lists heavy fowls at 27 cents, springs 21/2 cents, roosters 17 cents, turkeys 21 to 24 cents, ducks 20 to 21 cents, geese 1 cent.
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Associatedress
Chicago
The
Associated Press
New Year Rally Hits Stocks as Market Opens Strong
The New York stock market started the year with a broad rally led by high price industrials. Columbian Carbon jumped 2.14 points while Steel, Monte Ward, Sears Roebuck, Radio, and American Smelting rose 1 to 1-1/2 shares. Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Liggett & Myers slipped about a point. Foreign exchange opened steady with Sterling at $4.88.
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Associated Press
Columbian
Monte Ward
Sears Roebuck
American Smelting
St. Paul
Fox Film
American Telephone
Union Carbide
Hudson Motors
Lambert
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Liggett & Myers
Auburn Auto
General Electric
J. J. Case
Union Pacific
American Tobacco A. A. M. Byers
U.S
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