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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1932
Page
5
In Fort Worth Texas Leslie Marshall aged 19 died while attempting to care for his horse during an electrical storm. A second youth George Jobe aged 16 was stunned nearby while sitting on a porch a block away. Marshall tied the horse to a steel power line tower and was moving to barn when the bolt struck.
Tyler school lists honor roll for second six weeks with A grade recipients Irma Byrd Pauline Britton Sid Finklea Betty Hughs Joe Oudin Doris Price Vivian Robertson Lillian Roach Henry Seaman Martin Walker Annie Warren A and B grade honorees Mary Anderson Billie Anderson Thomas Andrews Billie Ammons Phyllis Aldridge Melba Baker Margaret Bishop and many more. Honorable Mention includes Bill Anderson Billie Browder Dorris Black Luther Cates Faye Duke and others.
Six well dressed men held captive town marshal Frank Whitney and watchman Marc Dunning in Cambridge Minnesota. They broke into three stores and a garage before escaping with about 300 dollars in cash and 400 dollars in merchandise.
Elsie Beim ers, 28, of Dumas, injured in a Twenty-Ninth Avenue and Tyler Street collision Sunday, shows improvement and may be released today. No other injuries reported. Aubrey Hops n bound over on murder charge in Will Edmondson case. bond set at $1,250. Edmondson killed December 30.
Six men under police guard stood in a school hallway and viewed maimed children, victims of careless driving. The group faces sentencing before Judge Frank M. Padden, with five charged with reckless driving and one alleged intoxicated companion. The judge hoped the sight would underscore the seriousness of endangering others.
Fifty or more amateur aviators landed safely in Washington yesterday after a banquet with top aviation officials. Fifteen of them flew into an elevator that plunged six stories and made an unusual four teen point landing on basement shocks. No one was injured and the group, headed for Miami after a Richmond luncheon, included Clarence Chamberlin Ruth Nichols Read Admiral Moffett and Major General James Fechet.
In Memphis a namesake Ely Culbertson receives a $50 gift signed Your cousin, as Seven-up is his card game oddity. Madrid reports a haberdashery boom with officials dressing sharp like leaders. New York, amid unemployment, sees donors supply fur coats to the relief committee for the jobless.
The Commerce Department, amid its move to a new building in Washington, dropped and broke the Great Seal. Clerk E. W. Libby produced a reserve seal, but the understudy seal is not as large or impressive.
Fort Worth authorities believe Leslie Marshall Jr., 19, a high school student, was killed by lightning near his home during a severe electrical storm. A companion who was talking with him was thrown several feet but suffered only minor injuries.
An earthquake of moderate intensity was recorded last night at the Georgetown University Seismographic station. Tremors occurred between 9:05 and 9:15 P M. Officials estimated the quake centered about 5 000 miles from Washington and could not determine its direction.
A coroner’s verdict in Del Rio declares the death of 33 year old David N. Bonner an accidental shooting by Marshal Smith during a hunting trip on the Smith ranch in Uvalde County. An English scientist notes a person is valued at $8000 to their country at birth.
Eden adopts a strict vegetarian rule for residents and even their dogs, banning alcohol tobacco and meat to maintain abstemious living.
Mattie Mae Thornton a student nurse at Northwest Texas Hospital has been assigned to health unit headquarters in city hall to complete outpatient work. The assignment was made by Miss Jessie Wilson superintendent of the hospital.
George A. Stanley, formerly Amarillo police traffic squad, now serves with Gray County highway patrol at Pampa. He began duties with the New Year and was in Amarillo Monday and Tuesday due to his wife’s serious illness. Mrs. Stanley suffers from scarlet fever at 506 Monroe Street.
The text notes an individual connected with the Amarillo police department planned to enforce all regulations. Before heading to Pampa, he directed traffic while employed by Dalhart.
Waxahachie Texas January 5 Sheriff John Davenport approved bonds for the release of Herbert Scales after deeming the security sound. The action frees Scales from detention following the bond approval.
Las sportsman under indictment in Dallas and Fort Worth faces burglary charges. Sheriff Davenport initially believed Scales' father, chief surety on the bond for his Memphis release, was security on the Tennessee case. The father was not, and Davenport approved the Dallas bond. Schuyler Marshall Jr and other Dallas men are also indicted on the same charge.
D T Whitworth 61 longtime Georgetown fire chief and state organization officer died of a prolonged illness at his home yesterday afternoon. He will be buried in Georgetown today.
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