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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1929
Page
1
Oklahoma City reports ten impeachment charges against Governor Henry S House by the House investigating committee. The panel recommended his immediate suspension while continuing the inquiry.
West Texas fair and colder tonight and Saturday partly cloudy in places. Oklahoma remains partly cloudy and colder tonight with cooler Saturday, especially in southern areas. Temperature readings include 48 today and 44 to 46 for various times. Sunrise and sunset listed as tomorrow at 6 02.
Senate weighs cruiser bill and interior department secretary nomination Roy O West for executive consideration. Immigration panel pushes a one year delay on national origins clause. House and Senate committees run routine sessions. House rejects conference on interior bill. cruiser bill debate continues. Harris proposes 25 million for prohibition enforcement. chamber-backed soft coal regulation faces committee opposition.
Sudden death of Mayor Lee Bivins 66, pioneer cattleman and financier shocks Amarillo. Funeral at First Presbyterian Sunday with Dr. Clark Buckner officiating. City offices, banks closed. arrival of body tonight. officials traveling with body include Miles Bivins and Jeff Bartlett.
Four people were believed killed and two seriously injured when a bomb destroyed a small store and apartment building at Gratiot and Harper avenues in Detroit at 1 am. Police linked the bombing to post parade violence and referenced a Col umbus day incident. A separate item notes the sudden loss of Mayor Bivins during a trip to Fort Worth.
Reports from Cumana indicate 200 bodies recovered from ruined buildings after a quake. Property damage is estimated at ten million dollars as survivors search ruins and a request for foreign aid looms. the Venezuelan Red Cross mobilizes volunteers.
In London the Salvation Army high council is restrained by chancery court from electing a successor to Bramwell Booth. The injunction lasts until a hearing next Monday. Bramwell Booth has filed an injunction suit to block deposition action. The court urgency is stressed as the council is in session. In New York a boy, Seymour Agaid, 10, earns praise in traffic court and says he wants to be a prize fighter.
Ace Pendleton, linked to eight murders and more than twenty bank robberies, is released on $2,000 bond after a Wink Texas arrest and Junction City Bank holdup. He vanished after police sought him for questioning in Eldorado Arkansas. Whitey Walker and Fred Nave tied to Pendleton gang murders and robberies, with Walker confessing to three Texas killings.
Sixty-seven men and 42 women at the University of Texas were restricted from social activities for the rest of the year after allegedly attending a Theta Nu Epsilon dance. Honor councils announced the probation following the December 15 event. Theta Nu Epsilon is a national secret inter fraternity noted for influence on many campuses.
In Albuquerque officials weigh federal charges under the Harrison Anti Narcotic Act as Bertha Lips and Dr Evelyn Frisbie face manslaughter allegations in the death of Helen Haskew an inmate at the New Mexico Girls Welfare Home. A coroner jury blamed the sedative twilight sleep used on inmates amid a chain of disciplinary actions.
The city will delay choosing a successor to serve the unexpired term of Mayor Lee Bivins until after his funeral. Commissioners met in special session after his sudden death. City Attorney Johnson is away. Bivins governed during major civic projects including a $2,000,000 water plant, new sewer disposal plant, storm sewers, traffic lights, and the municipal airport. The charter calls for a special election to fill the vacancy. Amarillo awaits a formal decision on the succession.
Two boys burned beyond identification died and two others died later in hospital after a shack used as a club house burned at the Scot-Powell dairy in west Philadelphia. Firemen found the area only after inspecting the burnt plant.
A short note directs contact about building work at Palo Duro Apartments. It names John Maynard Lor of KOO W. Sth and provides phone number 5285 for inquiries.
The St. Louis San Francisco railroad filed details with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a new through route about 185 miles from Amarillo to Fort Worth Texas. It seeks to purchase Gulf Texas and Western Railway stock for 2 300 000 and to extend lines and acquire 71 miles of Rock Island Gulf trackage to Fort Worth.
A windstorm sweeping southern Indiana and Illinois caused the death of two school children at Maunie and a woman at Fort Branch. Property damage included destroyed houses near Maunie and at Fort Branch, with a schoolhouse wrecked. Mrs. Samuel Nolan died. her husband was seriously injured.
Kansas tightens liquor laws under Governor Clyde M. Reed. Federal and state agents raid Topeka, arresting ten as enforcement widens. Attorney General William A. Smith orders county attorneys to vigorously prosecute violations and warn hotel managers to curb wet parties backed by lobbyists and lawmakers.
Benjamin Henderson, Camargo bank cashier, was abducted near Madeirs and dumped near West Carrollton at 11 50 a m He told his wife by phone he was not injured Police suspect a gang involved in a prior Camargo bank robbery last November and sent an automobile to West Carrollton to return him to Cincinnati.
In San Angelo Texas January 18 a mother of Captain Ira C Eaker a question mark pilot became seriously ill at Eden near the city after her son began a flight to San Diego and her death was expected momentarily today authorities said
Mrs. Flossie Cobb age 40 and mother of Joe Frank Cobb the fat boy in our Gang comedies died in Dallas while visiting her sister. Her home is listed as Los Angeles. Funeral details not provided.
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