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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1930
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane reflects on American identity and world role, contrasting self-reliance with global pressures. He critiques battleship obsessions, touts industrial progress, and notes crime headlines while highlighting individual success stories like William H. Mullins. The piece blends opinion, satire, and social observations.
The historic Austin courthouse hosts the Brady murder trial as John W. Brady, former Texas jurist, faces charges for the stabbing death of 28 year old Lehlia Highsmith, a state stenographer. A first venire of 250 names was screened amid questions of venue and witnesses, with defense denying a request for change of venue and pondering alienist witnesses for a potential sanity defense.
The fourth called session of the 41st Texas legislature opened with a quorum in both houses. Speaker W S Barron of Bryan led the House, and Lieutenant Governor Barry Miller presided in the Senate. Members arrived for the 145th day of work, with penitentiary reform and county officers fee limits as key issues.
Sixteen charred and mangled bodies lie in Oceanside morgue after a T A T Maddux airliner returning from Agua Caliente Mexico crashes into hillside, bursting into flames. Eight passengers are women and eight men. witnesses say fog and a 200 foot ceiling contributed. Cabin split open and wreckage ignites into a gas-fed funeral pyre. Only fragments of the occupants survive, with several named victims identified in reports.
The protocol adopting the Young plan was signed this afternoon at the second Hague reparations conference.
ETS LITTLE CHILDREN and grown ups all love a live pet a lovable little puppy and it's 50 convenient to find one too just look at the Pet Stock column Just a tip if you have a surplus of pups that you'd like to sell remember that people are watching the Pet Stock ads perhaps for just the kind of pups you have to offer To place an ad just call 6262 Ask for Want Ads.
Weather dispatch notes light snow tonight with a trace recorded yesterday. Amarillo Panhandle areas report ongoing winter unsettled conditions. Snowfall spans South Plains Eastern New Mexico Artesia Carlsbad Mountainair Clovis Taiban and Santa Fe with varied totals from half an inch to two and a half inches.
All Panhandle highways except for 83 A from Pampa to Wheeler opened at noon after the recent blizzard created deep drifts east of Amarillo. Ambulance contact Griggs at 4311 for emergencies. Local ads note radiator work at 4469 and rug cleaning at 515 W Berry's, 905 W 10th.
Five sea power spokesmen reported readiness for the historic conference on naval limitations. Delegates from the United States Great Britain Japan France and Italy prepared to gather at No 10 Downing Street with a reception by King George as talks aimed to reduce capital ships and extend the naval holiday move toward Washington treaty limits.
In Macon Georgia on January 20 three fugitives battled police for 30 minutes firing 200 rounds. Adrian and Dana Bias and Basil Childress, claiming WV penitentiary escape, were wounded and captured near a swamp. They denied being the Jacksonville detectives’ targets.
Avery Turner, general agent of the Santa Fe in his fifty fourth year of service, is recovering in Santa Fe hospital Albuquerque after an acute gastritis attack. He and Mrs. Turner moved from Amarillo to California for a stay. Turner fell ill on the train and was removed at Albuquerque. Authorities report improvement at noon and expect travel resumption in a few days. Turner helped inaugurate the Santa Fe general office here and hosted open house for longtime colleagues.
In Austin on January 20, the Senate faces a confirmation battle for Clem Calhoun as Borger district attorney. Senator C. C. Small said residents from Hemp Hill, Carson, Hutchinson, Ochiltree counties request a Senate hearing before governor nominations. Calhoun was appointed after the assassination of former DA John A. Holmes.
The call outlines possible topics for later discussion while standing committees hold over. Quorums and governor's message arrival loom as Joe M. Moore of Greenville is favored as Senate speaker pro tem. Bills on penitentiary concentration and restricting county officeholder fees ready for hopper. Boundary settlement with Texas Panhandle and utility regulation may appear later along with appropriations for state colleges and pink boll worm eradication reimbursements.
Washington January 20 Representative Mary K Norton Democrat of New Jersey said prohibition has failed as an experiment and introduced a constitutional amendment to permit a referendum on repealing the eighteenth amendment. The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a program to bolster prohibition laws with Norris naming subcommittees to pursue pending measures.
San Angelo was chosen as the 1931 convocation city of the North Texas Protestant Episcopal Church and Women’s Auxiliary. The morning session at St. Andrew’s church featured Rev. Arthur E. Whittle presenting the invitation. The event runs through today and tomorrow with 7:30 am Holy Communion, department meetings, joint sessions, and business reports.
Las Vegas dispatch reports 46 planes circling over Caliente Nevada area where missing airman Maury Graham was last seen in a blizzard January 10. Ground parties will probe near Ely Nevada and Meadow Hills Utah after reports of campfire remains and signal flares.
The Rock Island and Santa Fe clash over eastward rail expansion from Dumas. Rock Island rejects rerouting the Dalhart-Morse line, while Santa Fe hints at jointly operating a Dumas to Morse link. East Dalhart survey lies 11 miles north. Santa Fe may not agree.
A card sharp admits gambling for a living and was jailed after pleading guilty to con games using marked cards. He faces fines and daily jail costs, with Judge Homer A. Callaway imposing meals and deductions as he seeks a math expert to balance his books and regain funds.
The Globe News School of Cookery led by Mrs. Ida M. Chitwood starts Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Municipal Auditorium. The four afternoon series is free for Amarillo women. Attendees should bring notebooks to copy recipes and observe demonstrations of new kitchen appliances and efficient home methods.
The Phillips Petroleum Company basketball team led by J. B. De War and Louis W. Wilke arrives in Borger for a tour of company holdings and a five game series ending in Oklahoma City. The Missouri Valley AAU outfit holds a 17‑0 record and features players who are company employees. They will face the Presbyterians at the high school gym following the Borger visit.
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