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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1930
Page
5
Amagillo grain men released new yield estimates for the Panhandle wheat crop, not below 30 million bushels, with some predicting up to 35 million. Railroads have shipped 18.746 million bushels, harvest 60 to 70 percent complete, and much grain remains unmoved in elevators and farms.
Plans for a Rose Exhibit to be held in Amarillo just before the Tri-State Fair were formed by the Amarillo Garden Club at their regular meeting in the Municipal Auditorium. Three prizes will be awarded and Old Tack will award a grand prize. Mrs. P. J. Woolridge is exhibit chairman with Mrs. C. D. Hoover assisting.
Summary of railroad personnel changes and travel notes across Amarillo, Denver, and Texas lines. Detailing leaves, new assignments, added observation car on trains 15 and 16, and staff rotations on local freight runs. Includes public notices about campaigns and safety messages related to railroad crossing awareness.
Joe Conger, 42, long deemed dead after wandering off at 17, arrived with wife and two children at Vaiden near Ruleville to tell his father Ed Conger he is living, married, and a father. Once missing for over 20 years, he had reportedly wandered into Texas and died before resurfacing.
United Press reports in Terre Haute Indiana that Lena Taylor a 40 year old woman weighing 450 to 475 pounds required a special coffin for burial. In London Doris Thomas age 16 expresses desire to become a steeplejack after leaving school, citing her parents Willie and Mrs Thomas both qualified steeplejacks.
In Buffalo New York a car pound near downtown police HQ stores vehicles for flagrant parking violations until owners pay a five dollar deposit. Captain George L Rickard reports the pound reduced violations and averaged three cars daily in its first month. One owner refused to pay and took the case to court winning. Mrs Pearl Adams visits Dallas for the weekend with daughter Mrs Noel Latham.
Rainey Williams, 38, a Black man, was convicted by a jury of criminally assaulting Joyce Kellar, 20, in a May 1 incident near Port Arthur. The verdict came after 18 minutes of deliberation, with two white witnesses testifying to additional attacks at the same scene. Williams faced mob threats and was protected by officers at Port Arthur and Jefferson County jails.
Paris July 3 France prepares to mark the phosphorus match centenary in 1951. A century ago student Charles Saurin of Dole dipped a wood splint in liquid phosphorus and lit the match by striking it on a file, a milestone in match history.
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