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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1930
Page
2
A scattered Texas column blends pet notices and political musings. Old Tack cites a tame coyote, community favors for Clint Small, Ma Ferguson concerns, and lost items including a pointer and a brown purse. The piece mixes humor with local names, addresses, and small-town calls for information.
The interview covers a long career including service in the Turkish army against Napoleon in Syria and Egypt, wars with Greece and Russia, and a claim of serving as a volunteer at age 103. He denies divorces from his wives, notes a simple lifestyle, and refuses some offers while eyeing appearances with American societies.
Hogs higher at Kansas City with top $9.40 for 180 210 lb hogs and steady to higher cattle and calves. Fort Worth market shows hogs 400 with top $9.00, cattle around steady, fat cows and slaughter calves mixed. Includes New York cotton and stock market notes and a broad list of company quotes.
Amarillo notices inform dairy men that the surplus price for four per cent milk will end July 21, with $3.20 per hundred pounds for standard milk and $2.20 for excess above quota. Officials note demand rising and the move aims to aid producers and the dairy industry. Capone warns Brundige to lay off Chicago reporting as grand jury preparations unfold in Miami and St. Louis. Sources say Capone claims Chicago police know about Lingle’s death and that he is done with the racket.
City plans commission meets after July 1 to approve a viaduct over Rock Island railroad tracks at West Eighth Street. The structure may be sent to railroad officials for approval. the railroad previously agreed to contribute about $5,000. A delegation of property owners urged linking West Eighth to Line Avenue via condemnation for a shorter route, with a decision expected next Tuesday night.
Community letter lauds Dr. J H C Smith of Oklahoma City serving First Christian Church until August. The writer praises his eloquence, graciousness, and call to service amid local unrest and calls for civic unity and support for righteous causes.
Mary Elizabeth Kinsey 49 wife of B L Kinsey died at home 1805 B Fillmore Street at 10 80 o clock Thursday night. She leaves two sons C B Conoley Lubbock and Hugh Conoley Adrian and a daughter Mrs F W Whitehead Dallas. She was a Christian Church member. Body in state at Griggs Funeral Chapel pending funeral plans. Burial likely Hedley Saturday afternoon.
City Drug Store No 1 at 517 Polk Street announces a complete remodeling program with new fixtures. Manager Earl Barnt says the up-to-date store will finish arrangements in the coming days. L. W. Bussey of Amarillo has joined Clark Realty Company as a salesman in the Fisk Building. A reader from Fairview offers farmland for sale near Amarillo and seeks suitable property exchange.
A derailment near Trinidad Colorado delayed the Amarillo bound train by seven hours with no traffic tie ups in Amarillo. An armed railway postal clerk steadied passengers during confusion as engineers tried to avert a crash. The south bound Colorado and Southern was detoured onto Santa Fe tracks.
Lloyds rejected a 1000 to 1000 insurance bet against Bobby Jones winning a fourth consecutive major. With Jones having already won three of the four great championships, backers seeking to insure a Jones victory face a firm price indicating the outcome is deemed certain.
Police intensified efforts to locate Andrew Tucker a Negro bellhop at the Hotel Amarillo after T. B. Whatley was shot five times in the 400 block Went Second Avenue. Whatley died after surgery at Northwest Texas hospital. Charles Williams, alleged car owner, is in county jail. Williams is held as an accessory. Aileen Lewis witnessed the event.
Louie Finklea of the Finkles Electric Company accepted the citys offer of 2000 for a house and lot adjoining the reservoir property. The city had previously offered 2500 and the decision was announced at city hall after deliberation through the past week.
Amarillo notice notes funeral arrangements for Mrs. Bertha Alice Hare 88 wife of A. H. Hare. Services are set at 10:30 Saturday from Funeral Chapel with burial in Liano cemetery. The column also quotes on voting law and a separate note about road conditions and local letters.
Authorities believe victims were Scandinavian men lured to the Gunness farm near La Porte. Three bodies identified E J Tiefland Minneapolis Carl Fittura Minneapolis and Oscar Budsberg Iola Wis. Fire at the home uncovered the Gunness children and possible death of Belle Gunness. hunt for the woman continues.
Federal District Attorney Roy St. Lewis announced 23 complaints charging depredations against Negro settlements in Erick Oklahoma and Shamrock Texas. The investigation cites several peace officers among those named and warrants will be served in Beckham county. The offenses carry up to a 5000 dollar fine ten years prison and disenfranchisement.
An event dubbed Candidates Picnic will be held at Broadway Park nine miles west and two miles north of Amarillo, formerly Hill Grove Park. Swimming and entertainment planned. water and shade available. Car load admission charged at 2 be.
Word reached here of the death in Pasadena California of Mrs W F Bates mother of Mrs E J Whitt of this city She formerly lived in Canyon and died Tuesday evening at the home of her son R R Bates Funeral services are set for Saturday at 10 o clock She is survived by her children including a son named Bates who died two years ago in Pasadena
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