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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1930
Page
1
A violent cyclone struck Mondello zone near Treviso with one dead and fifty injured. Militia, firemen, and Red Cross workers rushed to Volpago Nergaisa and Lusegna as the impacted region, a WWI battle front area, suffered heavy damage.
Eleven Democratic nominees for Texas governor end campaign with last appeals across the state. Candidates lodge final calls in West Texas and Houston areas as they plan speeches from Amarillo to Port Arthur and Temple to Dallas.
Arthur Brisbane discusses the naval treaty between Britain and Japan and the U S Senate approval. He notes McKellar’s warning that ships with smaller guns weaken the fleet, and jokes about Marconi's daughter and fathers’ genius. Alfred E. Smith plans a 102 story Fifth Avenue building amid a vast election victory.
Funeral services for Miss Nell Annett Williams 19 youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Williams 2111 Polk street follow an emergency operation for acute appendicitis. She died July 23 at St Anthony's hospital. Born near Shamrock she moved to Amarillo and attended local high school. Peggy Jo Shoppe offers high class dress making and tailoring.
Southwestern Public Service announces a 259000 dollar project to add a 12500 kilowatt unit at Amarillo and construct a 66 kilovolt line about 50 miles to near Tascosa linking with West Texas Utilities. Completion expected in 90 days with interconnection to supply Northwest Panhandle cities and gravel operations.
The body of William G. Stone died yesterday at Borger Texas was sent to Fayetteville Arkansas for burial services. He was a Borger hotel man and a member of the Methodist church and I C O F Lodge. Survived by wife three daughters and three brothers all of Fayetteville with the elderly Stone uncle of Amarillo attorney Ben H Stone.
The Globe News will stage an election party at their office with returns available as polls close Saturday night. WDAG will hook up to broadcast results with Associated Press and Texas Election Bureau wires to Panhandle listeners. Potter County precincts local race results will be gathered and tabulated for party attendees and radio audience.
Three gang members condemned to death for the Home Trust Company robbery and the June 14 1928 GOP meeting shooting face Friday executions. Tony Mangiari, Carlo Nashello and John Messino were identified as the condemned trio with police still seeking leader Sam Stein and the sixth participant known as the cowboy. The heist yielded $19600 after six gunmen terrorized a convention crowd and fired at officers before a bank employee used tear gas to end the siege.
Bruce W. Steele, a longtime plumber and itinerant boxer, boasts of divorcing 13 times and pursuing a 14th. He claims to have learned how to exploit a woman's weakness to induce marriage or divorce, recounting multiple marriages and separations, mainly in El Paso with others in Dallas Portland Globe Seattle and Salt Lake City. He predicts his latest divorce suit by Fannie will be dismissed as she is swayed by his methods.
A Borger small rally for Senator Clint Small announced with Judge E J Pickens as main speaker at 8 o clock on a vacant lot beside Panhandle Power and Light. John Buckley will oversee the program. Amarillo’s Judge Ray Johnson left for Quanah to address a rally at 8 o clock. Jep Todd of Canadian said Hemphill County supporters plan a Canadian rally Friday night at 8. General notes from the All American Air Derby report Lieut Lee Gehlbeck in a rocket plane led the field into Houston after 400 miles in 3 01 94 with Stub Cruidy second and J J Wedell third.
Fans urged to order seats now at the News Globe office for the Mid summer Horse Show. Fourteen of forty boxes sold on the first day. grandstand seats 75 cents each. Each performance lasts about three hours with action and horsemanship on display.
Former Congressman William D. Upshaw of Newman Georgia appeared on KGRS Amarillo today at 11 30 AM for a religious talk while en route to a revival in Pampa. The visit included ties to Central Baptist pastor Dr DP WH Truhitt and J Strickland with Rev Jack Neville delivering daily broadcasts at 11 20 AM. See John about building. Ph 6258. John Maynard Lbe Co 800 W 0th
Amarillo residents living across the Randall County line will vote Saturday at 5610 Tyler Street in the old Milly Grocery. Rob Barnett, deputy sheriff, announced the location as central for those across the county line but within city limits.
Rain-soaked scenes unfold as tree sitters, once a dramatic siege, shift to selling beverages. Coca Cola and Nehi companies supply the sitters with cases of pop, while the National Association of Tree Sitters weighs the impact on their public standing. Vesper Huddlerton joins Amarillo's ongoing tree sitters.
Mia W Blackburn aged 78 pioneer Amarillo resident and member of a prominent Texas family died in Methodist Hospital Dallas after a stroke en route to Tennessee. Survived by children Ted Blackburn Norma York Oeta Roberts R. Blackburn and Mrs Watson plus brothers and a sister Mrs Van Zandt. Funeral at First Christian Church with burial in Lane County Cemetery arrangements pending.
Aurelre stays aloft in a tree at 204 North Buchanan Street Tuesday night while ground crew notes about two hours in “fensh” and a “beautiful sick dreoe.” Freddie Perr and Junior Busard remain in Freddie’s apricot tree at B40 Parker Street awaiting further events.
Houston dispatch reports five suspects in county jail on murder charges linked to the May double killing of Olina Wunsehe aged 80 and Edward Stone 21 on a lonely prairie near Alpine. Sheriff Hinford cites bootleg war retaliation. long investigation spanned over a year with multiple agencies. Additional charges against May Vick 22 Mattie Vick 34 Henry Vick 24 Frank Vick 20 and Eugene Davie filed recently.
The fee collector announces the final day to obtain poll tax exemption certificates by 6 pm. The office will close tonight as many eligible voters have filed claims. About 150 new voters were qualified under exemptions allowed two days before the election. Exemptions apply to those who became eligible since January 1, 1920.
Police uncovered articles of women’s clothing and books in a vacant house behind 1620 Arthur. A suitcase contained bedding and clothing while dresses were soaking wet, suggesting they were stolen the previous night.
Rain from a light sprinkle to 1.44 inches fell across a broad Panhandle region led by Amarillo. Reports from Hereford to Dalhart showed varied totals with Amarillo recording the heaviest rainfall. Weather officials noted the downpour began last night and was the first substantial rain in five weeks.
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