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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1931
Page
5
Mrs. Albert Ecker and her 15 year old daughter Mildred were laid to rest side by side in Llano Cemetery after a gasoline explosion at their Amarillo home. The mother died saving Mildred from flames, the daughter dying 12 hours later.
The Panhandle grain rate sheets covering grain and products from Panhandle points plus Northeast New Mexico and Northwestern Oklahoma shipping points were mailed today by the chamber of commerce traffic department to all local shippers. Rates take effect Saturday and S. J. Cole said the schedules aim to aid merchants adjusting their buying basis to the new rates.
In Santiago on July 28 Montero and Blanquier assumed leadership with foreign business leaders expressing full confidence. They plan to fix the financial mess including local banks foreign exchange and debt issues as Chile faces an emergency.
Will Jenkins, 46, the first to be executed under Texas habitual criminal law, died in the state prison at Huntsville after midnight. Convicted in Houston last October for criminal assault on a negress, he had prior penitentiary terms for burglary and an earlier assault. He declined to show remorse, smiling as he entered the death chamber and telling reporters he would meet them in the hereafter. He urged newspapers to tell how he died. ENGLAND TO MAKE TALKIES By a new sound reproducing device England will produce feature length talking pictures. The English invention was tested in London for a prologue to an American feature and at Wembley Stadium for musical productions and announcements, promising loud, clear reproduction without harshness or blur.
The traveler presses on through a bleak landscape seeking Bruce and Blackwater Tanks. Fear, thirst, and shifting terrain haunt him as dawn breaks and Mother Mountain draws nearer. He counts his water, recalls old wisdom, and resolves to reach the tanks despite peril.
In Washington on July 28 the Navy warns employees to guard secrets even after the war. A conspicuously posted sign in a Navy building corridor urges secrecy and reports of strangers who ask about naval affairs. The message stresses vigilance to prevent enemy ears from gathering information.
Beaumont citizens vote on accepting Southern Pacific's 4 million program to eliminate grade crossings. The railroad would elevate tracks and build a Neches River bridge if the city contributes 900 thousand for the viaduct, with street changes to follow.
Liberal leader David Lloyd George is ill at his town house with a kidney disorder. An official bulletin says he passed a disturbed night but his general condition is satisfactory. Also noted are tests from Michigan showing dried buttermilk helps counteract coccidiosis in young chicks.
New York mourns Miss Helen Walsh a 21 year old follies girl who died from burns in Greenport L I after an explosion aboard Harry Richman's yacht Sunday Virginia Biddle also burned remains in hospital Mark Hellinger and others were discharged doctors said Walsh a New York native had five years on stage singing in Simple Simon and Whoopee productions
Tessie Mae Hunsuckle, 15, died in Corpus Christi after injuries from falling from a roller coaster at an amusement park. The incident occurred July 28 as she rode with others.
The first bale of the Nueces County cotton crop was to be auctioned here today. The bale came from the T. O. Kinney farm near Bishop.
Paul Smith of Killough and Davies while on vacation in Colorado chased a 14 inch speckled trout at Summit Lake on Mount Evans near Denver and caught him by hand. Smith says that catching fish by hand is not unusual though not common. The incident occurred high at 13 400 feet.
Sheriff W N Thompson and Grant Hale special agent of Santa Fe aid in search for eight cases totaling 80009 cigarets stolen from a box car in the railroad yards at Pampa last night. The box car was entered after dark.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Frank Bracken charged with firing the shot that killed Walter Clements city fire marshal here last week. Officer William E. Johns remains dangerously wounded in the incident as of today.
District Attorney D Purl leads a probe into the slaying of officers. The inquiry encompasses investigative leads, suspects, and legal proceedings expected to follow to secure accountability.
A Savannah Georgia woman reports relief from dandruff and scalp irritation after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She states two cakes of soap and two and a half boxes of ointment cleared her scalp and stopped shedding. Sold nationwide with samples offered.
The Willacy County criminal court announced a special session to convene a grand jury investigation into the slayings of two officers in Raymondville. The move aims to uncover details surrounding the killings and identify suspects.
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