State Amendments Lost Returns Indicate Loss
United Press reports returns show state amendments failed at the polls with preliminary figures indicating defeat for proposed changes.
30 Jul 1929
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1929
Page
1
United Press reports returns show state amendments failed at the polls with preliminary figures indicating defeat for proposed changes.
A. W. Armitage, Construction engineer, seeks 45000 in district court from Fort Worth and Denver railway. He lost both legs when a passenger train while at the local station on March 21 derailed him after becoming entangled with a water hose. His family depends on him and he was earning 250 monthly with an expected 23 more years of life.
Arthur Brisbane reviews world events noting the Russian Bolshevist response to White Russian plots and the need for peace with enforceable strength. Dr Mayo defends prohibition while Voltaire is invoked to describe social order. Ghost sightings at Leicester church prompt prayers as Uncle Sam and Britain curb naval construction.
Tonight on air features from WAC New York and Chain with Paul Whiteman’s band at 7:00 and a second slot at 4:00 featuring the Raron Orchestra. Stations listed include WADC WKRC WOWO KMOX KMBC KLRA WCCO KTSA WISN KRLD and others.
Passengers from Europe gather by air rail and road for Graf Zeppelin voyage to Lakehurst New Jersey. The list includes 21 aboard with nine Americans led by Henry J. Pierce and others from New York Syracuse Paris and more. The flight follows a recent unsuccessful May attempt.
The Galveston Wharf Company has ICC approval to issue 2,245,000 dollars in bonds for constructing a new grain elevator in Galveston. Contact John Maynard Lumber Co for building details. phone 5285. Also listed are Blackburn's ambulance and a local phone directory entry.
In Dallas county on Monday extreme heat claimed two lives while three people were overcome. The 97 degree high sun exposed victims M. J. Wakeham a 70 year old Irving justice of the peace died after apoplexy and George E Staples died at his home. Others including painter George King Lone Star Gas worker Joe Copeland and RK J Smith were revived at hospitals as forecasts warned continued warmth.
Haring set in death case for Clarence Williams accused of fatal stabbing of Donley county farmer O C Hill Jr. Williams 28 and a former railroad worker. bond efforts blocked by district attorney. co‑defendant T B Rutledge gave officers a statement.
Police hunt two 13 year old girls who left home yesterday bound for California carrying a suitcase and two handbags. Four persons face vagrancy charges and two are jailed for drunkenness. Nineteen people arrested for traffic ordinance violations were booked to appear before the corporation court today.
J C Skillman district clerk of Potter county has shown great improvement after weeks of illness at his home 2414 Hughes Street. He suffered a paralysis spread last week but rallied, according to attendees. Miss Mollie Skillman sister arrived from Corinth Mississippi to be at her brother's bedside.
Clara Maniu 86 mother of Romania's premier died in Bucharest today. She was a pioneer in the nationalist movement in Romania.
In Beaumont Texas on July 30 Susie Hubbs 21 a mother of two shot herself after writing I sure do love those sweet blue eyes of yours to her husband Louie Hubbs. They had separated with the husband at Port Arthur. She left a note saying she could not live without him and planned to try again if this attempt failed. Two small children survive.
City Manager W. N. Durham announced that plans to shift city offices from City Hall to Municipal Auditorium and move the Board of City Development to City Hall will not go forward. A water department referendum, with ballots on water bills in July and August, produced 20 opposing votes to 1 in favor, prompting consolidation of offices and payroll cuts but no formal reversal at that time.
Road bulletin reports all roads in good condition as of latest survey by Panhandle Auto Club. Local motorists advised to drive with standard caution.
H P West of Roswell New Mexico visits his son Jack West assistant police chief at his home 11 East Eighth Avenue Boxwell Bros and ambulance service phone 211 listed.
Amarillo and Pampa move toward settlement at Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Fort Worth as testy dispute over rail lines, including the Lefors branch, evolves. Amarillo withdraws backing of Santa Fe stub to LeFors while both sides weigh Rock Island and Denver routes amid calls for restraint. Local chamber figures announce continued focus on Shamrock to Denver line.
Former Governor Jas E Ferguson says the Ferguson family stays in politics but not as candidates after defeat of amendments he opposed through the Ferguson Forum. He adds it is more fun being a private citizen.
The International Famine Relief Commission states 40,000,000 Chinese face starvation, with cannibalism rampant in Kansu. Thirteen Western missionaries died of typhus in six weeks as rail links were severed by civil war, delaying relief. Drought worsened conditions across North China and Shensi and Kansu. Bands of robbers surge amid desperate hunger.
A federal investigation into the Minnesota endurance plane crash that killed pilots Owen Haughland and Captain H L Crichton began in Minneapolis. Investigators cited possible sudden engine or control trouble as causes. Haughland mortgaged property to fund the project. his wife and two children face little from the estate. Crichton’s widow survives. condolences came from Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine of the St Louis team.
Berlin July 30 The Soviet embassy denied Washington reports that direct talks between the Soviet ambassador and the Chinese minister have started or will begin soon. The embassy rejected claims negotiations on the Chinese Eastern railway dispute are taking place in Berlin.
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