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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1930
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane notes the Graf Zeppelin’s swift Atlantic passage as a feat of German aviation. He contrasts industrial rise with postwar constraints and discusses world power, science, and geopolitical tensions across China Russia and Europe.
Port Arthur and the Thunder Bay district faced a large forest fire front spreading from Nipigon to Duluth. Evacuations occurred in Dyment and surrounding towns as residents fled with belongings while crews battled the flames and a pilot went missing near Allanwater.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. declined to answer a Senate lobby committee question about his 1928 presidential campaign activities, calling the inquiry persecution. Senator Walsh warned he must assume responsibility for the refusal as the room reacted with laughter and applause.
Potter County jail is quarantined after a second smallpox case. No one may enter or leave the jail until danger passes. New prisoners will be sent to the city jail or neighboring towns. trials halt inside.
Chicago police and federal agents launched a city wide roundup of hoodlums and gunmen after a violent weekend that left seven dead. Nearly 200 men, many believed to be aliens, were held for immigration scrutiny as detectives chased a girl attacker and possible gang connections in the Northside shootout.
Reports from Hupeh province describe a communist uprising with a massacre that killed hundreds including missionaries. Catholic and Protestant missions were looted and burned at Simakow and Hanchuan on the Han River. An American gunboat was sent toward Kiu-Kiang as Communist forces converge on the town with 40 American residents.
A booster meeting in Hardesty tonight plans a paved highway from Liberal Kansas to Amarillo Texas via Hardesty Grover and Stinnett Oklahoma and Texas. Officials say Hansford County voters support bonds for the route and the line aims to follow the Amarillo Liberal Rock Island path.
An inquest will be held tomorrow into the death of Henry Argo a Black man killed by a mob after an alleged assault on a white woman Officials from Grady County Oklahoma and the federal government will present evidence About 20 ring leaders are expected to be arrested and more than 106 witnesses will be called for the coroner's inquiry.
Amarillo’s paving plan advances with bids for ten projects funded by a 150000 bond. The council also orders an election to fill the city commission vacancy created by Lester Stone’s resignation, with Mayor Thompson declining to name a candidate and pledging support for Amarillo’s upbuilding.
Classified ads are accepted at the News Globe office with 25 words for 50 cents, appearing in both papers Thursday. Three day ads cost 1 for up to 26 words, saving 75 cents. Extra words beyond 25 charged at 3 cents each. No phone ads at this price.
The Graf Zeppelin radioed the Hamburg American line with a position at 9 a m East Standard Time on 40 18 north 57 30 west about 786 miles east of New York The craft moved 500 miles northeast toward New York then shifted to a southeast course covering about 358 miles in four hours from Lakehurst New Jersey to its final reported track accompanying the airship drama.
Dallas dispatch notes a muddled Texas gubernatorial contest with 13 definitively in the race and a dozen or more potential contenders whose applications may still be in transit or filed before last midnight. The Democratic ballot deadline has passed andOfficials mull the remaining entries as the race unfolds.
May permits reach $217 096 with five month total $1 710 862, far above 1929 and May last year. West Amarillo Junior High School bulldog project led the year with $140 000, residential permits at $45 980 up from $14 290, 17 units started, eight mercantile plants totaling $6 625, repairs $24 491.
About 200 visiting bankers will arrive in Amarillo for the Panhandle Bankers Association two day meeting. Sessions start at 10 a m in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel with a golf tourney at the Country Club on Wednesday afternoon and a chicken barbecue. Welcoming officials include B T Ware and W C O'Brien with speakers such as John G McAdams Lynn P Talley Nathan Adams J K Bewley and J Paul. Ambulance service is mentioned for the event.
Oklahoma City June 3 gasoline retail prices reduced one cent per gallon by Magnolia Petroleum Company. The 18 cent schedule now in effect with white gasoline at 19 cents and red at 22 cents. red gasoline also drops one cent. Other majors said they would lower prices once they received word from division HQ.
Mexico City reports the government will levy a double tax on English language talking movies to promote Spanish talkies and curb the spread of foreign language talking pictures.
Thirteen armed inmates at the state reformitory in Ionia Michigan escaped after seizing superintendent Eugene Owen and guards. Two fugitives, Charles Kenney and Isizan Czordax, were later captured as searchers expanded across the countryside. Eleven remain at large amid heightened rural precautions.
Federal troops reported in the Cananea area pursuing about 20 bandits blamed for the earlier killing of Charles Koehler a 50 year old American and a Mexican policeman. Koehler was killed at the Silver Plume Mine 25 miles south of Cananea and his home burned. One outlaw was killed in a skirmish, Koehler's body found near the ruins. The raiders allegedly were former Manzanes Mine workers seeking revenge. Howell said Koehler previously was foreman at Manzanes.
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