04 Jun 1929
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
1
Eighteen patients were rescued from the blazing Chicago General Hospital after a boiler room fire spread through the four story building. Firemen police physicians and nurses carried terrified patients from the smoke filled wards as the blaze swept the facility.
Radio program listings show Aleo and various stations featuring Air Features Tonight with orchestras and soloists. Notable names include Whiteman and Lombarde, plus a diversified hour across WADC WHAM WOWO and many others. The schedule highlights dance orchestras and vaudeville segments from dawn to night, with multiple station partnerships in the New York and Midwest regions.
The column ponders wealth and youth, Lady Astor and her American marriage, Lord Astor’s racehorse Cragadour, and the derby’s allure. It contrasts attention to horses with politics and money, noting derbies captivate the British empire and provoke betting thoughts. See TODAY Page 2.
The Senate debates national origins immigration repeal and a tariff bill while the House weighs census reapportionment. Committees push FCC inquiry, farm bill talks proceed, and a Norris muscle Shoals measure advances with a $12 million farm diversification appropriation.
The twelfth juror in the trial of Mrs. Levi P. Stallworth of Amarillo for the slaying of Mrs. Grace Morrison of Plainview was qualified shortly before noon. Evidence began at 1:30 p.m. The venire of 200 was nearly exhausted as Benton King joined 11 others. Mrs. Ethel Roper testified that Morrison screamed at the door and was restrained by Stallworth's mother-in-law before shots were heard outside the Moore Hotel.
The Mouette yacht carrying Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his bride departed Woods Hole Mass after a brief harbor anchorage. Shore watchers reported a man believed to be Lindbergh aboard as the vessel headed toward Vineyard Haven.
The Texas Senate debated public utility legislation with no decision. The bill may go to State Affairs or Civil Jurisprudence after recess. President Pro Tem Parrish will decide, with reconvening set to include a joint session with the House for Governor Moody's address.
The body of a young woman was found in an abandoned Los Angeles apartment. She had a battered head wrapped in a blood soaked cloth tied to a clothes hook. Police investigated the scene for clues.
James F. Parker, 29, was badly burned at the La Jarita ranch 21 miles southeast of Raymondville Texas when his clothing caught fire after a gasoline engine exploded he was cleaning the engine and rushed to a Harlingen hospital likely fatal injuries authorities reported the incident occurred today near Raymondville Texas
Sheriff Byrnes said Tom Le Hew, 32, a woodchopper, confessed to attacking Teresa Johnson, 6, as she walked home from school near Mendocino City last week. He described waiting for her, leaping from the path, choking her to death and then awaiting murder charges.
Spearman Farnsworth Perryton Booker Carroutzet Follett and Shattuck welcomed Amarillo good will evangelists. Amarilloans traveled through the wheat belt from Spearman to Perryton full of pep. 1928 yielded almost 10 million bushels. a 25 percent acreage rise expected, offsetting not ideal crop conditions. Business leaders spoke in Spearman and Perryton praising Amarillo’s effort to build up the Panhandle.
Hamburg-American office announced the Graf Zeppelin’s next transatlantic flight is set for June 20 weather permitting. The German airship is due to depart from Friedrichshafen, Germany, for the United States.
J F Anton a former Slaton division superintendent of the Santa Fe railway was brought to Santa Fe hospital in Clovis New Mexico with injuries from a car wreck. His condition remained critical though he had regained consciousness by noon today.
Boy Scouts prepare a twelve day camp at Happy Glen Club grounds in Palo Duro canyon twelve miles south of Amarillo with swimming and fishing. Dr W H Flamm and H Delater offer facilities near Amarillo for the periods June 6 to 9 and subsequent four day sessions as the Bull Gang set the camp in order.
The bullet riddled body of a woman, partially identified as Pauline Wilson, friend of George Murphy, a 40 year old Hamilton gangster, was found on the Big Miami River banks near Cincinnati two weeks after the shooting.
Amarillo merchants stage another Dollar Day promising the biggest, with dozens of stores participating. Advertisements hint at major bargains Thursday, signaling a city-wide sale event set to surpass prior years.
Percy Howard, to be electrocuted tomorrow, received a sixty day stay of execution from Governor Moody. Howard was convicted in El Paso for murder. Other condemned men, A. J. McKenzie and Sam Street, face death without Gov. intervention. Harry Leahy is set for June 12.
Paris reports Owen Young, chair of the reparations committee, announced a full agreement at a plenary reparations conference. Premier Poincare told the Chamber of Deputies the French government will ratify the debt accords by decree after presenting full explanations of the decree’s authority.
Paris June 4 The Inez barrier to a full reparations agreement was removed as Belgium accepted Dr Hjalmar Schacht's plan to redeem German marks and settle 37 annuities of 25 million marks. Owen Young's reparations report gains unanimous support and awaits ratification before final signing. New York Gene Tunney plans leisure life, avoiding wealth accumulation per Mrs Dewing who visited Polly Lauder Tunney in Brioni.
Mount Vesuvius belched molten lava advancing 150 feet per hour and 70 feet wide, threatening Barre and nearby Terzigno. Soldiers aided evacuations as lava destroyed vineyards and towns faced rising danger while Vesuvian Observatory monitored the eruption.
Five people died in Texas over 48 hours from drownings shootings and accidents. Soldiers Private Heeley and Corporal Boston of Fort Ringgold drowned in the Rio Grande within hours of each other. Boston was recovered but Heeley remains missing.
Beaumont hosts Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment with soldiers and women auxiliary members at a two day festival. Flooded roads hinder travel. 300 delegates registered. Amarillo delegates appear to have won the 1950 convention, with Waco conceding to Amarillo.
Capt. L G Blackburn and a photographer were marooned in the air with a broken landing gear when they leaped with parachutes. A Fort Robinson aircraft dropped the chutes but the plane crashed.
The Globe-News notes homes offering shade and garden spaces away from city heat, presenting buyers with options for family comfort and outdoor living. Summer invites families to choose retreats with safer pavements and relaxing surroundings.
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