05 Jun 1930
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1930
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane recounts a dramatic execution of R. H. White in Nevada and notes on a 17 ounce baby birth in Simpsonville. The piece blends sensational items with reflections on bears, French politics, and employ ment trends, ending with local ads for rug cleaning and ambulance service.
Rains ranged from a sprinkle to a three inch downpour across the Panhandle last night and today with Stinnett posting the heaviest fall. Farther south near Claude and Canadian light hail caused minor crop damage while Pueblo reports a severe late day hailstorm and crop damage east of the city.
Chicago Chinatown gun attack targets Frank Chin of the Chin Oak Tin tong but fails. In Boston, Hip Sing tong headquarters come under fire with no injuries. New York sees a fatal hatchet slaying of Ha Gong, 25. Newark reports Eng Sing, 25, found slain behind his laundry with a hatchet in the skull.
Nathan Adams president of First National Bank Dallas told Panhandle Bankers Association that farm values would not recover until barter returns. He branded the Federal Reserve System as socialistic and penalizing agriculture. The convention closed with new officers including J M Crews as president and L B Steele noted for sympathy to a former secretary.
United Press reports the Texas Democratic Committee sees 55 eligible candidates for state offices as more filings reach chairman Dave Wilcox for review. Names include Mayfield Walker Putnam Miller Young Love Small Davidson Ferguson Moody and Parrish with Creager locally noted but likely rejected over fee and party affiliation.
A $45,000 damage suit filed by J. C. Dyer against the Santa Fe Railroad Company reached trial in Judge W. E. Gee's court yesterday and is expected to go to the jury late this afternoon. Dyer alleges he suffered serious injuries in January 1928 when he was thrown against a brake wheel on a box car.
Carns laughed at the judge and was sent to a cell for ten days for contempt of court in Canon City Colorado. He testified in the Albert M. Sanchez murder trial, but Carns refused to mount the witness stand. He is serving a life sentence at the state penitentiary.
The Graf Zeppelin left Seville at 5:25 p m after a half hour stay, landing at the airdrome at 5:04 p m signifies the first leg of its return to Friedrichshafen from the United States. The sea level field was waterlogged amid rain squalls and wind as the airship touched down.
A Colonial Air Transport tri motor crashed into the water at the municipal airport during takeoff from New York service. One passenger, a French aviator, said the right motor failed, causing eleven minor injuries and one serious injury to other travelers.
Senator Sheppard denounces liquor buyers as violators under his bill to hold buyers criminally liable as bootleggers. He argues Supreme Court rulings weakened enforcement and that removing buyers would collapse illicit traffic. Action by the judiciary committee may occur, but Senate action is unlikely this session.
Weather records show a five day period of high sustained winds with an average velocity of 13.6 miles per hour and a peak of 25 mph last Tuesday. May 10 saw 30 mph, while May 31 and June 2 logged notable daily averages. official pressure conditions have passed and quiet weather is expected until another event occurs.
Three men brought to Dallas as suspects in the Grand Avenues State Bank robbery that netted 11 023 were slated for release to Fort Worth officers. Money found on them tied to Fort Worth rum-runners, not the Dallas heist, and the serials did not match. A separate note reports a $39 580 090 rivers and harbors appropriation approved by Secretary Hurley. Another item says Jud Brown, 33, is held after witnesses named him as the shooter who killed prisoner Henry Argo in Chickasha.
The Eastern seaboard from Maryland to Maine suffers a severe heat wave with deaths and prostrations mounting. Baltimore records 96 degrees as Boston faces a third day of tropical heat and possible new high temperatures. Hospitals list victims and injuries as relief seems distant through Friday or Saturday.
Consuls in Hankow urged foreigners to leave the Hupeh Hunan and Kwangsi provinces due to civil war and banditry. In Shanghai the murder of English missionary Dr Clifford Stubbs was reported. he died after being stabbed in a rickshaw in Chengtufu Szechwan. Rear Admiral Craven and Admiral MacLean moved to protect foreigners as Kwangsi rebels allegedly number eighty thousand. A London dispatch notes British observers in China.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. walked out on the Senate lobby committee after refusing to answer further questions about his anti Smith campaign in 1928. The panel postponed action, planning no subpoena or contempt charges for now. Cannon, cheered by supporters, said he answered all proper questions and would testify only if subpoenaed.
Spokane report on Dr. W W W Pritchard addressing osteopaths from Washington Idaho and Montana. He argued the body has two nervous systems the parasympathetic digests meals and the sympathetic handles fighting. Only one system operates at a time.
Amarillo parks trees especially Ellwood have lost limbs during the past week of strong southwest winds. Park superintendent Temple Robinson says most trees will survive with prompt care. wounds are treated with a special preparation. North Ellwood trees show the worst damage due to wind sweep.
Lieutenant Apollo Soucek reportedly flew to near eight miles altitude and may have surpassed the 42,122 foot record held by Germany’s Willi Neuenhofen. His 42,000 foot reading faced instrument uncertainty as he considers future attempts with different propeller configurations. Temperatures reached 60 below zero with the cockpit at 38 below.
William Dagger Pruitt, 25, Dallas killer, awaits execution in the electric chair tonight for the January 1929 murder of Dallas high school senior William Mann. Family, defense lawyer, and state officials seek clemency, while Pruitt remains defiant and ready to die if spared.
In the Moonlight or daylight both are enjoyable times to go motoring. For the best selection of used automobiles at affordable prices turn to the Automobiles classification in the Globe-News Want Ads and make a choice. Globe-News Want Ads do big jobs at small cost. Try them.
In Death Valley Nevada a spring bloom transformed the arid basin into a vivid carpet of wildflowers after nineteen days of May rain. Emigrants in 1860 perished nearby and the area stretches 150 miles long, with blooms spanning from Beatty to Chloride Cliffs and Kane Spring to Surveyors Well.
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