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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1927
Page
13
Special correspondent H R Horton reports Texas cowboys from East Texas ranches drive herd relief across flooded Louisiana. They rescue families, herd stock, and aid refugees amid dangerous marshes and rising waters with Red Cross support and ambulance crews on standby.
A tire shop at 407 West Sixth Street was nearly destroyed Monday afternoon by a blaze started by a vulcanizing machine. Owner H. Schirmer faced heavy smoke and fumes from burning rubber. insurance coverage was listed at $4,000.
Two cars and a motorcycle were reported stolen yesterday morning. An Essex coach, 1926 model, owned by Toney Chisum was taken from Raton New Mexico. George Porter reported a 1926 Chevrolet coach missing from East Third Street. F L Beer reported a motorcycle with sidecar stolen.
Captain Henry E. Lackey of the U S Cruiser Memphis is welcomed home as the vessel docks in Washington. The homecoming ceremony and arrivals highlight the Memphis port call and veteran service.
Borger June 8 The Minnehoma well on Dixon street caught fire Monday evening and will be steamed out as boilers are arranged. The surrounding ground saturated with oil burned fiercely until water streams cooled it. The blaze is not as dangerous as nearby wells but could threaten if a north wind rises.
Fort Worth report states F M Snow, condemned for killing his wife, mother in law and stepson on a Stephenville area ranch in 1926, will appeal for clemency to Governor Moody. Attorney M L Monday, appointed to defend Snow, said final action on the case is pending.
The case was taken by the Court of Criminal Appeals March 9. Governor Moody's commutation appeal relies on affidavits from alienists who testified Snow was mentally a child. Snow was transported to Huntsville today by automobile.
Hutchinson County commissioners travel to Austin for talks with Gov. Moody and AAG Galloway Calhoun on Borger oil boom town conditions. Calhoun aided Texas Rangers sent to Borger weeks ago to restore order.
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