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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
7
Secretary Mellon announced a projected treasury surplus of about 170 million dollars at the end of the fiscal year on June 30 1929. After a 45 million payment required for railroad back pay the surplus remains due to higher income tax receipts from stock market profits.
Ollie Owens and Nathan Odom, youths under twenty, were found guilty of car theft in district court and sentenced to two years in prison. They stole a car on June 8 and were arrested the next morning in Childress. The car contained three fat hogs whose ownership was not established.
H G Lucas of Brownwood, president of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation, warns a diminished cotton harvest due to insects and floods. He told federation members in El Paso that many farmers have abandoned their fields.
The Pope will hold a secret consistory for the creation of new cardinals on July 15 and a public consistory on July 18, Vatican City officials said.
Alvin Exum received five years imprisonment for the murder of Seldon Taylor at Van Alstyne in March after his trial concluded in Sherman. The report notes other items: Pussyfoot Johnson's reception in Calcutta for prohibition work, Mrs. Carroll Wiley of Winchester dying at 97 with 112 descendants, and a 90 pound watermelon grown from Hungarian seed by Peter Fodor of Lewiston Idaho.
Russian Soviet authorities report selling lumber from Siberia in China. The brief notice notes trade activity and requested shipments, with no details on volumes or buyers.
Miss An nette Grandin is praised for her exceptionally white and smooth hands. She claims a home bleach made from Orchard White and lemon juice, applied nightly to hands neck and face, keeping skin clear and soft without freckles tan or redness.
Hubert McCoy also known as Billy Morgan was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to five years. The jury recommended the sentence run concurrently with a separate five year robbery with firearms term. The robberies involved $4 from Mrs. Clara Weir and $15 from Margaret Milton at 210 Tyler Street.
At the theaters the Fair shows Strong Boy with Victor McLagren and Leatrice Joy featuring romance at a city railroad station. The Mission screens The Studio Murder Mystery with Neil Hamilton on its last day. Deandi presents The Shake Down with an all star cast on its final day. Harley Sadler shows What Anne Brought Home and Nat Nordy Nordin's Buc cancers.
United Press reported in Mexico City that two Americans, Arthur Holland and Meyer Katz of St. Louis, were among 18 injured in a head-on collision of passenger and freight trains near Tampico. None of the injured was in critical condition. Engines were telescoped.
In Waco Cottonwood Creek area near West two children, George Dworsky 13 and Helen Dworsky 11, drowned after the girl fell into a swimming pool and the boy who cannot swim tried to rescue her. Father J I Dworsky barely escaped. Louis Gast 20 rescued the children and retrieved their bodies.
The Selamograph station at Fordham University logged an extremely severe quake located about 6800 miles from New York in an undetermined direction. Shocks began at 8 01 a m EST and peaked at 9 48 o clock.
Los Angeles reports the government widens its wholesale investigation of income tax returns from Hollywood, accusing two additional film stars of possible tax irregularities. Officials say the probe targets top earners and big studios as part of a broader review.
The grand jury returned indictments accusing actors Raymond Griffith and Raymond McKee of making false returns after weeks of evidence collection.
After blemishes fade confidence returns and social life improves as the body’s resistance rises. Physicians link pimples boils eczema to low blood power and S S S claims to restore red blood cells, nourishing the body and boosting health against infection and disease.
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