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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1930

Page

2

Oil Production in West Texas and Regions Jump in Output

A sudden rise in oil output in West Texas, the Texas Panhandle and California pushed the national daily average up to 2,589,030 barrels from 2,579,720. The Panhandle increased to 103,379 barrels, North Central Texas rose to 188,574, East Central to 37,197, while North Louisiana light and Gulf Coast heavy declined.

United Press Tulsa Oklo West Texas Texas Panhandle California The Oil and Gas Journal Panhandle North Central Texas East Central North Louisiana Gulf Coast Southwest Texas

Commentary on Prohibition, British speech, and Canada tariff shifts

The piece surveys wet vs dry opinion among professions including judges lawyers doctors and clergy and notes a Penn Law professor's senate bid and aims to test public sentiment. It also references Hyde Park speeches Cromwell and Fawkes jibes and closes with Canada tariff impact on American exports and mutual protections.

Bohlen University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pacific Ocean London Hyde Park Britain Cromwell Cross

The Tactless Texan on golf and cinema in Amarillo

The columnist rails against dwarf golf courses and a risqué cinema in Amarillo. He mocks golf as a health fad while recounting diet plans and lampoons a film shown at The Fair, urging censorship to protect children from indecent content and urging reporters to label unsuitable pictures.

Jameson funds aid to anti-Smith groups and Cannon

The record shows Jameson gave 195000 dollars, with 172800 of his own money and the rest raised among New York associates. Contributions included 20000 to the Republican National Committee of Indiana and 65300 to Bishop James Cannon Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, who led anti-Smith Democrats in Virginia. Caraway notes some checks to Cannon were issued after the campaign and Jameson claimed they were gifts due to his belief Cannon was financially strained.

Republican National Committee Indiana James Cannon, Jr Methodist Episcopal Church South Virginia Jameson Cannon New York Caraway

Quake Hits City Injuring Hundreds and Halting Business

An earthquake in Australia injured over 200, damaged most buildings and halted commerce. Riverview Observatory reported a tremor matching the 1923 Japanese disaster in intensity with its center roughly 5,000 miles away.

United Press Sydney Australia Riverview Observatory Here

Local notice column teems with events and lost items

Readers hear plans for a charity theater at the Little Theater to aid Girl Scouts with a 50 cent charge next Wednesday. Rotary get together in Pampa Amarillo is urged, plus missing bathing suit, chairs for Zeta Sigma Alpha, and rewards for lost lunch pails, a navy blue suit with yellow stripe, and a lumber jacket near Elwood Park. Mrs. Hill lends thanks to several helpers for a rebuilt home.

Ox Ae Pampa Amarillo Old Tack John Hill Dr. Parcells Tack J. C. Wright, Jr Washington Street The Lake Swimming Pool Mr. Wright Elwood Park Jack Pruitt Jefferson Street

Letter to Rev Conant on Passion Play and theater

A reader from Amarillo questions the church role in theater and the Passion Play. He recalls The King of Kings and asks why ministers celebrate drama while labeling gambling as sinful, urging spiritual living over worldly authority. The letter discusses devotion and moral instruction in dramatic presentations.

Amarillo

Dear Tack and Cow Licks Offer

A reader seeks urgent work after years in retail and office jobs. The Tack reply expresses readiness to take any job immediately, noting the caller lives near the Santa Fe building and wants assistance now. The exchange references a five dollar offer for cow lick removal and mentions spotting the plan in the paper’s front page.

Tack Santa Fe Clint Small

Amarillo Boosters Urged to Reserve Carlsbad Trip

Amarillo business leaders are urged to reserve spots for a three day goodwill trip to Carlsbad starting next Tuesday. Mason King at the Chamber of Commerce handles reservations, with a Saturday deadline. A booklet will list tour participants and city information. a Senior High school band will also accompany the group.

Amarillo Carlsbad Mason King Chamber of Commerce New Mexico

Services for Belt Held at Sacred Heart

The body of Benjamin Belt arrived from Norcatur Kansas Sunday night. Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 10 o clock with Father F M Kaminsky officiating. Burial followed at Llano cemetery. He died Saturday morning at his daughter's home Mrs J R Betts in Norcatur. He is survived by three sons J L Belt Amarillo J L Belt Pampa and B W Belt Norton Kansas plus one brother and one sister B Belt Norman Oklahoma and Mrs Blanch Laforest Saint Louis.

Benjamin Belt Norcatur Kan Sacred Heart Catholic Church F. M. Kaminsky Llano Cemetery Blackburn Funeral Home Mr. Belt J. R. Betts J. L. Belt Amarillo Pampa B. W. Belt Norton B. Belt Norman Okla Blanch Laforest Saint Louis

Second Victim of Car Crash Dies in Longview

United Press reports Buster Cox of Marshall died Monday from injuries in a crash Friday night that also killed Miss Hattie Rawson. Cox drove the car that sideswiped a telephone pole.

Longview United Press Buster Cox Marshall Hattie Rawson Cox

The Mystery of Seeds by Edgar A Guest

A concise verse reflecting on how humans understand many things from watches to radios to seeds. The speaker contrasts familiar mechanical mysteries with the wonder that seeds still hold life beyond quick explanations. The 1930 poem invites awe at nature’s unseen processes.

Fort Worth Livestock Market Report May 6

Hogs with 1,100 head see rail hogs lower and truck hogs higher. top rail $9.50, truck $3.90. Carts and calves 2,100 head. yearlings strong to higher up to $11.60. few cows $7.00–7.75. calves up to $10.25. Sheep with 900 head. spring lambs $9.00–$10.00, aged wethers $5.25.

Fort Worth Associated Press Chicago D. A ST. Louis East ST. Louis Iill

Tremble Granted New Trial on Robbery With Firearms

Robert Tremble, convicted in District Criminal Court of robbery with firearms and sentenced to 10 years, was granted a new trial after offering testimony that placed him in Pampa during the Amarillo holdup. The Barton robbery charge was dismissed when witness O W Mowdy could not be located.

Robert Tremble Tremble Pampa Amarillo Speck Barton O. W. Mowdy Mowdy Barton

Hubb Stanley Cleared in Whiskey Possession Case

Hubb Stanley was found not guilty by a district court jury of possessing nine half gallon jars of whiskey. Officers testified the liquor was in the car's rear compartment, but Stanley said a man wanted a ride into town placed the whiskey there after his own car broke down.

Hubb Stanley District Criminal Court Stanley

Reece bill for Muscle Shoals leasing approved

The House military committee approved the Reece bill to lease Muscle Shoals to private interests. In a separate dispatch a posse pursuing a bandit in Ahualulco Jalisco Mexico hanged the wrong man Canuto Garcia head of the local Agrarian commission bore the same name and resembled the bandit.

Ahualulco Jalisco Mexico Canuto Garcia Agrarian Commission

Radio Features Tonight Across National Networks and Local Shows

Central Time listings preview Tonight with NBC and CBS network programs including Amos n Andy and Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Local channels KGRS WDAG WENR offer Ivory Variety Entertainers Texas Troubadors and Chicago vaudeville through the night.

WEAF WBC WJZ and Chain KOA KSL WLW WREN WSM WSB Bakers Weaf and Chain WHO WDAF KSD WBAP KVO0 WOA RKO New York WKY WOAT KFL WOW National Broadcasting Co Amos Chicago Orchestra Cincinnati WENR KGRS WDAG Texas

Cotton markets drift with Liverpool aid and New Orleans gains

New York cotton opened steady with May at 16.41 amid Liverpool support and covering. May notices around 13,400 bales. buyers favored May against July, May rising to 16.41. New Orleans followed with gains to 16.23 for July and 14.46 for October before a pullback as weather and crop prospects improved.

New York Associated Press Liverpool New Orleans

New York stocks open with mixed rally and profit taking

A May 6 stock market opening showed a brief rally driven by yesterday’s covering, but by the first hour profits paused and prices turned irregular. Copper weakness from a cut to 14 to 18 cents a pound pressured markets with lead issues Anaconda Kennecott and Granby hitting new yearly lows while U S Steel American Can and AT&T held narrower ranges. Call money steady at 3 1/2 percent.

York Associated New York Anaconda Kennecott Granby U. S. Steel American Can American Telephone North American York Central Otis Steel Packard Mase Pennsylvania Public Service of Nay Elia Keith Orpheum Reading Company Remington Republic Iron Seco Reynolds Tobacco Sears Shulte Southern Pacific Railway Taahte Simmon Teewreee Weeeweewee St. Seem Stewart Warner Eegieves Texas Gulf Union Pacific United Aircraft Servace Piper Tee & Poncey United Carbona United Jno F. Clarkie & Co UnitedGan Eqo Eash & Light Western Union American White Motors American International Willys Overland American Locomotive American Power & Light American Rolling Mills Yester- American Smelt & Re Day American Steel Foundry Atlantic Accees American Tel & Telz Barnsdal A Senee American Tobacco Aree Dela Wee A. M. Byers Houston Eevsee Ind. Oil & Gas Andes Louisiana Imry Middle States Atchison, Topekia & Santa Fe Taneee Rd Billy Aviation Sinclair Royal Dute Cal Bethlehem Steel Bendix Aviation N. Y N. J Borg Warner Bosch Magneto Brig Mie Sacasveescoeree Transcon Superior Brooklyn Manns. Suane Tex. Pac. Law Brunswick-Balke-Collender Tex. Pac. C. & QO Bucyrus-Erie Co Texas Corp Bulova Watch Tidewater Steeneenee Burroughs Phillips California Calumet Heela Pan American B Canadian Pacific Sane Ey Canada Ry Prairie Oil & Gas See Baly Cerro de Ceil - Chic Mil Colorado 1 & Iron American Gas Aeewee Amer Maracaibo V.s Commonwealth South Butler Bros Congoleum Cord Corp. Wanes O Continental Motors Central Pub. Ser Continental Can Eee Eewes Consolidated Gas O Crockett Wheeler Coty Cities Ser. Pid Cana. Marconi Aee Wee Oy Crucible Stee Creole Petroleum Sane Bond Fokker Seer Dupont Paneer Senenee Electric Power & Li Goldman Sachs Ind. Terr, Lllum Seereeee Freeport Texas Lone Steuer Ae Frisco Seetee TOM General Glidden Steeeweeee Pet. Corp Am. - Ae Goodyear Ss Penn Roaane Goodrich Sere Stan Indiana Salt Creek Ken Graham Paige South Penn Great Northern Transamerica West Sugar Grigsby Grunow Trans Air Trans Houdaille Hershey N. le Aseteeee Hudson Motors United Gas Co Hupp Motors Aee Venezuelan Pet Indian Refining International Harvester International Tel & Tele West Air Expr Indian Refining Johns-Manville Julius Kayser Kansas Southern Kelvinator Ee Pear Kolster Nash Motors

Hale Center Farmer Endorses Argotane Health Cure

Fred H. Springer of Hale Center Texas states Argotane improved his health after severe flu stomach trouble and weakness. He reports restored appetite sleep and strength after one half bottle. He says genuine Argotane is sold in Amarillo at Fox Drug Co.

Fred H. Springer Hale Center Texas South Plains Drug Store Plainview Amarillo Fox Drug

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Parliament Guy Fawkes Oliver Cromwell Canada Panama Canal O. W R. Thomson Lupe Velez Will Hays Motion Picture Theater Polk Street Gandhi Zeta Chapter Epsilon Sigma Alpha Grace Rye Twentieth Fillmore Streets Rasmus Nicholson East Compton East 18Th Street B. F. Hill Elks Perry Pearson William Mix E. D. Green Martin Retherford Mrs. Hill Conant J. E. Conant Tabernacle Baptist Church Herring Amarillo Kiwanians Herring Hotel Hudson W. L Barke W. N. Cooper Bill Wallace R. J. Moore J. B. Coe Wade Holman Axel Alenius Claude Nobles Carrie Nation Hal C. Randolph Henry Ansley Henry Anstey el Paso Henry Amarillo Kiwanis Club Kiwanis Club Edgar A. Guest Jno. F. Clark Pen Ll Rose Bowl Tea Room For Welfare Ckson A Raf Hale Center Farmer Argotane
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