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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1930
Page
2
A local columnist denounces the City Commission for opening a creek to fishing without a formal public announcement. He notes rapid catches then depletion, calls for equal access, and resigns from a related advisory committee. He also reports on community notices, missing guidance, and local job offers.
Witness McBride testifies on the Anti-Saloon League’s structure and pay, noting 154 board members with state representation. He says Wheeler held two offices, and the group only provides information to the president, denying recommendations or direct pressure on appointments.
The executive committee faced charges of bad faith over dismissing Ferguson's ballot bid. Ferguson asserted the committee lacked postior power to bar him due to impeachment. Speer argued the legislature holds sovereign pardon power equal to impeachment authority.
Tomorrow is Kid Day at Amarillo's Senior High School. Sponsored by the Senior Class, the event features students about to sing a Swan Song for their high school days. Lollypops roller skates knee high dresses and other youth motifs will fill corridors during the activity period with possible extended entertainment.
A fourteen year old writes for help paying a school cafeteria bill of 2.50 claiming financial hardship and potential failing grades. A separate request seeks wives for two men seeking a widow with one child, aged 28 to 35, to join in a business venture, offering box number 1173.
Radio listings show tonight's network schedule with the Hour with Rudy Vallee and orchestra at 6:30 on WEAF and chain stations. Other highlights include Manhattan Moods at 6:30 on WABC and chain. Harold Sanford Orchestra on WJZ. Shilkret Orchestra at 8:00. Radio WBAC at 8:30. Amos ’n’ Andy at 9:30. KGRS Pompe Booster Entertainers at 6:30 to 7:30 and WDAG Amarillo Sugar Hunpee at 7:80 to 8:30.
In Cleveland 650 prisoners set fire to 80 tents inside a stockade after a night of tension. A guard battalion leveled machine guns as 45 year old inmate 45 was briefly wounded by a bullet and treated. Warden P E Tomas vows no new tents.
The conference debated Hoover's call for speedier law enforcement actions and celebrated the Supreme Court bottle ruling. A dispute over the constitution report was postponed with a special order set for tomorrow. Committee chairmen announced include Culver, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, and Daniels.
In Indianapolis on May 8 prosecutors opened an inquiry into alleged vote stealing after 75 precincts failed to deliver their ballots to the canvassing board from Indiana's primary held Tuesday. Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said no irregularities were found yet, while the canvassing board promised a thorough investigation. Unofficial returns indicated all 13 Indiana congressmen were renominated.
A sheriff raid at 1301 Cleveland Street before noon netted four gallons of whiskey and 36 bottles of beer. Ed White, described as a Mexican, was jailed in connection with the raid.
Dr H B Wilson national director of the American Junior Red Cross called the Junior Red Cross the world’s greatest organization of children and a potent factor in international understanding. He spoke as the Senior American Red Cross began its four day annual meeting in Washington noting 7 000 000 junior members in American schools and 5 000 000 in schools of 45 other nations.
A called meeting of the Humphrey Highlands P T A will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 o'clock in the school house. Every member is urged to be present for the discussion of important matters.
A reflection on famous scientists and a brutal attempted kidnapping near Chicago. A gang planned to hang a woodcarver and his lover after parolees lured them into a trap. Police intervened as the assailants attempted the crime, while a public debate on pardons and crime rages.
Gandhi urged extra forces after a single detachment proved insufficient. Six police stations and the magistrate's court were burned. liquor shops harmed as rioters dominated the town. Continuous firing pushed police back while a detachment of the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment moved from Ahmednagar to assist.
The Court of Criminal Appeals has set May 21 for the hearing of Tom C. Johnson former Wheeler County deputy sheriff on a statutory conviction from last fall in Pampa. Johnson received a ten year sentence from the jury finding him guilty.
Detectives studied lists of known hoodlums as they probed the torture killing of a 225 pound man found in a ditch on Chicago’s outskirts. The victim had 13 bullet wounds and three different bullet sizes were recovered, indicating at least three gangsters were involved.
Publix theater manager Will Winch circulates a mystery image of William Powell to patrons. The trick involves staring at three nose dots for about 45 seconds and blinking to reveal a startling afterimage. Powell appears in The Basin Meet final.
Red Cross aids, Texas National Guardsmen in Corsicana and surrounding towns scramble to restore water, rebuild, and bury storm victims after a deadly tornado in Karnes and De Witt Counties. Hospitals open in Nordheim and Runge as families flood aid networks from San Antonio and beyond.
Frost Texas awaits a mass funeral for storm victims as carpenters from Corsicana finish a large temporary shelter for merchants. State aid arrives with 10 trucks and patrols guide traffic while Scouts assist relief efforts and agencies register needs such as clothing and food.
Special prohibition agents acting on Washington orders raided two Capone night clubs in Cicero early today. Five arrests were made and a small quantity of liquor seized. The Cotton Club and the Greyhound Inn, both Capone venues, were searched for possible beer traffic links.
Three unmasked bandits robbed the Maywood Trust and Savings Company at the Hammond edge late today gaining more than $10,000 as the bank had just opened for business. They fled before police arrived in Hammond Indiana.
In Dallas on May 8 jurors were chosen for the Brady of Austin case. W L Miller a 27 year old restaurant worker became the eighth juror after saying he does not belong to a church. The state exercised its ninth challenge on J Dunn a Catholic. Michael Matrakithes a Greek Catholic was the tenth challenged. C B Walker a widower past middle age qualified as the ninth juror and recalled a previous jury that assessed a death penalty. He said he had no prejudice against drinking and no association with habitual drinkers.
An entertainment program for the Pleasant Valley PTA will be held at the schoolhouse Friday night at 8. Gus Albright, candidate for constable, furnishes entertainers including Johnny Humphries Eddie Riley a blackface comedian Geo A McKinney and a Hawaiian performer. Pies sandwiches and ice cream will be sold with proceeds to the PTA.
A $50 000 damage suit filed by Mrs. C N Dillon against Southern Air Transport over the death of her husband in the Miss Amarillo crash has been transferred to United States District Court by District Civil Court Judge W E Gee. The four Ama rilloans who died when the plane hit Hillcrest Country Club golf course may see the case listed at the next Federal Court term opening Monday.
Market items cover livestock in Kansas City Chicago and St Louis with hogs cattle and sheep trade data and price ranges for 180-240 lb hogs and spring lambs. Cotton in New York and New Orleans opens firm with July and October futures activity and spread unwinding.
A reflective piece questions what shapes a man’s estate and social rise or fall. It ponders luck, fate, and unseen forces guiding people from beggar to wealthy passerby, suggesting much of life’s course lies beyond understanding and control.
July cotton futures eased to 16.00 while October held at 14.61. spread to July remained 139 points. Liverpool spot prices moved higher with strict good middling 9.34 and sales 6,000 bales. New York stock letters showed U S Steel retreating below 16 percent, Allied Chemical down over 12 points, and call money at 3 percent.
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