Beautiful Washington Monument Reflects War’s Aftermath
In Washington the mood is hopeful yet troubled as Arthur Brisbane notes the President works long hours amid war’s legacy. Secretary Mellon recalls past booms and warns against premature optimism while reflecting on hard times, railroads, and industrial shifts reshaping the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
Washington
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
Mr. Mellon
Pennsylvania Mountains
Mellon
Texas House approves 14 more Rangers amid racketeer fears
The Texas House voted to expand the Ranger force by 14, approving $90,000 yearly for 46 Rangers. Arguments cited include protecting oil fields, curbing kidnap rings, and preventing a crime wave as racketeers concentrate in Texas. Adjutant General Sterling supported the measure, noting previous underemployment and ending indiscriminate commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas
House of Representatives
Harry Graves
Chicago
W. W. Sterling
House
Dan Moody
Illinois
Rangers
Travels of a Fatal Hit and Run Near West Fourth
Gondel Reddoch 18 and Fred Chambers 19 are implicated in a Sunday hit and run at West Fourth Avenue and Washington Street. Chambers faces driving while intoxicated and failure to stop charges. Reddoch is held on failure to render aid. Victim unidentified despite public viewing at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gondel Reddoch
Fred Chambers
West Fourth Avenue
Washington Street
Hereford
Chambers
Uberty
Reddoch
J. W. Minter
Grand
Boxwell Brothers Funeral
Polk Street
Front Street
Gondel
Edw. W. Thomerson
Fourth
Washington
Fred
Reddack
Geo
Kid Harper
Harper
City Barn
Fourth Avenue
Clark Cain
Merrill
Lubbock
Chaplin Attacks British Critics in Bitter London Interview
Charles Chaplin denounces British critics calling them hypocrites and blames England for misunderstanding him while recounting his career move to America. He argues patriotism fuels Europe’s tensions and defends his absence from a royal charity show as a misread request, warning that a jester’s fate often foreshadows fall of the throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney J. Williams
United Press
London
Charles Spencer Chaplin
London Express
Europe
Chaplin
Juan - Les - Pins
France
England
the Palladium
Black
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo area forecasts fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. West Texas sees fair skies with cooler air pushing into the extreme southeast tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico also fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change and frost in the north tonight. Today’s temperature extremes at 1 PM were 60 and 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Gas Contract Likely Today For Amarillo System
Bids for Amarillo’s gas distribution were opened Friday night and ten proposals reviewed by engineers. A special city commission session was planned for 3 PM to consider awarding the contract though one commissioner was called away and the city manager briefly unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
J. N. Vernon
Fort Worth
Vernon
Bill Durham
Army planes depart for Wichita and Kansas City
The Ninety-first Observation Squadron sent three planes from the base Sunday noon. The advance flight, led by Lieut P. O. Brewer, Lt. B. S. Cooper, and Lt. M. E. Lackey, heads to Wichita then Kansas City. They prepare for 1931 Army Air Corps Field Exercises with 672 planes in the East and arrange refueling and lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Wichita
Kan
Kansas City
P. O. Brewer
Crissy Field
San Francisco
B. S. Cooper
M. E. Lackey
Lutes
Lessles
Hamble
Army Air Corps
Watch Repairing and Dyeing Services Listing
Hurst Jewelry Co. offers watch repairing and dyeing through the Berry family. Contact John for building work at 800 W. 5th. phone 5229 for repairs and 5285 for other inquiries. John Maynard Letter, Co. listed at 800 W. 5th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst Jewelry Co
John
John Maynard
Express Car Messenger Encounters Escaped 18 Foot Python
William Stewart an Erie express messenger from Jamestown New York faced a dangerous ride when an 18 foot python escaped its box aboard a moving train near Barberton Ohio He clung to the door until Marion where the door was sealed The snake remained in control until Chicago where Lincoln Park Zoo foreman Richard Auer and attendants captured it using a noose This incident amused and startled staff as the creature was returned to its box
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Stewart
Jamestown
N. Y
Erie
Barberton
Ohio
Marion
Richard Auer
Lincoln Park Zoo
Auer
New Probation Suit Is Filed In East Texas Proration Case
Alfred Mac Millan personally and as trustee and MacMillan Petroleum Corp sue in federal court led by Judge Duval West to enjoin East Texas proration order. Plaintiffs claim the order disrupts markets, interferes with private contracts, violates anti trust laws and due process, and seek quick hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
East Texas
Duval West
Alfred MacMillan
MacMillan Petroleum Corporation
A. B. Capers
Railroad Commission
MacMillan Corporation
Toronto Pipe Line Company
James B. Berry and Son
Sinclair
Dr S P Brooks Grows Weaker Amid Baylor Decline
Baylor University president Dr Samuel Palmer Brooks grew weaker as doctors reported he could no longer sign diplomas. Despite severe abdominal pain he remained lucid while attendants prepared over 100 medical student certificates awaiting his signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Samuel Palmer Brooks
Baylor University
J. T. Harrington
Harrington
Dallas
Brooks
Wilson Empanels O.8 Grand Jury
The United States District Court opened its term with Judge James C. Wilson presiding. A Panhandle-wide grand jury of thirty men was summoned for service as excuses and exemptions began to be heard. The criminal week starts next Monday with U S attorneys Mood and Davis, court reporter Faegin, clerk Parker, deputy Campbell, and Nina May Haynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court
James C. Wilson
District of
Texas
Panhandle
Wilson
Equity
Alex M. Mood
Arnold Davis
Fort Worth
United States
James Faegin
George W. Parker
Doug Campbell
Nina May Haynes
McGrath Maps Amarillo Tr ip to Mexico City Events
Dan E McGrath arranges Amarillo delegation to visit Gov Ross Sterling in Austin Sunday and invites President Ortiz Rubio to preside at the Tri State Fair opening in Amarillo in September. A Panhandle special train to Mexico City priced 150 dollars includes all expenses with stops at Austin Laredo Nuevo Laredo Monterrey Chihuahua Juarez El Paso and Albuquerque before returning to Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Dan E. Mcgrath
Amarillo
Mexico City
Ross Sterling
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Septemer
McGrath
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
Hawk
Globe News Office
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Monterrey
Rubio
Chihuahua
Juarez
el Paso
Albuquerque
Kilgore Teamster Fatally Shot Near Pistol Hill
Jesse O. Caine a Kilgore teamster was shot to death at Pistol Hill teaming camp. Police arrived from across the Rusk County line and arrested a man who was later taken to Henderson for custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore
Tex
Jesse O. Caine
Pistol Hill
Rusk
Henderson
Texas House Approves Salary Cuts and Tax Payment Plan
The Texas House adopted 5 and 10 percent salary cuts affecting tiers 1500 to 2750 and above, aiming savings up to 1 million dollars. The 10 percent cut passed 78 to 39, the 5 percent 67 to 50. An attempt to exempt highway division engineers failed. The body also approved the O Neal split tax payment bill enabling delayed remainder payments with no interest if half taxes were paid by November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
House
Appropriations Committee
Petsch
Fredericksburg
State Highway Department Division
O'Neal
Senate
Anderson Sues Graham and McGuire for Libel in Chicago
New York novelist Mrs Alma Newton Anderson sues Chicago architect Ernest R Graham and private detective Thomas McGuire charging conspiracy and libel in a Chicago court. The case names three figures in a dispute tied to publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Newton Anderson
New York
Chicago
Ernest R. Graham
Thomas McGuire
Rail Officials Inspect New Amarillo to Boise City Line
A Santa Fe inspection party led by J. R. Hitchcock left Amarillo at 8 AM to examine the new Amarillo Boise City line. The group. included engineers and officials, will visit Boise City Etter Spearman and return to Amarillo tonight, traveling by motor car after linking the Canadian River bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Hitchcock
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company
Amarillo
Boise City
Oklo
Santa Fe
Boice City
Etter
Spearman
Canadian River
Amarillo-Las Animas
Colo
J. R. Hitchcock
W. W. Kelly
R. A. Rutledge
W. H. Rochester
J. W. Stewart
H. QC. Pipkin
J. B. Briscoe
Henry Ansley
Suspect Found Hanged After Questioning in San Antonio
Hugo Eickmann, 46, who had been questioned in the shooting of Mrs. Margie Lillian Tampke, was found dead by hanging in his garage at dawn. Employee W B Duke discovered the body in the repair shop after unlocking a rear door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Margie Lillian Tampke
Hugo Eickmann
W. B. Duke
Eickmann
Texas Granite Favors Supreme Court Monument
The Texas House backs a Capitol monument to the first Texas Supreme Court in Texas granite only, aligning with the Capitol’s own stone. The Senate approved giving the Texas Bar Association authority to erect it under the board of control, with no stone type specified. Some members worry about grounds clutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Capitol
Georgia
Senate
Texas Bar Association
Board of Control
Auto Crash Kills Six in Alvord Family Tragedy
Six members of Mrs. O Collins family die when a Fort Worth & Denver passenger train strikes their auto at the main street crossing in Alvord Texas. Charles Collins survives badly injured. The car is dragged 1 500 feet along the tracks. Funeral plans set for all from the same family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvord
Texas
O. Collins
Fort Worth & Denver
Charles Collins
Charlynne Collins
Florine Collins
Cecil Ferguson
Bishop Creighton Visits Amarillo Church Missions Tour
The Rt. Rev. Frank W. Creighton, bishop of Old Mexico and domestic secretary for the Episcopal Church missions, arrives in Amarillo to review North Texas district work and outline church programs in Mexico. He speaks at St. Andrew's tonight and at Amarillo College Tuesday morning before leaving Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Creighton
Old Mexico
Department of Missions
Protestant Episcopal Church
Amarillo
E. Cecil Seaman
Creighton
Seaman
F. A. Foster
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
North Texas
Mexico
St. Andrew's Church
Bishop Creighton
J. B. Dooley
DO-X Awaits Weather to Start Transatlantic Run
The DO-X giant German seaplane remains at Bubaque Island in Bolama awaiting favorable weather before attempting a transatlantic flight to Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Bubaque
Brazil
Prohibition Advisory Council Formed To Study Amendment
Washington May 11 A new Bureau of Prohibition Advisory Research Council will study the Eighteenth Amendment from social and economic angles. Members include Cabot Lindsay Carpenter McKinsey Pipkin Gehlke Miles Johnson May Kingsbury and others. Curran says Wickersham commission already carried out the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prohibition
Woodcock
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
National Prohibition
Bureau of Prohibition Advisory Research Council
Richard C. Cabot
Harvard
Samuel M. Lindsay
Columbia
William 8. Carpenter
Princeton
Roderick D. McKinsey
University of Michigan
Charles W. Pipkin
Louisiana State University
Charles Emerson Gehlke
Western Reserve University
Walter R
Wichita Falls Man Found Unconscious Near Roundhouse
In Wichita Falls on May 11 a 72 year old wanderer Patrick was found in a stupor near the Fort Worth and Denver roundhouse. He had crawled into a sand house and his feet were burned by a steam pipe while sleeping, doctors planned to amputate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Patrick
Fort Worth & Denver Roundhouse
Army Planes Drone Requiem For War Nurse
Five Brooks Field army airplanes droned a funeral for Mrs. Vaneman Ford in San Antonio. Chaplain Markey led full military honors for the WWI nurse who served in the French hospital service since 1914 and received French medals after the war. She later married Captain Christopher Ford, a Brooks Field flying instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Brooks Field Army
Vaneman Ford
Markey
Mt. Sernet
Estree St. Denice
Christopher Ford
Brooks Field
Madrid imposes martial rule as riots sweep city
Martial law is declared in Madrid after a week of unrest as mobs burn the Jesuit church and two convents, threaten a priest, and crowd plazas. The ministers meet to end the disorder and close stock exchanges. Troops deployed to quell the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Lander
United Press
Madrid
Council of Ministers
St. Theresa
Plaza de Espana
Also Mentioned on This Page
D.C
Washington Monument
General Grant
Edison
Solon
Prince of Monaco
Duke of Connaught
Messenger
Python
S. P. Brooks
Griggs Ambulance
Mgrath
Trip
Teamster
Lawrence, Kas
Kansas University
Fiule
Spain
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!