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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1930
Page
7
Census Bureau reports April cotton use totals 692 382 bales lint and 66951 linters with gains from March and last year. In storage and compresses 3 696 296 lint bales and 108 066 linters. imports 67 397 bales. exports 949 762 lint and 9 953 linters. Active spindles 260 882.
J V Allred former district attorney at Wichita Falls announced in Alvarado Johnson County he will open his bid for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General next Saturday. He noted he closed his 1926 campaign in the county when defeated by Claude Pollard by about 4000 votes.
Paris May 14 One by one the grand boulevard cafes disappear and Cafe Brebant a landmark dating to 1805 fades. The bed Napoleon allegedly bequeathed to General Montholon figures in a Paris court dispute as an antique dealer holds the relic while the general's descendant seeks recovery and the court decides.
W. W. Harrison, 50, a non resident member, jumped or fell from the 4th floor of Chicago’s Union League Club. He was found shortly after and had telephoned a physician moments earlier. Harrison managed the Lyceum Bureau and registered at the club the previous night.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, homeward bound from his South Polar exploration, arrived at Balboa in the Canal Zone this evening, the Associated Press reports.
Roscoe Turner and a lion cub attempted to beat the Lindbergh transcontinental record but landed at Curtiss Field after 7 40 p m with fuel exhausted and were 1 hour 18 minutes 33 seconds behind the Lindberghs Easter Sunday crossing in 14 hours 23 minutes 27 seconds.
J. T. Smith a 70 year old Baptist preacher and father of 24 children faces murder charges in the slaying of W. C. Sammons 52 who died after being struck on the head and neck with a shotgun Bond was set at 2500 pending a preliminary hearing Police said Smith admitted overhearing neighbors talking about him and an argument arose over remarks he considered defamatory to his character
To keep cheese moist wrap it in a cloth dampened with vinegar. The technique suggests moisture retention through vinegar treated fabric to preserve texture.
Al Capone slept on a jail cot in Miami after being arrested while attending a boxing bout. Authorities moved quickly to detain him on sight, delaying a habeas corpus hearing due to late judge availability. Police describe their tactic as a Miami variant of the Chicago Plan to arrest gangsters on sight.
The Bratley Chapter of the C I A Club hosted a tea at Amarillo Country Club honoring the graduating class of Amarillo High School. Over 176 girls and their mothers attended. Ventura Smith and Cora Wesley presided at the tea, with a table set in rice and decorated by garden flowers, palms and ferns. Music and dance numbers provided entertainment.
The text notes Capone’s sole jail experience was a ten month sentence in Pennsylvania for carrying concealed weapons. Three companions were held with Capone.
Mrs Clara J Anderson former secretary to Reeder and Reeder attorneys has moved to Longview Washington to serve as secretary for the Long Bell Lumber Company attorneys. She served the firm for 11 years. Mrs Everett Whicker of Littlefield is noted in the same notice.
Residents and relatives travel to see family across towns. Mr and Mrs A W McDavid and Mrs J W McDavid visit Abione to see their mother. Dr Robert A Duncan spent yesterday in Canyon. Jack Fuqua leaves for Oklahoma City to start his own insurance business. Mrs Pete to join him next week. Miss Dorothy Merehon plans a short trip to Oklahoma to visit her father Wy Mershon. Mr and Mrs Hand Jett head to California to visit their daughter in Los Angeles.
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