Million-dollar counterfeit money seized in Brooklyn raid
Secret Service agents seized expertly counterfeited $10 $20 and $50 gold certificates valued over a million dollars from a Brooklyn apartment. Three men, including alleged head Perello Mannerini, were arrested as they operated a 4,500 pound lithograph press. Many sheets were still wet, and plans outlined a large-scale distribution system.
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Associated Prove
New York
Secret Service
Brooklyn
Perlelo Mannerini
Ring
Joseph de Negros
Joseph Ross
Ite
Mattio Mattera
Allan G. Straight
Secret Services
Straight
Wang
Brisbanes and Barbarians in the Wartime Era
Arthur Brisbane notes on Amy Johnson’s solo flight to Australia and the era’s aeronautical daring. He comments on Soviet defense, rising youth armies, and global tensions as Mussolini warns Italy while Europe risks war. The piece blends praise of courage with cautions about international powder kegs.
Federal Route 60 Extended From Missouri
Amarillo gains U S Highway 60 designation linking to Springfield Missouri and cities along the route. Five federal highways now pass through Amarillo including 66 and 164 with plans for broader expansion and paved segments projected within three years.
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Amarillo
United States
Washington
Springfield
Missouri
Vinita
Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Ponca City
Enid
Woodward
Canadian
Texas
Pampa
Chicago
Los Angeles
New Mexico
Fort Worth
Here
Denver
Highway Department of the
Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Chilton
Bill Lampe
Kansas
Colorado
West
Pacific Coast
Chilton
Panhandle
New York
North Fork
Virginia
U. S. Highway 60 Association
Atlantic Coast
Capone Narrowed Case Against Miami Officials
Capone’s counter court effort in Miami was pared to one charge against 8 D McCreary director of public safety after a judge dropped charges against Mayor Reeder city commissioner Knight and McCreary A false arrest case against McCreary remained for hearings to continue today as Capone planned a goodwill dinner at Palm Island inviting 50 residents.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Scarface al” Capone
D. McCreary
Public Safety
Capone
Palm Island
Justice of the Peace
Warren L. Newcomb
McCreary
C. H. Reeder
John Knight
Exhaust Method Kills Rats But Draws Skunks
An Amarillo area farmer used a car exhaust to kill grain-bin rats but unintentionally killed skunks as well. He attached a garden hose to the exhaust and directed it into grain piles, then started the engine. Afterward he found the rats and skunks dead in the grainery, the carbon monoxide overpowering even the skunk odor.
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Amarillo
J. M. Hill
Turner Sets East to West Transcontinental Flight Record
Roscoe Turner, Los Angeles aviator, set a new speed record by flying east to west across the United States in 18 hours 42 minutes 54 seconds with one fuel stop at Wichita. The feat lowers Frank Hawks’ nonstop mark by 27 minutes 38 seconds and follows a failed bid for the reverse record two weeks earlier. A lion cub companion slept through much of the flight.
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Associated Press
Glendale
Calif
Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
Turner
United States
Wichita
Kans
Frank Hawks
New York
E.S.T
Charles A. Lindbergh
Reserve Bank Meeting Set for June 19
The annual meeting of the Member Bank Stockholders Association of the Federal Reserve Bank eleventh district was scheduled for June 19 in Dallas. Advisory committee terms for six members expire at the meeting including W. M. Massie of Fort Worth and A F Jones of Portales. Their successors will be named.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Bank Stockholders Association of the
Federal Reserve Bank
Eleventh District
W. M. Massie
Fort Worth
A. F. Jones
Portales
N. M
Nathan Adams
E. H. Schmidt
Eagle Pass
Gus T. Taylor
Tyler
J. T. Yantis
Brownwood
Cardinal Lucon, Rheims Cardinal-Hero, Dies at 87
Louis Cardinal Lucon, famed as the Cardinal-Hero of Rheims, died in Rheims France at 8 30 a m He was 87 and had been declining since Sunday Lucon born October 28 1842 in Maulevrier Angers Diocese and created cardinal priest December 16 1907 He stood fifth in precedence among cardinal priests and became a wartime symbol for staying at the altar during the cathedral bombardment when the roof and pillars collapsed
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United Press
Rheims
France
Louis
Lucon
Ben
Cardinal Lucon
Maulevrier
Angers
Texarkana Gas Rate Hearing Set For Tomorrow
State Railroad Commissioner Lon A. Smith travels to Texarkana with Commissioner Pat M. Neff to hear Texarkana's bid for lower gas rates. The hearing is scheduled for tomorrow and follows the city's application for rate reduction.
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Texarkana
United Press
Austin
Texas
Lon A. Smith
Pat M. Neff
Letter From The Mayor Urges Unity For Amarillo Growth
A May 28 1930 letter from Amarillo mayor to Gene Howe of The News-Globe requests burying the hatchet and uniting for the Panhandle region’s progress. He apologizes for any past hurt, praises The News-Globe, and pledges cooperation and favorable coverage when possible. The message ends with a page note to see MAYOR Page 2.
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Gene Howe
The
News-Globe
Gene
Amarillo
Panhandle
U.S. Prisoners to Leave Soon
Federal court sentences will be carried out in the next two days as Judge James C. Wilson orders prisoners to Leavenworth Fort Worth and Chillicothe penitent iaries. Cletus Dunham former Quitaque postmaster pleads guilty to falsifying money orders and receives 14 months at Leavenworth. Civil cases will occupy court this week.
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James C. Wilson
Leavenworth
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Chil- Heathe
Ohio
Cletus Dunham
Quitaque
Federal judges shift hearings in Red River toll bridge case
In Muskogee Oklahoma on May 28 Federal Judge R L Williams announced he did not want to continue hearings in the Red River toll bridge litigation and that Judge John C Pollock of Kansas City would hear any further action. Protests against the Hawley Smoot tariff bill were sent by 49 General Motors executives stationed abroad, urging their impressions to congress. Mothers of Fifth Division servicemen toured the Meuse Argonne battlefield in France, recalling grim World War II days.
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AMS
Associated Press
Muskogee
Oklo
R. L. Williams
Red River Toll Bridge
John C. Pollock
Kansas City
G. M
United Press
New York
General Motors Corporation
Romanne - Sous - Montfaucon
France
Meuse-Argonne
Tar and feather case tied to Hammond dentist affair
Isaac Starnes, one of five brothers arrested in Hammond, says he tarred and feathered Dr. Sedgie L. Newsom after learning of his wife’s misconduct with the dentist. Newsom denies improper relations. The Starnes brothers were released on bail as investigations continue.
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Associated Press
Hammond
Sedgie L. Newsom
Hamd
Isaac G. Starnes
Isaac Starnes
Newsom
Isaac
Charles
Gordon
Henry
Newton Starnes
Dr. Newsom
Jackson
Miss
Utility Audit Nears City Commission Meeting
A five year audit of Southwestern Public Service Company earnings, ordered by the city during a utility rates investigation, is now complete. H V Robertson and Company conducted the work, including a month at the St Louis head offices, with findings to be presented to the city commission next Tuesday per City Manager W N Durham.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
H. V. Robertson and Company
City Commission
W. N. Durham
St. Louis
City Light and Water Company
Amarillo Woman Freed by U S Court
Mary Morales of Amarillo was released on her own recognizance after surrender by bondsmen in a federal case charging possession of beer under the national prohibition act. She failed to appear previously, bond forfeiture followed, and she now pledges to return for the September term.
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Mary Morales
Amarillo
Morales
Water Loss Suits Go to Jury Today
Water loss trials proceed as 25 River Road and Pleasant Valley landowners seek about 90 000 in damages from flood waters of a city sewer system. Jurors will decide especial issues after four weeks of evidence with a 65 page charge from Judge Gee.
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River Road
Pleasant Valley
W. BE. Gee
Brown Slaying Remains a Dallas Mystery
Charles H. Brown 27 of Houston was killed behind the State Fair grounds while sitting in a car with two companions. Detectives Fritz and Joens said clues are lacking and target a possible mistaken identity as the motive. Brown's death follows no clear suspect or lead in the unresolved case.
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United Press
Dallas
Charles H. Brown
Houston
Brown
Barney Manicchia
Lucille Mills
Pritchard’s Counsel to Seek New Trial
C F Pritchard was convicted in district criminal court yesterday of embezzlement and given two years in the penitentiary. His attorney said today he will seek a new trial. The jury recommended suspension of the sentence, but no proper application had been made. The state asked for an instructed verdict for A B Paris in a separate wife desertion case after a relative of the prosecuting witness testified the wife received ten dollars weekly from her husband.
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C. F. Pritchard
A. B. Paris
Two Killed in Burman Revolt Flare-Up In Rangoon
In Rangoon Burma May 28 two people were killed when military police fired on a party of Indian Muslims blocking a tram and assaulting Burman passengers. Many were injured as disputes from yesterday’s clashes continued with several score dead and over 700 harmed.
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Associated Press
Rangoon
Burma
India
Moody Will Address W T C C at Abilene
Governor Dan Moody left for Abilene to address the West Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting. He will travel to Teague and Lancaster afterward to deliver commencement addresses.
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United Press
Austin
Dan Moody
Abilene
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Teague and
Lancaster
Clint Small Headquarters Established in Amarillo
The Clint Small headquarters move to 307 Polk Street Amarillo on the ground floor fronting Polk Street from the Amarillo Hotel site. Grover Hill will oversee operations and oversee ballot literature distribution as Hill warns probable Potter County candidates to file by June 14 for local races and by June 2 for state and district races.
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Clint Small
Amarillo
Polk Street
Amarillo Hotel
Grover Hill
Mr. Hill
Potter County
Hill
Fort Worth Census Shows 160 892 Population In 1930
Fort Worth preliminary 1930 census puts the city at 160,892 as of May 10 with revision possible. The gain of 54,466 represents about 51 percent growth over the previous decade. Oak Cliff within Dallas reports 68,381 per official federal figures.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
J. W. Stitt
United Press
Dallas
Oak Cliff
Col. A. P. Watts
Mitchell called the driest ever by senator and church
Deets Pickett told the senate lobby committee that Mitchell Palmer was the driest former attorney general, as the Methodist board backed transferring prohibition enforcement to the justice department under Hoover. The Wilson report argued enforcement would have been better led by Mellon than by Palmer, Daugherty, or Sargent.
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Washington
Mitchell
Justice Department
Deets Pickett
Senate
Methodist Board of Temperance
Treasury
Hoover
Department of Justice
Blaine
Wisconsin
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board
Wilson
Mellon
A. Mitchell Palmer
Harry M. Daugherty
Sargent
Pickett
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