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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1928
Page
16
Police and 1000 dock laborers clashed in Sydney for over half an hour as officers fired on the crowd. Three men were wounded, one seriously, in the fiercest disturbance linked to the waterfront strike. Union workers attacked volunteers who had taken strikers’ jobs.
Property owners in the River Road Independent School District must pay taxes at the home of T B Atkins located half a mile north of the River Road school. Atkins is the appointed tax assessor and collector for the district. Taxes are payable by January 81 1929, and residents should report their property to him to separate it from the unknown list.
Newport News report says a mid-air crash at Langley Field Tactical School killed Captain Robert Archibald of the Marine Corps while Captain Earl Deford survived by parachute. Archibald pulled the ripcord too soon and was dragged as the chute tangled in tail gear. cause of collision under investigation.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Horton who was shot to death at her home were held at 10 oclock this morning from the family home at 400 South Houston street Rev S S Shields of the Assembly Church of God officiated Burial was in Liano cemetery She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs L H Giles Pioneer residents two sons Troy Jr and Vernon a sister Mrs A J Tubbs of Amarillo and a brother Fred Giles of Los Angeles California.
Edward Ressell aged 9 was killed when a shotgun discharged by a playmate, an accidental shooting reported in Texas. The incident occurred late yesterday, the boys were playing together at the time.
Delegates from Amarillo High School debating clubs traveled to Abilene to attend a Simmons University versus University of Sydney debate. They faced muddy roads on the return, rode by train, and arrived home last evening. Simmons University team was declared the winner. The Amarillo group of twenty, led by Charles F Poole and Miss Oretha Cornelius, visited Abilene colleges and the Abilene High School.
Otto Parcival, a farmer living near Cameron Texas died at his home shortly after a mule kicked him in the side. The incident occurred yesterday as Parcival tended to his farm chores. He was pronounced dead at once by local authorities.
C. B. Sutherland, 70, longtime Corsicana resident and the last surviving active charter member of the Texas Embalmers and Funeral Directors association, died here today after sixty four years in Corsicana.
Miss Lita Witt, city tax collector, reports more than 6700 in city taxes for October highlighting unusual early activity. Taxes are payable through January 31, 1929.
The Rock Island freight depot suffered a roof blaze due to a bad flue and hot stove. Fire units were called at 3 am and prevented a larger disaster. Loss estimated at about 200 dollars by the fire department.
Julian Isham Farwell 27 secretary treasurer of Hogan and Farwell real estate Chicago was killed at Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois when his plane took off in dense fog and rain. The craft spun and crashed at about 400 feet his body was trapped in twisted steel to be cut free.
Frank Moffett, 65, killed himself rather than be sent to a charity poorhouse. A physician found him dead from a pistol wound in his Tampa room after Moffett, kept afloat by friends' contributions for a year, refused aid.
Del Rio Texas reports Anna Catherine Terrell two years old fell into an irrigation ditch yesterday and drowned in the city.
In Passaic New Jersey Mrs R R Calvert gave birth to three boys all boys named Herbert Hoover Calvert Alfred Smith Calvert and Norman Thomas Calvert The trio appears to be a strictly non partisan family in the town with the names reflecting prominent nominees of the era.
Patrick McIntyre once dismissed from the Chicago police faced two policemen in a gunfight after he struck Louis Van with a pistol butt in a cigar store. McIntyre died from his wounds, the Associated Press reports.
McIntyre fired at an officer during a store escape. Officers returned fire, fatally wounding the former policeman.
In Tampa Florida a Latin cigar factory worker who could not follow English radio calls was assisted by an interpreter. The translator relayed the World Series plays in Spanish to about 700 fellow-countrymen at the factory, clarifying the action for the crowd.
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