Gasoline Tank Explosion Threatens Kansas City District
A 20 000 gallon gasoline storage tank at White Eagle Oil and Refining exploded in Kansas City. One man was critically burned and several firefighters injured as flames rose 300 feet. Fire fought for four hours with water and chemicals proving largely ineffective. Residents evacuated and the blaze threatened nearby tanks as gasoline spilled into storm sewers.
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United Press
Kansas City
White Eagle Oil and Refining Company
Joseph Myers
White Eagle
Dan Donovan
Donovan
Campaign winds down as voters set fate of House and Senate
In the final pre election pause of 1930, Republicans and Democrats face a tangled party alignment and a strong questions about Prohibition, Mooer administration issues, tariff, farm relief, and the business downturn. Analysts expect a possible decline in Republican majorities and a shift toward Democrats in some races as campaigns close.
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Byron Pricf
Associated Frees
House of Representatives
Senate
Moorer
Congress
Bacteriophage Discovery and Literary Censorious Lists
Essays by Arthur Brisbane on bacteriophages and medical potential outline a germ-eating substance used against cholera. Hugh Walpole’s six books review sparks debate on literature, while Tolstoy Austen Doughty Chaucer outshine. Calvin Coolidge praises earned prosperity amid idle labor concerns.
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Hugh Walpole
Tolstoy
Homer
Jane Austen
Kent
Doughty
Arabia
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Walpole
Wilson
Seats Remaining for Mary Garden Concert at City Auditorium
Mary Garden concert tickets are on sale at City Drug Store. The recital starts promptly at 8 15 p m at City Auditorium. Wilbur C Hawk announces excellent seats in all sections available at popular prices 1 00 1 50 2 00 2 50 and 3 00. Miss Garden arrived in Amarillo yesterday morning and is in splendid voice for tonight's performance.
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Mary Garden
City Drug Store
City Auditorium
Wilbur C. Hawk
Miss Garden
Amarillo
Jews Protest British Policy at Madison Square Garden
Forty thousand Jews gathered at Madison Square Garden to condemn Britain's Palestine policy. Police faced crowd pressure as the protest grew beyond capacity. tear gas was threatened to restore order. A resolution outside and inside denounced immigration limits as masking political aims.
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United Press
New York
Madison Square Garden
Palestine
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Tonight and Tuesday
Fair conditions prevail for Amarillo and West Texas tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. New Mexico also sees fair weather, frost likely in the southeast portion tonight. Temperature extremes reach 68 and 44 degrees. Sunrise Tuesday is 7 11 and sunset 5 50. SEARS.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mary Garden Visits Amarillo English Field
Opera star Mary Garden toured Amarillo Sunday and visited English Field. She posed at the airport with pilot Al Pyle traffic representative W D Peck Jr and Mayor Ernest O Thompson.
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Amarillo
Mary Garden
English Field
al Pyle
Western Air
W. D. Peck, Jr
Ernest O. Thompson
Miss Garden
Pyle
Pilot Pyle
Mr. Peck
Mayor Thompson
Potter County Sets Polling Places for General Election
Voters must use the 19 designated boxes for the general election Tuesday as in the July and August primaries. Locations include the Courthouse City Hall Buchanan Street School East Side School Allison Schoolhouse Loney Schoolhouse Masterson ranch headquarters Wilson School Sixteenth Street Fire Station Wolflin School and listed officers for each box.
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Potter County
W. Shelburg
J. M. Donaldson
J. W. Goff
F. M. Ong
J. M. Mullen
Harve Trollinger
J. D. Cazzell
M. F. Taylor
Buchanan Street
E. L. Richardson
J. W. Broaddus
Sid Woodward
E. G. Placey
Pete Lange
Amarillo Growth Seen by Fort Worth Rail Leader
Gen. John Hulen visiting Amarillo as a booster predicts the city’s rise to a major Southwest center, compares it to Houston and Denver, and discusses Denver Road plans to consolidate overnight Dallas service to save about 260000 dollars yearly while maintaining rapid connections to Fort Worth and Dallas. A Texas Railroad Commission hearing on the proposal is set for Fort Worth Wednesday.
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Amarillo
John Aulen
Fort Worth
General Hulen
Southwest
Denver
Denver Road
Dallas
Hulen
Texas Railroad Commission
Vargas Becomes Brazil's Provisional President
Getulio Vargas, insurgent generalissimo and liberal alliance head, was sworn in as provisional president of Brazil after a revolution that toppled the prior regime. His inauguration comes one month after the upheaval and nine days after deposition.
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Presa
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Liberal Alliance
Woman jailed after throwing laundry truck window
Patrolman Potter stops Mrs. Joe Bekesi who hurls a block at a laundry truck. She admits trying to reach court after husband allegedly assaulted her and damaged their home and washing machine. She is booked for disorderly conduct and held for investigation by the women's division.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Vern Potter
Bangor Avenue
Joe Bekesi
Potter
Mrs. Bekesi
Bekesi
Potter County Eyes General Election on Tuesday Ballots
Potter County voters prepare for the Texas general election with polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Straight party ballots are common as Democratic and Republican nominees run unopposed. the Communist and Socialist votes are expected to be negligible. Key races include Governor Talbot and Justice Warwick with no opposition on the Republican slate.
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Potter County
Texas
Talbot
KR. Wgual
Court of Civil Appeals
C. W. Warwick
Mary Garden to Open Western Tour in Amarillo
Mary Garden arrives in Amarillo to appear at the Municipal Auditorium tonight, promising a varied program and English encores. She seeks to answer Col. Erasmus Tack’s past criticism of Thais and may speak at the venue. Dancereau piano soloist accompanies as ticket sales show many seats remain available. See Mary Garden Page 2.
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Mary Garden
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Erasmus Tack
Thals
Tack
Old Tack
Miss Garden
Pacific Coast
Chicago
City Drug No. 1
Health merger in effect unites city and county units
Two health departments under city and county control are merged into a full time unit for Amarillo and Potter County. Dr. Benjamin M. Primer announced the move after a city hall meeting and said former staff will be retained except for retiring leaders. Staff must submit applications to the state health department as plans for a school health program and public health education in schools begin.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Benjamin M. Primer
H. H. Tatson
E. A. Johnston
State Department of Health
Primer
Film Capital Mourns Death Numa the Lion
Hollywood mourns Numa the lion a 16 year old Abyssinian born film star with a ten year screen career and a reputed $75 000 earned for his owner Charles Guy Funeral services will be held at Cage 10 on the lion farm with Mrs Numa and many lions and keepers in attendance His gold skin will be stuffed and placed beside Slate the lion who died years ago.
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Upited
Hollywood
Numa
the Lion
Abyssinia
Charles Guy
Cage 10
Guy's Lion Farm
Slate
Western Europe hit by gale across nations
A powerful Atlantic storm battered Western Europe and England on November 8, causing deaths and injuries, extensive property damage, uprooted trees, roof losses, overturned cars, and widespread flooding amid heavy rains and high winds. The Isle of Thanet voyage disrupted as seas surged.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
England
Atlantic
Isle of Thanet
Folkestone
Oklahoma City's Wild Well Tamed and Fire Out
The Stout gusher at Morgan Petroleum No. 1, feared as the era’s greatest local peril, was capped after four days of blasts and a massive oil and gas output. Fire along the North Canadian River burned briefly before being contained by workers led by W. A. Paul and John Gordon as traffic swelled with onlookers. A new oil fire near Spencer, four miles west of the river, drew regional attention today.
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Stout
Iran
Oklahoma City
Morgan Petroleum Company
North Canadian
W. A. Paul
Morgan Company
John Gordon
Indian Territory
Associated Press
Spencer
Governor Moody Urges Texans to Vote Tomorrow
Governor Dan Moody today urged all Texans to go to the polls and support all proposed constitutional amendments. The call comes as Texans prepare to vote on the measures in the upcoming election.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dan Moody
Democrats raid 100 battleground districts in Midwest push
Democratic managers forecast a House majority and a shrinking Republican Senate, while Republicans claim control of both houses with narrowed margins. Governors’ races across 82 states show parallel claims as campaigns focus on Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia Missouri and other battlegrounds.
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House
Senate
Roth
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ohio
Maine
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missouri
Oklahoma
Illinois
Rhode Island
Baby Boy Born to Sheltons in Fort Worth
Word reached Amarillo of the arrival of a baby boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Shelton in Fort Worth this morning.
Fear for Life of Kidnapped Man in Detroit Ransom Case
Charles Kaier a retired real estate dealer is held for ransom by four men posing as federal agents. Police intervention and underworld tips spurred fear for his life as Mrs Kaier failed to meet the kidnappers at two locations after reducing demands from ten thousand to three thousand dollars.
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Detroit
Charles Kaier
Kaier
Diry
Black Hand Squad
Underworld
Legman
Urday
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Arthur Brisbane
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Yale
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Calvin Coolidge
Save
SEARS
Griggs Ambulance
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Mary
Hanna and Odor Photo Service
Gen. Hulen
Vargas
Colonel Tack
J. W W. Dancereau
Film Capital
Numa, the Lion
West
Boxwell Bros. Ambulance
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