Boyd and Connor Fly Columbia Toward London
Capt. Errol Boyd and Lieut. Harry Connor hopped off at Harbor Grace N F for England aboard the monoplane Columbia bound from Newfoundland. The flight, delayed by fog, aimed to be the first Atlantic crossing since 1932 with the veteran aircraft carrying navigators and pilots of notable experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joans
N. F
Columbia
Harbor Grace
London
St. John's
Associated
Prema
Errol Boyd
Harry Connor
England
Newfoundland
Atlantic Ocean
Marry E. Connor
Charles A. Levine
Clarence Chamberlin
Lesvine
Atlantic
Roosevelt Field
Kottbus
Germany
Mabel Bell
Havana
Rome
Levine
Boyd
Royal Air Force
Connor
Roger Q. Williams
Bermuda
R101 disaster sparks call for metal airships and helium debate
The Globe reprints Arthur Brisbane on the R101 tragedy and aviation policy. He argues for all metal clad dirigibles, helium use, and strong defense readiness, contrasting with fears of new airships. President Hoover’s Legion address is endorsed for preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
American Legion
Traffic counts show 10 000 vehicles pass Amarillo underpasses
City engineers report more than ten thousand motor vehicles used Amarillo subways between 7 30 a m and 6 p m on October 3 vehicles counted across East Tenth Avenue West Third Avenue and East Third Avenue underpasses with figures ranging in part from 4 574 to 2 461 cars and corresponding truck counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
East Tenth Avenue
E. N. Stanley
West Third Avenue
East Third Avenue
North Fillmore Street
West Sixth Avenue
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Federals in Brazil start big offensive
Oct 9 reports show Brazil's federal forces launching a major offensive against revolutionaries in the south from Santa Catarina under Gen. Da Costa. About 4,000 volunteers joined in Sao Paulo as authorities target central Minas Gerais and Parana. Spanish language note cites vast army sympathy in Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Powell
United Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Santa Catharina
Nepomuceno da Costa
da Costa
Florianap@is
Heitor Pinteado
Sao Paulo
Santa Catharina Federal
Parana
Bello Horizonte
Minas Geraes
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Temperatures
Amarillo and vicinity forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with increasing cloudiness in West Texas and little change in New Mexico temperatures. In Amarillo, the 24 hour temperature extremes reached 83 degrees high and 60 degrees low by 1 o'clock today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Youth Kills Girl Then Self in Auto Near Colmesneil
Hamilton Bryant, 23, of Colmesneil shot and killed Myris Odom, 16, of Jasper, then killed himself in his car on a rural road five miles from Colmesneil in Tyler County. Justice S. M. Meadows ruled murder and death by own action. The couple had planned to attend a dance at Woodville but found it postponed. Odom died of a heart wound. Bryant reportedly had two pistols. the second was used after the first jammed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Beaumont
Tex
Hamilton Bryant
Colmesneil
Myris Odom
Jasper
Tyler County
S. M. Meadows
Colmesweil
Law
Miss Oxford
Woodville
Miss Odom
Bryant
Romance in Ice Truck Bride Tale Hits California
Albert Doerr, a Texas born Stanford graduate, met Harriet Huntington while driving an ice wagon in Los Angeles. Their romance unfolded amid unlikely odds as Doerr, penniless then, earned his way through college and sparked a striking West Coast love story. The couple’s extraordinary path from ice routes to a life together unfolds across pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Harriet Huntington
Albert Edward Doerr
West Coast
Doerr
el Paso
Texas
Leland Stanford Uni
Versity
Los Angeles
Stanford
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Miss Huntington
Courthouse Plans Ready Next Week
Completed plans for Potter County's new courthouse, costing 420000 dollars, will be ready for approval by mid October. Judge Sam B Motlow says architects are working day and night and Charley Page from Page and Page joined local architects to finish the designs. Commissioners will convene Monday then reconvene to review details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Sam B. Motlow
Motlow
Charley Page
Page and Page
Austin
Townes, Lightfoot and Funk
Amarillo
Legion Adopts War Readiness Resolutions At National Convention
Boston Oct 9 preparedness Constitution led the American Legion opening session as resolutions urged a standing army of 125000 and a National Guard of 210000. Other measures backed marksman ship program and interdepartmental coordination. The group also declined to pursue repeal of Prohibition as a New York proposal was ruled out of order by National Commander Bodenhammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commissioners
Associated Press
Boston
American Legion
National Guard
United Press
American Legion Today
Department of New York
O. L. Bodenhamer
Growth of rifle clubs and expanded funding noted
The article cites the buildup of larger rifle clubs, Congress approving a $50 000 appropriation for rifle club development, enhanced recognition for band leaders, and support for the R. C. T. C. as key developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Public Service Wins Verdict in Lanford Death Case
A jury found Southwestern Public Service not liable in the February death of 5 EB Lanford during church razing at Ninth and Polk. They held Lanford partly negligent, faulting chain strength but citing a hired crew and equipment. Judgment expected from Judge W. E. Gee soon. Boxwell Bros. ambulance, Ph. 5211.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanford
Southwestern Public Service Company
Public Utilities Company
EB. Lanford
Old Baptist Church
Ninth and Polk
Sanford
Utilities Company
W. E. Gee
Gene Howe Pays Reward for Payne Murder
Gene Howe editor of the Amarillo News Globe presented a $500 reward to A B MacDonald of the Kansas City Star for solving the murder of Mrs A D Payne in Amarillo. The reward was offered by the News Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Gene Howe
Amarillo
Texas
News-Globe
Kansas City Star
Howe
A. B. MacDonald
The
Star
A. D. Payne
Solons Probe Red Arms Rumor in Los Angeles
A congressional hearing investigates alleged communist propaganda in 31 Los Angeles high schools and claims of 20 000 arms in communist hands. Roosevelt High School principal Thomas Elson testified intense student activity over years with 50 to 100 propagandists per school. Lieutenant Colonel Roy F Smith warned of imported arms from Mexico and a November 24 mobilization to seize power, while congressmen cautioned California lags New York in Communist activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Thomas Elson
Roosevelt High School
Roy F. Smith
The
Better America Federation
Mexico
Cheka
Tax cut near 26 percent in Amarillo
Amarillo voters will see a city tax rate of one dollar per one hundred of assessed valuation for 1930, a cut of nearly 26 percent from last year. The city reports a surplus and higher estimated valuation, with city officials noting excess funds and city poll tax abolished as a nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
City Commission
Commission
James Bowen
Thompson
Bill Durham
Durham
C. H. Winterhaler
Unemployment Highlighted At AFL Convention In Boston
The AFL resolutions committee heard a report noting unemployment as the outstanding economic fact of the past year. It said production was sound but credit adjustment and wage incomes failed to support purchasing, emphasizing unemployment as a major national issue. Delegates favored proposals to address this problem. In Olney Texas, burglars stole a grocery safe last night, hauling it away in a borrowed truck before returning the truck with the battery dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Resolutions Committee
American Federation of Labor Annual Convention
Executive Council
Olney
Texas
Gilbert
Highway 66 Meet Tonight on North Side
North Amarillo property owners are urged to attend a meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the Buchanan Street School announced by K L Richardson. Important Highway 66 matters will be taken up. The GA organization plans the session to discuss local issues on the north side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Amarillo Highway
Buchanan Street
K. L. Richardson
Richardson
North Amarillo
Mary Garden Returns to U S to Sing Over Radio
Mary Garden arrived in New York aboard the Bremen described as quite frisky after a Riviera summer. She plans to sing on the radio on the fifteenth and then travels to the West Coast for a voice test before touring Chicago and France, saying she will not pursue citizenship or marriage while she works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Garden
U.S
Raddio
Associated Press
New York
Bremen
Riviera
Miss Garden
Sho
Alfred E. Smith
Misa Garden
West Coast
Chicago
France
Army on Wheels Demonstrates Future War at Aberdeen
An army on wheels demonstration at the Aberdeen proving ground shows a mechanized future battle with observation planes, armored cars, tanks, self propelled artillery, and extensive radio use. The display, for army ordnance association delegates in Washington, features heavy to light artillery, antiaircraft elements, chemical mortars, and cross country carriers advancing infantry to seize targets. Nightfall will bring spectacular antiaircraft firings against towed targets as the program continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Aberdeen
Army Proving Ground
Army Ordnance Association
Washington
Ments
Ordnance Department of the Army
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ocean Plane
CHAM
Berlain
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
Berlin
Lufthansa
Vienna
United States
Earth
Moffet
John
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Federals
Brazil
South
President Spurns
Washington Luis
James J. Miller
Buenos Aires
Lindolfo Collor
Porto Alegre
Collor
Griggs Ambulance
Pance
Trucit
ARMY
O'Neil
Kansas
Johnson
South Carolina
Legion
Public Service
Boxwell Bros. Ambulance
Payne
MacDonald
Solons
Ernest C. Thompson
Alf L
Highway 66
North Side
Army On Wheels
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!