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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1930
Page
10
Police announce motorists who fail to answer traffic summons will be radio announced. A list of non responders, with vehicle details and driver names, will be read over daily broadcasts by station DAG from city hall. Officials note improved compliance and few school zone violations. double parking remains common.
Court house records show several warranty deeds including Lula Heskett to Donegan Inc for property in Mirror and others to Glenn Nutt, James M. Shelton to R B Masterson, and Ruby Walls to James M Shelton with McKinstry blocks. Vehicle listings include Olds sedan from King Motor Co and Pontiacs from Mason Motor Co and Buick sedan from Clovis Motor Co with addresses in Wichita Falls.
Major C A Grover, longtime Denver Little Theater figure, will double as Kenneth Wayne and Jeremiah Wayne in Smilin Through, a Tri-State Fair Association production to be presented October 17 at Municipal Auditorium. Cast includes Mrs J M Brooks, Catherine Bartlett, Mrs H N Wheeler, Arnold Lupton, Fred Young, W L Smith. Intermission features coffee and wafers. ushers wear hoop skirts reflective of the scene period.
A petition signed by 85 percent of Sunset Park property owners was presented to the city commission by T. J. Wagner. The petition requests inclusion of Sunset Park in city limits and notes paved streets largely paid for by the petitioners. A special election would be required to grant the prayer, if called.
L. L. Paul of 2456 South Buchanan urged the city commission to cover a $75 medical bill after his daughter was bitten Aug 9 by a stray mad dog. The claim was rejected, with officials citing an ordinance against stray dogs and noting the city does not guarantee violation-free compliance.
In Moscow notices show a vogue for name changes under the Soviet system. People file at the state registry and publish in official papers. examples include Bestolkov to Olshanski, Ratoziev to Zoria, and Lina Kozlov to Dobrin, with meanings like stupid and goat.
A humorous quip about losing temper during a bridge game features a girl remarking surprise at the scene and a remark that anger was all the speaker had left to lose, illustrating witty banter from the era.
Lee Brinkley of Princeton Kentucky says he will tell or write of his success with Sorbol Quadruple a colorless liniment easy to apply and inexpensive Get more information at Randall Drug Company or write Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio Sold by all druggists.
Sixteen of twenty seven defendants indicted by a federal grand jury at Muskogee pleaded not guilty in Ardmore federal court. Judge Robert L. Williams set their joint trial for December 1 at Chickasha for conspiracy and destruction of government property tied to a mob that killed Henry Argonegro after an alleged attack on the wife of arraigned G. W. Skinner. Conviction carries up to $5 000 fine and 20 years.
A humorous dialogue notes an educated woman applicant who worked as a maid in a college boy’s fraternity house for three years. The piece also mentions Pele Mele in Paris and the large sale of balls annually, many entering ponds.
A Humorous Tit-Bits snippet features a man claiming he endured angina arteriosclerosis tuberculosis and aphasia but that was only a spelling contest. The exchange with a snickering onlooker underscores the comic twist. The remark plays on medical jargon versus the harmless competition.
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