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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1930
Page
6
A turbulent front page notes resignations and demotions in the Chicago police as officials clash over leadership and investigations. Key figures including Russell, Park, and junior officers face career shifts amid accusations of inadequate reforms and financial constraints.
County clerk reports 57 vehicle licenses issued to visitors over two days, with 32 on Saturday and 25 on Friday. Most licensees are out-of-state residents connected to Teachers College for the summer term. Visitors must display Colorado visitor tags to aid identification in case of theft or accidents and to help state authorities track visitor traffic.
The Rev. Bertil Lundh, 27, longtime Missouri Valley pastor, collapsed during a Trinity Lutheran church liturgy in Chicago and died within an hour from a cerebral hemorrhage while reading Romans. His former assistant pastor role noted.
Jane Smith Jr and Clarenee Erickson escaped serious harm Sunday afternoon when a car they were in turned over after a front wheel broke near the Wallace ranch in Pleasant Valley district. Smith suffered a cut on the left finger. Erickson had minor injuries. The vehicle rolled as it went onto its top. Erickson was driving.
A fragmented account describes vows to resist policy limits, threats of protest, and insistence on resignations as officials resist interference. The text hints at political maneuvering, censorship, and a defiant stance toward critics, with emphasis on safeguarding a city’s integrity.
Sam Myers of Cheyenne paid 83 dollars for reckless driving and failing to stay on the right side of the street after being observed driving south of Eighth avenue by Oliver Roy Curry. He received a 59 dollar fine for drunk driving plus 25 dollars and costs for liquor possession, totaling 84. The officer noted his speed at 45 miles per hour.
Summer term registration nears the 2100 mark as late sign ups continue. Last summer 2088 college and post high school students were present, with 1875 enrolled by Saturday’s end, hinting at a large term. Elementary, kindergarten, and pre school enrollments are rising, with pre school at 83 and kindergarten overflowing.
Yoo Escardo, a coal miner at Piro stone, drowned in Firestone Lake while examining about 10 4 m Sunday. The body, found about 10 o'clock Monday morning, was located by Deputy Sheriff Louis Beynon using grappling equipment from Weld county Sheriff's office. The coroner's office planned an investigation Monday afternoon.
Enthusiasm rises for the plikth annual Greeley rodeo and July celebration with more interest than in 1929. Merchants welcome tourists as new horses prepare at Inland Grove park and riders tune gear for July 3 and 4. The top stock from Port Worth and Cheyenne Frontier days is set, and committees press hard to ensure a larger, better two day event with generous purses attracting premier race horses.
Joe Clark was recaptured after escaping Weld County Jail in Greeley. Deputies Wyatt and Geiser, with Laurice, pursued him to Greasy arriving early Tuesday. Clark, formerly at Wisconsin penitentiary, faced extradition to Colorado, having fled the jail in 1921 with Reger Martinez. He and Martinez escaped via a second floor wall, rope from blankets, and a cut window bar, aided by a spectator in the courtroom.
The Republican nominee for governor of Oregon collapsed at a guard camp while working with Major General George A. White and suffered a heart attack. The incident occurred during a training or medical exercise amid preparations for the Oregon national guard event.
Two inmates Danny Reardon and Red Wilson, who fled the state penitentiary last Thursday, were captured about 200 yards from the prison by guards Chedworth and Putney. Starving and short of water after a prolonged escape, they had shaved heads to avoid recognition and hid for more than 60 hours in a cedar forest behind the mountain ridge.
In Chicago on June 10 the six week old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Stensland survived a head wound from a bullet found lodged in the skull. The infant cried after a gunshot heard by the mother on June 4. An x ray showed brain penetration. surgeons could not remove the bullet and the shooter remains unknown.
An Evans resident, 78 year old EU Ferguson, lost his left arm after being struck by a hit and run vehicle while walking near the Greeley Airport around 11 PM Sunday. He was taken to Greeley hospital by an unknown youth and underwent amputation of the arm, with minor head injuries reported. His daughter Mrs. Heberlin was at home. no further details on the driver or vehicle are provided.
Elks lodge of Greeley held Flag Day services on Sunday with Exalted Ruler Albert Line and officers leading a ceremony aided by youths. Milas Gertrude Henthorne and Eugene Carter provided music as prize winning Weld County high school oratorical winners presented on the theme Theodore Roosevelt What He Means to Me. Scouts and Camp Five girls participated in pageant history with prizes awarded by Benjamin A. Woodcock.
Greenwich Conn June 16 An unidentified boy drowned after two fast motorboats collided off Great Captain's Island The Moleta owned by Whilly Wy Plant millionaire sportsman and Claire Windsor film actress were rescued from Long Island Sound shortly after the crash Plants boat sank immediately in the collision
Democrats plan to name their ticket ahead of the GOP with Weld County eligible for 36 delegates to the state assembly meeting in Colorado Springs on July 23. Arrangements were finalized by the state executive committee at the Argonaut hotel in Denver. L. B. Hickman of Greeley serves on the committee. The county assembly date will precede the Republican gathering, with the Colorado Springs choice influenced by local support for broader access to the session.
Washington June 16 The senate agriculture committee approved renominations for Alexander Loire as chairman and C K Teague as member for fruit and vegetables. J G Lobatn of Keanesburg district was sentenced to 30 days in county jail by Justice of the PescaWibert English Mayday morning for possession of liquor after arrest on Saturday.
Two crew members from the Spanish American colony were hospitalized with serious injuries after a dance fight Sunday night in Spanish Town. Antonia Martinez, 26, suffered a knife type wound in the right leg, and Wills Maes Sangundo, 62, had a battered head. A third man sustained facial injuries and a minor knife wound but was not hospitalized. Deputies C. C. Hunter and Josh Hammond found little cooperation on the cause and recovered a high powered rifle hidden in a room. no arrests were made.
President Hoover declares he will approve the Hawley tariff bill as Congress has worked on it for fifteen months. He cites GOP pledges to protect farmers and industry, and calls for revising schedules to defend American workers and home markets amid foreign competition. The tariff commission analysis notes average duties under the 1922 law around 13.8 percent.
Omaha man Rehak serves a five day jail sentence by attending Sundays only after pleading driving while intoxicated. Judge Holmes approved the installment plan to avoid job loss and hardship for his wife and four children. Rehak warned the family would suffer if jailed full term.
Three minor automobile accidents were reported in Greeley during heavy Sunday traffic. Howard Ewan of 1925 East Avenue and Priipa Waton collided on Ninth Avenue. Axihue Skelton backed into Albert Lind on Twelfth Street between Firet and Second Avenues. Laster Shawmale of 1530 Seventh Avenue and W. E. Gudgel of Fort F. BD Warren collided at the Highth Avenue and Thirddanth Street intersection.
A slate of lectures and book reviews begins Monday at 7 oclock in Gunter Hall and Little Theater. Dr. Ellwood Cubberley of Stanford opens with Key Problems of the Teaching Profession. Subsequent events include reviews by Jesne Mewlon, Margaret Mulrone y, and others, plus Shaw's Pygmalion performed by the Colorado Teachers College group.
A Granby auto wreck killed Frank A. Stroessner 46 of Denver and his daughter Margaret 8. Wife Mabel and another daughter also injured. son Robert 13 escaped, aiding victims before help arrived. Sheriff and deputies investigated as car skidded in sand at high speed, overturning.
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