02 Jan 1931
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Newspaper
Pampa Morning Post
Location
Pampa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1931
Page
1
A rambling column from Pampa discusses weather forecasts and linguistic quirks, noting a correction about omitted words in a recent paragraph. It recalls Christmas in Lubbock with firecrackers, praises Gray County's new officials, and critiques archaic Texas oaths while stressing civic responsibility and regional pride.
County commissioners in the first meeting of the year approved deputy appointments for Sheriff Lon Blan, Tax Collector T W Barnes, and County Clerk Charlie Thut. The panel set salaries for three deputies in Thut’s office and for several deputies in Barnes’s office, while denying a Constable Ty man’s deputy request. The panel also mandated office managers to file detailed deputy plans with the county clerk and clarified that offices must cover deputy salaries from their own funds. Deputy approvals included a $1500 annual deputy, $1200 and $960 positions, and prisoner feeding at 75 meals per day.
Bandits opened fire during two New Year’s Day robberies in Chicago. Patrolman John Voridruska died guarding a Yellow Cab firm on the West Side. six others were wounded, including Detective Martin Joyce and Patrolman John Maier. One robber escaped with about $1,700 as chaos erupted in a night club area once ruled by Bugs Moran.
Directors of the city development board will host state representatives C. W. Warwick A. G. Johnson G gE Lockhart and Tarwatut of Plainview along with Senator Clint C Small at a luncheon in the Schneider hotel. J M McDonald of Pampa and Jack McDonald will discuss oil and gas supervision after. A field tour for the legislators is planned for 9 oclock this morning to acquaint them with Panhandle conditions and the oil field’s true state to guide upcoming natural resource legislation.
Regularity of the board of directors of the Board of City Development will be held at 1 30 Monday night in the B CO DB rooms at the new city hall building. Mrs B Mr Marshal had an operation at Pampa hospital Thursday.
A garbled report notes the arrival of a baby with the name Mister 1931, born at 8:90 p.m. on Thursday night. The attending physician was Dr Wild. The fragment mentions eligibility for some travel or offer tied to the first baby of the year but lacks clear details or confirmation.
A Baltimore fire destroyed the four story Baltimore Post plant. One man, Joseph R. Douglass, a phototype operator, died after jumping from the third floor as flames and smoke engulfed the structure. About 5 others unaccounted for, with several injured slightly. The basement explosion triggered the blaze as the press was about to issue the late edition. Firemen battled high flames across the water front while exits crowded the stairways and windows.
Theodore Ahreys president of the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary urges a five day working week with six days pay to reduce unemployment. He notes machinery and labor saving devices have created a rich factory problem and suggests a possible six hour day in the future.
A youth was detained in connection with a $60 theft from the Blark and McMilien cash register at 201 West Atchison. No charges filed yet as he awaited transfer to county jail. He was captured after seen fleeing by E C Clark and W Campbell at Pickering Lumber yard, with a 22 pistol recovered.
Five two story business district buildings in Wynnewood Oklahoma were razed by a blaze early today. Damage estimated at more than 70000 dollars. Origin of the fire undetermined.
Local labor in Pampa will be used for railroad construction on the eight mile line from Heaton to LeFors near mapping. Frank Wilby and J. Placek oversee the operation with unemployed men starting work this morning.
Insurgents ambushed Marines near Managua killing eight and wounding two. The battle, led by Miguel Ortez of Augusto Sandino’s forces, occurred as Marines worked on a damaged telephone line. Eleven enemy dead and four wounded reported. listed casualties include Sergeant Palrang and eight privates. Wounded were Frank Austin Jackson and Mack Hutcherson among others.
Bobbie Trott, a Los Angeles aviatrix, and Edna May Cooper, former actress, failed an endurance record attempt after their refueling plane failed to inform. They had taken off at 2 40 44 p m local time and landed at 3 15 p m. The incident followed an in flight refueling problem near TEMPLE Texas on January 1. Building permits in Temple during 1930 totaled 1 492 048 dollars, city officials announced.
The article records the first twenty to apply for 1931 auto licenses in the county. It names Blanton Elliott Leech Walker Thompson Tanner Smith Duenkel Sweet Brown Pipkin Looper Williams Guay and others, with taxes ranging from $5.60 to $25.60, covering Ford Chevrolet Dodge Pontiac Buick Lincoln Nash and more.
Adolphus Busch Orthwain, 13, grandson of August A. Busch, Jr. and heir to the Anheuser-Busch fortune, was returned unharmed after a New Year’s Eve kidnapping. Henry Troll, acting for the family, said no ransom was paid and no questions will be asked beyond honoring a prior agreement for the boy to recount nothing about the experience.
A fire in Nacogdoches Texas razed the oil mill with damage estimated at 2500 dollars. An adjoining hay and feed warehouse owned by J B Fenley caught fire from the blaze and burned late tonight with losses feared at 10000 dollars. Origin of the fire remains undetermined.
Partly cloudy and warmer in Oklahoma through Friday and Saturday with similar conditions in Texas. Coastal winds shift from easterly to southerly, moderating to fresh strength along the coast. West Texas forecasts show fair skies with warmer temperatures and partly cloudy intervals into the weekend.
Newkirk Oklahoma Bruce Potter Kay county attorney says prints on Griffith sisters ear and Earl Quinn in same class, though full match pending Missouri prison prints arrival. Reports of suspects watched at Asher and Durant. Quinn not linked to Norman attack. Joffre survives after coma. Paris shaken as false death report spreads.
Stray bullets fired into the air during New Year celebrations in Buenos Aires killed a man named Juan de Andrea and wounded five others including a woman. The shooting occurred as revelers rang in the new year on the street. The incident halted celebrations and prompted police inquiries.
On Lon L Blanscot s first day as Gray county sheriff no arrests occurred yet. Deputies uncovered two hack guns razors and other jailbreak tools in a search of the county jail as the new force was sworn in. Police reported quiet on the south front from the city hall offices near the courthouse.
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