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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth and Kansas City report cattle hog and sheep and goat receipts for April 9 with market steady or mixed results. Fort Worth lists cattle calves hogs and sheep with price ranges and qualifiers. Kansas City shows beef steers yearlings cows bulls calves stockers and hogs with price bands and activity notes.
Cattle receipts reached 500 with slow sales for plain grades as grass buyers sought better quality. Cows topped at 6.75, the season high. Hog receipts 1600 with a 5 cent gain, top 7.35, most sales 7 to 7.30. sows 6.25, pigs 5.50.
Am arillo buyers list current Swift and Company rates for farm poultry and eggs. Hens 4 lbs and over 1 1 2 cents per lb. under 4 lbs 20 cents. broilers 15 20 cents. turkeys hens 8 lbs and over 12 cents. toms 12 lbs and over 12 cents. Butter mold free 16 cents. eggs strictly fresh per case 5 55.
Amarillo grain market reports prices paid by the Great West Mill and Elevator company. Wheat basis No. 1 hard, maize per 100 lbs, Kaffir corn per 190 lbs, oats per bushel at 0.245.
The report notes Liverpool futures easing then lifting May cotton over 32 cents as 12 000 spot sales in Liverpool stimulated buying. Forecasts of northwestern freeze and Dawes reparations report spurred realizations amid planting progress. New York saw more stock sales and acreage up three percent with straddle liquidation behind price moves.
A delegation plan forms as railroad men in Amarillo and divisions across Texas endorse William G McAdoo for the Democratic nomination. A banquet at the Amarillo hotel draws nearly 300 delegates and guests with speeches by labor leaders and officials. An auto tour to Palo Duro canyon and a grand ball at the Amarillo hotel are scheduled for tomorrow.
Panhandle residents offered a 40 acre land donation adjoining Panhandle for a tank field if Plains Pipe Line Company from Wichita Falls would lay a line from the Carson field to Panhandle. A delegation led by Sid O Keefe visited Amarillo to survey property interests and raise funds. About a score of Amarillo owners hold Panhandle stakes, with a Friday decision expected on a common carrier pipeline to Amarillo, larger than the Panhandle line.
A group of authorities presents a detailed scheme to secure reparations, outlining multiple avenues to restart the process and address prior evasions from 1921 to 1922.
Washington officials stated the Dawes committee report is highly pleasing from an American view point. A high department official said it should mean a solution to the reparations issue, though they cannot officially approve the document.
Dallas Texas April 9 bids for a Ford assembling plant and two accessory buildings to be built here will be received in Detroit today. The project cost is about 1 000 000 dollars and will include an oil house and office building with three structures. Architect Albert Kahn of Detroit has not finished plans but says grounds will be beautified and a showroom for Lincoln and Ford cars provided.
The telephone originated in America and the United States holds about 63 percent of global telephones with roughly 24 million in use. Europe, four times the US population, has only about a quarter as many phones, despite similar communication needs, due to differences in utility services and adoption.
Bids due by 2 PM April 19 1924 to School Board President T. W. Cotten and Architect E. F. Rittenberry Amarillo Texas for additions to five Ward School buildings All additions under one contract except plumbing and heating which may be bid separately Plans available from the architect with a $25.06 deposit Bids must include 3 percent certified check and a 50 percent bond. board may accept or reject any bid.
Wheeler denounced an indict ment as an effort to end the probe in Great Falls Montana. He claimed personal privilege over a newspaper article and said financial interests opposed to Senator Walsh pressed threats after his vote. He later prosecuted politicians as U S district attorney amid ongoing opposition.
Claude Texas April 9 The Maude high school will close on May 16 and graduate thirty students the largest class Claude has ever seen Names listed Fay Dye Ellen Ransom Edyth Keeter Louie Clay Aileen Cobb Eula Smalley Viola Smith Olenda Grumpke Julia Shackleford Mona Kate Flimmings Johnnie Minkie Thelma Patterson Mary Thomas Sarah Elizabeth Campbell Grace Wiegman Hazel King Dora Kemp Lee Kirk Ramey Rummang Earl Dehart Joe Henderson Ray Corbin Henry Hickox Ralph Corbin B J Walker Carroll Stallings Bill Hood J J Oliver and Johnnie Cobb
A collection of colorful quotes and quips delivered in Amarillo. The lines range from social satire to daily wisdom reflecting humor and criticism of public figures and modern life. The tone mirrors a newspaper’s feature of witty sayings.
A year end 1922 survey tallies 4,689,600 homes with central station electric service, 1,896,050 stores and offices, 429,500 industrial users, 5,600 central station companies, 1,160 holding companies, 44 state commissions, 3,500 machinery makers, 14,139 electrical stores, 1,500 exclusive specialty shops, and 12,000 electrical contractors.
Powerful electric locomotives operate in the Rocky and Cascade ranges pulling trains up grades and, on descent, brake to generate power fed back to the line. The system reduces dirt and smoke, doubles capacity, speeds service, and saves coal.
Funeral services for Mrs. C C Finklea 59 who died at her daughter Mrs A Nicholson Dallas will be held at Blackburn Funeral Home tomorrow at 4 o clock with Rev Milo Atkinson officiating. Survived by mother Mrs M F Smith Amarillo and two sons and three daughters including E B Finklea Amarillo C Finklea Corsicana Miss Roberta Finklea Amarillo and Mrs A C Nicholson Dallas. Lived in Amarillo over 30 years. Active pallbearers listed Christmas?
The piece highlights the unseen work of Bell System central offices and line crews. It explains the cable vaults switchboards and batteries behind every call and honors wire chiefs master electricians and technicians who prevent and repair trouble around the clock.
W H Martin and Dr Harvey Fletcher explain that extending audio range to include 100 cycles and 3000 cycles for speech and up to 5900 cycles for music improves naturalness. They warn against overly absorptive studios and recommend microphone placement Thirty to fifty feet in front of the orchestra and ten to twenty feet from the ceiling for symphony broadcasts.
Lee Reynelson formerly of Amarillo heads back to California tomorrow morning following a month-long stay in the city.
Hal H. Sevier, representative of the national finance committee, says Texans expect the Democrats to win without financial aid. He notes strong fundraising statewide but argues the oil scandal has weakened Republicans, preventing a return to power next year.
Visitors during Fiesta Week will receive refunds of railroad fare via local purchase certificates issued by San Antonio retailers. The plan covers both commercial travelers and visitors who arrive by private car, with car drivers receiving gasoline and lubricating oil script refunds.
Toledo reports that Dr. Frederick Cook, convicted in Fort Worth Texas for oil frauds, will have his case reviewed on April 15. Judge Killetts, who imposed the sentence, disclosed the plan here today.
Crowley was elected president of the New York Central today succeeding the late A H Smith. A H Harris, also a vice president, was chosen as a member and chairman of the finance committee.
Berlin reports Hugo Stinnes industrial magnate is in very critical condition after weeks of illness with gall stones. The update came today as doctors monitor his status.
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