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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1924
Page
4
The item presents bibliographic details of the Amarillo Daily Globe including foundation date February 20, 1924 and publication schedule. It notes entry as second class matter and lists offices and departments in Amarillo Texas. The text also includes subscription rates for various regions and periods.
General Dawes, credited with shaping the reparations plan bearing his name, is viewed in Washington as moving toward quicker German payments to the American army of occupation totaling 250 million dollars. He also meets Italian Prime Minister Mussolini in Europe to discuss Italy’s war debt to the United States.
The fascist movement in Italy is not Bolshevik. It is built by World War I veterans organized to fight the Reds. Mussolini leads the government as premier, showing the group as patriotic rather than radical.
The piece urges cautious oil promotion in Amarillo, warning against building solely on oil profits. It argues for a diversified base combining oil with real estate, agriculture, and trades to prevent a slump. It also notes German reparations pressures, currency fears, and Schacht's block on foreign travel to protect the rentenmark.
The country funds salaries for congressmen and senators while debate grows over whether to extend investigations. Critics argue lawmakers fail to reach tax reduction consensus and that investigations may cost less than future appropriations.
A London report questions the viability of floating an 800 million gold mark loan to Germany under the Dawes reparations scheme. The item links this doubt to a writer who questioned financing a Ford coupe yet made it, noting such propositions are relative. Kansas State College announces a regular radio agricultural course airing nightly at 7 for one hour, with the station’s power reaching coast to coast and gulf to Canada.
A spoof of daily life and social quirks covers self examination, cleanliness, fashion, politics, cars, spending, and aging. The piece lampoons pretentiousness and modern habits with quips about bobbed hair, oil scandals, parking cars, and changing social norms, ending with a note on aging and money pressures.
Claude Texas April 21 Miss Sarah Elizabeth Campbell is the valedictorian of the Claude graduating class. She editors the Whirlwind high school paper and is praised as an accomplished young lady. Aneta May Page and Birdeen Nedson are valedictorian and salutatorian in grammar school. Seniors prepare a commencement play titled Kicked Out of College.
Eastern stations relay President Coolidge remarks at Associated Press luncheon in New York, with wire from Chicago and Ottawa programs. Afternoon and evening schedules include hospital events, soprano performances, bands, orchestras, and music talks across WEAP WOR WGY KDKA WCAE WOO WJCC.
O O McIntyre recounts a day in New York with visits to Rupert Hughes Jay Kaufman and Gilbert Seldes. He notes Eva Le Gallienne admired by the author a talk with entertainers and a humorous reminiscence of a failed bicycle act with family reaction.
Interviews recall origin stories in Amarillo 1906 cotton arrivals from Estacado Hale County and the 1889 move of the old town to the present site. Participants include Bert Ackley’s antelope hunt, George Hayden bear capture, and early local trades by John Stahl and Jim Burgess.
The noted Italian tragedienne Eleanora Duse died this morning in her Pittsburgh hotel room after contracting influenza and related complications. Her body will be sent to New York, then later to Italy, per her physician Dr. Charles J. Barone.
Pola Negri stars in Shadows of Paris at the Mission with Adolphe Menjou and Charles De Roche while Neal Hart leads Lawless Men at the Liberty with Mack Sennett comedy relief. Mabel Normand arrives in New York. The Thief of Bagdad debuts at the Liberty with Douglas Fairbanks and Julanne Johnston featuring lavish visual effects.
Short items from Amarillo area include Terrills visiting Can yon and Wastwoods in Canyon as Bond and insurance firm promotes buying best policy. Running Water school district to vote on a 14000 bond for a new building. Easter apparel cleaning offered by City Cleaners and Dyers. John H. Oldham of Plymouth enlisted in the U S Army and joined the Seventh Cavalry at Fort Bliss. Easter services led by Rev Gordon Lang at Tulsa Presbyterian Church with ruling elders installed. Tulsa Baptist church held a successful Intermediate department banquet with Rev John R. Rice as speaker and 55 attendees. W M Hall of United Sash and Door returns from Wichita trip praising Amarillo. A loyal Airdale dog accompanied its boy to Easter services as an altar boy observer.
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