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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Daily Globe, founded February 20 1924, published evenings except Saturdays and Sunday mornings from 110 East Fifth Street. It is a member of the Associated Press with AP dispatches and local news.
Rates listed for daily and Sunday delivery in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. One week one month three months six months and one year options offered with separate Sunday only annual rate.
Dr. George A. Works of Cornell surveys Texas education showing high per capita school funding and liberal state support. The piece argues education should remain a state, not federal, function with decentralized supervision, quoting Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler on public law and taxation reform.
Press reports outline Japanese officials rebuking the U S Congress for passing the exclusion measure. They warn war is unlikely but insist fairness demands mutual exclusion of each other's peoples. Officials say Americans would face losses while Japan seeks reciprocal movement.
A collection of aphorisms and sayings captured in Amarillo highlighting social views on poverty wealth work optimism and family. Notable lines include quotes on money dirt pessimism hope love marriage and personal responsibility.
A collection of witty remarks and observations from Amarillo stories and public life. Topics include government outdoor life, Greece becoming a republic, barber shops for men, library reading, and light quips about politics, culture, and daily routines. Notable lines reference U S needs rugged men, a Paris sale, and local humor about centennials.
New York observers note late theater arrivals persist despite ads urging consideration. A recent opening had the curtain held to 9:30 with only 17 patrons at 9, while critics recall a supper club that thrives by turning patrons away. An old Delmonico’s cab horse and driver vanish after the restaurant closes, echoing a broader sense of change and loss in the city.
The note praises Luther Burbank for hull-less barley and a two-crop tomato. It jokes that if he lived in Texas he would train chinch bugs to haul wheat to market instead of eating it.
A stark observation contrasts small town life with New York where the aged without funds struggle. The piece notes urban indifference to poverty among the elderly, suggesting the tragedy of aging without support in a big city.
Hereford residents and visitors attend a music festival and business visits by D C Trigg of Fort Worth and F M Lefforge Co. A local beauty shop scene and a loan company agency change are noted along with landowner L Davidson’s travels. Other items include a planned slander suit against The Globe, a new home purchase by A J Martin, and a two bass catch story at Terra Blanca with Panhandle Hardware promotion.
W A Askew says pipeline will power Panhandle oil activity for four pipelines and may extend from Amarillo toward California. Frank Tucker notes significant lending and city benefits from pipeline and oil. Miss Radié Britain praises student music success at festival. Wade Holman cites clear daytime radio reception of Coolidge address via WAAP. Cal Farley outlines a new business men's athletic club. H C Harding supports pipeline benefits, W T Leachman reports rapid furniture shipments to Amarillo.
A communication urges voting for William G. McAdoo of California over Al Smith in the upcoming election. It argues McAdoo represents labor and peace, contrasts Smith with Wall Street, and warns against machine politics led by Neff and Ferguson. It champions McAdoo as best suited for the party and Texas gains from his presidency.
The Mission Theater shows Shadows of Paris starring Pola Negri with Adolphe Menjou and others while The Liberty presents The Seventh Sheriff and a Snub Pollard comedy. A Society Scandal with Gloria Swanson arrives midweek and The Mailman arrives tomorrow.
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