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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1929
Page
4
Work advances on a modern dam and swimming pool at Jack Hall’s ranch park in the Panhandle. A large concrete dam is being built beside his house as floods periodically sweep Ama river, shaping the park grounds and water features.
The Fair presents Marquis Preferred with Adolphe Menjou and Paulette Goddard Day. The Mission features The Wolf Song starring Gary Cooper and Lupe Velez. A man faces conflict between lonely traits and love. Also The Treasurer's Report and Dog Law young thriller. Movietone News and Nat Rafe Emerson Orchestra play.
Rille Creek fills the pool with sediment raising flood concerns at Palisades and Harding's ranch. Mr Hall funds two dams. a new $3000 plus concrete curve dam will allow normal spring flow to pass the pool while diverting flood waters through a deeper wider spillway. John McKnight Will Mering and Mullen share the contract.
O P Thrane of Snyder was elected president of the South Plains Bankers Association at a meeting of 150 members in Lubbock Texas yesterday Others chosen O B Norman of Lamesa vice president Morgan Copeland of Brownfield secretary treasurer Midland was chosen as the 1930 meeting place of the body.
AUDUBON Iowa April 23 W W Smith resigned as station agent for the Rock Island lines after 58 years continuous service with the railroad. He was off duty only 141 days in that period ten weeks on sick leave.
Mrs Calvin Coolidge endorses National Sewing Week from April 15 to 20. The campaign asks American women to wear or display items made from modern fabrics for themselves or their families and promotes sewing education at home and in schools.
Amarillo residents in districts served by the county and Amarillo school system are urged to render property tax renditions now. Tax Assessors E Kinkead and George Wad dill announced there will be no second call, with rendition blanks left where assessors found no one home, to be returned by April 30 to avoid listing on the unknown roll.
Sherman Texas April 23 Although identified by three men as the lone bandit who robbed the First National Bank of Bells escaping with more than 60 dollars Harvey Blassingame alias E L Robinson today stuck to his denial that he is the man sought by police Blassingame was arrested in Oklahoma by Sheriff Arthur Vaughan and Deputy Sheriff Bart Shipp and brought to the Grayson county Jail Farmers with whom the bandit stopped on his way to Oklahoma will pass in review before him today in an effort to complete the identification Monday Blassingame was viewed by two bank employees and a groceryman all of whom pointed him out as the bandit.
The new city commission opens with Lester Stone set to be sworn in after 859 votes were canvassed. Stone trailed by 50 votes in a three-way race, while retiring Commissioner J H Harris opted out of a runoff. Precinct results show varied tallies across districts.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Indies auxiliary will hold an eight o’clock meeting at the American Legion home in a brief session. W L Ottinger commander says the gathering won t disrupt plans to entertain Wichita trade boosters.
Nellie Hardin of 706 Florida avenue received word from Chil dress of the death of her sister-in-law Lennie Hardin early Sunday morning. Lennie Hardin had been a frequent visitor in Amarillo with many friends here who regret the news. Dr J H Chandler returned from Bartlesville Oklahoma after several days on business. Mr and Mrs J H Wiseman returned from Mineral Wells where they had been for three weeks.
An 19th or early 20th century ad touts Gordon's internal antiseptic as a cure for indigestion by stopping stomach fermentation. It claims immediate relief from dyspepsia, excess acid, gas, bloating, heartburn, sour stomach, and fatigue, urging readers to buy from a druggist for under three cents a dose.
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