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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1929
Page
2
A letter writer defends the city water rate plan while noting its hardship on small consumers. He cites a 65 cent monthly increase for 7 000 gallons and calls for careful review. The page weaves in fishing anecdotes and local notices, from cat missing to marriage of community life.
The piece discusses how prohibition profits come from consumer spending rather than poverty alleviation and notes incidents in New Jersey and New York involving intoxication and crime. It mentions a Mansfield Ohio case and a prohibition agent shooting a suspect. It also covers Hoover opposing the William and Mary export subsidy plan, warning it would enrich speculators, lower world prices, cause bankruptcies, and fail to solve farming problems.
The page lists radio stations and time slots for an air features section. It mentions a 9:00 reception for old counselors and includes many station call letters such as WDAP WFAA KPRC WHAS WTMJ and others across the list.
Amarillo Kiwanians invited to attend the initial meeting of the Childress club on Monday night, April 29. Lieutenant Governor Walter C. Rylander of Lubbock will present the charter. Hollis Oklahoma Kiwanis plans to send seventy members to Childress. Fred Galle, president, coordinates for a large Amarillo delegation.
The first full carload of Maxwell House coffee is to be delivered to Nobles Bros Grocer Co in Plainview. Henry A Nobles said the expansion of wholesale grocery business supports the unusual shipment. The note mentions financial help sought for a local resident facing loss of housing under Arkansas law.
A 1929 San Angelo item notes that carpet tacks are small nails with sharp points and calls them provocative to the loss of religion, directing readers to Tack Letters on page 15 for more.
United Press reports Slocum cyclone victims include P. E. McDaniels 50 Mrs P E McDaniels 50 Mrs Ben Kirkwood 30 and her two sons 4 and 7 Mrs Edna Gatlin 30 Claude McIver 9. Colorado flood risks grow as streams near flood stage and the Yama River washes away bridges.
Houston counties moved swiftly to aid the stem stricken Slocum area as the Red Cross opened field headquarters in the damaged hamlet. A Palestine drive raised funds and supplies while Grapeland organized similar efforts. American Legion members Boy Scouts and sheriff deputies patrolled to deter looting and protect wrecked stores. Sightseers were barred while debris searches continued and a National Red Cross appeal was sent for aid. O B Vickery survived after a wind driven 1.5 mile ride from a primary school to near his home.
Heavy rainfall in eastern Iowa and central to northeastern Missouri worsens conditions on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The Mississippi near Keokuk climbs to 18.2 feet with flood stage at 14, and expected to reach 85 feet by Sunday while Ohio should ease southern areas.
A storm near the Texas Louisiana line Wednesday afternoon killed A. B. Lane, a Black preacher, and injured another as lightning struck his Mansfield Louisiana residence, starting a fire while Lane washed his hands.
A small tornado struck Hollis Oklahoma late yesterday demolishing forty race horse stables under construction at the fair grounds. Workman N. L. Essary was hospitalized with painful injuries as high winds unroofed several small buildings.
Cheyenne Wyoming reports a blizzard that isolated the city for about 24 hours and halted transportation. Wires were down and outside communication cut off to prevent danger. Train service and highways were blocked and travel in downtown Cheyenne was nearly impossible.
J B Patterson new city manager told Amarillo Rotary Club that more than twenty people have been removed from the city payroll for lack of work. Mayor Ernest O Thompson and commissioners Lester Stone Jim Vernon joined Patterson as they outlined plans for running city government like a big business.
Jessie Madeline Tarpley ten month old daughter of Mr and Mrs L W Tarpley Shamrock died at a local hospital at 1 o clock this morn Services will be held from Griggs Chapel at 430 this afternoon with Rev H A Nichols pastor of the Buchanan Street Methodist church officiating Burial will be in Llano cemetery.
A plant and seed exchange will be held tomorrow at the Gardens Club at 1205 Polk Street. Hours are 9 to 12 in the morning and 2 to 5 in the afternoon. All those with items to exchange are invited.
Chicago April 25 two men linked to Al Capone face trial April 29 charged with seven Moran gang slayings in a North Clark street garage. Jack McGurn and John Scalisi, both Capone followers, were pursued after the St Valentine’s Day massacre that shocked Chicago.
In South Paris Maine a 26 year old Lisbon Falls woman, Anna Merrill Welch, was jailed as investigators probe the death of Elihu Turner a 75 year old Hartford farmer. Turner's charred body was found at his fire ruined home and the woman claims she slept there with two young children before a fire broke out.
Washington reports Tammany's rejection of Alfred E. Smith shifts party leadership toward elder Woodrow Wilson allies. Analysts foresee Robinson, Glass, Swanson, Simmons, Hull, Cohen, Walsh and Garner guiding national affairs in coming years.
HAINES S continues on page one noting the Panhandle Plains Inc organized with Panhandle counties taking part in promoting regional farming. Exhibits went to major Midwestern fairs last year and an intensive advertising campaign aims to attract farmers to the Panhandle.
Funeral services for George A. Hale 37 a Santa Fe railway special agent who died at his home 1201 Jackson Street will be held at Griggs chapel at 11 o clock Friday morning Rev Clark Buckner officiating The body will be sent to Dodge City Kansas for burial after services in Amarillo He is survived by his parents and a sister Mrs L B Hayden all of Amarillo Hale lived in Amarillo 20 years and was the son of Grant Hale chief special agent for the Santa Fe.
A short verse urges embracing each moment with faith and work. It extols living for the hour the harvest the task and the joy of achievement while thanking God for individual purpose and friendship.
The Kansas City market shows hogs strong to 10c higher with cattle calves steady and mixed, while Chicago and East St Louis markets record varied hog and cattle moves. Cotton and grain also move, with New Orleans and New York futures showing volatility and occasional gains mid-session.
Patterson New Jersey April 25 an eight woman jury found Dapper Don Collins guilty of conspiracy to swindle Thomas Weber Egg Harbor City fruit grower out of $30 000. Foreman Letitia Willett a 22 year old school teacher said his good looks did not sway the panel. Collins styled in immaculate dress acted as his own attorney and witness claiming to be a commission salesman selling liquor.
Thompson plans a Saturday drive to spotlight Phillips Petroleum Company stations at Sixteenth and Tyler Eighteenth and Polk and sixth and Fillmore. He will showcase the Phillips 66 gas and related features while public inspection of his Studebaker and a spinal analysis by chiropractor L M Black precedes the event.
Anna Beauchamp linked to bank robber Henry J Fernekes in trial revelations. The dentist known as Capone associate faced questioning after the St Valentine massacre. Authorities suggest he may have been killed for betraying safeblowers and drug traffickers connected to his side dealings.
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