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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1929
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane notes how Colorado's high peaks like Pike's Peak shape advertising and perception. He recalls Denver’s mountain country, praises Cadillac miles high, and observes drivers amid Rockies foothills and grand scenery.
Reports say Manchuria ordered full war strength about 150000 troops to mobilize with 60000 sent to the border as clashes flare near Dalamor and Muken. A war conference in Mukden is planned with high military officials to assess border developments.
Ambassador Dawes arrived in Lossiemouth at 10 30 a m to resume disarmament conversations with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. The premier met him at the station platform and escorted him to his home the Hillocks Boxwell Bros ambulance Ph 5211.
Amarillo plans for the September 7 and 8 air derby attract participation from Pan American Airways in Mexico City and Brownsville Texas. The Brownsville chamber backs inviting Pan American ships and a Brownsville delegation may attend. Boeing Aircraft accepts exhibit and Texas Air Transport will send four planes along with Braniff Airlines. Brooks Field fliers and other groups also plan to attend.
Five persons died in an explosion that ignited a rooming house in Little Rock Arkansas. The victims Hiram Evans 21 Samuel J Archer 16 an engineer named Hartley Daniel Strang and a retired soldier known as Cap were trapped on an upper floor while several others were seriously burned.
A powerful bomb exploded under the front porch of Lawrence F. King's summer home in Chicago. The blast wrecked the front of the house and hurled King and his five children from their beds, though no injuries were reported. King is a county Democratic leader and sanitary district trustee.
W. N. Durham and E. N. Stanley returned from Dallas where they studied street flushing systems. The Amarillo city manager plans to push a similar system at the next city commission meeting amid merchants complaints of street dust. The flushers spray water to wash dirt into storm sewers, avoiding dust from sweepers. radiator work contact 4469. ambulance 4311.
The Senate reconvened at noon after a two month summer recess with only a few members present. The tariff bill passed by the House in May is the agenda, but the finance committee has not finished work, so three day recesses will continue until September 4 when the bill should reach floor consideration. After three minutes the Senate adjourned until Thursday at one of the briefest sessions in its history.
J. R. Clark and A. D. Hick mott were each fined 25.55 for hunting ducks out of season in J P Minter's court. Game Warden Sam Turner testified they shot west of the city yesterday as ducks flock into the Pan handle. he warns hunters not to shoot until October 16 under penalties. Mrs. Kimbrough Hart y named to fill U S commissioner's office after Miss Jewell Seales resigns. Scales retains district clerk duties. Blackburn's ambulance, Pr. 2324-4.
Myra McHenry, foe of women's bare legs, will appear before Wichita city commissioners this afternoon sans stockings. She plans to remove stockings in city hall to show how immodest the bare leg fad is and seeks an ordinance banning bare legs in public.
Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo leaves Amarillo after spending time with W. J. Fuqua. He outlines plans for a transcontinental airline from Los Angeles to New York and two additional routes Chicago to New Orleans and St. Louis to New York. He hopes the line tours major southern and western cities, asserting air travel will grow but not fully replace railroads.
Police search the East River for a young Texas woman named Lola Enloe also known as Mrs. W C Edwards of Beaumont. She disappeared after asking Vice President Curtis to help her start a songwriting career in New York and left letters of introduction in a valise found at Pennsylvania Station.
Homer L. Brown, 22, was stabbed to death on Borger streets after a debt dispute. Blackie Moore alias Guy Greer, 22, held in Stinnett jail on the fatal stabbing. Greer captured near Skellytown. he allegedly borrowed a car and awaits charges. Brown survived by his parents in Cedar Hill and D. T. Blassingame of Borger. body held for funeral arrangements.
The cross country endurance plane Spokane Sun God, captained by Nick Mamer and Art Walker, departed Cleveland airport at 8 05 a m for St Paul Minnesota on its return leg to the Pacific coast. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311. See John about building. Ph 5245 John Maynard Lbr Co 800 W Sih.
The Want Ads spotlight clean trade ins on Amarillo dealer floors offering coupes sedans roadsters and more. The Used Car columns summarize top bargains and urge readers to buy today.
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