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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
2
X ray confirms Bozo swallowed razor blades and glass pieces as three Amarillo youths watch. Tack pays $200 after Bozo performs the stunt under medical supervision. Contest claims and manager's publicity spark debate over truth of the act.
Jodie Colvard an 11 year old Elk City Oklahoma boy is lost and thought to be in Amarillo. His father Dee Colvard is in the city today aiding the search. He left Elk City Sunday morning with two grown youths headed toward Amarillo. He wore blue overalls tennis shoes and a white hat. Information should be sent to Quince Colvard Elk City.
Thirty five pounds of mail were carried yesterday on the newly opened North Amarillo free delivery route. Foreman W L Simms praised the community for prompt mail box setup and delivery applications showing strong demand. About 15 more blocks will be added next month if the post office approves. Further expansions are planned every month or two as demand grows.
About fifty goodwill emissaries from Amarillo join Perryton's tenth anniversary carnival under the Jobbers and Manufacturers Association. A large automobile caravan led by cars left the auditorium at six this morning, followed three hours later by an air delegation. The return trip is planned for late afternoon.
C. C. Moseley vice president of Curtiss Flying Service will attend the air derby next month with a Curtiss plane from Glendale California Grand Central terminal. Jack Fry president of Standard Air Lines also plans to attend likely in a Fokker. Invitations were extended by Dalton McCarthy chairman of the invitations committee.
A carnival dance in the Municipal Airport hangar will open the derby week on September 7 with Joe Norman's Orchestra. Tri-State Fair officials, holding concessions rights, plan 10 cent dances and carnival accessories as part of the airport dedication events. Natives in the Solomon Islands were found wearing beetle log necklaces as love tokens.
Miss Noyes saved her plane after a fuel fire near Fort Worth then landed for night repairs. The Air Derby from the Pacific coast to Cleveland began with 9 a m departures from Meacham Field as pilots including Earhart Thaden and O'Donnell posted elapsed times to Tulsa and beyond.
A fragmented listing outlines multiple radio features and station callsigns such as Newark 710 and WADC KOIL WMAQ WOWO KMOX KMBC, with segments titled Story Hour, Radio Time, and Russian Village. Includes time markers like 6:20 and 8:20 and mentions Western Chain and various affiliates.
A series of readers from Canyon Plainview Hereford and Amarillo request yo yos from Tack. Names include Kitty Beth English Floyd English Frances Bevel Lucile Bevel Christine Bevel Gerald Banner and a boy with his grandma. Messages reference receiving yo yos and planning to visit.
In Amarillo a series of mass meetings will explain the proposed Junior College and its probable cost. Dr. W. M. Curl and Supt. W. A. McIntosh will lead the San Jacinto Heights session Wednesday night with a North Amarillo session Friday led by H. S. Mulholland and Supt. MelIntosh.
AZeppelin captain Eckener is steering toward the Pacific coast in a nonstop flight. Weather appears unfavorable to the north while the airship drifts southward seeking better conditions. If storms are evaded and speed remains high as in the Siberia to Tokio run, it should reach Los Angeles before noon Tuesday.
The United States weather bureau reports disturbances along the Graf Zeppelin’s transpacific flight path. A 5 p.m. Pacific time reading notes high pressure near the Aleutians then falling west of 180 meridian with a moving disturbance in the western ocean and a new system developing southeast of Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska.
Graf Zeppelin lifts from Kasumigaura at 3 18 p m for Los Angeles marking the first airship flight over the Pacific. Crew 41 and 19 passengers total 60 with new chief engineer Karl Beuerle aboard along with Japanese naval and army officers and a Japanese news agency representative.
Leo Sparks, county attorney, reported much better after a Wednesday night auto crash. He remains with spinal injury and will have an x ray this afternoon to assess damage. Assistant Daniel McGrath handles office matters as Sparks recovers at his home on Ong Street.
Commander Jonas Ingram arriving in Dallas said a 60 000 spectator capacity would allow the two game series between Southern Methodist University and the United States Naval Academy to be played here. The first game in 1930 would be at Annapolis or Washington with Baltimore no longer a likely site. Ingram met with SMU officials to finalize details and contract timing, after visiting the Rockne Warner coaching school following his Dallas salesmanship club appearance.
An old miracle play Everyman was produced in Canterbury cathedral on Tuesday. The Deity was portrayed by an actor in a white beard a golden crown and a red mantle. Forest fires rage in Montana and Oregon timber preserves threaten 400 million feet of lumber. Discarded cigarettes often start such fires.
Hogs, cattle and sheep across markets show mixed moves with gains at Kansas City and Chicago hogs and steadier cattle. Fort Worth notes higher truck hogs and steady calves, while Chicago reports stronger hogs and varied cattle and veal prices.
East St. Louis livestock totals show 7500 sheep with bids up 25 cents, lambs at 18.00 to 14.00, ewes 4.50 to 6.25. hogs 6500 with gains 20 to 85 cents, bulk hog weights 160 to 200 pounds priced 11.85 to 11.90, 190 to 150 pounds 10.75 to 11.75, sows 9.15 to 9.25. cattle 800 with vealers 16.00 and calves 400, vealers up 50 cents. Chicago grain notes wheat gains on drought reducing Argentina seeding, broad gains in corn oats and provisions after initial upturns.
The report details opening steadiness in the New York and New Orleans cotton markets with declines and recoveries as traders weigh weather forecasts and anticipated ginning totals. December fluctuated around the prior close while Liverpool futures showed mixed activity amid hedging and selling pressures.
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