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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1929
Page
1
The piece notes Arthur Brisbane's fame and the Globe's editorial stance, praises Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd for her famed sons, and reports a harsh winter with fatalities and shelter seekers. It also muses on sun warmth, future planetary heat management, and odd global vignettes from Berlin, Tokio, and Britain.
A group of 12 Borger and Hutchinson county men plus several ex-officials were released on bonds totaling up to $85,000 as federal warrants accuse them of conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. Bonds ranged from $5,000 to $10,000, and prosecutors indicate further arrests and indictments may follow in the April term.
Publication of President Hoover's message to congress spurred a broad buying movement on the New York Stock Exchange. Scores of stocks rose from $2 to $10 a share, with a few specialties advancing even more. Trading, dull recently, expanded in volume while the ticker lagged the market slightly.
President Hoover in his annual message to Congress calls for swift tariff action to aid agriculture and industry, tax reductions, and stronger prohibition enforcement. He favors transferring major enforcement to the Justice Department and a flexible tariff with rate changes guided by the tariff commission. He urges early action as business and agriculture cooperate to reduce future uncertainties.
Edward L. Doheny resigned from the directorate of the American Petroleum Institute where he was a founder in 1919. Harry F. Sinclair, recently freed from jail, announced his candidacy for re election as director. H. M. Storey also resigned as director amid ongoing government lease investigations linking Doheny and Sinclair with Sir Henri Deterding.
An old classified note advertises Berry's for rug cleaning at 905 West 10th and radiator work via 515 West 6. It also lists a contact number 4469 for radiator services.
J R Reid chairman of the board of examiners with the state department of education visits Amarillo Junior College to review affiliation with accredited colleges. President B E Masters says findings will be released later and no public statement is yet possible. The municipal college seeks accreditation under Texas public school system reforms.
Governor Moody issued three general paroles and four furloughs at the penitentiary and remitted a $1,000 bond forfeiture. Paroled were Doll Bird for two years after a year served, Carl Stephens and Shields Craft both for burglary. Bird cited urgent property needs. Stephens and Craft were youths misled by older accomplices. pardon board recommended clemency. The bond forfeiture was remitted to Mrs. Alice Williams who faced judgment after sureties Riess and Croom proved insolvent.
Breckenridge High School opens ticket sales tomorrow morning for the Breckenridge vs Amarillo bi-district game at Buckaroo stadium with 1.50 price. A 1,140 seat Amarillo section will be allotted. Santa Fe special train tickets at 6.50 round trip go on sale at the high school and ticket office for an estimated 1,000 fans.
A bright sun today brought warmer conditions across Texas after the season's coldest night. Minimum temperatures ranged from 20 to 30 degrees in most areas, with Abilene 22, Amarillo 24, Austin 24, Dallas 23, Houston 26, San Antonio 28, and Shreveport 22, except the far south.
An Amarillo delegation of business men will travel to Roswell for the opening of the municipal airport tomorrow. They plan to leave by plane at 7:00 and arrive about 8:45. The group includes Forl Fuqua Bill Smith Harold English Mason King and a press representative.
Ford Brandenburg of Amarillo heads the reconstituted Boy Scout Court of Honor with H. C. Pipkin A Fisk Rev F A Foster John M Knight announcing the first post reorganization meeting Thursday December 12 at 8 00 pm at St Andrews Episcopal Church 811 Fillmore. A complete Merit Badge Counselor list will be published soon and a large class and crowd are expected with details to follow.
New 1930 license plates will go on sale in Potter County with receipts dated January 1 1930. Tax Collector J W Collins announced. Car owners can avoid the rush by obtaining receipts at the Tax Assessor Pete Kinkead office after their headlights are tested at one of about 25 testing stations in Amarillo.
Mr Collins notes under strict AG interpretation new plate numbers should not be sold before January 1 yet major tax offices plan ahead. Under the law plates must be attached by February 1, with licenses for cars weighted at tiers 1000 to 2000 pounds at 28 cents per 100 and 2000 to 3500 at 36 cents. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311.
Collier's Magazine claims all charges against R B Creager were true as to Creager and that they will seek to prove them. P F Collier & Son denies malice and asserts the distributor is not an agent of Collier company. The case stems from libel suits filed in federal court in Brownsville Texas.
Amarillo’s Chamber of Commerce revives work to secure a Dallas district branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. Officials gather data on deposits clearings and oil activity to be presented to Washington directors, aiming to show Amarillo can better serve West Texas and Panhandle Plains.
Nancy Lynn aged 63 and her brother Robert Morris 61 left the Miller County courthouse freed of an assault with intent to kill charge connected to poison in a Fort Lynn well in April 1928. The defense won dismissal after weeks of continuances due to missing witnesses. Twenty three Fort Lynn lumber camp residents drank from the well and recovered.
CheyenneWyoming reports that Tom Vernon, son of Cattle Kate and James Averill, confessed to a train robbery in California and was linked to a recent near here crime. Vernon, who claimed his parents’ notoriety, says he rode in western films and spent years in prisons.
Postal receipts for November reached 26366.75 dollars, 2456.30 above the prior year, with a potential all time year total. Seasonal decline from October’s 33463.29 dollars is noted. Diamond setting by Walter Fuermann at 102 E Third St.
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