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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe lists GENE FOWEF as Publisher and Editor and WILBUR HAWK as General Manager in the newspaper’s masthead format.
In Clayton New Mexico 207 business leaders signed a written agreement guaranteeing the Santa Fe full right-of-way through Union County. The pledge came in under a week signaling near universal support for the northern Amarillo line and Clayton's swift action to provide the needed rights of way.
Ada Patterson argues true beauty lies in personal charm over perfect features. She cites Lillian Russell and Maxine Elliott, notes Clara Bow as a beauty with loveliness, and Violet Heming lacking that quality. Patterson says a lovely woman remains amiable, conceals petty impulses, and exudes graciousness as the core of loveliness.
Teasing is a common family behavior and can be allowed within limits. Teach children to defend themselves from teasing gradually while preserving cooperative play and friendliness. When teasing becomes constant and vindictive, examine underlying causes and address them.
Miss Bertha B. Cleavenger, a Detroit landlady, received a breach of promise judgment of $450,000 against former lodger John H. Castle after a 12 hour jury deliberation. She testified he courted her years ago, washed his shirts and aided his real estate career, then married another woman.
Rita Gilmore engineers a dramatic scheme to reunite Barbara and Ray. Barbara, torn by class and love, learns Ray still cherishes his wife as Rita lectures on happiness and talent. The plan culminates in a New Yorker stage number that signals jazz rising to new heights.
Japanese delegates to the London Naval Conference sail tonight from New York after a farewell by Japanese officials and merchants led by Consul General S Sawada. Former Premier Wakatsuki said Japan backs a battleship building holiday until 1936 and insists on a 10 10 7 ratio in auxiliary ships with sufficient submarine tonnage and supports tighter limits on airplane carrier construction.
Frank C. Evans a 50 year old Denver bond broker was shot and killed during a gun battle with two masked bandits in the garage of his home after they demanded his diamonds and money. Evans fired back and the assailants fled in a car.
The Tennessee Children's Home Finding Society will give away 25 babies, aged from three months to seven years, on Christmas Eve. Applications are invited immediately to select future foster parents. The note adds a Canada population stat from 1921.
A reflective column by C. Mintyre from New York on December 20, 1929 wanders through urban scenes and personalities. It notes Easy Money boys turning seedy, describes The Meeting House tea room, and paints images of Waldorf staff, chauffeurs, fashion, and Harlem landscapes including Coogan's Bluff and Polo Grounds. It ends with casual culinary musings and a remark on whether objects are mere mental images.
Figures from the Church Missionary Outlook place Kashmir infant mortality at 500 per 1000, with similar rates in Persia and Egypt at 300 per 1000. Despite child welfare efforts, native distrust hampers progress, as rumors link infant bathing to Christian baptism and weighing babies faces suspicion.
In a Burgess classic tale from 1929, Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy disrupt Hooty the Great Horned Owl’s hunt as eleven turkeys sleep in an old apple tree. Reddy ambushes Hooty, steals the meal, and plans another feast before the farmer rises.
Chelsea Avenue Presbyterian Church in Memphis is being remodeled using a $1,200 payment from the Federal government. The funds were originally for use of the building as a Civil War era stable when Gen. U S Grant occupied Memphis. The remodel targets the church’s three quarter century old structure.
Elaborate costuming marked the Christmas pageant depicting the first Christmas in Bethlehem staged in the high school auditorium at 10 this morning. Cast drawn from public speaking music Pi Delta dramatic club. one of several holiday programs. Schools dismiss for a two week vacation.
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