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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1924

Page

4

Amarillo Globe Publishing Details and Policy

The Amarillo Globe records its founding date February 20 1924 and its publication schedule as evenings and Sundays from 110 East Fifth Street Amarillo Texas with AP news rights and local news claims. It notes its business department telephone number and the Associated Press exclusive rights to published dispatches and local news.

Amarillo Globe Amarillo Texas Amarillo Globe Publishing Company East Fifth Street Associated Press

Solar system weighed by gold balls and mirrors experiment

United Press reports ambitious scientists at the Bureau of Standards underground lab weigh the earth and celestial bodies using gold balls, cylinders, and mirrors. The goal is to refine the gravitational constant from 6.698e-11, reducing error from 0.5 to about 0.1 percent, with the earth’s mass currently pegged at six sextillion tons and a one-fiftieth of one percent basic error noted.

United Press Washington Uncle Sam Bureau of Standards Paul Rhys

Granddaughter of U S Grant Dies in San Francisco Fall

In San Francisco a 34 year old woman identified as Mrs Fanny G Purdy said to be Ulysses S Grant's granddaughter fell or leaped from the sixth floor of a hospital where she was a patient. Death was instantaneous. She was married to Isaac Hart Purdy in Adrian Michigan on October 11 but they had been divorced for some time. One son, 11, survives.

San Francisco Fanny G. Purdy U. S. Grant San Diego Ulyssess. Grant United States

Motherhood death rate shows slight increase in 1923

Washington reports a small rise in the maternal death rate from childbirth in 1923 compared with 1922. Within the birth registration area the puerperal death rate was 6.4 per 1000 in 1922, rising to 4.2 in 1922 and 6.1 in 1915, per Department of Commerce figures.

Washington Department of Commerce District of Columbia

Veteran Editor Dies in Ottumwa Pneumonia Fight

W. H. Powell aged 43, managing editor of the Ottumwa Courier since 1917, died at his home after a three week pneumonia illness. He had twenty five years in journalism and previous stints at Hannibal Missouri Oklahoma City and St. Paul before Ottumwa.

Ottumwa Iowa W. H. Powell Powell Hannibal Oklahoma City St. Paul

Radio Schedule Summary for December 29 1924

A dense listing of radio programs across stations WLW WMAQ KDKA KFARB KPO and others. The schedule includes orchestras bands children's hour educational lectures dramatic and musical programs dinner concerts and news segments with various times throughout the day. Notable entities include WLW Cincinnati WMAQ Chicago KDKA Pittsburgh KFARB Lincoln KF, KPO San Francisco and KGW Portland among many stations and performers.

WLW Cincinnati Rorhr Music Makers Dayton K. of Glee Cinh Cooper Orchestra Radaric Besucaire Ohio Military Band WOCO Minneapolis Paris Reinmuth Frank WLA Chicago WMAQ Chicago Theater Organ la Salle Orchestra Kyw WCBD Zion Dorothy Bull Ralph Bull Hibbant Cleveland Myrtie Williams Carlos Meier Orranivt KFKX Rastings KFARB Lincoln WDAW Kansas City WDAF WOS Jefferson City Harry Soodgraas KTS Hot Springs Fort Worth Mojentic Theater P. M

Silent Radio Station Schedules For Tuesday December 30 1924

A detailed lineup lists programs across stations WLW SAI WSAI WCCO WLS KYW WQAD WCAE and more with orchestra soloists talk shows and concerts. Several times and performer names appear including Isham Jones Adele Waaskow Angie Montgomery Kathryn Orr Geo Horne and Celeste Fuhrman among others.

WLW Cincinnati Keefer Kocher Oreh WSAI Gilman Orchestra WSAT Gibson Studlio WCCO Minn T. Paul W. J. Corwin Ailey Chicago Grace Wib Isham Jones Orcheatra Adele Waaskow Farm Club Irving Epstein Ford and Glenn WMAQ Chicago Theater Organ la Salle Orchestra Asea Univ. of Chicago Lee Sewerby KYW Angie Montgomery Kathryn Orr Geo, Horne Ned Santry Salii Menkes Wqd Williams Nube Allen Dixie State Harry Geise Wan Pau Chapman Orchestra of the Elgin Louisville Barney Rapp Davenport Wiiaaa Inwa Celeste Fuhrman Zita Fuhrman Ose Omaha Phi Bett de Chentra School of the Air Nighthawk Hot Springs WFAA Dallas H. H. White Dwight Brown WBATL Fort Worth TY M WMC Memphis

New York Day by Day notes from O O McIntyre diary

A Dec 29 diary entry from New York journalist O O McIntyre recounts a night of socializing with Braley Ben Bernie and others, observations on servants and apartment hotels, Sissle and Blake success, a detective’s world tour capture, an alligator pear dish at a cafe, and a cost breakdown for an evening out in New York, ending with letters misaddressed in the post office.

New York Samuel Pepys Braley Ben Bernie Willie Hammerstein Victoria Jack Lait Percy Hammond Wilton Lackaye W. A. Brady Joe Laurie Lowell Sherman

Postage Rate Increase Hearings Push Forward

Washington dates show the joint Post Office subcommittee of the senate and house pressing hearings on the administration postal rate increase bill. Administrations aim to conclude hearings soon and report to the senate committee before President Coolidge's veto of the postal salary increase bill is addressed under a unanimous consent agreement next week.

Washington Joint Post Office Senate House Tts Coolidge

International Relations Up in Political Science Body

Washington, Dec. 29. Members of the American Political Science Association met for the twentieth annual gathering. A three day program featured talks on international and domestic political questions. Sir Esme Howard addressed on British Policy and the Balance of Power. Dr. James W. Garner spoke on Limitations on National Sovereignty in International Relations.

Washington The American Political Science Association Esme Howard James W. Garner

Ibane Undismayed by Order Against Reading His Works

Vicente Blas co Thanet says his book on the King of Spain is hunted with rigor. Any reading east of the Pyrenees brings fifteen days in jail after a Frenchman was caught on a train. He vows to publish two more books and speaks of massacres in Spain and Morocco while praising France.

Paris Spain Vicente Blasco Thanet Escelsior Pyrenees Morocco France

Heart trouble takes staff man at St Louis Post Dispatch

St Louis December 29 Joseph M Adams aged 49 assistant managing editor of the St Louis Post Dispatch died suddenly last night from heart trouble.

ST. Louis P.dispatch St. Louis Joseph M Adams St. Louis Post Dispatch

Evening Radio Schedule Across Coast Orchestras

Pacific Coast standard time listings from KGO KPO KFI and KAJ show multiple 4:00 to 10:00 PM programs. Orchestras Halstead Campagno Seiger Bradfield Packard perform across San Francisco Oakland Los Angeles with children's stories lectures and ballad hours.

KGO Oakland St. Pranas Grace Cathedral San Francino Berkeley Halstead KPO San Francisco Seiger Bradfield KGW Portland Ousta Multonomah KFI Los Angeles Aeolian Packard KAJ Hicman Burnett

Mother of Elbert Hubbard Dies at Ninety Six

Julianna Frances Hubbard 96, widow of Dr. Silas Hubbard and mother of Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora, died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. William R. Heath’s home in Buffalo. She was mother of the Lusitania victim.

Elbert Hubbard Buffalo N. Y Julianna Frances Hubbard Silas Hubbard East Aurora William R. Heath

Fire at Dallas lodging house leaves one dead

In Dallas at 2211 Live Oak Street a three story lodging house fire killed Clifford Kerns a 27 year old salesman and severely burned C F Cooley 77. Several residents including Mrs EB C Ryan and her 14 year old daughter Ruth were rescued from a third floor room. Mrs Connor Wills leaped from a window and landed unharmed in a car. her husband followed with their three month old. T A Wills and family were nearly suffocated before rescue.

Dallas Tex Clifford Kerns C. F. Cooley Live Oak Street Eb.c. Ryan Ruth Connor Wills Mr. Wills T. A. Wills

Travel Thousands of Miles to Observe Solar Eclipse

Pasadena astronomers from Mount Vernon Wilson observatory plan to travel to Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut to view the total solar eclipse on January 24. Drs J A Anderson Edison Pettit and Seth J Nicholson will lead the party with instruments built locally and shipped ahead for the observation.

Pasadena Cal Mount Vernon Wilson Observatory van Vleck Observatory Wesleyan University Middletown

Crossword Puzzle Joins Night School Course

In San Francisco on December 29 the Knights of Columbus evening school announced that starting January 5 the cross word puzzle will be included in the curriculum. A large class in word analysis will be organized and an instructor appointed.

San Francisco Knights of Columbus Evening School

Amarillo Sets 1924 Dog Licenses at 420 New Tags

Amarillo reports 1924 dog licenses total 420 with the last tag sold recently. Male licenses cost 1 while female licenses cost 2. Tags are ready but not sold until January 1. New licenses for 1925 go on sale January 1.

Amarillo

Globe ad proves effective for Amarillo job seekers

C. G. Reeves notes Amarillo Globe classified ads draw many applicants. He recalls four men seeking work advertised Sunday and by eight o clock Monday morning he had received sixty applications.

C. G. Reeves Amarillo

Veteran court reporter dies in Austin funeral held for Rudolph Kleberg

Funeral services were conducted in Austin today for Rudolph Kleberg a twenty year reporter of opinions for the court of criminal appeals who died at his home the previous night.

Austin Rudolph Kleberg Court of Criminal Appeals

Today's Crossword Puzzle No. 25 Locked Up Tight

A crossword puzzle by a recognized authority presents an all over interlock with a triply locked center and corners. The grid features obsolescent clues and various wordplay prompts including hints for fruits, names, locations, and chemical terms.

Solution of Puzzle No 24

A compact list of clues and answers appears with numbered hints for a puzzle solution. Entries include references such as West Indies active volcano, male descendant, pinch, dejected, famous composer, throwback, knotty, classification, lay in a supply, European mountain range, encounter, brown pigment, famous Scat, outer coat, Egyptian god, to make a mistake, exclamation, and concerning.

West Indies

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