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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1929
Page
2
During the farewell service for the 25 year old Ninth and Polk church two blazes occurred. A stove fire before the sermon was put out by early arrivals. later smoke from a second story office prompted fire crews to extinguish a small interior blaze. No major damage.
Because the city faced finances a licensing system was adopted to raise revenue but officials denied deliberate licensing of liquor. Convicted: Sheriff R. E. Weniger Deputy Charles Bloom Mayor Arthur J. Harwood and several board members F O Welch Police Chief Harcourt Murphy night patrolman and many others. Acquitted: John Thompson Jimmie Ryan Regina Dale Gus Aro.
General Jose Maria Tapia, soon to succeed Abelardo Rodriguez as Baja California head, vows to continue attracting US visitors by road building and border area beautification. He aims to complete the Tijuana Ensenada highway with concrete, boost irrigation, expand education, and create work for jobless Mexicans while fostering harmony with the United States.
Two convicts Virgil Favis and Clarence Hansen attempted to overtake guard John T. Bradley in the Missouri state penitentiary tower. Bradley was stabbed in the abdomen and near the heart. Favis was shot as he vaulted the wall. Hansen escaped but was later captured by a citizen.
California has unclaimed deposits totaling 545 256 dollars with Hibernia Savings and Loan at San Francisco holding the most unclaimed accounts above 87 000 dollars. The largest unclaimed sum is 3896 dollars credited to a seaman who deposited 4000 dollars in 1903 and has since earned over 4000 dollars in interest.
The columnist relays reader letters about calendar sales to newsboys, details cost and profit, and notes four thousand calendars bought for 593.70 with 400 left. He mocks a critic while praising newsboy earnings from 15 to 25 dollars each and a $50 reporter. The piece shifts to Harry Lauder’s Amarillo visit, seating rules, clan humor, and local Scotch merriment.
Enforcement officers report liquor sales down in Chicago and Detroit while bootlegging persists in several cities. Observers cite fewer open speakeasies yet widespread private drinking, with prices on whiskey reaching six dollars a pint in some areas. Kansas City, San Francisco, and Miami report ongoing illicit activity and hidden consumption as Denver prepares for extra policing behind family doors.
The Prince of Wales hunted with the famed Quorn pack at Melton Mowbray on December 30, his last English hunt before sailing Friday for a resumption of his South African trip. He plans farewell visits in London then Cape Town, not expected to return until spring.
The Globe News office reports a series of lost pets and a cake incident. Eldon left a cake and a note for Henry Ansley. Henry’s dog chased away the cake piece. A black dog with white dots belonging to Morris Zuckan is missing. a female coon owned by Katherine Johns and a female Chinese chow named Binky from Mrs. E C Best are also reported missing with listed rewards.
The Northwest Texas and St Anthony patients praise one man for installing a radio connection in each room. The new radios will help pass long hours and aid recovery, though other thanks are due beyond this act of generosity.
Mrs Mabel Hickman writes seeking employment for the first time in her life. She offers to do house work or work as a waitress and asks for any leads. She provides her address at 313 Northwest Thirteenth Street and signs sincerely.
Major General John F. O’Ryan and General J. Leslie Kincaid organize a May voyage for 1,900 veterans and 250 Gold Star mothers to revisit World War I battlefields across London Brussels and Paris. The Republic will carry them from New York on May 18, with commemorations at Bony Cemetery and field trips to Queunemont Farm Roisel Longavesnes and more. An escort from the New York National Guard will accompany the group to Europe.
Sheriff Thompson said jail keys vanished during the liquor destruction scene. He noted the lower floor door to cell rooms was locked and could not be opened from inside, ruling out an inside break and absolving trustees of fault. Several officers and citizens helped pour out liquor, but the keys’ loss is under investigation with no confirmed culprits.
Moscow reports natives in northern Siberia saw the missing American aviators Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, prompting a broader Soviet search. Planes and crews, including Ivan Chukhnovsky and pilots Straube Alekseev Sterligov, will depart Krasnoyarsk for Cape North by January 6. Two searching parties will also be sent from Wrangel Island toward North Cape as the icebound rescue context continues.
Norman Oklahoma December 30 The University of Oklahoma Young Women's Christian Association members sent gifts and social work items via mail as part of their charitable outreach.
In Danville Virginia an ambush during a raid on a still left Deputy Sheriff Bernard Puryear and Police Officer Mack E. Tuck fatally wounded. They died after transfer to Oxford North Carolina. Three prisoners were in custody. the identity of the shooter remained unknown. Prohibition officers Chaney and Mullen returned fire.
City Engineer E N Stanley seeks ways to create surface streets paralleling the East Third Avenue subway underpass to connect to Arthur Street. Subway plans won’t be ready for the city commission meeting tomorrow. Stanley and Santa Fe engineer W W Kelly may discuss substituting steel posts to reduce the middle section and widen surface driveways for warehouses.
Lay and clerical delegates from the North Texas conference of the Southern Methodist Church gathered in Dallas to elect delegates to the general conference in May and fill 14 standing committees. Bishop Sam R. Hay of Houston attended as meetings addressed presiding elders and the Dallas pastors association. Committees include episcopacy itinerancy revivals publishing interests education church extension conference claimants and boundaries temperance and social service Sunday schools Elworth leagues church relations and Bible causes lay activities and hospitals.
Funeral plans for Karl Marsh 29 River Road Amarillo dairyman who died yesterday in Hereford Hospital are expected to be finalized tomorrow as relatives come from Missouri and Indiana The body is at N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel He died after christmas day operation He is survived by his wife one son William and three daughters Anna Lou Hazel Carlene and Mary Louise He was active with Randal Deaf Smith County Herd Improvement Association and a World War veteran
New York December 30 The Moderation League annual survey of prohibition conditions quotes police statistics from 565 places showing arrests for drunkenness in 1928 rose 5.5 percent from 1927 to a total of 743,369. The report notes a steady rise since 1924 and argues the Volstead Act failed to promote temperance.
In Columbus Texas a body believed to be Dr Jonathan W S Carver British archaeologist and explorer awaits identification after a weekend auto crash that injured eight others A diary with names John W Sargent and Dr Jonathan W S Carver surfaced adding uncertainty California undertaker sought confirmation Friends in El Paso claim the dead man was Carver who aided two archaeological Mexico expeditions and was linked to Dr John W Sargent.
The senator asserts that prohibition cannot be enforced from top to bottom and asks who would man an unbribable army. He warns bootlegging funds reach hundreds of millions annually, financing crime and bribery beyond any civilized state.
Dallas December 30 The Southern Methodist University law school has been admitted into the Association of American law schools according to Dean Charles B Potts who returned from the convention in New Orleans The school founded five years ago is now counted among the nation s leading law schools Potts notes
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show hogs steady with top price around 9.55 at Kansas City and 9.90 at Chicago. Cattle, calves, sheep mixed with varying prices across regions. Cotton markets in New York, New Orleans and Liverpool fluctuate with modest advances and year-end dullness.
A narrator describes walking The main street of a bustling town where crowds surge past The encounter is with a man whose name eludes him The poem captures urban anonymity and the mystery of fleeting glances in city life.
Moderate downturns in wheat followed a quiet day as futures closed mixed for December through October. Butter and eggs softened with prices at 88 to 37 cents for essentials, while poultry markets eased. The New York stock letter noted irregular early gains with U S Steel and General Electric up, but broad trading remained light as year end adjustments weighed on activity.
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