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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1929
Page
2
In Paisley Scotland a holiday matinee crowd mostly of children perished in a theater blaze. Officials estimate sixty to eighty dead with over 150 injured rushed to a nearby infirmary as emergency crews responded to the panic and flames.
In Amarillo a grieving public contemplates Mrs. Gray and her baby as U S courts may grant permission to return with the infant. An administrator will be appointed for the child. many in the city mourn the air crash that claimed Lieut Gray and other local figures.
The URGE PEACE thon dispute escalates as Senator Harris of Georgia calls for a commission report prior to approving further funds. The stance prompts the era’s sharpest prohibition exchanges since the Eighteenth Amendment took effect.
Amarillo Real Estate Board will not meet tomorrow as scheduled for its regular luncheon. The next meeting is postponed to Monday after next. The annual banquet remains set for Friday with installation of 1930 officers and W. H. Fuqua to deliver the principal address.
Waco Texas December meeting of the Texas Shorthand Reporters Association recommended uniform page size for records submitted to the Court of Civil Appeals. J R Macatee of Dallas presided as the annual mid winter session announced. The next meeting will be in Dallas in August aligned with the Southwest Shorthand Reporters Association session.
A reader laments the Hillcrest aviation tragedy that claimed Lieutenant Gray and three others, discusses possible causes, and reflects on aviation safety, danger, and the loss felt across Amarillo and the Texas plains. The noteee laments the deaths, praises the flyers, and questions the odds of safe flight.
The advance hands for the weekly radio bridge game on Station WDAG at 9 30 tonight are led by George H Novack of Pittsburgh. North Spakes J 9 Hearts and more, West Rutter of Spokane, South Mrs V Shipley of Wichita, East Mrs J Vail Shipley. A challenge to bid and play like the experts with Milton C Work explaining. A game summary appears tomorrow.
Russians crews aboard the ice breaker Nanuk plan to assemble Junkers at Providence Bay and resume air search for missing pilots after January 18. In the meantime, the expedition uses natives and dog teams to conduct a land search for the missing aviators near Juneau and the Nanuk base at De Crosson and Harold Gillam.
Attorney Maury Hughes of Dallas asked Governor Dan Moody to commute or spare the life of E V Allen who faces electrocution January 17 for participating in a bank robbery at Carbon Eastland county. Allen, 25, received the death sentence, while an older participant got 99 years. Hughes cites alleged jury prayers for a death verdict and asks clemency based on those claims and possible religious turning.
A sequence of small classifieds seeks return of lost cash totaling three twenties and five ones from The Fair theater area with a generous reward. Spiffy the Boston brindle bull is missing, owned by Mrs. George Dunn, with additional reward from Old Tack. purse found at the Metropolitan, owner to identify contents. Snark Gaines Whitsitt offers calendar payment to carrier via a 1016 Sunset address.
A reader expresses strong support for Tack with 100 percent backing and comments on a planned subway on Third Street versus Fillmore, noting the paper is worth reading now and referencing Tack letters on Page 13.
The piece argues evolution split man and monkey long ago with separate paths, notes the era of pre Miocene ages and Osborn's dating, and critiques prohibition enforcement under President Hoover. It also discusses France’s Kellogg pact stance and Romania's royal suppression laws as part of broader global tensions.
In Wellington and Catham Islands in the Pacific the new year begins first. About 200 British residents toast 1930 at 7 am local time, as the admiralty date line shapes timekeeping near the 180th meridian.
Five gunmen abducted Ralph Davenport, cashier of Phillipsburg State Bank, during a botched robbery near Dayton Ohio. Davenport escaped amid a townwide chase as deputies and armed citizens pursued two bandits into the woods. Davenport had been assaulted at home and the robbers kept him prisoner overnight before the time clock opened at six in the morning.
A Hillcrest golf course area crash near Amarillo killed two licensed pilots, Robert Pool and Harold Dunwoody, as crowds gathered after the wreck. The incident followed a prior fatality at English Field, with eight licensed-pilot deaths in Amarillo over the year. Funeral details for Mr. Allison and Mr. Dillon were announced, listing surviving relatives and service plans.
A preview of Gold Diggers of Broadway with Ann Pennington Nick Lucas and other celebrities plays at midnight as the New Year Midnight Matinee at Mission theater. The regular show ends at 11 then the theater closes until 11 30. The film begins at 11 50 featuring Tip Toe Through the Tulips and Painting the Clouds With Sunshine.
U S grand jury in vestigating conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act against 16 Borger and Hutchinson County men has no confirmed reconvening date. U S Commissioner Mary K Harty said a tentative session may resume around January 9, but no official confirmation exists after the December recess.
The Potter county grand jury returns to work after a holiday recess. They may issue a late afternoon report and a final report this week, the last week of the November term. Grady Hazelwood assists, while District Attorney Edw. W. Thomerson is in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr Benjamin Greenberg an interne at University hospital diagnosed his own ailment as appendicitis and asked Dr C R Kennedy to operate. Local anaesthetic used and Greenberg watched as an interested spectator. His condition was reported good.
Oklahoma City cattle and calves along with hogs and sheep are recorded with prices and receipts. Fort Worth markets show steady to firm tone for cattle and hogs, with sheep weaker. cotton news from New York New Orleans and Liverpool notes steady to lower futures and spot activity. The report also lists funeral arrangements for local residents Charles Shelander and Mrs. Gray with details on locations and expected services.
A 1929 note contrasts Bardic lines with golf lore, stating California players call hazards by names like Barranca or Arroyo. An ex warns to choose clubs wisely as the terrain looms, echoing a playful regional lore.
Chicago grain prices gain early as corn and oats show mixed moves and revisions trend up. Butter and poultry prices listed in Chicago notes. New York stock market opens the last session of the year with solid gains in Missouri-Kansas-Texas Kroger and Columbian Carbon leading, while General Electric and U S Steel rise alongside other major shares. Sterling eases to 4.83 1 16 dollars.
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