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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1929
Page
2
After weeks of rehearsal the McKinley school pupils will perform in the high school auditorium on Thursday night February 15. The Parent-Teachers association sponsors the program. Proceeds go to buy basketball equipment for the school teams.
The case follows Tom Ross and Good after the Seminole 1922 murders of Roberson and Allison. Ross, convicted in Lubbock for Allison’s death, drew thirty five years, then a second trial at Abilene for Roberson’s death added twenty five years. Good received a total of fifty one years.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Painters' Union met in Painters' Hall Tuesday in May. Installed were Mrs. A. White as president, Mrs. W. C. Neel as vice-president, Mrs. Roy Dickerson as recording secretary, Mrs. George Tong as conductor, Mrs. M. E. Rollins as warden. Treasurer-elect Mrs. Dick Cook was absent and will be installed next meeting. Neel joined with a birthday shower of handkerchiefs, followed by a social tea before adjournment.
Swindling charges against L. L. Burkett and Mrs. A. G. Bowman were dismissed after the district attorney moved to drop the case. The motion argued there was no felony evidence and noted similar charges in county court with guilty pleas planned. The defendants were held for presenting a 35 check raised to 25 in the signer’s presence.
Feb 6 Representative Ray Holder of Lancaster says he will not support the Avis horse race bill despite requests from State Fair of Texas directors. He states he will oppose the measure.
An impromptu program unfolded at the Amarillo Real Estate board luncheon as Dorset Carter was called out of town. Carter planned to outline proposals to supply Amarillo residents with cheaper gas, but the program was rearranged at the last minute.
A reader notes spotting two robins in Amarillo signaling a possible change in fortunes. The column covers spring bird migration, local airport concerns with a high tension wire near the landing field, jokes and anecdotes, and remarks about towns such as Plainview Savannah and Bethany Missouri. It also mentions 20 000 wild geese in the plains and townspeople discussing a possible run for mayor.
Harold English runs the English-Bivins air field in Amarillo. Every Sunday he stages a stunt program for customers before taking up passengers, arguing a pilot who knows tricks is thorough and that he risks only his own neck. He cites Lindbergh as a top stunt flyer.
The author reflects on acceptance in Amarillo Texas, recounting how Texas kindness surprised Kansas and Missouri relatives. He boasts of surviving without his father’s support, predicts a harsh winter, urges farmers to plant wheat, and notes two lost dogs a bull terrier and a rat terrier named Chief with a $12 reward offers.
A Senate sub committee on public utilities bills will report to the full committee Thursday. The draft revises the Holbrook bill with city attorney suggestions including an appeals clause giving cities initial rate setting, with appeal to a Utilities commission to be created.
A letter from Plainview Texas shares light humor and jokes sent to a newspaper. It includes a drunk fined man seeking a receipt and a courtroom quip about judgment. The narrator closes with a sign off from John Taylor of Plainview.
A reader complains about a noisy bus braking on a corner where the bus stops frequently. She voices frustration with creaky brakes and seeks practical help, noting the nuisance disrupts daily life for her and her son.
W D McQuarie of the Panhandle highway offered a bride to two clad girls traveling from Oklahoma to Roswell New Mexico. He bought cigarettes for them on Sixteenth street Amarillo. The girls vanished with his Ford. Amarillo police traced them to Vega then Tucumcari and will return them today. Sergeant warns it does not pay to be a Southern gentleman.
United Press notes a Thursday lineup with Opera Barber of Seville on WBAC at 7 00 CST Seiberling Orchestra on WEAF at 8 00 CST Sonora Hour on WABC at 8 30 CST Maxwell Hour on WIZ at 8 30 CST Milday's Musicians on WIZ at 9 00 CST.
The piece outlines essential airport services for a first class port including hangar fuel lunch rooms weather reports and transport. Amarillo’s plans call for a roomy hangar fuel pits and a one story administration building with a lounging room while full facilities will develop over time as the port grows. It also notes Oakland California as an experimental field shaping design lessons for passenger amenities. In Austin Clifford C Waters farmer died in an accidental shotgun incident near Jollyville while hunting hawks with a shotgun.
The city requires every dog to be vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian and to wear a metal vaccination tag. Owners failing to vaccinate or tag their dogs face misdemeanor charges and fines from fifty to two hundred dollars. Unvaccinated dogs running at large may be killed or impounded by police or pound keepers as a public nuisance.
The report ties an individual to a murder motive, naming Clyde R. West as a suspect. It describes forged Ku Klux Klan and Odd Fellows membership cards with paid dues, a $10 travel stipend, and a telegram sent from Waco to B C Richards in Dallas.
Ed Enochs of Amarillo received a $100 gold purse and an ovation at the Frigidaire dealers regional convention in Fort Worth for qualifying in the national quota club. He earns a place among outstanding Frigidaire salesmen. Frigidaire announced new models including an electric room cooler and a lower priced household fridge with a six speed cold control for faster ice making and new frozen foods.
Amarillo city commission approved extension work for the water system with bids from Carl Pleasant of Fort Worth for well piping at 59000, Sullivan Machinery for air compressor at 9642, and Worthington Pump for the 8 000 000 gallon daily pump at 8964. Local labor pledges were sought and investigations delayed certain awards. Temple Robinson joined the city planning commission, and four park light standards were approved for Sanborn park along with sidewalk stone contracts forthcoming. Johnson street paving was postponed.
A grim poem recounts a family cursed with deathly acts. It recalls suicides and accidents across generations with dark humor, noting poison on a shelf and a gun misused in a closed garage. The piece closes citing Edgar A Guest from 1929.
Hogs and cattle movements at Kansas City Chicago and Worth show mixed shifts with top hogs at 9.60 on Kansas City 200-260 lb. cattle prices range 11.25 to 11.50 per pound with varied weights. New Orleans cotton opens steady with March around 19.02 and May 19.07 while Liverpool and New York futures fluctuate on early trading.
The report notes the pope's representative, Monsignor Frederic Tedeschin, was shot but not fatally wounded while driving as two detectives on bicycles accompanied him. One detective sustained a leg wound. The text questions whether this incident signals church hostility akin to that in Mexico amid current Spanish rebellion, tying it to wider tensions rather than a specific motive.
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