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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1929
Page
2
Senator Tydings introduces a resolution to invite Kellogg treaty signatories to a conference on limiting world standing armies. The measure calls for reducing armies in proportion to population, arguing large force levels breach the treaty and sow distrust. It notes some governments maintain about one soldier per 250 inhabitants.
Beck Bros boot and shoe manufacturers relocate to 1233 Polk Street in Amarillo new site expands factory space adds machinery valued at 4000 dollars. Twins B B and E C Beck started in Dalhart 1915, moved to Amarillo 1920, employ five other boot and repair specialists and run a large mail order boot business supplying cowboys in the Southwest. Opening planned for Thursday or Friday.
Paris reports grave concern over Marshal Foch as doctors note a new pulmonary congestion spot on his lung. He had a restless night and a temperature of 100 with a pulse of 92 though he could take some nourishment this morning.
The Panhandle Plains of Texas publicity committee meeting scheduled for 10 this morning in the Board of City Development offices has been indefinitely postponed due to absence of some members.
Mrs James Gwyn of 1903 Lincoln Amarillo Texas says eight years of indigestion and dyspepsia ended after using Orgatone. She reports improved sleep appetite and relief from pain after two bottles. City Drug Store 517 Polk Amarillo sells genuine Orgazone exclusively with home delivery for out of town customers.
Local column notes unusually cloudy mornings for winter and a run of strong winds in six months. A reader asks about Pennsylvania’s state flower. The writer shares letters, recollections of courting, car shows, political divides, and a school carnival fundraising report with community figures and local addresses.
An 11 year old girl Mary Jo Bowman from Tyler Street asks Mr Tack to help recover her bull dog named Lucky. She provides address and phone number hoping Tack can locate or purchase a replacement quickly.
The Associated Press reports Chicago police seek three men linked to a gang massacre. A finger missing, a front tooth out, and facial burns mark the trio who drove the getaway car and may have driven the killers to the murder scene. No arrests yet and a search continues for Rocco Bellacastro, finger missing on one hand.
The seventeenth district American Legion convention ended in Mineral Wells Texas on Sunday. Delegates set the next meeting for Brownwood on June 16 with bids from Sweetwater and Stamford. Roy C. Daniels now heads the framing department at Hunsley's Inc in Dallas and has moved his family to 401 Louisiana Street.
Kathleen Burke Peabody widow of Frederick Peabody and John Reginald McLean a Phoenix mining engineer plan a Santa Barbara wedding next Saturday. The pair met in a France battlefield hospital over ten years ago when she earned the nickname Angel of France for her war relief work. McLean, wounded in the Argonne campaign, will honeymoon in Italy and Argentina.
In Ozark Alabama county officers face competing accounts of the shooting of Mrs Love Nevill a young widow wounded at County Line store owned by merchant Jesse Pouncey Pouncey 45 filed for arrest after claiming Nevill pointed a pistol and he fired Enterprise hospital treats Nevill two bullets in the right side Mrs Nevill says Pouncey is the father of her children and had lived on his farm for years
A pre arranged explosion at the Bruce Ton experimental mine in Bruceton Pa recreates a coal dust blast. Officials note no gas was present and the event measures flame and dust propagation to reduce future hazards. J J Forbes leads the bureau team supervising engineer of the mine bureau.
A strong southeast wind aided a sizable blaze that wiped out nearly an entire block of frame buildings near Corpus Christi's Texas-Mexican railroad station. The损loss was put at about 40000 dollars.
A column contrasts fuel waste with future sun power and recalls oil profiteering by Rockefeller to curb current shortages. It then critiques meat consumption and mutton bias, notes a major bank merger creating a $2 billion institution, observes stock market swindles, and warns that millions remain gullible to get rich schemes.
Lindbergh and a chauffeur departed at night with no destination given while reports say Ambassador Morrow and family stay in Cuernavaca. The pilot arrived earlier on The City of Wichita and speculation notes a honeymoon by air to discreet, crowd-free spots.
E H Whitehead publicity chairman of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce in Amarillo describes the burden of bearing the bridge expert label. He recalls radio and telegram inquiries that labeled him the bridge wizard and caused humorous mix ups with fans and friends.
The Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co. Kansas City offers a new accident policy paying up to $100 monthly for 24 months total disability and $1,000 for death at under $3.50 a year. Over 40,000 people already hold this protection. No exam is required and you pay nothing until after a 10 day free inspection.
A quatrain style reflection on endurance in struggle. The speaker asserts that hardships forge joy and worth, with dangers and doubt sharpening effort. Through failure and distress the stout heart earns success, while easy tasks and cheap victories lack reward.
Kansas City data show hogs 10 000 head steady top 10.70 for 190-210 lb. cattle 9 000, calves 1 200. steers 960-1500 lb 11.50-14.26. cows 8.25-10.00. milk-fed 14.00-14.00. Chicago hogs 65 000, near 10c lower. cattle 15 000, steers 12.25-14.60. cows 8.60-10.25. lambs 16.25-17.60. Fort Worth hogs 2 600, cattle 3 800. sheep 5 000. East St Louis hogs 15 000 weak to 10c lower. cattle 2 000. calves 1 500. Cotton markets steady to higher in New York and New Orleans. Liverpool futures steady. Produce prices up for butter and poultry. Stock market opens higher after holiday.
Antonio Cardinal Vigo prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites died in Rome at age 81. His death leaves several vacancies in the Sacred College with a likely secret consistory to fill them.
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