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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1929
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane surveys Wall Street closing year with record stock gains and a split between haves and have nots. He notes 1928 gains total eleven billion four hundred million dollars, wage costs and savings dynamics, and the British stock sale near collapse. King George faced fatigue from illness as doctors monitor his condition.
Land Commissioner J T Robison retreats from public view to craft a motion seeking to dissolve the injunction blocking the University oil lands lease sale. Attorney General Claude Pollard and the university regents had obtained the injunction pending legislative changes. Lloyd Price, Fort Worth former state senator, plans mandamus action to force the sale.
Friday actions include Senate ongoing Kellogg treaty talks and a war department appropriation on the House floor. Senate and House committees discuss reapportionment and Salt Creek lease issues while back tax suits and prohibition enforcement are debated. A naval build up and four department supply bills progress in both chambers.
Reports say no definite new findings emerged in the Hedley night watchman J. H. Richey fatal shooting investigation. Chief Gaither is away and expected to return tonight or tomorrow to comment. O. J. Brown remains hospitalized with a shattered arm and allegedly confessed involvement. Bert Hall and Dunwoody are jailed in Potter county for Donley county authorities. A second confession from another of the three men was anticipated soon.
The Interstate Commerce Commission set January 25 for oral arguments on Pecos and Northern Texas Railway Company request to build a Hale Center to Palmerton line. The hearing in Washington DC concerns a Santa Fe route proposal denied for overlapping Fort Worth and Denver territory.
City health officers report a decrease in flu cases and severity based on reports from several physicians. They say there are still many cases but the numbers are dropping. No new diphtheria or scarlet fever cases are reported in the city.
The Federal Trade Commission will resume its investigation of publicity methods used by public utilities on January 10. Hearings were halted when Electric Bond and Share refused records. A separate court order is sought in New York. Mrs. Sherman of Estes Park seeks to provide information about utility articles. Joe Cannard, NM miner and resort owner, visits Amarillo with local sportsmen.
A lone hand bandit in Dallas terrorized the city and robbed several locations. He sent three people to the hospital after beating them with a pistol and took $222 and two automobiles in a string of robberies spanning last night and today.
W. D. Reynolds, early West Texas ranchman, Indian fighter and millionaire cattleman, died in Fort Worth after a brief illness at age 77. His Reynolds ranches spanned Throckmorton Shackelford and Pecos counties with the famed Rock Pile near Kent in Pecos County.
Officers probe the death of Henry T. Parker 72 found shot and beaten at a deserted cabin near La Porte Texas. Investigators say Parker was killed and robbed with about 50 dollars from a Christmas gift missing. a blood trail suggested the crime occurred at a shed near the cabin.
President Coolidge nominated Owen J. Roberts for reappointment as special government counsel in charge of prosecuting the naval oil cases. The nomination was announced in Washington.
Imperial Valley dispatch reports the army monoplane Question Mark continuing its endurance flight at 7 26 a m as it nears the third full day aloft. Officials note it aims to surpass the 111 hours 46 minutes Graf Zeppelin record and the 66 hour 24 minute European nonstop flight.
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business on Monday December 31. The report was requested by Commissioner James Shaw and noted in the Associated Press dispatches from Washington and Austin.
An Italian dealer claims to have unearthed writings of Cremona master Stradivarius hidden in a desk. The manuscripts describe his wood treatment and varnish method. Authorities seized the documents amid normal inquiry into the discovery.
Judge Henry Bishop approves twelve of Edward Thomerson’s recommended dismissals by the district attorney as cases dating to 1926, with defendants never arrested. W. J. Flesher earlier dismissed 39 similar cases, many for swindling, forgery, and liquor violations, listing several individuals by name.
Louis Meyer of Meyer & Meyer reports a ten day trip to Chicago St Louis and other eastern markets shows better conditions. Woollen houses anticipate strong business next year and have made unusually large purchases of new spring stock that is now arriving. Griggs ambulance Phone 4311.
United Press reports Jan 4 1933 Hoover arrives amid failed hopes for farm relief ahead of Congress recess. Snell says little chance of action before session ends prompting possible special session. Tariff revision and Prohibition enforcement loom as key early debates ahead of Hoover's term.
The Associated Press reports a ten weeks campaign to purge boot leggers and speakeasies in Washington starting next Sunday. The effort, led by the national united committee for law enforcement, aims to set an example for the nation and aid the incoming administration in stricter enforcement. Former Governor Pinchot urges President Coolidge to demand DC officials close known speakeasies within a week or risk job loss.
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