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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1929
Page
3
School board secretary George Waddill states a 2-cent rise in the school tax is needed for the proposed junior college in its first year with eight cents likely for 1929. He estimates a $12,500 annual cost per year and a $250,000 building funded by the levy, with an election set for July 16.
At the theaters the Fair presents Trail of ’98 with Dolores Del Rio, a California Klondike gold rush story. The Mission features The Desert Song, with John Boles Carlotta King and Myrna Loy, touted as the screen’s first operetta. Fox Movie Tone Talking News shown. Harley Sadler presents Be Your Self, a comedy drama. The Rialto screens The Crash with Milton Sills on opening day. The Nat Nordy Nordin and His Buccaneers also appear.
A local vote is held to decide on creating a junior college district within the present school system. If approved, another election would be needed to authorize bonds for funding the new college before classes start.
The Australian plane Southern Cross took off from Rangoon Burma at 10 a.m. continuing its Sydney to England flight. Pilot Captain Charles Kingsford Smith led with crew Captains Ulm Williams and Litchfield aboard.
Members of National Guard organizations are asked to report to their usual meeting places tonight and then march to the American Legion Post home in the Municipal area.
The auditorium hosts a smoker organized by the Legion with invited participants including Battery Kh field artillery Captain A W Ball commanding Company H 142nd Infantry Captain J L Behrns commanding Medical Detachment 131 field artillery Captain Guy Owens commanding. Missouri passenger buses are limited to 40 miles per hour.
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