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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1924
Page
2
Great West Milling and Elevator company quotes prices to local growers including Wheat No 1 hardy 7.00 per bushel Kaffir 1.25 per 100 pounds Maize 1.30 per 100 pounds Oats 0.47 per bushel Barley 0.205 per bushel.
Mexico City dispatches report that the properties of the Mexican Eagle Oil Company in Tampico have been occupied by federal forces. The military commander says the action is not connected with the workers strike, while the regional labor federation seeks an explanation from President Obregon.
London dispatch to the New York Times reports Alice Astor, sister of Vincent Astor and daughter of Lady Ribblesdale and the late John Jacob Astor, engaged to Prince Obolensky Neledinsky Meletzky, a member of one of Russia's oldest families. The Globe announces a large foreign advertising contract boosting Grover McDaniel as general manager.
PREWITT & SULLIVAN representing Donald Maginnis of New Orleans J R Bache Co Chicago and J W PARKINS Mer Room 2 Webster Bldg announce daily globe want ads rates per word for listings and solicit inquiries.
Market listing shows prices for hens under and over four pounds at 18 to 25 cents per pound with carriers and discounts hinted. Turkeys, toms, and hens priced at about 10 cents per pound for certain weights. Butter described as mold-free. Freight and delivery notes mention new cages and damaged products with a $6.00 price cited for fries.
Report from the Italo Jugoslav frontier says two Jugo Slavic customs officers were killed when Italian guards opened fire after being halted for entering Jugo Slay territory. A civilian, Claude Texas, was wounded. Ample wheat yields and cash sales potential noted for Armstrong county farmers. Los Angeles adds to film cast as Jetta Gondal and Gale Henry join director Paul Bern for Open All Night at Paramount.
Herman P. Faris, national prohibition party candidate, accepted the nomination in Clinton Missouri on July 4 promising a White House free of booze or oil. He cited the June 6 keynote in Columbus Ohio asserting the party originated and promoted every forward law since 1869 and urged voters to back prohibition at the November election. He urged good men and women to ballot for prohibition candidates.
The Wilcox wildcat near Pampa Texas was tested yesterday with an initial 200 barrel flow before a cave-in halted progress. Operators fired the boilers and will retest after cleaning out the hole, with expectations of a major producer that could rival the Panhandle field. also noted is Dimitri Buchowetzki's Paramount project and Miss Negri's frame under Lubitsch.
In a fragmentary report, a lawyer named White is noted for speaking forcefully when he feels countered, suggesting a courtroom drama where advocacy and rhetoric are highlighted over facts. The excerpt hints at a heated exchange and a reputation for vigorous debate.
The ongoing Democratic national convention votes move with McAdoo at 492 on the sixty-fifth ballot while Smith gains to 336.5 and Davis to 71.5. Indiana initially stays with Ralston as Michigan and Illinois shift support among McAdoo, Smith, and others.
A sequence of U S political ballots records results for McAdoo and Smith with others Davis of West Virginia Underwood Cox Glass Ralston Robinson Ritchie Walsh Saulsbury Owen Bryan Baker Ferris and Wheeler across the Sixty- Second to Sixty-Sixth ballots. Totals consistently reach 1098.
In New York a mothers club at the New York Nursery and Children's Hospital pledged to name the first boy born to a member after the prospective Democratic nominee. After eighteen births since the club began no boy has been born, while girl births mark the hospital’s continuity record.
William G. McAdoo told about 100 women at his New York headquarters that he would fight to the last drop of blood. He said he has no selfish stake and that the fate of the Democratic party is at stake. He blamed the convention deadlock on support for favored sons and fears that McAdoo forces might quit.
Headquarters company 142nd Infantry with over sixty men departed this morning via Fort Worth & Denver Railway for a two week encampment at Camp Crockett Galveston Capt Otho Thompson commanded the company which will be joined by others en route The Galveston camp is viewed as among the best in the state and will boost guardsmen work HQ company leads the 142nd infantry supplying technical personnel for the camp excellent training expected from enlistment and the recent recruit drive was successful in every respect.
Washington July 4 Calvin Coolidge Jr son of the President and Mrs Coolidge is seriously ill at the White House with septic poisoning from a broken blister on the foot after a tennis match A consultation of physicians was held today to decide on treatment
A speaker contemplates paying back gratitude for cold behavior faced. They ask what action to take given the prior mistreatment and feel conflicted about responding. The tone is reflective and personal.
Wimbledon July 4 Miss Kathleen McKane British player defeated American Helen Wills in three sets 4-6 6-4 6-4 to win the women’s singles championship. R A Brown, formerly of Thompson Missouri, takes a new position at First National Bank. Mr and Mrs Thompson plan to reside at 1709A Polk street.
New York defeats Philadelphia 8 to 2 as Ring Couch and Wingo lead the Giants. Doak and Taylor pace Boston to a 5 to 1 win over Brooklyn with McNamara Henry and ONeill contributing.
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