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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
2
Mrs. Alice House of 404 Lamar Street seeks her four year old Fox Terrier named Laddy. She will pay a reward for the dog’s return and Tack has offered an additional $2. Telephone number is 4114.
A Rock Island passenger train wreck near Stratton Colorado today killed Read Miller Seibert and Bradford among nearly 500 travelers. The through passengers came from Chicago Des Moines Omaha Lincoln St Louis and Kansas City with families and children aboard on a seasonal trip to Colorado and the Pacific Coast. The division office confirmed fatalities and noted a sleeper car submerged in the wreck.
A speaker recalls a remarkable two hundred yard drive and a rare straight mashie shot that made a hole in two. The narrator laments aging in golf and notes a high round of seventy nine before turning gray, claiming ninety one as his best since that unhappy day.
A prophesy to speed rural power service in New England was outlined by Samuel Ferguson of Hartford in a New England Council report. After two years studying rural electrification, the Farm Power Committee urged lines only where future demand justifies self sufficiency and noted higher costs per mile when serving few farms versus dense urban areas.
Paris celebrates two nations honoring Captain Lewis Yancey and Roger Q. Williams for their Transatlantic flight in the Pathfinder from Old Orchard Maine to Santander and Rome. Ambassador Norman Armour and Air Minister Laurent Egnac welcomed them at the embassy and ministry of air before a luncheon with Armeno Lotti Jr and guests.
The caravan halted in Ruidoso for July 15 with 200 locals greeting the group and a final dinner and Indian dance. July 16 featured a Roswell Kiwanis event, a Portales courthouse close, and visits to Clovis Farwell Bovina Friona Hereford Canyon. Original members listed include Nevada Baker, Myrtle Kennedy, Guy Glasscock, E P Hollis, Maye Bell Taylor, Marjorie Whiteker, Emma Whiteker, and others from Haskell Fort Worth Vernon Snyder Stamford Winters Breckenridge Abilene Abilene.
Soviet officials intensified pressure over Manchuria, blaming the Chinese government for consequences and calling the July 13 ultimatum unsatisfactory. Nanking plans to send Ambassador Chu Zao Yang back to negotiate while anti Chinese sentiment grows, including among expatriates, amid railway seizures and consular raids.
Rochelle Goodwin Marcus Bailey and Henry Stout left for Sayre Oklahoma last night in custody of Sheriff C H Phillips after Judge Henry Bishop denied their writ of habeas corpus for theft of several cases of cigarettes from a Sayre wholesale house. They abandoned plans to appeal and prefer to return to Oklahoma for trial.
Virginia Lee Corbin, 17 year old film actress, plans marriage to Teddy Kroll, a New York broker. She reportedly slipped her guardian in Hollywood and will be met in New York by Kroll who hopes she names a wedding date soon.
Governor Moody filed with the secretary of state a bill defining an emigrant agency and governing the business of emigrant agents. The measure imposes a tax on agents soliciting farm laborers for transportation out of the state. It passed in the first special session with amendments proposed at the second extra session.
Chicago city council plans action to prohibit methyl chloride and related fumes in mechanical refrigerators after seven deaths in recent weeks. United Press reports officials cite fatalities linked to poisonous gas emissions as motive for swift regulation.
Tokyo July 18 The Japanese government maintains a watchful waiting stance on the Manchurian crisis after Russia severed ties with China, but indications arise that Japan may seek representations to both China and Russia to uphold peace.
London dispatch says French passengers from Moscow to Harbin report major delays due to Soviet troop train movements. Passengers claim soldiers are being commandeered at all wayside stations, delaying travel and signaling heightened wartime strain.
A column extols Florida growth and travel with a travertine rock discovery worth a million dollars by George L. Jones, a Juarez bull ring fight draws American crowds, and a tale of a bird’s alcohol production mocks prohibition while Kao and husband face opium trafficking accusations and potential extradition.
In Greenville Texas on July 18, stockman Jack Abbott, 48, of Hunt County, was shot three times at Caddo Mills ten miles from Greenville. Constable Lawrence Bethea surrendered to Sheriff L. L. Porter after the incident and offered no statement. Abbott was hospitalized with wounds to the right side and both arms. condition listed serious.
Partial list of injured from the Colorado express wreck near Stratton Colorado includes J S Nim 70 of Cushing Oklahoma with a wrenched back and many others with injuries ranging from cuts and bruises to sprains and head wounds. Names include Miss Mary Smallwood Los Angeles California Paul Rader Cutter Blue Island Illinois Aura Caldwell Formosa Kansas and Emma Briggs Colorado Springs among numerous others.
London July 18 Premier Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons he is doing his utmost to expedite naval disarmament negotiations with the United States. He intends to announce progress before Parliament rises at month end, but cautioned that timing may not allow it.
Los Angeles district attorney Baron Fitts said a group of raiders who broke into a convent housing Mexican refugee nuns were ordered to pay for the damaged door. An apology was sent to the sisters and to Rev. Jose Gutierrez, pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose school the nuns attend.
Five British Army airmen were seriously injured when a giant Royal Air Force Virginia bomber crashed between Alcom and Basingstoke. The aircraft, returning from a night operation, struck a bank in thick fog during a forced landing near Winchester.
Clarendon Texas July 18 S B Scroggins charged with murder in the death of a night watchman remained in jail after failing to post 7500 bond He waived examining trial in Justice of the Peace L O Lewis court and was held pending grand jury investigation in October.
New York letter from July 18 reports Hartwig Cassel, over forty years chess editor for New York papers, dead. He was a respected authority on chess and attended major tournaments in the United States and abroad for many years.
Betty Ford, 17, the youngest Stanford University graduate, completed six years of schooling. Child prodigy under psychologist Lewis I. Terman since infancy, she read at age three and began formal schooling early, attracting national attention in San Francisco on July 18.
A girl with a 13000 word vocabulary and 1400 books by age ten educated at home, she entered high school at eleven, finished Anna Head then Stanford by fourteen. She completed a four year plan in three years, balancing science with languages and literature while enjoying campus life and social activities.
City Forester Temple Robinson announced Amarillo will place alligators gifted by Houston in the new Sanborn Park fountain. The initial 200 alligators were a donation from Houston, marking a notable arrival for Amarillo's municipal display.
An AP report from San Antonio says Lt. W. E. Baker and Lt. Emmet O'Donnell Jr of Brooks Field survived a 1000 foot plunge near Terrell Wells. Baker suffered two broken ribs and a back injury while O'Donnell was shaken but uninjured.
J P Hollingsworth of Amarillo and A F Gorman of Liberal announce the formal opening of a new exclusive ladies and misses shoe store on the mezzanine floor of the LaMode 619 Polk tomorrow morning Refreshments will be served during the day and the general public is invited to attend. The Associated Press reports five men were burned three seriously in an explosion aboard the oil tanker Panoil in Muskegon harbor today. Mrs W W Wetsel, employed at White and Kirk's Dry Goods store, is taking a two weeks vacation.
A compact listing of hourly air features across stations such as WJZ New York KSD WOAI and others. Detailing 6:00 beauty serenade with male trio and Jake Shilkret Orchestra, 6:30 The Ghost Hour, 7:00 Gustave Haenschen Orchestra, 7:30 Bourdon Orchestra, 8:00 Dance Orchestra, and 8:30 Around the World Vocal & Orchestra with associated stations.
Sarasota, July 18. Search conducted today for a steamer thought to be afire five to ten miles offshore. A hotel manager reported a cloud of smoke and flames reflected on the ocean last night, prompting a coast guard cutter from St. Petersburg to sweep the area while local fishermen, hindered by rain, saw no smoke or blaze.
In Austin on July 18 the Texas Senate, in a brief twenty minute session, convened with six senators present. Senator Love read a protest from William Thompson of Dallas to George Purl over Love's mutual school insurance bill, which Love answered. No House passage is planned this session. The House adjourned until 11 30 Saturday morning. A local note mentions Miss Louise Harris returning home from Borger to 1119 Taylor Street.
The report covers Louis Livestock prices for cattle calves heifers cows vealers and sheep with quotes ranging from 7.75 to 18.26 for various classes. It also details New Orleans and New York cotton activity with futures in the 18.74 to 19.30 range, and Liverpool and Liverpool futures reflecting steady to firm conditions amid weather and pest pressures.
Markets cover three cities with hogs, cattle, sheep results. Kansas City shows hogs steady to higher, top $11.80. cattle and calves mixed with various weight breaks. Chicago reports hogs steady to higher, top $12.26. cattle and calves strong with several price bands. Fort Worth lists hogs and cattle with steady to lower wholesale ranges and specific weight classes.
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