Weather Bureau Fundraiser Receives Broad Support
A heartfelt note from Old Tack thanks contributors who sent money to support a backyard weather pond and weather bureau project. Railroads, mills, gas firms, and farmers donate, notably Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, English Airport, Amarillo Grain Exchange, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
M. I. Huddleston
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
H. E. Hoover
Eceenese
Great West Mills
Gibson Oil Company
Farmers’ Co-operative Elevators
Hitkman
Rock Island Railway
Amarillo Lumber Company
Port Worth & Denver
English
Amarillo Gas Company
Amarillo Board of City
BMG Foya
Amarillo Water Department
Wales Madden
Rue Parcells
Jon. Beasley
Seeceues
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Joe
Land & Cattle Company
Cy Reiger
George Shannon
Weather notes and stock tips from The News-Globe reader
A reader praises a weather prediction while describing showers across the Panhandle. He references past forecasts, roof observations, and a 1929 Saturday Evening Post inquiry. He endorses Santa Fe stock prospects and asserts oil stocks will rise, plus a note on new non inflammable gasoline for aircraft and boats.
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
A poem recalling an elderly couple living a tidy farm life with hollyhocks and scarlet phlox. The narrator notes the wife’s passing lone husband now sits alone, and he vows to remember her stately grace each summer when flowers stir in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
Grover Hill Admires a Good Loser in Local Election Tale
A Chicago fire memory and election tale frame Grover Hill’s reaction to defeat. The speaker recalls cautiousness against fire and gasoline, praises Hill as a resilient loser, and recounts a Dutch ballot story from Kerr County with a rolling judge chant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Hill
Grover
Kerr County
Sears visit prompts talk of canned goods and community canning
A letter recalls visiting the Amarillo Sears Roebuck basement on a hot day and describes a thriving canning boom. Farmers partner with townspeople to share vegetables and cans, boosting preparations for abundant food next year. The writer thanks readers for generosity and support in addressing honest effort and community spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Foster
Amarillo
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Sears, Roebuck
M. L. McClarin
Mr. Fletcher
Beach
Mr. Bevins
Navajo youth jailed for piling stone on railroad track
Billy John, a Navajo from Flagstaff, Arizona, receives five to seven years in prison for placing stones on a railroad line to see what would happen. The train struck the stones but was not wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Ariz
Billy John
Birds seen over Texas Company refinery near city
This afternoon about 2 30 P M three white birds were observed flying east of the Texas Company refinery north of town. The sighting was noted in a letter to Tack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Texas Company
Potter County Primary Returns Preview The News-Globe
The News-Globe outlines Potter County races from the first primary returns. Top contenders Sterling Ferguson and Hunter lead the governor race. County races head to August run offs except for the 108th district judge where incumbent W E Gee has already won. The Hide and Animal Inspector race was not tabulated though a run off is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
News-Globe
Sterling
Ferguson
Hunter
108Th District
W. E. Gee
Hide and Animal Inspector
Living Music Day Dance Benefits Thrift Room
Amarillo hosts a Living Music Day dance Monday at Jack Hall's Ranch to raise funds for the Thrift Room run by the Amarillo Parent-Teacher Council. Two orchestras perform for a 9 PM dance. entrance is 50 cents a couple, 25 cents single, with all proceeds aiding needy local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrift Room
Amarillo
Jack Hall
Parent-Teacher Council
John K. Boyce
E. E. Finklea
Cecil Ingram
George Stanley
George McLellan
Wes Izzard
Empire Economies and the Ottawa Plan for a Closed Market
The article discusses Britain and its dominions pursuing a tariff free internal market. Canada proposes mutual purchases with Britain while curbing imports from Russia and other non British sources. It questions whether the empire can sustain self sufficiency through shared trade amid global shifts.
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Europe
Ottawa
Britain
Dominions
Canada
New England
Great Britain
Russia
Washington
District plans tax equalization after value drop
School administrators describe a district value decline from 66 million to about 55 million. They cut operating costs by one sixth and will set tax rates once state aid is known. Assessments will be two thirds of actual value. The board of equalization meets at the high school, and taxpayers with protests should appear promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
Chamber of Commerce invites Amarillo for insurance convention
The Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to L. L. Stroud vice president of Harvester Life Insurance Company requesting Amarillo be considered for the annual convention of agents and representatives. The Northern Division currently leads the state in business volume and Amarillo lies centrally in that division. Fancher Upshaw is the local Harvester agent.
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Chamber of Commerce
L. L. Stroud
Dallas
Harvester Life Insurance Company
Amarillo
Fancher Upshaw
First in Death: Child Killed While Mother Despairs
In Pittsburgh on July 27 a dying Mrs. Gillette begged to take her five year old son Johnnie with her in death. Doctors sent the boy to play. He wandered to railroad tracks where a train struck him as his mother pleaded for him to join her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Market Report From Kansas City and Chicago Livestock
Market notes from Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show hogs steady to higher with tops near 4.60 and cattle and sheep holding firm to steady levels. Prices across grade ranges are listed for lighter pigs and heavier cattle, with New Orleans cotton opening softer amid awaiting weekly weather data and a mixed New York stock letter noting steel and utility stock movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Oregon
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
New Orleans
Mellon in Washington for talks with Stimson
Andrew W. Mellon arriving in Washington for meetings with Secretary of State Stimson at the State Department. The discussions are expected to cover the European outlook on war debts and other international issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W.P
Andrew W. Mellon
Great Britain
State Department
Stimson
Finance Firm Robbed Of Loot On Polk Street
Burglars last night stole more than 300 dollars from the J. M. O'Brien Finance Company at 109-11 Polk Street. They took ten weapons including shotguns rifles and pistols and ten motor car casings. Entry was gained through a rear window after failed attempts to open a rear door. A rope and iron bar were left behind and a $50 reward was offered for capture and loot recovery. Police notified Panhandle peace officers and radio was used to broadcast loot details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. O’brien Finance Company
Polk Street
O'Brien
Panhandle
Third Crew of Weed Cutters Ready for Job
A new city weed cutting crew of 100 men begins work tomorrow morning, the third since the campaign started. The second crew completes a three day tour tonight. Mayor Ross D. Rogers praises the workers. Only city property is cut. residents of Amarillo are employed, overseen by the Salvation Army hall on Van Buren Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
Salvation Army Hall
van Buren Street
Arnot and Haley Face Run Off for Inspector Post
Incumbent John Arnot leads a three candidate field for the hide and animal inspector post with 3387 votes. R A Haley trails with 2620 while F C Connally was eliminated with 2893. The prior tabulation had Haley ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnot
Haley
John Arnot
R. A. Haley
Hide and Animal Inspector
F. C. Connally
County Dems to name nominees Saturday
Potter County Democratic Executive Committee men will meet at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in the district courtroom to canvass the returns for the primary election and declare the nominees for the second primary August 27. At 4 o'clock in the same room delegates elected at precinct conventions held last Saturday at the polls are urged to be present for the county convention and to receive the canvass of the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Democratic Existive Committee
Grover B. Hill
Father of North Fort Worth Dies at 85
Merida G. Ellis, 85, a Fort Worth pioneer capitalist and real estate figure known as the father of North Fort Worth, died in Fort Worth. Born April 22, 1847 in Denton County, he moved to Tarrant County with the Loving family after his parents died in infancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Merida G. Ellis
North Fort Worth
Ellis
Denton County
J. N
Artiniisa (Brown) Ellis
Tarrant County
Samuel P. Loving
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F. Clark & Co
Yester
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Juneau
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Allis Chalmers
Am International
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Smite & Refsee
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