29 Jul 1929
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1929
Page
1
Pampa Grays overwhelmed Lamesa Loboes 14 to 4 to advance in the News-Globe Baseball tournament. The morning contest featured a lopsided score and tight play despite the slow pace.
Arthur Brisbane surveys postwar tensions with Russia and China noting beatings of Russian laborers in China and appeals for peace amid instability. He quotes aviation developments by Major Young on refueling flights across the continent. He discusses AT&T stock gains and a flashy six passenger taxi by Alfred P. Sloan Jr. and a new Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue with private car access.
Captain P. L. Crichton died when the Minnesota endurance plane crashed during an early morning drop at Wold-Chamberlain Field after a note was released. Co pilot Owen Haughland was seriously injured and rushed to Fort Snelling veterans hospital. The flight had logged 155 hours of continuous flying with engines reportedly performing perfectly.
Daily cancellation orders at Globe News Want Ads show how quickly ads work. Call 6262 and ask for Want Ads to rent a room sell a living room set find a new maid or advertise a business. The text appeals to hundreds who watch the Want Ads and emphasizes ease of placing an ad.
Panhandle oil men and land and royalty owners will gather in Amarillo to hear Wirt Franklin of Ardmore Oklahoma speak on the tariff fight against foreign oils. The luncheon, at noon in the Longhorn Room, targets independent producers nationwide.
The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing opened in Fort Worth with over 300 expected attendees as rail firms seek extensions into the North Plains and Panhandle. Officials from Fort Worth & Denver Northern Frisco and Rock Island present along with chamber reps and Wichita Falls speakers backing the project.
London reports a nationwide textile strike halting mills across the North of England. The stoppage affects 1,800 mills and about 500 000 workers while the new labor government faces unemployment and foreign policy challenges related to Dawes MacDonald talks and Anglo Russian relations. Negotiations yesterday failed to settle the cotton dispute.
A large student body of farmers their wives and club girls arrived on the A and M College campus for the Twentieth Annual Farmers Short Course which runs a week. About 5000 people are expected before registration closes as President Walton opens the program. Divisional meetings for men and boys and for women and girls occur daily with judging contests for youths.
The nation faced record heat with temperatures near 100 F from Albany to San Antonio. New York City hit 92 F as 3 million residents fled to beaches and highways. Seven drownings occurred in the metropolitan area amid the heat.
Investigation into the reported death of Joe Valsey near Cleo Springs shows the 45 year old Indian was only intoxicated. Sheriff Earl Burwell told the United Press.
Wilbur C. Hawk general manager of The Globe News made a rapid business flight to Chicago. He traveled on Western Air Express with a layover in Kansas City and Amarillo impact timed, reporting deluxe service and plans to return by air after completing two hours of business in Chicago.
In Columbus Ohio on July 29 the Snook murder case moved to new venue for jury deliberations. A pool of 60 jurors was sworn and sent to the room for examination. Dr. James Howard Snook, former Ohio State University professor, faces life or death charges.
Radio schedules list programs from WEAF New York to WMAQ KMOX and WABC with orchestral concerts and drama segments. Notable items include Floyd Gibbons news, Vallee Orchestra, and Navy Band performances, plus Uncle Joe and Pat adventure serials and Night Club Romances across multiple stations.
Clarence S. Williams a 30 year old former Fort Worth and Denver brakeman was arrested on murder charges in the fatal stabbing of O C Hill Jr a Donley county farmer after a July 4 rodeo in Amarillo Williams is jailed in Potter county with T B Rutledge held on a misdemeanor warrant Williams wife identified him and said Hill did not carry a knife A knife duel was described by bystanders after an initial on stage altercation
Tokyo rumors of a Mongol invasion as a counter to Chinese seizure of the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchuria unsettle London circles seeking a peaceful Russia China settlement. Mongolia's ties with Nanking weaken under Soviet actions, while eastern Manchuria sits near a no mans land as armies withdraw. Moscow silent amid claims of atrocities and no negotiations.
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