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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1929
Page
2
Portales writer describes local life and legends from New Mexico and Amarillo. He touts a civic plan of governance, lampoons governor salaries, and comments on Hoover era politics and Hollywood diet fads with humorous, opinionated asides.
Fragmented readership column lists dogs a dog owner will reward for return and a broken jaw at 100 Buchanan street. It notes a two month old Chinchilla rabbit missing from 710 Mississippi street with a $2 reward. A red Persian cat and a distressed dog owner offer rewards and police involvement referenced with names and addresses.
An aviation crew aboard the Robin staged a hoax at Lambert St. Louis field early today. Major Wassall and Major Chaffee returned to headquarters after reading a trick note, while the pilots joked about landing later and requested supplies and oil for maintenance in the exchange.
A collection of letters to Tack discussing the Amarillo Globe-News page, requests for reprints from the American Mercury, praise for Tack’s column, and reader observations on cost of living in Amarillo versus Albuquerque, including comments on town life and opportunities.
An itemized list shows 10:00 air featuring Bill Scotti and His Dance Crech on multiple stations KSD WMC WKY WFAA plus JZ origins from WJZ New York. 6:30 Louis Kateman's Orchestra. 7:00 College Drug Store. 7:30 Minstrels. 1:00 Syncomatic Orchestra. 10:00 Orchestradians with stations including KDKA WLW KYW KWK WREN WJR WBAP KOA KSTP KOA and others.
In Guaymas Sonora on July 30 the government filed suit for 50 million dollars against former Governor Fausto Topete for his role in the Esco bar revolution. All Topete property in Mexico was confiscated. if the court rules for the government the property may be used as part of the settlement. Topete fled to the United States after the revolt collapsed.
Fort Worth hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission examined a proposed Frisco and Rock Island joint line from Seymour to Dallas via Vernon and Quanah. Witnesses touted daily freight service, reduced rates, and competitive traffic while denying abandonment plans and noting prior service issues on the Gulf Texas and Western route.
The piece notes ongoing postwar battleships destruction after the Washington conference and quotes Professor W. E. Dickson on Britons needing beer to calm nerves. It covers St. Louis airmen staying aloft for hours, U S currency figures, bank deposits, and Col. Peter O Knight’s banking connects. It urges against gambling despite rapid money making and cites Mr Baer on government money.
Funeral services for James M White 90 Civil War veteran Indian fighter and Armstrong County pioneer will be held at First Christian Church. He died yesterday at 602 Carolina Street Amarillo and will be sent to Howe Texas for burial. He is survived by his wife two sons three daughters and a stepdaughter. The Dominion government bought 3000 reindeer in Alaska for Eskimo food.
A short verse praising a familiar flag as the daily companion of work and play. It notes how locals overlook it while travelers appreciate its beauty, highlighting the flag as a long familiar, common grace and a source of pride.
Hogs and cattle prices moved unevenly with Kansas City showing lighter hog demand and varied weights. Fort Worth and St. Louis reports noted slower trading, lower hogs, and steady to lower cattle bids as buyers watched market spread and regional trends. Chicago offered slow hog trading with top bids near 11.90 while cattle and veal prices showed mixed shifts amid grain-fed pressure and regional demand. Liverpool and New York cotton markets mirrored the broader commodity tone with steady to firm futures on crop concerns.
The New Orleans cotton market opened firmer on higher Liverpool cables and shorts covering. October 18.91 to 18.96, December 19.10 to 19.15, with gains of 29 to 85 points over yesterday's close before profit taking trimmed early surges. A private report pegged the crop at 72 percent of normal, yielding about 15,810,000 bales.
Major Ramon Franco, Spain's top aviator, is dismissed from the air service over actions deemed derogatory to Spain's prestige. The decision cites flying an Italian built plane and using French weather reports against Spanish observatory data during a failed New York attempt from Alcazares Airdrome. General Primo de Rivera opposed the non Spanish elements of the flight.
Municipal Auditorium hosts a new switchboard enabling direct dialing to the chamber of commerce at 2-3211. Townspeople can reach the Chamber of Commerce and City Development Board without being routed through multiple lines.
The proposal envisions a Rock Island line extending from Quanah through Wellington to Shamrock with witnesses listed including W. H. Baker a Loving merchant A E Smith Jean Ginner Clyde Haden Graham mill operator J E Hightower Graham lumberman and Charles Richardson an Olney oil and cattleman who mentions branches at Jean Megargel Olney and Seymour CPR.
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