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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1929
Page
2
A reflective verse warns that every action has a cost and temptation to cheat harms all in daily dealings. The speaker cautions against accepting bribes or dishonesty, stressing universal accountability.
A four stanza poem warns that fame is bought and sold as youths barter respect for gain or indulge vice. It suggests temporary thrills lead to long regret and frames the cost of reputation as a moral warning.
Amarillo Business and Professional Women's club will host visiting women lawyers attending the State Bar Association meeting July 4 to 6. Committee heads Mrs Hallie Harper Miss Cora Astle and Mrs Jewell Baer organize entertainment. Two new members added Violet Beach and honorary member Mrs Peckham. Next meeting Tuesday June 25 at city auditorium.
Community figures voice varied views on women going bare legged. Hallie Harper recalls past restrictions and says dress is an individual choice. Others, including Rev Allingham and Don Harrington, note tempered acceptance in cities, while some fear excessive naturalism.
Canadian border cigar shops fret over weekend closings while a US tobacco firm expands with nearly one hundred stores in Canada. An Englishwoman laments dog biscuit shortages as prohibition shifts money and real estate cross border. In New York under cover raids target 40 men, including a French nobleman, under the Jones law with penalties of five years and ten thousand dollars. Senator Carter Glass proposes a 5 percent tax on stock purchases held less than 60 days to curb margin trading and speculation.
Reports indicate discussions in high circles about a visit by Mr. MacDonald to Washington. He may stay at the White House or the British embassy with Sir Esme Howard, the British ambassador, hosting him during a 1924 confirmed administration.
A jumbled Amarillo diary recounts office fashion debates as reporters confess mixed views on stockings. Anecdotes cover dances, birthdays, flowers, and local quirks, with captions of people like O W and Lawrence Hazy. The writer teases a Moron Club idea and ends noting a found bicycle and roaming dogs and cats.
A dog named Dempsey a light brown collie with white markings on head and feet from 314 Sunset Terrace was last seen Friday night June jth. The owner will pay a reward of three dollars for the dog's return and provides telephone numbers 21603 and 9170.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death sentence for Lee Roy Merriman on a rape charge tied to a December 1928 Dallas county assault after a dance. He and a companion allegedly forced three teen girls from a dance party into a second car, where they were subjected to indignities and rape allegations.
Senator Brookhart and Representative from Iowa push for a political battle over the farm relief debenture plan. The Senate voted 46 to 43 to insist on including the debenture in the bill, while the House tabled action awaiting action tomorrow. Brookhart urged organizing progressive candidates in every district to back the program, aiming to press a fight to finish.
A jumble of radio station listings for air features in early broadcasts followed by humorous verse from James Lankford and light local notices. Mentions stations WMAQ KMBC KSL WHK WCCO and others, plus a note on a bakery purchase by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Simpson at 1223 Taylor Street. Ruth Maxine Simpson’s planned photo feature is noted.
Allen and Freeman plan to present first at the hearing with Dayton Moses of Fort Worth as counsel for Land Commissioner Robison. Governor Moody and former Governor Ferguson are among witnesses requested, along with Attorney General Claude Pollard and other officials and regents.
Dallas police arrested eleven persons for drunkenness and forty people overall during the night on gambling vagrancy and other charges. Large quantities of home brew and whiskey were confiscated in a cleanup drive.
At the Amarillo luncheon today the Amarillo Real Estate Board approved a vote of confidence in State Land Commissioner J. T. Robison. The Panhandle Title Association joined in the resolution during their session here. Carl Sears led the program as host, with title and abstract men in attendance.
John Sterling Frazar testified he shot Dr. Daniel A. Tyler to save his life after Tyler allegedly forced entry to the Frazar home and drew a pistol. Mrs. Frazar corroborated that Tyler had treated her and that they had danced in the parlor before the fatal confrontation.
A reader urges Amarillo to allow fishing in the city lake for 15 to 30 days, arguing the public has a right to fish there, and that opposition is funded by lake owners funded by taxpayers. proposes a public vote.
Robert Dean Frisbie, author journalist and adventurer, sails from Oakland aboard the Ta gua schooner bound for South Sea Islands. After a 135 day salt voyage and nine years away from civilization he is amazed by radio auto mobile and talkie. The crew remains the original five natives and two men aboard.
Regional group president D Sears presided as title writers and abstractors discussed issues for future work. A noon luncheon featured Richard B Hall and RE Harding as principal speakers. Morning registrants included many from Amarillo and surrounding towns.
Berlin reports a new German financing plan where about 150 hotel owners and lenders form the Via corporation to offer credit to government and other employees for spa vacations. Debtors repay in six installments with 1 percent monthly interest, requiring proof of half the loan in cash.
United Press report from Dallas dated June 12 describes a chaotic free-for-all at the Shanghai Cafe involving customers and Chinese workers. One man suffered facial and head cuts while a woman sustained a fractured jaw. several participants were arrested after the altercation sparked by a delayed order.
Belief grows that the Green Flash and Yellow Bird transatlantic flights may begin tomorrow as Armend Lotti Jr arrives from New York awaiting favorable weather.
R. E. Craft aged 55 a former federal prohibition officer and Madison County deputy sheriff was shot to death while driving through a wooded area near Huntsville Alabama The killer used a shotgun blast to strike Craft in the head as he rode in his car on June 12 according to Associated Press reports
Mr and Mrs Vincent Coleman of Chicago arrived on the Western Air Express tri motor liner from Kansas City to spend weeks visiting friends and relatives in Amarillo area. Mrs Coleman formerly Zelma Farwell a Channing native. The couple enjoyed views of Kansas Oklahoma and Texas despite head winds on the trip.
The Post Office Drug Store inaugurates a free delivery program to aid customers who cannot visit downtown. Manager Frank Winkler says motorcycles will handle deliveries with no price increase, ensuring convenient service for friends and shoppers.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals met in Austin on June 12. Decisions covered affirmations of numerous defendants including Oscar Porter and LeRoy Merriman, reversals and remands for Harry Williams and others, motions for rehearing denied, appeals dismissed, and several cases reinstated or reversed with various dispositions.
Hogs at Kansas City 10,500 head with top $10.95 for 190–240 lb. cattle and calves steady to strong. good and choice slaughter steers 950–1500 lb at $13.25–15.00. fed yearlings $18.25–15.00. cows $9.50–13.50. Sheep and lambs weaker. Chicago reports hogs up to $11.40, steers $14.25–15.50, cows $10.00–12.50, milk-fed vealers $13.00–15.50. lambs down 25–50 cents.
J R Belknap of Charleston West Virginia says chemically treated dustless coal is being made at West Virginia mines and can be dumped into a coal bin without soiling clothes or creating dust. The remark was shared at the National Retail Coal Merchants Association annual session in Chicago.
East St Louis stockyards show cattle and calves firm with gains on steers and yearlings, top cattle at $14.85 for 1,287 pounders while fat lambs and yearlings slip. In New Orleans cotton opens lower on weak cables then rallies. Liverpool cotton prices steady with American bales and futures marginally higher. Butter and eggs move up while poultry remains steady. New York stock market opens sharply higher with utilities and several leaders advancing amid mixed profit-taking.
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