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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1929
Page
2
Colonel Lindbergh declined to confirm reports in Mexico City papers that he would pilot a mail plane to Brownsville Texas on Saturday. The Mexican Aviation company plans an informal opening this Thursday with the official start set for Saturday.
The body was brought into the church and carried out as chimes played. Bishop Seaman read scripture and Dr. Yates offered prayers before Dr. Thomson delivered a funeral oration referencing the Bible. The scene included a son in law Grady Nobles and a mass of flowers across the front of the church.
Eureka Kansas officials express sorrow over the sudden death of P. H. Landergin a Greenwood County leader and former citizen who inspired the community. Messages from Mayor R E Teichgraeber and acting mayor J H Harris note the loss of one of the town’s best men.
The day marked the funeral tribute to P. H. Landergin praised as a Christian, businessman, philanthropist, and community builder. Dr. Thomsen lauded his character while Mrs. R A Duncan led a hymn and a quartet performed Fear Not I Am With You. pallbearers named and sections reserved for Rotary, Presbyterian elders, the Children’s Home, Vera citizens, Landergin ranch employees, and visiting cattlemen.
A memorial service for P. H. Landergin and Fred Horsbrugh was held by the Rotary club at the Amarillo Hotel at noon. Speakers included Dr. R. Thomson and Bishop E. Cecil Seaman. The Rotary quartet sang a special number. Both men had long Rotary membership and strong interest in club activities.
In Miami Florida a winter visitor from New York Thomas Walsh was found dead in a tower room of a big hotel. His friend Arthur L Clark lay on the floor with a bullet wound in the chest. Police investigated as a fatal shooting case.
The Postal Life and Casualty Insurance offers an accident policy paying up to 100 dollars a month for 24 months if total disability occurs and 1000 dollars for death, costing less than 10 cents a day or 3.50 dollars yearly. No medical exam required and you pay nothing until a 10 day free inspection. policy can be returned if not satisfactory.
The piece honors Mr. Landergin as a generous, principled citizen whose aid helped many in Amarillo and the Panhandle. It also assesses Governor Dan Moody, noting his honesty but perceived lack of initiative, and discusses Austin land disputes and political pressures shaping his tenure.
The piece portrays Governor Dan Moody facing a changed Texas political climate. It credits his fiscally prudent, efficient administration while noting his diminished legislative influence and personal weariness. It suggests he plans to return to law practice and abandons any pursuit of higher office.
Lord Beaverbrook predicts Labour will win the British election with Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister as all citizens over 21 vote for the first time. In the U.S. Lindbergh is highly admired by Yale seniors, while Hoover faces market jitters and regulatory debates. Mildred Johnson plans a May crossing of the Atlantic by flying boat with cargo.
The new attorney general says enforcement work looks interesting and pledges to improve conditions. He will assess funding needs and determine if more money or personnel are required to handle increased workload.
An advertising claim warns pyorrhea endangers health and urges Creosone as a fast remedy. It alleges bleeding gums and soreness vanish in one day with teeth tightening and pus stopping within three weeks, with money back if not cured.
The Amarillo City Plan Commission reports that a comprehensive city plan should be developed with zoning to follow. It urges immediate start, estimates expert service cost of 10 000 to 15 000 dollars, and asks the city commission to authorize hiring. The commission notes maps by the engineering department are sound and that public interest supports early adoption.
Civilians and Mexican officers clash in a restless night as Francisco F. Gonzales, jailed for drunkenness, regains his pistol and sabre while Lt. Col. L. M. Gutierrez, suspected of siding with the enemy, is allowed to rejoin troops and rally recruits after a council of officers grants him back his weapon.
General Martias Ramos arrives in El Paso to assume command of federal troops at Juarez. He meets with General Ignacio Flores and consul general Enrique Liekens after crossing the Rio Grande. Reports say federal forces hold foreign planes in Mexico City for emergency use.
United Press reports from Washington say Rebel General Luis de la Sierra General Gama and other rebel leaders were killed as Federal forces recaptured Vera Cruz yesterday, per official advices to the Mexican embassy.
The Associated Press reports a train carrying 900 rebel soldiers arrived in Nogales Sonora Mex around noon. Governor Fausto Topete’s garrison there increased to about 2,400 with 1,500 men encamped last night.
Advices from Gusave, Sinaloa report General Iturbe moving south with Rebel forces toward Culiacan, amid strong public support. Federal retreat causes property destruction and rail damage. church services resume across the border in Sonora as 2,000 reinforcements gather near Nogales.
A telegram from Mexico City reported General Juan Andreu Almazan captured at Saltillo by rebels. Almazan had led federal troops in Coahuila and pursued rebel General Gonzalo Escobar from Monterey to Saltillo, where his forces were overcome.
Mexico City was virtually isolated today as land telegraph lines were cut for hours. Communication with Tampico briefly resumed before noon but suffered heavy congestion. The Vera Cruz to Mexico City headline service was lost around 8 a.m. EST.
In London a wife discovers her husband Captain Leslie Barker was a woman. Barker, a boxing instructor, is jailed in Holloway amid bankruptcy proceedings. Barker married Elfrida Manard in Brighton in 1923. witnesses recount the wife’s initial happiness and later misery as she left him two years ago. The wife resides with her parents who say she did not know of the masquerade.
Clark stated Walsh arrived from New York three weeks earlier and they stayed at the hotel together since a week after arrival. He told police he did not shoot Arnold Rothstein.
Plans for the fall poultry show will be discussed at the Panhandle Poultry association meeting tonight at 8 o clock in the auditorium. J L Stroud secretary says anti theft measures will be perfected. All members and interested parties in the poultry industry are urged to attend.
Relief parties rushed to Sao Vicente after a landslide in the grand ravine destroyed many houses and killed about 100 people. Five bodies were recovered as authorities reported the disaster. The report noted disrupted rail and road links and uncertain radio service.
Acting Gov Sillar of Coahuila has relocated his headquarters from Saltillo to Piedras across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass due to clashes between Gen. Gonzales Escobar and royal troops near Saltillo.
A Nogales dispatch reported by La Opinion says Ramon Spurce's rebel column captured Culleancan in Sinaloa while Gen. Carrillo, a fleeing federal leader, evacuated Mazatlan. The report cites U P dispatch from Los Angeles dated March 7.
The first train north out of Mexico City since the revolution left for Laredo at 9 p m Wednesday. An official statement promises restoration of regular air mail and passenger service between Mexico City and Tampico on Thursday.
The poem recalls a day when a difficult duty seemed irksome yet by day’s end the speaker sees the journey as short and worthwhile. The wind and rain fade in memory, and the task’s burden becomes a brief mile compared to the earlier fear.
Kansas City hogs and calves show activity with 7 000 head traded as steady to 10 cents higher and top hog price at 11.70 for 180 to 240 pound pigs while cattle and vealers move within 11 to 14.50 for varied weights. Fort Worth receipts total 2 000 hogs with tops around 10.25 and cattle and calves at 11 to 12.25. sheep receipts 1 100 with lambs at 15.60 to 16.86 and ewes at 7.25 to 9.25.
Livestock prices in St Louis on March 7 show hogs steady to 10 cents higher with top 12.00 for 160-230 lb, sows 10.50-11.10, calves around 1,000 head noted, cows and bulls down, sheep steady with lambs around 16.60-16.75. Chicago reports 27,000 hogs down 10-15 cents, top 12.10 for 222 lb. cattle and calves stronger, vealers 14.50-17.00, sheep steady with lambs 16.15-17.60. New Orleans cotton opens firmer on bullish gauges. Liverpool futures firm, New York opens steady with May around 21.07 and Oct near 20.22.
Berlin March 7 a Russian icebreaker Traver bound for Kiel sent an SOS reporting it was trapped in ice floes with danger. Baltic ice conditions have halted shipping for Germany Denmark and Sweden.
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