25 Mar 1929
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1929
Page
1
Brisbane muses on eighty peace treaties signed by Kellogg and the fame of Foch and Napoleon. He notes Wall Street’s chill with margins up to 160 million and compares public memory of great leaders to nameless soldiers. The column blends treaty optimism with market jitters and historic reflection.
Tickets for the old time fiddlers and dance contests at the Municipal auditorium go on sale tomorrow morning at City Drug store. Downstairs seats are 50 and 75 cents while balcony seats are 25 cents. Children under 12 enter balcony free with parents. out of town reservations by check to Wiltur C. Hawk of The News Globe, Tri-State fair sponsor.
Texas weekend deaths total nine from auto crashes fires and an oil field mishap. Amarillo mothers Mrs. David L. Hollis and Mrs. G R Chewning killed when their car was struck by a Santa Fe train at a grade crossing.
The Spanish Moroc can ministry reports the air plane Jesus Del Gran Poder passed Cape Juby Rio De Oro shortly after midnight with a favorable wind. Spain awaits news on Ignacio Jiminez Martin and Francisco Iglesias Braga captains who started from Seville to Rio De Janeiro to set a new world distance record.
Premier Mussolini and the Fascist party won an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections in Rome. Returns show 8,506,576 yes votes to 136,198 no, with 89.63 percent of the eligible electorate voting, higher than 1921 and 1925 turnout.
Amarillo Kiwanis hosts divisional conference bringing together six clubs from Tulsa Plainview Lubbock Tahoka plus guests from Clovis and Tucumcari. Over 20 delegates attend with District Governor L A McDonald and Lieut Governor W C Rylander. Morning session fills Longhorn Room with welcome by W A Palmer and remarks by Dr Clark Buckner.
Gen. John J. Pershing said he was approached months ago about becoming the high commissioner of the oil industry, a role akin to Landis in baseball or Hays in cinema. He noted no further talks, no salary mentioned, and called the idea buried.
Floodwaters from Cumberland Mountain watersheds caused 37 deaths in Kentucky and Tennessee. Tornadoes and storms killed at least 12 more across Alabama Georgia Mississippi North Carolina and contributed to a total southern toll of 49 or more. Rescue efforts and evacuations followed as coal mines closed and trains halted. National Guard blankets and gear moved to aid flood areas under Kentucky Governor Sampson's orders.
Fair weather ushers the annual Spring Style show with more than 50 businesses reporting near completion of display plans. Thousands spent on latest merchandise as traffic officials urge off street parking. Dave Derden’s Concert Band will start at 7 o'clock to herald the 7 30 opening.
Khiva Shrine Temple announces a pre Easter dance in the Shrine ballroom third floor Masonic Temple Thursday evening March 28. All Shriners with their ladies urged to participate. Dancing starts promptly at 9 with Joe Orman s orchestra.
The sinking of the British schooner I'm Alone by U S Coast Guard prompts debate over twelve mile limit. Officials say sighting inside the limit justified pursuit and sinking. the captain calls it an act of war and violates freedom of the seas. Crew were captured. one seaman died.
The Graf Zeppelin hovered near Corsica at 12 30 p m Berlin Time as Dr Hugo Eckener planned a Rome overflight shortly after 3 p m A light was lifted off Friedrichshafen with 27 passengers aboard among them two women The ship carries 48 crew and a 55 ton load on a five thousand mile route over France Italy the Balkans and Central Europe before returning to base.
Kiwanis Governor of Denton and Texas-Oklahoma district leader spoke at the divisional meeting in Amarillo. Mr McDonald addressed visitors and the Amarillo club at noon in the Amarillo hotel and was set for a second address that afternoon.
The Chicago Rock Island and Gulf railroad withdrew its January petition from the Interstate Commerce Commission to build 90 miles of track from Groom to Paducah Texas. Officials cited engineering estimates showing high costs but said surveys would continue and the application could be resubmitted for a different route if found practical.
Paris crowds lined up for six hours to pass the bier of Marshal Foch in Notre Dame Cathedral after the coffin was moved from the Arc de Triomphe. The change in plans followed the mass demonstrations at the Arc, where one man died and many were injured.
Lieut Frederick W Roberts flight instructor and Alvin Crossman Hutchins student died when two planes collided at the U S naval air station in Pensacola Florida on March 25. At Mt Gretna Military Reservation a monoplane crash killed three passengers including Major Hicks with little identification of the craft other than Mahoning make number 7208.
Doss Moore, a 45 year old bachelor, is said to have endured brutal torture after a plain yellow gold ring allegedly cast a powerful hex. Lawmen Jim McCoy and Sheriff Newell Graves obtained fragments of the case as Moore lay unconscious, with neighbors watching and whispering about occult rites.
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