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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
2
Poem reflection on a wife tending a garden while men neglect chores. She toils in sun to create beauty, noting women sustain what men may ignore. The speaker notes her husband’s lack of insight into a trade, contrasting blossoms' thrill with his indifference. Copyright 1929 Edgar A. Guest.
Rosa Morini captivated music lovers in Amarillo earning top notices for voice range and sensitivity. Critics compared her to Galli Curci and Kurenko, praising the final aria from Mozart The Magic Flute sung in the original key without flaw and noting the ovations and bouquets she received after her concert.
The writer refutes claims that Judge Hamilton was protected for wealth and prominence. He urges calm, faith in courts, and fair trial while condemning murder. He laments public abuse and defends honest journalism in Amarillo. He praises friendship but declines mob justice. He ends by praising Tom Turner.
Wages rise fueling buying while experts warn private brands under chain control could hollow quality. The piece notes olives versus imitations, fruit fly control by airplanes, and varied reflections on public figures and policy, including Hoover's yacht sale and pensions for ex-presidents.
A verbose column blends personal reminiscence with community chatter. It notes praise for Mr. Turner’s honesty, a missing dog case with a $25 reward for a screw-tailed Boston bull terrier, and Patsy the German police dog in Amarillo. It also mentions a purse lost near East 14th Street, a dairy cattle market, and dated social quips about spring, fashion, and local life.
A reader asks Mack to disclose the identity of the person who dared him to publish a dancing write up, noting the challenge seen in the column last night.
Associated Press reports that rebel General Gorochea and 56 men surrendered to federal forces at Santiago de Los Caballeros in Sinaloa on May 9. The surrender follows ongoing clashes with government troops.
The Panhandle Music Festival entered its second day as piano and violin contests continued in the Municipal Auditorium. Young contestants from Amarillo, Happy, White Deer and Hereford competed for honors with results posted on the bulletin board.
Amarillo Boy Scouts join Hanson Post of the American Legion for a patriotic meeting Friday night May 17 at the Legion rooms in the Auditorium. An ex army captain speaks on comradeship, Ed Green a Spanish American War veteran gives a flag eulogy, and an ex sergeant leads in singing.
Air features on WTMJ WHAS WSM WMC WSAI WFAA KPRC with 8 00 hours includes Old Counselor's Reception and WGY WWJ WSAL KYW KSD WHO WOW WSMB WAPI KSTP WTMJ WJAX WHAS WSM WMC WSB KVOO WFAA KPRC WOAI. From WJZ New York and Chain 6 30 Ben Bernie’s Orchestra also KDKA WJR WLW KYW WREN. 7 00 Piano Team and Novelty also KDKA WJR WLW WCFL KWK WREN.
Judge R. H. Hamilton, noted attorney and former county judge, is fined $2.50 by a jail cell kangaroo court in Potter County's Lower Tank No. 1. The payment funds inmate comforts, creating shared rights for Hamilton within the cell.
Nurses at Amarillo join the G N A convention with talks on tolerance and education. A Red Cross luncheon, afternoon program, and banquet scheduled at Herring Hotel with election of state officers tomorrow and next year venue decided.
After three public hearings in Austin committees in both chambers prepared to act on a bill to regulate public utilities statewide. Fort Worth and Dallas city attorneys urged fair law and proper financing for a new state commission while opponents warned about revenue and effective court protection for smaller cities.
Judge Hamilton prepared to explain why he shot his son in law Walton at McAlester Oklahoma while Walton's father denounced the marriage as lacking wealth or prominence. The couple married in secret after Walton's earlier rebuff. Public sentiment grows in McAlester as Mrs Hamilton contemplates plans and a fundraising drive for special prosecutors rises at the National Bank of Commerce. Hamilton's cellmates include several murder, burglary and liquor cases.
Hogs at Kansas City 8 000 head steady to 10 cents lower with top 10.95 for 200 pounds. cattle 2 000 with calves 300, varied prices across steers cows and yearlings. Fort Worth reports hogs up to 10.70. cattle and calves mixed, sheep steady. East St Louis and Chicago rounds show similar livestock trends with prices for hogs cattle and sheep. Cotton news from New York and New Orleans notes firmer opens followed by fluctuating midday levels amid rain forecasts.
The report confirms rains induced renewed selling and by the first hour the market fell 8 to 9 points. Prices later rallied on excessive rain in the belt. July rose to 18.63, October to 14.69 and December 1870 to 17–21 points above early lows and 3–6 points above yesterday's close. Weather reports remained the sole market influence for now.
Liverpool notes spot cotton in fair demand but easing prices with American fiber at 10.56 to 10.86 and 8,800 American bales in sales. Futures close steady with May 9.91 and July 9.89. Receipts reach 10,000 bales, including 8,100 American. CHICAGO grain sees wheat drop after early break despite higher Liverpool quotes amid thin buying and broad selling.
Poultry is steady in Chicago on May 9 with fowls 29 to 33 cents per pound, broilers 32 to 44 cents, roosters 20 to 26 cents, turkeys 20 to 30 cents, ducks 24 to 30 cents, geese 17 cents.
Butter markets show declines across creamery extras and firsts with standards and seconds easing. Eggs rise with extra firsts at 30 cents and storage packed firsts around 29 to 44 cents, while ordinary firsts and storage packed extras hover near 29 cents.
Stocks show early gains with American Sugar Refining General Railway Signal Fox Film and Marmon Motors up 1 to 1% while Canadian Pacific slips 1½%. Trading grows unsettled on concerns about credit, brokers loans, and Fed rediscount rate. Remington Rand blocks trade near year high and United Corporation and Kraft Phenix Cheese hit new levels. Bullish moves appear in American Tobacco, American Can, Coty, Eaton Axle, Prairie Oil Gas, Curtis and Warner Bros. Pictures as foreign exchange opens steady.
Arguments in the state and university regents injunction case restraining J T Robison from selling oil and gas leases in West Texas were presented to the supreme court commission on appeals in Austin on May 9.
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