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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
4
Amarillo Daily Globe is published evenings and Sunday mornings by Amarillo Globe Publishing Company from 110 East Fifth Street. It is a member of the Associated Press with AP news dispatches credited or used locally. It entered as second class matter February 20, 1924 at the Amarillo post office.
Rates listed for one week one month and longer terms for Amarillo by mail and Sunday delivery across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Details show monthly and annual prices with discounts for longer terms and separate Sunday only option.
The article notes cotton cultivation rising with ginning data from 1923 compared to 1920–22, with a fourth of the belt showing gains. Texas accounts for half of the 269 counties showing increases as the cotton area moves northward and westward into the Panhandle, spurred by contests in Amarillo.
The article promotes Better Homes week urging readers to improve both exterior and interior of their homes. It suggests weed control cleaning up rubbish painting waxing polishing and simple repairs like mending chairs shelving fixing light sockets and nailing loose boards to create a more liveable and attractive space for the season.
West Texas Teachers College band from Canyon performs for Amarillo at the Brownwood convention efforts. The musicians volunteer, lending pep and support to help Amarillo secure the 1925 West Texas Chamber of Commerce gathering. Canyon supports Amarillo by offering band use.
A jumble of opinions contrasts speed, politics, and pleasure as the author muses on Paderewski quitting politics, Wall Street blame, diamonds versus glass, and the vanity of lawmaking. The piece roams from Amarillo to faith, pencils sharp satire on candidates and knocker culture, ending with a trivial want ad note.
Compiled by United Press a multi city radio schedule notes programs across WEAF WJZ WGY WHN and many stations. It lists show times hosts concerts and talks for stations from New York to Portland with a focus on classical and popular entertainment and the Shown times include Michael Speciale Ruth Bigelow Paul Fleeger and the Roseland Orchestra among others.
In New York shoppers and clerks clash under a fast paced retail climate. The writer notes rude incidents and busy, clock driven lives behind the scenes at major stores and profiles Elmer Davis a Times editor turned novelist.
Names of residents and visitors such as J M Poole C T Davis Judge O H Nelson BE Moran J L Machen F S Garrett B L Bates Mrs Joe Terry L W Duffell R B Powell and others appear as having been here yesterday. Amarillo reports a new malted milk bottling works at 310 North Tyler by J D Stinson delivering five to six hundred bottles daily.
The Mission and Liberty theaters present пока Fair Week with Walter Heirs in a small town comedy and Wild Oranges a Joseph Hergesheimer romance. Winifred Westover Hart seeks court relief to return to films amid alimony disputes with Bill Hart. Thomas Meighan plans Alaska filming for The Alaskan after The Confidence Man. The Mission screens Lights Out with Ruth Stonehouse and Walter Me Garil. Liberty shows The Way of a Man with Allene Ray and Harold Miller, plus The Steel Trail and Border Law. Cobwebs explained by shellac method. theater notes and price comparisons noted. Betty Compson leads Woman to Woman at the Mission next week. Amarillo features premier releases, with New York seats at $2.20, same films shown locally.
Edwin Hardesty notes Abernathy cotton country remains strong with a record acreage increase this year. Co L Thompson commends Amarillo newspapers for handling the Panhandle hardware dealers convention well. Tom N Witten stresses morale in sales force. Paul Speer says a warm welcome and a laugh lift spirits.
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