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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1929

Page

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Air Features Tonight Radio Schedule Highlights

A dense network of programs listed from New York Newark Chicago and other markets. Shows include Air Features Tonight 9:00 7:30 Gus and Louie and 8:10 Half Hour With the Senate with Senator David J. Waleh.

The Associated Press WABC New York Chain WADC KMBC WRUM WEAF Gus Louie Aleo WGY WWI WLS WOW WDAF WSAI Senate David J. Waleh WTMJ WEBC WAPI WSMB KTHS KVOO WMC WIOD KOA KSL Challengers Orchestra KDKA WLW KYW KWK WREN KPRC WOAL WHAS WSB WTMI KSTP WERC WKY WSM WFAA KPI WOR Newark, and Mary and Bob Alsc WKRC WGOHP WMAQ WOWO KMOX KMAC KOIL WSPD WHK WHEC Weco WGHP Wwowo WLAC WDOD WBRC WREC KLRA KFJF KFH KTSA WCCO WISN WDSU Chicago NBC Smile Girl KSD KWOO

Gambling Is Foolish Yet Wall Street Won’t Stop

Arthur Brisbane argues gambling on Wall Street is folly but warns against overreach in public alarm. The piece notes R H Grant’s rise to General Motors sales VP, calls it the largest selling job, and discusses the need for strong distribution. It also covers a New York court freeing birth control instruction arrests and debates farm relief funding and debenture plans.

Wall Street United States New York

Guardsmen Fight Threat of Mississippi Flood

Government and district engineers with National Guardsmen and volunteers moved to combat severe flood threats across Arkansas Missouri and Tennessee. Arkansas dykes broke in three places, the Mississippi River neared levee tops near Memphis and Vicksburg, and a guard unit was dispatched from Union City to Hickmat Kentucky to bolster defenses as the Arkansas river levee near Plumerville failed briefly, flooding cotton lands.

Associated Press Memphis Tenn Arkansas Mississippi Missouri Kentucky Vicksburg Tennessee National Guard Hickmat Mike Bright Wallace Nolen Union City Arkansas River Little Rock Plumerville

Mob Lynches Florida Man Near Lake City After Jail Arrest

N G Romey a Lake City grocer was seized by a mob and lynched two miles south of the city after an altercation with police. Chief John F Baker was wounded and Mrs Romey killed. Romey’s body with bullet wounds was found in a ditch on the Columbia road. A coroner's jury was summoned.

Associated Press Lake City Pla N. G. Romey Here John F. Baker Romey

Settlement of Tacna Arica dispute announced

President Hoover will reveal the settlement of the Tacna Arica dispute with Chile and Peru during his press conference this afternoon at 4 o clock. Secretary Stimson indicated the plan in Washington today.

Associated Press Washington Chile Peru Hoover Stimson

Joyce Wethered Captures British Women's Title Again

Joyce Wethered defeats Glenna Collett to win the British women's golf championship at St Andrews. The match ends 3 up with 1 to play after 36 holes, as Wethered maintains steady play to overcome Collett’s early lead.

Associated Press ST. Andrews Joyce Wethered Glenna Collett Miss Wethered

Tractor Operator Killed by Lightning in Deaf Smith County

Walter R. Carothers thirty a tractor operator died when a bolt struck his rig on the John Skaggs farm twenty one miles northwest of Adrian in Deaf Smith county last night. He was found by a fellow worker and his body brought to N. B. Griggs & Sons chapel. Carothers formerly lived at Elk City Oklahoma and relatives were en route to Amarillo. It was not learned whether he was married or single.

Walter R. Carothers John Skaggs Adrian Deaf Smith County Carothers Elk City Okla Skaggs Tom Phillips N. 8 Griggs & Sons Amarillo

Famous Opera Singer Lilli Lehmann Dies in Berlin

Berlin May 17. Lilli Lehmann renowned opera singer has died at age 81. The death marks the passing of a famed vocalist whose career spanned decades and continents.

Berlin Associated Press Lilli Lehmann

Dwight F. Davis Accepted Governor General Post

Dwight F. Davis former secretary of war has accepted the governor generalship of the Philippine Islands. The announcement came from Washington on May 17.

Washington Dwight F. Davis Philippine Islands

Tennessee Adjutant General Faces Murder Charge

Elizabethton May 17 Adjutant General W C Boyd of Tennessee was arrested on a warrant charging aiding and abetting an attempt to murder stemming from a strike incident where a textile worker was injured by a car that struck picketers. He posted a $1000 bond. Dynamiting at a grist mill owned by United Textile Workers member Joseph Grindstaff and burning a striker’s car were reported as strike area developments along routes to Bemberg and Glanzstaff Bayon plants as National Guardsmen kept order.

Associated Press Elizabethton Tenn W.C. Boyd Tennessee Evelyn Heaton National

New Wheat Use Is Necessary Says Grain Leader

Grain men must find a new use for wheat due to a world carryover rising from 245 million to 350 million bushels by July. President W H Killingsworth of San Antonio spoke at the Texas Grain Dealers association convention in Fort Worth about satisfactory grain prices except for wheat and the need for a new outlet as bread prices tighten.

United Press Fort Worth Tex W. H. Killingsworth San Antonio Texas Grain Dealers Association Killingsworth

Oscar D Short Dies In Salem Indiana Pioneer Amarillo Newspaper Man

Word reached Amarillo today that Oscar D Short a pioneer resident and former Amarillo newspaper man has died in Salem Indiana. Short had been in Salem for months staying with a sister and had suffered ill health for a year. Horace Griggs and wife left yesterday for Fort Worth Dallas on business and will attend the Texas Funeral Directors convention in Houston May 22 23 and 24 then visit Galveston before returning to Amarillo May 26.

E. M. Stallworth Fort Worth Potter County Grace Morrison Plainview Levi P. Stallworth Bond Amarillo Oscar D. Short Pioneer Citizen Salem Indiana Mr. Short Horace Griggs Dallas Houston Convention of Texas Funeral Directors Galveston

General Rains Sweep Plains with Widespread Showers

General rains fell across the plains with totals from half to two inches in many areas. Amarillo recorded 0.69 inches by 11 o'clock, while Fort Worth Denver lines reported rain from Textine to Childress. Santa Fe noted soaking rain in South Mining and Eastern New Mexico as clouds moved northeastward. Rock Island line reported good rain from Amarillo to Tucumcari, with lighter showers east of Groom.

Deagan Amarillo Fort Worth Denver Childress Santa Fe New Mexico North Plaing Rock Island Tucumcari Groom

Tack Offers To Team Up With Moody

Governor Moody has chance to join Erasmus Tack Amarillo columnist in newspaper venture. Since declaring ambition to be a newspaper writer he has received numerous offers. Tack proposes funding a paper at any location the governor chooses.

Associated Prone Austin Moody Erasmus Tack Amarillo Tack

Boose Haul Follows North Texas Car Chase

Willburn Heskitt was arrested by Constable Al len Johnson after a late night high speed chase across Potter county near Deal and East Amarillo. Forty one gallons of whiskey in jars and a keg were seized, as Heskitt fled on foot toward St George's college and the Rock Island tracks. A second man fled the pursuit, and Johnson searched for a lost gun and the overturned liquor car.

Willburn Heskitt Allen Johnson Heskitt Potter County Deal East Amarillo Heskett St. George's College Rock Island

Spanish airmen depart Guatemala for Havana

The Tropical Radio reported that Spanish aviators Jimenez and Iglea left Guatemala City for Havana at 7:41 a.m. Central Standard Time today, signaling their flight toward Havana.

Associated Presa New Orleans Jimenez Igleajas Guatemala City Havana

Gas tax bill withdrawn at Texas session

A four cent gasoline tax measure and an automobile license fee cut were dropped at the Austin session. Rep. Leonard Tillotson asked that the bill be laid on the table and will not be called again this session. He said senators want more time to study both taxes and that the governor will propose them at the next called session. Louis H. Smith Griggs ambulance 210 W 6th.

Austin Leonard Tillotson House Tillotson Senate

Graf Zeppelin Crippled in French Landing Attempts

Crippled Graf Zeppelin, driven by a storm, struggled to land in several French airfields on May 17. Ground crews secured ropes as the airship swung and weather forced it toward Montelimar and the Rhone valley with only two engines operating.

Toulon France Cuers Saillans Montelimar Rhone

Fear of more deaths in Cleveland clinic blast toll

Cleveland Cleveland clinic disaster leaves 123 dead with 80 patients unaccounted and 45 others in area hospitals. officials fear more fatalities as funeral plans begin for 127 lives lost to poison gas and fire from three explosions.

United Press Cleveland Cleveland Clinic

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