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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
1
Police and sheriffs hunted a gunman who shot William J. Johnson and assaulted Hazel Huller after trapping them in a burning car on the Inland Empire Highway. Johnson lay critically injured. Huller escaped, aided by a farmhouse call for help.
Governor Moody approved 82 bills today from the special session, with no vetoes. The measures include poll tax receipts validity, dove hunting season alignment, drainage and water district acts, road laws across several counties, and elder provisions. C. B. Williams accompanied the Amarillo band to Denver for the National Band contest despite not being listed in the band roster.
A scrambled OCR page shows radio station call signs and program notes including Warren Keene and Ph Cook & Vic Fleming Orchestra. Mentions Buck and Wing dance program and Counselor's Reception. Multiple stations listed: KMOX KOIL WADC WHAS WJR WABC KYW WLS and more.
Arthur Brisbane notes shifts in rail stock values after a Supreme Court decision on interstate valuation. A Riverside Illinois ordinance orders bells on cats to protect birds, while a sobering NYC report lists seven fatal private crises in a single day.
The House continues discussion of the tariff bill while Senate deals with the census reapportionment bill. House Republicans confer on a special rule for tariff bill amendments and farm bill conferees hear final amendments in the Ware-Wilson contest. Senate committee weighs a proposal to investigate labor conditions in the textile industry.
Governor Moody declared prize fighting illegal in Texas and banned the June 4 bout between Young Stribling and Jack McAuliffe after Fort Worth reports of a signed match. The 1896 historic attempt between Peter Maher and Bob Fitzsimmons in El Paso had also been prevented.
In Paintsville Kentucky on May 28 Carl Newton Mahan, age 6, stood trial for the murder of his 8 year old playmate Cecil Van Hoose. The defendant, described as very small for his age, reportedly said the killing followed a dispute over scrap iron and a shotgun used after Cecil attempted to take the prize.
Rome May 23 The council of ministers voted to raise the tariff on imported wheat from eleven to fourteen gold lire and apply a proportional increase to wheat flour and related products effective immediately.
At Meacham Field in Fort Worth a Texas cowboy Reg Robbins and former railroad mechanic Jim Kelly pushed toward a new endurance mark in a one motor Ryan monoplane. Experts predicted the Fort Worth plane could exceed the Army Question Mark record by days or a week if lubrication holds. Kelly twice daily overhauls rocker arms as Robbins handles the risky maintenance to sustain the long flight.
United Press reports Bill Williams of Texas narrows the gap in the geobertorial trek up Pike's Peak. After a 1.8 mile push he regains ground amid rain and wind, chasing a $1,000 Madison Square Garden prize and a shot at fame in New York.
Old Orchard Beach Maine May 23 Simultaneous takeoffs for a Rome bound and a Paris bound flight were in prospect. The Bernard-191 French plane would be brought from Roosevelt Field New York for Paris. Lotti Assolant and LeFevre would crew the French flight. Weather delays kept the Green Flash Rome bound mono plane grounded for now.
The directors of the chamber of commerce and the board of city development meet this afternoon at 4 in the municipal auditorium board rooms. Tonight at 8 the chamber airs a WDAG program with Mayor Ernest Thompson O V Vernon and Wilbur C Hawk speaking on the chamber campaign.
Sherman Texas May 2 John Shepherd and Carroll L Reece former Lindsay National Bank Gainesville were sentenced to two years each in the national reformatory in Ohio for violating banking laws after pleading guilty in federal court Tuesday
A resolution was introduced in Washington on May 23 by Senator Thomas demanding the Federal Reserve Board advise the Senate on actions taken or planned to remedy the unsettled commercial credit situation. The text references Griggs ambulance and John Maynard Lumber Co in Oklahoma City.
Kentucky Court of Appeals hears a rural romance case involving Miss Kenova Damron and Wayne Hall of Flemingsburg. Damron sues for 11750 after Hall fails to appear at their 1920 wedding, claiming a relative bought a dog license instead of a marriage license, while Hall contends no debt is owed and notes Sunday was a holiday.
Washington May 23 The stock market was described as overweighted by imminent financial authorities who expect a near certainty of a rediscount rate increase. The Federal Reserve Board meets with a possible New York Reserve Bank request to raise the rediscount rate to six percent, with Secretary Mellon possibly attending. They say rediscount rate is not the sole market factor and deem the overall condition critical.
Shanghai dispatch says Kermit Roosevelt, member of the Roosevelt Field Museum expedition, arrived today and his brother Theodore Jr has decided that he will accept the governorship of Porto Rico.
Joe White of San Antonio, sergeant-at-arms of the Texas House of Representatives, was injured in an automobile collision today in Austin. He sustained a scalp wound. The woman driver of the other car fled the scene. The incident is reported with ambulance contact details from Blackburn's and Berry's rug cleaning listed in the clipping.
J B Whitman dies from a fractured skull after a fight with a former friend at a Fort Worth dry cleaning shop. The incident, witnessed by C R Pressley, occurred yesterday with Whitman dying six hours later in hospital. The two men had worked side by side for two years before the quarrel.
The farm relief conference committee signals possible collapse over the debenture proposal. Representative Garner of Texas declined to recommit the tariff bill to include the debenture plan. Senate conferees wanted a direct House vote on the debenture issue before receding from its stance. The committee meeting was postponed to allow House conferees to attend a Republican tariff caucus.
Paris May 28 The Chamber of Deputies reopened and backed the Poincare government 326 to 261 postponing interpellations on arrests made May 1.
Local carpenter H. H. Chamberland faced district court on charges of possessing a still for manufacturing liquor and possessing and selling liquor. Louis H. Smith of 210 West Sixth is associated with the case as filed in the morning proceedings.
Police reported three holdups in under two hours, a store burglary, seven vagrants and five drunks jailed, and shoplifting and nuisance charges. Two holdups may involve the same men. Victims include A B Vanardsdall of Canyon robbed for 38 dollars and Floyd Cole of Roswell robbed of 135 dollars.
Vacation cash is here and how with the want ads. Clear out white elephants such as the electric sweeper mirror floor lamp outgrown toys Buddy's bicycle phonograph and saxophone to refresh and fund a summer trip.
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