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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1929
Page
2
Poem reflects on the small chorus of seven and eight year old girls in the garden gate and the lasting ache of quiet when they are grown. The speaker laments sleep lost to their morning chatter and notes the priceless sound that fills a home.
A Scotchman offered to guarantee a fining man’s payment after arrest for intoxication. He claimed to keep the jailed friend at work until the fine was paid and then would guarantee the amount again. He joked about the risks of drinking while speaking to the desk sergeant.
The Palo Duro Baptist Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at Palo Duro Baptist Church six miles south of Wildersoo on Tuesday November 12. The program runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with devotions, budget demonstrations, a sermon, W M A work discussion, and general business led by Dr. Burnett and local pastors urged to attend. The public is invited.
A farmer near the main line is told by a power company that wiring his farmhouse and cow barn will cost $600, a prohibitive price amid broad remarks on prohibition, aviation progress, and social issues. The column connects energy, policy, and technology with commentary on industry and government.
West Texas State Teachers College pep squads and local American Legion post members will broadcast on KGBS from 9 to 10 honoring Armistice Day. The hour titled whoopee hour caps off a Canyon school onlegeet week and promotes the Armistice football game between the West Texas Buffaloes and the Roswell Cadets.
Total ginned by November 1 1927 reached 9 920 546 running bales. Texas led with 9 142 858 bales followed by Alabama 1 091 359 and Mississippi 1 640 739. Other states include North Carolina 990 577 Virginia 17 130 Georgia 1 031 400 and Arkansas 1 061 726.
The report notes a cloudy cold night with gradual warming forecast. Cattlemen anticipate no losses from the storm while wheat farmers celebrate the moisture. They expect freezing to curb excess top growth, boosting later yields.
New Orleans trading opened with a slightly bullish tilt as government crop figures came in. December contracts moved to 17.52, up 11 points, with January and March gains of 6 to 15 points as active trading resumed after a brief suspension.
Lawrence Kansas November 8 United Press reports Bert Rand Russell and Will Durant agreed that politics corrupts education. Russell pressed three tests intelligence self-reliance cooperation Durant argued faults in grammar schools and high schools saying readers are taught what not to read. Each spoke forty minutes with a twenty minute rebuttal. no decision was made.
A French passenger plane from Brussels carrying 12 passengers, a pilot, and a mechanic crashed in fog near Louvres while en route to Le Bourget. None of the passengers was killed but several were seriously injured and sent to hospitals in Paris. The plane overturned after leveling off just above ground. the pilot cut contact to prevent a fire. Louvres lies about 10 miles northeast of Paris.
In Waxahachie Texas Cleve Griffin of El Paso faced a murder charge in court over the slaying of his father-in-law Grant Swafford a wealthy Avalon farmer. A sanity hearing earlier found him mentally competent and the jury trial was recessed as the defense prepared its plan.
Larry Dixon of Los Angeles, 21, riding a bicycle due to non walking, crashed into Amarillo and waited for roads to clear. He has pedaled about a month, sleeps in a back bundle, and stayed at the B and B Tire Company. A knee injury and silver plate require cycling for exercise until he can walk again.
A freak November snow storm swept Quay County ending with heavy snowfall and one of the brightest lightning displays recorded. By 11 AM the government station reported six inches of snow. moisture from the storm could be worth millions to wheat growers with about 250000 acres seeded yet needing rainfall.
The Santa Fe region records heavy snow and freezing rain from Waynoka to Amarillo with multiple towns reporting several inches of snow. North Plains see widespread snow and ice, Vaughn and Mountainair near six inches, Belew rain, Clovis three inches snow, and a lightening mix near Amarillo. Fort Worth and Denver note heavy snow north to Texline and heavy rain south of Amarillo toward Childress.
Riding in on a cold north wind, snow and rain grip the Texas Panhandle and West Texas. Lubbock reports light sleet while Amarillo records 26 degrees and Borger 28. Snow from one to six inches falls in Eastern New Mexico and north of Amarillo, halting cotton picking in some areas. States nearby face colder temps and renewed moisture as winter widens its reach.
Lava buried homes and plantations as bodies and charred remains lay scattered. Searchers found a thermometer melted by heat and a band of marimba players dead beside their instruments. A lone survivor, a tiny girl, was found with her mother among the wreckage. Rescue teams hunted for a group seen on a high mountain surrounded by lava flows.
The piece presents a Russian song translated about snow, wind, and a lover’s plea for a word of affection. Promoter Mr Myers promises a program by the Cossack Chorus, a widely popular American musical group, to please Amarillo and the Panhandle audience tonight.
Los Angeles court freed 20 year old James William Davison who killed his father to protect his mother amid a family quarrel. Judge Thomas Ambrose ruled no jury would convict, as school mates cheered and his mother collapsed in court.
A listing shows multiple radio stations including WSM WSB KVOO KPRC WOAL WKY KOA KSL KFI and others airing 9:30 CHorus and Orchestra segments. It notes Amos and Andy from WMAQ at 10:00 with additional station tags KDKA WLW WKy KWK WREN WTMJ KSTP KOA KSL WPAP.
Ari zona Bill a Texas frontiersman, 83, was hospitalized in Gonzales with two broken ribs after a donkey related accident on the Spanish Trail trip from Los Angeles to Florida. The animal names Dynamite caused the mishap, with Salome and Tipperary also involved. He regales American Legion members with Ranger tales.
In Gastonia North Carolina on November 8 the entire grand jury that declined to return true bills against nine men linked to the death of textile mill striker Ella May Wiggins was ordered to appear as Judge Pender A. McElroy continues his inquiry into the mob violence of September 14 the shooting of the woman.
Kansas City trial market reports show hogs up to 10 to 26 cents higher with top at 9.10 on 210 to 800 lb. cattle and calves varied with slaughter steers up to 18.00, yearlings near 12.00, and cows around 7.50 to 10.70. sheep steady with lambs around 11.75 to 12.65. Fort Worth and Chicago markets noted firm hog and cattle activity, with hogs up to 25 cents higher and cattle steady to higher. cotton prices in New York and New Orleans rose on steady to bullish cables and government reports. Liverpool futures closed barely steady. Poultry and produce figures show mixed movements with butter and eggs edging firm after earlier weakness.
Senate Lobby Committee Chairman Caraway presented records showing William A. Gillespie, auditor for the National Council of State Legislators, once served a prison sentence for a 1925 false audit of a bucket shop. J A Arnold of the Southern Tariff Association testified about joint HQs in Washington.
Chicago date indicates nine men face death penalty in the Granady murder case. Lieut Phillip J Carroll and four police squad members along with four alleged gangsters are on trial for the killing of Octavius C Granady after an automobile chase.
In Kansas City, Clarence Lusby, 18, hid in a neighbor's closet and demanded money. He took $5 but cried in the jail cell, repeating the act in a tearful confession after police noted his remorse.
BONN Germany November 8 The condition of Princess Victoria sister of the former Kaiser and wife of Alexander Zoubkoff was reported improved today though still gravely ill The nature of the illness was not fully determined physicians announced She was stricken suddenly Wednesday and taken to a hospital.
New York stock market opens with renewed buying lifting most leaders led by Houston Oil Purity Baking Radio Union Carbide and American Telephone Bidups extend earlier gains while American Can and Bethlehem Steel retreat on profit taking. Brokers note federal reserve loans drop aiding renewed confidence in a recovering session.
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