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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1929
Page
2
The text questions Judge Brady of Austin regarding a girl's death from knife wounds. It suggests the knife may have fallen on a sidewalk with the handle between bricks and the blade upward, causing the fatal injury when the girl tripped and fell. It claims Brady attempted to rescue but merely pulled the knife out.
Three individuals J O Dell G A Craig and Pauline Craig were jailed on liquor charges in East Amarillo. Bonds were set at 1000 for O Dell and 1500 for Craigs as the grand jury investigates. Police uncover three gallons of alcohol and 17 pints buried near the suspects home.
Farmers report ongoing bad weather hindering harvest of raw crops. They describe significant crop damage and express concerns over delayed yields and economic impact.
A reflective verse piece speaks of a garden facing decline as life nears an end. The speaker personifies plants sighing for bygone joys, comparing the aging garden to an old man who has lost strength. The refrain notes the end approaching, recalling past pleasures with tulips and roses in June.
In Amarillo remarks a local figure challenges Mayor Thompson after a banquet clash over gas, water and electric light rates. Old Tack vows a public reply, notes Prairie Oil & Gas statements, and criticizes rate comparisons while defending municipal policy and urging lower rates.
The piece defends rattlesnakes by note from Col. M. L. Crimmins of the Antivenia Institute of America, stating snakes lie in wait for prey and do not constrict. It also covers a recent banquet hosted by railroad men at the Herring Hotel with praise for Miss Ernestine, Mrs. Ludden, J. E. Kendall, Vida Killingsworth, and others, followed by local news on a lost $20 and fruit cake sales at St. Andrews church.
The New York Stock Exchange will close Thursday Friday and Saturday as governors voted. Regular hours 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. will resume Monday through Wednesday.
The Panhandle Livestock Association organizes its largest convention to date for March 3 4 5 1930 with publicity pushed by the Chamber of Commerce. New officers will be elected at a special meeting soon chaired by secretary Grover B Hill. Joe Sneed serves as president.
The annual inspection of Amarillo Canton I O O F will be held tonight at its hall 312 1-2 East Fifth Avenue. All officers and chevaliers are urged to attend. Dr L L Bartlett of Dalhart a state officer will preside as inspection officer. The Canton degree will be conferred and refreshments served.
Walter Jensen of 1802 Taylor Street suffered a paralysis stroke yesterday and is in serious condition. He had been ill for several months, but the recent turn was unexpected and grave.
The extraordinary session saw a divided Senate with Northwestern Republicans allying with Democrats to block Old Guard strategies. A new bloc of newer Republicans aligned with Hoover, aiding adjournment opposed by traditional Old Guard leaders.
Judge W. E. Gee orders a stockholder audit of Johnson Ranch Royalty Company, with a certified accountant hired at stockholders’ expense and a $10,000 bond. New trial requested by the oil firm. Similar suit pending against Rock Creek Oil Company. Plaintiffs include Hickey, Pierce, Reed, Rogers, Grossman, Stritten, Hoekel. Defendants are officers Ed Mayer and Harry Wilson.
Insurance officials conducting a land survey for their farm loan department visited Texas and Oklahoma. The six passenger Travel Air landed at Amarillo and Oklahoma City amid poor flying conditions with a ceiling of 200 feet. Yerex led the trip and noted low flying aided soil condition study.
City chemist Jack Wyatt and dairy inspector Fred Shields will attend the State Association of Sanitarians meeting at Edinburg near Brownsville December 3 to 5. The event is a milk sanitation training school with experts on the program. Mayor E. O. Thompson and O. V. Vernon of the chamber of commerce are expected to attend and urge a 1930 Amarillo session.
Rev. Herbert H. Hamilton, formerly of Texline, has arrived to lead Tenth Street Methodist Church in Amarillo. A surprise party at the parsonage last night, with groceries for the larder, marked the welcoming social. Members express delight with the new pastor.
W F Lampe as chamber of commerce highway chair leads a delegation with W W Chilton and Ray Wheatley to Texhoma to advance road improvements and good roads movements.
Lower Yarex TAT Flying School superintendent George Webb fly to Fort Worth today in a Fleet training ship. They expect to return Sunday with a new ship for use at the Municipal Airport after Webb receives his limited commercial flying license.
Winter has set a cold spell across the plains and upper Midwest as temperatures plunge well below freezing from Minnesota to Wisconsin and North Dakota. Thief River Falls records 16 below zero while numerous sites report subzero readings and sleet in the Texas Panhandle. Railroads face hunter cancellations as crews seek heat and sunshine is hoped for but not guaranteed.
The attorney charged Hutchinson County officers with dodging legal process for over a week to avoid bond hearings for Jones and Hodges. Alfred said the pair, jailed after Sheriff Moore reluctantly consented, faced persistent mental harassment though denied physical mistreatment. Sheriff Moore barred reporters from interviewing the prisoners.
The mayor urged support for a Santa Fe viaduct project to aid city growth. Proposals include three underpasses, with paving underway on East Third Avenue east of the Santa Fe tracks toward the fair grounds and West Third Avenue, plus a planned underpass on the Rock Island on West Third Avenue.
Ray Moore Bob Stanley and Clif ford Moore were indicted by the Potter County grand jury after their arrest Wednesday night. They were arraigned before Judge Henry S Bishop and set for trial Monday. Moore and Stanley faced bond of 6000 dollars each Miller posted 7500 dollars bond was set for Miller None had posted bond by morning.
Chicago November 22 cattle and hogs trading on a busy day with 27 000 hogs up 15 to 25 cents and top at 9 50 per hundredweight. Cattle calves and sheep totals show mixed gains with slaughter steers 1309 to 1500 pounds at 12.26 to 15.00, yearlings 13.00 to 15.76, heifers 12.60 to 15.00, cows 7.60 to 10.00, bulls 4.76 to 10.00, vealers 12.00 to 16.00, stocker and feeder steers 10.00 to 11.00, and 8 000 sheep steady with feeder lambs around 11.76 to 12.75.
Fort Worth livestock market figures list hogs at 500 head strong with medium weights around 194 pounds and top track prices near 9.10. Cattle and calves see 900 head, with fed steers near 19.00 and cows up to 7.50. Sheep 500 head show woolled lambs around 11.90 and feeder yearlings 6.50.
The New Orleans market opened quiet and easy as cables lagged. December liquidation traded around 17.43 while January and March slipped to 17.65 and 17.78, down 6 to 8 points from yesterday's close. Trade buying appeared near the hour's end as prices firmed 3 to 6 points.
Active buying and higher quotations for wheat reflected adverse crop news from Argentina and Australia. Wheat gained then cooled slightly while corn and oats softened with corn opening higher but retreating. provisions held steady.
Butter firm creamery extras 42 cents, standards 4 cents, extra firsts 40 to 41 cents, firsts 37 to 38 4/10 cents, seconds 35 to 41 36 cents. Eggs firm, unchanged.
Dee Graham earned a limited commercial license after finishing at T A T Flying School and left Amarillo this morning as co-pilot on the McMillan Oil Refining tri motor Fokker. The crew will fly to Los Angeles. Graham will likely return to Amarillo via Western Air Express next week.
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