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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1930
Page
6
A fragmentary report notes a sighting of a craft over Henjam in the Persian Gulf. It mentions France built steam propelled vehicles between 1760 and 1770 by Captain Nicolas Joseph Cugnot.
The Amarillo P T A Workers Council met at the Presbyterian Church with Dean C Dutten and Dean Dutton among four speakers. Supt W A McIntosh praised PTA cooperation as the bridge between home and school. About fifty women attended as sections discussed local issues and leadership.
The Pleasant Valley Parent-Teacher Association meeting slated for Thursday has been postponed to Friday at 3 in the school auditorium. The State Birthday will be observed with a special program and a free will offering will go to the state treasurer.
The Womans Missionary Society of Polk Street Methodist Church will not meet Wednesday. Members should attend the district meeting at San Jacinto Methodist Church tomorrow all day. The district meeting moved from Dalhart to Amarillo due to heavy rains in the north.
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen will hold its regular social at the I O O F Hall Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The program committee has arranged a most interesting program and every member is invited to bring guests. Jesse's Melody Maids will provide music.
Circle No 7 of the First Baptist Church will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The gathering will be hosted by Mrs A B Hays at 409 Bellview Street. A committee arranged an interesting program and all members are urged to attend.
October 7 marks the birthdays of Desiree Ellinger born 1895 in Manchester and trained in Paris and Brussels, later starring in Beecham Opera Company productions and UK concerts. Kate Bateman born 1842 rose as a prodigy and starred in America and England with Sir Henry Irving. Rosa Smith Eigenmann born 1858 is noted as an American zoologist.
Mrs LeRoy Solinsky and her newborn daughter born September 23 at St Anthony Hospital have returned to their Capitol Hotel home.
In Rabat Morocco a trial marriage once common among desert tribes fades under the French plan of civilization. A couple contracted to live together for a year and a half with each free to leave and take contributed goods.
Paris designers promote fishskin shoes and handbags for winter. The hard pebbled material resembles sandpaper in texture. Colors favored are black dark brown and navy blue.
Paris milliners sell fur and fur fabric cravats to accompany Russian round turbans Astrakan fur leading the hat and scarf sets for this season The ensemble centers on Astrakan fur as the preferred option for style and warmth.
Ford Shook a clothing merchant died of suffocation at 2 30 this morning in a fire that destroyed his residence in Fort Worth His wife was rescued from an upstairs balcony by neighbors They were asleep when smoke awakened them He investigated the first floor and was overcome by smoke
Corpus Christi reports banker J. E. Garrett a top South Texas cotton grower will propose a plan at a October 29 meeting of farmers bankers and business men to cut cotton acreage next year. Under the plan banks would withhold financing from growers who fail to reduce acreage by at least 25 percent.
Paris haute couture shows favor formal jackets and structured blouses for fall. Lame and beaded blouses appear at Patou Lucile Paray Lanvin with satin broches and long tunics, while many ensembles pair rich blouses with velvet or broadcloth suits for afternoon and theatre wear.
Governors of 21 states where women may serve on juries are informing the Illinois League of Women Voters about the issue. Mrs Ralph B. Treadway of the League reports the nationwide views on women serving on juries as Chicago reads their responses from October 7.
The National Association of Insurance Agents opened its thirty-fifth annual convention in Dallas. Delegates will debate the influence of large financial institutions in insurance and how fleet operators receive special casualty fire and theft rates. Walter H. Bennett will review industry practices. Eighteen California delegates led arrivals, with Governor Dan Moody and three Texas insurance commissioners set to address attendees.
Philharmonic Club selects Mrs. T. M. Caldwell and Mrs. R. W. Adams as delegates to the district federation of music clubs meeting in Quanah October 31 through November 1. The group, meeting at 1908 Harrison Street, welcomed four new members and studied Haydn and Mozart as symphonists with Ardath Johnson guiding remarks.
A hearing on the Texas and Pacific petition to set a two cent per mile passenger rate from Fort Worth to Big Spring will begin Monday in Austin, announced by Lon Smith of the railroad commission.
A long roster of married and single residents including Mrs. Howard Boxwell Mrs. J P Bur gess Mrs T M Caldwell Mrs H M Crudgington Mrs J J Cerume Mrs Floyd Dyer and many others is recorded. The list features dozens of names with titles and initials reflecting a social or organizational listing in the town.
Karachi dispatch reports Mrs Victor Bruce, the British woman aviator, has called a halt to her flight. She has been engaged in a challenging journey across Asia with hopes of completing her circumnavigation.
An account notes a voyage from England to Tokyo that crashed on Kohibarak hills about twenty miles north of Jask in southern Persia. A rescue party on a sailing vessel began from that location. Jask is a small town on a Persian promontory, roughly 575 miles from Karachi. Mrs. Bruce had been missing since Sunday.
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