North Amarilloans Will Discuss Schools
North Amarilloans discuss expanding public school space amid growing enrollment and aging facilities. Local officials and parents plan a public meeting to explore capacity needs and potential funding.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1929
Page
1
Florida City Flooded Take Safety Steps
Heavy rains in the Everglades flood Hialeah Florida to two feet, inundating 6400 square miles of land. Engineers report emergency measures to save the town with a race track. Damming the Tamiami Trail and opening a ditch aim to carry flood waters into Biscayne Bay. Amarillo will be discussed at a mass meeting of citizens at Buchanan Street School Thursday night at 8. Every parent and patron of schools is urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Miami
Fla
Everglades
Hialeah
Biscayne Bay
Amarillo
Buchanan Street
Air Features Tonight at New York and CBS Chain Venues
Radio audience across WEAF New York and CBS Network heard diversified hours featuring WEAF and KSD WHIS. Performances included Paul Whiteman's Band and Salon Orch with broadcasts from WADC WOKY KMBC and KMOX.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEAF
New York
NBC Chain
WTAM
WWJ
WGN
KSD
WDAF
KSTP
WAM
WMC
WSRB
KVOO
WOAT
Eekimos Dance Orchestra
We Reser
Aleo
WGY
WWI
WSAT
KYW
WDA
WHAS
WSM
WSE
KPRC
W4sax
WKY
WFAA
KOA
K&l
KFI
Arec
KTHS
WSHAI
WTM
WJAX
WIOD
WMC Wash
WAPT
WSMB
WOAL
KSL
KPI
WABKC
New York—860
CBS Chain
WOWO
KMOX
Wwhkk
WREM
KMBC
Wccagg
WGOHP
Wspp
WAIL
Paul Whteman
WADC
WGHP
WHEM
Koul Wahpd
WHK
WCCO
KLRA
WLAC
WDOD
WHRRC
WREC
KFIF
KTSA
WISN
WDSU
WFBM
KRLD
Salon Orch
WKRC
WOHJ
KMAC
Koll, Wspd
WRERM
KRLID
Alee
WDAC
WFRM
WOOD
KMBO
Krol
Jexae Crawford
Alao
WKRO
Wiseman Brisbane Notes Quiet Day Yet Looms Large
Arthur Brisbane muses on small news becoming significant such as Bastille Day, Louis XVI diary entry Rien and the looming influence of socialism. He notes baseball scores in Philadelphia and Chicago and reflects on Voltaire’s era, with a nod to future leaders like Lincoln and Edison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Will Rogers
Bastille
Louis the Sixteenth
Fontainebleau
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cubs
Athletics
Voltaire
British Premier Pleased With U S Visit
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald declared the United States and Britain share a peace goal after a twelve day goodwill mission. He spoke to British and American correspondents at Niagara Falls before crossing the border and returning to British soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Associated Press
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Ramsay MacDonald
Atlantic
Falls
Britain
Great Britain
Fall Picnic Days Highlight Used Cars in LOBE NEWS Ads
Today page notes fall picnic days and urges readers to enjoy them with a good used car. It promotes end of summer trips and evening breezes after hot days, and points to numerous listings in the Lobe-News want ads to fit any budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lobe-News
Koch, Pottery Expert, First to Take Stand
The Senate judiciary subcommittee opened its lobby investigation into the sugar and pottery schedules of the Republican tariff bill. Six witnesses testified as private information suggested an extraordinary effort to influence congressional action on pottery rates and the movements of a secret propaganda network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate Judiciary
Congress
Koch testifies as senate lobby committee opens probe
Frederick L. Koch chief of the pottery and earthenware division testifies that charges of bias were brought against him to the tariff commission. He says William Burgess, a former commissioner, reported concerns after Koch testified on pottery valuations and the House tariff sub committee pressed his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Frederick L. Koch
Tariff Commission
Senate Lobby Committee
Commission
Koch
House
William Burgess
Burgess
Watson
Pennsylvania
Timberlake
Colorado
Bacharach
New Jersey
Walsh
Montana
Government Rests Case in Fall Bribery Trial
The government rested its case in the Albert B. Fall bribery trial after presenting testimony on Fall's deals with oil magnate Harry F. Sinclair. Justice William Hitz ruled such testimony admissible, signaling a government point in the proceedings in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
William Hitz
Fall
Seventeen Blue Mountain students injured in dorm porch collapse
Seventeen Blue Mountain College girls were hospitalized in New Albany with broken bones and other injuries after a second story dormitory porch collapsed during the final event of initiation week. More than twenty others were treated locally for less severe hurts at the Mississippi college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Blue Mountain
Miss
Blue Mountain College
New Albany
G R Smith Named Census Supervisor for Texas Counties
Galen R. Smith of Amarillo Texas was appointed by the census bureau as supervisor of the 1930 census for Armstrong Carson Collingsworth Dallam Deaf Smith Donley Gray Hansford Hartley Hemphill Hutchinson Lipscomb Moore Ochiltree Oldham Potter Randall Roberts Sherman Wheeler Counties. Headquarters will be in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Galen R. Smith
Amarillo
Tex
Census Bureau
Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth
Dallam
Deaf Smith
Donley, Gray, Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hutchinson, Lipscomb
Moore, Ochiltree
Oldham
Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman
Wheeler
Texas
Detained man linked to Chicago gangland killings
State's Attorney holds Frank Biege alias Perry as a key suspect in a string of violent murders tied to Bugs Moran and Frankie Yale. Surveillance followed three months and letters from Biege's wife to Al Capone aided the case, including threats and flight money requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Frank Biege
Bige
Perry
McSwiggin
William H. McSwiggin
New York
Frankie Yale
Bugs Moran
Biege
al (Scarface) Capone
Philadelphia
Swanson
Pat Roche
Yale
Capone
Frank
al Brown
Pennsylvania
Will contest opens over L C Barrett estate in county court
The wills of the late L C Barrett, a Panhandle pioneer who died in California, are being probed in county court. Judge Sam B Motlow says the hearing will extend likely the rest of the week. Three or four wills are read with at least two to figure prominently amid about 40 000 involved and several contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Barrett
Panhandle
California
Sam B. Motlow
School Teacher Faces Charges of Embezzlement
RR. E. Brewster, head of Port Neches public schools, faces three indictments for embezzling district funds in Iowa Park. Alleged acts include two withdrawals of 250 dollars each and a 190 dollar transfer. Brewster was arrested in Port Neches and brought to Wichita Falls and posted three bonds of 750 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tex
E. Brewster
Port Neches
Brewster
Iowa Park
Fred Watson Dies at Work at 605 Grant Street
Fred T. Watson, 48, wholesale potato dealer, died suddenly at his office at 605 Grant Street at 10:15 this morning. He had been in good health. Survived by widow, daughter Ruth, and sons Frederick of Lubbock and Milton of Amarillo. Home at 3405 Van Buren Street. Body held at N. Griggs & Sons pending funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred T. Watson
Grant Street
Ruth
Frederick
Lubbock
Milton
Amarillo
van Buren Street
N.&. Griggs & Sons
Royston to tell tale of 1928 bank robbery
Howard L. Royston, a Fleagle gang member awaiting verdict, faces a 10-farmer jury in Lamar Colorado. The confessed robber rewore the 1928 First National Bank heist, which left four dead, with little visible emotion as Abshier was tried and sentenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lamar
Colo
First National Bank
Howard L. Royston
Royston
George J. Abshier
Four Texas towns bid for 0.0 0.0 I. O. F. meet
Four Texas towns Denton Greenville Corsicana and Denison bid to host the seventy eighth annual convention of the Patriarch Militant department council of the I O O F with the meeting held in Cleburne Texas on October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Cleburne
Tex
Texas
Department Council
Patriarch Militant
Denton
Greenville
Corsicana
Denison
Engineers oppose water bond issue proposal in report
The Tri-State Technical Society urged postponing a $200,000 water bond, recommending a scientific study first. The group proposed increasing supply to 10 million gallons via three wells at Word site and criticized Bush tract land purchases. Members include P. R. Rose, L. G. Mercer, and C. Shoblom. president E. J. Breudlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Technical Society
Bush
P. R. Rose
United States Zinc Smelter
Former Borger and Hutchinson police ousted under martial law
Brig. Gen. Jacob F. Wolters announced no former Borger or Hutchinson County police officers would stay in office after the resignations of Sheriff Joe Ownbey and Mayor Glenn A. Pace. He warned troops might stay for a “clean sweep” of offices as martial law continued amid ongoing investigations and the first district court trials including George W. Hoff on liquor charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Borger
Hutchinson County
Jacob F. Wolters
Joe Ownbey
Texas National Guardsmen
Hutchinson County to pick sheriff under martial law rules
District Attorney Clem Calhoun said the new Hutchinson County sheriff must be free of local politics and vow not to seek election after appointment. He will approve Borger officials, with martial law to lift after confirmation. Calhoun plans talks in Stinnett and noted no indictments are expected from the current grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Borger
Hutchinson County
Clem Calhoun
Jacob Wolters
Calhoun
Stinnett
J. W. Crabtree
Glenn Pace
Crabtree
J. E. Higgins
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Dr. Eckener
Frederick Koch
W. G
Griggs Ambulance
G.R. Smith
Boxwell Bros. Ambulance
Berry's
M. C. Hancock
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John
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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Barrett
Blackburn's Ambulance
Fred Watson
C. F
Engineers Society
Wolters
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