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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
2
A Kansas style column riffs on a hard December winter with biting winds from the north and a note about O W Drew and Tack collecting dogs and placing workers. It recounts humorous vignettes about Colorado Springs visitors, Elevation of humanity through women, and Aloyious losing barber college, ending with a small jab at the gas company amid a first blizzard.
A reader urges Amarillo officials and the Prairie Oil and Gas Co to arbitrate their dispute over gas rates. He criticizes a high wealth concentration, praises aviation promoter Wes Izzard, and shares anecdotes about science and family humor. He notes bed bug and roach problems as signs of a hard winter and includes notices about exterminator Mabel Laidley and a Dreamland cottage camp manager opening. Mayor Ernest Thompson is slated to speak at Elwood Park for a Girl Scout rally hosted by Alice Mul-
A girl in business school asks for afternoon evening and Saturday work to brush up shorthand and improve job prospects. She can operate a telephone switchboard and has prior work experience. Address available upon request.
A letter exchange centers on municipal ownership of gas and electric services in Amarillo. W A Askew urges backing city leaders to take over the gas plant, criticizes Standard Oil influence, notes the city pays about 67000 monthly for lights, and supports arbitration over municipal ownership as a last resort. E RB T says he fears municipal ownership but prefers arbitration for mutual fairness.
From Arlington, a local director will speak as Mis tletoe creamery donates eight dozen Dixie cups for a public event. Addresses by W. A. McIntosh and Judge Palmer loom, while lost dogs offer $5 rewards and local residents advertise dogs for homes. Kirsten and Mathewson, Duncans, Gibbs and Kennedy referenced. wildlife notes mention ducks and wolves, plus a playful letter about friendship gardens.
Senator Pink Parrish and Representative George Purl, members of the state fees investigating committee, hurriedly called on Stephen County and district officials in Breckenridge Texas. The investigation found no official here received more than 10,000 dollars annually.
Reported rainfall of one inch in Crosbyton with wind damage and heavy hail impact in parts, while Lubbock experiences a light autumnal rain. Crosby County confirms a hail storm, as the season's first cool weather moves through the region.
Rains over North and West Texas brought modest relief to dry areas though crops gain limited benefit. The season's first cool spell hit Pampa as temperatures dipped, while Rankin suffered wind and hail damage, roofs torn from several homes. Rainfall totals varied with Greenville recording 2.75 inches and Dallas 1.15 inches, aiding pasturage and filling watering tanks.
Funeral services for Lowell Donald Van Cleave two month old son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Van Cleave of Pleasant Valley were set for Friday at 9 am at Boxwell Brothers Mortuary with Rev G L Yates officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Relatives from Salt Lake City and the mother’s mother arrived for the services. Kobe Japan plans street improvements costing nearly 70000000.
A letter from Mrs. W. F. Locke of Miami Texas asks if Amarillo has a costume house for amateur theatricals and suggests sending to Dallas or Kansas City. The second note from a 12 year old Buchanan Street School student describes study difficulties and requests a Library Book volume costing ten dollars, begging for help.
Indians from the Zuni reservation hunted the crash area through the night and found no trace of the plane reported wrecked near Zuni New Mexico. C H Kelsey of the Zuni Indian Training company said the search found no wreckage or evidence of the crash site.
United Press report from Gallup New Mexico says ambulances waited as daylight searchers pushed through mud in the bad lands to find the City of San Francisco after a Transcontinental Air Transport plane was said to have been struck by lightning near Zuni. Officials varied on confirmation while teams from Winslow move to verify the report. Sheriff Bob Roberts led the rescue effort aided by pack horses and local business volunteers as they sought clues about the missing aircraft and its passengers and crew including Chief Pilot J B Stone and Assistant Pilot A E Dietel.
Democratic and Republican leaders near agreement to drop Senator Thomas’s measure that would remove all industrial rate increases in the tariff bill while keeping higher agricultural rates. Thomas, absent and in Oklahoma, says he won’t introduce the resolution if another path achieves the same goal.
A car trying to cross the Allenby bridge from Transjordania into Palestine was found to hold 14 rifles and 1000 rounds. British forces sent armored cars into Amman to cut off arms supply to Palestine Arabs at the source.
Mr. Green of the American Federation of Labor denounces government by injunction as control of unions by judges at corporate request. He argues we live in a corporate age, not a worker era, and that during prosperity corporations will act freely. The focus shifts to rebuilding American industry and jobs.
R F Sapp of Amarillo was elected president of the 353d Infantry Society at the Wichita reunion. The son of the late Col William F Sapp he faced the honor by acclamation after the nominating committee’s motion. The 353d regiment earned a French decoration during the war with General Reeves in attendance from Vancouver Washington. This marks the first time a nonresident has led the society in ten years. Sydney to get a new science building funded by the New South Wales government.
Hogs 7,000 in Kansas City steady to 15 cents higher top 10.90 for 190-210 lb. sows 7.75. Cattle 3,500 with calves 1,000. steers 960-1500 lb at 12.00. fed yearlings 750-950 lb 12.00 to 16.00. cows 7.10-10.75, stockers 10.00-13.00. Sheep 8,000 with lambs 12.00-13.10, ewes 4.00-5.35. Fort Worth hogs 1,500 steady to 10c higher top 10.90. cattle 4,000 with calves 2,800. steers scarce, grassers 9.00, fat 12.00, cows 8.50-6.75, stock calves 11.00-11.50. St. Louis hogs 13,500 top 11.40. cattle 9,000 calves 1,200 slow. lambs and ewes varied. Chicago hogs 23,000, mixed losses to gains. top 11.45, sows 8.25-9.85. cattle 5,000. vealers 15.50-18.00. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans opened lower on rains and weather. later rallied with mixed activity. Liverpool cotton quotes and futures closed quiet. Chicago grain trends firmer on Liverpool strength. corn weaker on weather notes. butter and eggs market note incomplete.
In this poem Edgar A. Guest contrasts a new generation that defies convention with the speaker’s own youth. He notes faster living, slick talk, and rougher girls, yet contends that good folks persist. The piece ends with a belief that virtue endures beyond the present era.
In Chicago on September 5 poultry prices held steady with fowls at 27c and broilers at 26c. The New York Stock Letter notes nonuniform opening moves with leaders like General Motors and Copper rallying, Dupont slipping, rails slow, and copper demand driving optimism for higher prices ahead.
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