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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1924
Page
4
A commentary argues a father’s neglect harms sons while praising the Amarillo Rotary club for its work shaping boys and citizenship. It notes mothers may enable dissi pations and decries the father as the true culprit, urging firm but kind guidance to form character.
The Globe of Friday reported an east coast inventor has perfected a radio broadcast method to deliver motion pictures to homes within a year. Carl Sullivan of Fair theater doubts the claim, saying true disruption will take years and billions in investment before radio challenges theaters.
In Topeka Kansas a surge of women seeking household work sparks a push to replace Negro servants with white workers amid alleged Ku Klux Klan pressure. Amarillo reports high demand but scarce supply for domestic help, while Southern workers show varied attitudes toward Black servants.
A dense listing of Sunday September 7 radio programs across many stations including KYW Chicago WOR Davenport WDA Kansas City WHB Atlanta WFAA Dallas KPO San Francisco and more. Programs include church services concerts orchestras and studio performances with times and station identifiers across Central and Pacific time zones.
An old columnist vents about ballot criticisms and threats while lampooning politics and local life. He jokes about his photo, shares antics with his wife W, and notes a backhanded criticism signed by a woman. The piece ends with a quip from Andy Gump and a jab at wages.
The list records residents and visitors moving between Panhandle Canyon White Deer Pampa and Amarillo with names such as Potts Allen Lummus Berry Roberts Carey Cross Russell Brazil Carter Stevenson Jennings Howard Johnson Holloway Murphy Green Grabber O Keefe and McMeans. The notes place yesterday Friday or Saturday in plainspoken local travel chatter.
The Palmer kindergarten opens September 8 with daily pupil enrollment. Phone contact is 1052. Mr and Mrs C D Shaw and daughter of Hereford shopped here. Mrs Mollie Bennet and daughters were in Amarillo from Clarendon yesterday.
A New York traveler writes from Cherbourg describing a quaint Normandy town scene with slow progress, casual customs checks, and a sunlit rural landscape. He notes peasant labor, hollyhocks, goat herds, and serene lanes as trains head toward Paris, contrasting pastoral life with war memories and bustling stations.
Mr and Mrs J S Carter and grandchildren of Pampa were in Amarillo yesterday. Milton and Loval Bird accompanied by their sister were here from Pampa yesterday.
Sam Ealy, a Black man, was indicted by the grand jury on shooting with intent to kill and rearrested by the sheriff. He previously posted bond after a prior arrest. The case involves a dispute over stolen chicken feed and alleged beer mix from a neighbor. The grand jury was bound over until tomorrow. district court adjourned until tomorrow.
Clara Kimball Young, noted screen actress, ends engagement and relationship with manager Harry Garson and retires to rest. Secretary states the alliance and shared studio properties, following a prior divorce and a past encounter in an eastern hotel described as part of the social friction.
Two former winners are listed again with prizes in the Mis spelled Word Contest for Sunday August 31. Mrs. H. B. Naylor 107 Tennessee av nue wins first prize and Mrs. J. B. Ratliff 2114 Tyler street wins third prize. Second prize went to Mrs. BE Hopkins 1620 Monroe street. Checks mailed yesterday. Watch page today for prize money.
Austin Sept 6 The final report of the Texas educational survey led by Dr. George A Works of Cornell University will be completed by next week Governor Neff chairman of the survey commission has called a meeting in his office September 10 at 9 in the morning to receive the report.
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