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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1930
Page
2
The Amarillo note highlights scarce housing and rising rents amid rapid growth, urging property investment now. It includes anecdotes on tenants, a potential Billy Sunday visit, a courtroom style letter about Forty acres and a mule, a charity fashion show, a humorous hat story, and small classifieds offering services and a Singer sewing machine.
A missing person notice seeks help locating Frank Wise who left his wife at their filling station in Dexter and Hagerman to trade a car for a truck. Last seen in Roswell walking toward home. acquaintance saw him but he did not respond. Wife distraught, fears for his safety amid financial worries. Frank described with yellow hair and tan eyes.
Ambulatory scenes marked a deadly riot with seven killed and many wounded after gunfire and bagged ambulances. In Rio de Janeiro residents reported revolts with machine gun fire near a central armory and heavy unrest across the city.
A fragment reflects on Civil War era politics in the South how carpetbaggers scalawags and Republican strategies promised freedmen 40 acres and a mule to secure votes. The piece notes the era’s disenfranchisement and power balance shaping candidate pledges on the stump and privately.
Elaine Sizemore thanks Tack and the Amarillo community for offering her a home amid family illness. She explains choosing a residence with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Thurman in Pleasant Valley, noting happiness and appreciation toward everyone who helped.
The Nat Dance palace hosted a style show by the Junior Welfare League featuring League models in gowns hats shoes and accessories from Amarillo merchants. The event capped a downtown exposition with a crowd of city society members applauding new merchandise showcased in brightly lit shop windows.
Democrats led by Jesse Jones of Houston with Senator Walter Woodall and Senator Edgar Witt gather in the city auditorium’s 6000 seats for the convention, finding a slim turnout as the venue is less than half-filled.
At Galveston the Texas Democratic convention named Walter C Woodward temporary chairman amid a blend of flowery oratory and hard line politics. He praised women, denounced the Hawley Smoot tariff, warned against federal overreach, urged unity after a defeated candidate, and lauded Dan Moody’s four year record of honesty.
A large enrollment is expected for the annual standard training school of the Panhandle Methodist Churches at Polk Street Methodist Church from September 14 to 19. Dr. W. M. Pearce presides. sessions begin Sunday at 3 PM and 7:30 PM. The program aims to aid Sunday school teachers, officers, pastors, laymen and parents in religious education.
An essay style piece discusses suffrage, potato symbolism, and historic figures while noting New York City population growth on Long Island and debates over canal building. It contrasts canal development with railroads and praises Roosevelt's drouth response.
A long roster of counties and parishes across Oklahoma and Louisiana is documented as part of an aid plan. The list includes numerous counties from Oklahoma such as Garfield Grant Harper Hughes and many more, alongside Louisiana parishes Desoto Evangeline Lafayette Pointe Coupee Rapides Saint Landry Vernon West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
At a municipal convention Amarillo officials discussed the audit report findings and the need for uniform rules regulating utilities. Mayor Thompson noted the city is receiving substantial legal guidance, while Marshall City Attorney William Caven foresaw a shift toward urban populations by 1975 and a reduced farming share. Fort Worth’s Rhinehart Rover urged forming a uniform utility regulation rule.
Donald K. Crawford, 40, assistant signal engineer for the Santa Fe, died at a local hospital after a brief illness. He lived at 2016 West Fifteenth Avenue and is survived by his widow and five year old son Hal. He was a Congregational Church and Masonic Lodge member. The body is with N B Griggs & Sons pending relatives’ arrival and funeral plans. Also notes rising bicycle use in Switzerland now about one per five inhabitants.
The article describes Capone aligned gang leadership, with Newberry, McGurn, Ralph Capone, Jack Guzick, and Hymie Levine as secretaries guiding war, gambling, and vice sectors. Cayane seeks reduced gang murders through cooperation while preserving the war secretary’s role until rivals are eliminated. J Al Henshaw surrenders to jailer Graves after a yearlong oil pipe theft conviction and appeal.
U S D A hog and cattle numbers show steady to higher prices in Kansas City and Chicago markets. Hog top $10.80 in KC. calves and steers boost demand, with beef values up. Sheep and lambs generally steady to higher. bulk lambs around $9.00 to $18.25. Cotton and grain notes aside, livestock prices show cautious gains with varied loadings and stocker activity.
A 1930 Edgar A Guest humorous verse describes plate collectors walking two by two in church, eyes ahead, as ushers and parishioners discuss politics rather than Heaven. The narrator muses on the solemn march and the surprising topic heard from the farthest pew.
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