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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1929
Page
4
City water department reports August net operating income of 19 115.47 after deductions. Total water sales reached 30 204.68 with 311.60 from taps and related fees, while August consumption fell due to heavy rainfall reducing lawn and garden use.
Claudis Huston of Tennessee won the Republican national committee chair. Dr Hubert Work of Colorado relinquished the post, thanked by President Hoover. Hus ton plan gains may help win southern Republican support as cotton prices rise by three dollars a bale on reduced crop estimates.
Germany signals potential joiner to the United States of Europe concept but rejects any anti American pact. Cyrus H R Curtis reports Sweden’s liquor control yields no saloons no profits no prohibition and less crime though prohibition remains constitutional and in effect.
Heavy fighting voices tension on the Russia China frontier with Shanghai claiming Russian forces were driven back. Analysts warn the situation may shift as alleged strategic leadership reforms in Moscow appear to place capable planners in command beyond the czarist hierarchy.
With the fair opening in under two weeks, all division superintendents rush to finish arrangements for the annual fall pageant of farm products. About 25 amateur concert bands will perform in two daily concerts in the grandstand. The Hagenbeck Wallace wild animal exposition and circus and a large carnival are new additions to the program.
The city commission is weighing a plan to take over ten parks across four subdivisions after a park board recommendation. The action could be debated at the next Tuesday meeting. No maintenance cost estimates were available this morning. Parks lie in County Club addition Country Club terrace Bivins addition and Wolflin addition.
Booths remain available for merchants and agricultural displays at the Tri-State Fair grounds for the upcoming fair. The association president Wilbur C. Hawk announced the dates September 23 to 29 and urged interested exhibitors to reserve by week’s end. For reservations contact the Tri-State Fair office at S421.
A local figure argues a harsh wet winter is coming with heavy snow, clashing with a newcomer who predicts a dry, mild season. The exchange includes notes on Amarillo prosperity rumors, bootlegger competition, and plans for naming town districts such as Rockus Square and Erasmus Heights.
A hospitalized patient with a sore throat after tonsil surgery asks the doctor to bring another glass tube for swallowing. He invites the specialist to lunch, hoping for relief as his condition slowly improves.
A local Amarillo man, described as old enough to know better, is rumored to consider trading his wife of 40. Meanwhile the policeman's ball, to be hosted at the bereaved athletic club building next Wednesday, invites ticket sales with a $1.50 price and a pledge of no favors for holdouts. O. W. and another local are asked to lead the event.
The News-Globe notes the Policemen's Ball will fund new uniforms and coats for officers and help half-sole their shoes, explaining the high costs of police equipment. It vows to keep names in print to support the city police.
Police Chief W. R. McDowell announced new safety measures for school children. An officer is now stationed on North Fillmore Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues to help children crossing near Buchanan Street School. He urged parents and teachers to direct children to this crossing for safer passage.
Photograph shows W R McDowell the Amarillo police chief whose word is law. Joe Norman wrote a new piece called The Bell Hop Lies for the police force. Ernest Thompson stands by old colleagues as critics note the stampede caused by yelling Ice Water at the police station.
Martha B Hillman shares a Texas blue bonnet grown in Mrs Glenn Gressetts flower garden at 1009 West 14th Street. The bed showed a mass of blue flowers in June and July. The plant thrives best in Amarillo and seeds can be prepared by pricking ends and soaking in warm water before planting.
A male wire-haired fox terrier, about one year old, is lost. Return to W. F. Neuhaus at 3102 Harrison Street. a liberal reward is offered. Telephone 5339. Old Tack will add an additional $2 reward.
Mrs C B Davis of 1811 Harrison Street reports finding a police dog wearing a harness. She is anxious to return the dog to its rightful owner.
Ginger a four month old black male German police dog with no collar disappeared Tuesday afternoon from 211 Prospect. Owner Gladys Parker offers a reward and an extra $2 reward is posted for Ginger's safe return.
Officers and key Hi Y members from Northwest Texas will gather for a training camp at the Ceta Canyons on September 20 21 and 22. L McNeill sponsor announces the event with Grover C Good of Dallas leading the school. Hi Y's from Wichita Falls to Lubbock and north will attend.
A reader urges Erasmus Tack to called out by name the practice of black and white performers onstage. The letter criticizes stage scenes featuring a black orchestra with white chorus girls and black performers, threatening civic reaction if challenged.
The mothers of all Golden Sandstorm varsity football squad members are urged to attend a 3 PM meeting at 202 Sunset Country Club home of Mrs. J L Nolan mother of Paul Nolan guard. The aim is organizing a Sandies mothers club as last year.
In banker code sent from Denver to New York banks, credits totaling about 490000 were collected by Waggoner after authorities say false telegrams were used. He paid a loan with 260000, sent collateral to Telluride, vanished, and was captured after a nationwide pursuit ending near Newcastle.
Panhandle leaders and local officials from Panhandle and Borger attended paying ceremonies for a new paved highway linking the two towns. F. A. Paul H. F. Manwaring and others spoke as Hutchinson and Carson counties celebrated road-building gains with Amarillo officials pledging regional interest and expected traveler traffic. Carson county led the state last year in highway construction.
The piece contrasts eggs and words as a metaphor for sight reading where modern children learn via whole words and phrases. It warns parents not to be surprised if children disclose facts of life and stresses developing the child s initiative as a key angle, noting changes since 1891.
Miss Pyrtie notes a shift in education where students guide thought and teachers adapt. She argues real world knowledge belongs to the pupil, with instruction framing rather than dictating understanding.
Markets show hogs 8600 head with 10 to 15 cent losses top at 10.00 for 190 to 220 pounds. Cattle 8000, calves 2000 steady to firm with steer prices 12.00 to 16.00 for 950 to 1500 pounds. Vealers and stocker steers also noted with ranges, while sheep 7000 head stay fully steady with lambs 7.75 to 13.00 and ewes 3.75 to 5.10.
Hogs 22 000 head with weights under 220 lb 10 to 20 cents lower. heavier hogs 10 cents lower. top at 10 50. Cattle 10 000 with slaughter steer and yearling demand strong. calves 2 000. Sheep 27 000 steady. lambs 12 5 18 60 and ewes 4 7 5 60.
Hogs run about 10,000 with declines of 15 to 20 cents. F ow lights fetch 10.80 while 234 pound averages reach 10.10 for strictly choice. Cattle and calves include native steers 14.75, western steers 8.15 to 14.25, heifers 13.00 to 14.00, cows 7.00 to 8.00, vealers 16.50. Sheep hold steady with top lambs 12.75 and bulk 12.50 to 12.75. prices for ewes range 4.00 to 5.00.
The New York cotton market opened steady with a 1 point decline to 8 point rise as December and March futures showed early gains. By mid day December climbed to about 19.80 and March to 19.51, lifting 20 to 25 points above yesterday's close after support from a favorable weekly weather report.
The New Orleans cotton market opened fairly steady with initial losses of up to three points. Overnight selling pushed prices down to 4 to 6 points, but demand rose on reports of firmer demand and a stronger technical tone. October rose to 18.72, December to 19.03, and January to 19.08, before buying pushed values higher into the mid session with October up to 18.89, December 19.20, and January about 19.26.
Spot market shows steady demand with American and domestic grades listed. Prices for good middling through low grades range from 9.02 to 11.12 per hundredweight with 8,000 bales sold and 4,700 American. futures closed steady with October to July contracts between 10.03 and 10.16.
Kansas City market report lists wheat grades with bids around 1.28 for No 2 dark hard and 1.27 for No 2 hard while No 2 red is near 1.28 with September futures at 1.80 and December near 1.8744. Corn quotes show No 2 white around 1.014 and No 2 yellow about 1.03 with nominal figures noted.
Chicago grain prices edged higher following the U S government crop report. Corn futures rose after officials cut the 1929 yield forecast more than expected. Wheat and oats firmed while provisions declined.
Poultry prices in Chicago on September 11 show hens easier and springs steady with fowls at 29¢, springs 26 27c, No 2 springs 19¢, broilers 27, roosters 21, turkeys 20 80c, ducks 18 21c, geese 19¢.
Chicago market report shows butter steady with creamery extras at 44 cents, standards 48, firsts 89 to 74, seconds 38 cents.
Foreign exchanges in New York remained steady with Britain at 4.84144 in spot and 4.84% on cables, 60-day bills at 34.79%, France 3.91, Italy 5.2244, Belgium 13.8814, Germany 23.771, Tokyo 46.90, and Montreal 99.37% 4.
New York stocks opened irregularly higher as buying support returned overnight. United Aircraft General American Tank Westinghouse Consol Gas led gains while Reading Simmons slipped about a point. American Machine & Foundry climbed to a new high near 240, Johns Manville rose four points.
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