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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
1
In Newcastle Wyoming on September 12 authorities faced legal entanglements aimed at halting the Robin Hood plot they say motivated Charles Delos Waggoner of Telluride Colorado, bank president, to carry out a 500000 dollar swindle on Wall Street.
A brief note presents the syndicated column by Arthur Brisbane titled Today Be Arthur Brisbane. It clarifies the Globe publication context and states opinions are Brisbane's own, not the newspaper's editorial stance.
A British plane tops record speed by 36 mph to reach 368 mph while Australia faces a likely resignation over labor dispute arbitration. Britain seeks arbitration to protect workers and employers after the cotton strike. North Carolina sees raids on union HQs by car caravans claiming to hunt red sympathizers. Commerce predicts 25 percent higher quarterly earnings for U.S. corporations than in 1928, totaling billions. Russia buys two American factories to move them home, while U.S. shoe machinery sent to Argentina hurts New England exports.
Los Angeles police sergeants Harry M. Hill and Leonard S. Sale and Patrolman Thomas B. Washburn were arrested as part of a grand jury probe into a shakedown ring. Nine warrants awaited service and a former police captain was accused as investigators say a bootlegger paid bribes totaling millions over five years.
The page lists a CBS New York station 4 tonights air feature at 7 00 with Detective Mysteries dramatized for radio. It also cites a seal program with stations KMOX KOIL WSPD WHK WADC WGHP WBBM WOWO WFBM WKRC and WADC WKRC WGHP WBBM WOWO KMOX KMBC KOIL WCPD WHK. Music of the Air follows with listed affiliate stations.
W. C. Messick, suspect in the Lamar bank robbery, pleaded guilty to first degree murder kidnapping and robbery with a gun in district court. Ralph Fleagle and Herbert L. Royston were expected to follow with arraignment later.
A massive forest fire sweeps vast areas in Oregon and Washington with Triangle Lake in Western Lake County Oregon as the worst hit. About 35,000 acres burned as 35 firefighters battled the blaze with reinforcements from Spokane arriving to aid efforts.
Readers of the News-Globe Want Ads are urged to list unused furniture and other items. The ads promise quick cash from selling belongings, with a helpfully simple call to action at 6262.
A Senate naval sub committee led by Senator Shortridge will hold open hearings on American shipboard firms tied to the 1927 Geneva naval conference. William B. Shearer, a self described naval expert, is expected to testify after suing three shipbuilding companies for services he claims. Rear Admiral Hilary Pollard Jones called Shearer presence a grievous insult to the American navy and influenced President Hoover to seek explanations from the firms.
Chicago police report Charles S. Brown a 35 year old ward leader was kidnapped tortured and shot to death on the west side after his political opponent was killed ten days earlier. Brown served as precinct captain for Alderman Dorsey Crowe in the forty second ward. Henry Connors Prendergast rival was killed in a north side cafe ten days prior.
The National Barber and Beauty Supply Men's association says the American he-man likes perfumery with lilac as the favored scent. They cite violet as dainty and rose in hair tonic as popular. men prefer jasmine for street style and bouquet potpourri for casual use.
Amarillo reports multiple paving projects nearing completion with traffic expected in one to two weeks. East Third avenue curb and gutter begin next Monday if plans stay on track. Ninth avenue from Johnson to Grant will be done in a week with brick laying underway.
Dr. Richard Keys, operated on for appendicitis at St. Anthony's hospital on Tuesday, is reported to be recovering rapidly this morning.
A three day good will trip starts September 16 to 18 to celebrate the new Rock Island line from Amarillo to Liberal Kansas. E D Lamb chairs the committee and 150 advocates plus the high school band will ride a six car train costing 40 dollars per person. The tour departs Amarillo for Tucumcari and Liberal with a mammoth celebration marking the line’s completion.
Liberal, Kansas and Amarillo trippers will read The Globe next Tuesday afternoon. Harold English, local flier, will take off from English Field once bundles are loaded and head for Liberal. The Globes will be distributed to Amarilloans there and sold at the Liberal newsstand.
The North Plains dedication ceremonies are set with E. D. Lamb Harve Allen Guy M. Saunders George Maggard Earl Fuqua and John Cowan forming the committee in charge of the train. Tickets may be reserved from any committee member or the chamber of commerce.
Mrs W S Polard who had been visiting her mother Mrs D A Brandon at 736 North Houston Street returns to her home in Post Texas.
Beaumont dispatch recounts Deputy Bill Richardson stripping to his six gun to swim across a bayou and seize a 100 gallon still, mash, and whiskey after a four hour standoff with bootleggers. He raided the camp with two colleagues watching from the opposite bank amid slow water passage.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina enumerated nine objections to the pending tariff bill in a Senate speech. He criticized increased rates on agricultural and mass consumer goods, unequal pricing favoring the wealthy, and deviations from President Hoover's call to raise industrial rates only when imports lessen employment. He argued the bill would add billions to the tax burden on consumers.
Reports from Manchuria state fighting resumed at Pogranichnaya eastern terminal of the Chinese Western railway. Chinese officials say Soviet forces were repulsed while 500 more Soviet citizens were arrested and interned in 48 hours to midnight.
City building inspector A W Smalley warned that sign bootleggers face fines for operating without permits. He said several unpermitted signs violate city ordinance and hinder the clean up campaign in the business district. Merchants largely support the effort with signs and awnings to be posted by January 1.
The city commission reports five test wells four miles southwest of Amarillo yield near a million gallons daily. Eight wells could supply about seven million gallons, at low cost, with water softer than current Word site supply. City Engineer Stanley and Mayor Thompson support developing the new source if voters approve.
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