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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1924
Page
3
The Amarillo Globe publishes news from the Amarillo Globe Publishing Company with evening and Sunday morning editions. It notes its association with the Associated Press for news dispatches and local reporting.
Amarillo plans a public oil show as Pan Tex pipeline delivers Amarillo field oil to the refinery complex. Officials expect first barrel to flow around 7 PM near the Pan Tex property, with merchants allowed to display 1 to 5 gallons. The event invites all Panhandle residents to witness the spurline discharge and sample initial oil.
A dense schedule of nightly radio programming across Chicago stations including KYW WMAQ WGN and others. Entries list show times programs orchestras talks and special features such as silent nights and dance music with various groups and conductors.
Radio listings in Pacific Coast standard time show St Francis Concert Orchestra in Oakland at 4 PM, Arion Trio and Henry Halstead’s Orchestra later, Rudy Seiger’s Orchestra and Tody Seiger’s Orchestra in San Francisco, Dons of Peralta, Bradfield’s Versatile Band, Cocoanut Grove and Art Hieman’s orchestras in Los Angeles, plus KHJ and KGW programs including Mexico Independence Day celebration and children’s hour stories.
A playful column notes the upcoming Amarillo Fair starting Monday with the author joking about a glow up. A reception tale reveals sharp remarks from George Maggard and a witty exchange about the speaker’s wife. The piece mentions undertakers in Amarillo and a magazine of cheer by J Horace Griggs, ending with Grandpa in an easy chair.
Paris dispatch from Sept 15 portrays La Petite Chaumiere in Montmartre as a hideout for vice with male patrons dancing with entertainers dressed as women, tobacco smoke, and a room filled with cheap perfume and stale wine. Raymond Carroll interviews a performer, detailing a depraved underworld scene and tourist vulnerability.
Sam Sear predicts Amarillo will double its population in five years, while Hl. E. Bozeman cites a violent oil field accident. The piece also relays a Paris travel vignette with Ralph Harrington visiting his in laws, plus social scenes in Montmartre and Parisian eateries.
Wednesday’s listings show a dense slate across Chicago stations KYW and WMAQ with concerts by Josha DeRabary’s Orchestra WQJs and Ralph Williams’ Orchestra, plus children stories, studio programs, and late-night dance orchestras. Regional notices list WOC stations in Louisville Davenport and St Louis with sport news and organ recitals.
Local residents including J. G. Mathis E O Bain J P Cameron and Lester Golley were in town today with updates on activity Mrs S J Whatley underwent surgery at St Anthony s sanitarium yesterday The Shamrock cotton come press is under construction and expected to be ready for compressing by October 1 Byron Gist departs for Seymour to judge Herefords at the Baylor county fair Thursday and Friday He has been hired to judge Herefords at several panhandle and south plains fairs
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