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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1929
Page
4
Amarillo moves toward a robust park system with a North Fillmore large park proposal and ten small subdivision parks offered by developers. The park board recommends city takeover of these tracts to expand public green space and serve residents across neighborhoods.
Allison Bryan in Smart Set argues more American men marry their secretaries or office aides than society girls. She says wives often bore at talk of business while ambitious office girls seek learning and admiration, causing rivalries and questions about a wife's contribution to her husband's comfort and happiness.
Leonard Brent probes Evangeline Cunningham's past through Charles Nellin’s tale and old Cunningham’s secrets. Brent’s journalism aims to reveal a hidden daughter and a family rift while juggling his relationship with Helen and Carmel amid a fragile inheritance mystery.
Children stand before a bulletin board with a camp chores schedule created by a child committee. Nancy volunteers for riding while Elsie resists chores, sparking conflict. The piece argues home training shapes responsibility and attitudes toward work and play.
Washington Day Book recalls Gen. John J. Pershing as the senior veteran and first commander of the A E F. It notes his small Texas staff forming the initial G H Q and cites George E. Adamson as his longtime aide and elder statesman in the war department. The piece recounts early supply requisitions and the rush to obtain typewriters.
It is a peaceful place remote from the bustle of present day events save for his duties to fallen comrades in France. Pershing stays apart from surrounding state war department affairs and current events.
Pershing’s final 1919 report notes a secret dash with a small staff as vanguard of the A E F. The plan relied on censorship, but leaks surfaced as office supplies reached shipsides in boxes labeled For General Pershing’s headquarters.
A 1929 McNaught Syndicate report describes vast surveillance in chain stores with over 1,000 sleuths tracking clerks managers and assistants. It notes constant monitoring for till tapping petty theft and personal life scrutiny to aid promotions and curb infractions. It also covers hotel theft prevention perfume price surges bootlegging links and a comic cafe quip on blackmail.
Brent seeks Charles Nellin after a tense talk with Helen. He visits a cheap side street coffee house and learns Nellin has not been seen that evening. The waiter suggests Nellin may be hard to find, prompting Brent to reflect on those who need help.
Puzzle page shows horizontal and vertical clues about invention steamboat Jacob's favorite wife sea devoured air coming fancy numbers and many garbled items including orchestra leader stick pine tree and English terms. It preserves historic spelling quirks and illustrator notes amid fragmented text.
Flip a curious newcomer meets Little Joe Otter and Bowser the Hound at the Smiling Pool. Joe reveals he is a cousin in the Weasel family to Billy Mink and Jimmy Skunk, and the nickname Little Joe Otter sticks from childhood.
Brent questions a waiter and locates a cheap lodging house where Nellin may have stayed. The manager recalls a man named Owens matching the pursuer and notes he has not visited recently, hinting at a possible lead but leaving the case unresolved as the scene ends.
A Detroit student held by kidnappers since last Wednesday was released unharmed after being blindfolded and chained. Police did not disclose the captors or location of the release. The AP reports the incident as a resolved kidnapping case with no injuries or further details provided.
Matthew Holdreith Jr. 24 and son of a restaurant proprietor was found and released after his father paid a ransom of $g,000 to abductors on Saturday. Police, alerted by the exchange, captured two suspects Edward Wilds and Frank Hohfer during a gun fight as they fled a rendezvous with the money. Inspector Henry J. Garvin confirmed details and the police had not known of the kidnapping earlier.
In Tarrytown New York John D Rockefeller Jr wins an 11000 contest by five feet prompting North Tarrytown to refund back taxes on a children's recreation building. Surveyors say the property lay just beyond the village line. In Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey William Schaeffer demonstrates strength by clinging to two planes as they move, a stunt by a professional strongman.
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