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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
2
A short excerpt from Edgar A. Guest dated 1929 expresses a wish for everyday integrity. It seeks the right to earn every gain honestly and walk proudly without shame, inviting ongoing self respect and earned esteem.
More than 100 Amarillo boosters with the high school band returned home after a three day goodwill excursion along the Rock Island North Plains lines. Officials call it the most enthusiastic trip in Plains country history with banquets parades speeches and first passenger train over the new line. The trip supported a library for Grover named in memory of Mrs. J P Winder and featured praise for the booster group and chaperones.
The Borger investigation into the prosecutor's murder unfolds as Ranger-Captain Frank Hamer anticipates an arrest soon. Officials and deputies express mixed reactions to state hints, while Attorney Clem Calhoun joins as special state's attorney to assist the Texas Rangers.
In Tokyo at the Asahi Shimbun auditorium about 1,000 young men and 20 girls attended a discussion on birth control. Professors Isao Abe of Waseda and Mayasashi Kibira of Imperial University argued for and against birth control. The speakers clashed passionately though no formal verdict was reached. Abe attacked birth control as political, while Kibira urged it and revealed he has eight children.
Delivering gold from the Aldan fields of Siberia by airplanes in hours rather than days by train has stimulated development in the territory.
The Tri-State Fair opens Monday September 23 as school day with awards for high and elementary school exhibits. Miss Annie L. McDonald leads the 500 plus enrollment entries, Scott Laycock oversees smaller schools, and Charles M. Rogers manages Amarillo high school divisions. Notebooks posters and penmanship are featured along with division prizes for best displays in English history commercial work home economics and industrial arts. Rural divisions separate by one two and more-than-two teacher schools amid expected lively rivalry among Panhandle schools.
A city commission purchases a Byers excavating machine for 3500 dollars to begin dam construction across a draw and to develop a mile square park. The dam, costing about 8173 dollars, will form a lake over half a mile long and 400 yards wide. Completion is expected within 30 days with minimal additional staff. spearheaded by City Engineer E N Stanley.
The report describes Bedouin attacks near the Sea of Galilee and British forces killing 16 attackers with many wounded. A New York mass meeting urges recall of British representatives in Jerusalem and criticizes Britain for insufficient resolve. The piece notes the global Muslim population within the empire and Britain’s need to manage potential unrest.
The president announces Harry F. Guggenheim as ambassador to Cuba. The piece lauds his aviation work in America and funding for better aircraft construction, noting his influence on the ZMC-2 all metal dirigible and its test flight. It calls the device safe from lightning and leaks with proper construction.
A cautious aviation department avoids opposition to new ideas as a heavy break is postponed once more. Stocks rise with frequent plus signs on tickers reflecting a favorable market mood.
Earl Black 43 Panhandle truck line operator killed in a Portales New Mexico automobile crash. He was to be interred at Llano Mausoleum after funeral services in Panhandle at 2 p.m. The body to be moved by Stone Undertaking and Boxwell Bros. Funeral home. Miss Rowena Upham also killed. her funeral held in Panhandle. Mrs Black recovering at St Anthony's sanitarium.
A syndicate has bought about 120 600 acres along the Guadalquiver River near Seville for a large agricultural development. Dry farm grains occupy over 8 000 acres with 25 000 more to be opened this year, chiefly wheat, as a step toward cotton cultivation as the main eventual crop. American machinery has handled extensive drainage work on the tract.
Gen. R. A. Sneed, national commander of the United Confederate Veterans, is the oldest elected official to serve in Oklahoma at age 84, holding the post of state treasurer.
An American bid of 5000 pounds for the 500 year old deeds chest used as an altar in a chapel of East Dereham parish church in Norfolk was rejected.
In the past year more people left Great Britain for New Zealand than in any 12 month period since 1880, signaling a record migration flow.
The revival at Seventh and Carolina Street continues into next week. Rev Winsett will speak tonight on Sears of Judgment and show 500 feet of pictures from Egypt Italy and Palestine. He has toured biblical sites and asserts the lectures are educational as crowds gather nightly with several visitors from out of town.
Stevenson Washington was out of danger from the forest fire menace as residents unpack belongings saved from hasty departures. Fire Warden William Goebel announced the conflagration was killed by back fires and a shift in the wind.
Mrs. R. C. Davis of Shreveport filed for separation from her husband, alleging he prefers to sleep on the porch with his pet dog rather than in a room with her. She seeks alimony of 250 dollars per month and accuses him of cruelty and neglect.
The Linde Air Products Co. of Texas is named in a Senate finance committee list of 150 corporations from which information on tax returns is sought. The list, submitted by Democratic members, targets firms for further inquiry.
In Paterson New Jersey on September 19 two boys ages four and six were arraigned on manslaughter charges. Thomas Fiorillo and Julius Fiorillo were brought to court by their father after a complaint by Mrs Vita Lopresta alleging the youths kicked her 5 year old son Frank to causing his death. They were paroled to their father pending grand jury action.
Three men Howard Arnett C W McFarland and J F Morey pleaded guilty in district criminal court to driving while intoxicated and were fined fifty dollars each. The defendants were described as having undisputed good reputations. Walter Favors a Negro was found not guilty on a forgery charge alleging he passed numerous checks under the forged name M W Moore. He testified he could not write anything but his own name.
John Reeder, who underwent a serious operation Saturday night at the Northwest Texas Hospital, is reported to be much improved. He fell ill weeks ago in Pampa where the first operation occurred, then needed a second operation in Amarillo due to complications. He is the son of Judge and Mrs. C. B. Reeder.
Markets show 7,000 head cattle and 12,000 sheep with mixed results. Hogs steady to 15 cents lower with top at 10.55 for 200 225 pounds. Cattle 4,500 on sale with beef and fed stock varied and vealers near 9.00 to 15.00. Lambs weak to 25 cents lower, prices 12.00 to 13.15.
Fort Worth market notes hogs dull with truck hogs steady to 2.50 lower. Truck top 10.80 with 180 to 280 lb steady for better cattle. Calves steady with slaughter steers 7.75 to 10.50 and cows up to 8.25. Butcher grades 6.50 to 9.77. Feeder lambs around 10.10.
Hogs 12,600 head steady to 10¢ lower with top at 10.90. Few packing sows 8.85. Cattle 2,500 head calf 1,800 steady. native steers 12.25, western steers 8.10 to 8.15, cows 7.25 to 8.25, bulls 8.50 down, feeders 17.50. Sheep bidding 25 cents lower on jambs.
Chicago livestock market update shows hogs at about 19 000 head with lower bids 10 to 20 cents down and top at 11.00, cattle around 7 000 with calves 2 500 and varied across steers cows and bulls, and sheep totaling 25 000 with lambs and ewes trading weaker.
The cotton market opened steady with a 1 to 6 point drop as December slipped to 18.78 on liquidation. The decline drew trade demand and improved the tone, with early losses largely recovered by mid-morning as active months traded near yesterday's close. Trade buying aided absorption of offerings and covering supported by a favorable weather view. By midday December stood around 18.84 as prices posted modest gains.
The New Orleans cotton market opened softer in sympathy with lower cables and New York. October moved to 18.30 while December reached 18.61 or 8 to 4 points under yesterday. By mid session steadying with improved export demand and cooler weather, October rose to 18.40, December to 18.73 and January to 18.79.
Spot demand fair with several grades down from earlier levels. American cotton features high sales at 4,000 bales, total 10,000 bales. receipts nil. Futures closed quiet and steady with October 9.90 and May 10.06 among the listed contracts.
Chicago trading opened with gains as foreign buying and adverse crop outlooks from Australia plus scant rains in Argentina pushed wheat values higher. Reports said only about half a crop might be harvested in eastern Australia unless adequate rains arrive.
Wheat moved higher after an upturn, corn began with a modest advance then faded into losses, oats stayed firm to weaker, and provisions trended upward.
Poultry steady with fowls 27 cents, springs 26, No 2 springs 19, broilers 26, roosters 0.5, turkeys 20 to 80, ducks 18 to 21, geese 20 cents.
Butter steady in Chicago markets with creamery extras at 48 4c standards 44 1 4e extra firsts 43 4 44 4e Foreign exchange irregular with Great Britain 4.8444 cables 4.8454 60 day bills 4795 16 France 8.91 Italy 2221 Belgium 18.88 Germany 28.78 Tokyo 47.67 Montreal 99.15.
Stocks rose at the open led by Westinghouse Electric and Stone & Webster, with others like Radio, Montgomery Ward, Nevada Copper and United Fruit turning up while United Fruit fell 14. The Bank of England rate hold buoyed sentiment as Commercial Solvents and American Telephone hit new highs. several rail and industrials gained, while Collins & Aikman slipped to a new low.
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