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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1930
Page
2
A column blends jokes, weather lore, and local tidbits from Amarillo and Panhandle town talk. Notes on visitors, predictions, and small mysteries include a snake tale, a kettle of gossip about Bobby Jones celebrations, and notices of lost purses, rings, and a child’s purse found in the street.
A Miller right foot high heel or slipper was found and left at the office with a purse containing 16 cents and a name. The owner may reclaim by calling Miss Howell. three days remain before the item is sent home. The post mentions a lost wedding gift from Amarillo to Mr and Mrs Thomson and asks recipients to identify themselves. Helen Miles found the purse and hat and asks the finder to thank her.
Radio programs from nearly every city visiting the fair promoted the event at no cost to guests. The Amarillo rodeo shows performed well financially in Topeka and Hutchinson and are projected to rival Texas State Fair earnings during their two weeks in Wichita Falls. The Tri-State Rodeo is praised as a credit to Amarillo, with no accidents or arrests reported and profits across grounds except one concession. Betty Nuthall’s racquet, later sold for charity, drew bidders with on court demonstrations.
A reader criticizes wheat prices and bread costs, asks why farmers profit and consumer food costs diverge. The letter explains a calculation using two bushels of wheat to show milling profits and contrasts flour retail price with raw grain. Page 11 references Tack Letters.
A column recalls debates on ethical advertising by doctors and the role of diagnosis, a forthright tale from a medical student, and nation and world concerns. It notes daylight saving shifts, Wall Street churn, and Russian wheat sales affecting U.S. markets as postwar uncertainty lingers.
Mrs. Alice Slape 55 wife of C E Slape Amarillo resident for two years died at 8 30 Monday morning at 18 East Eighth Avenue home Survived by husband son J M Slape Maud Oklahoma daughters Mrs J C Armstrong Mrs W L Warnock and Mrs M H Hatmaker Funeral services set for 10 20 Tuesday Grigga funeral chapel with Rev H H Hamilton officiating Interment Llano cemetery
R. X. Scheighagen was installed as superintendent at Tenth Avenue Methodist Church Sunday during the regular Sunday school exercises. Also installed were department superintendents Mrs Maxwell, Mrs D A Nichols, Miss Evan Mae Bassett, and Miss Edith Day, along with teachers.
All secretaries of the Sunday School of the First Baptist church will meet Monday evening at 7:00 o'clock in the adult assembly room for a conference and to make their reports. W L Day, educational director, announces the gathering.
Norris Ewing declares it no trouble to sell Amarillo as the best town in the United States. He wired Jim Williams of the Rotary Club from St. Louis during a Rotary lunch and noted East readers recognize Amarillo as a key distributing point. Ewing has been on a month long business trip through the East and Midwest.
Service firm proposed rates show actual savings to the average customer and a detailed expenditure list since December 21. The company projects a 120000 dollar annual cut in Ama rillo's light and power bill. Total expenditures this year reach 1405750.74 with East Amarillo plant spending totaling 1035493.58 including turbine boiler and equipment. Capital expenditures exclude East Amarillo amount to 370257.16 covering line extensions transformers and meters. December 31 1929 property value stands at 159063.37.
The piece details a corrupt scheme tied to gang warfare and bootlegging with a $100,000 graft expected by payday. It names Bugs Moran and the Aiello brothers, notes Scarface Al Capone’s influence, and alleges officers were offered bribes including Policeman Jack Kratzmeyer who allegedly was offered $10,000 to avoid pursuing gangsters after beer seizures.
Hanson Post of the American Legion announces a campaign to raise funds for subsistence for needy Amarillo families and toys for children. A Peterson returns as Christmas Cheer chair, aiming to surpass last year’s efforts with toy collection, food baskets, clothing, and planned entertainments without soliciting money from merchants or individuals.
A. R. Tilma safety supervisor for Santa Fe at Albuquerque arrives in Amarillo and will direct a shopmen safety meeting at 2 pm Tuesday in the master mechanic's office. He plans to hold safety meetings at public schools during a two to three day visit.
Mrs. L. G. Dickinson age 22 of Vernon recovered from a poison incident and left Northwest Texas Hospital on Monday. Police found a note in her Capitol hotel room asking that Joe Dickinson of Vernon be notified.
Three men killed and four injured in a Pittston Coal company mine gas explosion in Scranton. All the injured severely burned, doctors say recovery unlikely.
The first known theft of two air mail pouches in U S history baffled postal and police in Kansas City. One pouch held 30 pounds of registered mail, value undetermined, while a second lighter pouch contained ordinary mail. Four postal employees and two pilots were transferring mail in a motor truck when the theft occurred amid about a dozen spectators who misread the act as routine.
Mr Hoover plans a multi city trip starting Wednesday leaving the capital en route to Cleveland for the opening world series game. He will address the American Bankers Association Thursday night and return to the White House Friday. Sunday night he will travel to Boston for a Monday speech before the American Legion and the A F of L before leaving for King's Mountain.
The charred body of six month old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Rogers was recovered from the ruins of a kitchen crib after an oil stove exploded. Two other children aged two and four escaped and were found in a nearby street. The mother had left the children and stove briefly, and the father slept inside. Neighbors woke him too late to enter the blaze.
The 14th annual West Texas Fair opened in Abilene with an engaging program including farm ranch and home product exhibits. Abilene High School Eagles, 1928 state champions, meet Big Spring on Friday and Sweetwater High plays Abilene Saturday. Rodeo events run Wednesday through Friday with the Terrapins scheduled on Saturday.
Amarillo to Fort Worth via Wichita Falls on U S 570, to Oklahoma City on U S 66, to Roswell on U S 66 366, to Tucumcari, to Higgins on U S 60, to Clayton New Mexico on U S 85, to Borger Oilfield Highway paved, from Amarillo to Lubbock on U S 385. Panhandle Auto Club, Inc. headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce.
Markets report from Kansas City and East St Louis with cattle veal cattle prices and shifts, showing steers and heifers mostly lower, yearling and stocker figures, hogs steady to lower, and vealer and lamb values mixed. Reports also note New Orleans cotton market opening weak on Liverpool cables.
In New York and Liverpool, cotton futures slipped early with October touching 10.18 and March 10.61 before buyers absorbed the drops. By midmorning prices steadied near lows, then rallied as hedge selling waned and stock and grain trades improved, with October near 10.09 and December to 10.85 amid a broader market recovery.
A simple harmless fluid, claimed to instantly recharge car, radio and other wet batteries, extends life and preserves charge. Des Moines promoter Harry Eliott offers free trial, promises self charging dead batteries and renewed performance, seeks agents.
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