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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1928
Page
1
Oklahoma tonight shows cloudy skies with isolated showers and cooler temperatures. Saturday will be partly cloudy with lingering showers possible and warmer afternoon highs.
A vivid but cryptic clipping hints at a mystery surrounding a colored bank and troubling descendants. Readers are urged to follow further details as the puzzle unfolds in local reporting.
Arthur Brisbane critiques Federal Reserve policy and Wall Street control, suggests high interest rates curb business, cites London and Dodge Chrysler moves, and notes Rockefeller and race housing efforts. He warns of monopolistic finance and urges presidential scrutiny as a follow up to a marathon report.
Crowds gathered in Topeka Eas for the ceremony notifying Senator Curtie of his nomination as the Republican vice presidential candidate tomorrow. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Moontana will confer with Governor Smith to aid in planning a Democratic campaign. Herbert Hoover will stop in Los Angeles en route to Washington to deliver an amplification of his acceptance speech.
Roy C. Toombs Chicago investment broker and head of a St. Louis life office faced an $85,000 grand larceny warrant issued in St. Louis and a fugitive warrant in Chicago. Investigators probe Toombs and Dailey affairs amid receivership. Edward J. Hess will pursue possible mail fraud and bucket shop operations.
Saturday event at The Globe-News office invites ads of at least 25 words for 50c with additional words at a set rate. Mail orders accepted. in person saves 2h. Ad copy must arrive by Saturday August 18 for publication in The Sunday News Globe.
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer faced delays on the second leg of their trans Atlantic flight in the monoplane Greater Rockford. Take-off from Mount Evans Greenland was postponed as heavy rain and unsettled conditions persisted overnight and into the morning.
Secretary Kellogg sails from New York with Mrs Kellogg to join 14 nations in Paris for the August 27 signing of the treaty renouncing war. He travels with two State Department attaches and plans no formal talks, staying in Paris only three or four days.
Ten people were injured, four seriously, when a bus from Amarillo to Denver struck a motor truck ten miles south of Pueblo. Seriously injured are E. O. Sanders of Atlanta Texas with a broken arm and possible internal injuries, J. H. Eeff of Sylvester Texas with severe lacerations and bruises, Mrs F. B. Sutton of Hayden Oklahoma with severe cuts and bruises, and Mrs O. T. Beckham of Raysell New Mexico with contusions. All were brought to Pueblo for treatment.
Panhandle mourns death of 76 year old MR Rath a pioneer ranchman who arrived 41 years ago. He died at home after a year long illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 30 AM from the First Baptist Church in Panhandle.
The Amarillo city commission reviews financial reports from Amarillo Gas and Panhandle Pipeline as Mayor Rivine notes no comment on the company letter. James A. Carroll of Independence Kansas, president of the gas company, presents earnings data to the commission asserting profits do not justify reduced Amarillo rates.
Kansas Senator Curtis, aged 68, will be notified of the Republican vice presidential nomination in Topeka. He will begin a cross country speaking tour from Rhode Island to Syracuse and beyond, with plans including Maine Massachusetts Kentucky and Tennessee. Senator Fess of Ohio expected to inform him.
Demand for stocker and feeder cattle at the Kansas City market is unprecedented and the peak price for this class is expected to be reached next week. Heavy rains promise a record corn crop and orders flood in as the market anticipates handling up to 40,000 cattle daily next week.
Tomorrow is Classified Day at the Globe News with a chance for readers to win a free Fair theater ticket. Twelve Amarillo citizens’ phone numbers will be printed in Sunday’s classified pages. luckiest readers presenting their number at the office will receive free theater admission.
George Brown was lodged in Potter county jail yesterday charged with theft over fifty dollars. Deputies from the sheriff's office took him into custody. Details of the theft were not learned.
Denver and Fort Worth chairmen report secret ballots started after talks with Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Order Railway Conductors. If called, the strike could halt about 35 000 employees including 800 locals seeking seven and a half percent wage increase. Local pay cited shows conductors 4 16, brakemen 4 44, switchmen 6 42 with overtime boosting earnings. Federal board appeal urged to President Coolidge.
An interurban bus carrying about a score of passengers reached Portales a suburb of Mexico City after the driver died suddenly. A passenger noticed the motionless driver and brought the vehicle to an emergency stop before it struck a roadside tree. The driver died two to three minutes earlier and remained upright behind the wheel.
Boyd Jones a 14 year old Gallup New Mexico rider rode 1600 miles on Molly to reach the summer White House in Washington. He aims to invite President Coolidge to the Gallup inter tribal Indian ceremonial at month end. Jones trotted from Gallup via Amarillo Oklahoma City to Tulsa before continuing to Washington.
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