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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe, founded February 20 1924, publishes evenings except Saturdays and Sunday mornings. Rates listed for mail and delivery, including regional subscriptions, with office at 116 East Fifth Street and a postal notice of second class matter status.
John W. Davis, Democratic presidential candidate, openly opposes the Ku Klux Klan, praised for courage amid a polarized national scene. The piece notes Klan strength in the North and South and mentions La Follette and Texas gubernatorial politics as context.
Felix Robertson accused the Texas press of slander and corruption saying they cannot elect a governor. He claimed most papers are principled, while a minority editorially oppose his campaign. He warned against generalizing about journalists and defended editors who opposed him.
Houston August 228 No action by the Houston Chamber of Commerce on the threatened removal of the Mexican consulate after alleged discrimination against Mexican citizens. Incidents over two weeks include an attack on a consulate member and the forcible ejection and beating of Jesus Prieto Laurens at Lint Park dance hall. Mayor Holcomb promises a thorough investigation with copies of Valdez letters.
Slaton Texas announce the annual community fair will run September 26 and 27 with J J Ross as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce overseeing plans. Fair products will join the All West Texas agricultural exhibit and Slaton exhibits may also appear at Amarillo Abilene and Wichita Falls regional fairs. In Dallas another Western Electric headquarters building is completed under district manager R W Van Valkenburgh reflecting the company’s forty nine Western Electric houses.
A listing of Sunday August 21 radio programs across multiple stations including KYW Chicago WEBH WGN and WHAS with concerts church services and orchestral performances featuring Ralph Berton Alph Williams and the Central Standard Time note explains time zone differences and DST offsets across regions.
The Globe recounted a Amarillo skunk visit challenging homeowners and a columnist, who vows to trap and hoist the animal by its tail then hurl it from the Great West mill roof to end the nuisance, promising a Monday full write-up of taming the creature.
Ralph McCullough, who left Fort Bliss without permission, surrendered to Walter Freeman after three days away. Transportation was sent for his return and he went back alone. His three days’ outing costs $38 for railroad and meals during detention in the county jail.
Loren Peerson, 19, and his wife, three months married, admitted plans to bury their 13 day old son Donald alive after three men interrupted the act. They were arrested in Kansas City and held to the grand jury on assault with intent to kill.
Houston August 23 Col Thomas H H Ball leader of Felix D Robertson klan candidate for Texas governor refused to commit on John W Davis Democratic nominee stance. Ball said a Democrat should act and declined to approve Davis position. He lamented newspapers ignored Davis attack on corporations as well as the Klan. Midland Tex C C Watson owner editor of the Midland Reporter for 25 years sold to T Paul Barron of Midland.
New York Day by Day recounts aging Broadway beauties fading from the spotlight and the strange crew of "fadeouts" who cling to youth. It notes Will Rogers quip, Seaman's Institute rustics, and James Swinnerton’s health miracle after dire warnings, ending with a bit about New Bowery’s old Jewish cemetery dating to 1656.
In Houston on a Saturday night two federal agents seized and overpowered two men accused of violating the Harrison narcotic act. Agent J F Wells was shot in the finger when his revolver discharged during the struggle. Penn and Pates were held for the government with narcotics found in the car. charges of sale of narcotics and resisting arrest to be filed. J A Perez of Plainview was in town on business.
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