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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1926

Page

7

Markets Across Major Cities Mixed Cattle Hogs and Grains

Markets report from Amarillo Wichita Fort Worth Kansas City and Chicago show varied cattle hog and grain prices with steers and yearlings higher in Kansas City while hogs stay firm to higher in multiple exchanges. Livestock volumes include thousands of head with calves bulls and sows noted alongside grain quotes in Chicago and Kansas City cash markets.

Wichita Livestock Wichita Kan Fort Worth Auust Kansas City Chicago

Divorce Case Opens Day in District Court

The Amarillo divorce suit of C. R. Hook against Idel Hook enters its third day in district court. Each side accuses the other of infidelity and fights for custody of a child. Mrs. Hook is not yet on the stand but is expected to testify this afternoon.

District Court C. R. Hook Amarillo Idel Hook Big Spring

Service car driver found slain in pond

Deridder Louisiana August murder verdict returned by the coroner after the body of J. J. Brevelle service car driver is found in the Pickering mill pond eighteen miles north of Deridder. He was last seen Saturday afternoon with negro passengers for Farwell. Robbery is suspected. Brevelle had no known enemies.

Associated Press Deridder Turner J. J. Brevelle Pickering Mill Pond Here Brevelle Farwell

Robbery Reported Involving $55 At Fifth And Monroe

Frank Ingermarson reported being robbed of 55 dollars near Fifth and Monroe streets late last night. He identified a black man and woman as the suspects. Police began investigation but had no arrests by today.

Frank Ingermarson Fifth Monroe

Classification of Juniors Progress Report

Classification of juniors is underway with about half finished. Of 102 classified, 21 come from other schools and three seniors plus a few sophomores are included. The junior class is expected to exceed previous records with enrollments near 200. Sophomores from A to H report Wednesday at 8, I to P at 1, thence remaining sophomores Thursday.

Habeas Hearing in Ramsey Case On

The hearing over J Leahy held in New Orleans to decide if he remains in Bexar jail or is sent to Live Oak County to face murder charges in the abduction and slaying of Dr J A Ramsey Mathis physician. Arguments on a motion to dismiss the habeas corpus application were ongoing.

Associated Press New Orleans J. Leahy San Antonio J. A. Ramsey Mathis Bexar Liveoak County Leahy

Discovery of Young Man's Body a Mystery

A missing young man with slender build was found dead by river guards on the Rio Grande near Lasier canyon between Dryden and Lasier. Authorities believe wolves may be involved despite reports of possible other causes. Local deputy sheriff Meurieto Valadey notes the body showed severe injuries and no clear identification.

San Angelo Hart Lasier Canyon Dryden Lasier Rio Grande Meurieto Valadey Tom Trees

Relaxation Marked Sheriff's Office After Election

After the election the sheriff’s office relaxed as deputies shifted from arrests to serving court papers. Wiley Pollard is visiting relatives in Cleburne, while jurymen were drawn anew for the district court as only a few of forty veniremen appeared. The county court already has enough jurors to form a six person jury.

Wiley Pollard Cleburne

Florida asylum escapee turns himself in at police desk

A man calling himself Dewitt McDonald surrendered at a police station claiming to be an escaped convict with a guilty conscience. He asked to be held for Canon City Colorado authorities as he had escaped from their state penitentiary. Officers detained him as a lunatic and later learned a Florida insane asylum escapee answer matched his description. He was moved to county jail to await Florida authorities.

Dewitt McDonald Green Canon City Colorado Florida

Blessing Over Amputated Leg Clarified In San Francisco

The Rev. Francis Turk stated that no requiem mass was said for Michael Rado's amputated leg on August 18. He explained a blessing was performed instead during an ordinary mass unrelated to Rado's ceremony, noting that a requiem mass is for the spirit, not the body.

Associated Press San Francisco Francis Turk Church of the Nativity Michael Rado Father Turk Rado

Herbert Hoover Fishing on Rogue River in Oregon

Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce fished today on the Rogue River in Grants Pass Oregon.

Herbert Hoover Grants Pass Ore Commerce Rogue River

STYLE SHOW BRINGS DANCE MUSIC AND CARS TO NIGHT

The program featured Honorhea Childers and Mary I Thompson in dance and song acts, Frank Kircchner and Zallee Williams in specialty performances, and Felice Stinnett with a lyric soprano. An outside automobile show drew crowds as rehearsals showcased jockey and tennis ballets and a polished finish with little delay.

Fair Perry Millinery Martin Jarett Honorhea Childers Frank Kircchner Zallee Williams Mary I. Thompson Frederick Delgell Felice Stinnett Minnetonka Reba Utterbeck Sadie Cervel Warner Amerter Sarah Mergeret Eed Jane Sue

World Court issue dominates South Carolina primary race

In Columbia voters weighed American participation in the world court in the Democratic primary for senator and governor. Ellison D. Smith, B N Dial, and Edgar A. Brown debated world court ties while Brown assailed it as a Republican creation. Nine seek the governorship as McLeod sits out.

Associated Press Columbia South Carolina Ellison D. Smith United States Senate B. N. Dial Laurels Edgar A. Brown Barnwell Dial Senate Thomas G. McLeod McMillan Stevenson Fullmer Congress

Amarillo Visit Highlights Local Quips and Notes

Half-Minute Interviews feature Homer Wade visiting Amarillo after a Clarendon meeting and vowing to seize every opportunity to visit. A Dalhart highway sign promotes a game between Amarillo and San Jon for the world series while readers joke about baby rattles and missing columnist Old Tack.

Homer Wade Amarillo Slim Crews Dalhart Reading

Circus Day at Ringling Brothers Gives Nursery Kids a Treat

Reese Allen of the Amarillo Refinery invited thirty seven Amarillo Day Nursery children to a circus outing this afternoon, delivering tracts and carloads of delighted youngsters. The show features acts from a 60 year old war horse elephant Bing to a 2 year old baby, highlighting a day of performances scheduled for 2 PM and evening shows.

Ringling Brothers Circus Columbia Resse Allen Amarillo Mr. Allen

The Elephant Baby Grows Faster Than Its Siblings

A field report describes an infant elephant weighing about a ton with keepers noting the calf gains three inches yearly. The scene on Polk Street shows crowds, animal exhibits, talkative birds, and a parade of curious creatures at the roadside display.

Elock Polk Street Egersttian Cee

Armored Cars Begin Currency Transport in Washington

Two steel plated bullet proof armored trucks were placed in service between the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Treasury to move about $10,000,000 daily in currency bonds and other securities. Windshields are bullet proof and the sides have turrets for guards to fire safely.

Associated Pree Washington Bureau of Engraving and Printing Treasury

Big Panhandle Plains institute opens with record attendance

Canyon Texas hosts the Panhandle Plains institute with 960 teachers from 23 counties registered. I E Savage leads sessions with national education figures discussing public school problems and the future of teaching in the Panhandle region.

Canyon Panhandle- Plains Institute Texas I. E. Savage West Texas State Teachers College The Panhandle Armstrong Briscoe Carson Castro Colliingsworth Dallam Deaf Smith Floyd Gray Hansford Hartley Hemphill Hutchinson Lipscomb Moore Ochiltree Oldham Palmer Potter Randall Roberts Sherman Swisher Wheeler County Armentrout W. D. Armentrout State Teachers College Greeley Colorado National Authority On Intermediate Education Panhandle-Plains L. FE. Heinmiller Department of Education Kingsville Teachers’ College J. P. Buck A. and Laura V. Hamner W. A. McIntosh Amarillo R. Thomson S. M. N. Marrs Texas Congress of Mothers Katherine Hagquist Texas Board of Health Austin State Department of Education Texas State Teachers’ Association B. F. Fronabarger Denton

Borger Business Men Install Big Baseball Board

In Borger August, businessmen install an electric baseball scoreboard on south Main near Woody Drug Co. The glass booth will house a five watt radio and relay to display world series plays, with plans to broadcast the Dempsey Tanney fight and similar events.

Borger H. Kk. Reese Reese and House Eelectric Co Edwin Woody Woody Drug Co South Main Street Parpharenalia Jack Dempsey Gene Tanney Nerse

Chevrolet Car Field Meet in Detroit Report

A fragmented notice describes a Chevrolet car field event in Detroit this week. It mentions numerous participants and housing details, with unclear lines about venues and schedules as editors attempt to assemble the event specifics.

Chevrolet Detroit

Sinking of Steamer Burevestnik Kills Many on Baltic Run

The Russian excursion steamer Burevestnik sank after a collision with a German freighter near Cronstadt. Of 565 aboard, more than 200 are believed dead as rescue crews recover bodies from thirty feet of water. scarce family on the island escaped loss.

Associated Press Cronstaut Russia Bureventnik Ship Canal Leningrad Burevestnik

Coolidge to Meet K O C Leader Over Mexico Action

Paul Smiths N Y August 31 James A Flaherty supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus will be received by President Coolidge tomorrow to discuss the order's resolution calling for American intervention in Mexico to protect Catholic churchmen in their clash with President Calles The meeting follows Flaherty's request after talks with Secretary Kellogg at Washington. Washington stance remains hands off unless Americans are harmed.

Associated Press Paul Smith N. Y James A. Flaherty Knights of Columbus Coolidge Mexico Calles Flaherty Kellogg State Department Washington White House

Texans recall Ferguson era as Klan ballots loom large

Jim Talks defends Ferguson voting bloc in Texas, praising 275000 voters as independent and loyal. He alleges Ku Klux Klan influence in counties like Dallas and Harris, and claims Moody benefited from such coalitions while criticizing government powers and corporate pressure.

Ferguson Texas Ku Klux Klan Dallas Bexar el Paso Grayson Harris Travis Munt, Potter Hidalgo Johnson, Bell, Jefferson Tarrant Moody

August Breaks Local Marriage License Record

Ninety marriage licenses were issued in August, a new record for Potte county clerk’s office. Amarilloans benefited from steady monthly increases since spring as population grows and conditions improve. The peak days were August 21 with eleven licenses and August 28 with ten. Detroit is taking a bootlegger census.

Potte County

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