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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1927
Page
2
Mrs. Durelle Griggs, 25, wife of Alfred N. Griggs, died at 6 this morning in a local hospital after a two month illness. Surviving are her husband, her parents Mr and Mrs J C Morgan of Amarillo and a brother J C Morgan Jr. Funeral services to be announced.
State chapter No 10 of the American Fur Growers Association received official recognition at a directors meeting after the local chapter was formed last week by rabbit breeders. Jack McLaren, president, touted progress in organizing breeders and obtaining market information to boost the local industry. General information will be mailed to Penhandle breeders and prospects.
Col Harve Haines vice president and general manager of the board spoke to Amarillo High School students in the new auditorium during a chapel exercise. He presented The Piece of the Board of City Development in Community Life as the morning topic.
A historic list outlines aims for Amarillo including lower utility rates cleaner streets more parks and sewers a municipal pool a golf course and housing relief. It calls for traffic improvements such as viaducts and railroad crossing eliminations and modernization of public services along with a push to attract new industries.
Erasmus Tack is away on business and expected back in two to three days. His publishers Russell and Cockrell are drafting his book Them Texans with a Christmas edition anticipated for sale soon. Orders are pouring in as publication nears.
In Washington the Senate begins considering the deficiency appropriation while House work continues. Efforts focus on Ware and Smith amid Hearst Mexican exposé inquiries. Reed committee plans trials for alleged excessive campaign spending, yet both senators show little cooperation.
United Press reports fear among senators elect as they gathered to resume investigations after the senate refused the oath of office to Ware and Smith for large campaign expenditures. Vare plans a Pennsylvania April primary bid and possible re election. Smith's path uncertain, returning to Illinois to confer with allies. Possible court appeal to compel the oath is debated but could backfire.
The Amarillo council of Girl Scouts will meet at 5 PM Wednesday at the municipal auditorium scout headquarters. Items include the finance committee report. Mrs. M. L. Fuller, commissioner, announced the gathering with Mrs. Mildred Austill, director, attending after relocating from Indianapolis.
The Potter County Medical Society backs a clinic to aid crippled children and offers cooperation. Dr. R A Duncan president spoke to the Lions club at Amarillo hotel receiving strong applause. Six crippled children were sent to Oklahoma City Saturday for treatment. A $100 check from the Rotary club was received for the fund.
Mrs West showed improved composure after yesterday's hearing and ate a hearty breakfast this morning. Jail attendants noted she was nervous and paced the floor yesterday afternoon and evening, indicating unrest.
Capudine relieves nervousness head ache and rheumatic neuralgia quickly by soothing nerves without opiates. Liquid formula absorbs fast offering relief faster than tablets and powders. Also helps colds by reducing congestion and feverish condition. Sold by drug stores with money back guarantee 60c 30c trial size.
Amarillo Little Theater stages Three Live Ghosts with Dr. R. P. Parcells directing. Cast includes Frederic Delzell as Spoofy, Edythe Leeward Wells as an American girl, and Mrs Dana Harmon Trent as Old Sweetheart. Second play slated for February 1 week under Mrs E H Gipson.
Oklahoma District Judge T G Chambers extended the governor Henry S Johnston impeachment case delaying action until Wednesday. The insurgent legislature had pursued impeachment while guards stood at the state house and newsboys hurried through foggy streets to inform early riders.
Col Harvey Haines vice president and general manager of the Board of City Development will depart late today for New York and Washington. He will be away several days on an important industrial project for Amarillo and declined to reveal the proposition, saying it involves one of the biggest industries the city has pursued.
Lindbergh weighs weather and field conditions as he contemplates a nonstop flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. He will follow a Gulf Coast route toward Galveston then toward Tampico and Mexico City, with timing estimates based on a 100 mph average and current weather forecasts.
Major Reginald Owen, son in law of the late William Jennings Bryan and a British Army veteran, died in Miami from illness tied to the Dardanelles campaign. Born July 26 1883 in Ceylon India, he married Ruth Bryan in 1910 at Lincoln Nebraska. He and his wife served in World War I and lived in Egypt before moving to Florida.
Oklahoma City December 13. A self convened House impeachment session met in a hotel as National Guardsmen stood at the capitol doors. The body voted six impeachment charges against Governor Henry S Johnston and against Chief Justice Fred Branson and Agriculture Board President Harry Cordell, with a board of managers appointed to prosecute before the Senate. The session defied a state supreme court ruling and was said to have been attended by members in robes and undress.
Emphatic statements emerge as two visiting women are traced to Elk City Oklahoma and Mrs. Jack Davis sits in Amarillo. Clayton Tontz rejects the frame-up notion and vows to plead guilty for the death penalty if proven. Attorneys Moore and Wilson say they will seek attachment to bring Mildred Stringer as a witness for the trial set next Monday.
Rebecca Bradley Rogers faces a bank robbery charge in Buda. Dr. Max Handeman of the University of Texas testified in La Grange describing Rogers as suffering from dementia praecox, noting his extensive experience with criminal insanity cases.
The Salome Rodriguez R P Frank and Francisco Sanchez robbery with firearms case headed for district court jury this afternoon. William Speers faces a statutory offense trial tomorrow with a special venire. Will R Winch and others charged with Sunday law violation set for morning county court trial.
A Reading Company freight train was held up near Neshaminy Falls, Langhorne, Ill., by fifteen men. Raw silk valued at about $50,000 was taken. The gunfight with the crew left one bandit believed wounded, seen hauled into a car and escaping with the others.
Secretary Jerome of the Game Protective Association reports numerous wild domestic cats roaming New York game preserves. They kill quail and other birds. Farmers and wardens campaign to exterminate them, with 68 wild cats killed last year. Reykjavik heating scheme via subterranean hot springs noted, amid Iceland’s 29 volcanoes with seven active.
Deputy sheriff Claude Carrison of Rio Hondo was stabbed to death at a dance hall while investigating bootlegging reports. Police say he made one arrest before the assault and investigators identified a likely suspect.
Hollywood circles discuss whether midwinter tan signals a star’s status as studios switch from arc lamps to bright incandescent lighting. Goldwyn warns Colman and Banky about over tanning as Thelma Todd heads from Massachusetts to Hollywood.
A poem depicts a winter golfer who imagines flawless play. The speaker describes straight drives and precise putts while snow covers the course. The mental game sustains him by the fireside until spring returns.
Hogs and cattle prices mixed across major markets with Chicago and Fort Worth reporting varied moves. Hogs at Kansas City and Fort Worth show uneven tonnage and price shifts while cotton and grain futures react to foreign offers and British market cues. The stock market opens higher with gains in several blue chips and motor shares as traders weigh orders and industrial prospects.
At 1 p m New York stocks show major exchanges with numerous companies listed from American Can to Willys-Overland. The piece ends with a historical note that five presidents traveled abroad while in office, naming Cleveland Roosevelt Taft Wilson and Harding with destinations outside the U S.
Dr Hideyo Noguchi of the Rockefeller Institute travels to Nigeria to introduce his perfected vaccine and serum for yellow fever. The treatment was reportedly used successfully by the French last summer in Senegal.
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