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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1928
Page
16
Becoming accidentally mixed with rubbish three diamonds valued at nearly $1000 were tossed into an incinerator at a local manufacturing plant in Attleboro Massachusetts. Employees searched the ashes and found the gems undamaged. The year 1921 had rainfall only 69 percent of normal.
Washington dispatch notes the Kellogg Briand pact and Moses resolution awaiting senate action behind the naval cruiser bill. The House handled routine business as the Senate weighs prison goods, public lands inquiry, and Roy West confirmation. Prohibition clash followed by approval of a large treasury post office appropriation and Boulder dam amendments. Senate ratified several arbitration pacts and funded hurricane relief for Porto Rico. hurricane relief for the South Atlantic coast set for Thursday.
Germany inaugurated a regular but experimental wireless picture broadcasting service using the Koenigswusterhausen station on 1640 meters. The Government Radio Company provided about 50 receiving sets to firms and individuals to try Fulton system telephoto broadcasts of President von Hindenburg and report impressions.
Cr D Sears of Wichita Falls Texas claims Orgatone cured ten years of indigestion liver trouble and gas pain. He says his appetite sleep energy and mood improved after using the remedy though the ad notes it is not a patent medicine and is sold in Amarillo by City Drug Store under a special Orgatone representative.
Police probe the blast that wrecked a Kansas City home owned by Frank Corella a still operator later jailed until Leavenworth. Five people were seriously hurt and many others treated after the explosion damaged homes and businesses within four blocks. Authorities expect arrests soon as investigators search for the cause.
Twelve monkeys from London and New York zoos travel to Berkeley for orthodontic treatment at the University of California. Dentists apply human child style appliances, noting monkeys share the same number of teeth and dual milk and permanent sets. Monkeys cooperate while care is taken to avoid pain.
The experimental stage of the telephoto service shows President von Hindenburg and Post Minister Schaetzel well received at all stations. Plans call for gradual expansion to broadcast daily news photos and utilize warrants and wanted-criminal pictures. Koenigswusterhausen now broadcasts daily.
General Mills Inc has bought the Kell milling properties including the Great West Mill and Elevator. Walter Barlow says local plant staff and policies remain unchanged. The deal adds Vernon Wichita Falls and other mills with 9,500 barrel capacity and 3,500,000 bushel grain storage.
Eddie Ives was sentenced to death by a West Side District court jury for the November 22 murder of Patrolman Harry Ohle and a negro woman during a rooming house raid. The jury reached guilty on the first ballot and death on the second, in a 12 minute verdict believed to be the state's shortest.
New Haven Conn December 19 Yale University reports a total student body of 5745, up 286 from last year. The list includes homes from South Africa to Norwalk and England to Japan with 33 foreign countries and all U S states represented. Yale varsity sports teams number 2290 potential players with 1630 at Yale College and 669 at Sheffield Scientific School.
The list shows state by state counts of Yale students across majors law fine arts music forestry nursing and more. Connecticut bay New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts New Jersey Ohio lead with hundreds and other states such as Illinois California Missouri Minnesota Michigan Iowa Kentucky Colorado Indiana Georgia Florida DC Kansas contribute smaller numbers.
The annual meetings of the United States Golf Association green section committee will be held at the Hotel Commodore in New York January 4 and 5. H L Westover and Dr John Monteith will attend from Washington for the session where the year’s report and papers will be presented.
The Department of Commerce reports New Brunswick fishermen are selling herring scales for pearl paste used in jewelry. A local fisherman earned 280 in a week selling the scales and a German firm plans a large Pearl paste factory there.
In Shanghat on December 19 owners of the Chinese freighter Li Tsang Li struggle to recruit crew. Marine circles say the vessel is cursed by water gods and cannot sail safely again after a yellow mist enveloped the ship while anchored in the Whangpoo River. Other ships nearby were unaffected.
A motivational pitch argues that breakthrough happens later in life and shares a tale of a late success after believing luck mattered. It promotes Najol as a natural health aid and urges readers to buy from druggists, claiming no medicine is involved and three months use can improve well being.
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