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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1928

Page

2

Oil Men Carry Christmas Cheer To Needy In Amarillo

Oil Men of Amarillo plan their fourth straight year of Christmas aid. Baskets with fruit candy and toys will go to needy families and 40 baskets to the Salvation Army for distribution. Prisons in the city jail will receive cigarettes candy and fruit and 60 to 100 meals are provided for the unemployed. Donations urged to R F McMillen 617 Rule building.

Oil Men Amarillo R. F. McMillen Oil Men’s Christmas Fund Salvation Army East Fourth Street McMillen

Georgia coast resort vision and flying plans for coast development

A promotional piece extols a developer's island projects including hotels golf links polo fields and air fields on a Georgia coast. It predicts rapid air travel connecting Chicago Palm Beach Miami and Georgia coast resorts and notes plans by National City bank leaders to form a commercial airline venture while urging purchase of coastal real estate.

New York Palm Beach Miami National City Bank Charles E. Mitchell Atlantic Pacific Gulf

Amarillo Letter Endorses Local Opera Boost and Quail Feasts

An Amarillo column blends humor and local promotion, noting wages at The Globe News office, supporting a $30,000 guarantee to bring the Chicago Grand Opera company for two March performances, and urging civic effort to attract visitors. The writer also jokes about quail dinners, local anecdotes, a missing wristwatch, a prize dog gift, and a Christmas send-off.

Globe News Amarillo Chicago Grand Opera Company Wichita Falls

Vagrancy Fines Hit Two Men in Police Court

C E Odell and M H Wheeler were fined $109 each for vagrancy in police court this morning. Over ten men were fined from $109 to $200 this week as part of a drive against vagrancy shoplifting idleness and trick swindling schemes. A jury trial for R D Neighbors on a vagrancy charge is set for 2 PM. Earl Galloway, fined $100 for vagrancy, may face charges of escaping quarantine after leaving city isolation during smallpox quarantine last spring.

C. E. Odell M. H. Wheeler R. D Earl Galloway

Tack and Hoover Row Over Political Views in Letter

A reader criticizes Tack for supporting Hoover and argues for stricter border controls and conservative policy. The letter defends free speech, questions newspaper ads, and mentions local politics and the News-Globe's finances.

Movie Makers Plan 7:30 Tonight Meeting

Amateur photographers and movie makers will meet at 7 30 tonight in room 310 Fisk building. Several reels of movies will be shown according to officials of the organization. An invitation is extended to all interested in photography.

Fisk Building

Messiah recital to feature Ellen May with 10 piece orchestra

An Amarillo concert presents Ellen May with a 10 member orchestra performing Messiah selections at 8:30 PM. The program lists arias and choruses from Comfort Ye My People to Hallelujah, with Rollin Pease and Mrs. N D Bartlett among soloists and couples cited for supporting donations.

Ellen May Mr. Myers Geocenarts Emil PF. Myers Wbeeeees Rollin Pease Chicago Cdew Ee Tnt Otis Trulove Webeeee Heaven N. D. Bartlett Debbie Patterson Ada M Benson Chas, Smith

Newspaper pledge and pay policy discussed by E. R. T.

E R T defends substantial daytime advertising costs and higher wages at The Globe News, asserts not grafting, supports local public spirited effort, but rejects employing Mexican workers and criticizes non advertising businesses for their stance on the last election.

Hawk Tri-State Globe News United States

Tactless Texan column sparks reader response on immigration

Colonel E. R. Tack replies to a Globe column about the president-elect and Mexican influx on the border. He questions the tone and urges moderation in public discussion of immigration policy.

E. R. Tack Globe

Famous Blue Blowers Dance Orchestra Plays Amarillo Herring Hotel

Amarillo residents filled the Crystal Ballroom at the Herring Hotel for the opening night of a holiday season series. Doc Fentem and his 10 piece Blue Blowers, famed for Victor records, performed with novelty stunts and dancing while the band also plays at the Amarillo Coffee Shop daily.

Amarillo Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel Doc” Fentem Blue Blowers Victor Trianon Chicago Colonel Thompson Amtarillo

Hijacking and Kidnapping Tangle Ties Winkler County

Federal and local officers pursue a liquor hijack case from Mexico to the oil fields. P C C Burcham known as Denver Blackie is accused of leading the gang. He was bound thrown into a water tank then escaped and wandered desert sands two days before rescue. Sheriff Pecos Beli Priest made a dozen arrests as officials plan a special grand jury after new arrests.

Mexico Juarez Wink P. CC. Burcham Denver Pecos Béli Winkler County Burcham

Plane Hunters Practice Warns and Fines Not Enough

An Illinois flier lost his plane after being convicted of shooting game from it, a violation echoed in Texas and Oklahoma. The speaker vows to gather evidence and prosecute violators, citing a pilot and companions who retrieved antelope carcasses from a car. He warns even military officers cannot ignore game laws.

Illinois Texas Oklahoma Army War Department

Farha Named Manager at Watner's Shoe Department

T. Ny Farha formerly with Spaulding Cloak and Suit in Kansas City has accepted a position as manager of the shoe department at Watner's 714 Polk Street. The Watner's shoe department specializes in Jacqueline modes.

T. Ny Farha Spaulding Cloak and Suit Company Kansas City Watner's Polk Street

Second man charged with forgery over Mathews slaying in Dallas

A. A. Crabb was charged with forgery after passing two $1,000 checks in Dallas. The case is linked to an argument that allegedly led to the shooting of Orville L. Mathews by V. Ray Adams.

Associated Press Dallas Tex A. A. Crabb Orville L. Mathews V. Ray Adams

Hoover Defends Interventions to Protect Lives

Mr. Hoover stated that U S interventions in certain countries aimed to safeguard American lives, not economic interests. He said marines were sent to protect citizens and prevent bloodshed where local authorities failed to do so.

Stockmen to Name Officers at Meeting in City Hall

The Panhandle Livestock association will elect new officers at tonight's meeting in the city hall at 7 30. Dates for the annual convention will be set and a Fort Worth Fat Stock show week timing is expected. President Art L Waxoner says other important business will come up.

Panhandle Livestock Association Fort Worth Art L. Waxoner

Airport bids to be studied by commission this afternoon

An airport commission meeting was expected this afternoon to review bids for lighting Amarillo Municipal Airport. Bids were opened at the city commission meeting last night but action was postponed pending airport board approval. Several large companies submitted bids.

Airport Commission Amarillo Municipal City Commission Darge

Morrison Brother Strives For Bedside As Pneumonia Grips Him

Rf. FE. Morrison of Washington D C and Mrs. J E Park of Vanhuske Oklahoma hurried today to the Roberts Place home at 4239 Fifteenth Avenue to be with their brother T C Morrison who is dangerously ill with pneumonia.

Rf. FE. Morrison Washington, D. C J. E. Park Vanhuske Oklahoma T. C. Morison Mr. Morrison Fifteenth Avenue Roberts Place

Christmas Conjurer of Youthful Joy

Poem reflecting Christmas reunion of age and youth with playful nostalgia. The speaker notes aging yet a renewed spirit to celebrate, hang mistletoe, and kiss every girl he knows, imagining Old Age yielding to merry, romping youth.

Ilang

Fort Worth and East St. Louis Livestock Markets Report

Livestock prices and market activity across Fort Worth East St Louis and Chicago include hogs cattle calves and sheep with prices for fat cows yearlings and various weight classes noted. The report cites declines steady trends and top bids alongside cotton dairy and stock market notes from Dec 19.

Fort Wort Associated Press Fort Worth East ST. Louis Chicago

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