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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1928
Page
7
Police found Philip Lapaglia dead in a car in Chicago after a beer runners dispute. Two gunmen fired on him and a friend, shattering Christmas for Lapaglia’s two small children. The shooting is attributed to a beer runners’ dispute by police.
Judge Augustus McCloskey faces a contest to his seat in the next Congress after Harry M. Wurzbach filed notice of contest. Wurzbach charges irregularities in Nueces and Karnes counties and alleges alterations in eleven precincts in Nueces and ten in Karnes.
Court house records show warranty deeds from Amarillo Improvement Co to J T Martin and others, transfers to H Cooper and Hughes properties in Wolflin and San Jacinto Heights, small cash consideration entries, car registrations, and marriage licenses for Joe Rusek with Annie Peden and Broadwell with Iris Little.
The League of Nations has spent $28,000 on telegrams and negotiations to settle the Gran Chaco boundary dispute, $4,000 more than Bolivia and Paraguay’s combined yearly contribution. The article notes the league’s ongoing pacific efforts and adds an unrelated remark about mushrooms and artificial fertilizer.
A railroad locomotive crashed into a flock near Wibbelsbach, Germany, killing 400 sheep. The accident occurred on December 21 as the train struck the flock.
Public auction to sell S. M. Edwards property in Potter County Texas. The land described as parts of Lot Nine and Ten in Block One Curtis Addition Amarillo will be sold on the first Tuesday in January 1929 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the courthouse door. Purchaser receives deed and possession within thirty days. Wiley Pollard Sheriff and Sam Ramsey Deputy sign.
Pope Pius marks fiftieth year in priesthood by opening a three floor Vatican library section with steel movable shelves and a modern heating system. The new area will hold 250000 volumes as plans are directed by the pontiff.
Premier Mussolini ordered prefects to distribute 2 880 000 lire in money premiums to heads of large families as Christmas gifts. Prices range from 20 to 500 lire, benefiting almost 12 000 families, with the aim of showcasing the policy to others. A stray note about a ship passing through a canal aqueduct is included with unclear relevance.
Announcers of the British Broadcasting Company take singing rea sons regularly to help them polish their vices for speaking into the microphose. Freezing within a few hours after placing concrete interferes with the chemical reaction between the water and the cement and makes the con crete much weaker.
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