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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
2
A lively Amarillo column shares town boosterism and debate with readers Mrs Grace Higgins of Pampas and Bob Tack defending Amarillo's progress. The page also notes football bragging and local happenings from civic leaders to a young applicant seeking work.
The column asks if Amarillo seizes its role as Panhandle center and invites reader letters for 1929. A Clarendon reader seeks help for a sixteen year old girl who just married and was abandoned after learning she is pregnant, begging for clothing and support.
A reader asks for help locating a large dark Irish setter last seen near Plainview Texas. The dog is described as brown with long wavy hair and could weigh about 65 pounds.
State Senator Clint Small of Wellington voices support for landowners in Amarillo as protests against state attempts to reclaim lands sold long ago. He vows to use his position to oppose suits and defend rightful owners amid a Panhandle rally.
More than 100 college students were the guests of the Amarillo Rotary Club at noon today in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel. J. M. O'Brien led the program.
The Amarillo Fire Department answered three calls yesterday afternoon and last night. Responding to a trash fire at 2119 Van Buren Street, a telephone pole fire at Second and Houston, and a false alarm at Eighth and Buchanan.
A young woman at business college misplaced a black hat box with clothing and small Christmas gifts for nieces and nephews. She planned to travel home for Christmas and filed notices in the News. Finder urged to call 2 1506.
A watchman, Henry W. Gow, was killed in the Guggenheim laboratories after being struck with a blow or gas. A helper was knocked unconscious, and a chauffeur bound and robbed of $24. The body was found on the second floor with the others nearby.
Fred H. Rogge aged 82 was arrested by Detective H. Denton of the Amarillo Police Department and charged in federal court with Mann Act violations. He is accused of transporting a woman from another state to Amarillo. Rogge has a wife and five children in Norfolk Nebraska. The woman has not been arrested.
The Santa Fe flyer Missionary traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed early today near Hesperia California after spikes and angle iron were removed from a rail. Two people were injured and officials blamed saboteurs amid a petty grievance against the railroad. Engineer A C Long stopped the train in fifteen car lengths.
A collage of holiday postal signs from Western Union and New Jersey Central ferryboats contrasts with sermons by Rev John M Gillis and Rabbi Nathan Krass on Christianity and Judaism. A brief personal appeal from Mrs W R B asks for assistance for her expected baby, listing her family situation and need for support.
Mr and Mrs Bob Emmett return from a month long vacation hunting and fishing in Central and South Texas and Mexico. They traveled with Walter Knorpp and a Mexican guide and cook, hunted in the Burro Mountains near Del Rio, and left with 500 pounds of venison behind. They report rough travel, wild country, and a two day wait for permits. Emmett plans to open an oil brokerage in Amarillo on January 1.
The Texas House considers reforms before the November vote including a 10 day notice on marriage applications, whiskey prescription limits, making wife desertion a felony, and sterilization proposals. New member H H Ray advocates long hair and dresses for women though no related bills are noted.
The Board of City Development will meet the American Business club tomorrow noon at the Amarillo hotel for a weekly lunch program. Col H M Haines vice president and general manager will deliver the principal address.
Amarillo police seek help locating Joseph Bell who was in the city recently. His father was found dead in Middleton Ohio on Christmas Day and the body is held there. Anyone with information should contact J J Staley at 803 Nelbour Street Middleton Ohio.
France shipped beaded bags valued close to one million dollars to a destination country over the past year. The shipments illustrate a strong cross border trade in decorative accessories and fashion items between French producers and buyers abroad.
The Associated Press reports Kansas City market activity with hogs 15 to 26 cents lower and top at 8.65 for 190 to 230 pounds, cattle and calves mixed with several price bands across weights, and hogs and sheep showing varied shifts. Chicago trade shows hogs 60,000 head with lower year end demand, top price 9.00 for 200 pound butchers, cattle strong with multiple weight brackets and milk fed calves near 14.5 to 16.5, sheep steady with lambs at 14.15 to 15.50.
Fort Worth hogs and cattle prices listed for Dec 27 with hogs at top $8.90 and cattle to $11.50. East St. Louis reports similar cattle and lamb values. New York and New Orleans cotton markets ease on Liverpool cables with January near $19.54. Liverpool quotes steady to lower across grades. Chicago grain shows corn buying and price gains early trading amid light receipts.
City fire department unveils a new fire truck at Central station on West Fourth street with 97 000 feet of hose and two turret nozzles giving at least 1 500 gallons per minute when both units operate. Hydrants and hose are being rethreaded to standard for the state exam. a rate decision is anticipated in January. Also noted, suffrage for all men over 20 in Japan.
A reflective verse meditation on wealth versus friendship. It contrasts fortunes that rise and fall with the enduring value of faithful friends. The poem urges duty, neighborliness, and courage while stressing that true companionship sustains through storms and trials.
Stock letters show heavy reinvestment hope after year end. Initial declines hit Chile Copper Chrysler General Motors at open with selective gains for Atlas Powder Otis Elevator and National Bellas Hess. Foreign exchanges opened firm as investors eyed year end dynamics and notable names moved.
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