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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
5
Three men J A Herndon C Yeager and Therman Wallace were fined 100 each for vagrancy by Judge Ridings. Ten of the fined are jailed and police say the heavy penalties curb misdeeds with more suspects leaving town during the holidays.
General demurrers to all allegations in the Hidalgo county and local election contests were filed in district court. Named filers include Sheriff A Y Baker County Clerk Cam Hill District Judge J E Leslie County Judge A W Cameron and County Commissioners W D Chadwick W L Lipscomb. Independent Robert Henderson also filed a demurrer to the contest brought by his Democratic opponent.
The Italian steamer Gilda Scuderi, sailing from Seattle November 5 with 25 crew, is long overdue at Kobe. Navy asks all northern trade vessels to watch for the ship. Built in 1919 at Port Arthur and registered in Genoa, the steel schooner weighs 2,176 tons.
The Associated Press report from Wichita Falls Texas states Jack P Jones, jailed for burglary in Wilbar ger county, says prison time is a chance to travel. He claims he escaped Huntsville prison six times and was recaptured each time, with his latest escape on November 30 among 30 inmates. He was found by officers at a rooming house.
A Detroit native George Drysdale now in Paris offers guided tours for visitors to see life among artists and writers. He drives guests from hotels to Montmartre studios, home to painters and models, and to see down and outs, night life, dance halls, cellars with music and poetry. The trips also cover railway travel to Rivera and future lectures on True Parisian Life at Sorbonne.
The United Kingdom Alliance plans a temperance push to sway voters, especially women, with Hoover’s U S success cited as inspiration. Candidates will be judged on their stance to Local Option license laws and club drinking restrictions, with a plan to field 40 prohibition candidates to split the vote against known wets.
Cities across the nation are advancing airport development as bonds are approved or authorized. The American Air Transport Association notes 80 approved airports, 169 intermediate fields, 900 auxiliary fields, and about 4,000 emergency fields. Several million dollars have been allocated since the November elections.
Joseph Suz mann of New York exposed himself in Shanghai to settle a fifty dollar election bet. The incident occurred as reporters and locals observed the wager execution in public. The event drew attention from passersby and diplomatic observers in the foreign city.
George Bernard Shaw was seen running toward a west bound bus in London on December 27. He shouted a plea to the driver and the conductor halted the omnibus, an unusual interruption for London buses.
Charles Burnett a 230 pound crew member from California leads the U S 8 Pittsburgh in a mock procession down the Nanking road while Suzmann in a tuxedo and top hat heads the entourage. An army of photographers accompanies them. Suzmann a New York City native and Burnett a fourth class baker aboard the Pittsburgh hail from distinct origins.
Advertisement for a up to date 1928 book of fashions with color plates and 500 patterns for ladies misses and children plus a dressmaking article and needlework stitches. Order patterns from The News Globe Brooklyn NY 11 12 Sterling Place.
The American philanthropist Misa Caris E. Mills, once of Princeton N J and Toledo Ohio, received the Red Cross of the Kingdom of the Serbs Croats and Slovenes for two years of social service in Constantinople. The award was given at the Jugoslavian embassy chapel by the archbishop who praised her aid to Serbs and the destitute of all creeds amid the cosmopolitan city.
A Yale polo squad trained at Yale's armory in New Haven to uphold the university's famed polo reputation. Peter Folger of San Francisco leads the team with O. S. Gates, U.S., as head coach. In their season opener Miince ton suffered a defeat.
In eastern Rumetlia towns Borissograd and Tehir pan shook today as an earthquake cracked walls and toppled chimneys. Residents fled to the countryside and camped in deep snow fearing to return home.
William R B Morrison began as an office boy at National City Bank in 1904 and has been elected vice president of the bank's investment subsidiary, the National City company, in New York.
Charles Rocheville and Jack Gugue plan a dawn Friday takeoff from Imperial County Airport near El Centro to break the world sustained flight record in their Albastross plane. Engine trouble ended an earlier attempt over the dry lakes near Lancaster.
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