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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1928
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane discusses 1928 grain competition and car pricing, noting Ford’s low-price challenge. He warns of future war’s devastation, tuberculosis risks from fashion, a San Francisco inheritance case, desert expansion in Argentina, and Lindbergh’s flying field observations in Central America and U.S. cities.
The forecast calls for tonight and Saturday to be partly cloudy and warmer in many areas. West Texas expects clouds and possible snow in the Panhandle with rising temperatures while East Texas sees showers and near coast freezing conditions. Oklahoma and Arkansas trend warmer to Saturday with cooler spells and lighter winds along the coast.
The North Texas and Southern Oklahoma Peace Officers association endorsed a $5,000 reward for slain bank robbers proposed by the Texas Bankers Association. The vote was 41 to 11. Gainesville police chief Dock Dudley was re elected president with Wichita Falls Sheriff W G Brasley as Texas vice president. Oklahoma vice president was W A Deister and Gainesville county attorney J L Gettys was secretary. The next quarterly meeting will be in Gainesville in about three months with the date to be announced.
Snow began in Spearman and Amarillo with temperatures around 26 degrees rising through the night. Reports from Wichita Falls and Oklahoma City note record cold but gradual relief. Temperatures varied from single digits to the mid thirties as a cold wave eased and skies cleared.
Amarillo Kiwanis Club members returned last night from a divisional conference in Plainview. President J M Cook led delegates by train and car while Judge W A Palmer spoke on Kiwanis and Public Affairs. About two hundred attendees from nearby towns called the meeting a huge success. Governor H G Hatfield praised the event as the greatest in years.
Officers seized large liquor hauls yesterday and Sheriff Wiley Pollard plans to dispose of the intoxicants within a day or so. The stock, including whisky wine and beer, is valued at about $10 000 at bootlegger’s market price and will likely be poured through the sewer.
Col Charles A Lindbergh kept plans secret as he and backers stayed at Major Lanphier’s home in Mt Clemens Michigan. They met Edsel Ford and Ford engineers about an improved plane not yet ready to test and aimed for a possible flight to Washington, though the purpose remained undisclosed.
Springfield reports the State Supreme Court upheld Charlie Birger's conviction for complicity in the murder of West City Mayor Joe Adams. Execution is scheduled for Friday, April 13.
In Los Angeles on February 24, prosecution evidence neared completion in the joint murder trial of Wesby Hunt and William Edward Hickman. Hunt prepared to take the stand for his own defense as his attorney A Gray Gilmer indicated plans to call him. The case involves the fatal shooting of Ivy Thoms during an armed robbery attempt over a year ago. The trial also features Hunt's father George L Blackburn listed with an ambulance contact.
Patrons rush to secure season tickets for the Schumann Heink Galston and McCormack concerts as sales resume. Emil F Myers notes more than half the house is booked across all three events. March 1 deadline looms for reduced prices. after that, remaining seats go on sale as single admissions. The festival runs March 7 to 9.
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover testified before the Senate commerce committee urging a compromise flood control plan for the Mississippi Valley. He proposed a federal commission to determine funding within a year while Congress could fund work now and begin spillway and safety projects, outlining human and economic stakes of inaction.
J E Biggs of the City Development Board says Amarillo may host the Texas Warehouse and Transfermen's association mid summer meeting, with the exact site chosen by an executive committee in May. Amarillo was the sole bid, but Biggs cites lack of local representation at state conventions as hindering future bids.
Fort Smith Arkansas reports a mine explosion at Jenny Lind trapping workers. Officials say 15 to 18 men likely killed, about 125 present, with rescue crews rushing in and operations halted in nearby mines.
Ten bandits armed with machine guns shotguns and pistols robbed the City Bank on Eighteenth Street and Grand Avenue stealing about $20000 in cash. They fled in two cars after forcing 50 employees and about a dozen customers to lie on the floor. Bank officials called the theft well planned and highly profitable.
Amarillo officials and local oil scouts said the city will bid to host the 1928 National Oil Scouts of America meeting. Empire scout Guy Nicholson left for Dallas to present Amarillo’s bid to the organization’s executive committee. The convention typically draws 400 to 500 attendees.
Chief H L Gaither mails invitations to sheriffs deputies and police officials for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers convention in late March. He promises full hospitality by local officers and cattlemen amid his wide regional contacts.
New York dispatch reports The Evening World claims detectives and New Jersey troopers will arrest the killer of Miss Margaret Brown, a governess burned to death near Bernardsville. Police have the suspect under surveillance and fear a suicide exit. A letter to police confessed the slaying and returned bonds.
Oklahoma City police report two break ins on North Broadway Thursday night at Draughon's Business College and J. A trio of safe crackers escaped with loot estimated at more than $1,000 after breaking into Draughon's and another local business.
The City bank robbery in Kansas City unfolded as three men, unmasked, seized cash including about $25,000 in one cage while the bank opened for business. A. P. reporter Ray mond Bens witnessed the chase and the robbers fled by car after directing actions from a marble seat doorway.
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