Ruth Snyder to See Mother Twice More
New York January 9 Warden Lawes curbed Ruth Snyder visits to two more sessions before her Sing Sing execution. Mrs Brown Mrs Snyder's mother arranged letters smuggled in a washroom now public in a tabloid. The case features ongoing court threats to halting efforts and a clash among her lawyers over access for Lorraine Snyder.
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Associated Press
New York
Ruth Snyder
Sing Sing
Lawes
Harold E. Logan
Smith
Snyder
Edgar F. Hazelton
United States Supreme Court
Hazelton
Bill Askew rails at The Globe readers and staff
A bitter letter from Amarillo reader Bill Askew targets The Globe as biased against his views. He denounces the paper’s staff, defends reporters, and argues a home paper should serve all readers including women and children while noting subscription fairness and advertiser influence. Police report details a theater owner trap gone wrong, two bandits killed and one escaped during a planned holdup.
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Bill
Bill i
Globe
Associated Press
United Press
Spot News
Askew
Amarillo
the Globe
Chicago
Emil F. Hulquist
Hulquist
John Bonk
Golf's Humble Lesson Echoed in Pride's Fall
A 1928 Edgar A. Guest meditation on golf notes humility through repeated misstrikes and fleeting triumphs. The poet praises the sport for stripping vanity, teaching persistence, and reminding players that skill remains elusive even after moments of precision.
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Edgar A. Guest
Tacked Path to Public Life and Local Charity Auction
A reader recounts humorous and earnest notes from Ed Green and H C Randolph about community events. A Friday night basket luncheon at McKinley School aims to aid Mrs Hollingshead and other local ladies in financial need, with the author serving as auctioneer. Also mentions bank rewards dispute and a family in Amarillo with three children born on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
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McKinley School
Roy Hollingshead
Amarillo
F. L. Ross
Readers praise The Globe while urging signed letters
A reader praises The Globe as better than many metropolitan papers except for unsigned letters. Another writer shares early Arkansas grandpa tales and a steel wedge measurement. Citizens admonish bashing local towns, urging support for local merchants, improvements, and less criticism from Amarillo.
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Gizzard County
Arkansas
Limited Edition Letter From Olin Hinkle Denounces Critics
The Pampa Daily News editor Olin Hinkle voices nostalgia for “Them Texans” and laments recent sedition aimed at critics in Borger. He notes a receptive mood at a reception but calls it too late to change the volume of criticism.
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Ed Green
Tack
Borger
Olin FE
Hinkle
Pampa Daily News
Mr. Baracat
Tam
Reflections on Frameups and Readers Letters From 1928
A collection of reader letters to Tack discusses alleged frameups involving Mexicans and blacks, praise for Them Texans, thanks for autographs, and questions about Wiley Pollard’s arrests, reflecting 1928 sentiments, regional tensions, and newspaper culture.
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Erasmus Tack
Care Globe News
Tack
The
Globe
Wiley Pollard
Wiley
Real Service and Seafaring Notes in Ole Tack
A mixed collection of letters and reminiscences from sailors and readers. It praises a carrier, voices dangers of submarine work, urges employment help for a diver, seeks lost dog Mickey, and requests editorial tweaks to a newspaper column while recalling Ole Tack’s Texan persona. The piece blends humor, danger, and community appeals from naval and local readers.
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The
Globe
W. A
Tack
Frank Galbreath
Radio Fans Ask for Quiet Hour to Hear Classic Programs
A letter to Tack praises his bold editorial stance and asks Amarillo stations to suspend normal programming for one hour on Wednesday night 10:30 to 11:30 so radio fans can hear Rogers, Jolson, Stone and Whiteman. Other readers urge strong public sentiment to enforce law and curb interference, encouraging steady, principled action.
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Sear
Jolson
Tack
Prisoner Held Across Counties In Interlocking Case
Deputy Sheriff Barnett went to Callahan county to fetch Teague on automobile theft charges. Teague reportedly confessed to taking a Buick from Amarillo, prompting Potter and Oldham counties to pursue claims. Potter and Oldham officers, aiming to question him, wondered why he was kept in Callahan without notice. They feared losing the reward if he returned, while Callahan officers sought to retain him for information. Porter house steak earned its name from being served in a porter house, a former saloon.
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Bob Barnett
Gont
Callahan County
Teague
C. F. Collier
Amarillo
Potter County
Oldham
Potter
Oldham County
Barnett
Callahan
Porter County
Press readers debate phone rates and living costs
A Globe letter and reader comment discuss high telephone charges, gas prices, and rent. The letters argue residents should not bear the cost of a million-dollar system and call for relief for working people facing unemployment and cold homes. They contrast claimed lower city rates with local hardship and housing costs.
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E. BR. Tack
Globe
Old Tack Seeks Laughs and a Lost Cat in Town
A humor columnist discusses needing daily laughter after a Christmas blues spell and visits a new doctor who urges joy. The column then shifts to anecdotes from a traveling editor about regional dishes, a missing Persian cat, and a generous elk steak gift, with family hopes pinned on locating the pet.
Funeral for E. Wilson Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for E. Wilson who died Saturday night at 750 North Williams were to be held this afternoon at Griggs Funeral Chapel with Rev. W. C. Garrett of the Second Baptist Church officiating. Hundreds of tokens left on the tomb of Britain’s Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey have been collected by Abbey authorities.
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E. Wilson
North Williams
Griggs Funoral
W. C. Garrett
The
Second Baptist
Tomb of Britain
Westminster Abbey
Ambitious Amarillo Plank Promises a Fairer, Greener City
A voter platform in Amarillo pledges lower utility rates and rents, cleaner streets, more parks, and expanded public works. It calls for municipal golf, elimination of railroad crossings near the city, viaducts, improved thoroughfares, and regulated signals, aiming to attract industry and improve livability.
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Amarillo
San Jacinto
Fall-Sinclair Oil Hearing Postponed
Rehearing in the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy case was postponed from January 6 to April 2. The delay was requested by counsel for former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, who cited Fall's poor health and doubtful ability to survive Washington's winter weather.
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United Press
Washington
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Marines Readied for Nicaragua Campaign Ahead of August Elections
Norfolk based Eleventh regiment readying for Nicaragua with Colonel Robert H. Dunlap in command. About 2,400 Marines will join eastern and western detachments to pursue Sandino while General Lejare inspects forces and gathers information ahead of interior operations toward Quilali.
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Norfolk
Robert H. Dunlap
Nicaragua
Marine
Lejare
Washington
Sandino
Congress
Peland
Lejane
Quilali
United States
Marines Citations Highlight Valor in Nicaragua Action
The citation praises Captain Richard Livingston and a long list of Marines and National Guard members for gallantry near Quilali. It notes Second Lieutenant Hemp hill’s sacrifice, Neel’s steadfastness, Roos’s ammunition run, Turner and Lester’s brave fire action, Gould and Killc ourse’s leadership, Minnick’s care for the wounded, and Roberts Harris Rackermann Hughes Worthington Smith Jones among others, with one eye shot out by Minneapolis officer Merton A. Richal also honored.
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Louis Mason Gulick
Nicaragua
National Guard
Richard Livingston
Red Hat
John E. Hemphill
Nicaraguan National Guard
Otto M. Roos
Roos
Charles E. Turner
Herbert D. Lester
Moses J. Gould
Livingston
Thomas J. Killcourse
William T. Minnick
U. S.N
William EF. Roberts
John A. Harris
George Rackermann
Victor C. Hughes
Pharmacista
Weldeb C. Case
U.S .N
Pharmacists
Harry A. Rooney
Merton A. Richal
Minneapolis
Quilali
National G. O. P. To Meet St. Louis
The National party, successor to the populist movement, will hold its 1928 convention in St. Louis in early July according to the St. Louis convention bureau. John Zahnds of Indianapolis is named national chairman.
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United Press
ST. Louis
The
National Party
Robert M. la Follette
John Zahnds
Indianapolis
Kansas City Livestock and New Orleans Cotton Report
Kansas City markets show hogs 7,000 head uneven tops at 8.40 with sows and cattle prices listed. East St Louis and Fort Worth follow with similar hog and cattle figures. New Orleans cotton eases early with spot demand steady later, while Chicago potatoes and butter price shifts appear alongside a stock market list of major firms and commodities.
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Kansas City
East ST. Louis
New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
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New York City
Manila
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Cal
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