Amarillo church to add new story in 1928
West Amarillo Christian church plans an added story costing 25 000 dollars. The 1928 annual meeting reported finances in good condition with a 1 000 dollar balance and membership up 160 to 427. The banquet featured solos, a duet, readings, and church music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
W. C. Dallas
R. L. Alliton
Grady Stubbs
H. A. Shaw
B. McCesland
M. E. Jenkins
W. ©. Payne
T. B. Brooks
Josephine Miller
F. ©. Morrison
Rotary Club to Host Four Day Boy’s Work Institute
Amarillo Rotarians plan a four day boy life institute led by Frank Cheley. Cheley speaks to Hi banquet January 15 and to Amarillo High School January 16. Jan 16 to 18 the talk is for parents at 7 30 p m in Fellowship Hall Central Presbyterian church. Complimentary tickets available from local organizers.
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Amarillo
Janary
Fellowship Hall
Central Presbyterian Church
H. E. Samson
Southwestern Public Service Company
Frank Butler
American State Bank
Horace Russell
Russell and Cockrell
Thomas H. Nelson
Boy Scout
Municipal Auditorium
L. C White
J. M. O'Brien
C. T. Herring
Dr. H. H. Larson
M. C. Nobles
Truck Driver Arraigned on Forgery Count
M. O. Welch a young truck driver on Amarillo to Tucumcari route was arraigned before Judge J. W. Minter for forging the Palo Duro hotel endorsement on checks stolen from the hotel desk Tuesday night. His bond was set at 750 dollars after he waived preliminary hearing. E. A. Traut pled guilty to drunkenness but denied theft involvement and will remain in Potter County jail pending trial. Welch allegedly confessed to implicating Traut in the theft. checks totaled about 25 dollars.
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M. O. Welch
Amarillo
Tucumcari
N. M
Uftice J
Sam B. Motlow
Potter County
Welch
Traut
Allen S. Johnson
Hatchet Slayer To Death In Chair Tonight
Huntsville Texas January 1 The Associated Press reports that F I Newton Byrnes the San Angelo hatchet slayer will be executed by electric chair after midnight barring a last minute reprieve Governor Moody said he would not interfere with the execution Byrnes confessed to murdering three female family members he was employed as their chauffeur The indictment covered Myrna Juergens her mother Mrs W J Juergens and her grandmother Mrs Rosa Schirra but he was tried only for Myrna s death The defense argued intoxication at the time of the killings and mutilation with a hatchet
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Tex
Newton Byrnes
San Angelo
Moody
Byrnes
Myrna Juergens
W. J. Ju
Real Estate Board Names Delegates to National Meeting
John E. Gilvin and Charles Wolflin elected as delegates to the National Association of Real Estate Boards meeting in Birmingham Alabama. Joe Wells and J. W. Clifton named alternates as delegates.
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John E. Gilvin
Charles Wolflin
Lo Real Estate Board
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Birmingham
Alabama
Joe Wells
J. W. Clifton
Lost Dog Advert in Paper Seeks Help From Dear Tuck
A reader asks for help finding a lost dog after an earlier ad yielded no results. The note mentions a goose belonging to a woman who previously had success with the paper’s help. The message continues on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Archbishop Harrington Lees Dies in Melbourne at 58
Melbourne Archbishop Harrington Clare Lees, head of the Anglican church in Melbourne, collapsed and died at age 58. The death occurred during a day dated January 10, with Lees serving as the city’s archbishop.
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iBy
Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Harrington Clare Lees
King George Improves After Night at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace reports King George passed a fair night with no change in his condition. The latest statement from royal sources confirms stability in the king's health as of early January.
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King George
London
Buckingham Palace
George
Crowds At Municipal Airports Recall Wright Brothers Flight
The piece notes how today's busy air ports draw large crowds to watch arrivals and departures, contrasting with the Wright brothers historic first flight witnessed by only five people: Daniels, Dough, Etheridge, Brinkley, and Ward. Orville Wright's 1903 flight covered 120 feet initial and 852 feet in 59 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Chicago
Wright Brothers
John T. Daniels
W. S. Dough
A. T. Ether
Marriage law drives couples out of state to wed
Cupid, baffled by California three day public intent rule before license, driven to other states. L. E. Ross, head of vital statistics, notes California weddings drop about 41 per day while Reno and nearby county seats in Nevada Arizona and Oregon profit from the license fees.
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International News Service
Sacramento
Cal
Cupid
California
L. E. Ross
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Reno
Nevada
Arizona
Oregon
Ross
Old Zulu Sceptre On Show At Field Museum
The Old Zulu royal sceptre, a symbol of kings with a death stigma for non royal line, is on display at Chicago's Field Museum. Crafted from pink ivory wood, a rare beauty, it was sought during the Princes of Wales visit but no wood could be found.
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Hy International News
Chicago
Jan
Field Museum
Zululand
Lavalier Taillefer Sentenced for Silver Fox Theft
Montreal January 10 rural districts would be unlivable if methods of obtaining food used in cities spread, as George Taillefer of Lavalers Rapides is sentenced to two years in prison for stealing a silver fox.
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Tnternational News Service
Montreal
George Taillefer
Lavalers Rapides
New York Hosts Fifty Conventions in One Week
A bustling week in New York sees about 5,000 delegates from fifty national organizations converge for meetings. The event highlights a surge in convention activity and economic impact across the city.
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New York
Woman dies on funeral pyre in Georgia home
Tallapoosa Ga January 10 Mrs Julius Pitts 60 died today from burns she said she lit in her bedroom on a funeral pyre of rubbish she arranged and ignited for herself.
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Associated Press
Tallapoosa
Julius Pitts
Woman Denies Part in Alleged Death Plot
Detroit January 10. Mrs Grace Wood 40 denies any role in an alleged plot to murder her husband Ralph A Wood 33 as two youths confess to a scheme that led to Ambrose Haggerty 21 being killed during an ambush at Wood’s Wyandotte office. Police arrest Taylor Pierce 22 and William Thompson 22. a fourth man is sought.
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United Press Detroit
Ralph A. Wood
Grace Wood
Wood
Wyandotte
Ambrose Haggerty
Taylor Pierce
William Thompson
Wood Construction Company
Grace Land Company
Detroit
Paul O. Buckley
Mrs. Wood
Mother and Son Die by Own Action in Texas Hotel
In Rusk Texas the county coroner returned a verdict of murder and death by own action in the deaths of Mrs Pearl Vernon and her son Erical. The bodies were found by hotel staff with gunshot wounds to the head. A note from the woman asked that her husband Bryan Vernon of Gladewater and her father J Shaver of Brownsboro be notified. The pair had checked into the hotel Tuesday.
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United Press
Rusk
Tex
Pearl Vernon
Erical
Bryan Vernon
Gladewater
J. Shaver
Brownsboro
Girl Freed of Suspicion in Slaying Case
In Del Rio Texas a young girl freed herself from suspicion in the slaying of an unidentified aged woman about a year ago. The county grand jury adjourned without indictments after she failed to talk in her sleep as officers had expected. The girl and a male companion were jailed on another charge, escaped Sonora jail, were recaptured at Sweetwater, and returned. Officers listened at night but heard nothing incriminating.
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United Press
del Rio
Texas
Sonora
Sweetwater
Rockefeller Moves to Oust Col Stewart at Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller Jr has sent proxies to Standard Oil Indiana stockholders to oppose re election of Col Robert W Stewart as chairman in the March annual meeting. Lewis E Lawes, warden of Sing Sing, reports 20 percent of inmates honest on admission and more are honest on release.
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Associated Press
New York
John AD. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Robert W. Stewart
Ossing, N. Y
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Houdini Widow Challenges Critics Over Spirit Message
Mrs. Bea Houdini defends the authenticity of a spirit message from Harry Houdini and pledges two more coded communications to Conan Doyle and Remegius Weiss. She signed a statement accepting the trance message delivered by Arthur Ford and rebutted claims by Joseph Dunninger regarding the code and timing.
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Harry R. Zander
United Press
New York
Beatrice Houdini
Harry Houdini
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
England
Remegius Weiss
Philadelphia
Houdini
John W. Stafford
The
Scientific American
Arthur Ford
First Spirit
Carnegie Hall
Joseph Dunninger
Dunninger
Harry
Ben Hur debate and Ford Egypt highway offer headline
The paper condemns Ben Hur as Christian propaganda calling it Jewish propaganda instead. It notes Henry Ford allegedly offered to fund 155 miles of Egyptian highways if the duty on Ford cars was removed. It also recounts a tale about Mohammed's heaven vision and cites a 200 inch diameter lens as a modern astronomical eye.
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Ben Hur
Henry Ford
Ford Cars
Egypt
Pyramids
Mohammed
Heaven
Judge Rules Today in Dallas Bet Case
Judge Grover Adams waited for a decision on Ben Richards Jr and A A Crabb after Richards sought a venue change in a forgery case linked to two $1000 cashier’s checks used as election wages Dozens of witnesses questioned Richards Klan past while Crabb admitted forging Clyde R West on the checks Crabb did not seek a venue change The case ties to the fatal shooting of banker Orville L Mathews by W Ray Adams involved in the wager
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Associated Press
Dallas
Grover Adams
Ben ©. Richards, Jr
A. A. Crabb
Richards
Crabb
Clyde R. West
Orville L. Mathews
W. Ray Adams
Aged Dumas Man Died Yesterday
J G Jenkins aged 83 of Dumas in Moore county died yesterday while visiting relatives in Hermleigh Texas. The body will arrive tonight and be transported to Dumas for funeral services at the Methodist church. He is survived by his widow three daughters Mrs W Tarbert Mrs J G Harbert and Mrs C A Gallemore all of Dumas and a son Clay Jenkins of Byars Oklahoma.
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J. G. Jenkins
Dumas
Moore County
Hermleigh
Texas
Blackburn-Boxwell Funeral Home
Dumas Methodist Church
Mr. Jenkins
W. Tarbert
J. G. Harbert
C. A. Gallemore
Clay Jenkins
Byars
Okla
Senate panel reveals alleged coerced documents theft in Mexico
The Senate investigating committee released secret evidence alleging George Barr Baker, advisor to President-elect Hoover, was forced by the state department to surrender documents stolen from the American embassy in Mexico, widening the forged documents scandal.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
George Barr Baker
Hoover
State Department
Mexico
Hoover to Help Probe Prohibition Abuses
The Senate judiciary committee will start a resolution for an independent commission to investigate prohibition. Hoover will cooperate and is expected to voice support in his annual message. The commission could urge repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment, but Hoover will wait for findings before stating a plan. He vows tighter enforcement while public discontent grows.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Hoover
Texans Trip Includes Mississippi Boat Ride and Stone Mountain Visit
The Texans travel by train from New Orleans to Atlanta with a five hour stop to view Stone Mountain and a Mississippi river boat trip followed by a motor tour of the city. Arrival in Washington is March 3 and return to Dallas March 7. Planned are two to three special trains carrying about a thousand passengers. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Clifford M Carter at 917 B Jackson Street. Mr Carter is a night Linotype machinist at the News Globe.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Washington
Dallas
Clifford M. Carter
Jackson Street
Carter
News- Globe
Noted Lawyer Shot to Death in South Texas
Joe H. H. Graham a 38 year old former Bexar county assistant district attorney and renowned criminal lawyer was shot and killed at his Boerne home late Wednesday Jimmie Bunn the 25 year old stepson of Graham is held in Kendall county jail awaiting formal charges
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United Press
San Antonio
Tex
Joe H. H. Graham
Bexar County
Southwest
Boerne
Here
Jimmie Bunn
Graham
Kendall County
Land Commissioner Robison Drafted Mineral Rights Act
The document reflects the present act governing the sale of mineral rights, drawn up in essentials by Land Commissioner Robison and enacted by the 1925 legislature.
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Robison
Work explains reason for Indian halt
Former Secretary of Interior Work testified to the Senate Indian affairs committee that he halted the prosecution of an Indian case because Burke believed he was being persecuted. He said the case had been handled before his administration and he had no personal knowledge of the facts involved.
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United Press
Washington
Interior Work
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Burke
Work
Attace
British Ship Shetland Reports Sinking 90 Miles Southeast of Aberdeen
London Jan 10 The steamship Shetland radioed that she was sinking 90 miles southeast of Aberdeen. A lifeboat was sent to aid. The vessel is rated at 1846 tons burden.
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United Press
London
Shetland
Aberdeen
Northcott Trial Continued Three Weeks to Feb 7
The murder trial of Gordon Stewart Northcott was extended to February 7 by Superior Judge O. K. Morton in Riverside California. Walter Collins was the victim referenced in the case.
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Associated Press
Riverside
Cal
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Walter Collins
O. K. Morton
Negro Apartment Damaged by Fire on Madison Street
A fire at 200 Madison Street damaged a negro apartment house, causing losses over $1,000. The fire department responded to the single call last night. Cause is unknown.
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Madison Street
Good Old Days Nostalgia of Winter hardships
A nostalgic verse reminisces about bygone winters and the hard living of earlier times. The speaker recalls carrying coal in a shed, trudging through deep snow, frozen water pipes, and the rough but jolly days shared with family, echoing common memories of simpler eras.
Markets and Livestock Quotations From Multiple Cities
Kansas City hogs and cattle sales show firm to steady trends with varying top prices across weight ranges. East St Louis reports 17,000 hogs and 2,500 calves with mixed price movement, while Fort Worth notes hogs and cattle prices holding steady or edging higher. New York and New Orleans cotton and grain futures show declines and modest gains alongside a broad stock market rally led by Radio and Wright Aeronautical.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
ST. Louis
East ST. Louis
Everus
Fort Worth
New York
Radio
Wright Aeronautical
Curtis Aeroplane
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Consolidated Gas
Stewart-Warner
Safeway
Goodyear
National Bellas Hess
Russia Insurance
American Metals
Calumet
Arizona
Montgomery Ward
Public Service of New Jersey
Eaton Axle
American International
A. M. Byers
Central Alloy Steel
Pere Marquette
Canadian Pacific
Atchison
New York Central
St. Paul
District Meet Opens To All Panhandle Business Women
Amarillo hosts a two day district convention for seven clubs including Amarillo Childress Dalhart Borger Lamesa Plainview and Vernon with visitors from Canyon Pampa and other cities. Registration runs until 2 pm Saturday followed by a banquet at 7 30 pm and a Sunday breakfast at the Capitol hotel. Amarillo merchants sponsor favors advertising the event.
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Amarillo
Childress
Dalhart
Borger
Lamesa
Plainview
Vernon
Canyon
Pampa
Amarillo Hotel
Capitol Hotel
Health Officials Optimistic Here In Amarillo
Health officials say conditions are never better with only light flu cases. Yesterday 546 children were absent from Amarillo schools with 418 absent due to illness. 20 light flu cases reported. six deaths from flu. 51 scarlet fever cases in the city.
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Amarillo
Health Department
Major industrial names listed in interwar company index
A dense roster of companies and brands appears, including General Motors Great Western Sugar Houston Hudson Motors Hup Motors Illinois Central Independent Oil & Gas Inspiration Copper International Nickel Paper Telecommunication and many others like Nash Motors Packard Pan American, Pennsylvania Railroad, Union Pacific, United States Steel, and Woolworth. The fragment reads as a historical stock or industry directory excerpt with numerous corporate names and associated marks.
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General Motors
Great Western Sugar
Houston
Hudson Motors
Hup Motors
Illinois Central
Independent Oil & Gas
Inspiration Copper
Harvester New International Nickel International Paper International Tele
Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield
Kennecott Copper
Louisiana
Ol & Refining
Mack Trucks
Pure Oil
Radio Corp. of America
Scseee Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Union Oil
Sinclair Coas
Skelly Oil
Southern Pac Southern Railway
Stewart Warner
Texas Gulf Sulphur Texas Corporation
Texas & Pacific
Texas Pacific Coal & This
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Victor ‘Talking Machine
White Eagle
Willys-Overland
Woolworth
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West Amarillo
Max Reinhardt
Hollywood
Lillian Gish
Doug Fairbanks
Reinhardt
Miss Gish
Rockefeller
Col. Stewart
Dallas Rules Today
Christian Keener Cagle
Marion Haile
New Roads
Cagle
South
Northcott
Hoovers
South America
Jack Frost
Edgar A. Guest
Newyork
James E. Bennett & Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
American Steel & Foundry
American Tele
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Atchison, Topeka & Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnsdall Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Cerre de Pasco
Milwaukee & St
Rock Island
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Cee
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Crucible Steel
Codre Motors
du Pont de Nemour
Fleischmann Yeast Freeport
Panhandle
Majestic Radio
With Me
Mic Shenker
Panhandle Music Co
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