Insurance Men Gather Here Friday
Insurance men from across the Panhandle will attend the Seventh Region convention of the Texas Association of Insurance Agents in Amarillo. George Williams will preside at the Round up room of the Amarillo hotel with T. M. Campbell Jr and Fred M. Burton among the attendees. Luncheon will be at noon and sessions open to all agents invited.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
George 8. Williams
T. M. Campbell, Jr
Fred M. Burton
Galveston
Texas Association
D. G. Foreman
Fort Worth
State Association
Dallas
Tyler
Mineral Wells
el Paso
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Woman Singes Police With Vocal Melodies
A middle aged woman, allegedly under the influence of dope and liquor, sang at the police station this morning. She shifted from playful ditties to sobbing arias as officers watched. a sergeant called her a musician when asked her occupation.
Houston Telephone Man Dies in City
Robert L. Moore, 64, of Houston, died at a local hospital at 2 o clock this morning. He owned several independent telephone lines in Texas and had many other interests. Moore had been in Amarillo on business for weeks, returned from Abilene by train, grew ill, and died early today. The body remains at N. B. Griggs and Son awaiting his Houston brother.
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Robert L. Moore
Houston
Mr. Moore
Texas
Amarillo
Abilene
N. 8
Griggs and Son
Amarillo Man Dies in Hospital at 23
Floyd Calvin Mayes 23 son of Mr and Mrs W Z Mayes of 602 North Van Buren died at a local hospital at 1 am today He was employed by the United States Zinc company Funeral services will be held from the Second Baptist church Friday afternoon The body will lie in state at Blackburns Funeral home tomorrow morning.
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Floyd Calvin Mayes
W. Z. Mayes
North van Buren
United States Zinc Company
Second Baptist Church
Blackburn
Mock returns to Chicago after Amarillo residence
J Mock, father of Raymond Mock, returns to Chicago to reside after living in Amarillo for two and a half years. He formerly lived here from 1911 to 1918 and worked as a blacksmith in the Santa Fe shops.
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A. J. Mock
Raymond Mock
Chicago
Amarillo
Mr. Mock
Santa Fe
Old Tack's Amarillo Program for a Bigger Better City
An OCR fragment lists mayoral pledges for Amarillo including lower advertising rates, fair treatment, cheaper utilities, more parks and trees, public lake access, a municipal golf course, fewer railroad crossings, sewer improvements, and stricter traffic signals enforcement alongside urban improvements. The item reflects a campaign platform with many city improvements and cost-cutting promises.
The Tactless Texan on Crime and Public Morals
Humorous and moralizing column from Amarillo calling for tougher punishment for murder and critiquing public sentiment in the U S. It cites Hickman Leob and Leopold cases and discusses eye for an eye justice, public schooling security, and media sensationalism. It also includes local anecdotes and a job-seeking notice.
Silent crossfire over Hoover Mellon clash in Americas
The piece discusses potential Hoover Mellon support shifting convention votes and public opinion in the Americas. It cites La Nacion’s criticism of the United States and urges resilience and unity, warning against inflammatory rhetoric while stressing readiness to prevent a conflict escalation.
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la Nacion
Chile
John Clayton
United States
Sandino Slain by Marines Report. Battle Echoes Across Nicaragua
Reports from Managua say rebel leader Augusto Sandino was killed in a marine air bombardment at his El Chipote mountain stronghold. Marines claim strikes left 40 rebels dead. Sandino’s widow reportedly takes his body for funeral in San Rafael. An El Universal letter from El Chipote pleads for medical supplies and attacks marines as bandits.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Generel Augustino Sandino
Marine
Nuevo Segovia
Sandino
el Chipote
Sanding
Jinotega
San Rafael
San Albino
el Universal
Mexico City
General Sendino
Menico City
Pythians to Hold Election Friday Night
Amarillo Lodge No. 479 Knights of Pythias will elect and install new officers for the first six months of 1928 tomorrow night at Carpenter's Hall East Seventh street. James Bowen and John W. Mackey will oversee installation and ritual work with Mackey in town as the Grand Chancellor's special representative.
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Amarillo
Knights of Pythias
Carpenter’s Hall
East Seventh Street
James Bowen
John W. Mackey
Breckenridge
Mackey
Schools Dismissed Until Monday In Amarillo
Examination week closed today in Amarillo public schools and classes were dismissed this afternoon until Monday. No school tomorrow. New Buchanan street school will offer junior high work for all North Amarillo students to ease crowding. Summitt school is expected to open next week.
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Amarillo
Buchanan Street
Summitt
Fifth Bride Of Giant Texan Kidnaped, Charge
The Associated Press reports John Pride a six foot Texan from Nacogdoches County Texas says his sixth wife Alice Kuppinger 35 of Trenton New Jersey was kidnapped by her father Fred Toft and two brothers in New York Hotel Bristol after Pride married five times before and faced his in laws objections Police said they could do nothing Pride a traveling salesman noted all his prior marriages ended in divorce.
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Associated Press
New York
Tra
John Pride
Naoovgdoches County
Texas
Alice Kuppinger
Trenton
New Jersey
Fred Toft
Pride
Pride Anid
Bristol
Judge regrets inability to impose death penalty in child slaying
In Flint, Circuit Judge Fred Brennan sentenced Adolph Hotelling to life in solitary confinement with hard labor for the kidnapping and murder of five year old Dorothy Schneider. The court moved the defendant to Marquette state prison after the ruling, amid tense scenes and a public outcry.
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Associated Frees
Flint
Mitch Jan
Adolph Hotelling
Lifer
Marquette State Prison
Fred M. Brennan
Hotelling
Dorothy Schneider
Ionia
Marquette
Brennan
Leslie Schneider
Schneider
Saginaw
Louise
South Pays Tribute to General Lee Anniversary Observed
The south paused to honor Robert E. Lee on the 12th anniversary of his birth. States declared legal holidays as banks and businesses paused while veterans, their families, and schoolchildren held ceremonies of devotion across the southern states.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
South
Robert E. Less
Potomac
Potter's Field Buries Mexican Girl Juanita Mendoza
Juanita Mendoza died after drinking wood alcohol laced with poison tablets at the Main Hotel. Blackburn's Funeral Home efforts to locate relatives were unsuccessful, leaving her a friendless wayfarer buried in Potter's Field.
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Potter's Field
Juanita Mendoza
Blackburn
Denies Arrested Man Worked Here
C. T. Crocker, arrested in California at Deaf Smith county officials request, was reported from Hereford as an employee of an Amarillo paper company but officials declare he was never connected with the Amarillo Paper Company. Advices said Crocker posed as a traveling representative of the Amarillo house.
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C. T. Crocker
California
Deaf Smith County
Hereford
Amarillo Paper Company
Crocker
Amarillo House
Phillips Sees Continued Gain For Amarillo
Lee Phillips vice president of Phillips Petroleum spoke in Amarillo praising the city’s prospects margins of growth and expansion. He declined interview on oil industry but noted abundance of oil for all activities and improving impressions with each visit to the Amarillo hotel.
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Amarillo
Lee Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
Boys Build Wind Wagon Sail Boat On Kentucky Street
Paul Wood 13 and Billy Hill rig a miniature Studebaker wagon with a sail boat to ride West Seventh street. They sail in a brisk breeze, outrunning a Ford car at the curb edge and draw laughs from passersby. The sail stands six feet tall and four feet wide, providing power on windy days.
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Paul Wood
F. A. Wood
Kentucky Street
Billy Hill
Grover Hill
Paul
Billy
Presto
West Seventh Street
Four Die From Poisoned Syrup In Cleveland Case
Four members of James Potter's family died after ingesting poisoned cough syrup in Cleveland. Potter, his wife Lulu, and son Robert twelve died, with James Potter Jr. the final casualty. Police suspect Potter tainted the syrup and took a does himself. Autopsies planned to determine exact cause. Potter previously faced fraud charges in Steubenville and disappeared with the family after financial reverses. He later ran a select boarding house in Cleveland.
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United Press
Cleveland
James Potter
Potter
James Potter, Jr
Lulu Potter
Robert
Steubenville
Ohio
U S Policy Critiques Coolidge Address in Havana
International papers react to Coolidge speech in Havana with skepticism. El Universal denounces the address as muddled and contradictory, while Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung cites U S interference in Nicaragua as proof of coercive diplomacy.
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Associated Presa
Mexico City
el Universal
Coolidge
Havana
Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeing Zeitung
United States
Nicaragua
League of Nations
League
Heflin Absent as Senate Conference Backs Robinson
Three Southern Democrats Blease of South Carolina Dill of Washington and Neely of West Virginia sat near in the Senate chamber as the conference halted by widespread Democratic absences. The resolution voiced confidence in Senator Robinson and his work on the Mexican document inquiry while omitting Heflin by name. Heflin claimed the original draft named him. attendees offered little comment.
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Blease
South Carolina
Dill
Washington
Neely
West Virginia
Senate
Heflin
Robinson
Tyson
Tennessee
Overman
North Carolina
Anglican Catholic Unity Talks Reflect on Papal Authority
A 1928 conference explored Roman Catholic papal authority and Episcopal leadership within the Church of England and its American offspring. The negotiators summarized agreements on baptism, sacraments, and the Eucharist, noting possible reconciliation with the thirty nine articles and limited universal jurisdiction.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Church of England
Gregory
St. Peter
Cardinal Mercici
Episcopal Church of America
England
America
Four Men Held For Burglary of McCabe Grocery
Sheriff’s deputies arrested four men connected to a burglary at McCabe Grocery on Louisiana Street. About sixty dollars in cash and groceries were taken. One suspect was identified by the store’s proprietor. Arrests occurred at a Louisiana Street residence and city health officials were notified of house conditions.
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Sheriff's Department
McCabe
Louisiana Street
Be the indispensable worker says Edgar A. Guest
Advice stresses self improvement over quitting urging readers to become the employee the boss cannot afford to lose. It notes rivals will replace you and urges steadiness, temper control, and constructive effort to earn value, with a closing attribution to Edgar A. Guest from 1928.
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Europe
Edgar A. Guest
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock and Cotton Markets
Livestock bids across Kansas City Chicago and St Louis show cattle steady to higher with hogs and sheep mixed. Cotton in New York and New Orleans climbs on buying, with March around 18.65 to 18.80, and political and market factors cited.
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Jaspetaten Press
Kansas
Cloaie
Kansas City
The
Associated Press
Chicago
ST. Louis
East ST. Louis
Jan
New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Jury drawn in Ratliff robbery case at Cisco
Eastland Texas January 19. First four veniremen were disqualified for capital punishment scruples in the Ratliff robbery with firearms trial at Cisco. The fifth, N H Munn Nimrod farmer, was passed by the district attorney but questioned about presence at the bank crime scene. He admitted hearing shots but said he could render a fair trial.
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Associated Press
Eastland
Texas
Marshall Ratliff
First National Bank
Cisco
N. H. Munn
Nimrod Farmer
Ratliff
Shota
Munn
Davenport
G. @ Begi |ford
Five Convictions in Canyon Burglary Trials
In Canyon district court five burglary convictions yielded two year sentences. Ben Mason faced burglary charges tied to missing Student Loan Fund notes from the College. Mason was nabbed while attempting to discard some notes. Four youths from Arizona in a stolen car were also convicted for breaking into a house. Two boys tied to a box car break received suspended terms as the term ends this Saturday.
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Canyon
Ben Mason
Mason
Arizona
Father of Bill Erwin Visits in Amarillo
Rev. W. A. Erwin father of the late American aviator Bill Erwin is visiting friends in Amarillo He now lives at Pawhuska Oklahoma and is conducting a revival at McLean The Erwins moved to Amarillo in 1901 where he served as pastor of Central Presbyterian church they resided here until 1912 Bill Erwin was a student in the Amarillo schools.
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W. A. Erwin
Bill Erwin
Pacific Ocean
Amarillo
Erwin
Pawhuska
Okla
McLean
Erwins
Central Presbyterian Church
Grady Hazlewood Returns With Bride
Mr and Mrs Grady Hazlewood arrived back in Amarillo from their wedding trip and will stay at the Herring Hotel for the present Mrs Hazlewood is Andreae Smith of El Paso Both were formerly students at West Texas State Teachers College at Canyon
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Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Hazlewood
Andreae Smith
el Paso
Mr. Hazlewood
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
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Union Pacific
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