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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1928
Page
2
The Sunday school class led by Mrs. Phebe K. Warner at Claude First Baptist raised funds to buy playground equipment for the Presbyterian Home children. A program at the church and social hour at the home followed, with a free will offering of 42 dollars and 22 cents.
The article recalls Teapot Dome corruption rhetoric from Arthur Capper and incredulity at partisan denouncements. It ironizes the musicians union alarm over talking pictures claiming better music and higher pay for top musicians, and notes John Coolidge and Calvin Coolidge's brief letters as witty contrasts.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Hall wife of Charles L Hall will be at Griggs Funeral chapel at 3 30 Tuesday afternoon Rev Robert Pride and Rev Strong of Plainview officiating Active pallbearers include Judge K E A McKinnon John F Ross J Y Graves Charles Christoph T S Thompson and J A Cox Burial will be in Llano cemetery Mrs Hall and her husband lived in Amarillo over 20 years before moving to Portland last year for her health
George Glenn Brummet aged six died Sunday afternoon at a local hospital. Funeral services are at 10:30 Tuesday morning in the Griggs Funeral chapel conducted by Rev. Robert Jones of the Church of Christ. Burial will be in Vane cemetery. Brummet's father is a section foreman for the Santa Fe and the family has lived here eight years.
The Fourth of July festival at Rebild Park draws about 40 000 Danes and visiting Americans of Danish birth with King Christian, Queen Alexandrine, and Crown Prince Frederick presiding. Dr Max Henius of Chicago donated the 209 acre park in 1912, and Eagle's Nest hosts the thatched house. Marion Fletcher, U S consul general, is lead speaker, with church and civic representatives in attendance.
AUSTIN July 2 Tandy Wilhite 60 Eastland county farmer was excused from paying the remaining 650 of an 800 dollar fine for aggravated assault. Governor Moody remitting order cited. Wilhite also received a 90 day jail term but could not raise the 680 dollars. Also noted Mexico installs traveling laboratory car to promote public health nationwide.
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Dallas July 2 Ross Roland 44 a candidate for constable at Richardson Texas was found dead in his hotel room after he complained to officers that four men drugged and robbed him of 1287. Two empty poison vials were found in the room. Friends said Roland grew despondent when detectives said they could not recover the money said to belong to a bank at Richardson.
United Press reports Hermann Koehl Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld and Major James Fitzmaurice of the Bremen arrival at Croydon Airdrome from Berlin en route to Ireland where the Bremen began its famed trans Atlantic flight historical milestone marked by the crew's progress and journey.
Washington July 2 Lowell S Harding 34 general manager of the Potomac flying field and W P Cassidy 30 a pilot were seriously injured when a hydroplane they were flying dived into the Potomac river.
Detroit crew in the Gordon Bennett International race await news after the balloon Detroit piloted by W. G. Naylor lands on a wooded mountain near Cass West Virginia due to loss of ballast. Both crew members are uninjured and the other balloon did not finish the leg.
The Phillips Dance hall seven miles north of Amarillo on the Denver highway will host a special dance tomorrow night with special music arranged and refreshments served.
Buses will shuttle riders to the canyon brink where cabs complete the trip to the state headquarters. Fare is 75 cents with hourly service and over 400 reservations reported. Rail lines offer three fourths fare for trip to Amarillo as hundreds arrive by train for a massive program at Harding's ranch featuring speeches by Lon A. Smith, music, dancing, swimming, contests and Pathe news reels.
Governor Adam A. McMullen of Nebraska states that the Democratic national platform’s agricultural plank is satisfactory to farm groups. He notes it includes a federal farm board, credit loans parity, and the McNary Haugen equalization concept, arguing it would align farming with protection principles.
Two people were killed and four injured in motor car accidents around Greater Kansas City. Mrs. Norman Cardwell of Gasheland Missouri died when a car carrying her husband and son swerved off a 20 foot embankment on US Highway 71 eleven miles north of North Kansas City. Henry Stalzer of Kansas City Kansas was killed when his touring car skidded into a curb and overturned. Stalzer’s brother Fred sustained a skull fracture.
Two youths, George Hobbins aged 18 and Max Stein aged 3, drowned at Minnesota lakes on the first hot summer day as crowds flocked to picnics and beaches from St. Paul to resorts. Local authorities investigated the incidents and warned against unsafe swimming conditions at popular lakes.
Denver July 2 residents crowded roads to mountains as heat topped 94 degrees. Twelve people were injured in a series of automobile accidents attributed to the crowding and high temperatures during the hottest day of the year.
Two firemen were injured when a blaze damaged the Oklahoma Improved Seed company plant in Chickasha Oklahoma on Sunday. The fire caused about 60000 dollars in damage and two other workers were overcome by smoke.
ST. LOUIS July 2 all 33 people injured yesterday in pre Independence Day celebrations returned home after City hospital treatment. Fifty three have been treated for similar injuries since June 26 in the city.
From New York July 2 AP A boy chemist Philip Rosenblatt aged 17 attempted to make Fourth of July explosives. An explosion wrecked his apartment hospitalizing him with a fractured skull and injuring fire department inspector Robert Withers who suffered severe burns. Four others had minor injuries.
On the last day with one more day to live the speaker imagines using his powers to mend wrongs and seek pardon instead of fame. He longs to spend time with friends and avoid vanity, hoping to become the man he wishes to be before death.
Livestock quotes from Kansas City and Chicago on July 2 show hog receipts at Kansas City around 10,000 head with active demand and hog prices near 10.85, cattle receipts about 9,000 head with varied grades up to 15.00, yearlings 14.40 to 16.50, and vealers 9.50 to 16.00. Sheep at Kansas City feature lambs 14.50 to 15.75, ewes 4.25 to 6.50. Chicago hog receipts 48,000 with prices up to 11.15, cattle 16,900 with steers 14.25 to 15.50, yearlings 14.00 to 16.50, heifers 18.75 to 15.25, cows 7.75 to 12.00, vealers 16.00 to 16.00, and sheep about 15.00 to 18.75 for various grades.
East St. Louis July 2 AP reports hog receipts 12,500 head with prices 15 to 25 cents higher. bulk 11.00 to 11.25. Cattle receipts 6,409 head with calves 2,500. Cows steady. bulk 8.00 to 9.25, vealers up to 15.00. Top steers 14.55, other steers 12.60 to 14.20. fat yearlings and heifers 14.00 to 14.28, medium heifers 12.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 5,906 head. market steady lambs 14.75 to 14.00, fat ewes 4.50 to 6.00.
New York July cotton opened down about 26 to 87 points as Liverpool cables and favorable South weather hopes sparked some covering and buying. Private crop reports failed to stimulate demand, sending active months down 27 to 89 points by midday with prices easing to around 22.45 for October and modest rallies later as activity cooled.
The New Orleans cotton market opened easy on July 2 as fair weather across the belt spurred selling. October fell to 21.73 and December to 21.63, down 46 points, before bulls and private condition reports lifted prices 20 to 28 points and the market firmed through the first hour.
The Associated Press reports quiet cotton trading in Liverpool with prices for American middling grades listed from good middling 12.65 to low middling 12.15 and good ordinary 11.65. Sales reached 6,000 with 4,909 American receipts and futures closing steady at July 11.89, October 11.69, January 11.56, March 11.52, May 11.48.
The Associated Press market report notes butter unchanged with creamery extras and various firsts at 28 to 48 cents, plus a detailed list of standard prices. Potatoes in Chicago are weak with prices for Irish cobblers and Norfolk barrels varying from $1.50 to $2.90, reflecting regional market conditions.
Foreign exchanges show demand and mixed quotes with currencies including Great Britain at 4.87 and 4.87% cables, France around 9.927 to 9.921, Italy at 6.254, Belgium 18.08, Germany 28.87, Tokyo 46.95, and Montreal at 99.75. The report notes 60 day banking rates and currency cables affecting bids.
The New York stock market opened irregularly higher with Packard, Atchison, Atlantic Refining, General Railway Signal, and Mack Truck advancing about 1 to 1 1/4 points. Radio opened down 1 1/4, while General Motors showed a fractional decline. Chicago grain table reports mixed quotes for July and September futures with several grains showing modest gains.
Regimental Headquarters company 142nd Infantry seeks five recruits to fill its quota for a 15 day summer training camp at Camp Palacios. Capt. Arthur Ball invites local young men to join for a two week trip with expenses paid and extra pay. Mornings include drill and army duty. afternoons feature baseball swimming fishing boating boxing wrestling foot races and other athletic events. Interested should phone Capt. Ball at the Santa Fe R. R. offices.
National Biscuit Company announces negotiations to gain a controlling interest in Christie Brown & Co Ltd. on a one for two exchange. All Christie Brown shareholders will be offered the same terms. The announcement cites completion near.
New York stocks show a wide spread with many corporations listed amid varied percentages. Heavy hitters include American Smelting, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, International Harvester, and U S Steel, with notable gains and losses across energy, manufacturing, and consumer goods sectors.
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