Contractors Back Red Cross Cooperation in Amarillo
The Amarillo Chapter of the Texas Branch of the General Contractors of America adopted a resolution pledging support and no profit cooperation with the American Red Cross during disasters. The measure requests local and national chapter copies to be filed and minutes updated. M C Hancock, a local contractor, serves as association secretary.
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American Red Cross
Associated General Contractors Association
Association General Contractors
George Parr
Amarillo
Texas
General Contractors of America
Associated General Contractors of America
Amarillo News-Globe Publishing Company
M. C. Hancock
Association
Garrison and the Fourth of July Amid Turbulent News
The piece recalls Mrs. Fanny Garrison and her father William Lloyd Garrison as figures in abolitionist history. It notes a government bond issue at 33-8 percent and contrasts riskier borrowing at 5 percent. The column also reports Fourth of July deaths from fireworks, automobiles, drowning, and heat, with a grim note on lockjaw cases.
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Fanny Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
Rescue Efforts Continue For Shipwrecked Men In Ice Field
Captain Tornberg, head of the Swedish rescue mission, reports improving ice conditions may permit a ship to reach the refugees, while air rescue seems unlikely as high clouds keep temperatures above freezing. Six men lost after a balloon crash are believed dead.
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Tornberg
New York Democrats Plan Next Month’s Ceremonies
Democrats in New York plan events to be held next month though the date is undecided. Governor Smith draws praise for his magnetism and concern for the masses, described as a leading political figure of the era. A French poet visiting the U.S. criticizes American girls for drinking and smoking, noting norms differ between Oklahoma and New York.
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Democrats of
New York
Smith
Vicomte
Alain de Leche
Attorney and Wife Both Win Judgeships in Miami Florida
The Miami duo F F Atkinson and Edith M Atkinson, both named again for the June Democratic primary, serve as senior Dade circuit judge and juvenile court judge. Mrs Atkinson, 40, runs a humane courtroom with flexible rules and a focus on the human side, contrasting her husband’s technical approach.
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Associated Press
Miami
Frs
F. F. Atkinson
Edith M. Atkinson
Atkinson
H. F. Atkinson
Fla
Mayor Walker Warns Movie Men on Political Neutrality
Hollywood July 10 James J. Walker mayor of New York told publicity executives the film industry risks consequences if it abandons neutrality in the 1928 campaign. He cited Republicans Louis B. Mayer Joseph Schenck and Will Hays as examples of industry leaders, urging the sector to remain entertainment focused and not be controlled by partisan influence.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Calif
James J. Walker
New York
Walker
Louis B. Mayer
Kansas City
Joseph Schenck
Republican State Central Committee
Will H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Estelline Man Dies At Local Hospital
Estelline resident Charles M. Weatherly age 28 died at 2 40 pm yesterday in a local hospital. The body was sent to Estelline for burial about 1 am under the care of N S Tirigge and Son. He is survived by his widow, his parents Mr and Mrs Joe Weatherly, five brothers R of Amarillo W C Roy Jusdne and Maskell of Parnell and two sisters Edith and Beatrice of Parnell.
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Charles M. Weatherly
Estelline
N. S. Tirigge and Son
Mrx
Joe Weatherly
Amarillo
W. C., Roy, Jusdne and
Maskell
Parnell
Edith
Beatrice
House Numbers With Tack's Regards
A young man travels the city placing free aluminum house numbers with tacks, courtesy of Old Tack. If your home hasn’t been visited or you lack numbers, visit The Globe circulation office between 8 AM and 6 PM to receive numbers and tacks at no cost.
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Globe Office
Amarillo Jail Low Inmate Count After arrests drop
In Potter county jail Amarillo the inmate tally fell to 33 as convicted offenders were sent to state penitentiaries. Monday saw no arrests by the sheriff, a rare quiet period in the criminal year, with past records peaking at 126 prisoners and 71 arrested in a single day.
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Amarillo
Potter County
State Penitentiary
Sheriff's Department
Building Code Information Urged by City Inspector
Building plans should follow the new code says A. W. Smalley the building inspector. Many projects require plan changes and major spending if the code is ignored. Chimneys and dummy fireplaces are among the common changes required under the updated requirements.
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A. W. Smalley
B. and B. News Stand Moves to 10 Polk Street
The B. and B. News Stand, long at 810 Polk Street, moves into a new brick building at 10 Polk Street this morning. Owned by H. A Venable, the news stand now offers rapid service plus leading magazines and late newspapers, cigars, candy and soft drinks.
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Polk Street
H. A Venable
Ancient Bolivian sun worship and astronomy debate
Thirteen thousand years ago precine astronomers observed the sun cult at La Paz. Professor Arturo Posnansky and Dr. Rolf Miller examined ruins and priests notes at the temple near Lake Titicaca to compare ancient season calculations with modern methods.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Arturo Posnansky
Rolf Miller
Lake Litieaca
Crossword Puzzle of Famous Women Names
All but one clue asks for a famous woman name. Horizontal 1 hints at Esther or Esther-like figuremarrying a king to save her people. Across lines include authorship Little Women and other biographical prompts. Vertical entries probe first woman aviator cunning instrument and strike terms.
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You
California
Atlantic Ocean
Crossword Clues Compiled As Mixed Dictionary Style
A list of numbered clues with abbreviations from pound to seventh note, including questions about a customs judge, authorship, gadgets, and various verbs and nouns. Answers likely span chemistry energy units musical terms and everyday objects.
Amarillo At Air Crossroad Declares Hill
John Hill urged Amarillo to decide on aviation development and back a Class A airport bond. He noted city land under option and potential later sale value while praising auto club ties for tourism. FE Petty presided. Neal Ainsworth and T. K. Johnson led the luncheon program.
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John Hill
Lions Club
Lions
W. G. Hill
Panhandle Auto Club
FE. H. Petty
G. G. Ordway
Neal Ainsworth
T. Kk. Johnson
Inter-Frat Club Holds Regular Meet in Amarillo
The Panhandle Inter-Fraternity Association held its second monthly meeting with a Dutch lunch and smoker at the Amarillo Athletic Club. Plans for an inter-fraternity dance in late August were discussed. Entertainment included a wrestling match Dutch Mantell vs. Bob Roy and a boxing exhibition Cotton Harris vs. Charles Borden. E. J. Davis is president and Charles Wolflin secretary. Thirty-five fraternities are represented.
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Panhandle Inter-Fraternity Association
Amarillo Athletic Club
Dutch Mantell
Bob Roy
Cotton” Harris
Charles Borden
E. J. Davis
Charles Wolflin
Mary Tudor memorial placed in Elwood Park
The Mary Tudor memorial has been erected in Elwood Park and will likely be dedicated at the park’s official opening early next month. V. Vernon, park commission chairman, says the white way around the park will be completed this week and playground equipment should arrive soon. A comfort station and several minor details remain to finish the park.
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Mary Tudor
Elwood Park
V. Vernon
The
Park Commission
Will Rogers Spends Night In County Jail
A man described as a colored gentleman from Amarillo was jailed in Potter County for drunkenness after deputies arrested him Sunday night. He faced a fine and was to be released the next morning once payment was made.
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Will Rogers
Potter County
Claremore
Okla
Amarillo
Sheriff's Office
Coolidge Plans Acceptance of Hoover Resignation
President Coolidge will accept the Hoover cabinet resignation from the commerce department with no fixed date. He will not ask the Republican candidate to stay through the campaign and will also accept Work as Interior Secretary. He considers several nominees to fill both vacancies. Concerns about the Zeppelin airship voyage are noted with a christening of the craft with liquid oxygen.
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Dent Coolidge
Hoover
Commerce Department
Coolidge
Work
Interior Department
Saltis Legacy in Chicago Gang War 1920s
The narrative traces Joe Saltis rising from a South Side saloon owner to a major beer and whiskey runner aligned with Capone's milieu. His expansion across four square miles provoked Sheldon rivals, triggering torture killings and spectacular shootings. After a tense truce, Saltis faced trials, betrayals, and eventual confinement within a shrinking turf. Saltis remained at large, protected by gangland codes, yet marked as a cautionary figure in Chicago's underworld.
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Saltis
Koneil
Big Hayes
Hrubeck
Pete Kozinski
South Side
Scarface
al’ Capone
Johnny Torrio
Chicago
Torrio
Capone
Kozinski
39Th Street
55Th Street
Ashland Ave
Ashland Avenue
Sheldon
Pollack Joe
al Capone
Ralph Sheldon
Joe Saltis
Hymie”’ Weiss
Pat” Murray
Northside
Heer
W. W. O'Brien
Holy Name Cathedral
Ea “Big Hayes" Hrubeck
Pete” Kozinski
Joe
Youths Plead Guilty To Robbery Charges
Three youths pleaded guilty to robbery and were sentenced to long terms in the penitentiary. Paul Whitehurst J. E. Whitehurst and Herbert Botschon admitted robbing two chain grocery stores and received 15 years each. Whitehurst and Botschon also drew 20 more years for robbing C. F. Koenig.
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Associated Press
Houston
Paul Whitehurst
J. E. Whitehurst
Herbert Botschon
Botschon
C. F. Koenig
Heck Scher’s Bankruptcy Trustee Probes $45,000 Year Spending
G Maurice Heck scher faces scrutiny as his bankruptcy trustee seeks about $33,000 of his annual income with $12,000 left exempt. The attorney claims current expenditures amount to only a third of past outlays. Funds derive from a trust set up by his father.
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Associated Press
New York
G. Maurice Heckscher
W C T U predicts Hoover victory despite slim margins
A statement from the national W C T U asserts Herbert Hoover could lose New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts Connecticut and New Jersey yet still win a majority of electoral votes. It says wet districts do not carry states and that Middle West women rally against Tammany, backing Hoover for prohibition enforcement.
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Associated Press
Evanston
Ill
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Today
Herbert Hoover
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Congress
Temperance Union
Middle West
Hoover
Student faces prison term for arson at Olivet college
Donald Smith, son of a congregational minister and president of the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Olivet College, was sentenced to one to ten years for setting fire to the fraternity house to collect insurance money for the chapter's debts. Smith admitted the charge and was sentenced yesterday.
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United Press
Charlotte
Mich
Donald Smith
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Olivet College
Olivet
Smith
Bandits Sought After Cornfield Bank Robbery Near Muncie
A corn field near Muncie Kansas was the scene of a manhunt for two bandits suspected in the robbery of the Muncie State Bank, netting $318. A posse found nickels scattered on the field as the search continued.
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United Press
Muncie
Kans
Jobs Wanted for Amarillo Scouts
The Amarillo Boy Scout council headquarters has more scouts than jobs. Thomas H. Nelson says many residents will want weeds cut to comply with city ordinance and scouts can perform the work efficiently. Call 21501 to request a reliable boy scout for old jobs.
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Amarillo
Boy Scout Council
Thomas H. Nelson
Airplane Bridge Party Held In Five Passenger Cabin Monoplane
Philadelphia July 10. Mrs D J Wattis Jr entertained in a five passenger cabin monoplane 1800 feet up as fight hands were played. Wildwood N J Magistrate John J O Farrell says too many couples wed and fly soon after marriage. He refused to marry Charles W Stark and Miss Eleanor Kelley of Scranton Pa in a plane. President Coolidge commuted to life imprisonment Malcolm Howard a negro who was to be executed in Washington DC July 19 for first degree murder.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
D. J. Wattis, Jr
Wildwood
N. J
John J. O'Farrell
Charles W. Stark
Eleanor Kelley
Scranton
Superior
Wis
Coolidge
Malcolm Howard
Washington, D. C
Kansas City Livestock Market Report July 10
The Associated Press markets show hogs at 13 000 head in Kansas City with top around 10.90 and cattle steady overall. Chicago hogs 27 000 head, top 11.35. cattle 8 000 head, calves 9 000, steers 14 60 16.00, heifers 14 25 15 75, cows 9.00 12.25, vealers 14 50 17.00. East St Louis hogs 16 000, top 11.30. cattle 6 000, calves 2 500, tops 16.00 for steers and 15.76 for yearlings. sheep 8 000, lambs 15.25 18.25. Closing grain table lists wheat corn and oats with mixed closes. Cotton market opens firm in New York.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
East St, Louis
East 81
Louis
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Belgium
Tokyo
Montreal
Liverpool cotton market slips after early gains in New Orleans
Liverpool cables report uneven liquidation as October and December futures move within narrow ranges. New Orleans opens steady on better Liverpool advice with October near 21.14 and December 21.08, later buoyed by rain and drought news in belts, while Liverpool spot quotes show steady futures and values around 11.20 to 12.00 in different months.
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Liverpool
New Orleans
Potatoes and Butter Prices Move in Chicago Market Report
Chicago market notes from July 10 show potatoes with mixed sacks and cobblers prices in Virginia and Norfolk. Butter and eggs report higher creamery extras and varying firsts while poultry prices for fowls springs broilers ducks geese are listed. Foreign exchanges shockily open with multiple country rates, and stock market movers include Montgomery Ward General Motors and McCrory Stores with broad gains and some losses.
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Associated Press
Chicago
The
Poultry Alive
New York
Montgomery- Ward
General Motors
Houston Ofl
Hudson
General Railway
McCrory
Westinghouse Air Brake
International Match
Chickasha
U.S
Dupont
Wright Cal Eal
Radio
Sterling
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Britain
Wall Street
Miami, Fla
Mayor Walker
Movie World
Tack
Polk
Genevieve Cline
Standard Oil Company
Inter-Frat
Hindy’s Cook
Paul von Hindenburg
Ada Weber
Berlin
Superior, Wis
W.C.T.U
Chicago Livestock
James E. Bennett & Company
Southern
Bliss
Norfolk Virginia
Trish Cobblers
East Shore Virginia
Cobblers
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Can
Scinearenae
American Sugar Refining
American Steele & Foundry
American Tele
American Woolen
Atchison, Topeka & S
Baldwin Locomotive Pee
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnedall Corporation
Reas Bethlhem Steel
SAL Cerre de Pasco
Chrysler Bee
Coca Cola
Dodge Motors
A du Pont de Nemours
Fleischmann Yeast
Freeport-Texas
General Asphalt
General Electric
Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors
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Inspiration
International Harvester
International Nickel
Kennecott Copper
TAN International Tele
Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southern
Marland Oino
Mexican Seaboard
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward & Co
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
Packard Motors
Pan-American Pet
Phillipe Petroleum
Radio Copr. of America
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Union Oil
Sinclair Cons
Stewart Warner
Studebaker i
Texas Pacific Coal & Ot
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Victor
Willys-Ow Woolworth
Ramona
Panhandley
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