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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1928
Page
2
The article notes Gene Tunney’s 15 round fight with Tom Heeney tomorrow night paying around 550000, with commentary on Tunney as a drawcard. It mixes readers’ opinions on Tunney, local sentiment, and casual reflections on public popularity and money in sports.
Two cars were reported stolen last night with one recovered soon after at the Nat Dance palace. A Nash coupe owned by Sam F. Thomas was seized by three men who escaped into a downtown alley. A second theft involved a 1928 Master Six Buick owned by J W Hough of the Amarillo Baking Company. a $100 reward is offered for its return in good condition.
The News-Globe urges Governor Moody to recommend Morris Gulledge for a Carnegie hero medal. The 11 year old saved Fern Goans from drowning at a gravel pit lake near Amarillo on July 19, enduring nearly 30 minutes in cold water before Fern died. Laura Josephine, 10, also present, was beyond depth but survived.
A Texas editor requests investigation to commend a young boy who saved a younger child from drowning at a riverbank. The rescuer, a slight 65 pound boy visiting relatives in Amarillo, pulled the children to safety despite exhaustion, but the 10 year old girl died. The letter cites braver than expected conduct and asks consideration for the Carnegie medal.
Gov. Dan Moody spoke to a large crowd last night and received strong applause for denouncing Ferguson. He claimed Fergusonism is the central issue in the gubernatorial campaign and defended his stance against the Ferguson administration.
Funeral services for W. M. Cates 31 manager of Amarillo Furniture second hand dept died Sunday to be held at 1616 Madison Street at 4 oclock with Rev R Thomson of Central Presbyterian officiating. Interment Memorial Park cemetery. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named. Also notes Mrs John Carr of Macon Missouri visited Mrs T A Botts en route home from Hale Center.
The Amarillo Bar association unanimously endorses W. C. Morrow for re election as presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. About 50 Amarillo attorneys signed a circulated letter praising his 12 years in office and urging continued leadership and integrity. Similar resolutions spread to other Texas cities. Judge Morrow resides in Hillsboro.
Industrial films were shown last night in the Municipal auditorium featuring a demonstration of the prone pressure method of artificial respiration and its use in asphyxiation electric shock and drowning. The program was led by H N Calhoun of Southwestern Bell Telephone and R C Echols of Fort Worth with several score employees in attendance.
Roy Pemberton aged 15 son of Mr and Mrs J T Pemberton of Stratford Texas died in a local hospital at 1 30 this morning. He is survived by his parents two brothers and four sisters all of Stratford. The body will be sent to Stratford this afternoon for burial tomorrow afternoon under the charge of N S Griggs and Sons.
Hog and cattle figures from Chicago St Louis Kansas City markets show mixed gains and steady runs. Hog top prices reach 11.60 in St Louis. cattle steady to higher with yearlings and heifers noted. sheep markets show steady to higher tendencies with lambs and ewes listed.
In reflective verses the speaker prefers continued earthly labor over eternal ease. They question a quiet, painless afterlife and insist on remaining capable of thought, effort, and service, hoping to return to earth to keep striving and growing. The poem contrasts fulfillment from work with the boredom of perfect rest.
A report quotes leaders from Missouri Oklahoma and Arizona pointing to the Smith column with a probable New Mexico 50 50 Colorado and Kansas showing better prospects than Wilson in 1916.
Will Early of Waco the brother of Allen Early a prominent grain and elevator owner died at home after a long illness. Allen Early left Amarillo for his bedside but arrived to learn his brother was in critical condition. The deceased leaves a widow and three children. Funeral arrangements were not announced. Mr and Mrs Allen Early resided at 21st and Harrison streets.
Amarillo building inspector A W Smalley warns proprietors to remove old style drop awnings hanging over sidewalks. He notes these poses danger to pedestrians and that owners are liable for injuries.
Mary Magdalen Heck 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Heck Nazareth Texas died in a local hospital at 4 this morning following an operation for appendicitis. She was a Catholic and survived by five sisters and one brother. The body lies in state at the Blackburn and Boxwell funeral parlors awaiting funeral arrangements. Willard R Baker of Slaton visits his mother Mrs W R Baker at 820 Fairmont.
The precinct including South Amarillo in Randall county votes in the store building at 34th and Tyler street during the primary election.
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