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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1926
Page
9
In Muncie Indiana on July 26 1924 editor George R Dale faces a strange affair involving threats and defiant rhetoric as a hooded band issue clashes with press freedom. The editor argues the pen wields risk and power beyond the sword while authorities weigh penalties and public reaction.
Dale, editor of the Muncie Post-Democrat, shot a man on a public street but faced no account before authorities. He was later jailed for contempt of court after calling the county grand jury biased toward the Ku Klux Klan, a sentence Indiana's Supreme Court upheld, stirring national attention and ACLU involvement as potential Supreme Court review looms.
The author argues truth must be a defense against contempt for editorial criticism of judges. He notes Indiana Supreme Court limits free press by punishing truthful publications. He cites attorney W A E Booker and warns the rule could curb newspapers nationwide while recounting Dale’s case and imprisonment over a column.
Short interviews feature Mrs Tom Curtis on steak and gravy for visiting baseball players and Sled Allen praising Saunders with bases loaded. Mrs N G Moore of Waco recalls attending a baseball game with a coat that felt good while overheard Polk chat notes note catfish delays in Amarillo last week. Joe Powell hints Lubbock would win yesterday. Skeet Gibson quotes cue an uncertain line.
Follie Scales says he has a source of information on oil prospects he will back with a Coca Cola, signaling readiness to support the lead with new data and a symbolic gesture.
A collage of remarks from Amarillo figures includes Henry Ford on the Polecat and Badger, C C Gibson noting tournament letters to teams, Sled Allen joking about bodyguards for games, Sam Nutting recalling a troop train dash, Vaughan Gouldy on poultry care, Liz Smith returning to Amarillo with a sore arm only in batting, plus local ad lines for Wespack fertilizer and Oil Maps at Randal Drug Co.
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