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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1927
Page
1
A 1920s column reviews rising Wall Street activity with General Motors hitting record highs and Western Union surging. It notes global tensions from Balkans to Poland after the Wolkoff killing, and cites Payne Whitney’s fortune and charitable bequests. Dorothy Dix gains law degree honors. FE P Hubbard piano ad closes.
John English died after an April 21 incident. Jean Prince testified Stratton fired the fatal shots, while taxi driver Hambright said Stratton admitted killing a man. The defense challenged the state's portrayal of Glenwood Club events at the Stratton home and questioned the marriage status of Mr. and Mrs. Stratton.
Amarillo forecast shows tonight and Saturday rain likely with temperature extremes ranging from 92 today to 87 at a prior time. Hourly readings include 7 am 62, 8 am 68, 9 am 72, 10 am 80, 11 am 54, noon 90, 1 pm 92, with further data truncated.
Washington readiness marks start of Lindbergh welcome with six destroyers the Los Angeles and about 100 planes meeting the Memphis for the transatlantic return. Enthusiastic crowds flood streets, tickets race, and capital eyes the landing at the navy yard between 11 and 12.
Banks Jones defends water plant project and his record as city engineer amid charges of delayed pump orders. He cites contractor schedules, shipping delays, and a January 18, 500 foot pipe order to cover Word ranch line, with records in his office for verification.
Mr. Jones proposes domestic water rates when the city takes over the plant. The schedule starts at 50 cents for 0 to 8,000 gallons and declines to 20 to 40 cents for higher usage, with a $1.50 monthly minimum. The figures assume daily consumption from 2 to 4 million gallons. The current domestic rate is 75 cents.
Sixty representatives from Mississippi flood area cities meet President Coolidge in Washington to demand national control of flood waters. Led by Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson, the delegation delivers resolutions urging federal responsibility and a rapid survey report from army engineers.
David Harrold two year old son of Mr and Mrs O A Blankenship twelve miles east of Amarillo drowned this morning while playing with three brothers. His body was rushed to Amarillo where a lung motor was applied but life could not be saved. He survives his parents and three brothers O A Jr Rex and Ralph.
C R Beatty, 19, farmer, died after being stabbed seven times at a Holleyan area party eighteen miles northwest of Childress. Frank Ballard, 17, is held in Quanah on murder charges with preliminary hearing set after district judge returns. Ballard reportedly argued over a girlfriend. no liquor found. Beatty died en route to Quanah hospital. four wounds deemed fatal by doctors. Ballard apprehended by Sheriff Lamtar near Run nels home.
Panhandle bankers at the twenty third Panhandle Association convention offered a 400 dollar reward for killing a bandit during a bank robbery and 260 dollars for the arrest and conviction. Frank Butler was elected president to succeed W. Caron Jr. Other officers named include J P Anderson J H Read Holman Kennedy and W Darnell. Memphis chosen for the 1928 meeting.
A strong earthquake jolted Virginia at 2 16 am, waking many residents. The University of Virginia seismograph logged a ten second quake followed by light tremors thirty seconds later, marking a significant seismic event in the area.
Joseph Minter 30 was jailed for the murder of State Senator Albert E. Bogdon. Bogdon was killed in Mrs Helen Minter’s apartment, the estranged wife of the prisoner. Minter led police through a volatile confession, saying he saw a man enter the hotel-adjacent unit and shot in the kitchen. He claimed motive rooted in alleged threats over his wife’s infidelity. The case remains under investigation and continues on page 1.
Representative Ray Holder of Lancaster accused Governor Moody of unfairly denouncing the legislature. He said Moody kept confidences with two men, Chairman Teer and Senator Wood, and that Moody’s criticism harmed the program already blocked in the session. Holder asserts support for Moody’s bills.
In Trinidad Colorado a booze crazed miner William Ellington, 50, shot Mrs. Perry Larson in a Tellerburg rooming house kitchen as she prepared lunch boxes. Ellington then killed himself. Mrs. Larson survived with bullet wounds and was hospitalized. neighbor Mrs. W H Johnson helped summon aid.
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