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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Daily Globe notes its founding date February 20 and its 1924 second class matter status. It lists publication schedule evenings and Sundays, office address at 110 East Fifth Street, and department telephones and AP membership, stating AP dispatches credited to the paper.
Rates shown for various subscriptions in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. One week one month three months six months one year with different prices and options. The text appears garbled but indicates daily and Sunday publication in the region with regional pricing.
The Globe invites visiting editors to Amarillo with warm welcome messages. The paper notes Amarillo’s pride in their visit and urges editors to visit the Globe office. The Globe marks four months since launch and invites open conversation and help from guests.
A newspaper editor declines to publish a wreckage tale about a boy from a misfortune plagued family. He spares unknowing aunts, believing the boy’s ruin stems from liquor and bad company. He chooses mercy over shocking readers.
A June 18 compilation shows multiple stations in Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Dallas, and coast cities airing music, plays, talks, and weather. Notable items include KYW Chicago nightly programs and Alaska railroad dining cars featuring reindeer steak to promote Alaskan meat for summer tourists.
New York reporters describe a new anti subway crash squad formed from police athletes to protect riders at Grand Central Brooklyn Bridge and Times Square during rush hours. Officers arrest fine and jail lawbreakers as crowded trains surge and insults fly amid admitted disorder.
A reflective poem contrasts safety and order in the speaker s town with a more open city climate. It praises orderly streets, strict policing, early curfews, and modest social behavior while noting differences from elsewhere. The piece closes with a brief note that Dr. George A Works visited Canyon to review an educational survey.
American world fliers who reached Saigon plan to depart today for Bangkok Siam about 500 miles west of Saigon. The note mentions Broadway figures and socialites, with Walter Kingsley cited as leading press agent for the unofficial mayor race along the Dazzling Gulch.
Readers quoted on whether baseball games, automobile races, and other entertainments should be held on Sundays. Opinions ranged from strict rest and churchgoing to support for clean entertainment, with some opposing professional sports on the Sabbath and others defending Sunday outings.
J. J. Taylor of the State Press says he enjoys the meeting and prefers kind mentions of his work. L. E. Haskett of the Childress Index notes a long career in newspapers and says he is a slave to the paper.
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