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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1928
Page
2
The article notes that unless the fair can secure revenue to pay off its current indebtedness, the Tri edness will not host boxing bouts. It emphasizes adherence to the letter of the law and the fair’s financial needs before any events proceed.
February report from Amarillo Nursery shows 48 homes represented. Daily attendance ranged from smallest to largest with total expenditures $219.45 for the month and an average cost per child per day of twenty six cents. director Martha M. Nelson notes working families rely on the service.
After two hung juries in Potter and Randall counties, William Hudson Speers charged with a statutory offense against a 15 year old Amarillo girl had his case dismissed in District Criminal Court this morning. Court proceedings began at nine but key state witnesses were absent. defense and state attorneys negotiated and the judge ordered dismissal. Speers was released. prior trials in Potter and Randall counties ended in hung juries.
W B Moore 35 died after slipping through a scaffold trap and falling 25 feet at the Great West Mill and Elevator plant in Amarillo. His body lies in state at N S Griggs funeral parlors while plans await word from his California relatives. He recently moved to Amarillo with his wife and two children and worked for Jones Hetlestater Construction on the mill annex project.
Application blanks and literature for Citizen's Military Training camps have been received by Capt. Peter P. Salgado, 142 Infantry, (DOL). Hundreds of high school students enroll yearly for free training with transportation and no army commitment. Additional info from Captain Salgado in the Federal building.
The B. P. O. F. Lodge 923 holds its annual officer election at the Elk's Home this evening. Nominations were in February with T. G. Nichols of Dixon Creek Oil recognized as Exalted Ruler and C. A. Butcher of International Harvester as retiring Exalter Ruler and the local delegate for the national Miami convention in July.
Harry Gardner of Amarillo High School wins the nine dollar cash prize for drawing the best cartoon advertising Panhand Laundry in a monthly contest run by George Lindsay. Senior High School students are eligible for the event.
The Sigmon Furniture Manufacturing Company at 109 Fillmore is doubling its sample floor space due to rising business. The firm has four stores and a factory in Oklahoma City, per Mr. Sigmon.
The Tactless Texan outlines a radio program featuring Tack, a country boy aiming to be an announcer, billed as Tack. W. insists on a vocal role and Lollapalooza says she must speak a view. The plan proceeds despite clouded details.
The piece recalls Rogers imitating President Coolidge and the mixed public reaction. It notes his defense that humor can reveal truth and urges civility, signable by Fair Play, while praising Texans as good-natured yet strong-willed.
In Amarillo locals plan a Globe Expedition into Harding and Currie ranch canyon with 100 plus attendees to view cedar forests waterfalls and eagles. A free five year airport site offer of 320 acres near Canyon Highway is urged along with Love Field Dallas insights and aviation outlook.
A letter from a reader in Amarillo argues census undercounts ignored job loss and outbound workers. He cites high living costs, out-of-town labor preference, and asks about fire hydrant access while urging local employment efforts. Tack responds defending paper advertising role and disputing dire doom claims versus wider Western conditions.
A Breckenridge poem extols Amarillo as a jewel on the Texas Panhandle plain. The verses compare waterless plains, wind-swept canyons, and iridescent city imagery to crown Amarillo as a radiant destination.
George Chisholm who confessed killing his two sons, attempted suicide in Indiana Harbor jail after being brought from East Chicago. A belt buckle prong was used in the throat. He pleaded to die and wept as police watched. He had earlier confessed February 6 to drowning the boys George nine and Edgar six because his partner Helen Lawrence nagged him.
Arcadian sailor Henry Moily, already sentenced to life for the weed knife murder of his wife, now faced a new murder trial in April for the slaying of his wife's sister. A circuit court jury convicted him after insanity pleas failed to erase the impact of six alleged confessions, including one in which Moily said he killed because of taunts about his wife and her affairs.
Concert week rush for prime seats as Emil F. Myers delays letter checks in the Schumann-Heink honor guest contest. The News will announce the awards tomorrow morning. Tickets for Schumann Heink and McCormack concerts near exhaustion with Galston requests to Thursday. Festival opens Wednesday with Schumann Heink and closes Friday with McCormack recital.
Foster motored from Oklahoma City to visit her husband Pr E Foster of Amarillo for a few days. The puzzle lists many horizontal and vertical clues spanning weather, objects, and roles with cross references and mentions two unkeyed letters spelling speed.
Kansas City hogs receipts 15 000 head market slow with top 4 00 stock pigs 6 and 7 00 cattle receipts 10 000 head vealers 12 00 to 12 50 Chicago hogs receipts 85 000 market slow top 8 40 cattle 15 000 receipts slow May cotton 18 50 to 18 57 July 18 00 to 14 08 New Orleans cotton steady easing later in morning Liverpool cotton futures steady Potatoes Chicago strong Wisconsin whites 2 00 to 2 20 Florida crates 8 00 Poultry Chicago steady butter 40 44 cents eggs 27 28 cents New York stocks mixed with wide list of industrials and railmakers noted
A quatrain style reflection on marriage and cowardice as a wife leaves a drunken husband. The speaker contrasts a broken promise with the wife’s endurance and the husband’s failings, ending with his critique of broken vows.
The District Criminal Court opened for a liquor trial and cleaned its docket. J. B. Rogers faced charges of sale and possession of intoxicants. he entered a not guilty plea. A jury was selected and was to decide the verdict this afternoon.
Bids will be received March 12 on the contract for the Women’s Department club building at Childress. The plans have just been completed by Guy A. Carlander, Amarillo architect. A list of companies and brands appears in the text.
A list of proposals aimed at expanding Amarillo with more hotels rooming houses apartments and office buildings. The plan calls for lower utility rates and taxes a municipal pool golf course airport central bus depot and new thoroughfares while boosting industry, water supply, and public services. It also demands tougher crime laws death penalty for kidnapping and expanded efforts to attract new businesses.
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