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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1928

Page

2

Kiwanis Club Fosters Boys Work With Pigs

The Kiwanis club adopted an extension club pig project on recommendation of its Agricultural committee led by P. C. Bennett. Six members will back local boys who will receive bred gifts and guidance through six months, with insurance underwritten, records kept, and later rebred for a fall farrow. The effort aims to build a herd of registered hogs and provide participation in state and national pig contests.

Kiwanis Club P. C. Bennett Mr. Bennett Sam Archer Homer Wilkinson E. F. Lanham Pig Club Extension Club Bennett Dallas Everett Cook Bushland Howar Williams Woodrow Mobley Rivroad John B. Gilvin Wilmer Weaterly J. E

Deception, Deportation Debate Over Canadian Born Baby

A domestic dispute ends with the mother claiming happiness from the baby despite financial strains. The child, born in Canada, faces possible deportation after a special inquiry. Separately, Russia marks ten years of the Red Army with disciplined troops amid severe cold.

Canada Sam

Corrected charges against two Layley suspects

Nicholas Troetter and Ellery Roberts, extradited from Leavenworth Kansas, face murder indictments for the Sept 10 fatal shooting of Leo J. Laley. Trial set for March 12 with Cleo Clayton as counsel. state indictments total five including Jack Davis Clayton Tontz Earl McGrew.

Mr. Laley Nicholas Troetter Ellery Roberts Federal Leavenworth Kans Leo. J. Laley Tontz Cleo Clayton Will Roberts and Troetter

Tactless Texan Riffs On Life In Amarillo Raconteur

The writer recalls a Sunday horseback ride at Harding's ranch with a fall from a limb. He dreams of a city forester and flood control director as Amarillo expands storm sewers and considers underground freight lines. He notes Gene Tunney’s reluctance to fight publicly, a flirtation with autobiography, a grocery-store encounter, and a radio program plan before signing off.

Harding Prince of Wales Mr. Harding Santa Fe City Commission

Dear Tack Letter on Pedestrian Safety Curbs

A reader criticizes city traffic practice requiring pedestrians to stand on the curb even when no vehicles are near. The letter asks Tack for opinions on modifying this curb rules.

Rabbit Drive Encourages Texline Residents to Attend

Texline residents are urged to join a planned rabbit drive next Wednesday with transport from Texline. Bring a good gun and ammunition. meals provided by the chamber of commerce on site. No license required. For details call 2-1320.

Texline Chamber of Commerce L. Peake

Missed Them Texans In Thanksgiving Cake Contest

Col Tack Amarillo Texas Dear Tack readers miss a promised copy of Them Texans from the Thanksgiving Cake Baking contest. Mrs C R Bentley Roberts Place requests a replacement after fearing loss or misdelivery and confirms she will send payment.

Col. Tack Amarillo, Texas Jimmie Caldwell Globe

Welfare Body Cares For 23 Families Here

A February report from Mrs. Martha Nelson shows 203 families under welfare care with a sharp rise in food and groceries dispensed. The summary lists open family cases, aid to transient and desertion cases, meals furnished, rent and gas bills paid, clothing donations, and other assistance totaling $906.49 spent with $89.61 refunded. The note ends with a public letter from E R Tack and a dog tribute by Senator Graham Vest.

Welfare Society Martha Nelson Deseriidts Escewses Cheuns E. R. Tack Globe-News City Hickman St. Louis Graham Vest Missouri Senator Vest Sen Francis Cockrell Young West

Kiwanis speakers push for Amarillo municipal airport

Bruce Mutrey of Russell and Cockrell urged Amarillo’s need for a municipal airport at a Kiwanis meeting. He offered to provide windshield stickers stating A Municipal Airport Por Amarillo in red white and blue. Stickers to be distributed at The Globe office Wednesday morning to boosters who want one.

Amarillo Bruce ,Mutrey Russell and Cockrell Kiwanis Club Globe Office

Jewish queen who saved her people from Haman

Puzzle style text asks for the name of Esther from the Bible and lists many clues across horizontal and vertical entries. It references regions, verbs, figures, and items like rivers, cities, and professions, forming a crossword style prompt. Esther is the Jewish queen who saved her people.

Haman Louisiana Purchase Egypt Europe India

Sanity Record Of Hickman Now On File

The Associated Press reports in Los Angeles that a majority of testimony supports William Edward Hickman's sanity in his joint trial with Welby Hunt for the murder of C Ivy Thoms. Evidence included experts and lay witnesses from doctors to jailers. A jailer testified Hickman cried after being slapped by condemned prisoner John Malone who said he faced hanging for killing his wife.

Associated Press Los Angeles Calif William Edward Hickman Welby Hunt C. Ivy Thoms Thoms Frank Dewar John J. Malone Quentin Hickman Dewar Malone

Billy House Returns to Amarillo in Resolutions Comedy

Jolly comedian Billy House, headlining the Interstate bill at the Fair, has past ties to Amarillo including 1915 opary shows under Dave Dearden. He is remembered as a fine actor and popular guest who made many friends in 1912 and now headlines the New Year’s comedy sketch.

Billy House Amarillo Opry Blackburn Dave Dearden Billy House

Osteopaths in City Hear Talk on Children

Dr. R J Jones told a Potter County Osteopathic association meeting last night that many parental carrying methods harm a child’s spine. He urged normal spine care as Amarillo physicians plan Normal Spine Week from March 15 to 24 with exams for all children.

R. J. Jones Potter County Osteopathic Association Osteopathic Physicians of Amarillo Osteopathic Physicians

Rogers Receives Three-Year Term For Illegal Liquor Sale

A District Criminal Court jury convicts E D Rogers of illegal sale of intoxicating liquor and sentences him to three years in the state penitentiary. The case drew interest due to alleged sales to fourteen and fifteen year old boys and girls. Daniel McGrath, assistant district attorney, vowed to set an example against selling whisky to youths. Am

District Criminal Court E. D. Rogers Rogers Daniel McGrath

Detective Returns From Far Reaching Oklahoma manhunt

N. J. Mitchell, Cordell police detective, returns after a cross state manhunt across Oklahoma Texas New Mexico into Arizona seeking a prom inent Cordell man who allegedly aided in hiding his 20 year old daughter a schoolteacher. Mitchell delivered the teacher to Cordell parents and arrested Bill Price in Yuma on Mann Act charges. Price said to be father of eight and a school board member who employed the teacher.

N. J Mitchell Police Department Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona Cordell Bill Price Yuma Price S

Negro Woman Freed of Theft Charge

Mattie Watson, a Black woman, was found not guilty by a county court jury this morning on a charge of stealing a watch. She testified she was employed as a servant and had a right to be in the rooms while performing her duties, and the defense challenged the evidence as improperly obtained.

Mattie Watson Sam B. Motilow

Hill Returns From Swisher Road Meet

W. G. Hill secretary of the Panhandle Auto Club returns from Swisher county where he met highway commission members and arranged federal highway marking. A meeting on federal markers for Swisher Deaf Smith Palmer Potter Dallam and Sherman counties will be held in Tulsa on March. W. A. French district engineer has crews placing safety signs at curves and bridges, advancing the work in this area.

W. G. Hill The Panhandle Auto Club Swisher County Highway Commission Swisher Deaf Smith Palmer Potter Dallam Sherman Tulsa W. A. French Mr. French

New Trash Box Placed At Post Office In Amarillo

A new trash receptacle with automatic doors and removable panels was installed in front of the post office as the first of Eye-Line Ads boxes on Amarillo streets. Burlap sacks inside collect waste and the unit is anchored to the sidewalk to prevent movement. District manager FE G Martin of Acme Brick, Wichita Falls, and Floyd Studer of American Central Life, are in the city on business.

Amarillo Eye-Line Ads Company FE. G. Martin Wichita Falls Acme Brick Company Floyd Studer American Central Life Insurance Company Channing

Trust Folk by Edgar A Guest from 1926

A poem about a robin perched on a holly tree that seems to recognize a Michigan narrator. The bird eyes the speaker, who exchanges imagined news about Janet Buddy and a grooved elm, then departs with a hopeful return to Michigan in May.

Michigan Edgar A. Guest

Col Jimmy Vacation Ends Bank Closes Under Shortage

Sullivan Indiana reports Col Jimmy, a 72 year old banker nicknamed, is on vacation and the Citizens Trust Co bank is closed by state examiners amid a shortage estimated at 250000 with indications he misappropriated about 73000. Police in Chicago are asked to locate a white haired man about five foot five carrying a weathered bag.

Associated Press Sullivan Ind Maren G Jimmy Chicago New York Citizens’ Trust Company Richard I. Bailey

Market Report Hogs and Cattle Prices Advance Slightly

Markets from Kansas City show hog receipts near 8,000 with top at 8.15 and stock pigs quoted around 6.50 to 7. Also cattle receipts around 6,000 with feeders steady and vealers up. Medium weight steers near 18.00 and heftier weights 14.00 to 15.00, best vealers 12.40 to 13.00. Lambs top at 15.50 and lambs and wethers steady to higher.

Bry Associated Press Kansas City Sheen Top Lambs

Chicago cattle and hog market report is mixed

Chicago on March 6 shows cattle receipts around 8,000 with steady trade and high bids for best fed steers near 16 to 22 dollars. hogs active with top around 8.45 and packing sows to 7.25. sheep receipts about 8,000 with woolled lambs quoted 15.50 to 15.75 and fat clipped ewes at 7.50.

Tiy Ageou Imressg Chicago Hull

East St Louis Hog and Cattle Market Receipts Report

Hogs receipts 16 000, top 8.65, packing sows 7.00 7.15. Cattle receipts 3 200, calves 1 000, steers strong, dealers 25 cents higher at 15.50, best yearlings 12.50, cows 7.00 8.75. Sheep receipts 800, fat lambs 15.75 16.00, fat ewes 8.50 9.50.

ST. Louis

Oklahoma City cattle market notes and prices

Cattle receipts around 600 with calves 200 and a steady tone. Fed steers quoted near 11.00 to 11.75 cents per pound, good beef cows about 8.50 to 9.50, heifers around 11.00. Feed receipts about 2,000 with higher movement. bulk prices 7.40 to 8.05.

Oklahoma City

Fort Worth Live Stock Prices Hit Mixed Day

Fort Worth ranch market reports March 6 with hogs at 8.15 top and 5.50 to 6.25 for pigs. Cattle and calves receipts 2,800 steady with slaughter steers 9.00 to 11.00 and fat cows 8.00. Sheep receipts 2,200 steady with fat wooled lambs 14.50 and shorn fat lambs 13.00 to 14.50.

Fort Worth Hy Tre Associated Press

New Orleans Cotton Market Stages Erratic Session

New Orleans March 6 The cotton market opened lower on Liverpool influenced losses but rebounded as shorts covered and bullish consumption fears appeared, then eased on Lancashire labor conference doubts. May to July futures fell early but rose toward noon with steadying rains and bullish textile data expectations keeping prices tied to the prior close amid a fairly bullish undertone.

New Orleans Associated Press Liverpool Lancashire

New York Cotton Opens Steady Then Falls On Liquidation

The market opened steady ahead of Liverpool cues, then eased as liquidation and local selling pushed May to 18.47 and October to 17.99. About 30 March notices circulated prompting near month liquidations, but offerings remained light and the market steadied with later deliveries 2 to 4 points higher at midday. March was quiet and eased before a small rally of 2 to 3 points from the low.

New York Liverpool

Cotton Prices Steady in Liverpool Market March 6

Liverpool reports spot cotton steady with American grades showing strict middling at 10.55 and middling 10.45, good ordinary 9.75, sales at 8,000 with 5,500 American. Receipts 8,000. American receipts 6,700. Futures closed quiet, March 1929 at 9.42.

Liverpool

Grain table from Chicago market report

Furnished by James E Bennett and Co the wheat listing shows prices and bids with figures for March 1pm transfers. The table includes values around 1.37 to 1.88 and notes low at 1pm with fluctuating quotes for wheat in the Chicago grain market.

Chicago James E. Bennett and Co Owen Hieh

Fragmentary 19th century commodity quotes excerpt

Distorted OCR shows scattered figures for corn oats and other grains with percentages and percentages or prices. The text lacks coherent context or complete dates and names. Only isolated numerical data remains without a clear event or entities to identify.

Butter and eggs market brief rises in Chicago trading

Butter prices gain across creamery extras and firsts while standards and seconds move higher. Creamery extras reach 49 and 48. Firsts trade around 47 to 48, with ordinary and other grades showing modest gains as markets respond to demand.

Associated Press Chicago

Poultry Prices Rise Across Varieties in Chicago Markets

Chicago March 6 Poultry markets show firmer tones with several varieties advancing. Prices listed include fowls 23 74 to 25 75, springs 22 to 28, turkeys 25 to 42, roosters 20, ducks 28 to 28, geese 18, reflecting steady demand and seasonal shifts.

Associated Presa Chicago

Potatoes Prices Reported in Chicago Market

Chicago market notes list steady potato quotes with Wisconsin sacked round whites at 2.00 to 2.36 per unit, Idaho Russet Burbanks at 2.40 to 2.60, Florida Bliss crates at 3.00 to 3.15, and Florida barrel grades Spalding Rose No 1 3? No 2 11.00 No 3 9.00.

Associated Press Chicago Wisconsin Idaho Florida Bliss Florida

New York Stocks Report From James E Bennett Co

Trading data shows varied results for major equities led by Allied Chemical and Dye and American Smelting and Refining with mixed to modest changes across industries. Notable names include General Electric General Motors Westinghouse and Sears Roebuck with several oil and steel firms moving on gains or losses.

New York James E. Bennett & Co P. Mn Allin Chalmers Allied Chem Amer Csces Steel & Fury Tel. & Telx Associated Dry Goods Atch Topeka & S. F Baldwin Loco Baltimore & Ohio Barnsdall Corp Bethlehem Steel Calif. Petroleum Cerre de Pasco Copper Chicago & Alton Chicago & Northwestern Chicago Mil. & St. BP Chile Chrysler Chek Lee Kicke Aponnen Colo Fuel & Tron Colo. & Southern Consolidated Cigars Crucible Steel Dodie Motors Sevepereener Eastman Kodak Fisk Rubber Cccccvesess Fleischmann Yeast Escoves Freeport Texas Louisiana Oil & Ref Mack Trucks Marland Gillaoak Nash Motors National Biscuit Ees Nat'l Distillers Obie Oiween Packard Motor Pan-Amer, Pet. & Trans. B Pennsylvania Pere Marquetts Phillips Petroleum Pure Oichen Caeueen Yadin “Corp Republi Iron & Steel Sears ,Roebuck & Co Shell Union Oil Simme Petroleum

Tack's Revised Plan for a Bigger Amarillo

A list of proposals for Amarillo including more hotels, apartments, office buildings, and groceries, lower utility rates, and new public works such as a courthouse, swimming pool, municipal golf course, airport, storm sewers, and a central bus depot. It calls for stricter laws, higher oil prices, more industries, and expanded city services while aiming to improve livability and reduce wind and snakes.

San Jacinto Vale Dure Bivins Lake

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Behind Potter County Kiwanians Farrow Tri-State Russia Red Army Czar Kerensky Wall Street Monte Carlo Laley Gene Tunney Tunney Calley Nellie McDavid J. C. McDavid Mr. Tack O. W Big Feelers White & Kirk's S. B. Landers Mr. Landers Tack Rabbit Drive Co. W. Baynham, M E.R.T Chateau Thierry Austria Francis Scott Key International Arbitration Court Velma West Thomas Edward West Inset Painesville Ohio J. C. Studer Lola Oscar Studer Oklahoman Hill Swisher Road Bay Eatereen Guest Janet Buddy Col East ST. Louis
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