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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1928
Page
2
The Rand-McNally Map Company asks the Amarillo Board of City Development for a full report on airport facilities. A aeromap of Texas is being prepared with a page questionnaire and a state map to mark Amarillo. The request aims to boost advertising, publicity, and air traffic for the city.
Old Erasmus Tack returns to Amarillo after visiting New Mexico amid plans to broadcast from Station Tack after the cattlemen’s convention and his birthday. He notes high electricity bills, discusses local water hardness and oil chatter, praises Amarillo, and references a blindsided child’s health, with dates and local names such as Plainview and Bettis.
Newt Byrnes, a Juergens chauffeur, is held in Sulphur Springs after the bodies of Mrs Juergens, her daughter Myrna, and Mrs Rosa Schirra are found at the Juergens home. Police report hatchet and knife mutilation. Byrnes claims the killings followed an argument over a check and says he salvaged $40 and rings.
Joh Johnson, 22, a Missouri University law student from Marshall, remained unconscious 66 hours after a motor truck strike that knocked him down while trying to shield Miss Jo Bettis, who was uninjured. The incident occurred in Columbia on March 12 as Johnson aided his companion.
Grace Coolidge visits her ailing mother in Northampton with minimal ceremony, staying at Massasoit Street and receiving private family moments. Neighbors recall her friendly, unpretentious manner and enduring ties to the community as she balances hospital bedside hours with home life.
The piece argues for prayer for a crime solution and targets the prohibition bootleg system, noting Chicago bootleg profits around seventy million dollars yearly as a crime subsidy. It cites two Los Angeles teenage girls found in a gutter after drugging and kidnapping, linking this to openly sold habit-forming pills. It also mentions two American fliers killed in Nicaragua when a buzzard damaged their plane.
Mrs. Sadie Claud Curtis Ballard, once critically ill at St Anthony hospital, is reported improving. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Ballard on Saturday. Mrs Ballard long served as society editor of The Globe. her husband is in The Globe News advertising department. Mrs Billie Winn returned to work at the Marizon after five weeks away from an automobile accident and tonsil surgery.
The Amarillo Little Theater presents The Brick Layers Revenge a one act travesty of modern drama at the high school auditorium tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the morning. Cast includes Mrs Dana Harmon Trent Miss Regene Weatherby L A Bockemohle L Miller Bryan Weatherby S W Ball and Dr Parcells directed by Dr R P Parcelle. Admission is free and the public is invited per superintendent W A McIntosh.
The Camp Fire girls plan a week of events through March 17 marking the national organization's 16th anniversary. They will give gifts instead of receiving, collecting clothing and layettes for Red Cross relief, with 7,000 groups coordinated by the Needlework Guild of America. Activities include church services radio program exhibits talks in schools PTA meetings a mother and daughter banquet a birthday council fire and more.
United Press report from San Antonio says Graves Mosely, 28, died near the city when his student plane crashed after an instructional flight. Pilot Harvey Howard was critically injured as the wrecked aircraft was demolished. In Lufkin, John Carter, 32, and William Ramsey of Nacogdoches were killed when Carter’s plane fell 300 feet. passenger Ikey Rook escaped with serious injuries.
Funeral services were held today in Longview Texas for Mrs Cora Bumpus 60 who was killed Sunday when she fell into a 20 foot well near her Pine Tree community home. She had been in ill health for some time.
A step up puzzle uses four target words. Clues cover figures from history art and geography including swimmers painters and poets. The puzzle blends classic queries with familiar terms like Ye and Hellespont and requests names cities and common nouns.
The list poses a set of clues across topics from time and golf to languages. It includes trivia on colleges, musical terms, geography, and literature, with several entries prompting short word answers.
The report details 1920s campaign finance dealings involving Charles Hays and Mellon linked to the Teapot Dome affair. It describes bonds from Sinclair, pledges to repay, and GOP leaders approached to take over funds. Hearings planned to probe whether Butler or Mellon held or knew of bonds and why earlier disclosures failed.
Dr Carrie M Hitchcock resumes active practice after a year’s rest, opens office in room 100 Central building at 1000 Buchanan street. Carver graduate with prior work in Oklahoma and Nebraska, has remodeled offices in Amarillo since 1921. Also expert in dietetics trained under Dr Benjamin Gaylord Houser.
A 1928 poem by Edgar A Guest defends religion as a joyful guiding force. It argues against sanctimony while embracing shared laughter, compassion, and trust in God through life’s joys and sorrows.
Hogs and cattle receipts across Kansas City and East St Louis show steady to higher bids with top prices noted. Chicago and New York stock markets open higher on strong dealer demand led by GM GE and Radio. cotton and commodity futures fluctuate with Liverpool cues and West Texas weather expectations.
J B Lillibridge and Henry Wampler deputy collectors of the internal revenue department have completed assisting in making returns in Panhandle towns. They are now in the federal building assisting Amarillo residents with filings. Thursday marks the deadline for filing returns.
Excavation work has started for the J. H. Bishop warehouse to be built between Fifth and Sixth on Grant Street. Story and Ross of Amarillo won the contract last week with a bid of 35 485 15 dollars, not including plumbing.
A 1927 Chevrolet coupe owned by K. Childress was reported stolen last night. The vehicle was parked at Sixth and Harrison streets with license 781 075 and engine 2782 500. Miss Sally Blinderman, back from Chicago, is confined to her home by illness.
Parents and guardians are invited to the junior high open house from 8 30 a m to 3 15 p m. Principal Miss Elizabeth Nixon says parental interest boosts student effort and spirit. Prizes will go to classes with the most visiting parents as announced by L McNeail history teacher.
A sweeping list outlines aims for Amarillo including more hotels and apartments, lower utility rates, expanded sewers and water access, new courthouse, municipal airport, golf course, and incentives to attract industry. The plan calls for intensified city growth, infrastructure, law measures, and livability upgrades.
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