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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1928
Page
2
Poem expresses simple desires for daily joys and lasting love. The speaker asks for work, reading, a garden, a dog, family laughter, friendship, decent clothing, rest, and faith to endure sorrow. He seeks companionship with nature and lasting love rather than climbing beyond his station.
Big mail order demand for tickets to the Old Fiddlers Meet at the Municipal Auditorium Tuesday night boosts chances of a quick sell-out. Tri-State Fair Association Secretary Bob Emmett says tickets go on sale Friday morning at the fair offices or Polk street Amarillo Hotel building. Admission ranges from 50 cents to 1 dollar. Representatives from many sections have been chosen to attend.
A public speaking department program at Amarillo High School will take place Thursday at 10 a.m. in the auditorium. Sponsored by Miss Oretha Cornelius, admission is free. John White chairs. speakers include Hollis DeGrassi on public speaking value and William Bynum on a municipal airport.
The Commercial Appeal reports Clarence Saunders will back an expansion to nearly double his store count. A new 2 5 million corporation, Clarence Saunders Stores Inc., will run units in Chicago Washington St Louis Kansas City and Denver with additional sites across New Jersey Michigan Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania Oklahoma Texas and Canada. Proposals include 250 stores for Detroit 50 for Louisville and San Antonio and 25 for Newark.
A letter from pianist Gottfried Galston to Capitol Hotel officials in Amarillo Texas commends the new Capitol Hotel as one of the finest in the county. He notes his stay was enjoyable and offers best wishes to Ed Mayer and A C Young.
The column recounts Old Tack offering rewards for returning copies of Them Texans, surprising success, and a costly misstep. It jokes about the census, a new Jackass Blues song, radio plans, a cattlemen convention in Amarillo, and views on companionate marriages and desertion.
An Amarillo man paid a $15 fine in police court after driving through a filling station endangering an aged couple. Judge E A McKinnon noted the fine could have been heavier as other cars were halted by a red light during the incident.
The Amarillo high school pep squad and last season’s football team will attend an informal dinner at the Amarillo Athletic Club at 8:00 this evening. Coach and Mrs. Hugh Butler organized the event and will oversee the meeting with school songs and yells featured.
Rescue and relief crews press to recover bodies and aid survivors after a dam breach floods towns from Santa Paula to Piru. Deputies, police and volunteers search wreckage where mud and silt hide victims, with Red Cross and Salvation Army bases aiding amid a $50,000 city relief pledge and national guard support.
Dawn revealed the extent of damage after the flood from the St Francis dam breach. Estimates ranged from twelve to fifteen million dollars with dozens of corpses laid in improvised morgues in Santa Paula Fillmore Piru Saugus and Castaic.
Independence California March 14 critical tests and best engineering practices approved by engineers visited the scene were used in building the St Francis dam Stanley Dunham construction engineer said today William Mulholland Los Angeles city engineer chose the site and the dam rested on solid bedrock It was a gravity type arched upstream and built of solid concrete The dam stood 206 feet high from bedrock 185 feet from canyon bed 150 feet base 140 feet stream level crest 1225 feet long
Relief drives spread after flood misery in the San Francisco canyon and Santa Clara valley. Los Angeles newspapers urged donations while downtown theaters plan a monster midnight benefit next Saturday to help victims.
The Senate Teapot Dome committee, after a tame session, shifts its inquiry to Chicago for its next meeting. A. V. Leonard testified he knew nothing about Sinclair Liberty bonds sent to Upham by Will Hays. A second witness failed to appear and a subpoena for Montgomery Clothier proved invalid in Philadelphia.
A list of crossword hints asks for the birthplace state of Vice President Dawes, the Lincoln Memorial designer, chief justice, and other terms. Clues include four letter states, words for wrath, departure, and various nouns and verbs. Answers cover misc clues like grain, stitches, and forms of expression.
Hayes puzzle clues and answers listed in order cover topics from Hopskiln to exclamations. Includes cabinet charge during flood relief and questions on pronouns, city calls, and musical items.
Amid rushing waters and debris a heroism emerges as families flee and rescue crews work. Survivors recount daring escapes including a 15 year old girl clinging to a plank and a rancher saving three lives before losing his car. Rescue teams distribute food and clothing as improvised morgues take shape and a town confronts loss.
Tomorrow is the deadline to file calendar year 1927 income returns. Deputy collectors in room 243 Federal Building will stay open until midnight to accept filings and help prepare them. Penalties include up to 10000 dollars or a year in jail or both plus 25 percent of the tax for willful late filing. Assistance is free.
The Associated Press reports Austin March 14 proceedings in the Court of Criminal Appeals. The court affirmed multiple defendants including Philip White Bastrop and others listed. reversed and remanded D M White Taylor Mack Elliott Tom Green Charley Thomas Grayson. motions for rehearing filed or overruled for several parties. appeal reinstated and affirmed Lofton Wall. writ of habeas corpus denied Ex Parte Jack Gore Walker.
United Press dispatch summarizes Texas former Governor Miriam A Ferguson backing Governor Smith and her husband supporting Senator Reed. Frank Lowden campaign manager Buck says 200 to 250 Illinois delegates will back him. New Hampshire returns show Smith and Hoover supporters advancing. Ohio Democrats draft Vic Donahey who will not run. Senator Walsh approves use of his name on California ballot. California Hoover delegates pledge to the Republican primary.
William M. Massey, president of the Texas State Bankers association, refuses to comment on Captain Hamer's charge that the $5,000 reward for each bank bandit killed created a murder machine. He says any discussion must be by letter or in person. Massey notes rewards have reduced bank holdups in Texas.
City officials will cooperate with a Wichita aviation expert to launch plans for a municipally owned flying field. Wichita is noted as an air center with five airports and seven plane factories. Jeff Bartlett, city manager, spoke today.
City commissioner W H Brymer says the sentiment favors using city north land for an airport if enough space can be secured. The council weighs spending twenty five thousand to thirty thousand on improvements for leased land versus acquiring land. W A Askew proposes county farm land west of the city as a site for good highway access. Bruner Gilvin and Short form convention committee to pursue the 1929 Texas Realtors state convention.
Nearly two hundred mothers visited the Junior High school for the annual open house. Visitors toured rooms observing student work while some mothers stayed for lunch. Prize honors went to Mrs. W. W. Cox’s home room for the most visitor participation.
Market summary from Kansas City St Louis and Chicago with hogs calves and sheep receipts. Prices show steady to weak trends across regions and cattle and veal values listed along with top prices and weights. Also notes New York cotton market opens steady with gains on favorable census figures but rain outlook in the Southwest.
The cotton market opened firm as February domestic consumption reached 573,810 bales and mill stocks fell. Early trades gained 7 to 10 points, with May at 18.48, July 18.29 and October 18.02, finishing the hour 12 to 17 points higher and near the day’s top.
Cotton prices rise in Liverpool with American futures steady as sales reach 7 000 bales and receipts 15 000 bales. Chicago notes weaker potato markets with Wisconsin round whites at 2.15 to 2.25 and Florida crate prices for Bliss Triumphs and Spalding Rose varieties listed.
Poultry alive steady with fowls at 24 cents, broilers 42 to 44, turkeys 25 to 28 cents, roosters 17, springs 20 to 28, geese 10 to 12 cents per pound.
Chicago markets list butter and creamery products with varied grades and prices. Extras sell at 47 and 46 1/4 cents, firsts at 47 1/2 cents, seconds around 41 to 43 cents, and horse for other goods noted with 2.74 cents and 26 1/2 cents.
Widespread irregularity marks the opening as short interest eases in some issues. Radio blocks and shares of American Linseed rise on first sales, while General Motors General Electric and Montgomery Ward fall. Early trading slows after a furious pace. rails gain on consolidation talks. several issues jump on short covering. Sterling around 4.87 percent.
Washington officials say the United States will proceed with supervising the Nicaraguan presidential election next October under the Stimson agreement despite the Nicara gun legislature’s refusal to authorize the action. A compromise election bill was rejected.
A dense list of company names with trailing percentage figures and partial figures across industries including Anaconda Copper Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Baldwin Locomotive Bethlehem Steel California Petroleum Cerro De Pasco Copper Chicago and Northwestern Consolidated Cigars General Electric International Telecommunication Kansas City Southern Kennecott Copper Louisiana Oil and Refining Mack Trucks Marland Oil Mexican Seaboard Mid-Continent Petroleum Missouri Pacific Montgomery Ward Moon Motors Nash Motors National Biscuit National Distillers Packard Pan American Petroleum and Transcontinental Pennsylvania Pere Marquette General Motors Hudson Motors Hupp Motors Inspiration Copper International Nickel International Paper Phillips Petroleum Radio Corporation of America Shell Union Oil Skalty Southern Railway Studebaker Union Pacific United States Woolworth among others, with various percentage figures or placeholders.
A sweeping program outlines aims for Amarillo including more hotels, apartments, offices, shopping, and services. It calls for lower living costs, utilities, taxes, and rates, plus infrastructure like sewers, roads, a courthouse, airport, and a municipal pool. It also seeks stricter crime penalties and expanded public works including Bivins lake access and a scenic Palo Duro canyon route.
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