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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1928

Page

2

Johnson trial postponed by Oldham court

Special to The Globe. Vega March 14 The trial of Gus Johnson charged with assault and attempt to rob in the December Wildorado incident was postponed until August. Johnson was reported in Borger hospital after an appendicitis operation. Trevor Tate faces possible suspended sentence. Ray and Gugler cases also noted with Ray receiving a long sentence and Gugler's charges dismissed.

Globe VEGA Gus Johnson Wildorado Grain and Mercantile Company Wildorado Roy Harmon Johnson Borger Salmon Tate Wildorado State Tate Aubrey Ray Ray Roby Lawrence Gugler Vega State Bank

Industrial progress and illicit whisky aging device

A political piece extols working class output and rising car use while noting European wealth gaps. It claims high wages and low prices raise living standards. Police uncover a whisky aging plant using an electrical heater to age liquor quickly, with bootleggers leveraging the device to age drinkers' fortunes in months.

Europe

Flyers Continue Bold Flight Attempts Across Atlantic

The article lists several planes lost in attempts to fly from America to Europe or beyond. The White Bird, Sir John Carling, St Raphael, Old Glory, and Dawn are named with captains, crews, and tragic outcomes noted for some missions. This section mentions lights burning at Mitchell Curtiss fields and Philadelphia airport as crews persist.

Mitchell Curtiss Fields Island Philadelphia Atlantic White Bird Nungesser-Colt Sir John Carling Tully Metcalf Canada America Rome Frances Wilson Grayson Denmark New York

Fiddlers Offer Cash Prizes Up For Auction At Event

Fiddlers range ticket prices from 50 cents to 1 dollar with no war tax. About 200 dollars in cash prizes will be awarded for performances of old tunes from a generation ago. Entries include D. S. Dunwoody Panhandle Jess Morris Dalhart Jess Giles Vega J. M. Chapman Adrian P D Brown Plemions S B Sloan Oklahoma City Red Queen Friona Milt Trout Dimmitt W C Reeves Lelia Lake F L Parks Lipscomb H E Whelchel Amarillo J A Whittington Tohoka Tom Wright Pampa J T Marchall Canyor W T Walker Endee New Mexico J M Menire Groom A F Copeland Lubbock Lewia Franklin Vernon W M Houston Chilliothe S M Beck Plainview and Pat Hooker Shamrock.

D. S. Dunwoody Panhandle Jess Morris Dalhart Jess Giles Vega J. M. Chapman Adrian P. D. Brown Plemions S. B. Sloan Oklahoma City Red Queen Friona Milt Trout Dimmitt W. C. Reeves Lelia Lake F. L. Parks Lipscomb H. E. Whelchel Amarillo J .A. Whittington Tohoka Tom Wright Pampa J. T. Marchall Canyor W. T. Walker Endee New Mexico J. M. Menire Groom A. F. Copeland Lubbock Lewia Franklin Vernon W. M. Houston Chillicothe S. M. Beck Plainview Pat Hooker Shamrock

Income Tax Office Opens Tonight for Last-Minute Filers

Dozens queued at the deputy collector’s room 243 in the Federal Building as the Internal Revenue Service extended hours to midnight for final day tax returns. Meanwhile a testimonial praises Foley’s Honey and Tar for easing a lingering cough and bronchitis symptoms.

Internal Revenue Department Federal Building Foley Anne Davison Long Beach Calif

Panhandle Weather Brings Rain Cash Boom for Farmers

A Panhandle Texas letter reports rain and snow easing drought, boosting wheat acreage and lending a mood of optimism. Farmers expect ready credit, merchants see more business, and cattle prices rise. caution urged on speed fines affecting travelers and visitors.

Household Work Wanted Near Happy

A reader reports two help offers by telephone for a family of six near Happy. One ad seeks a housekeeper for a busy home. another seeks a middle aged lady for housework and baby care. The writer vents family car disputes claiming shared use prevents personal trips.

They Write To Tack What They Write To Tack THAT CENSUS

A poem and letters expose Amarillo readers reacting to census counts and social pleas. The piece notes residents disputing figures, neighbor scrutiny, and a writer who helped with late shifts to count those away at work. It includes a citizen proposal about using deposit interest to aid paying bills and a prison inmate seeking The Globe subscription and cigarettes through the paper.

E. R. Tack Care Globe News Amarillo Texas Tack

Search and Reconstruction Amid Deadly Ventura Floods

Officials report 191 bodies in morgues as inquests are ordered in Fillmore Moorpark Santa Paula and Oxnard Governor Young orders a state inquiry and the Railroad Commission plans a quiz A 11 member Ventura county committee surveys damage while mud bound countryside hinders recovery and rebuilding begins with heavy equipment and manpower indicated by teams of 300 mounted workers and steam shovels amid shifting river beds and broken infrastructure.

Fillmore Moorpark Santa Paula Oxnard Young State Railroad Commission Ventura County Board of Supervisors Pacific Newhall

Legion Auxiliary Dance Friday Night at Legion Home

The Ladies Auxiliary Hanson Post American Legion prepares a Friday night dance at the Legion home at 8 o clock. The American Legion orchestra will provide music and all post members are urged to attend. A buffet luncheon will follow several novelty dances.

Ladies Auxiliary Hanson Post American Legion Legion Home American Legion Orchestra

Rain Pours Across Texas Towns Amid Thunder and Hail

Rain swept across multiple Texas towns including Brownwood Childress Corsicana and regions from Texline to Fort Worth causing brief downpours and light hail. Strong winds and lightning accompanied the storm with no damage reported in several locales. Inland temperatures cooled as rain moved toward Dublin and beyond.

Wichita Falls Fort Worth Denver Texline Missouri-Kansas-Texas Forgan Southern Dublin Associated Press Childress Tex Lower Panhandle

Kidnapped 5 Year Old Gwendolyn Tharis Reported Missing

Leigh Nebraska March 15 An unknown man about 25 with a mustache abducted 5 year old Gwendolyn Tharis on Leigh streets at 8 30 am and sped east on the main highway in a Master Buick coach with an Iowa license. She has light hair blue eyes and wore a brown fur trimmed coat and a white green cap. The kidnapper had been in Leigh two days and was unknown locally.

United Press Leigh Neb Gwendolyn Tharis Iowa Gwendolyn

Levine Heads for Charleston in Transatlantic Monoplane

Charles A. Levine took off from Jacksonville at 10 40 a m in the Columbia bound for Charleston South Carolina en route from Havana to New York. He intends to continue to New York today with pilot Wilmer Stultz aboard.

Associated Press Jacksonville Fla Charles A. Levine Columbia Charleston S. C Havana New York Levine Wilmer Stultz

Crossword Puzzle Word List From A Bayside Penny Press

A compact crossword puzzle shows five letter words with clues across and down. It runs through definitions such as inlet of a lake arth to appear lukewarm and debt laden lines showing time weather and pricing hints.

Fragmented OCR Word List From Aged Text

A jumble of terms and phrases appears: numbers, abbreviations, and short definitions. Items include references like Johnny cakes the keynote reciprocal effect antagonist and sharp edge formed by two surfaces. Also terms on authority worship aging device two nickels and sun god.

Trial details unfold in Illinois drugstore shooting case

The testimony centers on a hold up and fatal shooting of a druggist. Robert s pleads guilty after tearful courtroom scenes while co defendant Troetter faces separate custody and sentencing actions. Mrs Laley and the victim s family react as witnesses corroborate or challenge alibis and venue validity.

Joe Laley

Men Needed in U S Army Say Lyles in Amarillo

Sergeant Earl Lyles of the Amarillo recruiting station reports openings across several branches. Air Corps requires two years of high school, with two available spots at Ft. Sam Houston Texas. Other needs include 10 for quartermaster corps Camp Normoyle Texas and 10 for veterinary corps Ft. Bliss Oklahoma plus 12 for medical corps Fitzsimmons Hospital Denver Colorado. Enlistments listed by name include Frank H. Rogers Amarillo and others assigned to Cheyenne Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio and Camp Normoyle Texas with multiple corps and stations.

Medical Corps Quartermaster Corps Veterinary Corps Air Corps United States Army Earl Lyles Amarillo Ft. Sam Houston Texas Camp Normoyle Ft. Bliss Oklahoma Fitzsimmons Hospital Denver Colorado Frank H. Rogers First Infantry Cheyenne Wyoming Dick G. Moore Hemet California Twelfth Field Artillery Will Hodge San Antonio Harold N. Luxemburg Allentown Second Signal Company Ft. San Houston Jess Fondren Mangum Twenty Third Infantry Robert L. Steedley Crowell Eighth Engineers James A. Conalser Shawnee Fred A. Pierce Tribley

Lincoln Life Employees Invited to Amarillo 1929 Meeting

The Board of City Development and Lincoln National Life agent C. B. Allenberry urge the state association of Lincoln Life employees to meet in Amarillo in 1929. The 1928 convention is in San Antonio, never before in this district. Amarillo agency policy holders bought $5,000,000 in insurance last year.

Board of City Development C. B. Allenberry Lincoln National Life Insurance Company State Association of Lincoln Life Employees San Antonio Amarillo

On a City Street by Edgar A. Guest Remembrance

A reflective poem on urban life observing a mother’s sorrow and a child’s fleeting joy along a city street. The verse moves through scenes of play, pain, and memory as life’s emotions arch the sidewalk. Death’s crepe and wreath appear beside gentle childhood moments.

Edgar A, Guest

Market reports from multiple U S cattle and cotton centers

Chicago and other markets show mixed cattle receipts and prices with hogs and sheep steady elsewhere. Cotton opens barely steady, then recovers in New York Orleans and Liverpool with May futures around 18 . Prices for poultry butter eggs and potatoes quoted with regional variations and major company listings.

Cae Ar Weet Cement Chicago New Orleans New York

Interesting Program Presented by Amarillo High School

The Amarillo High School public speaking department staged an entertaining program in the high school auditorium at 10 this morning. Readings, musical numbers and debates highlighted the event with Miss Oretha Cornelius in charge.

Amarillo Oretha Cornelius

General Motors Stock Rises to 164 on NYSE Rally

General Motors common stock surged on the New York Stock Exchange reaching 164 a share, the highest since last year’s stock dividend. The day saw rises as much as 14 a share amid volatile trading, with last night’s close at 157.

Associated Press New York Geran Motors Common New York Stock Exchange

Tack's Expanded Vision for Amarillo Prosperity

A sweeping platform for Amarillo promises bigger growth and lower living costs. It calls for retroactive companionate marriages, more hotels and housing, updated sewers, a municipal pool, golf course, airport, and central bus depot, plus lower taxes and utility rates.

Bivins Lake San Jacinto Amarillo Palo Dure Canyons

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