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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1928
Page
17
Bemarillo residents received letters from 12 year old Donald MacQueen urging public playgrounds. The child argues outdoors activity keeps youth healthy and safe, cites need for supervised recreation, and asks town to sponsor a playground with a trained leader.
Directors authorized a committee to prepare and budget for the Board of City Development for the new fiscal year starting April 4. They heard reports on various projects including the Panhandle-Plains Dairy show publicity and progress on an industrial corporation. A letter of appreciation to St Anthony's parish was also authorized.
Mrs Hardy begins a substantial, personal project to assemble papers letters and notes for a forthcoming biography of Thomas Hardy. She notes the task will require extensive preliminary work and the input of friends and acquaintances.
The speaker notes no definite arrangement yet for a biography of her husband. She says intimate friends will recall him, and she hopes for timely completion but cannot share specifics. The work will proceed, driven by a strong wish to see it finished without undue delay.
Nellie Kimes sister of famous gangster brothers faces preliminary murder hearing in Hughes county jail. Accomplices Blackie Troberts and David Palmer, both linked to Epperly death, to be tried after beating claim filed February 20. Epperly, 54, farmer, accused trio in attack.
In the past winter predators approached human dwellings to kill and feed on livestock. The Greenwood Springs community sponsors the hunt with oldtimers noting mountain areas are infested with Hons. A special Denver train will carry city hunters to the area.
One man died and several others were seriously injured in an oil refinery explosion in Baton Rouge Louisiana today. Initial reports said one more person was possibly fatally hurt as emergency crews responded to the blast.
Joe DeWitt, a Standard Oil Louisiana refinery employee with 11 years on the job, was killed and fellow worker Hubert Penny was seriously injured in an incident at the refinery.
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