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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1927
Page
2
Attendance of at least 300 is planned for a Tuesday luncheon honoring Edward M. Bassett city planning authority. He will discuss Amarillo development problems after arriving from Memphis Tennessee and touring local area.
Chicago markets report 35,000 heavy hogs and 82,000 cattle with mixed gains and steady to higher quotes. Kansas City and New York grain and produce markets show soybeans, corn, wheat, butter and eggs movements, with foreign exchange firm in New York.
Stocks opened higher led by United States Cast Iron Pipe after a 3 point rise to a 1917 peak. Goodyear preferred gained four points to 117 as settling litigation boosted sentiment. Texas and Pacific and Allied Chemical slipped slightly while foreign exchange firm with sterling near 4.46 and francs around 3.91 cents.
A mixed column repeats letters from C Laymen about Kansas and Texas tensions. It laments a dangerous Rock Island crossing near San Jacinto and vows to press the railroad to fix it. The writer recalls a wedding proposal and a humorous recounting of engagement anxieties with O W and Amarillo.
Cattle at Kansas City 12 000 head calves 1500 yearlings and stockers steady bulls 15 to 2éc higher choice weighty steers 12.00 12.75 top dealers 11.00 hogs 11 000 active top hogs 9.55 packing sows 7.65 8.26 sheep 18 000 lower California spring lambs 17.00 Arizonas 16.50 26.75 best natives 16.75 Texas wethers 9.50 top ewes 7.50 Oklahoma City cattle 2 000 steady top medium fed steers 9.50 Texan grassers 6.25 western cows 6.65 7.50 choice native cows 6.75 5.00 hogs 800 higher bulk 9.04 9.20
Fort Worth notes cattle sales at 6 600 head including 2 400 calves with steady prices across beeves, stockers and fat cows and a range for hogs and lambs. Cotton seed oil closes steady in New York with prime summer yellow at 9.00 9.15 and futures from May to December listed. total sales 4 900.
Senator Joe Moore pressed for a full Senate investigation into securities of S. M. N. Marrs state superintendent of instruction charging him with openly advertising as a gubernatorial candidate. Moore cited use of state funds for Rockwall advisory trips and stamps to circulate letters on senators votes. No action was taken.
The Amarillo College of Music will run a six week summer term from June 1 to July 10. Head Emil F Myors says the term offers intensive courses for music teachers and extensive work in theory harmony and vocal and instrumental technique. Many out of town students and Panhandle instructors have enrolled.
Hanson Post No 54 of the American Legion schedules an important meeting at 8 o clock Tuesday night at the legion club rooms. Delegates for the district convention in Lubbock will be elected and plans for a final drive for new members will be discussed. Post commander Lewis P Fields urges full attendance with promises of refreshments.
The narrative follows Ruth Snyder's march to the execution chamber at Sing Sing. A crowd gathers at the gates as she is escorted to the receiving house, with witnesses noting the solemn procession and the final steps toward the end of the world as she nears death.
Nine more flood deaths were reported as Mississippi floods spread through south central Louisiana. A widow and her eight children perished in Plancheville as Bayou des Glaises levee gaps widened. Up to fifty miles of levee is feared to fail, while hundreds are marooned on house tops in St. Landry parish.
A reader to Tack defends the Amarillo beauty contest judging and Miss Winslow. He disputes M Ribeau and Atlantic City standards, praising Winslow for natural poise, stage presence, and a balanced physique appropriate for Miss Amarillo.
The American Humane urges readers to consider other life as God’s children and to restrain cruelty to animals. It argues that humans should teach children kindness, suggesting use of harmless substitutes like rubber balls to prevent pain to kittens and puppies.
Federal court opened with numerous guilty pleas in liquor cases tied to oil fields. Harlem Rahal and others faced charges from concealed assets to possession of liquor. Homer Deel admitted morphine possession and received six months probation. Red Russell jailed after guilty pleas on a still and whisky, two-year term for transporting a stolen car, and other fines were imposed. Assistant U.S. Attorneys led the proceedings as the jury returned verdicts in two uncontested civil cases.
Rev H W Virgin former pastor at First Baptist here and now at North Shore Baptist Chicago will conduct a Vega revival in June per Vega Baptist Church notices. He will arrive in Vega Wednesday June 22. Vega citizens hail the selection as an honor and anticipate a great revival.
E I Dupont de Nemours and Co declared an extra dividend of 1.50 dollars on common stock in addition to the regular dividend of 2 dollars and the quarterly 14 percent on debenture stock. The extra dividend payable June 6 to holders of record June 1. The regular June dividend payable June 16 to holders of record June 1. Debenture dividend payable July 25 to holders of record July 9.
Bertha May Jane Walter six year old daughter of Mrs Nelli M Walker 704 Monroe street received a birthday party this afternoon A children bunga low was a feature The piece urges reforms for animal care and cleanliness in town noting the city pound at Fourth and Monroe and calling for an animals protective league and public action from readers.
United Press reports the six day Army maneuvers begin with Reds north of San Antonio and Blues to the south. Infantry moves into battle today as aircraft clash in a preliminary skirmish along the Colorado river. Reds aim to cross the Cibolo.
The convention promotes crop diversification despite cotton growth plans in Texas. It condemns state tax waste, urges passage of a constitutional amendment on taxation, opposes higher fire insurance rates, and pushes bolstering common schools and higher learning within the state. It notes cotton sled harvesting as a future improvement and cautions against large cotton acreages given market conditions. Leaders emphasize funds for education without tax increases.
In Austin on May 16, the economy bloc proposed 53 amendments cutting 471,920 from a 10 million eleemosynary appropriations bill. They warned of further cuts surpassing 1,000,000. Notable trims include 200,000 from prison budgets, 150,000 for hospital vegetables, and elimination of acute treatment funds. Building funds for several institutions were rejected, including 25,000 at Abilene and 50,000 at Austin.
W. G. McKee of Artesia New Mexico travels through the city with twelve cars of two year old Texas Longhorn steers. He expects to fetch top price at the Kansas City market praising a good winter ample grass and water east of Mescalero ridge ninety miles from Artesia as the reason for the fine condition.
A new plan lets suburban residents buy a combined dinner theater ticket plus a round trip on an auto bus. Portsmouth becomes the first town to try it, sending four buses carrying 90 people weekly. The scheme will roll out to other nearby cities.
Washington May 16 The supreme court declared California's criminal syndicalism law valid and constitutional in a case brought by Charlotte Anita Whitney. Whitney's conviction for organizing the Communist Labor Party was affirmed with the opinion that free speech does not excuse speech harming the public welfare.
The Kansas criminal syndicalism law was upheld by the supreme court in the Harold B. Fisk case. The court ruled that IW W membership and organizing activities in Geneseo did not constitute offenses under the state, and possession of the IW W constitution preamble was not enough to prove intent to use unlawful methods.
The John Francis shows open tonight on Fourth Street at the former Gasser Park site for a one week carnival run. Rides, sideshows, midway attractions and the Joy Shop style concession stands headline the event with a portion of gross receipts going to the Elks Charity fund.
In London on May 16 labor members boycotted the House of Commons to protest Premier Baldwin's move to limit debate on the trades union bill to sixteen days. The measure would outlaw coercive strikes and restrict labor actions.
MeLi Langfang the famed Chinese actor known for his female impersonations will marry actress Meng Shiu-tung. The union would be his third marriage with his second wife also an actress. Local tales allege Mei’s first wife, jealous of the rival, prompted the third marriage in revenge.
Denver spectators watched 18 year old Miss Lou Ella Parka ple plunge from a speeding airplane with a giant parachute for thrill. She crawled free and quipped for a powder puff while recounting a fear of landing on cactus.
Mr and Mrs Earl Fuqua and their son Wylie have returned to Amarillo from El Paso where Wylie was examined by specialists. His condition has improved and the Fuquas followed doctors advice to return home.
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