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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1928
Page
4
Absentee voting ends at 6 o clock today in Amarillo. Those away on election day should file ballots at the county clerk’s office before the hour. Ballots cannot be accepted after today. About 160 absentee votes had been filed by noon. In July 315 ballots were cast.
George Harsh, 19, son of a Milwaukee shoe manufacturer, and Richard Gallogly, 18, Atlanta family member, were subject to a three hour alienist examination in a murder indictment. Doctors said the tests were only initial and inconclusive.
GALVESTON Texas Nov 2 for the first time in 52 years the Tremont hotel failed to open to travelers yesterday The structure long unique among southern hotels by having an elevator will be torn down for a modern building The Tremont opened in 1876 and hosted many functions of importance.
County clerk records show only 43 marriage license certificates issued in October marking the year's lowest 30 day total. The decline stands six below September while Amarillo averages about 62 licenses monthly with June highest.
Two unidentified men were found dead in the ruins of an East Side garage after a major fire swept the area. The blaze destroyed about 200 automobiles and displaced thousands in a densely populated lower Manhattan district.
Troy Stinson of Sanger was badly hurt in Gainesville when his car struck a gravel wagon set in a street by Halloween celebrants. Sheriff Doak Dudley said an investigation was underway and several arrests were expected.
Sharpsburg North Carolina November 2 A political argument led to a shooting that killed Blaine Farmer a policeman his brother in law T W Fitts a former Sharpsburg mayor fired the fatal shot in front of the post office Witnesses included bystanders Mrs Frank Lawson from Washington DC visiting her sister Mrs Ella D Carlander
Jean Arthur is cast as Alys La Fosse in The Canary Murder Case with William Powell as Philo Vance and Louise Brooks as the canary. James Hall Gustav von Seyffertitz Charles Lane Louis John Bartels and Ned Sparks also join the important cast.
Officers for the ensuing year were installed at the regular meeting of the Young Men’s Club at the Amarillo hotel. New officers include Lewis P. Fields president Horace Griggs first vice president Lewis Quickeall second vice president Floyd Jones secretary R L Bob Yeager treasurer and B I Barfield sargent at arms. Retiring officers were FE Archembeau president George L Vineyard first vice president J W Hill second vice president Claude Keeney treasurer and Paul Boxwell secretary. Jim Webb oversaw the program and Caradine Hooten spoke on club duties.
Secretary Kellogg ordered the state department closed yesterday at 1 o clock in respect to former Secretary Robert Lansing whose funeral services were held at his home at 1923 Eighteenth Street Burial will take place at Brookside cemetery Watertown New York today.
Vienna report says Simon Steiner a wine merchant died at age one hundred five after years of two quarts daily. He quit drinking a year before his death, grew weak, and claimed water killed him.
Milwaukee officials face a snag as William George Bruce, a delegate to the Milwaukee launch in Germany, receives a telegram asking for the city flag to be sent for the ceremony. A 1917 flag design remains unapproved, with options including a blue and green banner with a red circle and a cream M, or a beer barrel motif.
Dr A B Winsett and Dr J Roscoe will return this weekend from Chicago where they attended the convention of railway surgeons. Miss Willie Pearson of Wilmar has recently returned from El Paso.
The article lists various local notices including a woman attending the state convention of the Order of the Eastern Star and her reelection as state treasurer for the thirteenth year. It mentions Mrs. J. B. Wise at St. Anthony hospital after surgery, Angeline Lang ill at home, and details on Baptist church electrical work by Triangle Electric. Also notes Mrs. Jack Batsall returning from Canada, Margaret Kerr returning to work, Hassel Starks' transfer to Clovis, and Matt E. Roberts returning home from Tennessee Avenue.
George Starks recently transferred to Altus Oklahoma as J. C. Penney store manager returned to Fort Worth for a family trip and was honored at a local store party. L F Haseltine arrived to work with Advertising & Sales owner Mr Wood to launch a window display service with offices in the Smith building. The text notes Canada’s first fur shipment to England in 1676.
The Texas charter notices list Trans-Pecos Oil of Fort Worth with 78 000 non par shares, incorporators Leo F. Reardon Wilson Harding and S C Wilkinson. Navajo Oil Company of Texas Amarillo with 30 000 capital and incorporators Roy W. Schenck Wales H. Madden Charles H. Keffer. North Texas Oil and Gas Company Gainesville with 10 000 capital and incorporators F C Beattie A O Clark C L Derrick. Egypt’s used car problem noted as serious.
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