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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1928
Page
2
A cluttered Amarillo column blends post election chatter with light humor and local appeals. Notes on liquor prices, job openings, a lost terrier, a carnival, a Dallas trip, and a reader letter crown a snapshot of daily life in the Panhandle with calls for aid to a disabled man and a reward for a missing dog. The writer hints at political loyalties and personal plans while inviting community engagement.
A late AP tally shows evolving popular vote patterns and electoral vote estimates. Key counties and states are highlighted with shifts affecting the overall balance. Analysts note emerging trends in battleground regions and potential impacts on final results.
Local column endorses supporting the Boy Scout movement as highly effective for developing character. Fred DeCoster and Walter Barlow lead the drive with strong backing urged, while other notes include a housekeeper wanted for a Vega home and a winter figure job offering through Mr. Seufert at 2-2718.
A Central High Fort Worth graduate rebuts a Globe column asserting Lubbock Tech beat the Golden Sandies of Amarillo Hi 32 to 6. He recalls a 3 0 score by Chubby DeWitt for Tech and insists the Sandies, a high school team, could not have been defeated by Tech and calls for a correction.
In Texas the dispute between regulars and bolters over Prohibition and religious tolerance persists. Democratic leaders refuse to concede, with W. A. Thomas predicting lasting party splits and Jed Adams denying olive-branch gestures. Hoover leads Texas electors as results tighten and Harry Wurzbach contests for re election in a tight Texas race.
D. W. Wilcox of Georgetown could not be reached to comment on anti Smith bolting moves while Governor Moody, ill with lagrippe, and Morris Sheppard face criticism from party leaders. State Treasurer Hatcher urges patience, preferring no party reorganization until after legislative work. A separate note mentions cost savings from a new window strap fabrication method.
A brief correspondence note from Mr. E. B. Fincher to a addressed recipient signifying a recent letter arrival and good health. The message conveys courtesy and wellbeing.
The letter writer says he is back cooking in the guards kitchen after furlough and expresses appreciation for encouragement letters while noting few received. He recalls meeting many who claimed friendship during furlough and hints at continuation on page nine.
Amarillo police say W. T-Bone Stout and Oren Stewart arrested Monday over a Clarendon store burglary will face trial in Donley County on the upcoming Monday. The robbery happened Sunday night and officers received summons this morning. Both defendants are out on bond in connection with other Potter County theft cases.
Gustave Blucher of Reading tested a tidal power machine in Cape May that failed and nearly claimed his life before rescue. he jokes the device is for the fishes. Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler return from Europe amid rumors he gave her a million, which he denies, saying he gave his love instead.
Washington report from November 8 states the four year old motor bus industry operates over a mileage route five percent greater than the American railway system. In 1927 the bus division ran at 1.1 cents per seat mile versus 26 cents for private rail. Sixty six bus companies carried over 400 million passengers last year. The motor coach is seen as the natural result of demand for swift, comfortable and economical transport.
Jerry Wilson 20 of Little Rock Ark died last midnight after being fatally wounded while fleeing an eight man sheriff posse in St George Utah. His companions Jack Williams also of Little Rock Gladys Brown 20 and Violet Sutton 21 of Omaha Neb are jailed on multiple charges including stealing gasoline resisting arrest and auto theft. Disruption of communications with the northern Lesser Antilles during the Porto Rico hurricane delayed news of the damage for weeks.
The Doughboy Memorial presented by the Liano Estacado chapter DAR will be dedicated at 11 39 Monday during Armistice Day ceremonies with Edward W Thomerson as master of ceremonies. Amarillo merchants urge businesses to close at 11 and schools to dismiss at noon except juniors and seniors marching at 10 45. Hasson Post American Legion leads the program. a two minute citywide silence occurs at 11. Dr John C Grandberry of Lubbock will deliver the main address at Municipal Auditorium at 7 30 Sunday night. A grand banquet at the Amarillo Hotel closes Armistice Day Monday evening.
A Chamber of Commerce bulletin recalls the 1909 Rheims aviation meet as Walter Parker describes the chaotic early flights. He notes most machines failed, ambulances followed, and Glenn Curtiss pursued the grand prize amidst primitive designs and winds.
The piece argues Republicans would win eight more Senate seats and possibly gains in the House, giving them a clear margin. It says this shifts balance away from mid western insurgents who had blocked progress with Democratic allies and hindered key legislation.
The Globe reports Salvation Army officials seeking a Christian couple with no children to adopt a small baby. The couple, after the announcement, asked for a chance to see and care for the child before finalizing the adoption.
Tammany Hall leader George V. Olvany says the organization performed 100 percent from top to bottom to explain Governor Smith's smaller NYC plurality of 448,000 versus an estimated 581,000. He cites the prosperity issue and business men swayed by it. Hoover leads in Iowa and Arizona votes cited.
Democratic leaders in Florida remained dazed as returns from Tuesday's election kept swelling Hoover's lead. With about 1,200 precincts total in the state, 997 reported Hoover 126,662 to Smith 90,712, yielding a 30,000 plus margin for the president.
Dr. Henry D. Hatfield, Republican, led Senator M. M. Neely, Democrat, by 8,222 votes in preliminary results from Charleston West Virginia as November 8 reports rolled in.
Chicago voters chose Oscar De Priest a black candidate to replace the late Martin B. Adden in the First District near complete returns show De Priest leading by about 8000 votes with three precincts remaining. Questions arise if he will be seated in Congress amid indictments tied to vice and gambling in the city.
In Colorado on November 8 1938 unofficial returns from 1 543 of 1 591 precincts show Governor Adams Democrat with 235 950 votes and Boatright Republican with 136 406 votes.
Chicago on November 8 saw the Women’s National Committee for Law Enforcement begin a public push advocating stronger policing and crime prevention measures. Leaders named include prominent reformers and civic organizers urging coordinated action across jurisdictions.
Democratic congressman Tom D. McKeown led Fred L. Patrick by more than 1000 votes as complete returns arrived from several counties. In 430 precincts McKeown had 83 077 to 31 998 for Patrick though two counties, Hughes and Seminole, delayed results by injunctions with many precincts still unreported.
Franklin D. Roosevelt began a three week vacation in Warm Springs Georgia after winning the New York governorship by a plurality of 29 000 with 2 095 522 votes to Albert Ottinger's 2 054 347. New York City favored Roosevelt by about 400 000 votes.
A poetic dialogue asks who the bondmen are and describes their stylish hats, pearls gray spots, and snappy ties. It reflects on debt, ambition, and the lure of stock market wealth, ending with the line about someday becoming a customer at the speaker's office.
East St Louis and Chicago auction totals show hogs easing 10 to 20 cents with top around 9.25 for 180 to 250 pound hogs. Cattle and calves mixed with steady to lower values, fat lambs led sheep gains. Kansas City and Fort Worth posts reflect similar declines and steady to lower cattle figures, with notable multi-state activity and a strong wool of prices across regions.
Liverpool reports show good demand for spot cotton with American grades steady to lower and futures largely unchanged as sales reach 6 000 bales. New Orleans opens irregular, declines early then steadies as New York firming prompts a brief rally before last minute liquidation.
Trading paused for government crop data but prices rose 2 to 4 points from the prior close. December and January contracts jumped after resumption, then retraced as New York offered a mixed response. Short-covering lifted December to 18.84 and January to 18.88 as analysts noted a smaller crop than government estimates. Poultry and produce markets showed ease in fowls and butter with modest price changes. The New York Stock Letter highlighted copper and oil gains with notable highs for Anaconda Copper and several majors, while a long list of equities advanced in mid-session trading.
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