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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1924
Page
8
The Rotary club will host a ladies night banquet at the Amarillo Hotel Friday evening with Rotarian U. N. Olver presiding. The program committee promises a knockout, unique, holiday-tinged show unlike any Amarillo event before. The ladies night won’t conflict with the weekly luncheon, which will be held as usual on Thursday.
The Amarillo Motel has remodeled its club room and dance hall to host civic clubs this winter. It offers a large dancing floor and ample space for banquets, with festive decorations bearing the slogans of local clubs. A Checa painting valued at 1000 dollars depicting a Spanish villa in Madrid hangs on the north wall.
This morning in the justice of the peace court of H. R. Airheart five fines were assessed. Two men arrested last night for a dice game pleaded guilty and paid their fines. The other three pleaded guilty to drunkenness vagrancy and disturbing the peace respectively.
The '40 and 8' society of the American Legion will hold luncheons at the Amarillo hotel every other Tuesday starting tomorrow. The Hanson Post unit notes rapid growth and commendable work, promising snappy programs and lively meals to energize members.
Louis Kirsch will open a modern haberdashery in the Amarillo hotel lobby within a few days. Carpenters are preparing the location just off the lobby north of the Montgomery Oil company offices. Kirsch is a veteran Amarillo retailer and cites strong hotel guest demand for men's wear.
Jacksonville Florida November 17 The Associated Press Gov Cary A Hardee Florida declares conservation of natural resources the top issue before the people as governors gather for the sixteenth annual governors conference The opening sessions run through Tuesday and include a river voyage to Sanford with a tour of the southern part of the state About twenty governors attend the start of discussions
Highland Falls N Y November 17 Mrs Frances F Morgan widow of J Pierpont Morgan died at her home here last night at 82 after a stroke ten days earlier followed by pneumonia She had been unconscious for four days and her son J P Morgan was traveling from Europe and expected to reach New York Friday Funeral arrangements were held in abeyance until his arrival.
Sheriff Less Whitaker traveled to Childress today to answer a court summons from that county and appeal as a witness.
Frank R. Phillips of West Texas State Teachers College urges Texas School Survey commission findings apply to rural education. He argues courses must reflect country life, not city norms, and support freedom of occupation while aiding smart career choices for rural children. Globe want ads.
Houston nov 17 government to enumerate children and radio sets on Texas farms as part of a rural census beginning December 1. the survey covers 158 questions for 436,000 texas farms detailing land, debts, farm expenses, crops and livestock with strict confidentiality and no tax use.
Chicago reports its first snow of the season, about one tenth of an inch, melting quickly. Snowfall was confined to the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley, with youngsters in Lincoln Park pulling sleds before the coating vanished.
Washington November 17 After a final tribute from fellow newspapermen and public figures the veteran Cincinnati Times Star correspondent Gustav J Karger will be taken to Cincinnati for burial tomorrow. He died yesterday after a weeklong serious condition following an operation for appendicitis and gall stones. A National Press Club committee he formerly led will attend the funeral.
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