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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1928
Page
2
A personal column from Amarillo blends local politics and small town quirks. Notes include visitors Billy Clark and Cy Leland hunting geese, Wichita Falls versus Amarillo football bets, and remarks on mayoral hopes, selling a local book Them Texans, and a postponed Erasmus Tack banquet.
A local appeal urges Amarillo residents to donate toys for a Christmas tree at the Day Nursery and support a Community Chest targeting 25000 for Welfare Society Salvation Army and Junior Red Cross. Funds will aid emergency care, food, medicine, fuel, clothing, and shelter for hard up families in Amarillo and surrounding areas.
A reader recalls abundant wild turkeys in 1892 and asks columnist for help securing birds from the State Game Commission to start a new flock at a canyon site. He believes he can protect them from hunters and seeks official support.
The piece contrasts stock market chaos with quotes about Florida values and a warning that the boom cannot last. It notes a seat on the exchange selling for 550000 and predicts seats could reach 1000000, while sharing a British worry over King George as doctors report the king’s temperature at 101 and lung illness. The report also remarks on the Prince of Wales hunting a lion eight feet long in Africa.
Mrs. Laura Williams, 35, died after an automobile occupied by Houston police answering an emergency call struck her last night. Transportation experts of Europe recently stated that buses will soon replace street cars.
The house committee investigating campaign expenditures arrived in McAllen Texas to scrutinize alleged irregularities in the November 6 election. About 150 witnesses are to be subpoenaed as deputy marshals accompany the panel led by Rep Fred Lehlback.
Harmony, NL, a hamlet near Woodstock, sees the town rocked by a burglary of sin as ex-policeman Carl Gerschel buys the general store and Sheriff Cy Sanford raids it. Forty farmers jailed after a midnight raid on a gambling and liquor operation.
Seventy children were rescued with no injuries when a fire destroyed the St. Vincent De Paul Sisters of Charity summer home for orphans near Farmington, Detroit. Sisters of Charity carried out rescues by wrapping youngsters in blankets as they escaped, with the cause undetermined.
Eva Fryar 42 surrendered to officers in Palestine Texas saying she acted in self defense after being attacked with stove wood. She is charged with murder of her husband Ed Fryar 64 who was shot twice on his Walston Springs area farm. Fryar said he broke into her bedroom with a piece of wood before the shooting.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced the formation of the Standard Oil Export Corporation to handle export business of five subsidiaries. This move precedes the creation of a General Oil Export Association under the Webb act, with Standard eligible for membership.
Lieutenant Benjamin Mendez, Colombian army aviator, rests with more than a third of his New York to Bogota flight completed. He plans to depart Havana Harbor tomorrow in a seaplane for Puerto Hurritos, Guatemala, about 800 miles away.
Chicago boasts five million dollars in toys and fifty million dollars in confections for Santa Claus as the Chicago Association of Commerce reports strong holiday supplies. The piece notes a Chicago warehouse and north pole factory link, promising a merry season for children.
In Juneau Alaska on November 26 the region around the Lower Yukon imposed a shotgun quarantine to stop smallpox spread after five cases in Marshall and more in Mountain Village. Deputy health commissioner A J Sutherland flew to Marshall to enforce vaccination. Indians and Eskimos face high risk from the disease.
A dog saved George Badzek an Oneida county farmer by chasing off an enraged bull that trampled him. Badzek suffered several broken ribs and cuts and bruises but is expected to recover.
Lloyd Tettleton a 17 year old boy died after a hunting accident near Nocona Texas. He was shot accidentally Saturday and died last night following an operation.
The murder trial of Charley Garwood Frank Miller and Lloyd Carter for the club murder of John Laing a Houston painter began today before District Judge Hodges in Lufkin Texas.
John J. Siddall, 36, Chicago, was burned to death when a cigarette ignited his clothing and spread to the car and garage after he opened the hood to inspect engine trouble. Firefighters battled the blaze as neighbors watched.
Thomas David Rice age nine died in Sour Lake Texas after a brain concussion from a head blow during a ward school football game played last Saturday.
Two seats on the New York Stock Exchange sold for 530000 each, a new record and five thousand dollars above yesterday's sale, according to a report from New York.
The Prince of Wales bagged five lions at Rabati in Tanganyika Territory. The largest measured eight feet eight inches from tip to tail. His tour from Arusha to Dodoma was highly successful and he enjoyed excellent health. He held a successful bazara native court at Dodoma attended by chiefs from across the territory.
Ezra Meeker the 97 year old Oregon trail pioneer is critically ill in Seattle. Once crossed the plains by ox team in 1861 and 1906 he later traveled by automobile in 1910 and recently flew to Washington, D C with Lieut. Oakley G Kelley the first trans continental flyer.
Thirty seven cases were heard by Judge 8. D. Ridings in police court this morning from arrests on Saturday and Sunday. Twenty two arrests on Saturday mostly for disturbances and fifteen on Sunday primarily for traffic charges. Police chief H. L. Gaither reports crime at a minimum in Amarillo.
St Louis November 26 William R Dawes Chicago financier and brother of Charles G Dawes vice president of the United States was sponsored by many delegates as a candidate for presidency at the Mississippi Valley Association 10th annual convention opening here today
Fresno Calif Nov 26 The mono plane Albatross with pilots Lee Schoenhair and John Guglilmetti surpassed the twenty second hour in an endurance flight at 4 41 a m as fog shrouded Fresno the scene of the Sunday morning takeoff.
A study for Chicago architect Walter W. Ahlschlager shows the United States is not a skyscraper nation. The average office building height is twelve stories, with New York and Chicago far exceeding the national norm.
In New Orleans on November 26 the American Federation of Labor debated tightening of bars against immigration. Several resolutions on immigration were submitted to the resolution committee for consideration during the annual convention.
Admiral Rein hard Scheer who directed the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland died in Berlin aged 65 while traveling from Dresden to Mannheim. Promoted chief of the imperial German fleet in February 1916 he led the fleet during the noted battle and later succeeded Von Holtzendorf as chief of the admiralty fleet in July 1916.
A compact verse urging steady daily growth through humor grace and industry rather than seeking fame. It likens good life to an oak that slowly grows through humble tasks and service, advising strength honesty friendliness and truth to earn respect.
Animal markets show hogs and cattle mixed in Fort Worth and East St Louis with hogs up to 10 cents higher and cattle steady. Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans rise to around 20 cents with further gains via Liverpool notes, while Chicago grains strengthen on firmer Liverpool quotes and steady butter, eggs, and poultry markets.
Special to the Globe Guymon Okla Nov 26 Tilden Pete Johnson mail pilot on Continental Air Lines killed when his plane crashed near Maysillon Colorado Sunday afternoon was a native of Guymon Johnson was reared here attended local schools His mother Ellen Johnson left Guymon two weeks ago and was in Cleveland at the time of the accident The young aviator was popular in the city He is expected to have his remains brought here for interment Johnson visited in Amarillo and was well known to local fliers Cleveland Ohio Nov 26 Five people including a woman and two airmail pilots were killed in Ohio crashes over the weekend The pilots were Lawrence H Garrison near Warren Tilden Pets Johnson near West Lebanon Edwin H Bassett and his wife near Edgerton
Cases on the civil docket of county court are being heard this week and next by Judge Sam B. Motlow. No criminal cases will be heard during the two weeks except pleas of guilty to misdemeanor charges. A civil case called in the morning was settled by agreement after the jury had been impaneled.
A dense catalog lists numerous companies and brands across oil, steel, automotive, chemicals, and manufacturing sectors. Entries include General Electric, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford rivals, Republic brands, oil majors, mining firms, and transport lines, indicating a wide industrial panorama.
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