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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1928
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe News records its founding date and post office entry on February 20 1924. It notes evening editions except Saturdays and Sunday morning publication with Amarillo Daily News, under Globe News Publishing Co. at 6th and Fillmore with Sunday Nov 27 1928 date.
economist Roger W Babson spoke at a New York Good Will Conference calling war wasteful and urging diverting 3 billion dollars yearly from arms to public works He argued war denies justice harms democracy and fuels unrest while construction funding could double schools and highways without pacifism.
City authorities study traffic regulation changes to reduce congestion and curb right turns on red. Pedestrians have right of way when turning on red and drivers must stop before turning. Widespread disobedience prompts consideration of eliminating right turns on red if motorists improve behavior.
Lucy, six, becomes a problem at home as her mother seeks more affection from her father. The piece argues parental unhappiness fuels discipline failures and child distress, urging parents to mend for the sake of the child.
A country-wide survey forecasts building and loan associations, homestead associations and cooperative banks reaching 15 billion dollars in resources and serving 19 million members by 1932. The Bliss survey notes membership rising from 4 in 10 in 1917 to 10 in 100 in 1927, and an expected 16 in 100 saving by 1932.
Dixie Dugan, a show girl in Get Your Girl, returns to hotel room with sister Nita after opening night in Atlantic City. The morning scene shows Dixie irate over last night and a phone call from Jimmy Doyle while Denny Kerrigan is rumored to have helped Nita.
The National Association of Building Owners and Managers will hold its 22nd annual convention in Montreal June 10 to 14 1929 marking its first outside the United States. About 400 delegates from 110 cities are expected with headquarters at Mount Royal Hotel and major contingents from New York Boston Chicago and Detroit.
In a letter to the American hierarchy Pope Pius XI calls for stronger financial support for the Catholic university. He proposes a yearly Catholic University Sunday and a church collection, plus parish clergy and lay groups to back the university and voluntary child contributions. President Coolidge attends the rector installation and receives an honorary Doctor of Laws.
At Northwestern University medical school a new method treats varicose veins while patients continue work. Over 400 people have undergone the treatment, showing promise in reducing discomfort without extensive downtime.
A 1928 McNaught Syndicate column chronicles New York chop houses near Broadway in the 30s and 40s with Irish bacon and eggs, heavy puddings, and burly proprietors named Jimmie Eddie or Jack. The piece weaves in sea lion Trudy at the aquarium, steam engines, ping pong rooms, and social vignettes of Tenderloin characters.
Buster Bear slips from the woods at dawn to peek at a pigpen behind a barn and spots two big pigs and six piglets. He grapples with temptation, tries to run away into the woods, eats meager finds, naps, and circles back to where he started as night falls.
Dr G Takats describes a special clinic and a surgery professor explains injecting strong sugar solution into dilated veins. The treatment moves circulation to deeper veins relieving backward pressure in larger veins. Patients can avoid extended hospital stays and work absence of three to six weeks.
The puzzle enumerates clues ranging from Gatun Lake and animal fur hats to sun gods and number 3.1416. It notes a London insurance quirk about twins and Tooting, with streets containing paired names, and concludes with a remark on district pairs across schools.
A garbled OCR passage mixes numbers, questions, and partial phrases about geography language and common words. It includes prompts like what city is the capital of Greece and inquiries on animals plants and tools, arranged as a jumble of clues and remnants.
The Coaldale Rotary club petitions authorities to abolish basketball for school girls claiming five players contracted tuberculosis when no heredity susceptibility existed. In New York London and America women collaborate to study domestic servants with Miss Winifred Spellman visiting on Rockefeller foundation support. Luncheon speakers urge elevating domestics to professional status with a six day week and overtime pay. Also note Americans in Istanbul discuss eating "Indian" for dinner.
Members of the Santa Fe Shop crafts will attend a banquet tonight at the Amarillo Hotel. The program will begin at 7 30. It is the annual meeting of the crafts with an interesting program. A European scientist notes four hours of thinking can exhaust as much as ten hours of manual labor.
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