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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1927
Page
2
The Amarillo police issue warrants for individuals who fail to answer charges after their cars are tagged for parking violations. Patrol records list offenders by name and address, with tags dated since September 27 on file and warrants issued for many.
A 17 year old, Francis Haynes, was shot in the eye on Tyler street when a shotgun held by J. T. G. Pullbright discharged unexpectedly. Haynes and companion L. A. Baird were in a car near Polk street. another bystander was hit but not injured. Fullbright was unloading the gun in front of the General Auto Supply company.
A dynamite blast wrecked the United States Coal company mine near Bradley eighteen miles south of Steubenville. Windows and lines were shattered, leaving Bradley cut off briefly. Seventeen dynamite stick stubs were found near the wrecked tipple.
Grover C. Bishop operates and manages the Amarillo Oil Exchange which is relocating its offices from the rear hall of the Amarillo hotel lobby to larger quarters in the same building at Third and Polk streets.
A detachment of 400 United States marines arrived in Shanghai aboard the Chaumont via San Diego. They replace men returning to the United States as their enlistments expire.
Jessie Cullum files a district court suit for divorce against J Roy Cullum, manager of Cullum Motor Co. in town. The action names the defendant as the managing officer of the local automobile business.
Od Tack outlines a broad Amarillo platform with lower taxes and rates and expanded public services. He calls for a municipal pool golf course park improvements and utilities reform to improve livability. The plan includes traffic projects viaducts and extended bus routes while regulating emergency vehicle driving and boosting industry engagement.
Erasmus Tack discusses George A. Turner family and their two year old son George Eugene Turner who learned the alphabet by 22 months using toy blocks. He notes other family members and offers humorous anecdotes about alphabets names and jokes, plus local commentary and reader contributions for a station project.
A reader’s letter rails at Potter County's courthouse conditions calling the building a disgrace and urging a new facility. It also critiques Gene Tunney versus Jack Dempsey and cites a New York judge on religion's role in preventing youth crime. The piece blends local outrage with social commentary and sports quarrels.
Southwestern Bell completes dial system installation and mails new numbers to users. The modern Exchange Building at Ninth and Tyler houses the new equipment with a brown directory distribution underway. Demonstration boards in offices and lobbies guide patrons while Amarillo High School students offer at home call instruction starting October 28 and 29.
A Amarillo correspondent criticizes J C Sisemore pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church for linking rain to his church organ’s explanation of the Tri State Fair being canceled. The writer urges rainfall during growing seasons to aid crops and mocks the pastor’s religious claims as superstition.
A resident Amarillo woman questions why business leaders claim to favor efficiency yet repeatedly reject an honest, efficient college trained stenographer. She notes her English mastery, reliability, and readiness to work while employers favor less experienced candidates. She seeks fair employment access.
The correspondent recalls attendance at a Deandi venue for a Dempsey Tunney fight and comments on Tunney’s stubborn stance. The writer hints at loyalty and past travel arrangements, noting dissatisfaction with a lack of contact and uncertain future camps.
A speaker laments unsanitary conditions in Amarillo and argues for maternity wards and hospital care to prevent blindness and death among children. He urges action to improve welfare and sanitation and recalls a heated debate about a cucumber being a melon.
A short reflective poem contrasts a backyard garden with inner toil. The speaker notes small failures in a year of labor and questions how beauty and growth coexist with decay. From a May garden, distant views appear ideal while nearer efforts reveal imperfection.
Close study reveals the scars of pain and strife on life and nature. Trees bear witness to denied dreams as faults creep in yet years pass and good remains visible amid suffering and wear.
Amarillo officials discuss moving the higher court to an offsite building to free space for the district court and county offices while awaiting bonds for a new courthouse. Judge Motlow cites safety and cost concerns and favoring a move to ease public access and jury space.
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show slow demand with top cattle prices around $11.40 and $11.75 for fat steers, she stock steady to higher, and hogs mixed. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans rise on frost and weather outlooks, while bonds trade with varied yields as traders assess tropical storm impacts and harvest conditions.
Col Marve B Haines vice president and general manager of the Board of City Development returned from Dallas after attending a Texas commercial executives association meeting and presenting Amarillo as a bid for future conventions. The 1928 commercial executives meeting went to Corpus Christi with no decision on the other convention. Abilene Amarillo Beaumont Harlingen Houston Galveston Mineral Wells and El Paso invited the Texas Pharmaceutical association. Amarillo is favored for the commercial executives meeting next year.
F. M. Blackburn of Blackburn's Powers has returned home from the national convention of funeral directors in Cincinnati. He stopped in St Louis and Kansas City while en route.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs W M Giles of 1304 East Fifth died early today at the residence. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o clock from the home with Rev W C Garrett officiating.
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