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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1928
Page
2
column featuring Tack’s views on Hoover, heredity myths, newspaper wisdom, and small anecdotes from Amarillo and Panhandle life. He riffs on politics, media ignorance, cattle prices, and a desperate job seeker asking for help. The piece blends social satire with local color and reader letters.
The writer reflects on vanished ventures of farmers who moved south and faced predatory land schemes. A former farmer boasts of wealth from his son near Pisinview while accounting for past earnings back in Towa. A restaurant jab about corn ends with a waitress reply.
Virg il Herald writes from Gentry County Missouri to Amarillo editor Tack Nee, disputing a headline about Nolte McElroy's death during a fraternity hazing. He argues no brutal hazing occurred, notes Delta Kappa Epsilon reforms, and asks for retraction to spare the university stigma. He recalls connections to local papers and hopes to meet in Amarillo.
United Press writer Richard Cantillon reports on Willian Edward Hickman and the two murder trials in 1928 San Quentin coverage. The attorney describes Hickman as calculating and morbidly curious about death while noting his calm demeanor toward juries and judges.
A letter from Hutchinson County to Amarillo readers questions the fairness of a hunting violation punishment reported in Whittenburg Texas a year ago. The writer contends humans face harsher treatment than ducks and asks readers if a duck’s life is valued more than a human life.
Paris designers unveil two sided hats offering dual appearances for winter wear. Styles include hats arching over the right eyebrow with left side slant and cloche brims turning up or down to reveal different profiles. Reboux models feature supple felt with curved crowns and uncovered left eyebrow.
A couple, after a movie date and a late night awakening preacher, persuaded John A. Stalcup, chief deputy clerk, to issue a marriage license. They married soon after. The bride’s mother verified the license, sounding anxious yet hopeful for the couple’s future.
A colossal German airship passes over the city amid a chorus of steam whistles and bells. A score of planes accompany it while crowds marvel at the silver craft and its unseen occupants. Remarks praise German achievement and call for a distinct air fleet, with aviation advancing beyond traditional military branches.
Seattle report details Rev Bernard Hubbard geology professor from Santa Clara University describing Kodiak Island exploration with Rod Chisholm. He asserts bears and endless rugged peaks exist in imagination and shares findings from a 200 mile interior journey with photos and material for academic work. Also notes local social updates about Perry Burks and Mrs Simms visiting kin.
Commander MacDonald carried 100 gallons of fuel at takeoff with 20 to 25 hour endurance depending on consumption. Wind conditions and weather affected estimates as he pursued a crossing to Ireland with good visibility near the south coast and variable conditions elsewhere.
Commander H C MacDonald, 83, set out from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to cross the Atlantic to England in a small 800 pound De Havilland Moth with 85 horsepower. He hoped to land in about eighteen hours using dead reckoning with no radio. Weather was poor with rain and strong winds as he faced a perilous nocturnal departure.
Mrs. Rigmar Jensen, Swedish masseuse who spent the summer in Denmark and Sweden, has returned to the city. Mrs. Wilson of the law firm Underwood Johnson Dooley Simpson left last Friday for Dallas. Mrs. Mickey Livers is in Dallas tending the fair.
Aaron Tucker of Big Rock community Van Zandt county had a grave dug and a coffin made for a future death yet remains strong at 75. He plans a standing burial with a coffin set upright in Bethesda cemetery eight miles south of Canton.
Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of the Republican National Committee, denounces a supposed unjust whispering campaign over Herbert Hoover’s English voter rolls. He cites British listing practices tied to tax records and warns against using these rolls in U.S. politics. The State Department confirms Hoover’s American citizenship and provides registration dates from 1908 and passport issuances through 1918.
The letter details a scheme to obtain six saw blades and coordinate with associates to meet in Lubbock. It instructs starting a normal letter with My dear and concealing the plan, directing the recipient to retrieve tools, with time windows and a satchel hidden at a defined building location. The note mentions not revealing the letter and references others involved, implying a coordinated criminal action.
About forty miles away a prisoner named Bracken was shot and killed today by one jail official. Three bullets struck him and he died almost instantly, amid rising tensions between prisoners and officers. Earlier Tuesday two prisoners assaulted Jailer J. H. Ramsey with an iron bar during an attempted jailbreak. An inquest was planned before County Judge H. G. Smith this morning. Bracken had been convicted of an earlier assault with intent to kill in a street shooting that wounded Dick Redding.
A poem about a white haired woman tending a garden beside morning glories zinnias and larkspur. The speaker reflects on flowers as companions for lonely mothers and aging parents whose daughters and sons grow and wander, and notes the garden endures beyond time.
Hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep across East St Louis, Chicago and other markets show varied shifts, with hogs generally lower and cattle steady to down. Cotton and futures in New York New Orleans and Liverpool edge higher or steady as traders react to weather and export data.
Bandits took 13000 in cash and securities during a bank raid. A ransom serial number trail on 1300 of five dollar bills helped trace one bandit to Oregon, where police pursued the suspect linked to Perry Parker of Los Angeles. The loot included serials 7166 to 7230, with appeals issued to the public to report matching notes.
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