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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1928
Page
2
A reader challenges Tack's column on Al Smith and Hoover politics, defending free opinion while noting cattle price debates and postwar blame. The column recounts exchanges with Bob and Lynn, reflects on misquoted wealth estimates, and closes with a string of political and humorous vignettes from the era.
The report lists weapons used in the battle including a double bar rel shotgun a pump gun two automatic pistols a scythe a hoe a fence post two dogs a razor and ice tongs. The jury deliberated over two hours returning a verdict weighed by comic sentiment not stated. A note mentions a laundry fire not affecting business and a charity bridge party planned at the Palo Duro hotel to aid a deserving young woman.
Antonia Fernandez Lopez died in San Jorge near Ferrol at 97 leaving five children thirty grandchildren forty eight great grandchildren fifteen grandchildren in-law and thirty seven other relatives. The family counts 135 members and a village inscription proclaims Here lies the mother of a whole village.
The Amarillo high school band directed by Oscar Wise and Miss Lorene Welch presented a sixty three piece program in the auditorium during chapel. Solo xylophone numbers by Neal Bauer and a public debut by the boys quartet drew applause. The program closed with the orchestra performing In the Clock Store and the Victorious Legions March. Proceeds fund band and orchestra equipment.
Wade Holman and Dr. O M Franklin hunted in Arizona after deer and wild turkey. A native showed a bear tract and they trapped a 350 pound black bear on the second night out. They returned after a week with a carload of game and praised the trip.
The Messiah Chorus of Amarillo College of Music with 100 voices will rehearse at 8 p m in the studios. Emil F Myers urges new members to join quickly as enthusiasm runs high for a planned December 15 Handel Messiah performance at the auditorium.
Charles M. Ackerman 62, custodian at the North West Texas hospital, died last night. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at Griggs chapel, Rev. G L Yates officiating. Burial will be in Glen Ellen Illinois after a Santa Fe Railway burial train. Survived by widow and three Amarillo sons Ralph Miles and C C Ackerman. He belonged to I C O F lodge and the Presbyterian church.
Miss Theresa Webb takes the role of Janet in The Ship tonight. She leads the expression department at Amarillo College of Music and studied dramatic art at the University of Oklahoma West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon and the Chicago School of Expression.
In Jackson Mississippi on October 23 a Baltimore traveling salesman, George H. Taggart, is hailed as the world’s champion sleeper after being found asleep and snoring in the wrecked Vicksburg division train near the city. He said he did not care about the wreck.
City commissioners will meet in the City Hall tonight to hear the auditor's report prepared by Thos. F. Cartwright and to discuss the fiscal year budget beginning April 15. Jeff Bartlett, city manager, says action was delayed by absence of several commissioners. Contracts for minor improvements at the flying field, postponed from last Tuesday, will also be considered.
The Panhandle Highways association opened its session in Borger at 11 o clock with 26 counties represented. A. A. Callaghan of Panhandle presided with George W. Briggs of Pampa as secretary. Visitors lunched with the Borger Rotary club as the meeting continues this afternoon.
W. W. Chilton, director for U. S. Highway 66, missed the fall meeting in St. Louis due to a serious family illness. Col. Harve H. Haines, vice president and general manager, remained in St. Louis to attend the gathering and bid for the annual Highway 66 meeting.
Thirty four men attended the initial session of the boy leadership training course at Central Presbyterian Church. The Amarillo Boy Scout council conducts the course with Porter Underwood and Frank Butler as scoutmasters and Erwin Slay as scout scribe. The training committee includes Horace Russell as chairman, R F McMillian, Porter Underwood, Rey Britain, and Carter Matthews.
Wade H. Cravey 34 a Armstrong county farmer died at a local hospital yesterday afternoon His body is held at N S Griggs and Sons funeral home pending out of town relatives arrival He is survived by a widow two brothers J C Cravey Claude Texas and W W Cravey Minko Oklahoma and two sisters Mrs George Coley and Mrs Arthur Cheats of Minko Funeral arrangements awaited today or tomorrow.
The tenth district of the International Advertising Association reports improved finances as A. D. Collins secretary announces at the convention opening in Wichita Falls Texas. About 125 persons register by noon on Monday.
The body of Jack Dunn owner and manager of the Baltimore Orioles lay in state after he died yesterday at bird dog field trials near Baltimore. Hundreds of friends and admirers sent condolence telegrams and letters to his widow, including many prominent figures in sports.
In Charlotte on October 28 United Press reports Porta Matzelos waited years for Thomas Cavalaria who left Greece for America. Cavalaria earned a small fortune here and has returned with his bride to reunite with his longtime sweetheart in Carpenrision.
Across Texas the first norther brings chilly air with frost in spots. Dallas 41, Fort Worth 42, Houston 50 as coldest spell of the season settles in. Laredo Corpus Christi and El Paso report clear skies and cooling mornings. Paris cafe owners protest sidewalk table taxes.
John G. Petritz of Rockford Illinois national president of the American Business club will deliver the regular luncheon address at noon Friday at the Amarillo hotel. The visit marks Amarillos inclusion on his tour as attendees aim for 100 percent turnout with G B Hamilton leading the program.
Column recalls Catholic and Protestant clashes over Governor Smith's candidacy. It quotes bishops and editors arguing religion shapes politics while praising American industrial growth and consumer culture. It also critiques gender roles and home life debates abroad.
A poem by Edgar A. Guest in which a father resists giving up his daughter yet is moved by the child’s whispered request to marry. It concludes that the joys we guard are passed to the next generation as daughters become wives and the human race survives.
Hogs and cattle prices move unevenly across Kansas City and East St Louis markets with thousands of head traded. Cattle, calves, and sheep show mixed changes, while hogs remain around steady to lower in most regions, with notable figures in Chicago and New Orleans and cotton and produce notes included.
Asa Hall, a 18 year old skater from Mexico, tied a racing tip from San Francisco to Los Angeles. He averaged 40 miles per hour on canals and roads, covering 64 miles en route, and wore out three pairs of skates in the journey.
The report notes a steady opening in volatile trading with several major names like American Sugar, General Motors, and United States Steel showing mixed moves. Investors focus on energy and industrials as the market digests corporate data and policy signals.
Potatoes were steady with Wisconsin at 65 to 100 per cwt for round whites, Minnesota and North Dakota at 70 to 85, Ohio Red River at 26, South Dakota at 41 to 90, Idaho russets at 1.75 to 1.90. Transit Grain & Compressor Co. Brokerage in Fort Worth handled consignments.
New York stock prices opened higher with Century Ribbon up 4 points at 287, a yearly high, and International Nickel up 5 on its first sale. United Frint, American Smelting, U S Steel, and Union Carbide advanced about a point, while Standard Oil of California rose 1% on an 8,800 share block. Montgomery Ward fell 8.4 points. As trading progressed the upward trend strengthened.
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