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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1928
Page
2
Local column recounts political talk on Al Smith and Hoover with a tongue in cheek tone. Anecdotes cover signatures, college football plans, weather hints, and a charity appeal urging aid for a family needing crutches and washing help.
A Amarillo resident questions a city rule banning self installation of gas connections and threatens to refuse contractor aid. He calls on homeowners to resist forced plumbing work and fines, arguing personal control over gas and stove connections.
A letter from New Mexico Military Institute chides Amarillo press for misidentifying the school as Roswell High. The junior college boasts undefeated football, cites recent 47-6 win over New Mexico Mines and 20-0 over Montezuma, and asserts prowess to accept or reject future games.
The letter writes of football bravado by Oklahoma High School and a confident claim from Sandies about beating challengers, plus a personal note from a caregiver praising care for crippled children. It mixes sports bravado with charitable appeal and prefaces more such letters.
Seventeen mothers have agreed to sponsor activities for the home rooms at Central Junior High. Each sponsor volunteers with teachers to engage parents and coordinate room programs. Room assignments include Mrs. Clifton Oliver in 22 and Mrs. C W Rogers in 19 among others.
Plainview’s Matt A. Crain spoke to the Amarillo Real Estate board at the Capitol hotel luncheon. A Panhandle Plains of Texas Inc immigration program was presented by Crain, with board members contributing to discussions on various topics.
The Court of Criminal Appeals releases today lists of cases with actions including affirmations remands reversals dismissals and reinstatements. It covers multiple defendants and appellants across Texas cities such as Taylor El Paso San Patricio Lubbock Dallas and others with varied outcomes.
London on October 24 reports Britain will mount a determined bid to keep the Schneider Trophy. The famed silver trophy, won last year by the English team over American and Italian pilots at Venice, is regarded as the leading international aviation prize.
Secretary Wilbur argues for a strong air and submarine fleet over a large battleship navy, warning against costly blockades and emphasizing reach. The piece then shifts to Johns Hopkins cold research, China’s legal reforms, an Italian prison tale, and a British hunter's Sahara crossing, ending with a call to curb wildlife to fight disease.
A collection of brief items covers Princeton's distant $9 trillion fund projection from a buskirk donor, Henry Granger’s hundred dollar gift, and the bank’s long term outlook. Other notes report Gallagher heirs receiving $23,387 for a Confederate schooner loss, with costs trimming to $9,574.
Cameron Texas October 24 The state was expected to complete most of its case against Will Neal Baggett charged with the murder of his stepson in law Aubrey A Beatty. Beatty died from knife wounds after an August church altercation.
The 7 by 5 foot canvas painted in 1893 in a blacksmith shop by Her bert De Mareau has travelled over 250 000 miles and been seen by more than 30 000 000 people. Colonel Thompson announced the Herring display contains the original De Mareau work.
The ship cast includes Vincent Avery as Job Thurlow and Theresa Webb as Janet with Dick Gibbon and Gomer Jones in key roles. C. W. Smith conducts the orchestra. Miss Medora Duncan speaks on treatment for Oklahoma City children. A West Amarillo church quilt sold for 35 dollars funds go to crippled children.
The speaker notes reflections from the earth hinder higher wave lengths and concludes no further tests should be done at the low wave length from the country. He hopes an American millionaire funds a 30000 meter wavelength experiment.
Rural Potter county teachers and others are invited to a 3 30 p m October 30 address in the high school auditorium by Mrs Edith B Joynes of Norfolk Virginia president of the National Education Association Department of Classroom Teachers. She tours Texas this year to meet Panhandle teachers and discusses the department policy to promote teachers economic, social and professional status with topics on classroom opportunities scope and responsibility teacher participation today and citizenship in the making.
A grade 3A class at Miller Street Public School prompted a story about a girl who plays hockey and uses a doll carriage to kidnap a baby. The tale named Dorothy McClear as the girl. The teacher notified police and Dorothy confessed to the incident.
The city operates on a cash basis with $73,000 from the bank awaiting tax receipts. The auditor cites permanent improvements totaling $4.896 million, capital assets rising, and an upcoming possible small property tax increase next year for the fiscal year starting April 1929. The Amarillo Gas Co owes $30,000 in franchise tax, and the airport commission faces delays due to absent commissioners.
The Roosevelt medal awards three inch gold honors annually to leaders in public service law and conservation. Lindbergh is praised for youth example while Hughes is honored for public office administration and international law. Chapman noted for bird life studies.
Ten thousand copies of two types of literature from Pan handle Plains of Texas Inc. were sent to the West Texas Chamber of Commerce exhibit at the Louisiana State fair in Shreveport opening tomorrow. B M Whitaker will head the exhibit and supervise distribution, a program also used in three midwestern states in August and September. The effort, aided by the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, also covered the South Texas fair in Beaumont. Miss Annie Atkins of White & Kirk is due back home Saturday from St Louis.
A 1928 Edgar A. Guest poem recalls parental hopes for a couple at the altar. The speakers urge steadfast faith and shared life, noting life’s uncertainties yet blessing enduring love and home. Parents’ blessing ends with prayers for happiness, memory making, and lifelong commitment.
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show hogs mostly steady to down with top around 9.20 in Kansas City and 9.59 in Chicago. Cattle and calves mixed with steers and yearlings holding around 12.25 to 16.00 for good to choice grades. Sheep higher in some spots with lambs around 12.50 to 13.50 and ewes to 6.50. Cotton and produce notes include New York cotton slipping then recovering and Liverpool quotes, with butter up and potatoes steady in Chicago.
The market opens strong led by Union Carbide advancing to a new high around 197 1/4 as General Electric, General Motors, and United States Steel push higher. Missouri Pacific and Southwestern rails rise, while 1928 issue prices for several firms climb amid broadening demand and early overseas steady sterling cables.
Omaha report says Senator George W. Norris will support Governor Alfred E. Smith for the presidency, declaring he will back Smith flatly at a Saturday speech. Joseph Koutsky of the Agricultural League of Nebraska publicized the pledge as the league, a progressive Republican group, favors Smith.
New York stocks show mixed gains and losses at 1:45 pm with Allied Chemical American Sugar refining and Bethlehem Steel among notable movers. Industrials like American Locomotive and U S Steel appear, while Dow components including Coca Cola and General Electric contribute to a fluctuating tape as traders reassess oil, steel, and rail equities.
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