08 Sep 1926
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1926
Page
1
The piece argues prosperity alone cannot satisfy the public as the 1926 and 1928 elections approach. It highlights wages and profits but warns prohibition and the world court issue loom large with potential war costs and U S debt and troop commitments.
A fatal car crash narrative appears amid a Texas Legion meeting report. Delegations begin arriving for a three day convention in the city auditorium as members vow to boost membership and secure the Old Gray Mare band for the Philadelphia national gathering.
The census bureau reports that by September 1 this year's cotton yield reached 694,877 running bales, counting half bales. Compared with 1,886,399 bales by the same date last year, with round bases totaling 14,607 this year and 23,349 last year. State tallies include Texas 488,395 Alabama 22,838 Georgia 108,817 and others.
The Amarillo forecast calls for cloudy and cooler conditions tonight and on Thursday. Western Texas expects likely showers with temperature extremes around 67 to 88 degrees, compared to last year’s 60 and 90.
See John about building needs and services at John Maynard Lumber Co. Located at the corner of South and Jefferson. Phone number 3820 available for inquiries.
Citizens gather for a monster mass meeting at the auditorium to decide whether Amarillo will secure rights of way and funding for the Rock Island transcontinental connection to Liberal, Kansas. The piece warns that failure to raise about 150 000 dollars risks losing through traffic and new shops, harming property values and morale.
AP dispatch from Milwaukee reports early Wisconsin results with Blaine leading the Republican U S Senate race at 166 985 votes from 1 922 of 2 728 precincts, Lenroot 151 312, and Kelly 25 744. Governor race shows Zimmerman 158 697 and Ekern 124 908 with others. The item notes campaign context and continuing returns.
Taylor Keene 18 of Lyford was found dead in a room at his home in Brownsville after the family supper. A high powered rifle shot him in the head. authorities note the mother had reproved him at the table shortly before the tragedy.
Amarillo leaders led by Toney Chisum mobilize a $100,000 fundraising push to secure the Rock Island route to Liberal Kansas. A mass meeting at the auditorium will decide if the line reaches Liberal or stops at the Canadian river, with less than $60,000 raised so far.
The platform endorses democracy and equal rights in race and religion, voters’ control, public education, civilian government, and fiscal responsibility. It calls debt repayment, religious and press freedom, property rights, and anti-tyranny. It opposes prohibition repeal, favors higher state and judicial salaries, resists new bureaus, supervises utilities, and moves motor transportation to the railroad commission. It backs revised primary laws, judicial reforms, stronger Supreme Court powers, a robust public school system, rural highs, $15 per capita apportionment, and highway construction with competitive bidding. It urges departmental investigations, relief for agriculture, lower farm freight rates, resource development, and capital investment. It seeks libel-law amendments to shield the press.
After talks with President Coolidge and James R. Sheffield American ambassador to Mexico, it was announced at the summer White House that Sheffield will return to Mexico City in the fall with full confidence and support of the President and the state department.
Leo Rice speed test driver from Oklahoma City abandons a 746 mile Amarillo to Corpus Christi drive at Sterling City after heavy mud en route to the Gulf Coast. He averaged nearly 30 mph over 312 miles before the crank case was damaged and the run was called off. He planned to resume Friday or Saturday with Pontiac officials and News Globe staffer Joe Cannon joining.
Pittsburgh defeats Cincinnati 6 to 3 in the nightcap after a 19 to 2 earlier scoreless showing. Donahue Lucas and Wargraves pitched for the Pirates while Meadows and Smith contributed on offense.
W N Worford of 1401 Johnson Street Santa Fe was injured when he slipped from an oil tank car during yard switching. One foot was badly crushed and doctors feared possible amputation of three toes.
Maudene Munn six is killed when a heavy linoleum roll on a passing truck slips and tears into the car she rides in eight miles from Amarillo. Her father W L Mann and two siblings escape with injuries while the truck driver Alvis Steele is held for investigation.
San Antonio dispatch reports Mexican consul A C Vasquez left Brownsville for Raymondville to probe the killing of five Mexican prisoners connected to the fatal shooting of Ernest May and Lee Shaw. He will decide on representations to either government after the investigation, per directions from Consul General A P Carlla.
United States District Attorney A E Bernsteen urged Attorney General John C Sar gent to turn Louis Mazer over to Canton authorities to face murder charges for the slaying of Don R Mellett Canton publisher. Mazer is jailed in Cleveland on a federal liquor conspiracy charge.
Painful if not serious injuries were sustained by H. A. Hearting night foreman at the Rock Island roundhouse when he fell from an elevated platform about 5 o'clock this morning. Ambulance rushed him to St. Anthony's Sanitarium for examination, with an X-ray needed to determine full extent of injuries.
Madrid reports King Alfonso signed a decree defending the war state proclaimed across Spain due to the mutinous artillery movement. The move follows Sunday proclamations and aims to stabilize the government amid military upheaval.
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