Elections Seek Heavy Vote Across States
Apathy noted as voters prepare for primaries in Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. Miles Poindexter faces Kenneth Mackintosh for the Senate in Washington, while unopposed Democratic and Republican nominations appear in several contests.
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Washington
United States
Miles Poindexter
Stephen J. Chadwick
Scott Bullitt
Colorado
Will H. Adams
Willia L. Boatright
Clarence P. Dodge
Colorado Spring
G. W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Amarillo growth and school needs fuel talk of new buildings
The town faces a surge in students with enrollment up about 20 percent from last year. Officials warn more school construction is needed as 6,500 pupils enrolled yesterday and total expected to exceed 9,500 by term end amid census disputes and local commentary.
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Amarillo
Washington
al Smith
Census Department
Smith
South
Hoover
North
Democratic Party
New York
Concession Space Sale At Tri State Fair Warned
Tri State Fair officials report most concession spaces are sold with limited reserved parking along the south side offered at 3 dollars for the fair period. Entries should be made as soon as possible amid full exhibit departments and ongoing office staffing to expedite business.
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Emmett
Patterson Praised For Seamless Phone Service Move
In Sept 1928 Col E R Tack commends Mr Patterson and the phone company for simultaneous service at both new and old locations during office move. He thanks Patterson for efficient handling of the transfer between the Eakle building and Mission theater location.
End of the Trail Monument Note At Penn Valley Park
A reader letter from Amarillo Texas dated Sept 6 1928 mentions The End of the Trail monument at Penn Valley Park Kansas City Missouri. The note includes a postscript by C R Miner and a controversial exchange about a pester issue involving a wife and a threatening reply.
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Penn Valley Park
Kansas City
Missouri
C. R. Miner
Homer Wade Addresses Lions Club on Trade Territory
Amarillo businessmen were warned to pay closer attention to their trade area at a Lions Club meeting in the Amarillo hotel. Homer Wade, secretary manager of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, urged broader Amarillo participation after noting only four of 250 regional businessmen from Amarillo attended a Pampa gathering. Vernon, Bourland, and Brewer also spoke briefly on commerce and psychology.
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Amarillo
Homer
Wade
West Texas Chamber of Comerce
Lions Club
Amarillo Hotel
Pampa
E. M. Bourland
Vernon
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
C. P. Brewer
Local residents share updates from city life
Peggy O Brien recovers from typhoid and begins kindergarten. Etoile Lumpkin leaves for Agnes Scott College in Decatur Georgia. Gracie Bayless enters Amarillo Business College for secretarial training. W Zinn recovering after surgery at St Anthony Hospital. J F Caldwell and family relocate to 1910 Jackson Street. J Wrather returns from month long California vacation. Mary Frances Dunaway enters Amarillo Business College. A L Davis of Dallas travels home from a western trip. Reverend J Johnson moves to 905 Monroe Street for the school year. Clay E Thompson and family return from Carlsbad caverns.
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Peggy O'Brien
William O'Brien
Etoile Lumpkin
Decatur
Georgia
Agnes Scott College
Gracie Bayless
Alex
Oklahoma
Amarillo Busine College
W. Zinn
St. Anthony Hospital
J. F. Caldwell
Jackson Street
John Wrather
California
Mary Frances Dunaway
Canyon
Amarillo Business College
A. L. Davis
Dallas
J. ¥. Johnson
Monroe Street
Clay E. Thompson
Carlsbad
Caverns
Shortage ton picture actresses scheme uncovered
Mrs Pope appealed for funds as Scott reported Carnes disappeared and no more money would be sent. An inspection found Carnes had invested about 12000 dollars in two actresses over 22 months, Nordlie 3721.62, Griffin 5138.61, Pope 3044. The Home Mission Board prepared to expose long-standing peculations while Fidelity and Bonding of Baltimore launched a nationwide search with a reward.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
United States Fidelity and Bonding Company of
Baltimore
Pictures of Duchesses Delayed for Tri-State Breezes Pageant
The duchesses for the Tri-State Breezes pageant will not appear in the Globe this afternoon due to delays in selecting district representatives. Rehearsals continue led by Mrs Vernon Hogan with clown act participants asked to meet at 4 this afternoon at the municipal auditorium. The lovers and fairies acts are scheduled for tomorrow and Thursday at 4 o'clock.
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Vernon Hogan
Municipal Auditorium
City to Advertise Bids for Two 750-Gallon Fire Trucks
Bids on two 750 gallon combi nation fire pump trucks will be received by the city commission tonight. The trucks serve a new North Amarillo fire station planned by city engineers. The station, 45 by 45 feet, one story and a half, at 311 North East Fifth Street, is expected to cost about 1000 dollars and to be completed by December 1 to secure fire insurance rate savings.
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Amarillo
North East Fifth Street
R. E. Zelley Dies at Home in Amarillo
R. E. Zelley fifty one year old Spanish American War veteran died at his home 612 West Eleventh street at 11 40 last night. He leaves his widow and four daughters Ridgeway Eleanor Edith and Betty all of Amarillo, one sister Mrs J A Eacrett of Colorado Springs and one brother W E Zelley of Salt Lake City. He belonged to the Elks lodge. The body is in state at N S Griggs and Sons funeral parlor awaiting funeral arrangements and word from out of town relatives.
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R. E. Zelley
West Eleventh Street
Ridgeway
Eleanor
Edith
Betty
Amarillo
J. A. Eacrett
Colorado Springs
W. E. Zelley
Salt Lake City
Utah
Elks Lodge
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Mrs Maloney Dies At Home In Amarillo
Mrs Georgia Anne Maloney, 63, died at her home 828 North Van Buren street at 2 30 this morning. She leaves two sons W J Maloney and J S Maloney, both of Amarillo. A Baptist church member, she had lived here for several years. The body lies in state at N B Griggs and Sons funeral parlors awaiting word from out of town relatives.
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Georgia Anne Maloney
North van Buren Street
W. J. Maloney
J. S. Maloney
Amarillo
The
Baptist Church
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
Arrested in Potter County on Swindling Charge
S. C. McGovney, indicted in June by the Potter county grand jury on a swindling charge, was arrested yesterday and placed in the Potter county jail. He denies the accusation and asserts his innocence while his attorneys seek bond.
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S. C. McGovney
Potter County
Grand Jury
McGovney
School Board Orders Smallpox Vaccination for New Students
Amarillo school board rules that all children entering school who lack prior smallpox vaccination must be vaccinated. Over 200 new entrants under seven years old must receive the vaccine this year.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Clean City judges named for Canyon Hereford contest
Temple Robinson city forester Dave French city landscape engineer and Charles Wolflin Amarillo Park commission secretary named as judges in the Clean City contest. They will visit both Canyon and Hereford Friday and Saturday and award Saturday evening.
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Temple Robinson
Dave French
Charles Wolflin
Amarillo Park
Joy Road Here Improved for Fair Traffic
The Joy Road at the Amarillo Tri State fair ground has been dragged several times and dips altered for a broader range of thrills. Admission is 5 cents for children and 10 cents for adults. The ride, taken in one’s own car, draws hundreds daily and has thousands riding since installation. Inventors patented the idea. first of its kind new to fairs.
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Amarillo Tri- State Fair Ground
Air Race Transcontinental Contenders Reach El Paso
E E Ballough and Charles Dickinson lead Class B from El Paso at 6 14 31 am toward Tucson as other flyers such as John Livingston and John Wood depart in pursuit. Race continues to Los Angeles with stops in Fort Worth and Pecos and a finish in Yuma and Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
E. E. Ballough
Chicago
Laird
Charles Dickinson
Ballough
Tucson
Ariz
Yuma
John H. Livingston
Aurora
Waco
John H. Wood
Wausau
Wis
Mines Field
Los Angeles
National Air Race
New York
Canada
Oklahoma City
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Omaha
Earl Rowland
Wichita
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San Diego
Robert Dake
Pittsburgh
J Rowland
Tex Rankin
Portland
Oregon
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Bradford
Pennsylvania
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Boston
E. E. Bullough
Charles D. Dickenson
Illinois
Bullough
Wisconsin
Charles Meyers
Troy
Ohio
T. A. Wells
Travelair
Robert Cantwell
Duncan
Oklahoma
Eddie Brooks
Denver
Fokker
C. B. D. Collyer
Fairchild
Pecos
Richard Duncan
Clase C
C. W. Mayse
Edriier
Fort Worth
Midland
Arizona
William Drury
London
Ontario
Chorus Meet for Program Fair Tonight
The Sunday program at the Fairgrounds will feature a free for all chorus rehearsal tonight at 7:80 in the Amarillo College of Music. Emil F. Myers leads the effort with three rehearsals planned to prepare two or three big numbers. All singers with musical voice and ability are invited to join.
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Amarillo
Myers
Amarillo College of Music Orchestra
The Smart Boy and the Plodder in School and Work
A 1928 Edgar A. Guest poem contrasts two youths. One learns by rote and rises slowly, while the devoted plodder endures and climbs higher. It highlights persistence over raw brilliance and warns brilliance alone fails without effort.
Usury, Prohibition, and Industry in a Turbulent Era
The piece critiques gang violence with references to Frankie’s killers and Capone, then shifts to industrial growth with De Forest radio tubes and 5 million yearly output projections. It condemns high usury rates, calls for bank lending reform, and urges Governor Smith to investigate federally encouraged usury and pending laws to curb it.
Antismith Meeting Becomes Turbulent Dallas Assembly
Anti Smith supporters disrupted a Dallas convention crowded with delegates. Ban ners decried Smith and Hoover while exodus and shouting rose as Sam Johnson clashed with a man near a banner. Ranger Captain Tom Hickman escorted Johnson from the hall.
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Hoover
Tammany
Sam John Johnson
Belton
Tom Hickman
Johnson
Wilcox
Valentine Lee
Dallas
Murrell Buckner
Fleming
Canadian entrant leads transcontinental derby to Rock Springs
Led Kennedy Whyte of Hamilton Ontario held his lead in the transcontinental derby from Windsor Ontario to Rock Springs Wyoming last night. Mrs. Jack Matthews recovering well after an operation at St Anthony hospital. Mr and Mrs Floyd Studer and Mr and Mrs J W Sanders of Cana dian returned Sunday from Carlsbad cavern. Mr Studer left this morning for Wichita Falls on a business trip.
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Kennedy Whyte
Hamilton
Ontario
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Windsor
Jack Matthews
St. Anthony Hospital
Floyd Studer
J. W. Sanders
Carlsbad
Mr. Studer
Wichita Falls
Markets News From East St Louis and Chicago Hogs Cattle and Cotton
East St Louis market summary shows hogs 16 500 head and cattle 8 500 with calves 2 600 and varied price ranges across weights with weak to steady tendencies for cows and heifers. Chicago hogs 19 000 steady with top 13 30 and cattle and vealers mixed. New York and New Orleans cotton futures slide from 18 cent levels amid Liverpool weather and government crop outlooks.
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E. ST. Louis
Associated Press
East ST. Louis
Chicago
Sheen
Crowded Schools Prompt Additions at San Jacinto and McKinley
Plans are underway to relieve crowding at the San Jacinto and McKinley school districts with new spaces. Senior High records show 1214 pupils enrolled, while other schools list varied totals for each principal and grade, including Buchanan E. L. Hunter and McKinley J. S. Evans.
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Dnto
San Jacinto
McKinley
Buchanan
E. L. Hunter
Central Junior High
Elizabeth Nixson
Wolflin
Ethel Jackson
Tyler
E. F. King
Sanborn
Maude L. Fletcher
J. S. Evans
Wilson
Sarah Miller
Margaret Wills
A. B. Hays
Johnson
Dewey Reed
Summitt
Wallace Dickson
Alice Landergin
A. R. Anderson
Glenwood
H. P. Garrett
Silas Patten
Pleasant Valley
C. E. Perkins
Humphrey Highland
J. W. Hill
Miss Maria Villareal
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