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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1926
Page
8
Market roundups from Kansas City Oklahoma City Chicago St Louis and Fort Worth show cattle hogs and sheep prices mixed by region. Grain and poultry prices and cash grain details alongside early New York stock activity and bond notes are included.
J F McKinnon of De Funicak Springs Florida arrived in Amarillo to visit his brother Judge Edward A McKinnon of the Corporation Court. Clyde Luce Canyon police chief says Amarillo soil and region show future growth. W N Worford injured in Santa Fe yard moved to Santa Fe hospital Clovis. Finley Scruggs in Oblehous City on vacation.
Post office department employes were ordered to shoot to kill to protect the millions of dollars in their care. The directive came after the Illinois robbery where bandits stole about 135000 in currency. Marines could be called if mail protection worsens.
Father Thomas J. S. McGrath will lecture on What Catholics Do Not Believe at Sacred Heart church in the Ninth and Taylor area at 7 30 Monday evening. He argues the talk will challenge misperceptions about Catholic beliefs and focus on what is misrepresented.
The Los Angeles confession says Lorraine Wiseman Seilaff planned a phony Carmel seaside rendezvous with Ormiston to extort $5000 from Aimee Semple McPherson. She identified the supposed Miss X as Rachel Wella after pursuing leads and meeting McPherson’s circle.
Willacy county Judge A W Cunningham charges the grand jury to conduct a fair thorough and merciless investigation into last week’s killings that left seven men dead. He notes extraordinary conditions in the county and indicates labor peonage reports will be examined. Mexican Consul Vasquez discusses nationality issues of the slain prisoners and possible actions after grand jury findings.
Chas Green recalls a Yellowstone trip with children noting a fine road through Jackson Hole and a wild landscape. Wade Holman laments lacking a shotgun after a prairie chicken encounter on the road. Cal Farley plans to travel by car to the Dempsey Tunney bout in Philadelphia and write special articles.
Nearly all European capitals are connected through the wlane Mned system, with commercial and administrative hubs integrating travel and governance. The development promises faster movement between major cities and closer intergovernmental coordination across the continent.
F A Warren general manager of Illinois Zinc, a $5,000,000 concern, toured Amarillo. He praised local plant manager Charley Gregg and called Amarillo the loveliest city in the United States, saying he came for curiosity and to see the area. He denied plans for a plant here. Warren’s offices are in Chicago and the zinc plant is in Peru, Illinois.
Railroads oppose interstate commission control of omnibuses and warn of income shifts for farmers. They argue rail rights extend only to transport, not monopoly. Germany opens Reichstag to radio broadcasts while Europe favors open parliamentary questions. Paris baker Georges Michel swims the Channel setting a record. The French athletic spirit is praised, and Walter Sikes cites tournament fatigue after three days of play.
More than 100 college football officials met at the University Club in Dallas to review the 1926 rule changes. Dana Bible led sessions focusing on forward passes, the dead ball, and the safety rule, including a 5 yard penalty for multiple incomplete passes in a series and a kickoff from the 20 yard line after a safety.
Dwight Newby notes tens of thousands of ducks flooding numerous shallow lakes around Mount Lassen. He says the heavy flight could improve duck shooting with additional rain showers before the season opens October 16. Mount Lassen remains the only active U.S. volcano.
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