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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1926
Page
6
A fragmentary item from a local page mentions players and teams such as SerTou Bet Be town and Peewee leagues. It references John og and engineers related to a Herries Pelph Leow group, with unclear context and outcomes.
In New York a traffic delay near a film location interrupts a scene for It's the Old Army Game directed by Edward Sutherland. W C Fields stops to check gates at a PeculiarPlains crossing while a train schedule confusion leads to a humorous exchange with a gatekeeper.
Fifteen men were impanelled for the district court jury this week when court convened this morning. The sworn in jurors include C. E. Conkling M. F. Taylor L. L. Hudgina J. M. Malone George H. Tyson Dan Pavillard W. A. Evans S. H. Taylor J. V. Moore A. S. Keel A. G. Leveritt W. W. Ballew J. Dickey WH. W. Blackburn and A. Gilkerson. W. P. Williams was sentenced to two peers in the penitentiary for burglary with sentence suspended on the recommendation of J. E. Cullum. The rear guard remained in the penitentiary for counterfeiting.
At a West Texas Gas Association meeting on Saturday the group rejected Erasmus Tack as treasurer amid a vociferous objection. R G Barnum, chair, confirmed that Tack would not hold the post.
The Winkler Oldsmobile company opened at 207 West Sixth Street under J. F. P. Winkler, with plans to distribute in the north Panhandle, eastern New Mexico, and northwestern Oklahoma. A complete parts line will support emailer dealers and twelve regional dealers will assist promotion of Oldsmobile in the territory. Frank Williams serves as branch manager for the Oldsmobile Company of De?ler.
A large crowd attended Amerada’s formal opening as a city on a weekend to celebrate its status. Many lots sold and residents welcomed aviation display by Lieut. S. H. Gray with stunts and a parachute drop. The aviator then arrived in Amarillo later that night, marking the first airship seen there at night.
Mrs Es city assists in forming a new company in Chicago as Mr Winkler with fifteen years in auto trade leads the venture. E E Enders serves as sales promoter. Several new Oldsmobile models are on display and complete mechanical service is now available at the Sixth Street location.
Mrs Charlotte C Schoemmel 27, a nurse and life guard, swam 44 miles around Manhattan in 14 hours 21 minutes to set a new mothers’ swimming record. Her two children slept through the finish as she beat the prior time by an hour and a half.
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