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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1927
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe News announces publication details and subscription rates dated Wednesday April 15 1927. It lists publisher and editor names Gene Howe and Wilbur C Hawk and notes Associated Press rights. Pricing shows monthly three months six months and yearly options for carrier and mail.
The Southwestern Public Service company announces immediate work on a second unit of its power plant, signaling strong faith in Amarillo and the Panhandle. Day and Zimmerman backs the expansion, with over 1 million dollars likely to be invested within a year, as Larry L. Ferree promotes Amarillo to Eastern financiers.
A newly affluent woman, newly moved into an exclusive London neighborhood, visits a bank in a swaggering display. She insists on cashing a check endorsed to herself but is refused without a proper introduction. The teller cites policy, prompting her fiery rebuke.
The note satirically highlights odd claims about tub dangers with 98 paid falls and 44 bed entry injuries, plus quips about Earl Carroll and Buckingham Palace. It mentions Chicago mayoral win by Big Bill Thompson, a claim of a sleep antidote, a Colorado town allowing roaming cows, and a song by Peaches Browning warning against wine and women.
Doris basks in a social circle by the Mediterranean enjoying mornings on the beach lunches and dances while Hartley sinks into quiet jealousy. Hartley’s family, though, accepts her as his wife masking a false marriage. Doris realizes their deception as Hartley’s father softens toward her and longs for escape as a dangerous hoax remains hidden.
Washington April 18. The aeronautics branch of the commerce department tests pilot license qualifications as hundreds apply. About 1,443 requests received. 516 planes presented for approval.
Doris and Tad Hartley plot freedom as the Riviera escape unravels. Doris pursues money and a Paris passage, hoping to return to New York and resume lessons, while Camilla and Aunt Ada loom as sources of doubt and danger.
The story follows Downy the Woodpecker and his mate as they settle in an old dead stump in the Green Forest. They prepare a tiny bed of chips and lay four white eggs, imagining a possible second family while guarding their precious brood.
Mrs. Downy leaves Downy in charge and returns to find her pin eggs stolen from the nest. Downy suspects Cousin Harry the Woodpecker after a brief visit, but Mrs. Downy’s alarm reveals a theft in the Green Forest.
The article recalls Thomas Jefferson born April 13 1743 in Virginia as a key founder of the Democratic Party and author of the Declaration of Independence. It notes his first acts as president including pardons under sedition laws and the Louisiana Purchase. Dr Nichols Murray Butler will speak at Monticello and the University of Virginia during commemorations with student scenes depicting Jefferson’s life.
B. T. Emerson deputy sheriff Kes Gainesville left this morning for that place with Dan Skeans on a charge of swindling Amarillo police arrested Skeans several days ago following circular information from Gainesville. In Kingman Kansas a display of an old Bible was found that had belonged to the same family for 527 years.
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