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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1928
Page
6
The Amarillo Globe dated Monday April 16 1928 outlines its publication connection with the Amarillo Daily News and provides staff credits for Publisher Editor Gene Howe and General Manager Wilbur G Hawk. It notes its independent democratic stance and news impartiality.
A New York realtor argues Americans should invest in durable urban housing rather than Spanish castles. He asserts the nation’s era is utilitarian, praising apartment houses, bridges and factories as the path to progress while romance yields to hard work and growth.
Col. John K. P. Scott, an 84 year old Civil War veteran, suddenly regained hearing after an airplane ride from Gettysburg to Washington. He celebrated with dancing and shouting, sparking hopes for medical research into aviation as a potential regular cure.
The piece argues steamship firms will push Europe to America tourism, hoping more Europeans visit the United States and Americans travel abroad. It suggests understanding could improve, while a Pennsylvania psychologist warns that 30,000 bits daily would overload a brain by age 50, a claim challenged as implausible.
In Chapter LIII Jack Stuart clashes with Professor Francois Le Tarte as federal agents close in. A running chase ends with Le Tarte injured and a dramatic fire escape pursuit. Nita Ravelle reveals herself, denying marriage to Stuart and claiming to be Le Tarte's wife.
D C McIntyre reports diary style observations from New York with social sketches of guests filmed in apartment reels and wartime era curiosities. The piece cites a Madison Avenue florist mystery, Fifth Avenue cops, Coney Island weekend revival, and a cutting edge shaving light along with lavish hotel decor trends.
Miss Hazel Tinnin from Midland is quoted believing she reached nearer to heaven than any woman after ascending 19600 feet with a pilot. In Rantoul Illinois ten rookies of the army air corps performed safe parachute leaps following lifeboat and fire drills at sea and school.
Scrapper the King bird tells Peter Rabbit about Shelly the Armadillo's handy shell coat and defense. Shelly digs his own burrow, roams late in the afternoon, and survives on ants and worms while minding his own business.
A California prune rancher and Brooklyn baseball fan recalls a 1923 World Series moment. The Giants star Frankie Frisch draws wild umpire complaints as an umpire’s called strike triggers the fan’s outburst. The tale frames passionate fans and instant analysis of Frisch’s play.
A roundup notes a 2,000 foot jump record in Paris with a man retaining a shirt from Tokyo to Paris. Palle Hull returns from a 43 day world tour. Henry Ford visits the Prince of Wales. a Panama presidential candidate is Jorge Eduardo Boyd. Easter in Moscow is kissless. Vienna warns against farewell kisses at stations as platform demonstrations cause accidents.
Pensions of 75 dollars a month are awarded to the families of five Soviet consuls and vice consuls killed in Canton last December after a raid on the Soviet consulate. A sixth official died without dependents. The consuls Hassis Akoloff Popoff Ivanoff and Makaroff were dragged through Canton streets as Communists were ousted. Two widows have two children each and subsistence on the allowance will be difficult.
Capt Emelio Carranza, Mexico’s long distance non stop flier, was forced down near Ajo Arizona after an oil line broke. He arrived in Mexicali and may join Capt Luis Farrell in a Mexicali to Mexico City flight using a Mexican built monoplane once repairs finish.
Copenhagen April 16 The language Novial created by Danish professor Otto Jespersen is claimed to be a simpler international tongue with a highly international vocabulary. Jespersen says Novial will be more practical and popular than Esperanto.
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