22 Apr 1926
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1926
Page
1
The piece weaves a critique of divine omnipotence with reflections on human limits. It cites Sinclair Lewis and W B Storey while contrasting Ford's industrial vision with spiritual needs. It questions immigration rulings for clergy families and notes a bootlegger tax case amid broader societal tensions.
Senate Prohibition Committee hears sharp cross examination as Reed questions dry witnesses led by Dinwiddie and Murphy. Reed berates wets and questions motives while Dinwiddie alleges wets are welshers and cites temperance goals amid enforcement debate.
An Amarillo woman born in a Salvation Army hospital in Los Angeles seeks her birth mother for the first time. Elizabeth Spears, 117 East Fourth Street, was adopted at birth by a friend of her mother, Millie Godfrey. Spears believes her mother is living and hopes to locate her, possibly in Los Angeles or New York, and vows to search until she finds her.
Walter Irvin and John Boyce lead about 80 volunteers from Hanson Post in a campaign to recruit former service men out of the Legion. Workers seek names of those who joined pledge at nearby booths or parked cars and invite them to a Legion dance with veterans and spouses at the Legion home tonight.
Officials report tax assessment work nearly finished for 1976 as county and state assessors complete the collection process. Independent school district representatives and other county officers acknowledge the milestone with final postings and the remaining duties to finalize households and merchant valuations.
Rock Island engineers Morse and Adams arrived from Chicago for preliminary work on building the Liberal Kansas to Amarillo line. Adams will supervise twelve workers as they begin routing the route. A. S. Stinnett met them to press for earliest construction date with the City Development Board.
A committee from Amarillo Real Estate Board will seek city commission approval for permits allowing members to park anytime anywhere. Askew T J Wagner and Jim Cook were named to the committee after a luncheon discussion referencing similar parking in Oklahoma City.
Harold "Doc" Jackson, held in Harrison County for the slayings of J. A. McLemore and W. M. Mingee, was removed from Pearl River jail and hanged in Picayune. The lynching occurred quietly as judges and the district attorney departed Poplarville for the scene to conduct an inquest.
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled notes about Italian settlement issues and French involvement. The readable portions hint at policy or territorial tension with distant references to April and Americ an contexts but lack clear facts or names.
An Oklahoma incident at Benedict school near Holdenville left two six year olds dead Raymond Hollingshead and Jessie Carl Phions with three others severely burned. The boys were playing a top game in the basement when a match sparked a gas leak from a likely faulty main causing a burst of flames.
Dr. Harry Fisk of Sayre Pennsylvania, a director of Rotary International, spoke at a regional Parley stressing Rotary as a force in American business and professional life that promotes love and fellowship.
The Amarillo Rotary Club extends a cordial invitation to luncheon clubs civic organizations and the public to assist in welcoming visiting Rotarians arriving this evening at 8 15 pm by the Santa Fe and tomorrow morning at 7 am by the Fort Worth and Denver line. The call to participate came in a resolution offered by Bishop Seaman thanking the Kiwanis Club of Amarillo for assistance with the entertainment of guests.
Local Rotary club holds its largest and most enthusiastic noon luncheon at the Amarillo hotel. The event precedes the district Rotary conference opening Friday morning, with remarks by Mr. Mink and others about cooperation and community service.
Doctors at the conference discussed a long standing hay fever remedy amid a field of medical talks. The session highlighted potential treatments and patient responses, drawing interest from clinicians and reporters in attendance.
John Cage state highway commissioner assured oil firms and local officials that state approval for a north Panhandle to Spearman oil field road and a toll bridge is likely after a two hour Amarillo meeting. He will issue a formal recommendation after a route tour tomorrow.
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