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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1930
Page
5
A collection of humorous writings featuring Robert Benchley Ellis Parker Butler Richard Connell and Sam Hellman showcases wit, satire, and playful astringent social commentary from noted 20th century humorists.
The narrator and friends riff on early cinema plots as they discuss a proposed scheme to recruit young women to infiltrate rackets seen in a spoofed Robinson Crusoe film. The table of characters jokes about actors, titles, and a future gossip about Greta Garbo and Peggy Joyce.
A vintage advertisement from Amarillo Texas markets Shawinigan Carbide as a fair priced option for oxy acetylene welding and cutting of metals and for home lighting and cooking. It lists American Warehouse and Storage Company at 501 11 S Grant Street as contact.
In Twin City court Special Judge Max Goldsmith freed an East Chicago liquor vendor after the defense argued that a strong odor from a five gallon can is not proof of guilt. Prosecutors claimed the odor was poured from the can before officers arrived, but the judge ruled a smell cannot be poured. The Greek Government has started a campaign to promote farm production.
Washington reports indicate officials believe Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina may be confirmed as associate justice of the Supreme Court despite a strong Senate Judiciary Committee vote against him. Administration pressure and Democratic support could determine Parker’s fate depending on White House actions.
In Rensselaer New York a needle swallowed two decades ago by Mrs Johanna O Connor was extracted from her side. The needle measured one and a half inches with a shortened point.
Two Ford Motor Company private police officers were stabbed at the River Rouge plant as thousands of job seekers clashed. George H. Bowers was stabbed in the left side and John Tinner in the back, with George Wilson detained by police in connection with the incident.
Plans are rapidly being completed for a meeting of the U S Highway 366 Association to be held in Amarillo Monday afternoon May 12 announced by V V Vernon of the Chamber of Commerce. Representatives from towns between Oklahoma City and Lib by are expected to attend.
Exponents say the route through New Mexico and Texas will carry a large traffic volume on the way to Amarillo. A banquet for visiting delegates is planned at 6:30 p m. here. Over $200,000 worth of golf balls were imported into the States last year.
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