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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1927
Page
6
A mysterious "cat bandit" robs women in Chicago with silent, sudden attacks. Police deploy 60 officers to patrol his favored zones from the north side to avoid crowds. His method uses arm pressure and vanishing acts, and he avoids repeating neighborhoods in a month. Authorities promise deadly force if captured.
Interstate Commerce Commission hears final arguments over competing railroad extensions in the Brownsville Texas area. San Benito and Rio Grande Valley seek six and eighteen mile lines to connect with Rio Grande Valley railway, while Southern Pacific through Aransas Pass pushes thirty miles into Brownsville. Local business groups urge granting both if possible, or favor Aransas Pass if a denial is needed. The commission will rule later.
A steel tank donated by Reed Sheet and Metal works is being erected at Camp William Warner for Panhandle Boy Scouts. The unit will feed a shower bath system and a swimming pool that can hold 2,000 bathers at once this summer encampment.
Residents in a Berlin building complained a man kept a leopard in his rooms. He presented the pet in court to prove its docility, but the animal leapt onto the magistrate’s desk, prompting a swift exit by all. The court then ordered eviction of the leopard from courts and flats.
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