Amarillo Board Eyes Lindbergh Visit and City Growth
Col Harve Haines leads Amarillo bid to lure Lindbergh for a visit during the Tri-State fair while pushing a broad development agenda. Plans include a Lone Star pageant, parkway beautification, a cow testing group, and expanded recreational programs to boost regional appeal and agricultural data.
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Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
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Charles Lindbergh
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Dallas
Oklahoma City
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Vernon Kegan
Ball Park
Development Board
C. S. E. Holland
Houston
Oxygen supply delays cited in Borger life loss
A letter to The Globe and The News recounts the failed effort to save Russell Neill of Borger Texas who died after oxygen could not be obtained in time. It notes oxygen availability in Fort Worth Oklahoma City Wichita Kansas Kansas City and Amarillo and urges Panhandle residents to know sources such as Griggs and Sons Northwest Texas hospital St Anthony’s sanitarium and Linde Air Products for emergency oxygen.
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Russell Neill
Borger
Texas
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas City
Neill
Northwest Texas Hospital
St. Anthony's Sanitarium
Linde Air Products Company of
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Carloader
Panhandle
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Griggs
Old Tack Seeks Sunday Dinner and Public Favor
An anonymous writer in a Panhandle column laments loneliness in Amarillo and hints at a mayoral bid while inviting a home supper. He jokes about O W and family, dislikes soup, and skewers modern manners, ending on a note about a stock deal and life’s oddities.
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Green Dies at Local Hospital
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Green died at a local hospital at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were held at Griggs Funeral chapel at 10 o'clock Friday morning with Rev. R. Thomson of Central Presbyterian church officiating. Burial occurred in Liang Cemetery.
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Griggs
Rev
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Liang Cemetery
Germans Set Air Endurance Mark Seventy Hours
New York report says trans Atlantic aviator Clarence Chamberlin plans to try to recapture the air endurance record after it was broken by German fliers. Dessau crews Cornelius Edzard and Joahnn Risticz established a new world endurance flight record of 62 hours 23 minutes in a Junkers W-25, lasting from Wednesday through Thursday morning with a successful landing.
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Clarence D. Chamberlin
Bert Acoria
Chamberlin
Acosta
Germany
United Press
Dessau
Cornelius Edzard
Joahnn Risticz
Junkers
Earth
Clarence Chamberlin
Bert Acosta Edzard
Risticr
Leipsic
Letters on Amarillo street lights and subs vs viaducts
Readers criticize Amarillo street lighting in residential districts, urge modern alternatives like subways over costly viaducts, and call for better urban progress. A citizen cites July 25 1927 and urges Tack to publish more on lighting and infrastructure.
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Rasmus Tack
News-Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Tack
Hunger Strikes and Hope As Clemency Fate Remains
Sacco and Vanzetti enter the twentieth day of hunger strike with Sacco weak and dispirited while Vanzetti stays relatively vigorous. Madeiros attacks the death house menu with gusto. New counsel Arthur Hill studies possible moves to save the pair as global protests mount against Governor Fuller and the trial judges they allege as state perjurers.
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Madeiros
Sacco
Vanzetti
Arthur D. Hill
Death claimed infant son of local couple Benton
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Benton died at 2 o'clock Friday morning. Funeral services are set for 4 o'clock this afternoon at Griggs Funeral parlors with Rev. Mr. Weems of the First Christian church officiating.
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Mr. Weems
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First Christian Church
New Men's Styles Announced By The Hub
The Hub reveals autumn and winter fashion for men led by three button coats with plain backs and shorter length. Colorful fabrics gain favor over plain cloths with tans and browns predominating. J. D. Reynolds, manager of the men’s department, notes an exhaustive study of male dressing needs this year.
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J. D. Reynolds
Old Tack's Amarillo Program for a Better City
The plan outlines aims for lower utility rates and rents, expanded parks and trees, new municipal services including a swimming pool and golf course, upgraded viaducts, more parks, and public access to Bivins. It calls for traffic reforms, street improvements, anti stop signal enforcement, and attracting new industries.
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Amarillo
San Jacinto
Mrs Beadle testifies for husband in Lebouef murder case
Mrs James Beadle testified in Franklin Louisiana that Dr Thomas Dreher visited her home on July 1 and asked for a gun. She said Beadle left with the physician, who had kept a double barrel shotgun at their house, and returned late that night. Her daughter Trene Beadle corroborated Dreher's visit and instruction to bring the gun.
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Markets. Kansas City Livestock and Stocks Summary
Markets roundup from Kansas City and other cites shows hogs selling up to 11.25 at East St Louis and strong stock, cattle slow with cutters down to 4.20, veal tops to 14.00, and New York stock gains after rate cut with General Motors and U S Steel hitting new highs. Data include wheat and grain price quotes, bond notes, and grain bids across cities.
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Tolns and Edgar A Guest poem on choosing paths
A 1927 Edgar A Guest verse urges a boy to choose between two paths in life. It contrasts the uphill road of study and toil with the easier route of laziness, warning that success and respect come from hard work while failure follows indulgence.
Fred Bone as Amarillo Mayor Candidate Urged by Local Citizen
A letter to the News-Globe urges Fred Bone to run for mayor of Amarillo Texas after Lee Bivins resignation. The writer praises Bone as a capable business leader who would reduce city expenses and run an efficient administration, urging readers to back him and publicize his name. The plea cites Bone's experience and the community’s desire for strong leadership.
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News-Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Lee Bivins
Fred Bone
Bone
Bred Bone
Bivins
H. A. Nobles
Fort Worth Youth Slays Step-Father in Suspected Abuse Case
Robert McKinley, 18, near Mansfield, was charged with murder after shooting William Lewis Holloway, 40, as the man slept in a front-yard cot. McKinley said Holloway abused his mother and threatened both of them, prompting the fatal act amid a recent spate of similar youth-on-stepfather killings in the Fort Worth area.
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Associated Press
Wort Worth
Robert McKinley
Mansfield
William Lewis Holloway
Farmer
McKinley
Holloway
Bey
Fort Worth
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Ruth Hogan
W. H Mason
Mixed commodity prices and company listings in Chicago market report
Chicago market notes show butter and eggs higher while poultry remains mixed with various fowl prices. Potatoes steady with Irish cobblers quoted. several firms including Mack Trucks and Pan American Transport appear among listed stocks and rail lines.
Methodists of San Jacinto to Feast Tonight
Sixty watermelons averaging forty pounds each have been kept on ice for the church party at San Jacinto Methodist Church tonight at eight o'clock. The event on the church campus at 500 Tennessee street expects a crowd of 850 or 400, pastor Rev. Virgil Fisher says.
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San Jacinto Methodist Church
Tennessee Street
Virgil Fisher
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