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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1927
Page
6
The snippet shows a newspaper front matter with Associated Press credit note and telephones list. It includes publication rights statements and pricing lines typical of a daily Texan paper. No readable news event or person is present to summarize as a story.
In New York City Mrs. Phillips Barton agrees to marry after a coin flip. Fall River divorcee Mrs. Abbie L. Schlemmer plans to marry her ex-husband’s brother. In Pawtucket James Eaton weds a second wife the same day his son marries, prompting a joint honeymoon. Springfield reports Mr. and Mrs. Charles Comnette renewing vows in a second ceremony to reaffirm a lifelong bond.
The piece argues over air travel control between federal and state governments. It notes interstate flight will fall under federal authority while states regulate intrastate aviation, citing historical precedents from railways and courts and predicting uniform traffic codes for vehicles will push toward national aviation governance.
An Ohio State University professor at Williams College warns the U S might someday need a dictator due to public apathy toward politics. He argues democracy curbs executive power by a governing club and notes a Mussolini style ruler could not be fired.
Owney Geoghan tests bootleg spirits with a drink tester as stories of alcohol, suspenders fashion, and local mischief color a lively July night. A city manager surveys traffic while tourists seek muddy roads and a phone book delivers names. Bedtime notes tease school days returning.
Sonia Marsh travels to San Francisco and falls for Franklin Crane a wealthy real estate salesman while rivals Don Stillwater and Walter Henderson vie for her. After a messy romance and a coerced marriage to Crane Sonia endures jealousy mistrust and a deadly twist as Henderson vanishes and Crane is accused before Sonia confesses and faces her past.
The bullet ridden bodies of two young Italians were found on a road near Melrose Park, a Chicago suburb. Each victim bore fifteen to twenty bullet wounds and glass fragments suggested gunfire from two carloads of gunmen. Police suspect an alcohol war, with a hat near the scene bearing a St. Louis haberdashery label as the only identification.
W. E. Shyke of Gering Nebraska and S. R. Landis of Denver were seriously injured in an auto crash in Kepler Pass. Their car skidded on a rain slick road and fell 300 feet. wives in a second car witnessed the scene. Mrs Landis drove eight miles to summon help.
In a Green Meadows tale Jimmy Skunk appears to move slowly due to his confidence, but Peter Rabbit learns not to assume slow speed. A meadow mouse is startled as Peter hurries along the Lone Little Path, and Jimmy quietly observes from the grass, ready for the moment when speed may reveal itself.
Peter Burgess tale shows Peter chasing a mouse up the Lone Little Path and meeting Jimmy Skunk. Jimmy calmly claims credit for catching the mouse, leaving Peter puzzled as the scene ends with Jimmy grinning. The story previews In the Berry Patch.
A humorous vignette follows a Scotch trader and a New York buyer over a bottle sold for 10 cents. The salesman refuses gratuities while negotiating a bargain, and the Scot evaluates the label and cork before agreeing to take a case. An aside mentions eye dilating dope for glasses and a Wednesday chicken dinner at Thistle Dining Room.
An official announcement stated northern troops were rapidly approaching Shanghai. Reports also said Chaing Kai Shek, the moderate nationalist leader, had been wounded.
Washington reports four Democratic newcomers Barkley Hayden Tydings and Thomas may curb talky tendencies in the Senate. Hayden recalls a long silent run before forest legislation. Barkley notes he cannot comment while serving as a juror.
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