Amarillo Globe History and Publishing Details
The Amarillo Globe began as a second class matter on February 20 1924. It published evenings except Saturdays and Sunday mornings with Amarillo Daily News, by The Globe News Publishing Co. GENE HOWE was Publisher and Editor and WILBUR C. HAWK General Manager. Subscription by carrier in Amarillo cost 1.00 for 26 issues.
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Amarillo
Texas
Globe-News Publishing Co
6Th and
Fillmore
Gene Howe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Daily News
Coast Guard Celebrates 139th Anniversary Milestone
Admiral Billard notes the Coast Guard's long service from its treasury era origins through to today. The service patrols the seas preventing smuggling, assists in distress at sea, and runs the North Atlantic ice patrol while upholding the Constitution. It is praised for humanitarian duties and peacetime sea service.
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Baby Department
United States
Coast Guard
Ad- Coast Guard
Miral Billard
Admiral Billard
Joshua Barney
Alexander Hamilton
Navy Department
North Atlantic
Billard
Iceland to celebrate thousandth birthday and Leif Ericson statue
The article notes Iceland will mark its thousandth birthday next year since establishing a parliament in 950. It cites shared democratic ideals and ties to America, including Icelandic roots in early American history and the first white child born on the continent. Iceland’s population is about 100,000 with two patrol boats, connected to the world by radio, cable, and steamship lines.
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Iceland
America
Leif Ericson
Europe
North
North Atlantic
Millenia
Sitting Bull nickname keeps Summerall in memory
Washington Day Book recalls how General Charles P. Summerall was privately called Sitting Bull by division officers in France. The piece notes his strong sense of duty, meticulous record of friends’ birth anniversaries, and a birthday call that revealed his unique habit.
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Kirke Simpson
Washington
It Division
Rmér
Sitting Bull
Charles P. Summerall
United States Army
France
Summerall
West Point
Billy” Mitchell
Poker Players in the Ogden Murder Pattern
Peebles and Deacon return to San Felipe fearing Lucy and Jerry missing. A mysterious ace of spades and marked cards trace a poker game linked to the Ogden murder. MacNair suggests a hidden lens in spectacles reveals marks guiding a crooked gamble.
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Ogden
Hammond
Peebles
Deacon
San Felipe
Lucy
Jerry
Sandy
MacNair
Furie
Ed. MacNair
Wm, Morrow Co
Off Duty Leaders Mocked By Army Pals Joke at Summerall
A jocular prank hits a serious note as regular officers teased a junior officer about last night, sending phony calls and whispered disciplinary hints. Summerall reportedly enjoyed the lighthearted stunt amid the boyish glee of the army.
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Summerall
Yale gets big fund in will of Texas man
Edward Allen Wilson mining engineer left a will filed for probate in San Antonio allocating 300000 dollars to Yale University to be paid after his widow’s death. The remaining estate of about 900000 dollars will be shared among relatives.
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YALE
Will OF Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Edward Allen Wilson
Yale University
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across Cities
Reports from New York Brooklyn Chattanooga Pueblo Boston Roosevelt Field detail a bank run sparked by illness rumors about President Lewis, a stone age relic claim, a Lord’s Prayer poster at a farm raid, a whale aftertrawl incident, and 82 blind boys touring an aviation field seeking a close view of airplanes.
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Associated, Press
New York
M. T. Lewis
Bay Ridge Savings Bank
Brooklyn
Lewis
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Calous New York Sucker Side Exposed in 1929 Tours
InNew York City the Tenderloin district on West Forty-seventh Street is described as a world of ill lit hotels, speakeasies, dice games, and fortune tellers. The piece notes cruelty on the block, saloons, arcades, slot parlors, and a thriving theater strip near Broadway.
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0. C. McIntyre
New York
West Forty-seventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Hippodrome
Winter Garden
Fifth Avenue
Peter Rabbit and the Grass Spit Mystery
Peter Rabbit argues with Danny Meadow Mouse over bubbles on grass. Danny reveals the bubbles hide a hidden insect, proving the spit is grass juice. Danny shows the insect is present all along, challenging Peter to accept a different explanation.
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Danny Meadow Mouse
Peter Rabbit
Peter
Danny
Search for three missing French airmen after ship plane crash
Marseilles Aug 16. Search parties were sent today to locate three missing crew members after a military aircraft with five aboard crashed into the Mediterranean. Two occupants were rescued. Authorities have not disclosed the cause of the disaster.
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Marseilles
France
Mediterranean Sea
El Paso Man Found Shot Dead at Big Spring
A man registering as Noah W. Wagnon of El Paso was later found shot to death in his Big Spring hotel room. Letters in his clothes hinted at a prior hospital stay at a California soldiers home last May. Authorities seek his relatives as part of the investigation.
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United Press
Big Spring
Tex
Noah W. Wagnon
el Paso
Soldiers Home
California
Guiding Your Child to Grow Through Kingfisher Nest Care
A sandbank kingfisher nest is dug out by workers and children care for seven young birds in a box with earth and a warm, dark space. Lacking live fish they feed them earthworms and watch the nestlings thrive. The experience nurtures hands on natural history learning at home.
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Alice Judson Peale
Crossword Puzzle Mostly Short Words
Horizontal clues mix partial terms and stray letters making a playful jumble. The grid appears inconsistent with typos and misprints affecting many entries across horizontal and vertical directions.
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