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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1927
Page
12
The Amarillo Globe News publishes evenings except Saturdays and Sunday mornings by Globe-News Publishing Co. at 6th and Filmore. Details include publishers Gene Howe and Wilbur C. Hawk, AP affiliation, and subscription rates for Amarillo and nearby regions.
The article lauds H. E. Smith for opening the Talmage Place apartment hotel in Amarillo calling it a major city improvement. It credits Smith as a local builder expanding Amarillo’s economy and housing stock, noting the project attracts new residents and boosts the region’s oil, agriculture, and diversified activities.
The Lausanne meeting gathers 87 denominations from about 30 countries to explore a common creed and form of church organization. While unlikely to merge all churches immediately, the effort aims to broaden worship beyond narrow sectarianism and emphasize the spirit of religion over ceremony.
The essay traces ages from the Paleozoic to the current Cenozoic era and hints the next may be the synthetic age. It cites synthetic clothes, gasoline, rubber, and pearls as emerging examples and muses on the potential social costs and benefits of a synthetic era.
A Sootchiman plans marriage by selecting a wife from shopgirls and notes the best candidate. He marries a shopworker but jokes he would have preferred a Five and Ten. A French inventor Jacquelin claims acetylene gas can cut car fuel costs via a generator on the running board.
Sonia fights a web of love and lies after a car crash binds her to Don Stillwater. Don proposes a marriage that could guard her future, while Franklin Crane's shadow looms and a renewed choice could seal a perilous fate. Sonia weighs truth, deceit, and a child’s future.
Seven hundred miles more air mail routes will start under Sethaw Barwise of Fort Worth after Postmaster General New awarded two contracts at 2.89 dollars per pound. Dallas to San Antonio via Waco and Austin will extend to Laredo, 417 miles, and Dallas to Galveston via Houston, 283 miles. Operations begin within three months with overnight Chicago Dallas scheduling under way.
An 1 860 acre timber tract between Glen Lake and Lake Michigan shore near Sleeping Bear Dunes area is offered for summer use. The sale info, scanned from International News Service, notes the Traverse City, Michigan report dated August 17 with location details about Leeland county.
In Burgess style a cub bear is trapped in Old Pasture as friends Blacky the Crow Sammy Jay and Old Man Coyote spread the tale. Mother Bear struggles to help while birds and foxes offer dubious advice and keep hidden. The cub endures fear as the scene unfolds with gentle maternal care.
The Dallas Spirit, Captain William P. Erwin’s entry in the Dole race to Honolulu and the Easterwood hop to Hong Kong, is being repaired in Oakland after damage to the navigator’s window. Erwin says the setback will not affect his world cruise plans and will proceed to Honolulu regardless of other fliers.
Bear Point and Manitou island proposed to the United States government as a site for a permanent summer capitol. The land known as the Day forest is under consideration, with Gov. Fred W. Green United States Senators James Couzens and Woodbridge N Ferris and Representative J C Mc Laughlin pressed to take up the matter with Congress.
An item claims no millionaires in South Dakota while another story notes Prohibition’s effectiveness there. Weather may be warm in September if conditions permit, and farm relief bills could aid agriculture though some reforms threaten it.
Washington Aug. 17 The next Congress could elevate Vice President Charles G. Dawes whose past late arrival affected Warren’s appointment. Dawes faces bipartisan scrutiny, with Senate balance leaning 46 Republicans 47 Democrats plus Shipstead. Third-party hopes loom if Dawes or rival candidates split progressives and conservatives amid looming nomination battles.
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