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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1927
Page
16
GENE HOWE publisher and editor WILBUR C HAWK general manager telephones subscription rates Amarillo by carrier by mail daily and Sunday in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico 4768 aiba 1 08 90 150 6 45 3 20 50
In a Burgess tale, Farmer Brown's Boy frees Cubby the bear cub from roots and contemplates taking him home to care for the injured paw. Cubby whimpers and backs away but follows as he desires company, deciding to stay near the stranger who freed him. The story concludes with a promise of more adventures in the next tale.
The city of Amarillo is praised for its potential to become a major air transport hub as three lines confirm plans for service and others show interest. The piece warns local officials have not acted, noting the need for proper facilities beyond a simple pasture field and urging decisive action to seize the opportunity.
The city adds two more wells, bringing capacity to near 10 million gallons daily with seven wells online and an eighth under construction. Current use runs 2 to 3 million gallons daily, with next year projected at 3 million. The $100,000 project to drill two wells and extend a pipeline is nearly enough to fund a North Amarillo subway.
The article urges faster progress on the North Fillmore street widening started this week and criticizes the slow, piece meal completion of West Sixth street. It notes Fillmore and Sixth are among Amarillo’s most congested streets and appeals to city management to push work to an early finish.
A nostalgic piece about Ocean Grove New Jersey noting summer crowds and strict Sunday norms. It mocks old charter rules bans on bicycles and motor vehicles on Sundays and urges mercy and openness from the camp meeting group ruling the town.
The American Automobile Association notes two thirds of the 200,349 federal aid highway miles have been improved. With 1925 cost averaging 9850 dollars per mile, projections show 50,000 additional miles by 1929 and full completion within five more years if state cooperation continues.
The Cubs, once described as a misfit club, now lead the season and fight to maintain top status. They stand a strong chance to win the pennant and face the New York Yankees in the World Series, with no Ruths or Gehrigs on the roster.
Sonia Marsh seeks a fast life in San Francisco and falls for Franklin Crane while rivals Walter Henderson and Don Stillwater vie for her. A fatal bay murder, false confession, and a ruined marriage unfold as Sonia bears a child lost at birth. She returns to Stockton after a sordid, lingering tale ending in tragedy.
Sonia aids her mother Anna Marsh in hours of sewing and chatting, admiring her patience and artistry. Sonia grows close, attends church and social events, and finds happiness in Anna's success. She contemplates graduation and returning to San Francisco while awaiting Jed Thomas to aid a new job, as Don returns from the boat with news of an uncle.
A lighthearted social note remarks both holidays land on Sunday. It mentions Clarence Chamberlin’s aerial stunt show in his hometown and compares it to a taxi driver’s display. Europe gossip cites Mussolini on whiskered men and Shaw in Italy, with a mix of humor and political quips.
The Associated Press reports from Stony Brook Atlantic City Philadelphia and New York on clergy opinions about women’s dress moral behavior and pre marital training. Refs to Rev F B Meyer Bishop Warren A Candler and Rev Charles Moosman plus Katharine Young Wilson and Richard Barthelmess add color to social topics. James Davis offers marital advice via a note during a Moose speech.
Manager Joe McCarthy leads a mix of players with Charley Root pitching well as the team enters a buoyant pennant chase. The group shows chemistry and optimism in pursuit of a league title.
At a seven state governors conference Arizona proposed Marble gorge as a more feasible dam site than Boulder canyon. Thomas Maddock cited Los Angeles firm data claiming a 180 foot dam could hold 13.3 million acre feet for 19.1 million dollars with less evaporation loss than Boulder canyon.
A former student returns to her Midwestern home from New England. Her father welcomes her openly while she scorns crude phrases and delivers a verbose, elevated lecture about beauty and language, ending with a satirical flourish on a famed authorial title.
The Boulder dam cost is estimated at 125 million dollars. California Governor C. C. Young proposed arbitration, but Arizona delegates rejected it, saying the conference already has the facts to settle the question and differences.
A London woman violinist experiences severe tooth pain only when playing certain high notes. Dentists confirm the tooth is sound and pain-free at other times. Also noting 698 of 809 stolen London cars were recovered last year.
New York City and State report record low death and infant mortality in the first half of 1927. Health Commissioner Matthias Nicoll Jr notes tuberculosis measles and scarlet fever deaths also down. June death rate stood at 12 per thousand.
War Department anecdotes blend cavalry humor and aviation cheer in a Washington dispatch. A rookie rider and a horse share inexperience, diplomats favor chauffeurs over hoofing it, embassies cluster near Dupont Circle, and cockroach powder appears in government buildings as F Trubee Davison praises aeronautics.
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