Building Boom Near Yearly Peak With Record Permits
Building permits for 1927 total more than 10 million dollars as November yields 681,056 across 83 permits. Llano Mausoleum at 92 thousand dollars and a 300 thousand dollar First Baptist Church permit highlight major projects in Amarillo, with a new church set for Thirteenth and Tyler streets featuring a 196 foot tower and four story educational wing. The year’s total reaches 10,292,254 while 1026 records a 16,476,528 total. The First Baptist project awaits contract and includes a 204 foot Tyler street front and 140 feet on Thirteenth street. The church will be near five stories high with an archway entrance and dual lamped sides.
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S. W. Smaley
Llano
Llano Cemetery
First Baptist Church
Thirteenth and
Tyler Streets
Tyler Street
Thirteenth Street
Amarillo
Central Presbyterian
Polk Street Methodist
Confession reveals plans to steal jewelry in Philadelphia
The narrative centers on Thompson and Beach discussing a robbery to obtain jewelry. Beach claims involvement in a murder setup and describes shooting the old man at a secluded Atsion road site. The exchange covers getaway plans, a coded alarm, and cross jurisdiction legal issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thompson
Beach
Dr. Lilkendeh
Bark
Atsion Road
Old Tack's Amarillo program for a bigger better city
The piece lists a city reform platform with aims like lower utility rates, cleaner streets, more parks, a municipal pool and golf course, elimination of railroad crossings, better news coverage, and protections for residents. It calls for targeted infrastructure, services, and industrial development in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Tack
Amarillo
Court House
Bivins Lake
San Jacinto
Amerilflo
Tactful Texan column rails at Amarillo life jokes and woes
A humor filled Amarillo column notes a stockholder inquiry about Book Oil company shares and teases rival firms. It lauds Coach Butler’s football program, jokes about a San Antonio golf record, and urges readers to donate to the Community Chest amid regional distress and poverty.
Cancer and heart disease ranked as modern scourges
Dr. Karl H. Van Norman of University Hospitals Cleveland declares cancer and heart disease remain the great modern scourges despite progress against contagious diseases. He notes rising heart trouble among youth and praises hospitals for care and prevention within a unified medical effort.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Karl H. van Norman
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Western Reserve University Medical School
Dr. van Norman
America
van Norman
Police Hold Three Boys for Investigation in California Theft Case
Police in Tower Minnesota report five youths linked to a gang. three are in custody as officers seek word from Los Angeles officials on charges. One boy claimed the gang stole five cars. A small California-plate car and two youths were detained near Sixth and Fillmore. another member was later arrested. Authorities may hand the case to federal agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Lee Miller
Miller
California
Frank Behl
Sixth
Fillmore Streets
Witness recounts George Remus actions in murder trial
John T. Rogers testifies in the Remus case in Cincinnati detailing Remus’s outbursts during the Jack Daniels trial in Indianapolis. Remus allegedly leaped, raged, and accused others of failing to defend his honor before calming, then suffering a nervous attack.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
George Remus
John T. Rogers
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Remus
Imogene
Rogers
Jack Daniels
Indianapolis
George Connors
John S. Birger
Los Angeles
George
Dodge
Connors
Booze Traffic Body Faces Death Mark Plan
The alcoholic liquor traffic committee of the house is marked for death along with several minor committees in a plan to be submitted to the house committee on committees. It claims the group acts as a propaganda agency for dry organizations. The plan proposes abolition of the woman suffrage committee and other panels, and expanding major committees including flood control from fifteen to twenty one members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
House
House Committee On Committees
Wetl
Tascosa man loses hides to robbers
Amarillo police aid sought after two men in a Ford touring car steal fifteen coyote hides three coon hides and ten skunk hides from a trapper near Tascosa authorities report two suspects driving a topless Ford touring car are at large
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Amarillo
Channing
Tascosa
Ford Prices Exceed Those Of Model T
Detroit December 1 Edsel Ford said the new Ford lineup will average about 50 dollars above the Model T prices. Base price for the phaeton is 396 dollars f o b Detroit and other models range from 325 to 570 dollars with truck chassis at 500 dollars.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Edsel Ford
F. O. B. Detroit
Cevecess
Esceveseersede
Eab
Memo Warns of Potential Soviet Poison Gas Dreams
A memorandum warns that the Soviet could make New York uninhabitable for at least a week and that Americans intend to use poison gases and infective bacteria in the next war. It cites alleged statements in the American Infantry Journal and similar publications. The note says the next war will bring greater disasters than ever before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Infantry Journal
Dissension in arms meet rocks League security talks
In Geneva the League of Nations security commission faced clashes as French and Greek delegates pushed to revive the Geneva protocol. Britain and the United States sought immediate armament reductions while others favored collective security under new terms. Washington signaled unlikely participation in the conference observers role.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Geneva
League of Nations Security Commission
Lord Cushendun
Paul Boncour
France
Benes
Security Commission
Politis
Lord Cushenden
League
Britain
United States
England
Associated Press
Washington
Civil War Song Becomes Macedonian Battle Cry
Dispatches reveal the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization uses John Brown’s Body as a war chant. Macedonian comitadji leader Todor Alexandroff’s death and the rise of Ivan Mihailoff drive a deadly campaign across the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fy International News Service
London
America
John Brown
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Todor Alexandroff
Comitadji
Alexandroff
Ivan Mihailoff
Protogueroff
Balkans
Mihailoff
Peter Chauleff
Dimtcho Stefanoff
Avengers
Chauleff
Milan
Dimitri Panitze
Vienna
Sofia
Balkan
United States
Army chief staff report void of housing or remedies
For the first time in years General C P Summerall’s annual army report is a concise summary of 1927 activities with no recommendations on housing or other evils. The document notes gradual progress toward peacetime effectiveness across all army elements and overall improved proficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
C. P. Summerall
Army of the United States
Summerall
Coolidge
White House
United States
Clarendon and Tulia to Aid City in Fight for 1928 PTA Meet
Amarillo will receive strong backing from Clarendon and Tulia as Chambers of Commerce urge the Texas Teachers Association executive committee to choose Amarillo for its 1928 convention. The city has also been awarded the 1928 conventions of the Texas Parent-Teacher Association and the Texas Congress of Mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tulia
Clarendon
Texas Teachers’ Association
Chambers of Commerce
Texas Parent-Teacher Associations
Texas Congress of Mothers
Youth Dies of Spinal Meningitis in Local Hospital
Herbert Donald Williamson aged 10, son of Mr and Mrs A C Williamson of Talmadge apartments, died in a local hospital after spinal meningitis. Funeral services will be held in Denver tomorrow. body to be sent there this afternoon by Blackburn Funeral Home. The family recently moved from Denver. Mr Williamson is manager of McElhinpey Tile and Marble Co.
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Herbert Donald Williamson
A. C. Williamson
Talmadge Apartments
Denver
Blackburn Funeral Home
Williamson
McElhinpey Tile and Marble Company
College boy at A and M gun victim
Marshall Brown 18, a freshman from Kaufman at A and M College, was accidentally shot in the abdomen in his dorm. He was toying with a .38 pistol when it discharged and pierced his intestines. Doctors feared the wound would prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
College Station
Marshall Brown
Kaufman
M. College
Young Brown
College Hospital
Lee Hudson
Dallas
Brown
Dorsey Brown
Morrow to Make Tour With Calles in Mexico
The American ambassador Dwight W. Morrow will head a Mexican tour tonight at the invitation of President Calles. The weeklong trip will cover northern Mexico to inspect irrigation and development projects. Personal talks aim to ease U S Mexico differences through direct discussion rather than official notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Calles
Morrow
United States
Central Plains Hit By Cold Wave and Ice Storm
A severe cold wave and sleet storm disrupted the central states yesterday. Telephone and telegraph lines failed and trains halted while the Wabash valley suffered flooding. Snow spread across Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle with Missouri reporting its heaviest fall since 1906. One railroad worker corpse found near Grand Junction Colorado. Hibbing Minnesota logged minus 18. Professor Cox warns no relief before early next week as western Canada also froze with Edmonton at minus 26.
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Wabash Valley
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Pan °Handle
Ilinois
Grand Junction
Colo
Hibbing
Minn
Cox
Chicago
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
Panhandle towns plan December 8 meeting in Amarillo
Plainview endorses the plan and will attend a Panhandle conference in Amarillo for a composite exhibit of regional products at Midwest fairs. Hereford will send four delegates, with Stratford Canadian and Memphis among the towns confirming attendance. About twenty towns will be represented at the 10 AM session at the Amarillo hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Board of City Development
Plainview
Chamber of Commerce
Hereford
Stratford
Canadian
Memphis
Amarillo Hotel
Radio Order in Effect for 146 Stations Nation wide
The Federal Radio Commission’s blanket order went into effect at 6 a.m. today, changing power, wavelength or time for 146 stations. The move aims to clear channels, improve reception and reduce interference. some stations had calls changed, others altered power or wavelength and several shifted in time division.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Henry Ford's Hand Felt In Wall Street
New York December 1 Henry Ford's price list for the new car shown to the public tomorrow stirred Wall Street. Motor stocks fell with General Motors and Ford taking the heaviest losses. Ford's competitor opened sharply up and slid before recovering slightly. Jefferson City Missouri predicts federal auto licensing unless states stop forcing out of state residents to buy licenses.
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United Press
New York
Henry Ford
Wall Street
Ford
General Motors
U. S
Jefferson City
Charles A. Becker
Missouri
New
Barnedall Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Cerro de Pasco
Ichicago & Alton
Chicago & Northwestern
Chile
Chrysler
Dodge Motors, A
General Asphalt
General Electric
Great Western Sugar
Houston Oil
Hadson Motors
Hupp Motors
Illinois Central
Inspiration Copper
International Harvester
International Nickel
Sess
International Paper
Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southern
Kennecott Copper
Cosvoves
Mexican Seaboard
Miami
Saees
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward & Co
National Biscuit
Packard Motor
Soepesserseces
Pan-American Pet
Phillips Petroleum
Producers & Refinery
Radio Copr
of America
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Simms Petroleum
Sinclair Cons
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Stewart Warnes
Studebaker
Aeons
Texas & & Pasitid
Seleye
Timken
Union Pacific
United States
St Theseseee
Victor Talking Machine
Wilys-Overland Ogg
Woolworth
Seqeeseseseesset
Fame's Price Makes Greatness A Relentless Climb
In Edgar A. Guest's verse a youth seeks ease after brief success. Fame warns that true triumph demands ongoing effort. The speaker notes future challengers will rise as current peaks fade, and steady work remains the path to lasting achievement.
Fort Worth and Regional Livestock Markets Report
Markets report from Fort Worth Oklahoma City and Kansas City show cattle and hog activity with steady to higher prices. Key figures include best butchers at Fort Worth $8.75, top steers $11.25, cows around $5.76 to $6.96, veals $10.96, and fat lambs $14.00. Oklahoma City cattle steady with short fed steers $9.25 to $10.25 and vealers $11.00. Kansas City markets list top hogs $8.60, steers up to $15.10, veal top $18.50, lambs $13.25.
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Fort Worth
The
Associated Press
Oklahoma Livestock
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Kansas
Chicago
ST. Louis
East S17
Louis
Multistate Livestock and Cotton Market Roundup
Chicago hogs steady with top near 9.10 as 50 000 head trade. St Louis cattle and calves steady with veal and cows noted. New Orleans and New York cotton futures rise with January around 19.30, advances of 9 13 points. Produce and poultry mixed. foreign exchange firm. edge higher in stock opening with AM can high notes and early selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
New York
Collins and Aikmen
Kennecott Copper
Green Cananea
Atchison
Peerless
Montgomery Ward
Timken
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Nevertheleess
American Machine and Foundry
Sainta
Radio Corporation
Welfare aid rescues family on road to dying father
A New Mexico family with tuberculosis left to reach an ailing father in Oklahoma received aid from the Welfare Association. Police took the mother and four children to a hotel, food and shelter were provided, the car was repaired, and they continued toward the father who died hours after their arrival in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Association Executive
Hudding Mg
Th Welfare Association
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Welfare Association
Amarillo Oil Men Eye Tulsa to Chicago API Train
Tulsa delegates to the American Petroleum Institute invite Amarillo members to ride a special train. The train departs Tulsa at 12 10 p m December 5 and arrives Chicago at 7 45 am December 6. Amarillo participants depart December 4 at 7 30 pm over the Rock Island, reaching Tulsa at 11 50 am December 5 and then depart for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
American Petroleum Institute
Chicago
Amarillo
Rock Island
City Officials to Meet Amarillo Board December Seventh Dinner
The Board of City Development and city officials will gather at Amarillo hotel for a 6:30 PM dinner on Wednesday December 7. The session aims to review each department head’s activities and discuss Amarillo development plans and city work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Development
Amarillo
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