Amarillo Globe-News December 24, 1928 issue notes publication details
In Amarillo Texas the Globe-News announces publication as a Sunday paper connected with the Amarillo Daily News. Publisher editor Gene Howe and general manager Wilbur C Hawk are listed along with Associated Press affiliation and 1928 subscription rates for local carriers.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Act of March Ltd
Globe-News Publishing Co
6Th and
Fillmore
Gene Howe
Wilbur C Hawk
A Poor Place for the Young
A Regional Plan Association bulletin highlights how factory towns in the New York metro area have the highest child percentages while residential towns show lower shares. Perth Amboy 46 percent under 20 versus East Orange 30 percent under 30 illustrate the contrast, underscoring that big cities may inspire adults but are poor for youths.
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New York
Regional Plan Association of
Perth Amboy
East Orange
Safety contest aims to push air travel toward safer planes
The Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics launches a Safe Airplane Contest with entries from about a dozen major manufacturers. Experts note progress in engine reliability and wing design, while fog navigation and fuel safety remain key focuses for broader commercial aviation growth.
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Harry F. Guggenheim
Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
Handley-Page
Guggenheim Fund
Guiding Your Child by Mrs Agnes Lyne
An article discusses Edwin's creative struggles and early memory of making art for his mother. It argues a child's first creative efforts shape attitude and warns that cold reception can discourage talent. Praise and warmth for all attempts nurture lifelong creativity.
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Agnes Lyne
Laughing Around the World with Irvin S. Cobb A Hitch in It Somewhere
A state legislator pushes a bill to ban revolvers claiming crime reduction but a fellow member cites New York’s Sullivan anti pistol law noting no bow and arrow murders in decades. The exchange highlights political rhetoric and paradox in gun control debates.
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Corn Belt
New York
Battle Caterpillars Ravage Sean Sea Valley Fields
Caterpillars swarm across the Sean sea Valley, ravaging farmland and leaving fields bare as farmers report heavy damage from the hungry invaders. Local authorities and agricultural agencies monitor the outbreak for containment measures.
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London
Seansea Valley
Birthday feud on the highway ends with brigands fleeing
Gerane witnesses a dawn confrontation as her father Jenifer Davos leads brigands to seize Starcourt and his men. After a dramatic clash a masked brigade is driven off, and Gerane declares freedom for a captor, while Jenifer asserts control and sends the robbers packing into the forest.
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Gerane
Togues
Jenifer
Glen
Julius Broadaxe
Broadaxe
Jenifer Davos
Dragoon
Starcourt
Stripling
Lambkin
Leopold Mathias
America to Lead World in Women’s Fashion Said by McIntyre
D C McIntyre writes that America and New York will soon outrank Paris as the world’s fashion capital. Paris sends copyists to New York while French houses station experts here to watch trends. New York dressmaking firms mimic Paris salons with glitter, chandeliers, and high prices. Men's styles revive mid Victorian looks with Chesterfield overcoats and wing collars, while Hollywood pushes tailored elegance for stars. Prices for wardrobes run high, with suits at $195 and a lady’s frock $325. Mr Menjou cited as influence.
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New York
America
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Courteriere
Yesteryear
Mr. Menjou
Hollywood
Gotham
Rina Deliguero Sentenced For Auto Fatality
United Press reports in Rome that Rina Deliguero, a famed film star, received five months in prison and a $15 fine for killing a workman with her car in January 1926. In Odessa, Russia, the Ilyich steamed in from Alexandria with four alleged revolutionaries aboard, while a separate anecdote recalls a lumbering escape by woodsmen who aided the raiders’ capture.
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United Press
Rome
Rina Deliguero
Odessa
Russia
Ilyich
Alexandria
Egypt
Peter Rabbit's Discontent in the Briar Patch
Peter Rabbit and Mrs. Peter suffer hunger from bark and twigs as heavy snows blanket the Green Forest. They debate venturing to the Green Forest for food while Reddy Fox approaches, warning of danger and urging caution in their Briar Patch refuge.
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Peter Rabbit
Peter
Briar Patch
Green Forest
Briar
Mrs. Peter
Reddy Fox
Old May Coyote
Briar-patch
T. W. [Ngegess
Christmas Crossword Puzzles and World News Update
A Christmas themed crossword puzzle lists clues across and down with words like prudent value long slender piece of wood and edge of a skirt. The page then reports a series of United Press dispatches from Paris Naples Milan Minneapolis and Sioux City about Christmas swimming in the Seine naval burial honors submarines a factory blast featherweight boxer and Santa delivering presents by airplane.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Oscar Gardner
Gardner
Sioux City
Arthur S. Hanford, Jr
Santa Claus
Word Puzzle Clues Pack Slips Into Curious List
A long list of crossword like clues spans varied terms from fore piece of a cap to mineral spring and sea eagle. The items mix definitions and translations, some with verbs, nouns, or phrases, forming a jumble of potential answers.
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