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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1928
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe-News masthead provides publication details for February 3 1928 including staff roles and policy statement. The note confirms Independent Democratic stance and AP news usage rights, with filing and subscription data.
A Western university professor argues atheism, dubbed free thinking, may fuel young people to question beliefs. He cites initial radical assertions as healthy thinking that often leads to personal faith, suggesting Four A's efforts may backfire by steering youth toward religion through independent reasoning.
An admirer outlines a bold, hopeful rocket project driven by youthful longing to reach Venus. The piece argues such yearning fuels invention and progress, while noting risks of mass exodus and urging practical limits.
A young man in a midwest city autographed into a griddle cake eating contest with a friend, consuming about 80 buckwheat cakes. The piece argues buckwheat belongs to farm kitchens for hearty workmen and critiques urban eating scenes while musing on public figures and a remark about Chicago by President Cosgrave.
Ralph plots to hide liquor caches as a murder investigation tightens around Fairfields. Deputy notices a dug mound and a brown jug while the mansion buzzes with rumors. Stephanie faces a liquor charge and Rod remains silent as Rita Carstairs and Hawkins weigh options.
The column offers a brisk, colorful tour of 1920s New York scenes including the Lincoln Tunnel area, a Hammerstein theater premiere, storefronts, and night life. It blends street portraits with scenes of crime, vice, and bustling commerce, naming figures like Vincent Lopez and Two Gun Murphy while noting common city frustrations.
Peter Rabbit avoids Reddy Fox while Johnny Chuck grumbles and hides behind a snow covered doorway. The two woodland inhabitants observe a tense, daylight standoff before Johnny retreats to bed and Peter heads home.
New York playwright known for sardonic humor attends a party with a fiancée. He quizzes a plain woman with a large hook nose and, after a pause, jokes that something smells dead when no odor exists. The anecdote highlights his wry social misfire.
International News Service reports that modern screen vamps are shorter and lighter than earlier stars. Clara Bow and Madge Bellamy stand 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 1 inch, Olive Borden 5 feet 4, while Theda Bara and Kitty Gordon were taller. Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks illustrate current mid height appeal among leading ladies.
Movie observers note Marion Davies and Ma Pickford as standout stars. They average five feet three inches in height and about 120 pounds, with brunettes dominating female leads and redheads gaining presence in current cinema trends.
Lieutenant Clausen Kaas of Denmark forms a national committee to raise 150 000 crowns for a single seat Fokker to fly Copenhagen to New York with landings in Ireland and Newfoundland. He pledges to repay donors from flight proceeds after a successful lecture tour. He is noted as a reckless flyer with many crashes and recent parachute jumping for a Swedish firm.
Washington February 3. The Senate ordered an investigation into the administration of Indian affairs by a resolution from Senator King Utah. The inquiry by the Indian affairs committee will examine relations of the bureau with Indians and their property to determine if new laws are needed in Indians’ interests.
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