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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1927
Page
3
A garbled local piece features a Texan fretting about becoming mayor and funding storm sewers, mentions rival E R Tack and Lon Marrs, riffs on poetry days, reporters, O W and a new bungalow, and a runaway Ford vehicle heading toward Borger.
A meeting of all superintendents department heads and budgeting committee is set for tomorrow afternoon in the auditorium to determine premiums for the 1927 Tri-State Fair and plan financial details. C H Amacker the manager requests all be present at 2 30 PM to fix the budget for the exhibition.
Verses lampoon local politics with names like Tack and Mrs. Edwards as readers edge toward a mayoral race. The column also notes 18 000 motor vehicle licenses paid in Potter County and 15 000 cars expected to register, plus staff updates and a bishop’s crusade visit.
A collection of light verse and notices. A humorous take on fashion, railroading, and local civic life. The piece includes pro and con lines on modest dress and a humorous railroading rhyme about a gambler engineer. John Moore promotes Tack for Mayor in Amarillo.
The News editor received a call offering two poems credited to J N Beasley but the caller claimed to be J Ray. Johnson suspects misrepresentation as he recalls J Ray previously submitted a poem with lines including head to head and feet to feet, eye to eye and chicken meat.
A harsh poem from THE CRACKLESS TEXAN criticizes a mayoral contender. The piece mocks the candidate's intellect and habits while alleging his wife controls him. The author endorses O. W. and opposes Tack, urging the public to vote for change and rest from the candidate's influence.
A Constant Downtown Driver questions the red light ordinance for right turns and argues the curbside driver who blocks traffic should face the same $10 fine as a climber around another car. The letter requests clarifications on traffic flow aims and fairness.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved a favorable report on the Pittman bill exempting short line railroads from the current rule that they pay to the government half of net earnings above a set percent. The measure aims to relieve their tax burden.
Lions are figuring on a big blowout tomorrow noon at the Amarillo hotel. It will be their first meeting in over a month with Roy Smith Dr. W. Bo Stevenson and Rev. L. N. Stuckey in charge of the program.
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