22 Feb 1927
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1927
Page
1
Fragment from a column referencing Mrs. McPherson touring New York with a program described as controversial among night club crowds. It contrasts religious rhetoric with secular entertainment and includes brief musings on education, crime, and public morals. The text also quotes various figures and discusses prize fighting, suicide prevention efforts, and social attitudes toward vice.
Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures tonight and Wednesday. Overnight low temperatures and daytime highs trend cooler with a high near 68 degrees and a low around 58.
President Calvin Coolidge spoke from the House of Representatives in a joint session, saluting George Washington as a builder with a national mind. His address was broadcast by forty two radio stations, reaching audiences in Paris and beyond as plans for the nation’s celebration proceeded.
A Chinese nationalist gunboat on the Whangpoo river tried to shell Kiangnan arsenal near Shanghai. Five shells landed in the French concession and damaged two American residences. Two Chinese were killed. no foreign casualties were reported.
In Camaguey Cuba Enrique Barranco convicted of murdering an old man was garroted in jail. He is the sixth inmate to die by the garrote in recent months.
Rescue teams recovered only fragments of Homer Russell after an explosion at the Independent Torpedo Company magazine two miles south of Borger. Davis remains missing as officials note over 2,000 quarts of high explosive were involved and a prior blast occurred at Thompson Hardware. Russell, Amarillo resident, was killed. his wife works at Pool Drug in Amarillo.
Mrs. J. S. Dean and her 10-year old daughter Loreta suffered serious burns when their clothing ignited from an oil stove explosion six miles from Amarillo on the North Highway. Both were hospitalized in critical condition at St. Anthony's sanitarium with little hope for recovery. a third family member had minor wounds at a neighbor's home.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin introduces a resolution on Washington's birthday urging retirement after two terms. The measure asserts any deviation from the two term custom would be unwise and perilous to free institutions. Coffee Shop ad and services appear in the Amarillo Hotel listing.
Reports say Will Tucker of Longview has been named state game fish and oyster commissioner by Governor Moody and will be sent to the senate for confirmation. The department had lacked a head since the resignation of T. BE Hubby of Waco.
TOLEDO Feb 22 Mr and Mrs Alex Schuster were found shot and hacked to death in their home. Police suspect the husband killed his wife and then killed himself. Three young children slept in an adjoining room as officers arrived.
Magnolia Petroleum and Carter Oil released new crude price schedules effective today. Prices vary by gravity from 1.35 to 2.41 dollars per barrel, with higher gravity oils facing larger cuts.
The world famed explorer Roald Amundsen headlines a Thursday lecture in Amarillo with North Pole flight stories and Antarctic trips. Dr. George J. Nunn praises him. profits aid the Tri State Fair. A children’s free program at 2:15 p.m. precedes the 8:15 p.m. lecture. Tickets at Ledbetter Drug Store.
Washington February 22 The second deficiency appropriation bill totaling 65 400 967 was reported to the house. It seeks to meet deficits in current appropriations and provide funds for work before July 1 next year. The major item 57 200 000 would pay pensions notably to Spanish war veterans.
Marion Meyers a former University of South Dakota coed who tried to rob the First National bank vault in Vermilion of 24 dollars to pay her tuition was held sane today in Yankton M D authorities report.
Amarillo lawyers and citizens fear Gov. Dan Moody will veto the bill creating an assistant district attorney for Potter County. The measure passed both houses and sits on the governor’s desk awaiting a conference with Potter County officials. Local officials say the county faces unprecedented criminal cases and needs relief from workload.
Chicago on February 22 convened a hot mayoral primary with over 3,000 police on duty at polling places and machine gun patrols in volatile wards. The contest centers on William Hale Thompson's bid to reclaim the mayoralty against Edward R. Litzeninger amid party impasse and Daly resignation shadows.
The Senate convenes at 11 a m and considers miscellaneous bills while the House debates a medicinal whisky bill. President Coolidge delivers a joint session address as night sessions are planned for further business.
New York reports the blizzard's toll climbs to twenty one with seven sailors missing from the Camilla May Page after it floundered off Brigantine Beach New Jersey. Captain Warren Grace of Philadelphia is feared dead as lifeboats were found empty. The lumber laden schooner was bound from Jacksonville to New York. Property damage along New York New Jersey coasts estimated between three and five million dollars.
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