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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1927

Page

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Precipitation General Over the Panhandle Brings Wheat Hope

The Panhandle and West Texas receive rain snow and sleet with temperatures dropping to 24 in Amarillo. Snowfall ranges from traces to four inches in Texline Texline area and Panhandle towns. Abilene Dallas report 0.21 and 0.31 inches respectively. Moisture boosts surface soil and subsoil stocks, while forecasted warmer weather promises further precipitation.

Amarillo Panhandle West Texas North Plains Plains Abilene Dallas Texline Dalhart Perryton Weather Bureau Wheat Fort Worth Denver Childress Santa Fe Slaton Canyon Kress Hereford Clovis St. Francis Waynoka White Deer Isom

Amarillo Snow Tonight Then Warmer Tuesday

The forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for snow tonight and partly cloudy, warmer conditions on Tuesday. Temperatures show a high near 25 and a low around 24. One year earlier the high reached 75 with a low of 36.

Amarillo

March Lion Roars Across Southwest Snow Hits Plains

The Associated Press reports a pre onset of spring storms sweeping the Southwest and Rocky Mountain region, with heavy snow blanketing Kansas Northern Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas as a front approaches.

Associated Press Dallas Southwest Rocky Mountain Kansas Oklahoma Panhandle Tex

University Land Taxation Reaches Senate Floor

Austin February 28. Taxation of university lands was moved to the senate floor after supporters won a favorable committee report. The house originated measure would put a referendum on taxing university lands in seventeen West Texas counties.

Associated Press Austin Senate House West Texas

Father hangs self after dispute over piano playing

St Louis reported Emil Chaxel a 73 year old widower hanged himself in his basement after his daughter insisted on playing the piano.

Associated Press ST. Louis Emil Chaxel

Panhandle Livestock Meet Attracts Cattlemen To Amarillo

Early arrivals for the Panhandle Hereford and cattle raisers convention in Amarillo plan to aid the Texas South Western Cattle Raisers association. Sessions open tomorrow at the Mission theater with talks by Col. C C Walsh and J F Jarrell and a banquet at the Herring Hotel with A I P Duggan discussing Texas taxes. The Panhandle Hereford Breeders sale follows Wednesday at 1 pm at the Tri State fair grounds. Attendees include William Penn Anderson Led Calahan Bert Lovett Wallace Good Dick Coon Barney Conner Theo Lampe Lee Livestock Kansas City Jim Reid John Clay A A Myers Ben Dreyfuss Frank Witherspoon and Ed Letson.

Amarillo Texas-Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association Panhandle Livestock Associations Mission Theater Col. C. C. Walsh Federal Reserve Board of Dallas J. F. Jarrell The Santa Fe Hal Ray Rock Island Herring Hotel Bill Flenniken Col. A. I P. Duggan West Texas Chamber of Commerce Texas Panhandle Hereford Breeders’ Association Tri-State Fair Grounds William Penn Anderson Led Calahan Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association Kansas City Bert Lovett Fureka Kans Wallace Good Dick Coon Dalhart Houston Barney Conner Claude Theo Lampe Lee Livestock Commission Company Jim Reid John Clay and Company A. A. Myers Kansas City Stockyards Company Ben Dreyfuss Drovers National Bank Frank Witherspoon Witherspoon Livestock Commission Company Ed Letson National Livestock Commission Company

Liberal libel law passes house to governor for approval

The Texas House concurred in a liberalized libel law approved by the Senate, allowing fair and impartial accounts of public meetings and addresses to be published and republished if the content concerns public interest. Blackburn Ambulance. Phore 21.

Associated Press Austin House Senate

Right of Gould To Senate Place Upheld

The senate elections sub committee upheld Senator Gould of Maine in his right to a senate seat. It recommended dropping charges tied to a $100,000 payment to a Canadian official.

Gould Senate Associated Press Washington Maine

The Globe Seeking News Stories for Prize Pay

The Globe offers five dollars weekly for the best story and one dollar for every other printed piece. Eligible reporters are invited to submit news or feature ideas to The Globe editorial department. Several strong entries have already arrived as printing begins this week.

The Globe Globe and News

Anne Morgan Sees Women Succeeding in Business

Miss Anne Morgan says women win in business by originality and breaking precedent. She declares the idea that something has never been done before does not frighten her, reflecting a confident view of female enterprise.

The Associated Press New York Anne Morgan

Texas prison farms to undergo mass shake up

Mrs. J. B. King, head of the Texas prison system board, announced a wholesale discharge of guards and managers at the prison farms after two guards were dismissed for cruel treatment. She cited unsanitary conditions and abuses at Ramsey and Darrington farms, including bloodhound abuse of an epileptic patient and drunken guard violence during the holidays.

San Antonio Texas San Antonio J. 8 King Board of Supervisors Texas Prison System Mra. King Abilene Darrington Ramsey

U S Wins Oil Lease Battle

The U S Supreme Court voids Edward Doheny oil leases and contracts tied to the Elk-Hille Naval Oil reserve and Pearl Harbor storage facilities as procured by fraud and corruption during Albert B Fall’s tenure as interior secretary. The ruling upholds lower court findings and cancels the agreements.

Associated Preasy Washington Edward L. Doheny Albert GB. Fall Doheny Elk-Hille Naval Oil Reserve Pearl Harbor Hawaii

Calles Reports 380 Mexican Petroleum Firms Comply

President Calles informs Senator Borah that 380 companies have complied with Mexico's petroleum law. The communication to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee notes full adherence under the new regulatory framework.

Associated Prew Washington Calles Mexico Borsh Senate Foreign Relations Commission

Senate urged to hold Insull in contempt

The campaign funds committee asked the Senate to hold Samuel Insull the Chicago utilities operator his attorney Daniel J Schuyler and Thomas W Cunningham treasurer of the Pennsylvania Republican state committee in contempt in Washington on February 28 as part of its probe.

Associated Preas Washington Senate Campaign Funds Committee Samuel Insull Chicago Daniel J. Schuyler Thomas W. Cunningham Philadelphia Pennsylvania Republican State Committee

Cloture Invokeed On Prohibition Bill Action

The senate invoked cloture today to limit debate and drive action on the prohibition and customs reorganization bills proposed by the administration.

Associated Press Washington Senate Administration

Mary McCormic-Small a Flapper Opera Star Says She Suffers No Ego

The singer Mary McCormic-Small arrives at her parents home in a kimono and speaks with humor about American women, Paris influence, and romance. She rejects the idea of marrying a Frenchman and prefers an American husband to be spoiled like others. The interview hints at further remarks continued on page two.

Mary McCormic J. H. Harris Buchanan Street Mary Paris France New York

Last Auto Show Detail Is Ready For Opening

The Tri State fair grounds hosts the Amarillo Auto Show opening tomorrow at 2 PM with exhibits arranged by the Amarillo Automotive association. Bill Lampe leads the show with a 2 to 10 schedule, and admissions continue Wednesday and Thursday.

Tri-State State Fair Grounds Amarillo Automotive Association Amarillo Hotel Bill Lampe

Famous for Food Amarillo Hotel ad

An old Amarillo advertisement notes the Parker Panhandle meeting place at 112 E. 6th with the theme beauty specialist and the slogan Famous For Food. A phone number 249 appears with the 1000 line contact.

Amarillo Hotel Phe Panhandle

Methodism group reviews Amarillo college site options

Northwest Texas Methodist conference locating commission inspects four proposed sites for a new college in Amarillo led by Bishop John M. Moore. Inspection party includes seven cars with Mayor Loe ivine guiding land north of the city. A recommendation to Bishop Moore will lead to a special conference session within a month to ratify or reject.

Amarillo Northwest Beefore Hoon Loe Ivine Castle Cliffs Howell and Olson San Jacinto

Butler to command 2500 Marines in Asiatic waters

Brig. Gen. Smedley J. Butler was ordered to China to command the Marine force of more than 2,500 in Asiatic waters. He will proceed by fleet steamer from San Diego.

Long Island New Jersey Walter S. Gifford Mars McNary-Haugen United States President Coolidge LaFollette Associated Preys Washington Smedley J. Butler Chin Asiatic San Diego

Officers Hold Body of Man Slain At Dance

Police in Weslaco hold the body of Adan Gonzales of Harlingen after he was stabbed and killed during a brawl at a Mexican dance near Brownsville. Authorities seek the slayer as investigators describe a brutal struggle with multiple wounds.

Prean Brownsville Weslaco Adan Gonzales Harlington

Quarreled Over Wife Bobbing Hair Ends in Tragic Suicide

Barbourville Kentucky reports James Williamson aged 28 killed himself after a quarrel with his wife over her bobbed hair. He shot himself last night as his wife watched, unable to intervene.

Ernest S. Rieker New Jersey Trenton Helen Abraham Kulp South Langvhorne Kulp Ashbury Park N. J John D. Osborne Osborne Kleker Doris Mia Ricker Grace Oakley The Associated Vrees Barbourville James Williamson Williamson

Congress Meets at Noon For Mixed Bills and Cloture

Congress convenes at noon as the House considers miscellaneous bills and the Senate forces votes on two cloture petitions. Senator McNary pushes to override the farm bill veto while Judge Cooper impeachment hearings proceed in the House committee.

Congress House Senate McNary Cooper House Committee

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