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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1928
Page
6
The Amarillo Globe lists its publishing details, editors, and office information for the January 6 1928 issue including publisher Gene Howe and general manager Wilbur C. Hawk. It notes Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates for various periods.
A editorial urges Amarillo to act to gain air mail service as Texas cities Fort Worth Dallas Waco Austin Houston Galveston and San Antonio begin February 1. It cites lack of landing field facilities as a key barrier and calls for early action to place Amarillo on the air maps this year.
The article warns Potter County voters to settle poll taxes by January 31 to qualify for the year’s elections. It notes only about ten percent have paid so far and predicts a last minute rush that burdens taxpayers and the tax collector.
The probate court ruled George Remus must be confined in the asylum for the criminal insane citing his unstable mind and dangerous rages. Remus called the decision humorous, saying it was the most humorous decision he had heard of, while observers saw irony in a man acquitted for murder being confined.
Chicago business women and employed girls are offered cultural events at low prices by the Polytechnic Society founded twenty five years ago by Mrs John B Sherwood. Similar cooperative efforts have expanded to Norfolk and other cities with artists performing at prices close to movie tickets.
Hammond learns from Juan that Norman Platt conspired to cause an accident during Hammond’s Mexico expedition to gain the uncle’s fortune. The revelation shifts Hammond to draft a new will, naming Juan as a witness and exposing Platt’s threat to his inheritance.
In Cohoes New York Mayor Congo fights a quorum crisis as three of six aldermen including Mrs Katharine Hogan Edward Fisher and William Trumbly hide to block the reappointment of Charles J Neeson. Police search for the missing members while the rest stay in continuous session.
A reflective 1928 column notes city scenes from Fifth Avenue to Broadway. The piece binds urban curiosities including Nan Britton, Peggy Joyce, Marium and Tom Thumb, and touring dancing girls who quickly became forgotten after a hit show.
Whisky-making equipment seized by the sheriff in Ridgemere was so bulky that Judge Bishop granted permission to sell it. Officers found 2,500 gallons of mash, 20 gallons of whisky, 12 steel mash tanks, 400 half gallon jars, a 150 gallon still, and five hauling trucks. J A Nabors and Ruth Nabors were arrested at the two story Ridgemere house, 2128. The raid yielded $762 in cash and various records in what was described as one of the area’s biggest hauls in some time.
Shadow the Weasel hunts through a snow covered yard chasing a chipmunk and then turns to the barn where he quickly kills a fat mouse and then a larger young rat that boasts at him. Shadow moves with uncanny speed and leaves the others in peril as he continues his hunt. The scene ends with a teaser for the next story "A Barn Full of Squeaks."
In a quiet hamlet a breach of promise case unfolds with a kindly jur y drawn from villagers. Cale Riggs seeks to recover his expenditures on presents and entertainment as Aurelia’s suitor while peers debate sympathy and justice.
The schooner L Avenir of Belgian registry ran aground on a sand bar near Nassau in the Bahama Islands. A tug from Key West was speeding to assist the vessel, according to reports from the Hialeah tropical radio station today.
Two Hercules Powder mills in Valley Falls New York were rocked by explosions causing extensive damage with initial reports saying no fatalities. Firefighters battled flames and smoke as investigators began assessing the cause. Authorities noted property loss and potential disruption to production at the facilities.
Continued fog at Tampico was expected to delay the departure of two Ryango goodwill planes en route from Houston to Mexico City, delaying the flight schedule for United Press reported plans.
Atlantic City reports fifty high school girls adopting middy blouses and blue skirts to curb dress snobbery. In New York, Maude Wetmore becomes president of the Women’s National Republican Club, daughter of a former Rhode Island governor and senator. Schwab recalls Carnegie’s counsel on a cheerful approach to life as he receives the Commercial Peace Medal from the Arbitration Society of America.
Chicago Jan 6 More than 24 000 persons were killed in the United States in 1927 by automobiles and motorcycles the National Safety Council estimated today on the basis of reports from 110 cities The number was an increase of about 500 over 1926.
Carnegie sent a picture of a laughing monk from abroad to hang in the board room with a warning to directors to view it when they felt overly solemn. A light rebuke amid governance tensions is noted in this curious exchange.
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