25 Jan 1927
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1927
Page
1
The excerpt muses on balance in nature, predation on mice, and population dynamics, then shifts to human affairs including an automobile fatality claim, book publishing costs, and tariffs on wood alcohol. It notes oceanic capacity, telegraph stock, and a Fokker flying machine claim, with a suggestion to the navy.
About twelve hundred men with artillery and armored cars under Maj. Gen. John Duncan prepare to defend the British concession in Shanghai if China adopts a belligerent stance. The move, announced by the war office, seeks to deter anti British outbreaks while Parliament is not in general mobilization.
Highest temperature in Amarillo today 64 degrees at 1 p m. Lowest 84 degrees at 8 a m. Forecast through 7 p m Wednesday for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair conditions and little temperature change. West Texas generally fair tonight and Wednesday, New Mexico fair with somewhat colder spell in extreme southwest.
Five hundred marines were withdrawn from the mail guard today and ordered concentrated at Quantico Virginia and San Diego California. An additional 500 will be withdrawn and reassigned by February 15. A 300-man detachment at Guam is ordered to Cavite to be nearer China. No orders issued to move the Guam contingent yet.
Stanley Lee, 17, inmate at the state training school for boys in Chehalis Washington, faces first degree murder charges for beating Ottie Hudson 16 to death with a hammer. A coroner jury held Lee for the death after his confession saying I didnt like the kid. Eyewitnesses testified to the killing and motive.
Health officers report one death from smallpox James T Wall farmer and stockman brings toll to twelve. No new cases in forty eight hours, quarantine on rail traffic denied. Cordon around the Mexican section remains, vaccination drive over twenty thousand in four weeks.
A Texas house session after the Round Rock bus crash that killed ten Baylor students saw a bill introduced by Mason and Ennis to require all railroads to build overhead or underpass crossings on federally or state designated highways in Texas. Noncompliance would forfeit railroad charters.
Premier Poincare told the finance committee that France has no plan to stabilize the franc at present, aiming only to keep it near 26 to the dollar. The remark came as the government discussed currency policy in Paris.
Plainclothes patrolmen yesterday found a Chevrolet roadster in the Panhandle area. Authorities had wired that the car was stolen and it bore an Arkansas license. The vehicle was ordered held for Hutchinson County authorities.
In Fort Worth Tex Jan 25 Isaac D White for the defense in the murder trial of Rev J Frank Norris told the jury that Texas does not demand a man run away and whine when attacked He contrasted Norris influence with that of Dexter Chipps the man accused of killing Chipps in Norris study July 17 The defense argued Chipps bore malice and was drunk and pressed that prosecutors misrepresented facts The judge expected to charge the jury about 4 30 p m with a verdict likely today
Colorado Springs reporter Fred Paris a local movie cameraman announced plans for a long exploring trip in northwestern Australia. He intends to spend six to nine months documenting the journeys where only one party of white men has penetrated the region.
Frances Peaches Browning cried on the witness stand during a New York separation case brought by Edward Browning. She described alleged cruelty after the marriage and recounted the first night together, then testified further after a recess and medical consultation.
Rig builders deny IWW influence in the Panhandle strike. They say workers seek higher pay for heavier gas work, with rates from 14 to 16 dollars a day in Borger and 16 to 18 elsewhere. Contractors note earlier 12 to 14 dollar wages, shifting to 14 16 by July. some are ready to sign a new scale, while work shortages delay action.
Santa Fe New Mexico January 25. A pension and compensation law for police and firemen will be presented to the state legislature during the current session, according to the legislative revision commission.
Amarillo's Board of City Development pushes for a Panhandle Experiment Station to boost local prosperity and settle open spaces. Led by P C Bennett and Lee Satterwhite, the plan asks the state for 150000 to establish grazing and farming sections with Judge J W Crudgington as committee chair. The proposal aims to present to the legislature soon.
A movement to revise Amarillo's charter seeks to allow a salaried mayor and commissioners so they can work full time. W B Patterson says business leaders back naming a charter commission to review the charter and call an election. The present charter is deemed antiquated for a 50 000 population city. A petition will be presented to the city commission soon requesting appointment of a charter commission.
Couple identified as Mr and Mrs John Wilson aged about 85 were found dead in a bedroom seated in chairs facing one another. Authorities considered a possible poisoning as the cause with no sign of violence. Bank books show Wilson had several thousand dollars. neighbors noted they lived alone in the house.
Denver January 25 The state civil service commission will hear arguments from counsel for Thomas J. Tynan ward en of the state penitentiary and the attorney general on the request to make charges more specific. The hearing is set for 10 oclock tomorrow morning and the commission will take the matter under advisement. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is Famous For Food.
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