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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1928
Page
1
Wall Street fear gripped investors after the Fed raised rediscount rates to 4 percent while Cyrus H. K. Curtis notes generate talk of an eugenic baby. The column cites profit, wages, and 1928 prosperity hopes, with aviation feats by Pilot Brooks and a quip about rum and prohibition.
Tonight and Saturday expect fair conditions with little temperature change. Record highs today 45 and 26, last year 1 and 29. Temperatures by hour show 7 am 26, 9 am 7, 10 am 82, 11 am 37, 12 noon 45, 1 pm 45. Regions listed include Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma East Texas West Texas. Local names cited include Potter Co. Lbr. Co. and Blackburn ambulance with phone 5211.
The Houston convention hall will be a stadium type, 25000 capacity, with a fireproof roof and cooling vents. It will include a branch post office four dining rooms press facilities and radio and motion picture support. Construction led by city architect G A Dowdy with completion planned in 90 days.
Jack Davis and Clayton Tontz, both indicted for murder and charged with hijacking, were recaptured Thursday evening in a West Borger shack after escaping Hutchinson County jail at Stinnett. They were returned to Amarillo for safekeeping and later placed in Potter County jail. The pair, along with Earle McGrew, face trial in January with a Feb 6 date set.
President William T. Cosgrave of the Irish Free State and his party departed Washington at 9 a m for Philadelphia after a four day stay in the capital.
Real Fight details a Missouri senator launching a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He plans speeches in the South extending into Oklahoma and Texas as part of an expanded campaign.
Kansas City report says supporters of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri will extend his Democratic presidential campaign to Oklahoma and Texas this week. Charles M. Howell, longtime friend and attorney, will travel to Oklahoma tonight to advance the effort.
More than 800 Hoover supporters held a meeting in Kansas City on January 27 asserting no plan to send an instructed delegation to the Republican National Convention. The aim is to build Hoover strength in the state so the delegation may gravitate to him after the opening ballots.
United Press reports Chicago launches an extensive war on bomb outrages as a shoe repair shop bombing follows yesterday’s attacks on Charles Fitzmorris, city controller, and Dr. William Reid. Gangsters in opposition to Thompson’s anti vice campaign exhibit hostility with more blasts.
Washington January 27 U S Attorney Peyton Gordon announced no action will be taken on sensational reports connected to the Sin clair Burns contempt case. He said investigation found no crime despite claims by William Lantz that his wife Jeannette was beaten and gagged. Burn detective witnesses said the woman could have suffocated if the gag remained. McMullin, the government witness, faces multiple accusations from defense lawyers who allege forgery bribery bigamy perjury and other faults. He is expected to remain on the stand through the week.
Henry Schumann-Heink, son of singer Ernestine Schuman-Heink, was slated for arraignment in San Diego on theft and securities act charges. An alleged $00,000 shortage at the Investment company bearing his name led to the indictment. he remains free on $19,000 bail.
The Associated Press reports American marines hold the peak of El Chipote, ending Sandino's occupation. Major Archibald Young leads 400 men to the ridge after aerial bombardment reportedly killed about forty rebels. Sandino's fate remains unconfirmed, but radio contact improved as the assault continued.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh travels from Cartagena to Bogota arriving after a perilous route across the Andes. The U. S. aerial ambassador is greeted by a large welcome as meteorologists forecast clear weather for the final leg.
Harry J. Brooks postponed his planned departure to Detroit in his small Ford plane due to a broken propeller. He said he hopes to take off tomorrow.
Two McLean high school youths died in a plane crash near McLean after pilot Harold English attempted a stunt at 400 feet. Donald Moring of Abra and William Miller of McLean were killed. English, injured, had flown in from Amarillo to the oil field and back. Funeral services are set for tomorrow in Clarendon and McLean respectively.
Frederick Lothrup Ames of Boston, age 22, married Maurice Lee Willard 22, a cabaret entertainer from Los Angeles, in Nogales Sonora after traveling part of the way by airplane from the Mexican border. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. W. Stricker in Tucson reported by United Press.
Fort Worth January 27 Associated Press West Texas fans may see a six club league this summer predicted by Karl Red Snapp veteran manager of close Detroit who visited Fort Worth Snapp plans to manage San Angelo if the circuit forms Fans in other West Texas cities welcome the prospect noting better conditions than in the old West Texans league He cites a compact bus capable schedule and low transportation costs Snapp has previously managed Paris Ardmore Okmulgee and other teams to pennants.
Prof. Clarence Wy Alvord, American historian and university professor, has died in Diano Marina Italy. The body will be returned to the United States.
William Edward Hickman, who confessed kidnapping and killing Marian Parker, insists on taking the stand in his insanity plea hearing. His lawyers oppose the move, warning it could disrupt defense strategy as jurors are being seated for the today’s session in Los Angeles.
Just hours before scheduled executions in Louisiana attorneys filed petitions to stop the hangings. Byron Dunn seeks to enjoin Judge Jerry Cline in Jennings, while Joe Genna and Morton Brasseaux request a suspensive writ from the U S Court of Appeals in Deridder.
A 15 year old Central High student was choked and acid splashed on her face by two well dressed women in a blue sedan. Tulsa police hunted the suspects as doctors fought to save the girl's eyesight.
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