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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1927
Page
6
Amarillo readers are promised a big week as the Fair association sponsors a six day horse racing program at the fair park. Officials say the quality rivals top national meets and urge strong local patronage to support the event.
A local call urges Amarillo to formally invite Colonel Lindbergh after his Paris flight sparks nationwide talk of aviation. An Ex-Army Fliers' club formed yesterday to spur local aviation, and a Texas tour including Abilene and El Paso is planned. The piece urges Amarillo officials to extend an invitation and attract the famed aviator.
The essay argues that frontiers shift with technology from oceans and mountains to air and space. It notes Byrd plans aerial voyages to the South Pole, Amazon, Arabia, and Everest, then hints at moon and stellar flights. It emphasizes explorers' drive persists beyond any single crossing.
In Pittsburgh on July 19 International News Service reports that Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia federal enforcement, led by John D. Pennington, has netted about 1.43 million dollars from seized materials used to make liquor in a year. Operating costs in June were around 345 thousand, with some months higher, and much of the total remains to be collected. Pennington claims bootleggers have been taxed about 550 thousand, but only 46,200 paid in cash so far.
The City Tax Board met this morning at city hall and will spend the next few weeks reviewing the recent tax renditions. Chairman J. M. Russell leads the board with Ben Short and J. D. Thompson. renditions this year are more voluminous than in past years.
Sonia Marsh moves to San Francisco seeking thrills while Don Stillwater, a young doctor, takes an interest and persuades her to work for his uncle Jed Thomas. Enter Maxine LaRue’s clandestine liaison with Mac McGregor and Sonia’s attraction to Franklin Crane as Walter Henderson circulates. A hospital mishap kills Maxine and Don proposes marriage to shield Sonia, but romantic loyalties shift as Crane reappears and Sonia questions her feelings amid a city of lights and torn promises.
Ground was broken yesterday for a new five story unit of St. Anthony's sanitarium on North Polk street. The ceremony was large with Bishop R A Gerken officiating and turning the first dirt. Clergy and sisters led a service with hymns and prayers as the site was blessed with holy water.
Mrs. Coyote frets after four young Chucks escape her hunt while Old Man Coyote remains calm. He persuades her that luck favors patience not haste, then schemes to outsmart Bowser the Hound and Farmer Brown's Boy to secure a better meal. He notes hunter's luck and urges composure as they advance toward the Smiling Pool.
A 1927 NEA Service humorous miscellany recounts small town bank panic antics with a clever teller heating gold to distract depositors. It weaves in quips about disarmament, a Texan’s 150 hour wake, and notes on democracy and aging talents discovering in movies.
A professor predicts that in three to four generations the world will host billions more people than the planet can sustain, suggesting crowded streetcar experiences may become common as a result.
The Amarillo city commission meets tonight to discuss proposed ordinances regulating bus transportation and other issues. Mayor Lee Bivins and Commissioners Harris and Brymer attend. Several items carried over from the last meeting will be resolved.
In Washington, July 19, Rodney Dutcher notes exposure of new Indiana political scandals centering on Gov. Ed Jackson prompts talk of a needed upheaval to improve Hoosier politics. He recalls Bryan’s stance on Indiana matters, and mentions federal reserve act support and Bryan loyalists amid regulatory clashes with the federal radio commission.
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