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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1928
Page
8
Gene Howe publisher editor and Wilbur C Hawk general manager list subscription rates for Amarillo by carrier and mail. Rates include MC 65 cents and 1.95 cents for daily. 75 cents 3.90 2.50 for other services with location code 6262.
Whitey the albino cottontail rabbit is caught in a trap by Farmer Brown's Boy. He is frightened but unharmed and moves to a safe wire pen with food. The boy explains Whitey is Peter Rabbit's child and will live in safety away from predators. The story is from Burgess 1928.
Commdore Sir James Charles of Cunard dies after Aquitania docks at Southampton. He refused to leave the bridge despite illness, serving to the end. The essay praises the rigid codes of duty that guide sea captains and contrasts them with modern life’s ambiguity.
A speaker at the Society of Automotive Engineers in Quebec compared European roads unfavorably with those in the United States. He noted postwar damage and government money shortages slowed European maintenance, while U S roads improved as automobile use soared.
Captain Herman Koehl and Baron Von Huenefeld faced a chilly reception in Vienna after visiting Doorn to see former Kaiser Wilhelm. Viennese opinion remains bitter toward Wilhelm, affecting perceptions of the two flyers. Austria recalls who led the country into war in 1914.
The piece examines Mrs. Shaver's outspoken anti ticket stance and asks how much a politician's spouse owes to public life. It notes her visibility stems from Clem Shaver's position, but argues a wife has right to own opinion and expression, even as the controversy centers on her relation to her husband. Airplane production estimates for 1928 are mentioned amid the discussion.
In a crowded autumn studio Jerry and Saxon debate beauty sex and modern culture while planning a design project for Mary Eunice. Jerry reveals jealousy and disillusion, arguing for deeper meaning beyond surface allure as they confront ambition, immortality quotes, and a brewing emotional storm.
Mrs FE Saltzman aged 67 was killed when the automobile she rode in crashed into a Beaumont fire truck. Her son in law F L Herbert was fatally injured while W O Sharp, the truck driver, marked his 25th year on the force and this collision was his first.
A 1928 McNaught Syndicate column recalls New York red caps who escort arriving celebrities at Grand Central and other terminals. They avoid tips from guests of the city, yet can earn about 30 to 50 dollars weekly, with stories of generous tippers, sightings of dignitaries, and station life details.
A Greyhound bus traveling from Detroit to Cincinnati failed to negotiate a sharp turn at the Lespurdsville bridge three miles south of Middleton. Thirteen people were injured including Earl Harris of Buffalo and John Thomas the driver. Officials cited a steering gear lock as the cause, though passengers blamed high speed. The bus overturned and the bridge was damaged.
A dense list of crossword prompts includes two IL words and three unkeyed letters. Horizontal entries cover secular, donkey-like, lift the hat, female fallow deer, mental image, condemn immoral, English coin, deliver, assistant clergymen, depreciate, cut thin, angry, teen, fence door, bronze or copper, impel, like a nephew, fluid rock, stir, three-banded armadillo, omit, tin can, sound character, domesticated before, any departure. Vertical clues add boy, wing part of seed, distinctive theory, linked together, love exceedingly, American rail bird, chairs, pretend, poetry type, bogey land, fashion.
A compact list of clues including to employ a Prophet who trained Samuel to excavate Eon a flying mammal a vehicle embryo bird to gaze cedar species speedily rock quantity Eucharist vessel vigor any of various diseases with eruptions black bird of the cucigho family and to soak flax plus advice that hair brushes should be washed in cold water with a little ammonia added
Comic writer Robert Benchley praised as funniest man for his writing and acting. A theater episode prompts mock pidgin speech by a half breed squaw character leading to a چگونه exit remark from Benchley.
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