29 Jul 1927
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1927
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane writes on prosperity here with notes on United States Steel and General Motors profits for the first half of 1927, then shifts to air defense in London, royalty in Roumania, diets extending life, and aviation advances. Reports from the Panhandle bring a heavy rain aiding crops and cattle in Texas.
Monsignor Budden Brook cites May 23 quake in Kansu China. Sisiang Lianchow and Kulang leveled. Liangchow city alone suffers about 10000 dead. Tumentse buried under rock, survivors starve, churches collapse during mass. priests aid the dying.
The steamer Favorite capsized after a sudden squall on Lake Michigan near Chicago. At least 27 passengers died, mostly women and children, with 76 women and children and several men saved. Rescue efforts and an investigation by the U S steam boat inspection service began, led by Dickerson M Hoover and Frederick J Meno.
Special to The Globe reports two inmates escaped Borger jail last night after removing north side boarding and slipping through a small opening near the police sergeant's desk. The two had been arrested earlier for drunkenness.
Tonight showers and Saturday partly cloudy with temperatures tracking from 67 to 78 degrees today. The article notes yesterday’s extremes of 83 and 67 and lists hourly readings from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. amid Amarillo Panhandle context.
Horatio Bottomley a former parliament member and war figure was freed from Maidstone prison after serving about five years of a seven year term for fraudulently diverting 6000 pounds raised for a Victory Loan club he founded while in Parliament.
Paris July 29 Louis Abbema a noted French painter and lifelong friend of the late Sarah Bernhardt died today at age 72 His death closes a long art career and a close association with the famed actress Abbema is remembered for his portraits and landscapes.
Amarillo officials and the Tri State fair directors plan a joint meeting with the city commission and the Board of City Development to decide the fair’s future. Directors report $850 in unpaid checks, $3 000 needed to open September 11, $17 000 in premiums, $10 000 in contracts, and over $16 000 in old debts. They terminate paid staff to curb debt and seek a public verdict on 1927 and future fairs.
A morning blaze in Tijuana swept two full city blocks on Main Street from First to Second and from Second to Main east, starting in a rubbish pile behind a San Diego bar and causing an estimated $500000 in damage. The Coffea shop at the Amarillo hotel is noted as famous for food.
Local business leaders in Amarillo express mixed opinions on whether to postpone the Tri-State fair due to late crops and economic concerns. Some urge continuation citing necessity and taxpayer impact, while others push delaying the event to protect exhibits and finances.
An advertisement from Manney Printing Co promotes ease of doing it right with contact options. It mentions a Rule Blog and lists two phones: 883 for Griggs ambulance and 250 for general inquiries.
Borger businessman returns from a week away to discover his cafe operated by an unfamiliar partner who lent the restaurant to a poker player during the absence. The scene suggests a temporary transfer of control through a poker game.
In Amarillo a taxi war erupts as Black and White Cab manager Smith Sharp and Triple-A taxi manager Roy Broaddus file complaints in police court against three Yellow Cab starters for illegal soliciting of passengers. Warrants issued for T. L. Lucas Sherman Alcorn and G. A. Franks. Attorney Ernest T. Miller vows daily complaints while railroads allegedly favor Yellow Cab by granting designated parking spaces and extended access beyond a boundary. Both sides pledge no violence as they seek equal rights at railroad stations.
Deep Rock Oil company’s test on the Lyman Balfour ranch near Channing started filling with crude before noon. The well in Hartley county's southeastern corner, just over the Moore county line, tapped a dolomite formation at 3648 feet after a prior gas flow at 2900 feet. An oil rainbow appeared as drilling penetrated the rock dolomite.
Gov. Alvan T. Fuller listened to final arguments for clemency in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. He met with chief counsel William G. Thompson and associate counsel Herbert B. Ehrmann as a telegram from Mrs. Sarah Berardelli urged the men’s release. A Blackburn ambulance note is included.
Jose Alvarado, a former federal agent known as a Castilian sharpshooter, was identified by Laura O Neal as the bank robber who took 1150 at the Wildorado bank. The extradition case, with Alvarado acting as his own attorney, ended pending a Monday decision as Gov Johnston weighs return.
The Federal Trade Commission ordered an investigation into financial links among Dupont General Motors and United States Steel. Frenzied stock trading lifted Du Pont and US Steel to new highs with both firms showing sharp intraday gains and heavy volumes.
Judge J Whitaker Thompson granted an appeal to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals from his ruling on turning over Pennslyvania senatorial election ballots to Reed senate investigating committee.
In Yuma area on July 29 two naval planes aided by desert rangers searched for two missing men. Andrew Arsenault, 30, of Welton Arizona, has been lost a week in Castle Dome country fifty miles northwest of Yuma. Harry McEanee, Palomas resident and longtime miner, disappeared near the Emgasser mine since Monday.
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