Fashion Dictator Sees Short Trousers For Men
Paris fashion arbiter M. Andre de Fouquieres argues for gradual adoption of shorter trousers for men with emphasis on elegance and economy. In New York Edith Mae Cummings recounts rising from telephone girl to Detroit real estate billionaire, noting a possible future as mayor as Lindbergh’s uncle serves as acting mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
International News Service
Paris
M. Andre de Fouquieres
France
Monsieur de Fouquieres
Pierre de Fouquieres
Court of Appeals
M. de Fouquieres
New York
Edith Mae Cummings
Tere
Charles A. Lindbergh
Flashes of Life Chronicle Various Global Snippets
A collection of short AP items notes Boris in Bulgaria backing larger birth rates, a New York banker’s recovery after German mark collapse, Adolph Zukor missing Lindy for films, a private west pocket railroad in Fishkill, Gould heirs fees in New York, US Steel stock dividend logistics, Manchester voters rejecting Sunday entertainment, and new rail and radio developments in India and Angora Turkey.
Higher Courts Seventh Court Civil Appeals Session Actions
The Seventh District Court of Civil Appeals at Amarillo granted motions and set submissions for June 1927. Cases include Specialty Service Corp v Armstrong with advance, and others from Grayson Motley Dickens counties involving Lillie Allen Bank Sherman Drug Co and Odessa Deaver. The court also affirmed and submitted several dockets for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Seventh District
Amarillo
Specialty Service Corporation
T. KE. Armstrong
St. Louis
San Francisco
Texas By. Co
Lillie Allen
Grayson
Fate or Consequences 100 percent Filipino super-production
An all-Filipino film titled Fate or Consequences with a Filipino Miss Naty Fernandez leading a romance, Vincente Salumbides as producer and Dimples in a supporting role, shot around Manila and extended run after a Manila premiere. The piece notes London men reviving buttonhole bouquets, Glasgow housing plans, and repeal of Argentina’s pension law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Naty Fernandez
Manila
Summitville Rebirth Fueled by Hidden Gold Strike
Summitville Colorado readies a new era as veteran miner John Pickens and Judge Jesse Wiley claim title to old campsites. They report a historic gold vein yielding ore worth over 100000 and 16032 at the Omaha smelter, with more than twenty five tons stored for summer removal in the San Juan mountains near Del Norte and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summitville
Colorado
Pickens
Jesse C. Wiley
del Norte
Old Camp
Wiley
el Dorado
Omaha
Little Annie
San Juan Mountains
Denver
Colombo Moves to Establish Compulsory Education
Colombo Ceylon plans compulsory education after revealing only 13 773 of 26 698 school age children attend school. Many non attenders are employed as servants in Slave Island, which has no school. A new school will be built there. Plans extend current fifth grade to eighth grade and add two three hour sessions to double capacity. Vocational courses are being considered.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Slave Island
Locomotive Engineers Convene in Cleveland Facing Key Reforms
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers holds a June convention in Cleveland starting June 6 with over 400 delegates and about 2,000 visitors expected. The Standing Committee, meeting in session, is debating proposed changes to the organization's laws to be introduced at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. A. Madden
San Francisco
R. B. Wilson
Pennsylvania Lines
H. G. Guernsey
Charleston
The
Southern Railway
H. A. Toham
Toronto
Ont
Canadian Pacific
J. A. Sederholm
Jamestown
N. D
Northern Pacific
Piles Cured Without Surgery Says Dr McCleary
An instructive book by Dr A S McCleary of Excelsior Springs Missouri claims piles can be cured quickly without cutting burning or hospital bills. The method says it has worked for 26 years in over 12000 cases and the book is mailed free postpaid to interested readers who send name and address to C 638 St Louis Ave Excelsior Springs Mo.
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A. S. McCleary
Excelsior Springs
McCleary
St. Louis Ave
Bexcelsior Springs
Grove No 171 Woodmen Circle Drill Team Heads to Los Angeles
Amarillo based Grove No 171 Woodmen Circle drill team titled dressed as cowgirls will represent Amarillo at the Los Angeles encampment starting June 12. Twelve members travel via Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City after departing June 8, joining a special Omaha bound train.
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Los Angeles
Grove No. 171
Woodmen Circle
Amarillo
Deill
Colorado Springs
Omaha
Nebraska
Salt Lake City
Board of City Development
Ruby Poindexter
Mollie Merriman
M. W. Easum
Jennie Lindbloom
Gus Menteley
Mra
T. Myers
Mea
H. F. McNally
Sid Jones
Gladys Willin
Mins Dean Crawford
Milas Merle Walker
Phil Proisty
Railway boom prompts Bombay locomotive factory plan
The article notes India’s vast railroad expansion with a proposed locomotive factory in Bombay. It cites six months of government railway earnings at Jamalpur surpassing the entire 1926 yearly total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bombay
Jamakca
May permits total over half a million dollars in 1940s records
Building permits issued in May amounted to $514,017.60, with April at $667,200. No large permits were issued that month. The Amarillo Construction Company secured the largest permit for a warehouse at 700 Grant Street valued at $32,000. Upcoming permits included the seventeen story Davidson hotel and the ten story Medical Arts building under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ine Spector
Amarillo Construction Company
Grant Street
Davidson
Medical Arts
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BY Frederic K. Abbott
Associated Press
Sofia
Boris
Prince of Wales
Wall Street
Leopold Zimmerman
Adolph Zukor
Dus Prince
Lindy
Wally Reid
Fishkill
N. Y
West Pocket Railroad
Cecil Gage
Jay Gould
United States Steel
Uncle Sam
Manchester
England
Little
Luanda
Direet
Angora
Turkey
William T. Cosgrave
London
Glasgow
Argentina
Cross Marks Butte
John Pickens
Colo
John
Jack) Pickens
Oriental
Medusa
Keenene’s
Fort Scott Bricklayers
Francis J, Fisher
Tyler St
Rock Island
Polk
Jones & Conner
W. 5Th
San Jacinto
Girl of
Barbara Follett
Epersop
Emil Fpf
Myers
Harry
Amarillo College of Music
Emil F. Myers
Imperial Valley
Kelly-Springfield Tire
East Fourth St
Furdy
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