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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1927
Page
11
The Deandi theater presents Mama's Boy with Two Buds in key roles and a strong chorus Friday and Saturday. Recurction from Tolstoy’s work opens at the Fair Monday to Wednesday with a midnight showing. Dolores Del Rio shines, rivaling Rod La Rocque in current releases.
The Hollywood Stenog Patsy writes of Rio Rita opening and The Captive closing and notes plans for a Long Island hijack film. She mentions Greta Garbo in Anna Karenina and Greta’s Tolstoy link, Gilbert and Bucho’s director, Tim McCoy’s The Frontiersman, Karl Dane and George K Arthur in Rookies, and praises Lon Chaney and Old Heidelberg. She also references Com Francesco de Pinedo’s studio visit and questions Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne’s marriage.
The Polish government delivered a note to the Russian government expressing deep regret and indignation over the assassination of Minister Voilev in Warsaw. It stated Poland was not responsible for the murder by a non-Polish nationalist and noted protection had been offered to Minister Volkov on several occasions.
Amarillo remained hot with temperatures around 92 at 1 PM and forecast to peak near 97. Thursday marked one of the warmest June days, tying and surpassing prior records as highs reached 102 and 106 on different days.
T. A. Caudle of Floydada, father of B. B. Caudle of this city, died at one o'clock this morning after a short illness from appendicitis. He was operated on about a week ago without relief. Funeral arrangements are being made at Blackns Funeral Home for burial Sunday afternoon in Floydada. The Odd Fellows will conduct the services. He is survived by his wife, four sons and three daughters. The prize of ten hundred dollars for a family of at least nine children was given 97 families in France last year.
In Hazard Kentucky a new menace spreads fear as typhoid reports emerge in flood ravaged southeastern districts. Red Cross nurse Bertha Gordon arrives from Middlesboro to aid refugee camps amid widespread devastation and an official death toll exceeding one hundred.
Washington June 10 The Associated Press notes Morse conceived the telegraph a century ago and May 24 1844 marked the first 100 mile circuit opening What Hath God Wrought was transmitted to Baltimore and back Telegraph progress including the telephone and automatic printing systems emerged from his work The first line earned one cent for four characters in four days of business and the Smithsonian holds many early models and sketches.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover warned that 25 percent of newly planted crops in Arkansas may be lost after floodwaters receded. He called the situation serious and planned talks with rehabilitation officials in Baton Rouge and Jackson. Meanwhile dynamiters damaged the emergency Bayou Black dam near Houma threatening seed cane trials and prompting police inquiries into four blast charges.
In Paris on June 1, Premier Poincare failed to secure a long term concession for France's match monopoly as the chamber rejected the Svenka corporation proposal by 244 to 20. The defeat signals political import though not a government crisis. Poincare warned rejection could hinder financial rehabilitation efforts. A separate note mentions a porcupine cork warning sharp glass spikes on poison bottles.
The United States weather bureau began in 1870 under the Army Signal Corps and was later reorganized under the Department of Agriculture. The change marked a shift of meteorological duties from military to civilian agricultural administration.
The June crop report by HH I Schulz shows drought broke in parts of Texas improving crop prospects. Rains allow resumed cotton planting and better filling of late wheat, corn, and sorghum crops in southern and western regions.
The report says hay rice water melon and other crops benefited in some areas while wheat oats barley and rye faced total failures. Lack of rain and hot winds hurt corn sorghums in the south and west, with fruit prospects reduced by May drops and winds. Watermelons may be half a crop as pastures dry and stock suffer.
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