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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1927
Page
8
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In Burgess tale The Stranger Is Ledges Deep in the Green Forest the mysterious visitor is hunted, trapped in a cage, and finally captured by Farmer Brown's Boy and two men after a night of fear in the forest. Sammy Jay Blacky the Crow Tommy Tit and Hooty watch the events as the stranger is secured until morning.
The piece argues aviation must become self-sustaining with private backing and commercial viability. It cites Detroit as a potential air capital, a $50 000 fund for the first Detroit London flight with five passengers, and calls for mid ocean emergency landing fields and ground-level flying infrastructure to advance air transport and airmail.
The piece argues American influence comes from salesmen and drummers who push products globally. It cites Prague's first American soda fountain as emblematic of widespread American goods in sod houses, igloos, and huts, including phnographs and typewriters, highlighting the reach of American commerce and prestige.
West Point reports two soldiers from the regular army earning scholastic honors this year, a trend echoed across colleges. Harvard Yale and Princeton show public school entrants outperforming private school peers after rigorous exams, suggesting disciplined, humbler preparation yields stronger study results than pampered schooling.
Sonia navigates a potential marriage proposal from Walter Henderson after visiting Stockton. Sidney reveals news that unsettles Sonia by noting Franklin Crane’s engagement to a cousin, triggering a wave of emotion and questions about her future with Henderson and her past.
June 13 report notes a $300000 appropriation to fix the White House roof amid extensive renovations. A steel structure replaces a wooden truss, with temporary floors and roofs, seven bathtubs, showers, lavatories, and marble work added. President Coolidge reluctant to move, while Chairman William M. Butler takes a week off for a Canadian fishing trip.
Munich city government bars the republican flag from municipal flags on festive occasions. Only the Bavaria state emblem and the Munich city flag may be flown. The move followed a clash between monarchists and socialists in the board of aldermen over four flags. Newspapers question Bavaria’s place in Germany.
Carolyn Wells recounts Si Hawkins a boastful farmer in Onondaga County who claims to have sold a white leghorn rooster for five thousand dollars. When pressed he admits the city buyer paid with two hens valued at twenty five hundred each, exposing the unlikely tale behind the cash.
A $50,000 corporation approved by the Secretary of State will manage the used car issue in Kansas City. The United Auto Wrecking company, an outgrowth of the Motor Car Dealers association, aims to junk 12,600 motor cars and curb junk dealers reselling wrecked vehicles.
Belgrade reports a belated inquiry into the 1919 death of General Stefanig, Czechoslovakia’s first war minister, amid charges he was shot by his own soldiers who mistook his plane for Hungarian. The ministry agreed to act after years of denial.
A collage of quirky lines notes a new four minute home movie camera, fears of failed film readings, a tainted human motif in a valley of love, and comedy amid pantry stock. It mentions Germany, increased necking parties, a Guns salute to Coolidge, and the odd statistic of 90 000 orchestras.
The passport office at the British embassy in Washington will close from July 1 to October 1 and relocate to summer quarters in Manchester Massachusetts near Boston. During this period British subjects may obtain passports from the British consul in Baltimore.
London reports 350 of 7,902 telephone operators marry each year. Telegraph and Telephone Journal notes romances often begin over the telephone though officials deny formal romances between operators and callers. Operators say repeated calls can build attraction and meetings may follow.
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