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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
17
The city guns for a grand Treasure Hunt with 120 gifts ranging from candy to gowns and hats. Merchants sponsor prizes including tea sets, hats, and jewelry while a daredevil performerills the crowd with stunts atop downtown landmarks. Audience members are urged to collect number slips from The Globe and visit listed stores for treasure chances.
At 73 International Seamen's Union president Andrew Furuseth campaigns in San Francisco to enforce on deck watches on Pacific coast ships. He recalls brutal past abuses and argues the law requires equal night and day crews, with the union reporting violations to federal inspectors. The effort cements his title The Abraham Lincoln of the Sea.
Left handed pitchers are called south paws because most baseball diamonds position home plate northwest of the pitcher’s box, causing the left handed hurler to swing his arm toward the south.
Construction progresses on the Medical Arts building tenth floor frame work, Capitol hotel fifth story pour and near top, Davidson hotel seventeen stories rising with double basement, Methodist church plant nearing completion, and a new bakery plant at Fillmore. Ed R Mayer leads the construction effort with several other projects including city hall unit and portable house plant active.
The Potter county library basement rest room is being renovated and varnished this week. Potter county features an unusually complete rest room and the project highlights its unique facilities.
Record of a traveling show listing events at Moore-Poston building Oliver-Eakle building and C. E. King building with stunts such as chair balancing on bottles headstands and death drops all to be performed on Friday at 10 11 11 36 and 1 30 and 8 o'clock respectively plus a note about rest facilities in a basement and a sensational tale of an Indiana woman receiving a dollar from a man for a stolen watermelon 60 years old and a line about beer production dating to 5000 B C
Patrons will not receive the planned 1000 extra lock boxes when the annex finishes. The annex is nearly done at an estimated 28 thousand dollars. Postmaster W C Kenyon says delays persist though Congressman Marvin Jones is pushing for the facilities.
A large group of Amarillo auto racing fans will travel to Abilene for the July 3 and 4 racing program. Toney Chisum, district representative of the American Automobile Association, and several contest board members will attend. Roy Brown of the Amarillo Athletic Club will join Chisum and others to invite drivers to future programs in Amarillo. A score of prominent local business men are expected to attend the Abilene event.
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