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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
12
Amarillo Globe Edition June 17 1927 lists publication details publisher editor and manager names and Associated Press note. It shows subscription rates by carrier and mail for daily and Sunday editions and regional coverage in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico.
A Panhandle region urged strong action against rising bank robberies. The piece argues lawmen must show energy to pursue criminals and jurors should deliver firm penalties, noting Dallas practice of life sentences for armed robbers as a deterrent.
A national Red Cross leader’s message to volunteers and flood victims expresses unity across races and regions. It celebrates resilience from Yazoo hills to the Ozarks, notes humor amid hardship, and calls for funding and engineering work to reclaim the Mississippi valley for future generations.
Mrs Don Emery died at St Anthony's sanitarium from pneumonia after two earlier operations. Her husband Don Emery an attorney for Phillips Petroleum in Texas. They moved to Amarillo from Bartlesville a year ago. Funeral at Episcopal church in Norman Oklahoma with burial in Oklahoma City. Survived by two children, mother, and brother.
Harry Cooper achieves what Jones and Hagen failed and is likened to Lindbergh. He abstains from alcohol and tobacco while Tommy Armour smokes. The report from New York mentions Annette Farrington, 10.
A Bremer Haven contest winner earned a ride with Charles Lindbergh after writing a top essay on why she admires him. The piece mentions other local notes from Plainville and New York, including mentions of Grover Bergdoll and assorted political and social tidbits. The report also notes a New Jersey police dress code fine points and an inheritance tax question tied to a dancer’s wealth.
Sonia faces an emotional tangle between Walter Henderson and Franklin as the New Year nears. She contemplates an engagement to Henderson while Franklin’s persistent jealousy and unspoken feelings tug at her, leading to a tense, rain-swept confrontation and a hinted continuation.
Fort Worth June 17 The United States Farm Labor Bureau reports Texas will require no outside harvest labor this year due to unusual conditions. Local supply can handle wheat work with help from local men and trucks, while Mississippi valley floods and building depressions push unemployed toward farms.
In a Burgess tale Reddy and Mrs. Reddy have a night hunt on Green Meadows and Green Forest. Mrs. Reddy reveals a coyotes mischief as Miss Coyote spoils her hunting and outsmarts the duo. The sun rises as Reddy questions the danger and size of the unseen coyote.
A light anecdote from 1927 noting a mixed faith romance sparked by Abie's Irish Rose leads to a baptismal tale. A married couple from Jewish and County Kerry backgrounds name their child Aaron Erin, prompting a humorous mispronunciation by a parish minister. The tale plays on cultural blending and naming puzzles.
The famed Tuileries tulips, gifts from Dutch growers five years ago, have bloomed their last due to car exhausts on rue de Rivoli. Western winds carry mephitic gas from passing automobiles, a sign of rising pollution and fewer blooms in Paris air.
A flurry of wartime and current events opinions touches on Pershing's homecoming, Lindbergh and a Chaplin trial setback, Haig's wartime claims, Ford's car plans, a Paris legion contest, etiquette in Italy, and Nebraska funeral costs, all amid a satirical newspaper glow.
Paris reports George Michel the French baker who set the English Channel time record will travel to the United States this summer to seek funds. A Paris water fete raised money for his trip featuring a dry umbrella swimming race with notable celebrities lending support.
In Washington on June 17 rumors swirl that Senator J Boomboom McWhorter has rabies from the presidency. A Political Wise Acres Union meeting endorses the chatter as he denounces calf s foot jelly as a menace to youth and vows to ship the jelly back to Moscow.
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