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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
15
The Associated Press reports Saint Lazare prison in Paris will stop housing female convicts. From now on sentences for women will be served at Fresnes prison noted for light and air and a nursery, with two bathrooms. Saint Lazare remains a place for women arrested for investigation or held for trial. The piece recalls its historic uses and repeated plans to raze it.
German mannequins at Longchamp on Sunday raced into Paris attention as they displayed Berlin fashions for the first time since the war. The buxom group wore long ostrich feather boas and basket-weave straw hats drawing comment and interest from spectators.
Paris visits pull the Prince of Wales from official duties into leisure. He toured Montmartre dance clubs with Prince George, spent mornings in the Bois de Boulogne, and played squash at a new court. The trip featured nightly dancing and embassy calls as part of a relaxed Paris sojourn.
A fragment notes a young man addressed as the Earl of Chester, with others failing to recognise his highness. The item centers on perception of titles and status within a royal setting.
Berlin June 17 Dr William Kuelz former interior minister calls for a four state federation to replace the present 18 autonomous regions. He envisions North Germany as Prussia with a Central Germany bloc including Saxony Thuringia and Hessen and a South Germany grouping of Bavaria Württemberg Baden. Austria would be the fourth state in a consolidated German reich.
London reports Queen Mary speaks with unusual clarity and deliberation on the telephone. She frequently calls the Prince of Wales at St James's Palace or Princess Mary at her country residence, illustrating her adept handling of long distance conversations.
In Kansas wheat belt reports two-year-old bullfrogs in Grant and Seward counties have not learned to swim. Wheat crops face Hessian fly threats in Grant and Seward while other counties suffer from excess rain. Frank Thompson of Grant county notes the unusual pond life amid drought conditions. Ed Fitzkeralt of Liberal confirms the claim.
The king rarely uses the telephone, reserving it for speaking with a relative or intimate friend who is ill or when circumstances make in person contact difficult. The note describes the king’s preference for direct meetings in person or at a home in the city.
The Associated Press reports from Berlin that German workers reject travel as a privilege of the moneyed class and have organized vacation tours for organized groups to enjoy recreation.
The article describes affordable 14 day tours to the Riviera Swiss mountains lakes and to Sweden Austria France or London. Each tour will accept 30 applicants and travel time will be allocated between destinations as part of the plan.
Fishermen in England plead for action to halt river pollution that spoils angling, warning the practice is being nearly ruined by the contamination.
Fashion feature highlights two youth frock designs with outdoorsy color schemes. First model shows a two piece dress with embroidery and back cape suitable for silk linen or cotton fabrics. Second model uses tan Jersey with plaits pockets above the arrow belt and green brown embroidery accents.
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