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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
7
A crowded slate of showings across Fair Rialto Liberty San Jacinto and Deandi theatres highlights westerns with stars like Douglas Fairbanks Tom Mix Hoot Gibson Art Acord and William Haines. Feature films include The Black Pirate Tell Me Why Fear Fighters The Green Archer and The Buckaroo Kid along with Twelve Miles Out and Jealous Wives.
At Geneva on June 17 the Locarno treaty powers agreed a three step plan to preserve European peace. They will press Soviet and Polish governments to avoid actions that threaten peace, urge protests over executions in Russia, and advise Yugoslavia and Albania to settle the dragoman incident calmly. The German spokesman denied Stresemann talks on troop passage and urged stronger Franco German assurances amid Rhineland tensions.
Warner Baxter explains he cannot perform well as a western star due to poor riding skills and prefer drawing room leads. He cites Tom Mix and others as superior horsemen and says Hollywood casting pressures pushed him to leave the Para mount organization. He joins the growing trend of freelancers seeking chosen roles over studio contracts.
Hollywood selects Charles Edward Bull to portray Lincoln Walter Rodgers to play Grant and James Welch to portray Lee in the screen version of David Belasco's The Heart of Maryland. All three resemble the historic figures closely and will use their own hair and beards with minimal makeup.
In Quebec on June 17 the search for missing French aviators Nungesser and Coli grows dim as locals doubt reports of lights seen in St John district townships. An eyewitness claimed hearing a plane near the Ste Marguerite river on May 9, but no solid explanation emerges.
Marshall June 17 Judge P O Beard orders a special district court grand jury to soberly and thoroughly investigate assaults and floggings last week on two Harrison county families. Four suspects remain jailed with no bond set while preliminary hearings are expected to be waived. Sheriff Sanders and Rangers Prell Osaka and Purvis continue the inquiry.
The Amarillo Gun Club invites all to visit and try clay pigeons at the new grounds west of the Country Club. Parking is available for spectators while the weekly shoot starts at 2 PM and organizers expect the largest crowd yet.
Programs given before microphones at Karlsruhe and Mannheim will be carried by telephone to the Stuttgart Depgeloch station for air. The Lost Provost hints this should be a year of good will and the Edinburgh town council has fined street car men for offenses during the recent strike.
The Amarillo Tri-State exposition will award prizes to pig clubs with winners in its swine show. The American Poland China Record Association offers silver mounted pencils valued at 7.60 dollars for registered pigs, sent from Chicago upon receipt of winners list by H C Roffy of Canyon. Several hundred dollars in cash prizes are also planned for boys showing pigs.
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