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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
2
At Lansing Kansas, 328 convicts locked in the coal mine for more than 48 hours amid a mutiny. Guards were held, a guard was stabbed, and a prisoner wounded in a near riot as authorities refused concessions, including cigaret issues, maintaining a no cigars no coal policy.
The Brownwood petition to build an irrigation and water dam on Pecan bayou was resumed in Austin before the state board of water engineers. G W Ross, Brown county irrigation district engineer, said the dam would not hurt rice irrigation along the lower Colorado River basin. Rice growers in Wharton Colorado and Matagorda counties oppose the project, while Homer D Wade of the West Texas chamber of commerce backs conservation of water for all crops. Power interests plan a facility near Marble Falls and oppose Brownwood's dam.
An AP report from Shreveport says a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in federal court to save the lives of Robert and Byron Dunn, sentenced to hang for the murder of a deputy sheriff. The petition was to be presented to Judge Ken C. Dawkins in Monroe later today.
A beam trawler Surge of Bay State Fishing sinks after colliding with the Ozark in dense fog five miles off Cape Cod. Three crewmen are missing and feared drowned while nineteen others are rescued with injuries. The Ozark is damaged and beached near Pamet river coast.
Rio Grande City reports rising waters from San Juan and Salado rivers in Mexico. Levees may hold the river in its banks with only small damage expected in lowland areas. Roads and rails open and operating as flood warnings spread through Hidalgo county officials and Brownsville Weather Bureau.
Twenty of thirty five convicts who fled from Ferguson prison farm at Midway Tuesday remain at liberty as posses and dogs resume the search after recapturing fifteen yesterday. Rains hinder the menhunt and authorities expect continued effort today.
Ross Rogers announces a contest offering $1 to the first four boys who bring a quart of worms to his Amarillo building office by Friday morning. Worms must be large and appealing for fishing, with plans to transport many to Lake City, Colorado, after departure Saturday morning.
District Attorney Newton W. Chaney said Ray and Roy d Autremont will confess to the killings connected with a 1923 Southern Pacific train holdup near Medford Oregon. Hugh d Autremont, already convicted and jailed, is alleged to have killed the three trainmen and a mail clerk in the same incident.
J Bergmann manager of the La Mode store on Polk street says five weeks of business in Amarillo prove the city a permanent metropolitan center. He notes periodic downturns but asserts Amarillo remains the lowest and most substantial city in the Southwest with real future opportunities for the business community.
The piece surveys possible brides for the Prince of Wales, listing maidens across Europe as likely matches. It notes past loves and rumors involving Infanta Beatrice of Spain, Princess Marta of Sweden, Princess Feodora of Denmark, and Julianna of Holland, among others, and discusses royal dynamics and eligibility.
Washington June 23 Eleven new rear admirals were named today by the Navy Department after approval by President Coolidge. Captains Edward H Campbell Walter Crosley Frank B Upham David F Sellers Ridley McLean Joseph M Reeves Frank H Brumba Harris Laning Henry V Butler J J Rabby and William H Standley received the appointments.
City health reports show overall improvement in Amarillo with only one mild smallpox case and a current diphtheria case. Dr. R H Walker, city health physician, states the situation is under control following a general survey.
Representative Tilson of Connecticut says the next Congress will act on the Boulder canyon dam issue after traveling to Rapid City with President Coolidge from the state lodge. The remark came as the two leaders toured the area.
American trans Atlantic flyer Clarence D Chamberlin refused a stein of beer upon returning to Vienna from Budapest explaining that Munich and Vienna breweries had printed false testimonials about their products. A farmer found six baby wolves in a den and, after placing them with a mother cat, the cat adopted the cubs.
The piece notes Princess Ingrid as a popular figure and mentions Princess Olga of Greece and her sisters Elisabeth and Mariana, along with Marguerite and Theodora. It contrasts Edward Windsor's rumored betrothal with Olga’s marriage, while England weighs royal possibilities and Prince Davey visits public halls and attends to civic duties amid mounting marriage chatter.
Edgar A. Guest presents a 1927 moral verse urging calm under pressure. It counsels maintaining self control to avoid dangers of praise and wealth, highlighting vigilance in good or bad weather and amid success.
Kansas City cattle and hogs mixed with prices steady to lower led by feeders and yearlings. Chicago hogs and cattle drift lower with top cattle at 14.60 and 12.35 for yearlings. St Louis and Omaha markets show slower prices for hogs and vealers and steady to lower cattle bids. Stocks open mixed with GE up and Mack Trucks sliding on earnings notes.
Market and weather brief listing June readings across commodities. Wheat corn oats butter eggs poultry bonds potatoes and foreign exchange reported with prices and movements from Kansas City Chicago New York. Includes grain prices for No. 2 and No. 3 types and related market activity.
Franz Strahalm of Dallas moved his Texas ranch and rural scene paintings from Miss Lillian Horsbrugh's home to the Amarillo hotel lobby for public viewing. He plans to paint scenes at Palo Duro Canyon during his Panhandle stay.
Evangelist Horace W. Busby told a noon tent audience at Tenth and Willmore streets that God frowns on lazy church members and urges work with heart. He warned the devil prefers a half hearted follower to an infidel and urged practical Bible teaching as the key to progress. The brief service attracts stenographers, housewives, workers, and families, who sometimes eat a sandwich nearby. Busby, regarded as a leading state preacher, delivered a plain spoken address in dignified style.
The proposal outlines lower water gas and electric rates and a cleaner city with more parks viaducts and green spaces. It calls for public lake access municipal golf course reduced rents and living costs improved storm sewers and traffic regulation for emergency vehicles.
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