World Opinion and War News From The Globe 1927
Articles discuss Ibn Saud against Britain and the threat of a holy war in Arabia with modern air power and 24 wives. Notes on Holmes aging at 87 and reflections on fate. Turkish trials of Christian converts and US views on religion in schools. Labor, employment, and Wagner on idleness. influenza outbreak in Japan worries the emperor and baby daughter.
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Ibn Saud
Hedjaz
Nejd
Great Britain
George
Britain
Arabia
Japan
Bomb Expert Freed After Mexico Probe
German engineer and bomb expert Max Holung, arrested with a priest on charges of plotting to kill President Calles and General Obregon, was released after asserting innocence. He claimed General Roberto Cruz ordered the return of seized chemicals used for experiments. The district court granted an amparo delaying deportation of priest Osorio Leyva pending investigation.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Max Holung
Calles
General Obregon
Roberto Cruz
Osorio Leyva
Moody May Save 18.95 Speeding Fine in Texas Court
Gov Dan Moody may avoid an 18.95 speeding fine for speeding on the Austin San Antonio road. The arresting officer did not wear the required gray uniform and diamond badge per state law.
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United Press
Austin
Dan Moody
Justice of the Peace
Dan Burns
Austin-San Antonio
Weather Outlook With Partly Cloudy Skies Tonight
The forecast calls for tonight and Saturday to be partly cloudy. Temperature extremes from this date last year were 73 and 38 degrees. Hourly readings show 7 am 42, 3 am 44, 9 am 49, 10 am 54, 11 am 57, noon 60, and 1 pm 62 degrees.
Amarillo Music Festival closes with John McCormack concert
Auditorium packed for the 1928 festival finale. John McCormack will perform at 8:15 PM with Lauri Kennedy assisting as cellist. Tickets on sale at Amarillo College of Music until concert time. Gottfried Galston performed the prior night. About 3,000 expected to attend the event.
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Amarillo
John McCormack
Amarillo College of Music
Polk Street
Gottfried Galston
McCormack
Little Boy Blue
Macree
Lauri Kennedy
Twelve Bristol planes arrive for Mexican air force test
Mexico City March 9. Twelve Bristol airplanes bought in Great Britain by the Mexican delegation for use in the Mexican air force have arrived at Vera Cruz. Two planes were sent on approval. They will be tested at Mexico City and if satisfactory more machines of that model will be ordered.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Bristol
Great Britain
Vera Cruz
Prohibition Meet Plans Dallas Rally Delegation
Judge J. W. Crudgington announced a meeting at the courthouse tomorrow at 4 30 held at citizens request to consider sending a delegation to a state prohibition rally in Dallas on March 16.
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J. W. Crudgington
Dallas
Amarillo
Campaign Log March
United Press reports Hoover to enter Indiana Republican primary against Sen. Watson. New York GOP meets at noon to choose seven delegates to Kansas City. Reed heads from Kansas City to Oklahoma City on national tour. Anti-Partisan league in North Dakota backs Frank Lowden. Effort to win California Democratic delegation for Sen. Walsh of Montana. Norris Lowden slate in Nebraska endorses Senator Norris for the nomination.
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United Press
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Indiana
Sen
James Watson
New York
Republican Party
Kansas City
Reed
Oklahoma City
Real Republicans
Leaguers
North Dakota
Frank C. Lowden
California
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Norris-Lowden
Nebraska
Norris
Marland Sinclair Merger Reported in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma oil men awaited confirmation of reports that Marland Oil and Sinclair Oil and Gas interests planned a merger. Earlier talks tied Magnolia Petroleum, a Standard of New York subsidiary, to a Marland takeover, amid Marland’s Texas Oklahoma and Colorado consolidations.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Oil
Marland Oil Company
Sinclair Oil and Gas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Standard of New York
Marland
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Ponca City
Standard Grou
Pampa Vote Draws Heavy Local Interest in County Seat Fight
Special to The Globe reports the Pampa box showing two thousand votes by 11 am in the race to move the county seat from LeFors to Pampa. Eighteen hundred school children parade and the Clarendon band plays as crowds throng the business district. Citizens expect more than 5,000 votes to decide the county seat dispute in Texas.
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Globe
Pampa
LeFors
Clarendon Band
Texas
Snow Storm Forces Eddie Stinson Down
Detroit March 6 The Eddie Stinson George Haldeman endurance flight ended minutes after 3 a m when a sudden snow storm forced the Stinson Detroit monoplane to the ground. The craft had been aloft since 8:29 a m yesterday with 3845 pounds from Lake St Clair ice and circled Selfridge Field throughout the attempt.
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United Press
Detroit
Eddie Stinson
George Haldeman
Stinson
Arrested Horses Create Lawn Damage Scene in Amarillo
Nine horses were captured by Amarillo poundman Marian Smith after citizens complained of lawns damaged over two weeks. The animals were taken to the city pound following protests and a letter from the Board of City Development. Estimated damage runs to several hundred dollars.
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Amarillo
Trate Country Club
Marian Smith
Board of City Development
Youth Admits Part in Bank Job at Jenks
Robert Wheeler 21 who admitted in Omaha this week that he helped in a bank robbery at Jenks was to be placed in the county jail in Tulsa today. Sheriff Sanford and a deputy went to Omaha to bring him back. Wheeler was arrested after boasting to a woman about the easy money he made in Oklahoma.
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United Press
Tulsa
Okla
Robert Wheeler
Omaha
Jenks
Sanford
Wheeler
Oklahoma
Violent Snow Storm Sweeps New York
A violent snowstorm swept New York with falling temperatures and continued snowfall expected for hours. Weather bureaus forecast sleet or rain by night as the storm intensified across the city. Distress and ambulance services were on alert.
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New York
United Press
Oil men from Texas head to San Francisco meet
Between 800 and 100 Texas oil men will travel on special trains to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists convention in San Francisco starting March 21. Delegations from Fort Worth Tulia Amarillo and Wichita Falls join a mid continent gathering in Pueblo Colorado on March 17 for the trip over the Denver and Rio Grande Western. The event spans three days in San Francisco with field trips in Los Angeles.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
San Francisco
Pueblo
Colo
Denver and
Rio Grande
Tulca
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Swedish steamer Heimes reported sunk near New Orleans
The Swedish steamer Heimes was reported sunk twenty miles below New Orleans after colliding with the Norwegian freighter Modena. The New Orleans dock board said no lives were known to be lost, and the Hermes crew was being brought to New Orleans by the Modena.
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United Preas
New Orleans
Heimes
Modena
Bryant Goes On Trial For Wil dorado Bank Robbery
In Vega on March 9 jurors began selection in the district court for ranchman Jim Bryant charged with robbing the Wil dorado State bank last year. Two men fled with over 1 000 dollars. bank cashier Mrs. O Neal was only witness present. Jose Alvarado, an Oklahoma narcotics officer and former Texas peace officer, also faces robbery charges. extradition request to Oldham county was denied by Governor Johnston.
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Globe Vega
Jim Bryant
Wildorado State Bank
Bryant
O'Neal
Jose Alvarado
Oklahoma
Texas
Oldham County
Johnston
Drug bandits escape with $130 in Tulsa robbery
Three youths robbed a Tulsa drug store of 130 dollars on Thursday night. A bystander, A Moline, was injured in the hip by a stray bullet from fleeing robbers as store owner A J Ramsey fired his revolver. The youths fled the scene.
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Ty United Prensa
Tulsa
Okla
A. Moline
A. J. Ramsey
Moline
Pittsburgh man injured in fueless motor experiment
Lester Hendershot, 30, of Pittsburgh, is listed in serious condition at Emergency hospital after a reported electric shock while experimenting with a motor. Doctors say his arms legs and palate are paralyzed though he gradually improves after five hours of treatment. The case is linked to publicity around his fueless motor claim.
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United Press
Washington
Lester Hendershot
Pittsburgh
Dictionary Offer Closes March 17
The News Globe announces the dictionary distribution will end soon. Readers are urged to redeem three coupons and pay a small distribution cost to obtain the dictionary of dictionaries.
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News-Globe
Globe-News
Amarillo Urges City Takeover of Bivins Field for $1 Year
Mayor Bivins backs leasing Bivins field to the city for a dollar yearly for five years to create a municipal airport. Investors like H W Blackburn offer the 820 acres free for five years while others propose sites near Canyon highway or north of town. Residents praise the plan as aviation boosters press for hangar and lighting upgrades to gain national recognition as a principal air station. The American Business club approves a committee including Lieut Tabert H Gray to push the airport move.
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Amarillo
Bivinsfield
Bivins
Aviation Committee
The
Board of City Development
Ina
Uv Cummlee
John E. Hill
Panhandle Lumber Company
Walter Barlow
Great West Mill
Canyon Highway
H. W. Blackburn
Blackburn
Moyer Bivins
Biving
Southwestern Public Service Company
Gray
American Business Club
Lieut
Tabert H. Gray
Hivinsfield
Amarillo Sponsors Join Drive for Demo Convention Fund
Amarillo residents join a statewide drive to raise funds for entertaining the Democratic national convention in Houston. A first shipment of 200 Me Too buttons, sold for $1, supports the effort led by General Jacob F. Wolters of Houston. Local distribution points include The Globe-News Amarillo Hotel Cigar stand and Grover B. Hill's office.
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Grover B. Hill
Globe-News Today
Globe-News
Amarillo
Austin
Bixth and Taylor
American State Bank
Grover Hill
Lloyd Fletcher
Thompson
L. A, Wells
G. T. Oliver
W. N. Thompson
John Gilliam
Houston
Texas
Smith Elected Adjutant of VFW Post in Amarillo
Zane Smith, a prominent Amarillo youth, was elected adjutant of the John B. Golding Post Veterans of Foreign Wars at a meeting held at the American Legion home last evening. He will fill the unexpired term of Clyde Garner, who moved to Pampa. Funds progress reported for building a home for disabled veterans.
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Zane Smith
Amarillo
John B. Golding
American Legion
Smith
Clyde Garner
Pampa
Wanamaker Dies in Atlantic City at 64
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker president of Wanamaker stores died at his Atlantic City home after severe cold and kidney trouble. His son Captain John Wanamaker and sister Mrs Hector Munn were with him. Stores in New York Philadelphia Paris London to close until funeral. Wanamaker famed as aviation patron backing Byrd to France and offered 25000 reward for Nun younger Coli search.
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United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker
Wanamaker Department Stores
Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Hector Munn
Philadelphia
Whalen
New York
Paris
London
Mr. Wanamaker
Richard E. Byrd
France
Nungesser and
Coli
Rodman Wanamaker
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