10 Mar 1927
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1927
Page
1
Amarillo officials announce a millon dollar bonds vote next month for new school buildings. The board bought two blocks in the Eakle addition for a site and playgrounds, to begin construction this spring or summer.
Tonight expect cloudy skies with local rain and a drop in temperature. Friday promises fair conditions in West Texas. Temperatures range from 86 to 65 degrees today, with this date last year at 86 and 52 degrees.
The Amarillo hotel, erected in 1889 by J. B. Sanborn, burned today. Once a landmark at Third and Polk, it helped draw cattlemen and growth to the Panhandle. It housed riders and traders, with Will Rogers among its visitors, and preceded Amarillo’s brick hotel opened in 1910.
W F Grossman a 31 year old Brennan Construction employee died at a local hospital after a scaffold fall. Initial exams suggested minor injuries but X rays showed a broken spine and serious internal damage. Body held at Griggs funeral chapel and to be sent to Dennison Texas with his wife and four year old son joining for burial.
A March blizzard in southern Colorado delayed trains and blocked highways. Mountain districts reported heavy snow while lowlands saw light precipitation. Passengers on a Denver and Rio Grande Western train from Durango were marooned in Chama, New Mexico, and another train stalled between Telluride and Durango as crews fear new slides endangering workers after several deaths this winter.
One month's pay, totaling 90 03.64 for the first half of January and 11 137.86 for the last half, arrived for Panhandle district highway department workers at local headquarters. W A French, division engineer and successor to J W Rider, arrived and began a district inspection while February wages remain unpaid.
A cyclone windstorm swept through the Henne, Winch and Fariss oil field in Jim Hogg County early yesterday morning destroying forty nine derricks. The Magnolia Humble Associated and the K and 8. corporation are reported the heaviest damage among the rigs and operators.
Lee Dare devil Cathey pushes toward the 100 hour non stop drive while sleep eludes him. Despite a heavy cold and declining vital signs a doctor signals cautious hope as he nears the zero hour aboard a Nash sedan. A Globe reporter accompanies him as he passes the 48 hour mark and shares his thoughts.
Two masked men robbed the Gulf bank house north of Borger at 10 pm, lining occupants at pistol point and taking watches money a diamond ring pin checks clothing and suitcases before fleeing in a green roadster a quarter mile away.
Shreveport March 10 Johnny Mostil continues to improve with physicians expressing growing hope after his attempted suicide attempt. The White Sox center fielder remains under care as doctors monitor his condition and assess his prognosis.
The Associated Press reports that Austin March 10 the forty first legislature was assured adjournment next Wednesday as the senate adopted a house resolution to end the session on that date. Blackburn Ambulance, Phare 81.
GENEVA March 10 Germany will officially raise the evacuation of the Rhineland. Foreign Secretary Gustav Stresemann told reporters that the issue will be settled satisfactorily and that foreign troops on German soil conflict with the peace presently prevailing.
Flames swept the Third and Van Buren building, Amarillo's oldest landmark, killing Mrs. Jewel Gonzales and her month-old baby as six occupants were injured leaping from second story windows. The fire began about 4:16 and its origin remains undetermined, with explosions reported in the upper rooms. Mrs. Gonzales died at a hospital around 10 this morning from burns.
Dance benefits fire survivors at the Nat tomorrow night. FIL Hoover lends his hall for the event and promises seventy five percent of proceeds to those injured and who lost all in the fire. Hoover says the fundraiser is a worthy undertaking aiding those most deserving in need.
A woman died after being burned while locating her infant near the dy where the body was found. Her husband Benito Gonzales, pantry man at the hotel, said she dropped the child and died four hours after hospital intake. Injured include Jerry Quackenbosh 71 with an ankle fracture, Mrs Florence Nelson 50 with internal injuries, Hazel Thomas 18 percent burned, J Wiehards 40 with a broken leg, Charles Adams hotel steward burned, Mrs Adams sprained back. Sixty occupants of two dormitories fled to the street as contents and clothing were lost. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is Famous For Food.
Chicago reports Albert Frick, kept alive 72 hours by artificial respiration after Landry's paralysis stopped his diaphragm and lungs, holding his own at 11 am. He received broth and later a coffee spoonful, spoke briefly, and requested a position change.
Fire survivors face dire distress after a early morning blaze. Tack launches relief fund with 25 dollars, led by Georgia Triplette who will supervise distribution to mainly women and children left with borrowed clothing and no cash. Some victims suffered injuries after jumping from the second story.
Special to The Globes Groom March 1003 G Gill of Groom president of the Groom Mutual Hall association died suddenly in Canyon where he had gone on association business He was 46 and had lived in the Panhandle 21 years He leaves a wife four children a sister Mrs W 8 Wills two brothers and six other sisters Burial will likely be in Groom cemetery Funeral arrangements by N S Griggs and Sons Amarillo
Austin March 10 a severe blow to the tobacco tax bill came in the house as opponents won a point in a parliamentary tangle over taking up the measure out of regular order for final passage. Watch the Essex Super Six.
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