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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1928
Page
4
Amarillo Globe paper header shows edition date March 12 1928 with publishing details and political stance. It lists staff roles publisher editor general manager and Associated Press affiliation plus circulation and subscription notes.
A Twain relative argues the late Thomas Sawyer in Arizona was not the original Tom Sawyer. He says Tom Sawyer is a composite, a lifelong Mark Twain creation, not a flesh and blood person. Ideas outlast empires and cities, and Sawyer endures as a figment that lives on.
The piece defends C C Pyle the sports impresario behind a cross country footrace. It notes $48500 in prizes and support from highway groups hot dog vendors sporting goods firms and chambers of commerce. Pages praise the venture as beneficial to athletes towns and sponsors while costing none to the public.
A judge accepts Velma West plea of guilty on homicide charges in Ohio, averting a lengthy trial. Her skilled lawyers arranged the plea at the last moment, saving the state the cost and public exposure of a drawn-out courtroom spectacle.
A North Carolina judge says watching a witness throat movement reveals deceit. If a witness lies he swallows and bobbles the Adam's Apple before speaking, a sign the judge believes helps expose false testimony. The note compares this to blood pressure tests and eye contact. The piece ends with a humorous aside about Tibetan husbands.
Jill Justin, 20, and her brother Tony journey to Elliston West Virginia for a harvest festival where Jill is kidnapped and rescued by Jack Stuart. A tungsten ore claim bought on a tax title yields profits shared with Pat Sweeney for a missing WWI veteran. Sister Monica weighs a legal dilemma about selling ore and returns Jack's thanks with a kiss on the hand.
In Paris, March 12, a vivid column skewers Cafe du Dome and Montparnasse life. The piece mocks art pretensions, notes Afghan royalty on holiday, and sketches Mouffetarde’s seedy charm while lampooning bohemian youths and American icons.
In a woodland tale Mrs Whitefoot struggles with fatigue to relocate her five babies from a stonewall nest. Whitefoot finds a new house near an old apple tree while she retrieves the original nest and vows to keep the brood safe as night falls.
A Northern lady spends summer in Virginia grows fond of her cook Minerva who plans a double wedding with George. The mistress funds a divorce to avoid bigamy, but Minerva and her partner end up married again and buy a lamp with the divorce money.
Jack reels from the arrival of Nita Ravelle a dangerous yet captivating stranger in Elliston as Mike Sweeney hosts a social gathering. Professor Francois Le Tarte arrives promising a dancing club while Jack invites Jill to a small party at their place despite a 12 o clock noise ban as tensions rise. American bathing suits are to be introduced into Uruguay.
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