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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1927
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe publishes on weekday evenings except Saturday with Sunday morning edition via Globe-News Publishing Co. Editors and managers listed, Associated Press member, masthead and contact information included. Published March 25, 1927.
The editorial argues that the Weepah rush is driven not by gold fever but adventure impulse against civilization. Men seek frontier freedom, avoiding urban life with its comforts and social demands, and may stay content in tents even if gold is scarce.
Scout troops from the Panhandle plan regular weekend trips to Amarillo for a district camporee with Canyon and Hereford units invited. Contests include knot tying, trick roping, scout pace, water boiling, fire making, first aid, signal tower, antelope and wheelbarrow races, plus a surprise event. An archery demonstration will also be held for all scouts and officials.
Tyler report states Thos. S. Hutcher son and J. W. Wallace, representing eastern capitalists, examined lignite beds in Van Zandt County this week to evaluate mineral resources.
US army fliers completing a 20 000 mile goodwill flight depart from Para Brazil at 8 am for Cayenne French Guiana about 500 miles away. An earlier attempt failed when the San Antonio could not depart. Italian aviator Francesco de Pinedo resumes his flight from Georgetown British Guiana, bound for Curaao off the Venezuelan coast.
They plan to open mines not far from Canton if investigations prove deposits of satisfactory quality. Their plans also call for a short line railroad to haul the coal to the Texas and Pacific main line.
The passage advises that ham corned beef tongue and other meats not to be served should be allowed to cool in the water in which they were boiled, as this improves their texture and flavor.
Doris Mackay travels wrong train to New York and meets Cousin Henry Fielding who offers hospitality and music scene talk. She settles in a city townhouse, shares a late dinner with a mysterious ambience, and a cliffhanger scene foreshadows further encounters with a glamorous household.
Washington sees Ambassador Paul Claudel of France and Bolivian envoy Senor Dr. Don Ricardo Jaimes Freyre along with Mexican counsellor Senor Dr. Don Antonio Castro Leal as notable poets. Castro Leal once staged a fake anthology titled Karez-i Roshan, a hoax that shocked the literary world, while Freyre and others helped shape a modern Latin American poetic movement.
A lighthearted column muses on improbable US child names from Utah to Alabama and the potential political impact. It imagines Alaska Hawaii and Dakota pairings for twins, and jokes about a Florida child’s chances in California. It also notes New York girls winning $100 for thrift essays and quirks of prohibition enforcement.
The Amarillo Building company and tenants of the citys first big skyscraper host an opening night. From 7:80 to 11 oclock every office and shop will be open for public visitation with lobby music and refreshments offered to all guests.
Peter W. Collins of Boston internationally known sociologist will speak on Mexico at the San Antonio municipal auditorium March 28. Under the Knights of Columbus auspices Collins will present facts about Mexico its government and its attitude toward democracy. He has lectured in 4000 communities and traveled over 450000 miles in the last twelve years.
In New York the rise of flapper culture boosts demand for masculine white collar workers. The YMCA cannot meet the need for male stenographers typists and secretaries. Havana eases life for Americans as a presidential decree bans dice games and poker in clubs.
Springfield Massachusetts report shows about fifty percent of students at a college for YMCA work smoke. The item notes the school trains boys for YMCA related duties and highlights health concerns.
Novelists views on prohibition voiced at Yale lecture. She argues restricting sex and alcohol will erode daily life and social norms in twenty five years, warning it may rise to bread and raw butter as forbidden topics.
In White Plains Justice May schauser questions a wife about alimony and she says she does not want it. The judge forces $100 a month payments to the husband, insisting the wife must take it. NORFOLK Conn James McLellan declares himself champion short motorist at 4 feet 2 inches. Hartford Conn a big bank company orders horses to be driven from the left, noting most are driven from the right.
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