Controversial views on beauty contests and Colorado project
An opinion piece critiques beauty contests and warns of harm to young girls health. It urges parents to value education over appearance and supports American Legion backing of the Boulder Canyon irrigation and power project to supply cheap Western power and lands, opposing power companies and labor strikes.
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American Legion
Colorado River
Congress
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Imperial Valley
Senate acts on labor and golf bills in Washington
Special to the News-Globe reports the railroad labor bill continues before the senate as the prohibition committee weighs a golf bill. The action highlights legislative focus on labor standards and sporting regulation.
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The
News-Globe
Senate
Prohibition Committee
Amarillo Weather and Hotel Ad Copy Snapshot
Amarillo forecast shows unsettled tonight and Wednesday with generally fair conditions in West Texas. Highs around 46 and lows near 7, compared to 52 and 69 a year ago. includes an ad for the Amarillo Hotel de Ponhandte as a meeting place.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Amarillo Hotel de Ponhandte
Britain Faces Walkouts as General Strike Rises
May 11 report says British workers in shipyards and engineering shops will be called out tonight. Sabotage cases appear as the Flying Scotch man express wrecks near Newcastle with one injury and four deaths in related railway incidents. King George holds privy council. government notes defections but says the main body of strikers remains out. Daily Mail notes labor leaders’ meeting tomorrow to discuss a resolution.
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London
Cairo
Sociated Press
The
British Worker
Labor Organ
Associated Press
Edinburgh
Great Britain
Newcastle
Cambridge
George
Buckingham
Wallace
Daily Mail
Lions Oppose Jail Additions and Back Park Development
Lions Club members denounced building additions to the county jail and courthouse as wasteful, endorsing instead a move to develop a park on the Sanborn site at Fourteenth and Taylor. Dr. K Thomsen urged public buildings be attractive, while plans for a city park and playground were endorsed with Guy Carlander to draw plans pro bono.
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Lions Club
Amarillo
Sanborn
Fourteenth and
Taylor Streets
K. Thomsen
Guy Carlander
Dr. Thomsen
City Commission
Thomsen
Newt Riggs
A. E. Meyer
C. §. Makeig
J. N. Beasley
W. E. Gee
Judge Denies Earl Carroll Demurrer in Bath Tub Case
Federal Judge Goddard refused a demurrer to the indictment charging perjury against Earl Carroll, theatrical producer, in the grand jury probe of his bath tub party at the theater. Joyce Hawley, a chorus girl, was questioned along with Carroll about tub contents which he claimed were near beer not wine.
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Associated Press
New York
Earl Carroll
Grand Jury
Goddard
Carroll
Joyce Hawley
New Liquor Law Teeth Approved
Washington May 11 The revived administration bill to ease dry law enforcement cleared the senate prohibition committee and will go to the judiciary committee next week It faces long debate and unlikely passage this session Key features include bonds and permits for malt beverage makers renewal of liquor permits after yearly review harsher penalties for denatured alcohol offenses and strengthened seizure powers for vessels and premises in enforcement areas
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Prohibition Committee
Treasury
High Seas
Coast Guard
Liberty Motors
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Amarillo Chamber Publishes Official Monthly Magazine
Amarillo C of C releases its first issue titled Amarillo, a monthly publication 11 by 11 inches with a front cover, featuring articles on Amarillo and future plans. Aimed at capitalist and business leaders across the Southwest, the magazine is off the press.
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Amarillo
Commere
Southwest
Byrd and Bennett Claim Polar Flight Verified by Navy
American naval experts accept as fact the Byrd and Bennett Spitzbergen flight to the North Pole and back. They credit Byrd with sun compass and bubble sextant determining position and crossing the pole, noting no need for mariner’s compass amid Arctic radio silence. Some European observers express incredulity, while German press hails Yankee enterprise and daring as proof of achievement.
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Associated I
New York
Richard F. Byrd
Floyd Bennett
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Haty
Denmark
Norway
Germany
Byrd
King Bay
Peary
Arctic
Rome
Josephine Ford
Otiate
Spitz
Bergen
Amundsen Ellsworth
Norge
Pole
Wing's Bay
Cass Fies
Peter Preachen
Yen
Nundsen
Witter Warns of Fast Modern Times At Hardware Meeting
Tom Witter of Trenton Missouri blamed rising salesmanship for high living costs and warned that modern life moves 25 miles per hour while parents move 10. He lamented easy financing for cars vs homes and noted Europe’s troubles may touch America as the IP H I T club day two opened in Amarillo with officers named and a full program planned.
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Tom Witter
Trenton
Missouri
Panhandle Hardware and Implement Dealers Association
Amarillo
IP. H. I. T. Club
KE. I) Moorman
W. K. McKnight
Witter
L. F. Thompson
Hedley
Rivers Deterson
O. Lh. Nissar
Lubbock
F. BH. Ft. Ty Club
Actress Must Explain Eve Role in Bunk of 1926
New York May 11 The Associated Press reports actress Beryl Haley was ordered to explain her count today as she portrays Eve in Bunk of 1926 attended by Mrs Alfred E Smith and others. Miss Haley was arrested last night after a garden incident during the show. Sergeant George Hardboilers Smith noted Haley was not wearing tights.
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Associated Trica New York
Beryl Halley
Alfred BE. Smith
George Hardboilers Smith
Miss Hatley
Smith
Haley Wao
Janitor Theodore Kappel Ends Life in Lavish De Luxe Plans
In San Francisco on May 1, Theodore Kappel a longtime janitor for the University of California affiliated colleges, ended his life in a silk and flower bedecked room using a mahogany cabinet gas chamber. He prepared an elaborate death scene with velvet hangings silverware and blue ceiling and expressed happiness in a final letter as ashes were to be scattered over rose beds.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Theodore Kappel
Kappel
University of California
Power Line to Connect Pampa and Surrounding Towns
Southwestern Public Service plans a high-tension line to Pampa to serve Van handles and White Deer with electric service. The project costs about 150000 dollars and should be finished within 90 days. This appears to be a precursor to a larger plant planned by the company near Amarillo.
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Pampa
Makeig
Southwestern Public Servicew ‘Company
Une
Vanhandle
White Deer
Amarillo
Southwestern Public Services Company
Nnk
Davidson Lynch to Address Amatilla Audience
Lynch Davidson, a gubernatorial candidate and former finalist in the race two years ago, will speak at the Municipal Auditorium in Amatilla at 8 o clock on May 14, with J H Gouldy a local supporter confirming the event.
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Lynch Davidson
Amatilla
J. H. Gouldy
Davidson
Lynvidson
Boston and Cleveland Games Postponed by Cold Weather
The Associated Press reports Boston postponed the Detroit game due to cold and threatening rain while New York postponed the Cleveland game amid cold weather. A Chicago woman fleeing police was hit by a taxicab.
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Boston
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Hijackers raid Pantex drug store in oil town shootout
Six men fought in a staged movie thriller style heist in the oil field town early Saturday. Four people hospitalized with serious injuries. Two alleged bandits named Bob Clark and Whitey Hughes wounded. Clark and a third accomplice jailed in Plemons on robbery with firearms charges. Henderson hailed as town hero for stopping the raid.
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Bob Clark
Whitey Hughes
Clark
Plemons
Bill Christian
Hughes
M. J
Chappy) Henderson
Henderson
Baby's Body Recovered From Well in Michigan Farm
In Ben Pons Harbor Michigan 38 feet underground volunteers extracted a one month old infant from a farm well after more than 306 workers labored over twelve hours. Despite attempts to revive the child Bertrand pronounced death by suffocation. No bruises were found. The body was wedged four feet above the water. Rescue efforts began after the infant was missed at about 9 AM yesterday.
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Ben Pon Harbor
Mich
Sen Oor
Mes Eikneh Carter
Ho O
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