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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1928
Page
6
A reflective essay argues that world peace begins as a spiritual shift rather than policy alone. It credits visionary, impractical thinkers with driving historical change while urging ongoing discussion, agitation, and belief to turn ideals into enduring peace.
Law makers in states and the nation must tackle widespread court delays. Chief Justice Taft and former Attorney General George W. Wickersham urge expedited legislation to speed civil and criminal adjudication, while cautioning against bills that would curb judicial powers. The goal is to reduce docket backlogs, with the Supreme Court serving as a model for efficient operation.
Representative Sabath of Illinois proposes a House resolution to end the custom of American women seeking admittance to foreign courts. The remark notes a lack of good shows in Europe, suggesting the speaker’s travel considerations.
M. Loewenstein who stabilized the franc in Belgium arrives in America and takes 22 rooms in a New York hotel. The note suggests his influence could also stabilize francs here and hints at opportunities for those who play the game on the level to rise in the world.
In Kathleen Norris’s story installment Maggie Johnson a Mack Merrill stock girl accepts an invitation to dine with Joe Merrill at the St Paul hotel. Joe hides his lineage as son of the store founder prompting Mrs Merrill’s sly triumph and Maggie’s stunned realization of his identity. The scene ends with an uneasy confrontation as the couple face etiquette and class tensions.
Washington reports a $700000 appropriation to fund U S participation in the Ibero American Exposition at Seville opening March 15 1929. The effort will show American development and Spain's influence, with representation from all Latin American republics and other regions.
G O McIntyre reports on modern Pepys observing Russians learn English rapidly and a shift to Modernist design in New York. He notes furniture trends, glass fronts, mirrored walls, and blueprints of new living spaces, plus social quirks and a Parisian influence, with a closing quip on married life.
In Birmingham on May 14, 2000 men filled St Chads Cathedral for a penance mass over Bishop Barnes attacks on the real presence. Speakers condemned his modernist stance as a crowd knelt in aisles and outside, with sermons calling out his efforts to align religion with science.
The plan envisions the erection of three buildings and the arrangement of government displays. Twenty three bureaus will participate and space will be allocated in the exposition’s commercial galleries for all private firms.
In this tale Redeye the Vireo and Sunshine the Yellow Warbler discuss Sally Sly a lazy bird who lays eggs in other birds nests. They explain the danger of her parasitic eggs and the problems for the host birds when Sally Sly visits, leaving readers to ponder her dark secret and its impact on their nests.
Sunshine explains why Sally Sly favors smaller nests. He argues her ugly baby would dominate the nest, starving others, while Sally Sly’s motive is to ensure her own brood grows larger and stronger than rivals.
An American tourist in Glengarry county Ontario spots a decrepit spinning wheel in a Scot’s home and offers to buy it. The Scot recalls family ties and memories tied to the wheel, insisting it is worth six dollars and a half. The visitor apologizes, moved by the story and withdrew from his offer.
Hollywood reports that motion pictures may be transmitted by telephone wires in color with synchronized scores. Roy J. Pomeroy of Paramount, with Bell Labs and Western Electric, predicts multi theater broadcasts within five years using a luminous energized screen and high fidelity sound.
London May 14 Violet Vanburgh British actress starts a department school for building girl politicians speakers and professional women The lessons cover grace poise and appearance taught individually Miss Vanburgh says current dance fails to develop true poise after observing a political meeting where a clever speaker lacked poise and was poorly dressed
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