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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1928

Page

8

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Rotary Views on Fathers Duty to Sons and Youth Care

A district Rotary conference speaker urges fathers to invest two hours daily to guide their sons, contrasting efforts for street youths with neglectful families. He argues Rotary and service clubs should address underprivileged youth while all fathers must inspire sons to live up to parental ideals for personal and business life.

Rotary Rotary Club

Nationalized utilities prove costly across Europe and Australia

An analyst from the Christian Science Monitor reports that Soviet Russia's nationalized industries show low wages long hours and high prices. France Romania and Avatris state ventures run deficits while private railways profit in places. Australia ends Commonwealth Line nationalization after heavy losses. total 1927 losses exceed 10 million pounds.

Europe Otho W. Nichol Een OF Labor Christian Science Monitor Soviet Russia France Avatris Vienna Opera Commonwealth Line United States Commonwealth

News Snippets Reflecting 1930s World Happenings

A collage of brief items notes women smokers, a New York burglar inspired by newspaper tales, Ford ads and a “Flyers Boss Own Homes” headline, D A R blacklists in New York, New York parades, Los Angeles nine million dollar courthouse, Bremen flyers and receptions, Dr Harlow Shapley locating a universe center about 300 quadrillion miles away, and the Sinclair jury distance as a joke.

Harlow Shapley Harvard Earth Sinclair

Maggie Johnson’s Stolen Romance Ends in Scandal

Maggie Johnson works as a stock girl at Mack Merrill stores and becomes entangled with Joe Merrill, the president’s son, concealing their engagement. After a courtroom jailbreak and a bootlegger scandal, Joe is jailed, Maggie faces gossip and family strain, and the story shifts to her resolve to protect her family and future.

Mary Margaret Petheridge Jobeson Lisabeth Maggie Mack Merrill Joe Merrill Margie Mr. Merrill Japan Mra Leter Lizabeth Joe Grant Ches Rivers Ches Chen Johnsons Maggie Johnson Mia. Johnson

Tardiness in Social Affairs Worsens in New York

A 1928 McNaught Syndicate piece laments rising lateness at social events in Manhattan. Hosts face cold dinners as theater crowds delay arrivals, with professionals blamed for the trend and Mayor Walker’s lateness noted as an influence. The column surveys etiquette, publicity, and changing youth culture, contrasting past punctuality with modern showmanship and urban bustle.

C. O. Mantyre New York Manhattan Walker Irvin Cobb

Royalty Deed Cancelled By Court Decree

A federal court decree by Judge James Wilson cancels royalty deeds from J & Morse of McLean to Midwest Royalty on nineteen Gray county tracts. Fraud and misrepresentation are charged against Midwest Royalty. The Belt and Beasley suit seeks 50000 for breach of contract over an oil lease in Gray county. Cross petitions accuse plaintiffs of fraudulent stock handling and seek court funds. Attorneys from Amarillo represent the parties.

James €. Wilson J. & Morse McLean Midwest Royalty Company Gray County J. S. Belt C. Beasley Amarillo W. W. Edwards Oklahoma City G. B. Buckley Belt and Beasley Cross McLaury & Hopps J. S. Anderson Jylius Dorenfield Jr A. Simpson United States District Court

Wealth in United States Put at 320 Billion, 4,400 Percent Rise

A Bloomberg style note from The Associated Press reports the economy valued at 320 billion dollars, calculated by Stone and Webster and Blodgett, Inc. The figure shows a dramatic rise of 4,400 percent since 1950. In New Haven, Gene Tanney receives a Shakespeare set from Yale, deeply touched by the gift.

Associated Press New York United States Stone and Webster and Blodgett, Inc New Haven Gene Tanney Yale

Sally Sly Tricks Cat To Steal Bird Egg Nest

Sally Sly schemes to place an egg in Sweet Voice the Vesper Sparrow nest as Black Pussy the cat stalks by the old stonewall. The ruse succeeds while the vigilant birds alarm the predator, and Sally Sly quietly deposits her egg in the nest. The tale ends with the next story tease.

Sally Sly Little Friend Mrs. Sparrow Sally Giy Sweet Voice Mrs. Sweet Voice Green Meadows Long Sparrow Black Pussy T. W. Burgess

Laughing Around the World A Humorous Education Sketch

A brisk parade of urban anecdotes and rural quips follows a traveling man in a Cleveland hotel seeking to spell Dowegiac. Jokes compare spelling, grammar, and education, with a New York City jubilee tale, Irving Bacheller memory, and a policemen’s note about a dead horse on Terpishore and Kosinsko corners.

Cleveland Dowegiac Kalamazoo New York City Irving Bacheller St. Lawrence County New York Terpishore Street Kosinsko Boulevard First and Elm

Boys hear lectures on the Bard and public reaction

In New York a lock of Washington's hair will be placed in the City Museum, donated by Stuyvesant Fish, Hamilton Fish's descendant, who received it eight years before Washington became president. In Bordeaux Gabriel Semple, France's top hurdler, may have wine with a meal, or he will skip Olympic plans. In Dallas Mrs Lulu Seale becomes sheriff after her husband’s death, while notes warn ants deserting nests before fires and rabbits abandoning low burrowed homes before floods.

Joe Leas Chee Merrill Mangie Chen Ches Johnsons Maggie Lisabeth Joe Merritt Kiz Lis Cppnless Lie New York Washington Museum of the City of Stuyvesant Fish Hamilton Fish Bordeaux Gabriel Semple France

British youths eligible for Canada's emigration scheme

British boys and young men aged 17 to 25 who pass health and intelligence tests may join a scheme allowing emigration to Canada where they can eventually earn their own farms. The British and Canadian governments have already voted five million dollars toward the plan.

Canada

Funeral for Smith Baby This Afternoon

Funeral services for Arnold Jefferson Smith two year old son of Mr and Mrs C Willard Smith were held at 2 20 this afternoon with Rev G L Yates of First Baptist Church officiating Arnold Jeffersons twin brother died last October Burial will be in Llano cemetery with N S Griggs Sons in charge

Arnold Jefferson Smith

Railway Conductors Mark Sixtieth Anniversary in Denver

The Order of Railway Conductors will celebrate its 60th anniversary in Denver July 6 to 8 with 4000 to 5000 members traveling from the U S Canada and Mexico. Delegates from many regions will attend and a booster influx of tourists is anticipated after July Fourth festivities. Plans aim to invite other train service unions to join the jubilee.

Five International News Service Denver Order of F H. Conkrite Gateway of the Rockies United States Canada Mexico Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Order of Railway

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