Worshipers of Beauty Gather in Galveston
Galveston hosts the International Pageant of Pulchritude with entrants including Miss Italy Miss Spain Miss France Miss Luxembourg Miss Cuba Miss Portugal and Miss Mexico. A decorated float program kicks off the event with sport and afternoon activities tomorrow. Judging begins Monday as Miss United States vies for the international title.
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United Press
Galveston
Texas
Shrine of Beauty
Calveston
Italy
Spain
France
Luxembourg
Cuba
Portugal
Mexico
United States
Markets in Chicago Kansas City New Orleans and New York May 20
Market update across Chicago Kansas City and New Orleans shows cattle hogs and sheep trading mixed to steady with best steers around 11.76 and 9.70 for hogs top prices, while grain futures pull gains on improved demand and rain fears. Treasury and foreign exchange moves accompany the day as cotton and grain markets fluctuate.
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Cricaalo
Hioge
Kansas City
Associated Press
ST. Loues
New Orleans
Liverpool
Texas
Chicago
Southwest
Canads
Corn
Southwestern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reading
Wabash
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Gulf, Mobile
Northern
Chesapeake and Ohio
Aikman
Katy
St. Louis
Station High
Sd Abilene
Albuquerque
Amari Bevton
Denver Sehen
Lom Naive
el Paso
Playataff
Los Angeles Ones
Pep Hs
Louisville
New York
New Orleans Stead
Phoenix
Roswell , Louis
Etalate
St. San Francisco
Santa Fe
Toledo Veewene
Washington
Amarillo's ex-con seeks chance to reform and work
A man known as Tom, an ex bank robber who served seven years, asks for a life change and employment in Amarillo. He returns $87,000 to banks, claims conversion, attends church, and asks local readers to give him a job. The writer notes Tom’s honesty, cites offers of support, and mentions related local anecdotes and oddities.
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Mr. Tack
Tom
United States
Amarillo
Kenady
Old Tack
Cooking School Closes After Big Amarillo Run
Mrs. Ida Chitwood, national culinary expert, wraps a popular week at the city auditorium under The Globe News, teaching practical cookery from desserts to decorative foods. Hundreds of women attended, learning step by step methods, with questions answered to aid home kitchen efficiency and elegance.
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Ida Chitwood
City Auditorium
The
Globe News
Blackburn Ambulance Reply To Amarillo Globe Letter
Blackburn Funeral Home manager FE M Blackburn defends ambulance speed in Amarillo in letters page. He thanks the public for publicity and asserts speed is reserved for life and death calls, pledging to follow traffic laws and let the public judge service and equipment.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
The
Globe
Blackburn
FE. M. Blackburn
Mgr
Blackburn Funeral Home
Pinkerton and Cain Open Service Station
A new Pinkerton and Cain Service Station will open at Seventh and Van Buren in Pinkerton. The partners offer washing and greasing services and a full line of oils and gasoline. The formal opening is Saturday with a free gallon of Simms oil for every five gallons of gasoline purchased.
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Seventh
van Buren Streets
Co. C. Pinkerton
Q. M. Cain
Pinkerton
Judge Grants Alimony for Mrs Stuckey
Judge W E Gee in district court ordered alimony of 200 dollars monthly to Mrs Lewis N Stuckey until the divorce trial. Mrs Stuckey filed for divorce from Rev Lewis N Stuckey pastor of Polk Street M E Church, with a similar suit filed by the husband moments later. A hearing was held yesterday.
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Lewis N. Stuckey
W. E. Gee
Old Tack's Amarillo program for a better city
A list of proposed reforms for Amarillo including lower utility rates and rents, cleaner city, more parks, lake access, municipal golf, viaducts, traffic improvements, extended bus routes, and stricter driving rules for emergency vehicles. Calls for spur improvements in housing, streets, sewers, industry attraction, and oil use for streets.
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Bivins Lake
North
Amarillo
Nee
San Jacinto
What They Write to Tack What They Write to Tack
A reader questions Amarillo leaders and newcomers about home guards taxation and growth. The letter critiques sectionalism rents and the impact of newcomers on the city and asks if the community remains free and equal as it grows.
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Amarillo
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Second Marriages and Motivation Drive a Businessman
A reader recounts how his second wife spurred his success by comparing him to better paid men and urging self improvement. He contrasts his first wife who loved him as he was and shared poverty, with his late sister’s or current wife’s demanding press for achievement leading to prosperity.
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H. D. Dd
Famous Radio Artists Heard From Amarillo
The King of the Ivories Harry M. Snodgrass and announcer J M Witten appeared on KGRS at noon today under News Globe Publishing and the Fair theater. They last radioed in 1925 and will broadcast again 630 to 7 pm on 12280 kilocycles. last plains broadcast 1255 Saturday over WDAG 1140 kilocycles.
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King of the Ivories
Harry M. Snodgrass
Fair Theater
J. M. Witten
KGRS
News-Globe Publishing Company
Star Telegram
Plains
Federal Radio Commission
Final Amarillo High School Examinations Begin Monday
Last classes of the 1927 school session were held this afternoon. Senior examinations are finished and graduation activities will occur next week. Final examinations start Monday morning and end Wednesday afternoon at Amarillo High School.
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Amarillo
Amarillo High School
NEW SECRETARY TO BE SECURED FOR CIVIC BODY
Amarillo Board of City Development will hire a secretary after acting secretary J. Z. George said he must resign within 30 days. George earlier organized the board and compiled an industrial survey, but he must leave to finish the survey and start work with other cities. The board praised his service.
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Amarillo
Mr. George
Lindbergh Prepares for Nonstop Atlantic Flight
Lindbergh, aged 25, plans a 3,000 mile non stop crossing in the Spirit of St Louis. He carries 448 gallons of gasoline and expects to reach Paris in under 36 hours despite fog and cool Atlantic weather.
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Paris
Lindbergh
Atlantic
New Foundland
S. J. Stumph
Missouri National Guardsman
St. Louis
Roosevelt Field
American Trans-Oceanic Company
America
Curtiss Field
Lindbergh's Takeoff Speeds Reported At Over 100 Mph
United Press dispatch from Roosevelt Field on May 20 cites Curtiss flyer Arthur Caperton who accompanied the New York to Paris plane for several miles. Caperton says Captain Charles A Lindbergh's takeoff was rapid with every engine cylinder firing, and that Lindbergh was likely moving faster than 100 miles per hour.
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United Press
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Charlie E. Lindbergh
Arthur Caperton
Curtiss
New York
Paris
Grain dealers debate farm relief at Texas meeting
The Texas grain dealers discuss cooperative marketing, orderly marketing plans, and tariff policy as a solution to farm relief. Speakers including L. McMurtry and Tom Connally challenge the relief push while stressing self-reliance and fair railroad charges. Committee assignments and attendee lists from Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Amarillo, and Wichita Falls are announced.
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McNary-Haugen Bil
Mr. Smith
Railway Labor Board
Washington
L. ©. McMurtry
Pampa
Tom Connally
Clarendon
McMurtry
State Association
Texas Wheat Growers’ Association
Connally
L. F. Cobb
Plainview
Cobb
Texas
Trena
Beasley
Congress
H. BR. Dorsel
W. W. Early
Waco
R. T. Dorey
Fort Worth
R. T. Dorsey
H. L. Kearns
E. W. Harrison
W. A. Berlow
Carl Ferguson
Lester Stone
O. W. Green
A. Liske
G. E. Bluett
C. W. Griffin
Oscar Lillery
G. Wilkins
John A. Rulen
L. W. Hogsett
J. F P. Lehane Jr
Frank Bailey
Frank O'Kane
H. B. Dorsey
J. W.thompson
T. H. Wilhelm
J. J. Breheny
A. L. Talkington
K. K. Smith
H. W. Landman
R. J. Mullin
O. W. Wiliams
W. G. Bridgewater
Bert K. Smith
G. C. Henderson
Feyton Ingraham
Sam Gladney
D. Ferguson
H. G. Brown
M. Carter
Oklahoma City
C. W. Ellis
P. C. Lyon
Dallas
J. ©. Crouch
W. H. Geogan
G. F. Kay
George Williams
Amarillo
Joe S. Morris
E. M. Mugg
J. P. Ewing
Alf F. Morris
J. N. Beasley
H. ©. Adams
W. E. Goodloe
P. N. Montgomery
J. H. Winters
B. Davis
Will H. Dilg Club Formed in Amarillo
A Will H. Dilg club formed after a morning meeting in Amarillo. Bob Ames elected president with Mansel Merriman as vice president and Earl Shelton as secretary and treasurer. Directors include Toney Chisum Sam Vaughn and Gene Howe. A meeting at Melroy's market will add more members.
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Will H. Dilg Club
Amarillo
Izaak Walton League
Bob Ames
Mansel Merriman
Earl Shelton
Toney Chisum
Sam Vaughn
Gene Howe
Melroy’s Market
Turner Hubby
Hubby
Texas
Douglas Herring
Hebby
Panhandle
Wil Tucker
Game and Fish
Dan Moody
Pame
Bivins
Hillcrest Country Club
Geologists to Hear Dr Patton Here Tonight
The Panhandle Geographical Society will hear Dr LeRoy Patton head of the Texas Technological College geology department speak on The Geology of Stonewell County. A lengthy list of attendees from Plainview Hereford Claude Hale Center and other towns will attend.
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DR. Patton
Panhandle Geological Society
LeRoy Patton
Geological Department
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Patton
Stonewell County
C. O. Brymas
Tulia
O. H. Gilstrap
King’s Mill
W. M. Randels
Enid
A. M. Medlin
Abernathy
W. ©. Cannon
Carl C. Mauret
Friona
J. A. Abernathy
J. L. Brooks
J. L. Brokes Jr
White Deer
T. E. Arnold
W. W. Early
Waco
W. L. Porter
Hale Center
James B. Wallace
Plainview
E. E. Friedley
L. V. Nelson
Claude
R. R. Unsieke
Houston
A. H. Liske
Canadian
L. C. Armstrong
Pampa
H. Gamager
Kansas City
D. van Hecke
el Reno
W. Watts
J. R. Elliott
Denison
H. L. Stree
J. M. Baer
H. L. Chowning
Wichita
Kansas
John W. Elliott
Kress
L. F. Cobb
Panhandle
O. J. Dewey
Ashland Kansas
H. Aames
GC. Stark
Pampes
D. ¥. Bennett
Miami
W. J. Johnston
C. Barrett
J. F. Wright
Higgins
J. T. Potter
R. D. Hennigh
Carrouzet
C. H. Curtiss
Texhoma
H. E. White
Washburn
Elmer Knutson
L. M. Betts
Washington
H. L. Poe
D. T. Wadley
Tom H. Davis
BE. N. Noble
Boston Watches Vainly for Sight of Flyer
Boston waited in vain for the Spirit of St. Louis as Captain Charles Lindbergh’s non stop flight from New York to Paris neared Boston. By 10:00 a.m. about three hours after takeoff from Roosevelt Field no sighting had been reported in the Boston area.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Paris Hopes Lindbergh Succeeds On Flight
Paris residents, stirred by Lindberghs lonely death defying challenge, flood offices with calls asking when and where he will arrive. French readers express hope he will complete the New York to Paris flight despite the danger.
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Lindbergh
United Press
Paris
Arth Lindbergh
Prenchmen
New York
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Fonex Exchanges
New Yonk
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Germany
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W. W. Ainsworth
Gibson O11 Company
O. W
Erasmus Tack
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Maine
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Jersey
Pacific Coasts
Cain
Mrs. Stuckey
George
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