24 May 1927
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1927
Page
1
The Star Co columnist lauds Lindbergh's solo New York to Paris flight and critiques U.S. defense policy. He contrasts the daring journey with costly battleship programs, calls for real air power experiments, and envisions future long range planes carrying weapons or passengers. He urges Congress to reward the aviator and questions defense priorities.
At the Texas State Federation of Labor session in Wichita Falls R E James promoted a six hour day and five day week for labor citing machinery driven limits on work. He attacked convict labor and noted Amarillo plumbers asking for representation. a protest was overruled. A telegram from Dallas farm union head J A Johnson discussed farming labor consolidation and urban migration.
The lower Panhandle counties saw about two inches of rain Monday night, soaking Childress and nearby counties. A garage roof collapsed under the weight of water, lakes rose, and cattle range is strengthened. Late wheat and oats should benefit from the wet spell.
Mrs Gertrude Gibbons wife of mill worker Theodore R Gibbons was arrested in Fall River Mass on murder charges after body of her husband was found in a well in East Swansea. Also arrested Antone P Silva of Pawtucket R I in connection with the case. The couple had been estranged and Mrs Gibbons is mother of a four year old. The report notes a police inquiry at headquarters.
The forecast calls for tonight fair and cool and Wednesday fair. Temperature extremes from a year ago were 84 and 62 degrees. Today’s temperatures by hour start at 56 at 7 a.m. and rise to 74 at noon before 72 at 1 p.m.
Announcements list many Amarillo merchants joining Suburban Day offerings to appeal to nearby communities. The event, sponsored by The News and Globe, aims to establish Amarillo as a regional shopping center with extensive promotions. Over 5,000 extra copies will be distributed to publicize the merchants’ deals.
Amarillo undertakes a dirt street improvement on East Fifteenth Street between Taylor and Fillmore. Mayor Lee Bivins orders grading and oiling as a test. Globe provides oil and Amarillo Construction Company spreads it free. If successful, more streets may be oiled.
Premier Stanley Baldwin told the House of Commons that only an adverse vote this week could stop Britain from breaking diplomatic relations and the trade pact with Soviet Russia. He linked Soviet propaganda in London to global subversion, citing Arcos raids and papers naming agitators in the United States and across the empire. He said diplomatic relations are endangered by such acts.
World champion walker Dan O Leary told the Lions club at the Amarillo hotel that Amarillo is the most beautifully laid out city in the United States and predicted it would be the largest Texas city in ten years. He, aged 87, passed through en route to the Pacific coast.
Wireless reports from Lisbon say Commander Francesco de Pinedo landed 150 miles from the Azores due to fog and his hydroplane is being towed to Horta. A later radiogram said the Santa Maria was seen in tow by the vessel Infantia Vesagres, with position given as 41.26 N, 22.28 W, though the vessel name may be garbled as Infante Sacres.
In Chicago on May 24 grain traders surged to buy as prices advanced amid poor Texas Oklahoma and Kansas reports and heavy rains in Canada and the corn belt. Prospects of a diplomatic split between England and Russia fueled the buying frenzy.
Prominent Shrine officials from Texas will attend Khiva Temple events next Friday led by Potentate James Galerie. El Maida’s Allen Rhodes heads a party with Borders White Scotten Lorentzen and Mayor Thomason likely present. Barbecue in Masonic Temple basement follows ceremonial sessions with John Snider handling the meat.
In Knoxville Tennessee on May 24 Sam Phillips 27 a textile mill worker killed his younger brother Floyd 15 and sister Louise 22 with an axe at their home near railroad tracks. He then threw himself before a moving train dying instantly. Police found his decapitated body on the tracks identified by a rent receipt in his pocket. Authorities call it a double murder and suicide. they say he was likely driven mad.
Reported flooding from a Mississippi levee break near New Orleans threatens the Sugar Bowl region 160 villes north of the city. In Point Coupee parish, telephone operators guided evacuations as crevasse waters rushed in and officials warned every subscriber to flee.
At McCrea ten miles below Old River on the east bank of the Atchafalaya, a flood breached at 0 30 a m after 2 000 workers were joined by 1 000 more. The break threatened parts of five parishes with 4 009 people and 1 142 000 acres of cane land. 1 500 evacuated. No lives were lost.
A U S destroyer will be placed under Capt Charles Lindbergh’s command for his U S return from Europe. Commander W W Galbraith will lead Destroyer Division 25 which is in European waters ready to offer service for Lindbergh and to bring his plane Spirit of St Louis back to the United States. The division sails around June 16 and could return Lindbergh about a week after that date. The group includes destroyers Isherwood Case Sharkey Lardner Touvey and Beck. The move followed a White House conference with President Coolidge and Acting Secretary Robinson.
Paris crowds show overwhelming affection for Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh after his air journey. City officials arrange a Thursday reception in his honor with an open carriage ride to the city hall. He plans an aerial exhibition over Paris aboard the Spirit of St Louis and mechanics have begun motor overhauls at Le Bourget.
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