Champagne Bath Case and World Affairs in 1926
A 1926 column discusses the New York champagne bath scandal with Joyce Hawley and the perjury and decency questions around the promoter. It notes Henry Ford criticizing Muscle Shoals policy and warns of power interests affecting farming and national defense. The piece adds University of Wisconsin anesthesia news, library reading stats, and European finance concerns including Alsace Lorraine and German money.
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New York
Joyce Hawley
Weepuiz
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ford
Chile
Canada
Norway
Tennessee
Amarillo declares war on crime with rewards and meeting
Mayor Lee Bivins and business leaders launch a crime crackdown after the Homer L. Smith murder. A $500 reward is offered for killers or hijackers, with a plan to raise funds to double the rewards if the county matches. A 4:30 conference is set to organize volunteers and bolster the police force.
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Amarillo
Homer L. Smith
Lee Bivins
Bivins
Smith
George Parr
Wiley Pollard
T. E. Johnson
Mr. Bivins
Pua Adeethia Wins at Philadelphia Meet
Pua Adeethia captured a victory in Philadelphia in a prenatal event. Competitors included Vie Aamorteted Prenat and Philadelphy headlines noted March feet and Peiledety Peete Eickardt with Nett as notable participant.
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PUA
Adeethia
Philadelphia
Wheat prices hit big break on Chicago trading floor
Wheat futures moved sharply as May contracts fell to about 1.00 amid higher deliveries and renewed selling by traders short of wheat. Traders watched the May price slide in late trading after a day of contrasting market action.
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Chicago
Guilty Verdict in Carroll Case
Earl Carroll was found guilty of perjury in the grand jury probe of the bath tub party at his theater. Judge Goddard set bail at 5 000 and deferred sentence. max five years or 2 000 fine per count, with potential appeal prospects.
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Associated Press
New York
Earl Carroll
Joyce Hawley
Goddard
Miss Hawley
Carroll
Mc Smyth
Court of Appeals
Bank Robbery Hits Winfield Bank for $25,000
Three bandits robbed the state bank of Winfield at noon today escaping with about $25,000 in currency and bonds. Authorities pursued leads but details on bond amounts were not released.
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Bandits
Winfield Bank
The
Associated Press
Winfield
Kan
State Bank of
Weather forecast for Amarillo area tonight
Tonight and near by is party cloudy with possible showers. Temperature today near 78 and low around 69. Weather notes compare to last year’s figures with similar highs and lows.
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Amarillo
Man kills wife then slays self in Panhandle tragedy
A husband Porter Davis, 31, killed wife in a tent city near Panhandle then shot himself. Three daughters Ellen 10 Verla 6 Lucile 4 left in tents, likely to live with grandparents. Coroner’s inquest could not reveal motive. two loaded shells found beside empty ones. May 27 report notes a prior airplane ride and a suspect who tried to obtain a gun.
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Panhandle
Porter Davis
Silverton
Briscoe County
Ellen
Verla
Lucile
Davis
Sheridan
Jeff
Plemons
White Deer
Amarillo
Whits Deer
Jones and Harris Open Round Before Record Crowd
Tobby Jones and Robert Harris, the American and British amateur champions, teed off before the largest crowd yet to follow a match in the current amateur tournament at Muirfield in Scotland. Spectators paid entrance fees at the gate and lined the stone walls around the course perched on the sand dunes.
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Muirfied
Scotland
Tobby Jones
Robert Harris
Fisk Named Bankers' Head in Galveston Meeting
Charley Fisk vice president of the Amarillo Bank and Trust and city commissioner was chosen president of the Texas Bankers Association at its 42nd annual convention in Galveston. The election was unanimous after a Dallas conference draft. The group also urged Gov to call an extra session to validate Texas county road bonds and backed banking law revisions led by Charles A. Fisk. El Paso selected for the 1927 convention.
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Charley Fisk
Amarillo Bank and Trust Company
Texas Bankers’ Association
Galveston
Fisk
Dallas
Associated Press
Texas
Association
Charles O. Austin
Charles A. Fisk
Amarillo
el Vaso
W B McDowell Announces Candidacy for Amarillo Sheriff
The fourth candidate for Amarillo sheriff is W B McDowell of Amarillo. He has lived in the city 17 years and spent 3 years with the Amarillo police. Earlier he worked as a railroad man. Other candidates are Wiley Pollar Leas Whitaker and C A Herbert. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hota ta Pormeus Por Food.
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Amarillo
W. B. McDowell
Bomb in Mail Kills Two Men Injures Taverns’ Daughter
A mail bomb explodes at the Three Lakes Tavern owned by Krubacach. August Krnbereth dies two hours later. Willem Prank and his fiancee were killed or fatally injured. Jeanette Kru hace, 19, and others are seriously hurt as the blast shatters windows and wrecks the dining room. Local authorities investigate the incident.
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Willem Prank
August Krnbereth
Three Lakes
Krubacach
Jeanette Kruhace
Tru. Harch
Shanklin Abducted by Mexican Bandits in Vera Cruz
J W Shanklin of Canyon is one of three Americans captured by Mexican bandits in Vera Cruz state. He and his family planned to join him there. embassy protests and consular reports link Braden and Gallagher as other captives with ransoms sought. Federal forces hunt the bandits.
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Vera Cruz
Associated Press
J. W. Shanklin
Canyon
J. A. Hill
West Texas State Teachers College
Washington
Sheffield
State Department
Foreign Office
el Potreo
Menico City
C. C. Brandon
Laredo
Texas
Durango
Gallagher
Shanklin
O. M. Brown
Mexico City
Braden
Lurtley F. Yost
Torreon
Bhurango
Mob Lynches Accused Attacker in Wilson Arkansas
In Wilson Arkansas on May 27 a 12 year old black boy Albert Blages was accused of assaulting an 11 year old white girl. A mob seized him from Sheriff Maas and hanged him before dawn. Afterward the mob dispersed, warning others and planning to move the body for burial elsewhere.
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D Prone
Wilson
Ark
Albert Blages
Maas
Prisner
Father Brother of Smith Arrive in Amarillo
Homer Lynn Smith 35 a cotton broker of Graham Texas was fatally shot by a hijacker on the Amarillo Panhandle highway at 1130 Tuesday night. Identified by his father W F Smith and brother W F Smith Jr who arrived in Amarillo. He leaves three children, siblings and parents. funeral home arranging Winters burial.
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Homer Lynn Smith
Cotton Brokser
Graham
Texas
Amarillo- Panhandle
W. F. Smith
W. F Smith, Jr
Winters
Amarillo
Smith
Lee Johnson
P. D. Rich
el Sugunda
California
J. D. Turner
Erma
Claudine
Eloise Smith
Wichita Falls
Burkburnett
N. S. Griggs Funeral Home
Victims named in Amarillo Panhandle crash
Three people died and two others injured when an auto mobile crash occurred on the Amarillo Panhandle highway four miles from Amarillo Tuesday afternoon. Identified victims include G A Manske r of Henderson, West Virginia and Renaw of Monkeg ton, West Virginia. M Barnett of Fort Worth survived semi conscious. A Manske r of Wreckenridgs expected tonight. two other victims were identified by telegraph from N Griggs funeral home. Funeral plans are pending.
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Amarillo-Panhandle
Amarillo
M Barnett
Fort Worth
St. Anthony's Sanitarium
N. Griggs Funeral Home
A W C Renshaw
Monkegton
West Virginia
G. A. Manster
Hreckenridge
Renaw
Bite
Lorges
John W
Gove New Meston
PD A. Maewmer
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Alsace Lorraine
Briand
Germany
League of Nations
G. G. Walpole
Britain
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Jones
Harris
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