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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
6
The program lists titles such as The Soldier Unafraid and Compromise with performances featuring Irene Rich and Dick Hatton. A mix of dramas and comedies showcases prior films and vaudeville acts, including Hawaii themed elements and popular headlines of the era.
Screen and Spotlight previews note The Splendid Road starring Anna Q Nilsson with Robert Frazer and Lionel Barrymore closes at the Fair tonight. Also showing Compromise at Mission and Monte Carlo at the Fair. Irene Rich Clive Brook Pauline Caron featured in a girl villain tale. The Gentleman Unafraid closes at the Teends today. Tomorrow The Man From Red Gulch with Harry Carey screens at the Mission.
The Amarillo schools plan commencement exercises at 8:15 p m in the municipal auditorium. Fourteen students will graduate as the high school band performs Shoulder to Shoulder. Rev L N Stuckey gives the invocation. A long program includes salutation by Leta Johnson, vocal solos by Alive Held, valedictory by Mrs Tola Modderson, and a talk by Dr Bes Jarrett from West Texas State Teachers College.
McAlester deputy A Bryant arrived in the city to seize W M Pierson on a charge of embezzling an automobile. Pierson was arrested in Panhandle by Police Chief Bill Bickle.
A House judiciary draft group will push a bill to liberalize the Volstead act by permitting nonintoxicating beverage production and trade under state laws. The effort, though unlikely to pass, aims to provide a vehicle for broader prohibition argument amid national debate. The King resolution probes presidential enforcement orders as constitutional issues.
Charles Evans Hughes told the federal oil conservation board that encouraging scientific effort beats direct production regulation. He argued federal laws would be unconstitutional and state rules harmful unless uniform, urging cooperation among oil landowners under government supervision to cut waste and adjust anti trust limits.
The federal parole board recommends parole for S E Cox of Houston Texas an oil promoter now in Leavenworth penitentiary He was sentenced to eight years and will remain ineligible until July 20 The board must have the attorney general approval.
Robert Wright, formerly of Amarillo now living in Corpus Christi, visits the city. Building permits issued this morning include Guy Owens for a frame dwelling at 108 South Maryland Avenue worth 4500 dollars, Marcella Carl for a frame duplex at 244 Van Buren Street 4500 dollars, S W Sweat for a frame duplex at 510 Maryland Avenue 5000 dollars, and Mrs. Crittenden for a frame dwelling at 604 Carolina Avenue 3500 dollars.
Mrs Martha Co Classon and her three children have arrived in Cedar Rapids after a 10 000 mile walk seeking Mr Classon who disappeared seven cars ago They are heading back to Omaha Nebraska with no trace found.
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