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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1928
Page
9
Paris reports on French radio experiments to create convincing sound effects for broadcasts. engineers test scenery noises and voices, finding flat voices transmit clearly while setting must not overpower the actor. Raquel Meller shares views on youth and performance while Paris Soir discusses secrets in marriage and honesty.
S M N Marrs announces he will seek re election as State School Superintendent with D W Wilcox Georgetown as State Democratic executive committee chairman. Marrs cites progress in public education noting per capita apportionment rose from 10 to 15 dollars and has been stabilized for two years.
The Dallas Pike near the W. C. Morgan farm saw three separate automobile accidents last night within 600 yards. One man identified as Mr Carpenter of Hillsboro was seriously injured and treated at a doctor's office, with four others slightly hurt. Names of the other injured were not learned. The incidents occurred within minutes of each other around 8 o'clock.
May 2 Houston dispatch notes the Democratic national convention will draw huge air traffic. Wisconsin leads with a squadron of ten planes carrying over sixty delegates from Milwaukee departing June 23 and arriving June 25. Airmail and regular passenger flights speed coverage, with Houston Airport rated AAA, enabling near real time convention pictures via verbatim telephoto process.
A lively list notes Paul Whiteman and his orchestra performing Im Winging Home with vocal chorus, plus Happy Go Lucky Lane with a bright theme. It mentions EvryWhere You Go by Worth West, Laugh Clown Laugh by Watts, Wings by MacDonald, What Do You Say by Yellen Ager Ash, Moments With You by Yellen Shildret, Ila by Pinkard, and neon gas as a lighting note.
Federal raids in Tampa uncovered a Southeast wide drug operation with more than a dozen arrests. Bails ranged from 5000 to 15000 dollars as investigators said drugs moved from New York to Tampa via trunks and tickets. Local agents traced the flow from trunk to home where a discreet member housed the haul.
J Biggina, narcotics chief, said raids here met difficulty in securing evidence due to cliques and secrecy that keep those involved in fear. Among those held on bond are Gonzales Zarate Tampa tafe owner Phillips Taviatan Blair Zarate Antonio Pagtisi linked to a 15 year New York sentence. Alice Garcia was arrested en route to jail to deliver a letter to one dove peddler. Information was presented to the federal grand jury at Jacksonville and indictments returned.
The article notes that a married woman who screens her husband from arrest is not charged as an accessory after the fact. It also mentions Flemp, claimed as the oldest cultivated fibre, grown in China by 2800 B.C.
Ted Lewis and his band perform Laugh Clown Laugh and Hello Montreal as top dance records of the month with strong instrument colors and mellow vocals. Art Gilham delivers The Hours I Spent With You and I Found You Out With You in Somebody Else's Arms with refined piano. Emerson Gill and Bamboo Garden orchestra offer The Dance of the Blue Danube and Yale Blues, both fox trots, praised for merit and variety. New machines from Vietor Orthophonic 835, Brunswick portable, and Columbia viva tonal portable debut with notable horn design and sound. Waring's Pennsylvanians headline Laugh Clown Laugh and Dance of the Blue Danube as the best selling Victor of the week.
A Texas mother lauds California Fig Syrup as the trusted remedy for child stomach and bowel troubles. The ad quotes Valeria Adams of San Antonio praising the product after her baby boy recovered from weak bowels post measles.
Denver woman reports improvement from Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound during the Change of Life. She had insomnia and fear of going downtown for two years and now recommends it to friends citing her mother’s prior success with the remedy.
Ted Weems and company with Parker Gibbs present a weekend fox trot release featuring Laugh Clown with a classic intro and ending, The Dance blending snatches of Blue Danube Waltz, and Vietor highlighting He's Tall and Dark and Handsome. Good voice and harmony anchor the set.
A vintage beauty ad promotes Southern Flowers Tissue Cream Face Powder to combat sun and wind damage. It promises deep moisturizing, restored oils, softer skin, and a lasting fragrance, priced at $1 with four shades and mail order options from National Toilet Company in Paris Tennessee.
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