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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1926
Page
8
A scrambled review describes a program featuring The Duchess of Buffalo and The Belted Train among other acts. It notes light entertainment with American settings, comedy sketches, and a long-winded plot about modern life despite chaotic presentation.
Hollywood reports feature films and stars with reviews and gossip. Mary Astor and Bebe Daniels are spotlighted amid talks of engagements and personal life. Vitaphone premiere signals transition to talking pictures while industry debates continue. The piece previews varied entertainment options and a style note for men.
The North bound Pacific Air Transport mail plane from Los Angeles to Seattle crashed at 2500 feet into Whitley canyon three miles south of here. Passenger Rossiter 71 of Los Angeles died. pilot Widner survived after jumping with parachute. Widner reported seeing tailspin in rain and tried to warn Rossiter before leaping.
Berlin statistics show about 8,000 divorces in 1925 versus 4,600 in 1913, while marriages fell from 61,000 to 35,100. The trend mirrors postwar social shifts. Adolphe Menjou notes fashion cycles of about 25 years. The article also mentions Eugene V. Brewster and Corliss Palmer's living arrangement during Brewster's divorce.
The Army issued a recruiting order to send ten infantrymen five field artillerymen twenty five for welding arts and ten for the engineer to Panama. Sergeant Hoss expects no difficulty in filling the quota.
Montana's experiment using prison labor to operate the state automobile bureau has cut costs by almost 60 percent as yearly business peaks pass. Officials report 8000 more charges processed than last year, indicating increased efficiency from the program in Helena.
Indictments heading the criminal docket call for Monday before Judge Neary Bishop. Named defendants include Eley Sinquene with intent to murder, T-Bone Stout for theft over fifty dollars, W C Webb and Kelly Richards for liquor violations, Lela Mae Barnum for driving while intoxicated, and R C Hill for assault with intent to murder. Webb formerly led Amarillo detectives and Richards was a deputy sheriff. Barnum is described as a wealthy oil woman from Amarillo.
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