14 Nov 1927
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1927
Page
1
A collage of opinions and anecdotes includes Arthur Ariebane and Ruth Elder remarks, Dorothy Dix puzzle on marital love, Paul Block on the 1928 presidency, Bernard Gimble on broad prosperity, and notes on General Motors dividends. It also references Russia's aviation push, Chicago Mayor Thompson, and potential 1928 convention dynamics.
Tris Speaker arrives in Denver from a Wyoming hunting trip and states he does not expect to manage the Cleveland Indians next season. He says the team will be sold, and he does not anticipate being the manager.
Eight people died in a hotel fire in Indianapolis on Sunday, with panic blamed as the cause as victims reportedly rushed into flames. Twelve others were injured, and only seven thousand dollars in damage was recorded. Fire Chief Hutsell cited crowd panic as the likely factor. Emergency numbers and ambulance details included.
Amarillo launches a 45000 drive led by Guy C. Saunders to support six welfare groups including Welfare Association Day Nursery Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Junior Red Cross. The campaign runs from Tuesday until the quota is pledged with headquarters at Sixth and Taylor in the old telephone building.
C B Thorpe of Amarillo was accidentally shot in the left arm while riding in an automobile about seven miles east of Pampa on Monday morning. An operation to amputate the injured limb was performed later at a local hospital after the gun discharged when the car hit a bump in the road.
About 400 striking miners gathered at the Columbine mine near LaFayette with wives waving flags and singing. They remained outside the property after warnings of trespass arrests, as state police attempted to seize a leader who was spirited away by I W W members.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to acquire control under lease of the 95 mile Texas and Gulf Railway line from center to Longview Texas.
Edward Peyton, a negro leper at Carville leprosarium, pled guilty to second degree murder of Lloyd Richardson. He was sentenced to ten years confinement to be designated by the attorney general. The trial raised questions about juror safety and courtroom handling of leprosy.
President Coolidge appoints Harold A. Lefount of Utah to the federal radio commission. He succeeds John F. Dillon, who died recently. Official notice from Washington dated November 14.
Plans to raise 200000 for an administration building at Amarillo College gain momentum after approval by the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. A city canvass shows strong business support, with a resolution passed at Big Spring on November 9, 1927, noting donor Lee Bivins’s contribution to the conference.
Branson Missouri November 14 Garber village in Taney county once featured in Harold Bell Wrights The Shepherd of the Hills has been sold to Mrs Ada Clodfleter The purchase includes post office railroad station buildings and home as one of the oldest towns in the state
George Remus appears for murder of his wife Imogene in Cincinnati as the state seeks justice for her death. Remus, once famed as the “King of Bootleggers,” faces a self defense style defense with Remus to lead his own case as his attorney Charles H. Elston says the defendant is confident and intends to tell his story.
Fifteen people died and over 500 were injured when a massive natural gas storage tank at Equitable Gas Manchester works exploded. Rescue crews combed the debris across a one square mile area, fearing more casualties as bodies were believed buried under wreckage near the Pittsburgh Clay Pottery plant and downtown stores. Debris struck bystanders and sections of the steel frame were hurled blocks away, with the cause linked to acetylene torches used by workers.
A new oil test in Potter county has started on Bush land seven miles northwest of Amarillo. It lies in section 47 block 9 and was spudded in Saturday. Frank Allen and associates drill the test as owners foresee a pay sand at 900 feet. The company holds 492 acres in leases.
Police judge John Snider ruled a parking overage charge a dismissal after a man claimed a stork visit caused forgetfulness. Judge Chester R. Shook did not accept the excuse, requiring the usual $2 fine for the offense.
The weather bureau forecasts another cold wave with minimums around 30 degrees in parts of the Panhandle and 24 degrees in some areas. Some regions felt a light wintry touch last Friday and Saturday with no rain. Rain is forecast for tonight in the eastern portion of West Texas.
The identified dead in today's gas explosion disaster include C F Michaels superintendent of the gas works, Mrs Marty of the stricken district, and workers George Lowengate Joe Harris Herman Sobech 35 M Beaver 25 P W Swatlers J E K Wighman all named as victims in the blast at the gas tank construction site in Graver, Pennsylvania.
Washington reports William J. Burns to answer before the grand jury on claims he used fake affidavits in the Wall Sinclair espionage case. The Teapot Dome inquiry widens with new operator 1-36 and former governor Pinchot tied to the plot.
Eye witnesses describe a massive explosion on the Monongahela forming the Ohio river area. A fireball rose hundreds of feet, then shattered windows as hundreds of children nearby in a school yard were struck by flying glass. Fire and police units fought to control wires and debris while hospitals flooded with injured.
KF R Sleight, secretary to Herbert Hoover, died in a hospital from injuries after an airplane crash in Montpelier Vermont. The pilot was critically injured.
Mrs L W Spitznagle a New York beauty consultant from 665 Fifth Avenue is at City Drug Store this week offering free skin treatment by appointment. She represents the Primrose House line with demonstrations Tuesday through Saturday at the City Drug Store.
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