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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1927
Page
10
Editorial notes compare city water rates with rail activity, predicting lower charges if railroads use city water. It critiques a Pueblo judge and parent responsibility in delinquency cases, then comments on Romania censorship and European birthrates, warning about modern moral and civic challenges.
Detective narrator S. S. Van Dine outlines a cast of suspects in the Benson murder and presses Markham to verify alibis. Colonel Leacock, Miss Muriel St Clair, Major Moriarty, Mrs Platz and others face scrutiny as Vance detects flaws in confessions and narrows paths to possible motives and timings.
A 1927 profile recounts a girl lifted from kitchen chores by movie razzle dazzle. She soared to Broadway boxes and five figure weekly offers before rejecting a top salary to produce her own films, then collapsed as backers refused funds and rivals replaced her. The piece contrasts West End Avenue society with servant life and notes jazz isn’t everything for New York humor.
Mrs. M. E. Cadwallader announces a spiritual exposition in Rochester linked to the International Hydesville Memorial and Spiritualist congress opening December 3. The exhibit will replica the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial spiritualist display with rare books relics and pictures.
In a tale from 1927, Peter Rabbit sighs over two rabbits in a bramble, then signals with a thump to Mrs Peter. She answers with playful hide and seek, leading to a tense but happy reunion as Peter fears rejection before finally approaching and embracing her. The scene closes with a hint of a future visit.
Lyle Womack left New York aboard the Christobal bound for Panama while Ruth Elder, the aviatrix, weighs emoluments from her Atlantic flight. He spoke of a future in Balboa and returning to canal zone life after a farewell public display. Elder stays in New York for several days then visits her Alabama parents.
Two Aberdonian friends once down on their luck discuss ending their lives. They seek morphine from a chemist, but one man uses cunning to secure none of the money, while the other plans to end it by turning on gas at a friend’s house.
The exhibit features prominent spiritualists and séances with photographs of slate writing. A Hydesville Memorial shaft dedication occurs December 4 at Plymouth Avenue Spiritualist church, followed by a December 5 pilgrimage to dedicate a marker at the Fox cottage site.
The Texas Railroad Commission adopted the Interstate Commerce Commission rate scale for intrastate cement shipments effective December 12. The move cuts rates by about 39 percent for many routes, lowering the maximum from 30 12 cents to 20 cents at 251 miles, with a 42.5 cents ceiling beyond 980 miles. Railroads opposed the revision, claiming an $805,297.89 annual loss based on 1926 Texas cement tonnage.
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