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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1927
Page
7
Loneliness drives Alma Petty Gatlin in Wake County jail to compose poems as she awaits trial for the axe murder of her father Smith Petty. Trial set for January in Rockingham, with Rev. Thomas Pardue expected on the witness stand.
Dr Edward Beadon Turner argues women cannot rival men in most athletics with swimming as the lone exception. He claims women lack speed and stamina and have narrower frames impacting heart and lung space, making elite female athletes about 25 percent less efficient than men.
Trial of Matthew Carter charged with slaying Deputy Constable M Hurdleston in Fort Worth is scheduled for November 28 in criminal court. Prosecutors expect the death penalty as representatives from the district attorney's office outline case details.
The Children’s Theater of Childress will present three one act plays Friday night in Childress Texas. About 60 members aged five to sixteen perform in Under the Rainbow Joint Owners of Spain and Tatters. The group operates independently to discover and develop local talent.
In a will from London November 18 Lord Iveagh head of Guinness Ireland bequeathed a renowned private art collection to the British nation. The sprawling Kenwood Manor galleries will become public, with grounds opened for public benefit and the mansion converted into an art gallery. The collection includes Reynolds, Romney, Gainsborough, and works by Turner Vermeer Rembrandt Van Dyck Cuyp and others.
Lander Wyoming report says David Garcia a sheepherder returned to his camp to find a black bear raiding his grub. He hurled a bucket of water at the bear and the animal fled up a tree squealing in protest.
Robert H. Burri, head of the border patrol in Cleveland, says the fight against rum runners will persist after Lake Erie freezes. Sixteen patrol autos will replace ships, targeting smugglers coming from Detroit via ice trails named Wagon Track near Port Clinton.
London dated November 18 reports Magistrate H J Booth declaring a husband has no right to chastise his wife. He notes she is no longer a chattel but an independent person with her own rights. The article recalls an old English law allowing a man to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Chicago police launch a drastic cleanup against radicals and labor groups after a wave of bombings since the year began. Eight months of bombings led to daily blasts for three weeks, with Hammond Indiana theater damage cited. Five men, all linked to labor organizations, indicted for bombing as intimidation to press union demands.
Three business sectors face attacks with junk dealers shoe retailers and clothing houses in the focus. Police report threats by mail followed by bombings when heads refused union membership. Junk dealer Max Briverman was shot reportedly by laborer “Lefty” Lewis now on trial for murder. Special Bomb Squad Chief Michael Hughes says 200 men questioned as more than forty union members face arrest and possible trial. A son was born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Fred Kenner at St Anthony’s sanitarium. Kenner is with the Newa Globe staff.
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