29 Nov 1927
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1927
Page
1
The column surveys varied topics from New York doctors claiming a pain free childbirth method to a Yale professor on living wages. It riffs on society’s morals, polygamy references, radio and flying machine abundance, political divides, and global tensions with wry, opinionated commentary.
The forecast calls for fair and colder conditions tonight and Wednesday. Temperature history shows today’s highs and hourly progression from 46 at 7 a.m. to 74 by 1 p.m. Comparisons note last year’s temps at 62 and 37 degrees.
Mrs Madeline Otterson, about 20, walked into Quincy district court with her five week old baby and confessed to smothering the child claiming her husband could not support it. She pleaded not guilty and was held on a $10000 bond for Friday’s hearing as state alienists were summoned to assess her mental status.
In Cincinnati on November 29, the Remus murder trial heard witnesses about the slain wife Imogene Remus and Franklin Dodge Sr. The judge allowed insanity evidence to be recited, with Dodge named as a frequent visitor to the Remus mansion.
Chicago police pursued the Capone mystery as bombings aimed at control of vice intensified. Two blasts hit a restaurant and a soft drink parlor tied to Capone rival Jack Zuita, as Scarface Al reportedly left on a hunting trip for safety.
Houston bi district high school football clash in district seven pits Jeff Davis high against Waco Tigers in a decisive Texas Interscholastic League game at Waco next Saturday. Reagan high of Houston was ruled ineligible, paving the way for Jefferson Davis to stand as leading contender.
Sacramento Governor Young telegraphed a formal invitation to William H. Crocker of the Republican National Committee urging the party to hold its national convention in California.
Boulder Colorado faced a severe snow storm as gale winds up to 60 miles per hour swept the city. The damage from the previous day was estimated at $10,000 and repairs to telephone and electric wires were under way. Mrs. Dewey Wright, 53, was injured when timbers from a garage wrecking were blown loose but her condition improved and doctors expected recovery.
Vanhandle Nov 29 nine jurors were selected to try Mrs Madge M Salmon for the murder of her husband John Salmon at their farm near Groom. Testimony begins this afternoon after the first panel of ninety men was exhausted and an additional fifty jurors were ordered.
W F Montavon of the National Catholic Welfare Conference told the Monday club that in the last year 147 Catholic priests have been executed in Mexico. The remarks were shared with social workers in New York.
Marshall county authorities report Ike Killingsworth, 54, a prominent farmer, is held in Harrison county jail after surrendering following the shooting death of his son Roy Killingsworth, 30, during a Monday afternoon dispute over a bank note. No charges yet. investigation continuing. sheriff’s office to question Killingsworth as wife and friends visit him.
Wallace C. O Leary of Houston was elected president of the Texas Hotel Association at Laredo on Tuesday morning. Abilene was chosen as the 1928 convention city. Other officers include Paul Harvey EF Paso first vice president and Roland Burge San Antonio second vice president. Directors named: B. B. Morton Houston Wallace O Leary Paul Harvey Roland Burge Charles A Mangold Dallas J P Connally Fort Worth John Dockery Waco Floyd Singleton Kerrville.
Earl McCluskey was acquitted in district court on two forgery charges though he admitted guilt in writing. The jury rendered its verdict in the second case yesterday after the first verdict came Saturday. The state failed to admit the statement as it lacked a required warning, leaving the forged checks of $16 and $10 unresolved.
Edgar F. Hazleton travels to Albany to seek voluntary consent from Dr. Raymond Kies for an insanity evaluation of Ruth Snyder by Dr. Neymann. The case references the Leopold-Loeb trial and ties to an upcoming January execution, with Sing Sing Warden Lawes opposing entry without a proper order.
Chicago dispatch reports a gunman pleaded with the wounded man after firing at Henry B. Keller, 56, as he left a restaurant. A woman berated the shooter and shouted for help as they fled the scene.
Washington reports view Borah as a rising threat to Republican unity on prohibition. He pushes for a party platform endorsing the 14th amendment and Volstead Act, aligning with farm bloc forces and anti saloon groups while courting Norris insurgents and Idaho delegates.
Lyle Frederickson, 22, died from burns and his companion W L Kinnington was badly burned when a Prairie Oil Company rig on the Diana Shaw lease six miles northwest of Borger caught fire while workers pulled tubing. The well was intermittently flowing and then reignited as wind blew oil onto the engine house. Frederickson could not escape. Kinnington was injured while trying to rescue him.
A four year old girl watched over her parents John Mann and Annette Mann for 21 hours after they died at their Canton residence. A friend found the bodies after the child explained she and her mother were asleep when the father entered and fired two shots. Mann had filed for divorce but withdrew the suit.
A nationwide league for revolutionary defense forms in Mexico to support Calles and Obregon, modeled after fascist groups, with farmers and workers organized on military lines to oppose “reactionary elements.” Organizers include Sotoy Gama. aims target Knights of Columbus and religious liberty groups. Mexican labor moves to back Calles with a 2,000,000 signature testimonial.
Eva Amos of 307 Monroe street is recovering at home in Socorro New Mexico after a stabbing in her lodging several days ago. Her companion Mise Dora Lanning was cut in the arm and has recovered. The attack occurred when a drunken Mexican invaded their room. he was arrested and fined.
A local ad touts glass sales and Christmas cards from Potter Co Lbr Co and Manney Pty Co with phone contact 2 1505 for Rule Blig.
In Mays Landing New Jersey on November 29 testimony linked torn stockings to the crime scene. Witness Stella Carr said stockings were slashed later but not badly torn when first seen. Police testified no bruises appeared on Dr. Lilliendahl. Trooper William Lewis recounted Mrs Lilliendahl’s changing account of two attackers, initially described as masked and coarse-featured.
Lee Stegall constable of Flomot was killed last night when four men ambushed his car on the main street. Four Flamet suspects Paul Landry Scott Knight W F Allen and Harmon Mowley were jailed in Lubbock for safekeeping as investigation continues.
Harry F. Sinclair was cited for contempt of court amid Fall Sinclair jury surveillance charges. Henry Mason Day of Sinclair Exploration received a summons to DC Supreme Court December 5 to answer contempt charges over alleged jury tampering in the trial.
Senator Norris of Nebraska plans to ask Congress to authorize the Senate Public Lands Committee to resume its 1924 oil lease inquiry and trace Continental Trading Company's $3,000,000 Liberty bonds. He says part of the bonds allegedly reached former Interior Secretary Fall after the Teapot Dome lease to Harry F. Sinclair in 1922.
The body of Joe Hale, 38, an employee of the State Line Lumber Company, was found in the company warehouse. An empty poison bottle lay nearby, with burned lips. Hale had been in ill health and despondent. a brother lives in Fort Worth and an uncle in Gilmer.
The bodies of Julia Sims, 28, Forbes Minnesota, and Christ Olson, 25, believed from Detroit, were found today in a rooming house in Superior. A revolver lay beside the bodies.
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