11 Oct 1927
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1927
Page
1
The piece outlines a planned merger of Oakland and San Francisco into one major city with 1,600,000 residents and a broader regional pull. It notes Los Angeles would gain population if such a union occurred and mentions competitive ambitions alongside other regional centers.
Raymond Willie, manager of a San Antonio theater, was fined 300 dollars by local authorities for showing motion pictures of the Tunney Dempsey boxing match. The notice was issued on October 11 with the fine to be paid today. First conference game was scheduled for Saturday.
The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions tonight and Wednesday. Temperature extremes today reach 67 and 52, compared with 85 and 56 a year ago. Hourly readings show gradual cooling after 7 a.m. and rising to 67 by noon.
An avian disease outbreak on Neal McGee Lake about fifteen miles northeast of Amarillo sickens and kills hundreds of wild ducks. Bob Ames and J B McClure with the Will H Dily league and state game wardens coordinate containment, bury dead birds, place live ducks in pens, and plan dispersal with blank shells and lit rockets to drive birds away. They expect rapid recovery with fresh water and urge reports of other contaminated lakes to officials.
George Remus, jailed on a charge of murdering his estranged wife Imogene, is set for trial in the first week of November if an indictment is returned, Judge Chester R. Shook announced as the county grand jury begins the case. Lubbock vs. Anarillo Saturday. Support the Sandies Saturday. Potter County Lumber Co. Phone 510.
Judge J W Crudgington of Amarillo was elected moderator of the Texas Synod of the Presbyterian Church USA. The session at Breckenridge also created the Wichita Falls Presbytery and discussed Trinity University relocation, with Oak Cliff residents offering land for a new nave.
A jury found KR C Speer guilty of failure to stop and render aid in the North highway crash that killed T. H. Graham and Inez May. Punishment set at 20 days in jail and a $500 fine after the jury had been out since last night. Judge Clark Wills expected to hear a motion for a new trial this afternoon.
Fragmentary notice mentions Griggs ambulance, D W Owen wire assurance, and Manney Pty Co with printing service. Indicates support for Sandies Saturday event and a call for satisfactory delivery, listing several phone numbers and firms.
Galveston named as next convention city for the Grand Encampment Patriarch Militant and Department Council Canton of Texas. Sessions yesterday and today selected next meeting place and officers. The Grand Encampment will elect officers with F J Dearborn of Orange as Grand Patriarch. Public invited to tonight’s decoration ceremonies at the Herring hotel Crystal rooms and the Golden Rule and Patriarchal degrees at the IOOF hall.
United Press reports uprisings in Oaxaca and Tehuantepec with Gomez headquarters in San Antonio noting increased rebel activity south of Laredo. Four Americans with warrants were said to head toward Vera Cruz to join Gen Araulfo Gomes though those men reportedly left Laredo days earlier.
AP dispatch from San Antonio reports ongoing controversy as Gerzain Ugarte represents a group with details continuing on page two. The fragment hints at a political or civic event requiring further reading.
Merchandise valued at 2000 stolen from Adams and Parr at 408 Polk street after burglars pried open a rear window and damaged doors. Stock included 600+ worth of ties and 400 in socks. eighteen overcoats and fifteen suits taken along with other goods. Police suspect a leisurely interior entry and continue investigation.
Paris December day: Sheldon Whitehouse delivered the latest American note on the Franco American tariff to the Quai d Orsay. Officials could not release details until Foreign Minister Hiland reviews it. The note is seen as a potential step toward a commerce agreement.
A 13 year old boy held in a federal cell after being arrested in Clarendon for taking a car with an older youth and driving it from Bristow Oklahoma into Texas. His mother is deceased and he lived with his half brother in Bristow. He faces federal court next Monday.
Donley County fair organizers and Amarillo boosters plan a special train to Clarendon for the fair. About 400 people are expected. round trip fare is 1.60 with 0.15 extra for hat bands. Train departs Friday at 9 40 a m and returns at 8 p m. checks to Board of City Development or Tri State fair.
Ruth Elder and co-pilot George Haldeman prepare the American Girl monoplane at Roosevelt Field New York for a nonstop flight to Paris. Weather and fuel delays delayed the start as Elder nerves show a poised determination to reach Europe.
An AP report from Sydney says two white missionaries and the entire native crew of the Missionary ship Auki were killed by natives in Solomon Islands. White women and children flee plantations as police plan to meet the cruiser Adelaide and land a blue jackets party to the scene amid expected jungle fighting.
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