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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1927

Page

2

Colorado Bankers Visit Amarillo for Oil Field Tour

Two Pullman cars carrying Colorado bankers en route to the American Bankers association convention will spend Friday in Amarillo as guests of the Amarillo Clearing House association and local oil men. They will tour local oil fields, lunch at Frairie camp, and depart by a special train to Dallas after a Dallas-bound stop.

Pullman Colorado Houston American Bankers Association Amarillo Amarillo Clearing House Association Frairie Dallas

Railroad Gentlemen's Agreement Blocks Fair Special Train

The Panhandle group sought a Fort Worth & Denver special train for the Tri State Fair with tickets at 75 percent of the Amarillo to Dallas rate. Reservations exceeded 100 but under 150, sparking disappointment as railroads held firm. Ticket refunds available on request, and organizers regret the agreement that halted the plan.

Texas Amarillo Dallas Tri- State Fair Association Board of City Development Panhandle Fort Worth

Old Tack’s Amarillo Program for a Fairer Prosperous City

The plan calls for lower advertising and utility rates, cleaner streets, more parks, a municipal pool and golf course, and traffic reforms. It demands housing relief, storm sewers, lake access, viaducts to San Jacinto, and more parks plus letters urging livable improvements.

Bivins Lake Amarillo St San Jacinto Amarillo

Amarillo Chronicle of Rumor and Rumors of Misconduct

The Globe may face a new lawsuit as a Borger undertaker dispute surfaces amid accusations of mistreatment of a deceased child. The piece reports on a potential $100,000 suit, local reactions, and related concerns about burial practices. Public anger grows over city lake hunting and serum shortages for paralysis, as readers urge accountability and charity coverage.

Globe Borger Amarillo

Lita Grey Chaplin Receives President in Washington

Mrs. Lita Grey Chaplin the divorced wife of Charlie Chaplin was received by President Coolidge. She arrived in Washington with her mother Mrs. Lillian Grey and was presented by former Governor Spry now commissioner of the general land office during the visit.

Associated Press Washington Lita Grey Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Colidge Warkington Chaplin Lillian Grey Spry Utah General Land Office

Creager Names Haines For Ranger Jubilee Address

R B Creager Texas GOP committee man asked Harve Hines to stand in for him at the Ranger Jubilee. Col Haines plans to deliver the speech in Ranger and help promote Amarillo and the Panhandle. He will then attend the American Bankers association convention in Houston with a tour plan for bankers and capitalists from several towns. Three thousand bankers expected in Houston.

R. B. Creager Texas Ranger Co. Harve Hines Colonel Haines Amarillo The Panhandle Haines Houston American Bankers Association Wichita Falls Lubbock Quanah Plainview Vernon Childress Memphis

I Wonder Why and Letters From Readers on Privacy

A column controversy over a humorist piece prompting reader letters about privacy and sensitivity. A columnist and a subscriber debate whether publicizing a private medical event was in poor taste, with defense of free expression and sympathy for the affected woman.

E. R. Teck Globe News Office Mr. Tack Stork

Abilene Reader Protests Amarillo Papers and Editorial Tone

A McMurry College student requests Amarillo News-Globe copies be sent to Abilene to promote Amarillo papers and library access. The letters criticize a Monday editorial comparing vigilante sign removal to Ku Klux Klan tactics and question the paper’s stance on direct action and respect for law.

McMurry College Amarillo Abilene McMurry College Library Lenna Bryant G. H. Bryant Tack Ku Klux Klan

Mme Chernoff Queries Men on First Impressions of Women

Mme Ida Chernoff, health and beauty writer, asked four men to name the first four features they notice in a woman. Complexion and health led. eyes, feet, and voice followed. She announces a beauty and health school with daily lectures Monday through Friday at 2:30 p m and an 8 p m session Thursday.

Mme Ida Chernoff Globe and News Mme. Chernoff

Movie Ball at Lindy Land Promises Film Fame

A movie ball will be staged tomorrow night at Lindy Land in connection with a Guillette Film travelogue to be shown at the Fair theater soon. Bonnie Winslow will attend and appear in the pictures, with attendees photographed for future inclusion. Several scenes were shot in Amarillo and Winslow was Miss Amarillo at Galveston last summer.

Lindy Land Guillette Film Company Fair Theater Bonnie Winsle Amarillo Winslow Galveston

Moody names two members to Texas supreme court commission

Gov. Dan Moody announced two appointments to the Texas supreme court commission of appeals. Richar Critz of Taylor was named to succeed Judge W. R. Bishop in section A. C. A. Leddy of Dallas was named to succeed Presiding Judge Ben F. Powell in section B. Six year terms.

Associated Press Austin Supreme Court Commission of Appeals Dan Moody Richar Critz Taylor W. R. Bishop C. A. Leddy Dallas Ben F. Powell Cruz

Sandstorm Hurrah for the Sandies booster song

J W Hunter of 504 Monroe writes a booster song for Amarillo High School athletics praising the Sandies and calling for support and honest play. The chorus proclaims Hurrah for the Sandies and a victory with a lively West Texas tune.

Kernal Erasmus Tack Amarillo Texas Tack Sandies

Earl Carroll Paroled After Four Months

Atlanta October 20 Earl Carroll the former theatrical producer was paroled after four months of a year sentence for perjury tied to the bathtub party He packed his effects and prepared to leave the honor farm with ward John Snook signing papers Carroll hoped to return to Broadway but officials doubted the plan due to humiliation and uncertain prospects The prison doctor noted he was physically sturdier but wary of a Broadway return

Edward W. Lewis United Press Atlanta Earl Carroll Federal Penitentiary Carroll Honor Farm John Shook Snook Broadway Charles T. Nellans

Teapot Dome inquiry highlights lease secrecy and policy control

In a 1921 letter to Doheny Fall asserted control over naval reserves without full naval consultation. The inquiry probed whether interior department reviews touched Teapot Dome leasing from which Fall allegedly received over 256000 dollars. The testimony noted Mendenhall’s view favored compromise and that the general leasing act required commercial production.

Doheny Fall Teapot Dome Roberts Interior Department Finney George P. Hoover Sinclair D. C Hoover Justice Siddons

Mine Strike Pickets Rally in Walsenburg Amid Tense Stand

About 150 I W W pickets and sympathizers gathered at the IL W W meeting place in Walsenburg two hours after marching through town shouting We closed em all. Leaders urged steadfast strike action in defiance of state industrial commissioners who ordered no picketing.

Walsenburg

Fascists Defy Temporal Power of Roman Pope

A Fascist party bulletin in Rome rejects any return of temporal power to the pope, stating that restoration even in reduced form will not be entertained. The bulletin coincides with rumors an accord might grant the pope sovereignty over Vatican property in Rome.

United Press Rome Italy Europe Vatican

Robbers Cart Safe and Cash From Glencoe Bank

In Glencoe Oklahoma on October 20 the back door was bored and the vault drilled. The robbers wheeled out a strong box containing about 4500 dollars. Insurance covers the loss and bank business continued normally.

Associated Press Glencoe Okla Glencoe State Bank

Lifelong Learning and Hard Work Make True Worth

A poem stresses that youth is brief and wealth or schooling do not determine value. True merit comes from actions and staying resolute against life’s steep climbs. It urges sturdy wills and persistence over status or fortune.

Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report

Markets from Kansas City Chicago and East St Louis show hogs mostly higher with top bids around 11.80 at Chicago and 11.85 at Kansas City. Cattle trends vary with fed steers around 16.60 in Kansas City and 17.25 for yearlings in Chicago. Sheep and lambs remain steady with typical ranges.

Kansas City The Associated Press Missouri Kansas Chicago

Fort Worth Livestock and Markets Report Oct 20

Fort Worth stockyards show 1,200 cattle and calves at steady prices with top beef cows 7.25 to 7.50, and butchers and packing pigs around 9.75. Grain and cotton markets across Chicago New Orleans New York reflect declines and mixed activity with potatoes in Chicago trade.

Fort Worth Associated Chicago Associated Press Minnesota North Dakotas Bulk Red River Ohio Colorado Idaho

Poultry Prices and Early New York Stock Averages

Poultry market from Chicago shows alive steady with fowls 16 to 23 cents, springs 18 to 22 cents, turkeys 26 to 30 cents, roosters 17 cents, ducks 18 to 23 cents, geese 20 to 21 cents. At New York 1 p.m. stocks list many issues with varied quotes including American Can, American Locomotive, Bethlehem Steel, Chicago & Northwestern, Coca Cola, General Electric, International Harvester, Packard, Phillips Petroleum, Radio Corp, Sears Roebuck, Southern Pacific and others.

Associated Press Chicago New York James E. Bennett & Co American Can Siuuekectoivissehe_ ee American Locomotive American Smelting American Tele American Tobacco American Woolen Anaconda Associated Dry Goods Atchison, Topeka & 8S Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel California Petroleum Cerro de Pasco Copper Chicago & Alton Chicago & Northwestern Chile Chrysler Coca Cola Crucible Steel Dodge Motors, A du Pont de Nemours Famous Players Fish Rubber General Asphalt General Electric Houston Ceeees Hudson Motors Illinois Central Inspiration Copper International Harvester International Nickel International Paper Kansas City Southern Kelly-Springfield Kennecott Copper Mack Trucks Marland Oil Miami Copper Missouri, Kansas & Texas Missouri Pacific Montgomery Ward & Co Nash Motors Packard Motor Pan-American Pet Phillips Petroleum Producers & Refiners Pure Oil Radio Copr of America Sears, Roebuck & Co Shell Union Oil

British Propaganda Allegations Hit Chicago Schools

Chicago's school board heard Frederick Bausman, a former Washington Supreme Court justice, warn of a British propaganda plot to annex the US through schools and libraries. The session tied to the trial of William McAndrew, suspended schools chief, as adjournment loomed. Mayor Thompson invited Henry Mencken to testify but he was unable to attend.

United Chicago Paul Revere United States Great Britain Frederick Bausman Washington William McAndrew McAndrew Rausman American Mercury William Hale Thompson Henry L. Mencken Baltimore Sage

Borger Exhumation and Dobins Charged in Swindling Case

Dobins faced a swindling charge after the Borger exhumation of a child’s body and removal plans to Michigan. The body was removed with state health department permit, objections noted but resolved. Dobins waived examination. grand jury in Stinnett set for December 5. He contests the charge amid claims of acting in good faith and cites urgent illness requiring a small casket.

Globe Borger Dobins State Health Department Michigan Stinnett Amarillo

Choice Herefords at K. C. Bring Big Price

Kansas City buyers paid record prices as sixteen choice Hereford steers averaged 225.99 dollars per animal based on an average weight of 1365 pounds. The sale set a peace time high with bids reaching 16.50 dollars per hundredweight.

K. C Associated Press Kansas City

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