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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1927

Page

2

Chick Kopecky Wrestling Card At Armory Tonight

Ama rillo wrestling fans are promised a double feature at the Armory Fifth and Adams with Joe Kopecky meeting Bobby Chick in the main event. Referee Bobby Sandow to preside with Yaqui Joe and Tiger Tightburg in preliminary bouts at 8 15 p m. Guthrie hails the show as among the season’s most thrilling cards.

Amarillo Armory Joe Kopecky Bobby Chick Bobby Sandow Fifth Adams Yaqui Joe Tiger Tightburg Guthrie Adams Street

New Bridge Boosts Castle Cliffs Visitor Drive

A new bridge over West Amarillo creek will boost Sunday drives through Castle Cliffs. The bridge links a scenic, hilly route northeast of Soney and opens access to a less known county sector, attracting more Amari jeans visitors to the area.

Castle Cliffs Amarillo Creek Roa Nort Soney

Amarillo Board Approved to Enter Interstate Rate Case

The Transportation department of the Amarillo Board of City Development is permitted to intervene in a state rate case involving coal rates from Colorado and New Mexico to Texas and New Mexico. The Pecos Valley Traffic Bureau of Roswell filed the protest, with Amarillo named as a party. A hearing is set for Roswell on November 21 before an Interstate Commerce Commission examiner.

Transportation Department of the Amarillo Board of City Development Colorado New Mexico Texas Pecos

German Plane D-1220 Forced Back to Lisbon

A German plane D 1220 en route to the Azores and North America returned to Lisbon after a short flight. Sailor Horst Merz said fuel loss from a broken feed pipe and a battery short circuit forced the diversion.

Lisbon Fintred Prace Portugal Azores North America Tagus River Horst Merz Sailot

Methodists accuse newspapers of wet propaganda at conference

At the Knoxville Tennessee conference the host church adopted a resolution branding newspapers as seasonal and charging 80 percent of American papers are controlled by 32 wet propaganda groups. The measure asks the conference to oppose Wet candidates using its influence.

United Press Knoxville Tenn Hoston Methodist Episcopal Conference

Old Tack's Program For a Pigger, Better Fairer, Prosperous, Amarillo

Amarillo calls for lower living costs and rates, more parks, open Bivins lake, a municipal pool and golf course, and faster road progress. It demands cleaner streets, reduced rents, better water and gas prices, and expansion of transit while curbing police and fire driving through signals. Oil for dirt streets and more livable conditions for residents.

Old Tack Amarillo Bivins Lake The Palse San Jacinto

Parrot and Cowhand News Fill Amarillo Letter Page

The page recounts a humor filled morning with a tack drawing misaddressed to the narrator. Roy Pool touts paralysis serum stock at his store, Thompson Drug Co claims eight shots in stock, and a city salesman son discusses dealer visits. A parrot and a cowhand trigger odd scenes near Oscar Randals and Amarillo’s athletic club while a Globe solicitor encounters cemetery rumors. The column closes with gas-well notes near Pampa and a home tires slogan.

Roy Pool

Webb Named Head American Business Club

Jim Webb of Panhandle Lumber was elected president of the American Business club at its Amarillo hotel luncheon. He succeeds Garland B. Hamilton. New officers include Lewis Fields and George Vineyard as vice presidents, Ivan Hudgins secretary, Ernest Archembeau treasurer, Caradine Hooten chaplain, P. E. Hale sergeant at arms, with directors F. Q. Kellam Robert H. Gray F. W. Walker J. B. Patterson and Sam Sullenger. A dial phone system demo and performances by Ernestine Mercer and Mrs. J. E. Mercer capped the meeting.

Jim Webb The Panhandle Lumber Company American Business Club Amarillo Hotel Webb Garland B. Hamilton Lewis Fields George Vineyard Ivan Hudgins Ernest Archembeau Caradine Hooten P. E. Hale F. Q. Kellam Robert H. Gray F. W. Walker J. B. Patterson Sam Sullenger Ernestine Mercer J. E. Mercer A. L. Ludden Mercer Ernestine Amarillo

Potato Substitute for Corned Beef Hash

A recipe note suggests adding a cup of sour apples diced finely in place of potatoes for corned beef hash. This substitution targets families that prefer a different starch and flavor balance in their hash.

100000 Suit Against Oil Company Begins Trial

Charles H. Barrett and St. Y. Wilkinson sue Vern Dumas and others for 100000 damages claiming failure to drill a well on leases totaling over 10000 acres in Hereford county. Signs displayed in Hereford were exhibits. Trial before Judge Wilson. Criminal docket to follow.

Charles H. Barrett St. Y. Wilkinson Vern Dumas Wilson Red Hill Oil Company Hereford County Hereford

Hobo Apostle of Thrift Deposits One Dollar

Paul Monroe a 24 year old hobo says thrift drives his scheme to deposit one dollar in the savings accounts of banks across 13 states. He arrived in Hastings Nebraska worked two days earned meals lodging and a nights stay then deposited a dollar before continuing his wandering. He plans to save systematically until he can settle with a nest egg built from repeated deposits.

United Press Hastings Neb Paul Monroe Monroe Middle West

World figure in Masonic circles dies in Ohio

Wil lam B. Melish, 75, a world figure in Masonic circles and one of the best known asons in the United States, died at his Cincinnati home. He ranked at the top of high Masons who have served in noteworthy offices both at home and abroad.

Associated P. Cincinnati Willam B. Melish United States

Milliken Testifies in Disturbing Jail and Austin Trip Details

Milliken sat with feet on the stand railing and described hunger at the jail after asking for supper on midnight rides to Austin with District Attorney Fred Blundell for sanity exams. He claimed fear of Sheriff Ellison, said he was a spiritualist, and recounted an injunction barring further removals. He questioned his death sentence and noted officials’ remarks about his case.

Austin Fred Blundell Milliken W. E. Hawkins Ellison Blundell Mira Ellison Petty Jeffrey

Mussolini vows no return to temporal power in new Italy

A political column notes Mussolini’s fascist manifesto rejects restoring papal or temporal authority and foresees a long wait for a satisfactory solution. Vatican reaction is cool, hoping for compromise though concessions are rejected.

Italy Vatican

Right On Tunney and Support for Ost eopathy

A reader praises Tunney, counters views on Dempsey, and agrees with a shared stance on religion and duck hunting. The second note from Potter County Osteopathic Society discusses infantile paralysis, Harvard physicians, and osteopathic treatment showing no Amarillo deaths during the Panhandle epidemic.

Globe Amarillo Panhandle Potter County

Attempted Wreck Of Seminole Limited Near Hoxie

The Seminole limited, a Frisco line from Kansas City to Florida, was targeted near Hoxie on October 21. The switch was broken sending the southbound train into a coal car siding. the engineer slowed to avoid a wreck. Passengers were only slightly shaken as hammering on the switch was heard nearby.

Associated Press Hoxie Park Frisco Kansas City

Earl Carroll seeks comeback after release

Earl Carroll left Atlanta at 12 50 p m for New York to resume his theatrical business after being released from the Atlanta federal penitentiary where he served time for perjury. His Crescent Limited train is due in New York at 11 53 a m tomorrow.

Atlanta Earl Carroll Crescent Limited Southern Railway New York Atlanta Federal Penitenaiary

Mrs Graysons Plane Nears Atlantic Flight

The Dawn, Frances W Graysons big amphibian monoplane, nearly ready for a new attempt to cross the north Atlantic to Copenhagen. Only 100 gallons of gasoline remain and loading time is ample. A favorable tide is expected for a beach takeoff between 1 and 4 pm.

Associated Press Old Orchard Maine Frances W. Grayson North Atlantic Copenhagen

Let Him Keep My Five A Poem By Edgar A. Guest

A poem reflects on a lost friendship after a petty betrayal. The speaker recalls a yearlong bond with a playmate who has since ignored him on the street and in the office. He mocks the idea of worth, declaring it cheap to buy back a friend with five dollars.

Mr. Tack S. T. Pettingrew Tack Dempsey Keanu U. S. Veterans Hospital Dallas Fair Walt

Kansas City Livestock Markets Reported Mixed Prices

Market notes from Kansas City St Louis Fort Worth and Oklahoma City show hogs uneven with tops around 11.30 at KC and 11.40 at Fort Worth while cattle and calves hold steady. Lambs and sheep varied with western lambs near 15.60 and fat lambs around 13.25 at St Louis.

Kansas City Associated Press ST. Louis Fort Worth Oklahoma City Chicago The

Wheat and Cotton Markets See Declines and Rallies

Chicago grain reports show wheat and corn dipping below season lows before modest recoveries with favorable threshing weather. Cotton in New Orleans and New York opened easy on weak cables yet gained some ground as spinners and traders supported prices amid ongoing market fluctuations.

Chicago New Orleans Liverpol

Bandits Seize Dummy Payroll in Newark Robbery

An automobile bandit crew ambushed Exsex Foundry payroll messengers near the plant in Newark on October 21, seizing a dummy satchel with no payroll cash, while the real $14,000 was left behind.

Associated Press Newark N. J Exsex Foundry Company

Teapot Dome Lease Investigations Link to 1924 Senate Probe

Testimony details that three days after signing the lease a memo outlined key lease points, prompting Senator La Follette to push a senate inquiry. Geologist Heald reported no imminent drainage danger, contradicting earlier conclusions, as Sinclair defense cites Waggerman’s map on Teapot Dome.

Teapot Dome Sinclair LaFollette Senate Smith K. C. Heald Fall Heald Salt Creek Martin W. Littleton New York Waggerman Wilson Littleton

I W W Strike Escalates at Walsenburg Mines

I W W leaders claim expanded action as 200 more miners join the Southern Colorado strike. Sheriff Capps plans six deputies per mine and Mayor Pritchard orders arrests of picketers. Aguilar mines close and Turner Kebler No 2 in Walsenburg suspend work amid anti picketing charges.

United Press Wallenburg Colo Colorado I W. Leader John Pritchard Walsenburg Aen'lar Aguilar Oner United Mine Workers of America Turner, Lester Kebler No. 2 Sheriff's Oficers Big Turner W. H. Young S‘de Industris Commiss Date House W. W Aenil Sopris Juan M. Lliorente Oxican Denver

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