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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1927
Page
6
Texas court decisions support city zoning within limits. A Shamrock case upheld a residential district restriction on a gun, signaling continued judicial trend to back local control. The editorial urges state supreme court alignment and potential constitutional amendment if needed to preserve home comfort and security.
Amarillo hosts bankers from Colorado as a chance to showcase local resources and prove the area's potential. City leaders expect visitors to gain a sounder understanding of Amarillo and its prospects after touring the community.
A discussion on language decline notes Welsh language endangered as vehicles of modern life such as the car, telephone, newspaper, and broadcasting erode traditional daily use. Increasing bi lingualism leads to future English dominance, with older speakers preserving Welsh until they pass.
In Cambridge Harvard scholars Dr Kirsopp Lake and Prof Robert Blake argue Serabit inscriptions show the transition from Egyptian picture writing to Semitic alphabetic forms. They say the tablets reveal signs representing words and Semitic consonants, linking Egyptian hieroglyphs to the Phoenician and later alphabets. They plan a formal report in technical journals.
The California infantile paralysis outbreak has infected 900 people and caused 101 deaths, state board of health reports. Fatalities listed are from returns received up to September.
AP dispatches recount a Paterson judge joking about golf curing headaches after a dancing teacher's accident. In Springfield, Ruby Bradley of Holyoke testifies in a divorce case, recalling a rival suitor and noting he was a heavyweight.
In Benson murder case Vance questions Colonel Ostrander and Pryfe while Markham learns Pryfe owned a gray Cadillac found near Benson's home. Emery reports the car tied to Leander Pryfe of Port Washington as detectives piece together the case and reassess Pryfe and Leacock as suspects.
A Mormon traveler with four wives provokes a hotel manager in a Midwestern town. The manager attempts quiet “missionary work” urging the man to keep only one wife, offering to help arrange it while the traveler remains calm. The exchange foreshadows forthcoming inquiries about Pryfe and the murder case.
Peter Rabbit grows jealous after hearing of a handsome young rabbit near the Briar Patch. He frets about Mrs. Peter and contemplates returning, planning to confront the rival at dusk as moonlight nears. He pauses upon spotting Reddy Fox, delaying action.
The column quips about a juryman, volcano ashes in Japan, and a sociologist’s note on intelligent falling in love. It mocks violence in Mexico’s elections and ends with a risqué jab about hiding behind a woman's skirts.
Charles Lownes of the senior class at the high school has been elected editor in chief of La Airosa, the school annual. Sharpe McCullough named business manager, with Barrett Thompson senior editor and Kenneth Travis athletic editor.
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