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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1927
Page
14
The Amarillo Globe News publishing details list founders editors and staff including Gene Howe and Wilbur C. Hawk. It notes Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with office address at Amarillo Texas and date October 24, 1927.
A New Jersey high school game saw a player with a broken back return to score the winning touchdown after pleading to reenter. The coach faced criticism for risking the player and the incident urges more prudent decision making in sports to protect young athletes.
In Easthampton L. L., taxpayers approve a $60,000 plan to preserve Payne's home and make it a museum of Payne and nearby American antiquities. The article recalls the song Home Sweet Home and Payne’s role in its creation during the era of The Maid of Milan.
The Globe reports that 43.7 percent of Amarillo’s 119 graduates attend college, all in distant schools. Wichita Falls shows 70 percent in college, with 56 percent staying local, thanks to a municipally supported junior college. The city built its own college to retain graduates and aid nearby towns.
Amarillo residents enjoy outdoor recreation with four crowded golf courses and active schoolyard games. The piece calls for stronger public provision for relaxation and exercise, urging officials, civic groups, and business leaders to address the growing demand.
Chicago police chief William OConnor proposes a film based plan to curb crime by making moving pictures of habitual criminals. The plan aims to show criminals in action, not still photos, and could involve local theater screenings and intercity sharing of film to aid identification and extradition.
Three buffalo will be shipped from Wind Cave National Game Preserve to Italy within a month. The shipment, two cows and a bull, follows a long standing contract and will depart for New York before continuing to government parks in Italy.
Philo Vance and district attorney Markham pursue leads in Alvin Benson's death. Higginbotham reports a suspect's movements across Manhattan and a discarded gun, while Major Benson doubts Leacock's guilt and urges caution before arrest.
On the roof of the Stuyvesant club Markham tells Major Benson he is confident the evidence points to a single man for the crime, after confirming a woman was not involved. Vance grows skeptical while the investigation narrows to a definite suspect.
A Chicago woman gave a beggar a dime and learned the man was her husband. New York City mayor orders enforcement to close cabarets at 3 a m amid curfew efforts.
Peter Rabbit creeps from the Green Meadows into the Old Briar patch at dusk seeking a handsome young rabbit he heard about. He checks paths, listens and noses for intruders, finds no sign of Mrs Peter or a stranger, and sensing loneliness suspects she may be away at a clover patch.
The story features Sandy MacTavish addressing his congregation about the whale that swallowed Jonah. He dismisses modern criticism and defends the miracle, joking through a series of questions to conclude the creature was Verily a whale.
The passage jumbles lines about patriotism in oil, Maine cider laws, vinegar makers of record, a doctor’s folly, a Jesse James monument, a 1990 memorial for a wrestling promoter, and a Hawaii aviation failure. It notes a 200 yard flight contest where school boys built water-landing models that failed to cross.
Washington dispatch notes the civil service reforms still leave jobs won by political influence. Many enforcement posts go to those with backing or reexams, while honest appointees replace grafters. Also reports border rum runners' alibis and a costly international conference with officers pampered abroad.
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