The Happy Candidates and Plucky Girl Flier Headlines
Summary notes in the 1927 Globe column discuss optimistic candidates, business with Russia, and Elinor Smith’s stunt flying under Brooklyn bridges. It mentions General Electric’s $22,000,000 Russia contract, wariness of Bolshevism, and Major Segrave’s plan to reach 240 mph with rifle-sighted driving.
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Russia
Smith
White House
Raskob
American General Electric Company
United States
Swope
General Electric
Elinor Smith
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Curtiss Field
Upper Bay
East River
Department of Commerce
Weather outlook with small temperature shift tonight
The forecast shows slight temperature changes tonight and Friday. Highs around 68 and lows near 60 with a year ago 88 and 48. Early morning hours trend 60 at 7 am, 51 at 8 am, 56 at 9 am, 68 at 10 am, 61 at 11 am, 64 at noon, and 66 at 1 pm.
Radio political lineup for tonight and tomorrow
The Associated Press lists radio speeches: tonight Democratic chair John J. Raskob on WJZ, Republican Thomas J. Brogan on WOR, Democrat Sarah Schuyler Butler on WJZ, Kenneth Rouse and group on KYW, Senator Hiram Bingham on WTIC, and Congressman Bertrand Snel on WGY. Tomorrow features Senator Reed on WEAF, Hughes on WOR, Haugen and Brookhart on KYW with midwest network. Time zones noted as eastern.
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Associated Press
New York
Democratic
John J. Raskob
National Committee
WJZ
Coast To Coast Network
Thomas J. Brogan
Jersey City
WOR
Sarah Schuyler Butler
N. Y
State Committee
Kenneth Rouse
KYW
Chicago
Midwest
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
WTIC
Hartford
Elizabeth
N. J
WEAF
Red
Charles Evans Hughes
Buffalo
Columbia
Gilbert N. Haugen
McNary- Haugen
Smith W. Brookhart
Directors to Convene in Amarillo Annual AAUW Meet
Fourteen of nineteen Texas AAUW branches will send delegates to Amarillo for the third annual state convention opening at 9 a.m. at the Herring Hotel. Delegates from Ft Worth Austin Waco Georgetown Dallas Commerce Denton El Paso San Antonio and Wichita Falls join guests from Lubbock Canyon and Pampa with plans for programs and social events finalized. Dr Esther Caukin will be the convention speaker at the Fellowship Supper at the Herring Hotel.
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Texas Division
American Association of University Women
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Ft. Worth
Austin
Waco
Georgetown
Dallas
Commerce
Denton
el Paso
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Canyon
Pampa
D. B. Burger
Mary Lamb Tea Room
Caukin
Esther Caukin
Madrid
International Federation of University Women
Steering gear break causes fatal injury in Pecos
In Pecos Texas on October 24 a car crash killed J T Sadler 60 of Temple when steering gear broke and the vehicle overturned. Sadler and his brother in law a Dr Carver of Los Angeles were in the car. Carver was badly cut by glass.
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Associated Press
Pecos
Texas
J. T. Sadler
Temple
Sadler
Carver
Los Angeles
White freed on bond after Corsicana shooting indictment
Bell White was released on a $3,000 bond after being indicted yesterday for the shooting of Andy Autrey a cement contractor. The shooting occurred several weeks ago in Corsicana.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Bell White
Liberty Today
Andy Autrey
Checks Continue To Come In for Fair Debt Fund
Checks arrive for the Tri State Fair debt fund as citizens donate toward the 15 000 goal. L A Wells sent 100 and yesterday 600 from other supporters raised total pledges to 9 835 leaving under 6 000 to raise. Mail contributions are encouraged to save solicitors time. Armistice Day activities are planned in Amarillo with Governor Moody set to proclaim Monday as a holiday.
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Amarillo
A. Peterson
Hanson
American Legion
Moody
Sam
Petersen
Citizens Committee
Tri- State
L. A. Wells
Wells
Col. E. O. Thompson
Show Girl begins in Amarillo editorial page
The first installment of J. P. McEvoy's Show Girl appears on the editorial page. Not a typical sentimental love story, it offers scintillating humor and sharp satire. Men will enjoy it as much as women, and it’s unlike any serial yet published locally. Show Girl has just been filmed, with a review in Liberty magazine this week.
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J. P. McEvoy
Amarillo
Liberty
Amarillo airport heads to Detroit for expert talks
John Cowan and Albert Randall with city engineer H. B. Jones travel to Detroit to confer with Ford airplane factory experts on airport plans. They will visit neighboring fields and report back to the Amarillo Airport Commission. Groundwork progresses while building plans await contracts after reviewing government and industry input. They expect to return early next week.
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John Cowan
Albert Randall
Amarillo
H. B. Jones
Detroit
Michigan
Ford Airplane Factory
Ford
Goebel Stops Here Again En Route to Hawaii
Art Goebel winner of the Dole race to Hawaii landed at Amarillo Airport Corp field shortly after 1 pm aboard the Woolaroc on a hop from Los Angeles to Bartlesville. He has paused in Amarillo many times on east west flights and resumed the trip after refueling. Mr and Mrs Lane of Clayton were visitors, and Mrs Atwood left for Houston to visit her daughter for a month.
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Art Goebel
Hawaii
Amarillo
Bartlesville
Oklo
Los Angeles
Amarillo Airport Corp
Goebel
Great Powers Plan New League to Enforce Global Order
Ralph D. Blumenfeld proposed a league of nations limited to great powers including the United States, with Britain and the U S maintaining order among minor states. He criticized the current league as inefficient and bureaucratic and urged a spontaneous pact rather than formal treaties to foster world peace.
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United Press
Colorado Springs
Colo
League of Nations
United States
Ralph D. Blumenfeld
London Express
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Lee T. Casey
Scrippe- Howard
Blumenfeld
League
Great Britain
Britain
London
City threatens gas tax suit in Amarillo dispute
Amarillo moves toward legal action over back taxes on gas receipts totaling about $30,000. City officials and the Amarillo Gas Companym now owned by new parties, dispute whether taxes apply to total receipts or only a portion.
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Amarillo
Amarilloios Company
Amarillo Gas Company
Thos. F. Cartwright
Tas
Panhandle Pipeline Company
Amarillo Oil Company
Cartwright
Grange Fails to Appear on Perjury Charge
Illinois football star Red Grange was to be arraigned in municipal court on a charge concerning paternity of a minor child. He did not appear at 10 a.m. and was given until 11:30 a.m. to show. Grange denied the charges calling them blackmail.
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Fewong
Chicago
Red Grange
Illinois
Minn
Helen Flogek
Grange
Granke
Gridiron Star
Yankee Doodle Reported Over Albuquerque Flight
Monoplane Yankee Doodle bound for San Francisco crossed near Amarillo reports say but was not heard or seen by Amarillo Airport staff. Capt Collyer and Harry Tucker aboard passed Albuquerque at 9 10 a m MT on schedule for a transcontinental non stop run according to United Press.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Airport Corp
Wichita
Kansas
Albuquerque
N. M
Panhandle
United Press
C. B. D. Collyer
Harry Tucker
M.S. T
Kan
San Francisco
Youth Injured In Motorcycle Collision At Tenth And Arthur
Raymond Ford, 17, a Globe News carrier and son of Quincy Ford, sustained a fractured skull and minor injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car at the Tenth and Arthur corner. He was taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital by Griggs ambulance. Witnesses described a pass near the intersection. details of the crash remain unclear.
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Raymond Ford
Tenth
Arthur Streets
St. Anthony's Hospital
Griggs
Raymond
Globe News
Quincy Ford
North River Road
Tenth Street
Arthur
Kidnapped Officer Witnesses Holdup On Line of Duty
State Patrolman Robert Troup reported being kidnapped along the Lincoln highway east of Lancaster and forced to witness a holdup of another car. He was left unharmed outside Baltimore, his revolver taken, after officers pursued a vehicle carrying two men and a woman without licenses.
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Associated Press
Lancaster
Robert Troup
York Today
Baltimore
Troup
Way
Lincoln Highway
Adrienne Fite
Penn Hill
Cameron
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Brisbane
Mr. Hoover
New York City
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Republican Party
Wall Street
Hughes
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Major Segrave
SSS
EEECE
NEW League
Politics
Lues
Margaret Lawrence
Wallace Eddinger
Eddinger
Orson D. Munn
Washington
White
Griggs Ambulance
John
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Jones
Cowan
Randall
Mrs. C. Fe, Lane of
Clayton
City
Laura Be, Atwood
Houston
FP. F. Conklin
W. W. Wetsel
the Panhandle
Anne Apartments
Buchanan Street
Yankee Doodle
Collyer
Mid-Western
William Cameron
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