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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1927
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe News notes its founding date February 20 1924 entered as second class matter at the Amarillo Texas post office under 1879 act. Publisher editor and managers listed with Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions by carrier and mail as of September 6 1927.
The West Amarillo Civic League will reconvene Thursday to address traffic congestion in the San Jacinto and Country Club district. It plans to probe widening plans for Fifth street and fault lines over Sixth street expansion to Georgia, seeking accountability from city officials and San Jacinto property owners.
The piece praises Charles Levine for his daring cross channel flight from Paris to Croydon. It notes risk taken by flying alone with no prior takeoffs or landings and credits his courage despite public perception and tactful shortcomings.
An Ohio ticket agent leaves his post after 40 years due to a 70 year retirement rule. Edward F. Hatch, a Wall Street broker, sold his stock exchange seat for 194000 dollars to retire, then bought it back within three months for 218000 dollars. He says he must stay occupied in his life’s work.
Article recalls the collapse of the Bloody Williamson gang era in Benton Illinois with the destruction of Shady Rest roadhouse once controlled by Art Newman Charlie Birger and the Sheltons. It notes Birger Newman and Hyland sentenced to Leavenworth while Shelton brothers face mail robbery charges and several members are imprisoned or at large. The county enjoys peace as gunfire ceases and former haunts fade into everyday life.
Three injured seriously when the Shasta Limited northbound train left the track near Woodland California. R. E. Briggs 63 of Heston Massachusetts suffered a broken hip. Mrs R E Briggs 57 of Boston sustained a broken pelvis and internal injuries. Two hundred passengers escaped unhurt.
Betty and two men trek desert while Jared warns of hostile threats. Betty recovers from fear, cares for animals, tracks a hungry night and posts guards as she endures a restless vigil and reads by candlelight awaiting the men's return.
Betty nods off in a chair while Peg the mare listens from the willows and the burros graze. A shadowy intruder tests the cabin windows, then retreats as a horseman rides away, and moonlight reveals the valley before continuing.
Mrs Estelle Dorway, 58, of Vancouver British Columbia, suffers a broken back and internal injuries after a derailment. A Southern Pacific train with ten of twelve cars left the tracks and overturned in a ditch. Officials blame a split rail as the cause. The train was traveling from San Francisco to Portland, Oregon.
International News Service reports at the Hotel Adephia in Philadelphia that younger business men prefer brunettes, with blondes favored by only older, more sedate men. The shift appears around age 35, as men choose darker partners before 35 and blondes afterward.
A Madill churchgoer parked at the church window to listen to a sermon. The sermon ended and prayer began when a loud horn interrupted. A deacon found the man asleep with his head on the horn button in the car.
Thornton W Burgess narrates Cubby the bear's foray into Farmer Brown's orchard where he discovers bees. Curious scent leads him to a hive and a sting session that ends with a hint of a promised great taste. Cubby is kept close by Farmer Brown's Boy and soon becomes part of the family.
In a rambunctious moment Cubby crawls into a hive and hogs the honey as Farmer Brown's Boy arrives too late to stop the swarm. Bees attack while Cubby smacks honey from his paws and face, blissfully unaware of danger. The scene ends with the warning that next tale shows Farmer Brown's Boy getting a bath.
A young wife proud of her bank account learns she overdrew by nearly two hundred dollars. The bank traces the inconsistency as she insists she had a larger balance at month’s start. She recalls a credit of four hundred seventy two dollars and defends herself with feigned innocence.
Boston forms the Airport Trans Atlantic Purse Trustees to support a westward non stop flight. T. G. Holcombe to head fundraising with mayor and chamber backing. The fund aims to attract European pilots, promote Boston, and defray costs, with $3421 already raised.
Washington scene centers on the national girl scouts headquarters a small green and white house on New York Avenue donated by the National Federation of Women's Clubs More than 50 couples visit daily paying a quarter each to tour the home famed for its arbutus scent and Payne inspired design.
In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan the Soo locks clear cargo tonnage annually that exceeds double the amount carried through the Panama Canal, underscoring the locks' significant throughput.
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