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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1926
Page
6
A fragmentary preview notes a theater bill featuring two shows, a comedy and a feature, with mentions of actors and scenes. It hints at western-style entertainment and a promise of a lively, if uneven, program.
A dramatic montage of the Lost Battalion story stirs national pride as audiences witness the six day siege in the Argonne forest. The tale parallels Washington and Valley Forge in its grip on the nation, portraying courage amid German fire, hunger, and mutiny of despair.
An archival reminiscence recounts Carter Cortez meeting director D. W. Griffith in the studio years ago. Cortez, eager for a screen test, borrowed a $100 dress suit essential to his appearance, but left it in the studio and faced a despairing return. Griffith offered quick help, providing a check to cover the suit so the hopeful actor could proceed with the test.
Three tropical disturbances tracked by the weather bureau include a central system about 236 north and 71.30 west moving north-northwestward with hurricane-force winds near the center about 200 miles off Cape Hatteras. A second storm southwest of Nassau is between Nassau and Miami moving north-northwestward. The third disturbance lies between Porto Rico and Turks Island moving west-northwestward.
Galveston efforts intensify as crowds gather along the seawall to renew the hunt for Eugene Fisher who drowned in the Gulf yesterday afternoon. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Fisher, await news as rescue teams previously failed to locate the body.
A car owned by P. C. Bennett Potter county agent was taken from the street last night while he dined at the Amarillo hotel. Police investigate likelihood of theft and pursue leads. No injuries reported.
A powerful explosion at 3 30 am on Anita avenue Houston destroyed a combined store and house and damaged two nearby homes. Two injured include Mrs Luke Cash seriously and Captain Cash bruised. Detectives suspect dynamite and launched a rigid investigation.
Investigators plan hearings today and Saturday into a deadly gas tunnel blast that killed eight workmen on a sewer project. Coroner's inquest to begin Saturday. early theory of dynamite misfire revised as ventilating system trouble and gas cause emerge. Among those to be questioned are Howard E McGuitrick and night shift workers as three supervising engineers oversee the inquiry.
The world begins a new wheat year with smaller old grain stocks. Broomhall estimates export needs will exceed last season by 56 million bushels. Production totals for reported countries show a decline of 126 million bushels. Russia not reported, but not as good as last year.
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Members of the rivers and harbors committee who attended the port celebration at Corpus Christi were due to arrive in Galveston at 1 p m. A congressional party traveling on a special train left Corpus Christi and will tour Freeport before being shown Galveston’s harbor facilities and attending a banquet tonight.
Boad for L. D. Hooker on a felony liquor law violation was set at 1500 dollars. The grand jury returned nine more indictments this week, including two for Sunday law violations, aggravated assault, robbery, assault with intent to rape, burglary, and theft over 50 dollars. Arre sts not yet made as recess ends at 9 am tomorrow.
C. Goodwin of the Board of City Development returned to his office for a few hours after suffering a severe cold attack the previous two days.
Moonlight schools aimed at teaching English literacy to Blackfeet Indians after Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart’s visit. Three schools planned in Browning agency, Owen Heavy Brent school, and Joe Bull Shoe home with about fifty adults. Stewart also planned surveys of Turtle Mountain in North Dakota.
A small Klon dike rush near Reykjavik reveals a significant gold deposit, changing Iceland's metal outlook. Icelanders, numbering about 80,000, previously imported all their metals. The claim notes reliable Thermoil filtration and quality.
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