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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1927
Page
6
The page shows the Amarillo Globe published with the Amarillo Daily News, editors and managers listed, and Associated Press affiliation. It includes publication timing details and subscription rates for Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico as of Friday September 9 1927.
Amarillo boy Thomas Sutton aged 15 or 16 rode a motorcycle and struck an Amarillo woman’s car. He was dazed but not seriously hurt, left the hospital to visit the woman, apologized, and expressed regret for causing distress. The woman’s distress eased at his considerate gesture.
The high school football team opens with two straight wins and no points allowed. After strong early-season showings Amarilloans are urged to back the Golden Sandstorm as it aims for top honors in the inter scholastic league.
A British traveler recounts a South African encounter where a Kaffir chief asks who the government is and why it takes his money. The writer notes tax debates underpin political strife, party aims, and citizen concerns about government spending and accountability. The piece frames taxes as an eternal, universal question across history.
Babe Ruth has returned to form after past excesses and tied his 1921 home run record. His renewed focus and rebuilt physique suggest a real chance at a new mark, pleasing fans and observers of the game.
Zapata County held a felony trial in its district court the second in twenty years. Schools closed so students could witness the proceedings and learn how the courts operate. The commentator notes Texas’s history of lawlessness makes this event notable.
In a classroom, pupils recount daily good deeds as a strict teacher guides a tale of unselfishness. Tommy Pell explains giving up his share to his sister, choosing generosity over self, even when the gift is castor oil.
Excerpts from the Benson murder reveal a clash between detective Philo Vance and District Attorney Markham. They debate crime psychology versus hard evidence, with Vance arguing that clues are psychological, not merely material, and that the implicated young woman may be innocent despite gloves and a handbag linking her to the scene. The piece ends as the case nears continuation.
Farmer Brown's Boy returns from supper to find hens alarmed in the hen yard and fears Shadow the Weasel is nearby. He searches the dark henhouse, finds feathers and panic among the birds, but no dead hens and no sign of the animal.
A Texas editor protests a constitutional provision allowing detention of the insane on physicians affidavits. The writer recounts cases of sane individuals confined, urges protection of liberty, and warns against exploiting asylums for criminals or the gain of doctors. Signed G. W. Whitford.
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania September 30 A federal court issued a preliminary injunction restraining the United Mine Workers from evicting striking miners from houses owned by the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation The injunction covers only the eviction phase of the suit which also seeks damages and alleges union interference with interstate coal shipments under the Clayton and Sherman acts
In a 1927 vignette the piece riffs on daily woes from unavailable meals to beetles invading crops on Long Island. It cites a salon dispute over a hairdresser break up and a bootlegger retort to a prohibition agent. It notes Russia reporting 75 divorces per 100 marriages in five months.
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