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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1925
Page
7
The Associated Press reports hail near Leslie, twenty miles west of Memphis, ruined about 2500 acres of cotton on Thursday evening. Two inches of rain fell with the storm, and many fields were so damaged no cotton will be harvested this year.
Walton A. Green, former Army officer, becomes chief prohibition investigator as the new office opens. EF. C. Yellowley moves to San Francisco district as federal administrator of general prohibition agents. Herbert H. White named federal prohibition law enforcement administrator for district 17 at Fort Worth, Texas. White, a San Antonio resident born in Boston, previously served as a West Point graduate and World War I colonel in France.
Miss Mamie Elizabeth Gray 86, associate professor of biology at Southern Methodist University for two years, died today at a Dallas sanitarium. She leaves four Dallas sisters and one Canton sister, plus two brothers Louis Gray of Stamford and John L. Gray of Chicago. She earned a 1918 bachelor degree and a 1922 master's from the University of Texas.
Kiwanis Club of Plainview entertained visiting practical farmers from the South Plains at a noon Friday luncheon. Lubbock County earned the attendance banner for the largest delegation. Delegates traveled distances multiplied by attendees for awards before the speakers moved on to Lubbock to meet Dr. P W Horn of Texas Technological College.
In Cork Ireland Aug 21 a court hearing found three book makers violated law by taking horse race bets. The civic guard superintendent said the city has gone mad over betting with men women and even children involved. He noted traffic congestion in main streets when races were scheduled and that many bettors could not afford to bet yet still wagered, neglecting home duties. Each defendant was fined 100 dollars.
Maxwell R. Marston of Philadelphia became amateur golf champion in 1923 after eight years in the event. At Bakmont Country Club he remains a key factor with a changed style. Bob Gardner of Chicago has eliminated him in early rounds three times, and last year at Merion he reached the semi finals before losing 7 and 6 to George Van Elm.
Shipping freights are in a bad way with rates below prewar levels causing losses for many owners. Large liner firms face weak demand and cut rates to absorb cargoes that would usually go on tramp steamers. The policy fails to fill liners with profitable cargo, leading several concerns to curtail sailings and lay up boats as cargo steamers return home in ballast rather than accept current rates.
Argentina imported 24,110 motorcars and 8,394 coactors in the first six months of the year, with 97 percent of vehicles coming from the United States, according to the Argentine American Chamber of Commerce in New York.
Margie Nunevil ler, 19, replaces Tony the Iceman as the regular iceman for Neshatmy Falls residents. She has served in the role for two years, continuing the town’s ice delivery tradition.
Edward Donahan of Pawtucket dies, lifting the total deaths from the Mackinac steamer boiler explosion to 46 in the Aug 21 report from Newport Rhode Island.
Pensacola reports a possible successful United States escape by George Dutch Anderson, accused of killing Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hance of Muncie Indiana. Aviation pilot Burton Brown Barber and Lieut Braxton Rhodes, after searching the Gulf coast for the schooner Ida G stolen from Gulfport, suspect Anderson and companions plundered the vessel owned by Dr. W R Gaston of New Orleans.
Directors of the Texas Highway and Municipal Contractors Association in Austin on a Friday night called meeting declared the office of L W Kemp executive secretary vacant effective September 1. President R J Potts of Waco announced the action after Kemp protested to James E Ferguson last week over alleged use by Sherman and Youmans Harris county road maintenance contract holders of state highway equipment on private contracts.
A single 650 horsepower engine airliner seating 14 passengers has completed trials and will operate cross channel flights. It features a roomy cabin with wicker armchairs and continuous fresh air via a special ventilation system. Emergency exits exist for sea landings and the wheels undercarriage can be dropped by a cockpit lever. The hull is watertight and buoyant, capable of floating for hours.
Tokyo authorities announce reclaiming hundreds of acres yearly using earth from subway sewer and public works projects To make low ground habitable the city estimates a 30 million yen cost Government aid will be sought The subway program is expected to supply soil to cover 883 acres
In Keokuk Iowa Aug 21 a Mark Twain memorial will be included in a new insurance company building next to the old print shop where Twain worked as a printer in 1866. Orion Clemens published a city directory that year and Twain listed antiquarian as his occupation. The memorial room will house Clemens records including a printer's case photographs autographs and possibly the directory copy.
U S Military Academy cadets at West Point will stage an exhibition drill for visiting delegates to the Phi Beta Kappa convention in New York. Delegates will travel by steamboat up the Hudson to West Point as part of arrangements for the triennial gathering and the upcoming sesquicentennial celebration of the academy’s 1776 founding.
A Hereford irrigation head and a party from Amarillo and Hereford toured the D. L. McDonald farm north of Hereford. They saw wells pumping 1000 to 1500 gallons per minute, judged crops including cane and beans promising, and admired the Hereford Nursery fruit stock.
A cemetery monument honoring William Dixon Amos Chapman Z T Woodall Peter Rath John Harrington and George M Smith of the 6th Cavalry is to be erected September 12. The 8 foot wide mahogany granite block will be unveiled after a September 12 picnic and celebration. The Kiowas and Comanches abandoned the attack the night before and the rescuing detachment from General Miles recovered the men.
President and Mrs. Coolidge returned to the summer White House at Swampscott Mass after a one week absence. The 145 mile drive from Northampton proceeded without incident. He planned a crowded calendar for tomorrow with talks planned with Postmaster General New Senator Wadsworth and Senator Edge plus state governor hopeful Whitney and Liberia's Secretary Edwin Barclay.
Magee sustained minor injuries a bruised cheek and chest contusions after an editor shot a man in a Las Vegas hotel lobby. Assistant district attorney Trader said a charge of manslaughter would be filed if the coroner's jury rules the act unlawful. Magee's 15 year old daughter collapsed but regained consciousness. he is a Tulsa attorney and Iowa native aged 52.
In Chicago on August 21 newspaper publishers told a joint congressional committee that express and railroad services offer cheaper rates and less red tape, prompting many to withhold shipments from the postal service. The hearing, led by Senator George H. Moses, focused on circulation managers from major newspapers evaluating postal rate effects.
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