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Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1925

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Amarillo Laundry Convention Opens With Warm Welcome

An Amarillo hotel hosts a midsummer laundrymen convention featuring three official groups and one outlaw order led by the Goat. Notables from Houston Dallas Galveston and Austin arrive as sessions outline cost accounting delivery and promotional topics. The event emphasizes public service rather than price discussions with sessions through Tuesday to Wednesday.

Amarillo Hotel Texas Laundry Owners Southwest Allied Trades Exposition Southwest Laundry Owners Association Order of Allied Trades George Lindsay Bob Mes J. Nernon Amarillo J. E. Burkhart Houston George A. Lilly Dallas W. A. Johnson Galveston Lilly J. E. Burkhart, Jr America R. Thomson Central Presbyterian Church E. C. Thompson Association A. D. Bolm Austin G. I. Yates First Baptist Church Galen B. Cook Laundry Owners National Association D. P. Wallace Waco H. B. Fletcher el Pago H. M. Shepherd C. B. Capps Fort Worth C. R. Simmons Sweetwater R. N. McCallum Wm. Smith T. C. Leachman Phebe K. Warner Claude Our Service 4 Benesho

Grand Jury Probes Pickwick Club Collapse in Boston

The Suffolk County grand jury met in evening session to determine why the Pickwick Club building collapsed last Saturday morning injuring 18 and killing 43. Wreckage was cleared as 18 witnesses, including Tim and Dan Barry, testified. authorities from the governor to the building commissioner's office coordinated the investigation.

Associated Press Boston Suffolk County Grand Jury Pickwick Club Thomas C. O’brien Grand Jury Fuller Jay R. Denton Attorney General’s Department of Public Safety John H. Mahoney Tim Dan” Barry Barry Henry Bloomberg Winthrop Bloomberg D. Schulte Rosenthal Estate Joseph A. Tomasello James J. Hendricks William Glennon Jim Glennon Frederick W. Cook Timothy Leary Southern District Mike” Hirschberg Daniel F. Senott

Tulsa football star hid as hi jacker killer in Dallas

William Jennings Bryan Goodman, a University of Tulsa star end and Tulsa resident, led a double life as a college student and Y M C A president by day and a hi jacker by night. In one raid a Dallas officer was killed. He is now under arrest.

Dallas Texas William Jennings Bryan Goodman Tulsa Oklahoma University of Tulsa

Pola Negri Fined Ten Thousand Dollars

Pola Negri, the motion picture actress, was fined ten thousand dollars for failing to declare two diamond and emerald bracelets and a diamond ring on arrival last May. The government valued the jewelry at forty seven thousand dollars, making the total due fifty seven thousand dollars to recover the gems, which have been held by customs authorities since shortly after her arrival.

Pola Negri Associated I’reas New York Pola. Negri Miss Negri

Norfleet's Last Man Behind Bars in Kansas

W. B. Spencer known as Norfleet's last man is jailed in Kansas City Kansas on a governor issued warrant. Texas officials seek his return to serve an eight year term tied to a $45,000 theft case involving J. Frank Norfleet. A federal habeas hearing was postponed to Wednesday.

Associated Press Fort Worth W. B. Spencer Norfleet Kansas City Kans Paulen Kansas Hanger John Morrison Spencer Leavenworth Texas J. Frank Norfleet

Nacogdoches Man Dead After Ice Plant Accident

Clayton Ray, 30, was killed by an electric shock while helping install machinery at an ice plant in Nacogdoches. Fellow workers found his body this afternoon after the incident occurred, with no one aware of the accident beforehand.

Nacogdoches Associated Press Clayton Ray

Livestock Board Confident on Tick Eradication Plan

Fort Worth, July 6. The Livestock Sanitary Commission expects to finance a half million dollar yearly tick eradication program in Texas through September 1. By next year only 80000 dollars remain for inspector salaries, says Callan, chairman of the commission.

Associated Press Fort Worth Livestock Sanitary Commission Texas Callan Austin J. W. Bass Internal Revenue Bass Houston Rio Grande Valley

Recurrence of Santa Barbara Quake Triggers Brief Tremors

Santa Barbara felt four or five distinct tremors between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., the strongest at 1:45. No new damage was reported. Officials delayed reconstruction events, planned a reception for Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, and advanced permits only for temporary structures. The death toll rose to 13 after an elderly man died in Ventura County General Hospital, bringing confirmed fatalities to thirteen.

Santa Barbara Associated Prese Calif Los Angeles City Planning Commission Ventura County General Hospital

Rehearing Denied in Teapot Dome Case

Cheyenne Wyoming July 6 Federal Judge T Blake Kennedy denied a motion by government counsel Atlee Pomerone and Owen J Roberts for a rehearing of the Teapot Dome lease annulment suit. He signed a decree dismissing the Mammoth Oil Company suit as of June 19 and ordered Teapot Dome receivership continued until further order while an appeal to the Eighth Circuit proceeds. The government has 45 days from June 19 to file its petition for appeal. The motion sought to reopen to hear more on alleged liberty bond transfers from Continental Trading Company of Canada for Harry F Sinclair to Albert B Fall.

Gore Scopes Dayton Rhea County John T. Scopes Robert M. Wilson Austen Peay Frank Thompson A. T. Igggwart Eighth Judicial Circuit Tennessee Wilson Answers Council John R. Neal Clarence Darrow Bainbridge Colby Associated Press Cheyenne Wyo T. Blake Kennedy Atlee Pomerone Owen J. Roberts Teapot Dome Kennedy Mammoth Oil Company Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Liberty Bonds Continental Trading Company of Canada Harry F. Sinclair Albert B. Fall Secretary of the Interior

Imaginary bullfight by alcohol taints Texas ride and song

A Mexican man in Dallas rode a mule around a pasture stabbing at the air and singing the Toreador song. Neighbors called police after witnessing the bizarre scene, noting the man rode a horse to exhaustion before mounting the mule. The incident highlights a taboo in the United States tied to alcohol fueled fantasy violence.

Associated Press Dallas United States

Weather Outlook Amarillo Vicinity Tuesday Partly Cloudy

Amarillo area weather bulletin notes Tuesday partly cloudy conditions across West Texas and eastern New Mexico with generally fair weather elsewhere. Highs near seasonal norms east of the Mississippi. showers reported in Texas Louisiana and the northern Rocky Mountain region. tonight expect little temperature change and continued high pressure in the southeast with low over the Missouri Valley.

Amarillo West Texas New Mexico Missouri Valley Texas Louisiana Rocky Mountain Mississipp Yester- OW

Amarillo banks report higher deposits and loans in June

Across Amarillo five banks report June 30 figures with total deposits rising from 7.42 million to 9.30 million. Individual banks show gains in deposits and loans, notably American State Bank First National Bank Amarillo National Bank and others, reflecting year over year growth in 1925.

Amarillo Comptrollers American State Bank Amarillo Bank and Trust Company First National Bank Amarillo National Bank National Bank of Commerce

Death toll rises in Corpus Christi pistol feud

George Ryder of San Diego Texas dies at 9 30 p m in Corpus Christi increasing feud casualties to four. Others killed are Paul McAllister deputy game fish and oyster commissioner C M Bisbee constable and R R Bledsoe deputy constable and former ranger. Physicians report varying bed statements from the wounded and witnesses about who fired the first shot and who killed whom.

Py Associated Press Corpus Christi George Ryder San Diego Texas Paul McAllister C. M. Bisbee R. R. Bledsoe McAllister Bisbee Bledsoe Biedsoe McMurray Ben D. Lee Jim Ryder

Lubbock Man Killed By Live Electric Wire

Special to The News Lubbock July 6 Claude Thompson 82 a local garage mechanic was instantly killed last night when he touched a shorted live wire on a wet floor. A wire protector on the globe increased voltage entering his body through his legs. Medical aid arrived but he was dead. He is survived by his wife and four year old son.

Lubbock Claude Thompson

Billy Sunday cannot attend Scopes trial, endorses Bryan

Portland July 6 Rev William A Billy Sunday says he cannot go east for the Scopes evolution trial. He endorses views of William Jennings Bryan who heads to Dayton Tenn for the hearing.

Associated Press Portland Ore Associated Press Today William A Billy William Jennings Bryan Dayton Tenn

HolidayOutings Cost Two Lives In Oklahoma

Lawton Oklahoma July 6 Holiday outings cost two lives at points in the Wichita Mountains when Frank Ewing 19 of California and Norma Leach three year old daughter of Mrs S M Leach of Cement were drowned Ewing was drowned in the swimming pool at Craterville Park while the Leach child lost its life in Medicine Creek near Fort Sill

Associated Press Lawton Okla Wichita Mountains Frank E. Wing California Norma Leach S. M. Leach Ewing Craterville Park Leach Medicine Creek Fort Sill

Aged Instructor Dies at St Edward's University

Austin report says Brother Filavian of the St Edward's University faculty died tonight at a local hospital after a lingering illness. He was 68 years old.

Associated Press Austin Filavian St. Edwards University

Interesting Classifieds Offer Bargains in Miscellaneous

A newspaper column highlights daily miscellaneous bargains listed for readers to exploit. The notice urges readers to call 3333 for more details on profitable offers and money-saving purchases.

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