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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1925
Page
1
Dalhart Texas hosts the thirteenth annual Colorado-to-Gulf Highway Association convention June 8 and 9. C K Walker presides as officers set a full program with addresses, entertainment, and discussions on the highway from Galveston to Denver.
Amarillo announces a new wholesale furniture company, the Amarillo Furniture Co. It will operate at 409-11 Taylor Street with $160000 capital after taking a new charter. R L Wright named secretary treasurer and Wm Cates as vice president and general manager, with plans to buy from eastern markets and expand across the Panhandle. The Amarillo Second Hand Store remains at 403 Taylor Street.
Mrs Jack Heflin of Plainview donated 59000 to Wayland College for a 100000 dollar girls dormitory named Jack Heflin Hall honoring her late husband. President McDonald announced the gift after a trustees meeting. Heflin, long a Plainview resident and ranchman, was a friend of the college. The dormitory will meet a long-time need.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson issued a five day respite for Frank and Lorenzo Noel, Dallas brothers condemned to be electrocuted for the criminal assault on Mrs. Mary Steer. Indictments also await for the murder of Ryan Adkins and charges tied to the attacks on Mrs. Steer and Mrs. Mabel Berry in Austin, with related killings of W. L. Milstead.
In Chicago on June 6 the lengthy jury selection for the murder trial of William Darling Shepherd continued as prosecutors excused two veniremen by peremptory challenges. The panel of four jurors had to be begun anew after the process wore on.
Amarillo civic groups the Women's Federation and city officials push a week long cleanup drive with a $100 prize for best premises. District clubs select winners to face off city wide, as City Manager Bartlett reports strong progress and sets a Monday inspection to judge final results. Dr. W M Curl chairs the general committee meeting at Boa City Development rooms to plan ahead.
Rev G S Tumlin aged 78, retired Baptist minister, died suddenly of heat prostration at his daughter's Dallas home. Born in Cartersville, Georgia, he moved to Texas in 1894 serving Brenham and Fort Worth churches before settling in Amarillo. Survived by one son George Jr and eight daughters including Mrs Masterson of Amarillo and Mrs Carswell of Dallas. Funeral planned in Dallas Monday afternoon.
The recovery of Secretary of War John W. Weeks after May 26 gall stone surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital is expected to progress satisfactorily, according to a bulletin from Doctors Daniel Fiske Jones and F Gorham Brigham issued late tonight. Jealous Man Slays Girl in Duncan Oklahoma A 22 year old Jim Drew shot 17 year old Dora Tidwell after she rode in a car with another youth, then killed himself. Tidwell is in critical condition. Drew drank poison before firing.
The final week is here for the dictionary offer by The Daily News and Evening Post. Orders must arrive by Saturday June 13 to ensure delivery. the New Universities Dictionary is offered at an unbeatable price and timely coupon submission is urged for readers outside town.
Forty Wichita Falls citizens pledged 3975 dollars toward the city quota of 5000 in the American Legion endowment campaign to aid World War I veterans' orphans. In Austin, Palacios encampment site delays force transfer of Texas National Guard infantry encampments to Camp Mabry, announced by Adjutant General Mark McKee.
Fragmentary forecast for Amarillo and Panhandle New Mexico shows cooler temperatures and possible thundershowers Sunday. Portions of the passage are garbled with unreadable lines and stray letters, preventing a clear regional outlook.
Consul General Jenkins at Canton reports an imminent battle between factions for the protection of Canton within 36 hours. Foreign residents began evacuating the city and suburbs at 38 p m yesterday. Civil administration had already retreated behind protective barricades on Honan Island.
Austin June 6 The special supreme court of women will be recalled after a motion for rehearing by W T Johnson and others opposed to a Woodmen of the World decision. The court held a trust need not be recorded to be in effect in a land debt case in El Paso. The panel includes Mrs Hortense Ward special chief justice Miss Hattie L Hennenberg and Miss Ruth Brazzill.
An item promotes Flapper Fanny's remarks as highly enjoyable and urges readers to continue following them while on vacation. It mentions a $333 amount and instructs the Daily News to forward these daily to the reader's vacation address. Fanny is presented as helping readers have a good time.
In Philadelphia twenty five deaths occurred from heat within the last 24 hours as the city endured a second straight day of 100 degree heat. The mercury peaked at 100 degrees at 3 30 p m before dipping to 98, a level not previously seen in the bureau's 54 year history.
Lakehurst New Jersey June 6 Heat caused helium expansion in the naval dirigible Los Angeles prompting safety valves near the mooring mast to release about 2000 cubic feet of gas. Officials said lifting power was reduced despite a full bag as they awaited cooler temperatures to lower gas pressure and allow replacement gas.
LUBBOCK June 6 Work of laying track on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe branch line from Lubbock through Hockley and Cochran counties to Bledsoe on the Texas-New Mexico boundary line will begin Monday. Completion is expected by October 1 with one mile of track laid daily. Four new towns Smyer Whiteface Lehman and Bledsoe are being surveyed as the extension progresses.
President Coolidge leaves Washington by special train after 3 pm to attend the Norse American centennial in Minnesota. He will stay at Secretary Kellogg's home in St Paul, arriving tomorrow night. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin travels with the party.
Richard Loeb, the killer of Bobby Franks, is described by Warden John L. Whitman as showing signs of insanity after a two week measles illness. He reportedly became delirious and violent, is restrained with cold pack methods, and is isolated on the prison’s second floor. Loeb’s brother Allan visited but was refused, with Richard saying he did not want to see him.
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