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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1926
Page
1
Col C T Herring announces rapid construction of a twelve story hotel project. The plan envisions a modern skyscraper to rise on the city’s central avenue, signaling bold growth and new lodging capacity for visitors and residents.
Colonel C. T. Herring announces a 12 story Hotel Herring of 600 rooms to be built at Third and Pierce, facing southeast, 120 by 140 feet, ready by January 1. Col. Ernest Thompson leases the property for 20 years. hotel aims for luxury with every room having a bath.
In Baltimore the 12 round heavyweight bout between Young Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Roper was halted in the sixth by Referee Buck Alexander after repeated warnings for stalling. In Berlin the wife of General Erich Ludendorff sues for divorce citing his political activities as neglect.
Mrs. E W Marland wife of oil magnate dies after pneumonia and a yearlong illness. Funeral services set for tomorrow with a public service at 1 00 p m and a family service at 2 00 p m in Ponca City Oklahoma. Mr Marland and their two children George and Lyde Marland accompany the grieving husband home from New York.
The Navy Department opened bids for 100 aircraft. Legislation to curb federal patronage abuse won House approval. Youse pushed a bill for immediate deportation of convicted alien gunmen. Rankin led a Judiciary Committee clash over missiles. Hughes named Supreme Court commissioner in Lake Michigan water case. Taft ill and Court adjourned for summer. Foreign ships acting for hire immune from U S admiralty law per high court ruling. Kellogg urged Ambassador Herrick to intervene for deserter Doty from the French Foreign Legion.
Louis L. Dent's Dent Theaters, Inc. plans a modern family theater on Taylor Street just north of Fourth, with 1400 seats, vaudeville stage, and color lighting. Construction to start in 2–3 weeks, ready by August, as Mission theater remodeling shifts current attractions to the new venue.
The Superior cafe at 315 Polk Street is sold to Phillip O. Eng and associates of Oklahoma City. The new management, Chinese owners, renamed the cafe The Empire and will operate a general dining room and lunch counter with a specialty in Chinese dishes including chop suey.
International Airways plans passenger and mail feeder routes from Dallas to Houston Amarillo and San Antonio with hubs in Love Field. The $250000 company will operate 140 planes, taking over Southern Airways assets Tuesday. First routes to begin about September use 15 five passenger planes. later targets include San Antonio Shreveport Tulsa with one mail and four passenger planes per line.
Frank Cratchfield of White Deer faces bank robbery charges after a jury selection in Gray county failed to reach a verdict. Judge Henry Bishop ordered the trial moved to Randall county where about 200 veniremen were examined and five jurors seated. The case involves a $1600 theft from the First National Bank of White Deer last March. a prior trial ended with a hung jury. Randall county court opens in August.
Rev. R. W. Carter 28, a S. M. UU graduate, preached his first Borger service from a near beer keg in a rear domino parlor before about fifteen oil field workers. The setting included cracker boxes and beer kegs as seating while a steel-eyed worker led songs without instruments.
A Tulsa special report describes Knights of Gaaramaz initiating on a train from Amarillo. Led by Grand Gazook H P Hadfield, the Garaamz recruit aboard with a special coach, iron bars at train openings to prevent retreat as initiation proceeds at 1:50 a m. June.
About 2000 people crowded the Rock Island depot last night to bid farewell to 150 Amarillo real estate boosters heading to the National Realtors convention in Tulsa. Car horns blared and a drum corps plus a Red Devil Orchestra accompanied the departing delegates in festive attire as they left at nine o'clock.
New York reports the Texas Company bought exclusive rights to L M Florez’s automatic temperature control for oil stills. The device reportedly governs distillation rate in continuous processes and aims to improve refinery methods. June 7.
J IL Slaton a pioneer banker rancher and Plainview plains booster died Sunday in Temple after gall stones and appendicitis operation He came to Texas plains as a youth from Jones county helped found the First National Bank of Plainview later chaired its board He leaves wife two children a brother and two sisters Funeral services set for Tuesday in Plainview with burial in Plainview cemetery.
Mrs. J. B. Scott wife of J B Scott general manager of the Texas Utilities company died at her Plainview home Sunday at 11 o'clock after a illness of several days. Aged 43 she was active in women’s clubs church and school work in Plainview Funeral services were held at the First Christian church with Rev John Swift officiating and interment in Plainview cemetery She is survived by her husband and four children.
Porter A. Whaley of Stamford will become general manager of the San Antonio chamber of commerce starting July 15 for an intermediate period at a salary of 10000 dollars a year. He rejected a contract and said he would remain if satisfactory. The West Texas Chamber of Commerce, led by Whaley, has grown to 11000 as the world’s largest regional body. Ralph W. Morrison credits Whaley for much of West Texas growth.
Houston June 7 Captain B W Connor in charge of the city convict farm resigns effective at once as Harris county grand jury opens an inquiry into the death of prisoner Wiley Ziegler. Ziegler is believed beaten to death with a bull whip as witnesses testify at the Hill examining trial.
R. R. Tartar 30 shot seven people including Mra Edna Milam 33 and Johnny Domange 29 after jealousy sparked a massacre. Milam Domange Latidas died later. Sonnier Beckman wounded. Latidas shot in thigh. Tartar killed himself aboard Brush after the spree. Milam had husband and three children in Galveston.
The Panhandle annual meet opens in the city with about 200 bankers in attendance for the opening sessions. Speakers outline industry trends and regional banking challenges as delegates gather for networking and policy discussions.
Panhandle Bankers association attendees in Amarillo express confidence in a new era of regional growth. Leaders from major banks discuss state and national credit use, with praise for the Federal Reserve system and calls to better serve the public.
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with Tuesday fair and cooler conditions while West Texas expects partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. New Mexico may see unsettled weather with showers and scattered thunderstorms in the north. A central Lake Region low and Gulf coast high influence current warmth in the central Mississippi valley with high pressures over the upper Missouri valley. Continuous updates noted with temperatures and daily high around 98 and low near 64 in the region.
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