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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1925
Page
2
Amarillo fans anticipate a top bout Friday when Fisher meets Arley in the Audi. The 60 to 40 percent split of net receipts was agreed. A heavyweight welterweight clash and a famed lightweight claimant adds to the mammoth crowd expected at Cullum Motor Company.
Chicago March 9 Associated Press reports Abbon in talks to box Jack Dempsey if he chooses to fight. Gibbons, boss of Harry Wills, prepares to face Eddie Kane first, with Gibbons aiming to meet Kearns before Dempsey. Officials in New York seek to arrange a pre Taft bout before any other opponent under state authority.
The Canadian chamber of commerce will discuss plans at Hemphill for a marker at the Buffalo battlefield. Out of town attendees include T. D. of Pampa, E. Hill of Amarillo, Olive K. Dixon of Miami, J. L. Nunn, and officials from Panhandle Lumber Co and Panhandle-Plains Historical Society. Campaign funds may be raised for a monument similar to Adobe Walls monument.
Pr Hugh Jabot of the University of Michigan was elected president of the Association of American Medical Colleges at its annual meeting. Charleston C was chosen for next year's meeting.
The column previews a Friday wrestling event headlined by Farley and Pisher, praising the spectacle as the biggest local wrestling attraction in moons. It notes Austin College’s $22,000 gym, Raytor’s track ambitions, and mentions ole misc sports chatter from boxing to Texas University baseball prospects while recalling a hog eating incident and playful society editor curiosities.
A busy Friday night expected in high wheat country as Cal prepares for a close, competitive clash. Local coverage highlights a short, determined effort and the potential for a decisive edge late in the game.
Henry Severeid, St Louis Browns catcher, born June 1 1891 Story City Iowa. Major league career with Reds 1910 and 1913, then Louisville, Louisville to Browns in 1914. Noted for a long major league run with 324 games in 1924 and 130 games in 1924 with high marks, 08 in 1925.
The University of Kansas won the Missouri Valley Basketball championship by defeating Washington University 27 to 21 in the final game of the season at Lawrence.
Baron Age von Maltzan the new German ambassador to the United States arrived in New York and stated Germany will fulfill the Dawes plan provisions and continue the republic. He dismissed fears of a monarchist restoration after President Ebert's death and praised Dawes plan progress for European reconstruction. He departed for Washington shortly after.
The Texas House approved the Teer bill 72 to 49 to relocate and centralize the penitentiary on a single central tract. A relocation commission will dispose of current prison lands and acquire 19,000 acres near population center for a modern facility. Cherokee county prison is exempt due to mineral value. proceeds from prison land sales fund the central plant.
Federal court session before Judge T Blake Kennedy reopened Teapot Dome scrutiny. Government seeks annulment of Mam moth Oil lease linked to Harry F Sinclair firms citing fraud and illegal transfer from Navy to Interior. Geologist Heald testified on drainage and saddle formation two miles from latest survey.
At the annual Palo Duro Club meeting held in the county court rooms, W. S. Rule was elected president of the new board. Directors elected include J. E. Hill, R. H. Ames, W. S. Rule, C. A. Fisk, and Lindsay Nunn, with older directors remaining as judges and local officials. A March 28 stockholders meeting was set to discuss dues changes. New officers named: W. S. Rule president, R. H. Ames vice president, C. A. Fisk secretary-treasurer. The board aims to beautify grounds through cooperation and frugal spending.
W P Braboy about 21 living four miles south of Wellington was killed Sunday at noon. He reportedly called his wife and sister to the door at his front gate when a gun in his hand discharged, the full load striking him above the mouth. The Braboys are prominent Fresno area farmers.
President Coolidge issued the arbitration award in the Chile Peru clash over Tacna and Arica. Tarata revert to Peru. the 1883 treaty remains in force. a three member plebiscite commission will supervise. The decision affirms Chilean control over Tarata and sets plebiscite timing and rules.
Yale University announces a $20,000 gift from an anonymous New York attorney to establish a fund at the Yale School of Law to perpetuate the name of Judah Phillip Benjamin. The donor remains unidentified. The secretary’s office notes Benjamin as “the brains of the southern Confederacy” and a renowned English barrister of the nineteenth century.
An explosion at a Madrid perfumery plant caused a boiler blast and roof collapse, killing three workers and injuring seventeen others. Investigators began securing the scene and assessing the cause of the blast.
W E PD Stokes a New York millionaire apartment hotel owner faced charges of conspiring to defame Mrs Stokes. He testified after fourteen hours in the witness box denying a break with his present wife and admitting gifts to his first wife. The day’s proceedings included details of Mrs Stokes’s sleeping car berth with a man identified as Hal Billig and claims by Dr Maurice Rosenberg about bribes to influence her.
Austin March 9 Texas legislators pushed toward a 61 year old record as the last general appropriation bill passed the House and went to a conference committee. The move represents a historic pace in passing major appropriations with only one prior exception since statehood.
The tenth legislature in session since November 1863 approved an educational appropriation bill totaling 13 923 978 dollars with a 150 000 addition for the A and M College experiment stations. The bill is about 2 150 000 dollars less than the Senate version as felon restrictions and dormitory funding were debated. The House rejected most amendments including salary changes except for a single provision.
Hollywood March . Jack Shorty Hamilton 87 motion picture actor was killed when his car crashed into a steam shovel in the street. He was a Chicago native.
Hereford Schulz fourteen-year-old son of Mr and Mrs A B Schulz dairyman of Hereford was thrown from his horse during a riding race with companions. He died two hours later at Hereford hospital. Funeral services were held at the Met church this afternoon. He is survived by nine brothers and sisters.
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