19 Mar 1926
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1926
Page
1
A local report notes Memphis Clarendon Estel Line and Childress are included in ongoing activity. The item highlights involvement of multiple places and entities, indicating regional coordination and current efforts by local groups. Further specifics are not provided in readable text.
Sheriff Pollard says two confessed to burglaries across the Panhandle including Memphis Clarendon and the Gulf Refining office. Vere Elliston Jimmie Hurst Jack Smith and Ray West implicated. West denies most involvement, claiming only duty driving. Amounts taken varied from a few dollars to sixty dollars with safes opened by ax and dial removal.
The city will hire an engineer to decide the water plan and, once chosen, implement it immediately. Wells will be drilled on land deemed water bearing with bid openness and bond requirements for the winning plant contractor. The water board and commission agreed to locate wells first and ensure water before pipelines, signaling a cooperative shift from past disagreements.
A special senate committee plans to begin a tariff commission inquiry probably Tuesday. Senator Robinson of Arkansas will lead the hearings seeking Coolidge influence on tariff acts and may ask for the recall of William S. Culbertson, then ambassador to Romania, to testify about the 1924 sugar tariff inquiry and alleged lobbying in Senator Smoot's office.
The Board of City Development proposes a 3 500 monthly budget for next year, double this year’s 1 750, with salaries and expenses itemized. Six directors’ terms expire soon, a committee to pick successors will report Thursday, and O C Goodwin was introduced as secretary.
A portrait of John Coolidge, father of Calvin Coolidge, detailing his abrupt rise to national prominence when he administered the oath for his son’s presidency at 2:30 a.m. on August 3, 1923. The piece describes his plain Vermont life, long service as a postmaster and local figure, and the stark contrast with the public spark surrounding Calvin’s ascent.
President Coolidge received news of his father’s death while his special train barely halted in Bridgeport Connecticut. An Associated Press bulletin was snatched from a local reporter as the train moved, the message torn in half during the moment.
J. Cole, former traffic manager at the Board of City Development, was re elected to resume traffic duties starting April 1. He stated he will devote his time exclusively to traffic problems and will not take on other duties. Harry L. Kearns will assume Cole’s prior responsibilities at Kearns Grain.
March 18 Fort Worth contractor D A Babb aged 72 was killed and I P Sawyer a W T Montgomery Construction general foreman was dying in a San Angelo hospital after a two mile east of Sonora automobile wreck. A freighter D D Green found the toppled car with one man dead and the other unconscious.
A Dallas income taxpayer owing four cents plans to pay in quarterly one cent installments. He objects to the income tax law, saying he is opposed to the tax and will not permit the government to collect interest on the remaining three cents.
Readable fragments indicate a Friday fair in West Texas with no strong temperature change. The report mentions colder trends for the region and notes pressure readings around high values while reference to Louisiana and nearby areas is unclear due to garbled OCR.
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