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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
10
Amarilloans and West Texans are slated to receive many degrees at the Texas U Amarillo commencement in Austin next month. A list of 735 candidates was announced for June, with actual degrees contingent on exams and requirements. Ceremony and diploma awards will be June 8 at Memorial Stadium, alongside the formal inauguration of President W. M. W. Splawn.
Leaders from the Texas State Federation of Labor will address the Kiwanis Club noon luncheon at Amarillo Hotel. Speakers include H. Rachel of Denison and George H. Slater of Galveston with several publishers and union officials listed. Rev. F. W. O Malley will offer a welcome address. Program directed by E. R. Mayer.
Special to The News Floydada May 26 Additional rainfall in Floyd county Sunday night varied from three quarters of an inch to an inch and a half. The moisture should carry wheat to maturity and greatly aid cotton and feed crops emerging. Ground is drying in places and planting may be delayed a day or two, but conditions are favorable for a large cotton and feed crop acreage, driven by wheat shortfalls.
Over inch of rain fell Monday morning over Swisher county. The downpour will likely push county wheat to at least 1,000,000 bushels. A large cotton acreage planted in the past two weeks shows good stands, and the rain will aid this crop as well.
Littlefield reports a timely rain last night aiding plantings. Farmers say soil conditions improve and crops look to reach a bumper stand, with prospects bright for the Littlefield trade territory.
May 26 in Texhoma Oklahoma reports a much needed rain across Texas and Cimarron counties Sunday night. Thunder and lightning accompanied the shower causing telegraph and telephone line damage and blowing fuses at the electric light plant. If rains continue, a strong row crop outlook remains possible this year.
Daily News and Evening Post carrier boys will swim tonight at the Nat in San Jacinto Heights courtesy of Manager G Baum. They will depart The News and Post building around seven o clock. The invitation was announced yesterday and the boys are eager for the party.
The body of R B Morgan Jr 22 killed in a Los Angeles plane crash last Friday was sent from Amarillo to Memphis where burial is set for 3 PM. Survived by widow and child, parents, one brother Wm E Morgan of Fort Worth, five sisters, pallbearers named, he was a Baptist church member and American Legion member. Roy Garner of California accompanied the body.
H H Schueler of New York urged a taxed, supervised playground system for Amarillo at the Lions Club noon meeting in the Amarillo Hotel. The club endorsed the idea and will ask the city commission to investigate. Also noted were past talks on Amarillo's growth and a prediction of 100000 by 25 years hence. Delegates to the Cedar Point Lions convention were named.
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