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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1925
Page
1
Pittsburgh October 6 probable batting lineup for tomorrow's opener lists Rigler catching Moriarty at first McCormick at second Owens at third with umpires named. The box notes a National League umpire at plate and American League peers at first and third.
At Omaha Congress, the American Legion began its seventh annual convention with a four mile parade and a Coolidge address. Philadelphia emerges as 1926 site, while Mitchell controversy rages over the floor. The event features speeches by army navy leaders and Red Cross head John Barton Payne with a lengthy parade ending after two hours forty minutes.
Oct 6 1924 report on the removal of Fleet Corporation president Leigh C. Palmer and appointment of Kilmer E. Crowley to succeed him. The move expands board control over Fleet Corporation, with Palmer offered a courtesy vice presidency he declined. Dalton was appointed to investigate, but board actions proceed as independent of the White House.
Washington in 1924 champions defend title against Pittsburgh NL holders in a marquee showdown at Forbes Field. Johnson faces Meadows as 45,000 expected for the opener amid rainy forecasts. Governors Pinchot may toss first ball at 2 pm. betting favors Washington while locals split on outcomes as page two continues.
Miss Anna Francis Bailey, 21, a Vassar College senior from Cleveland, was found suspended by a scarf in her Maine Building room. College officials termed it a momentary insanity. her parents planned to claim the body. The student was noted for literary work and poetry.
Washington debate on funding the Czecho-Slovakian debt to the United States opens with a brief first meeting. Both nations move toward man to man negotiations on main issues before the commission. In Omaha, President Coolidge leaves for Washington after attending the American Legion convention and reviewing the parade.
Rear Admiral W R Shoemaker told the presidents air board that funding shortfalls forced curtailment of naval operations and a cut in enlisted strength to 81 700 for 1926. He urged training one enlisted man per flying officer to build a reserve of skilled personnel. The hearing paused until tomorrow, with Rear Admiral Moffett and Lakehurst commander W G Steel to testify. Rep Frank R Reid urged Legion support for defense lawyers in case of a court martial against Col William Mitchell.
Notice outlines delivery schedule for timely newspapers. Readers urged to call 883 if paper is late. A boy delivers at News-Post building from morning to evening to serve those missing scheduled deliveries. Papers should arrive by 6 45 a m on weekdays and 7 a m Sundays, by 6 p m daily.
Austin reports Thad Reese and the grizzled overland pony rider placed a wreath on the Texas Cowboy statue on the capital grounds. Reese, en route to the Old Trail Drivers Association convention in San Antonio, arrived at five o clock aboard a cream colored pinto. his Monson pony followed in a ruck.
Constance Brooks, tasked by her father to organize the Brooke household, causes a stir in a side-splitting NEA story. A sharp moment ends with a punch and a blunt impact as a globular object flies toward Hedge, who dodges just in time. The episode unfolds in the new NEA story published exclusively in the Daily News starting October 13.
In Locarno Switzerland October 6 Germany and the allies discussed the Rhine pact guarantees at a second security conference session. German Foreign Minister Stresemann attended, health pale after a stroke, as debates centered on French military support assurances for Poland and Czecho Slovakia and how a special guarantee could fit with the general League covenant.
At U S Naval Base on October 6, steamship Camden and salvage ship Chittenden left the scene off Block Island after suspending the work of recovering bodies and salvaging the 8-51 submarine. Washington orders awaited. Chittenden sails to New York while Camden returns to base. Admiral H H Christie had recommended turning salvage duties over to a commercial agency.
Patrick J. Hickey, freight conductor on the Texas Mexican railway between Laredo and Corpus Christi, was killed in a collision at Balderas near Hebbronville. He apparently slipped while flagging a car, was run over, and his body was brought to Laredo for burial.
Amarillo and Vicinity Wednesday shows showers possible and cooler temperatures with north portions colder. West Texas mainly partly cloudy to rain possible, cooler north. Eastern New Mexico generally fair cooler east. A low pressure system moved east toward southern Kansas. A cold front from the Dakotas brings much colder air and light snow in the upper Missouri Valley. A broad area of rain or snow extends from southern California and Arizona toward the Missouri Valley.
Dallas Oct 6 seven jurors had been selected when Judge Charles A Pippen's court recessed in the trial of W A Martin alleged slayer Deputy Sheriff R B Parsons at Denton on August 8 Feud hatred alleged to underlie the killing came to the surface in trial preliminaries as Maury Hughes defense attorney said he would offer testimony showing someone paid to have Martin killed District Attorney Shelby Cox objected to questions on the feud connection Judge Pippen sustained the objections Prospective jurors were asked about their views on the Texas suspended sentence law in cases where the defendant life has been threatened
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania volunteers who scoured Stone Mountain near Rock Ridge for missing air mail pilot Charley Ames conceded they cannot penetrate the dense forest and thick undergrowth. Sheriff W Corbin led the large effort after reports of a crash near Rock Ridge late Tuesday night.
Sunshiny summer weather continues in El Paso with temperatures from 65 to 90 degrees over the past weeks. No immediate change expected as residents enjoy warm days and mild nights in October.
President Coolidge urged America to lead in war prevention and replace racial hatreds with goodwill. Speaking before the American Legion in Omaha, he praised restraint and unity while condemning intolerance, noting wartime patriotism transcended race or faith. He spoke to about 7,000 attendees, then proceeded to Washington.
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