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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1925
Page
9
Ledger style summary showing total savings department figures including loans on real estate, cash on hand, due from approved reserve agents, and deposits. Notable figures include deposits of 1,364,233.86 and cash on hand of 40,369.55 with total savings of 913,248.75.
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The body of Dr. Katherine Chambers who died in Denver Thursday will be laid to rest this afternoon at Llano cemetery after funeral services at the home of her niece Mrs. John Manning at 1101 Pierce Street. Rev. Stanley W. Hayne will officiate. Survived by sister Mrs. Maude C. DeMaine. Memorial details note her Wesleyan honors and pathology work at the University of Colorado. Pallbearers named J Ray W R Armstrong W A Askew J L Scott D W Owens H A Nobles J W Collins.
Amarillo man released from jail soon after engaged in a brawl with a fellow Black man, aided by a white man, they returned to the county jail and later took a nap on a basement cot. After leaving jail Friday they visited a Black resident on Harrison street, drank, then attacked him, stealing $2 and clothes.
Factory records show Willys-Overland producing over 155,000 Overland and Willys Knight cars from January 1 to September 16 and shipping more than 10,500 vehicles in the first half of September. Dealer demand rose after price cuts, with a new standard sedan price drop to 595 dollars. President Willys announced a $2 million plant expansion to boost output and jobs.
B D Dawson, formerly with Wichita Refining Co of Wichita Falls, is appointed sales manager of Amarillo Refining Co, succeeding resigning P H Hertzog. Dawson is well known in the oil trade and has long promoted Amarillo gasoline.
Pantex Pipe Line Company plans to heat crude in transit by relocating relay stations and adding heating plants to move Plains crude from Carson-Hutchinson county to Amarillo. Crude will travel 36 miles to the field pump, enter at 100 degrees, and reach the Amarillo Refinery at 90 degrees in cold weather. The line’s recent strain stems from refinery demand and storage expansion.
WDAG radio continues to broadcast baseball results to surrounding towns with regular reports via The Daily News and Associated Press. Listeners report clear signals with no fading, and WDAG plans to air updates around 12 50 p m unless weather interrupts. The 263 meter wavelength is provided for new listeners.
A French scientist offers Lavex a drugless treatment that supposedly kills the catarrh germ in three minutes and relieves head and lung symptoms overnight. The ad pledges a free trial by mail to readers who write with name and address, including W. R. Smith of 6917 Lavex Building in Kansas City Missouri.
Settlement ended litigation over three land sections and oil leases in Johnson and Sanford ranches in South Hutchinson county. Leases held by Dorset Carter J R Cottingham Sturgeon et al W G Walling and L K Hagg. Sanford and Johnson Brothers of Chickasha own other sections. Settlement calls for $5 per acre on sections 72 and 74 and $10 per acre on section 76. Stevens vs Sanford Johnson et al was set for Hutchinson county fall term.
Midas Petroleum Company of New Mexico plans to build a pipeline to Carlsbad and establish its headquarters there. Ben Davis of Oklahoma City, ex- Oklahoma corporation commissioner, is in town on business. In Hutchinson county Johnson NW No. 1 and Souligny Brothers No. 1 Johnson drill at depths around 2,650 feet amid lime. a minor glycerine shot reported. Bill Black, injured in an auto crash east of the city, shows slight improvement at Northwest Texas hospital. he previously drilled the Danciger well near Pampa.
C T Nicholson's China Flatnel, five miles east of Shamrock along Wheeler and Collingsworth counties, shows oil pressure over 600 feet after discharging 240 quarts of glycerine at 2115 to 2180 feet. Drillers clean out 100 feet of cavings and expect the well to become a producer.
Dorset Carter of the Pantex Pipe Line Company travels to New York for a 30 day vacation. Travelers Oil Company No 1 in Hutchinson county reports drilling at 400 feet. Mclroy Oil No 1 near Smith in Hutchinson county shows six inch hole at 272 feet and is completing with considerable oil in the hole. The well is a near north offset to Twin Six producer.
Vanderbilt alumni plan a two day semi centennial celebration October 15 and 16 with a Texas alumni gathering led by Fred T. Wilson of Houston. He urges Texas graduates to meet in Houston October 14 and travel by train, leaving Houston at 9 20 a m on the Sunset Limited to connect with The Pan American in New Orleans at 8 20 that night.
The notice advises travelers to arrange Pullman reservations early through local ticket agents or the nearest Southern Pacific passenger representative, with arrival in Nashville planned around noon on Thursday October 15.
Appeals are made to other cities to help ease Potter county farm labor shortage. Over 100 men are needed immediately, says J. D. Head manager of the local employment office. Farm laborers earn two to three dollars daily with board.
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