03 Sep 1926
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1926
Page
1
Shamrock Properties reports the largest deal in the Panhandle field involving Moore Gray Collings Worth and Hutchinson properties. The transaction centers on significant oil leasing activity across multiple Texas locations, signaling major market momentum.
Shamrock Petroleum sells half of its Manhandle field interests to Prairie Oil & Gas for 1.5 million dollars. Deal reportedly splits cash and oil, with Prairie assuming all Shamrock leases and operations. Shamrock's Gray county holdings include Clark Baldridge, with 1,000 barrels daily from producing wells.
Panhandle Texas reports its mayor F M Hill a Republican by choice, denying Democratic primary involvement for 38 years in office. He notes Panhandle’s rapid growth and his stance against the World Court and war debts.
Three men Richard Rhoades John Hedrick and John Bryant were executed in the electric chair at Omlo State Prison Columbus for the March murder of James McCumber in Pomeroy Ohio Bryant died first followed by Rhoades and Hedrick McKinley Improves The Associated Press Martinsville Indiana Sept 2
Childress announces the new State fair to run September 14 to 18 at Fairpark. L Alexander serves as president with J W Debenport as secretary. Hal C Worth directs the pageant A Night in The Orient. Attractions include auto races rodeo carnival and an improved fairgrounds complex with auditorium grand stand and municipal pool.
Two physicians testified Thursday that the late Paris businessman J. W. McDonald was of unsound mind when he left the bulk of his estate to the University of Texas for an astronomical observatory. The witnesses were Dr. Frank Childs of Honey Grove and Dr. Guy Witt of Dallas, both experts in mental disease.
Miss Lillian Gaddy Norris daughter of Rev J Frank Norris under indictment for murder of J E Chipps July 17 is to marry Charles Blanchard Weaver of Wheaton Illinois tomorrow in Fort Worth.
Live Oak County grand jury filed a sealed report with Judge T. M. Cox regarding the Dr. J. A. Ramsey killing in Mathis. Jurors recessed until September 13 after being told to investigate the case from all angles. Harry J. Leahy remains jailed in San Antonio awaiting habeas corpus action by Judge G. O. Brown as state prosecutors prepare for hearings and motions challenging jurisdiction.
Lamesa Loboes defeat Phoenix M O Cigar club 6 to 3 in Denver as part of the Big Tim Murchison tournament. Wichita Indians beat Colorado Chiropractic nine. Oshkosh eliminates Olathe. Cron and Progres share wins in day’s play.
In a district court ruling Judge Hal S. Lattimore sustained the city's demurrer to charges of incompetence and mismanagement in an injunction ouster suit by property owners against the city manager O. E. Carr and council. The case claimed an exorbitant salary of 15000 to the manager. The ruling ends that action.
A head-on crash between two Detroit Monroe Toledo interurban cars near Monroe Michigan killed eight people and injured 26. Names of the dead include Elizabeth Burns 18 Blissfield Michigan and Joseph Rosenthal 88 Dundee Michigan. Several drivers and conductors were among the injured.
Sir George F. E. Foster, ex Canadian financial minister, sharply criticized the United States in Geneva on the fifth reservation about world court advisory opinions. He warned the court may be constrained by U S demands, and noted the league of nations relation as essential to the court’s role as an evolving experiment rather than a fixed fixture.
Col. Han ford MacNider, acting secretary of war, arrived at Kelley Field San Antonio at 3 50 p m after an aerial arrival from Dallas. Four planes from Kelley Field had gone to New Braunfels to meet him but missed his plane, which landed solo at 135 miles an hour.
Police and detectives investigated an alleged plot by gamblers to kill safety director Edwin D Barry. A man claimed he and others were offered 59000 to carry out the act and reveal the plot details.
Police found a 23 year old body burned and strangled on a disused wagon road in Chicago Heights. A rope remained around the neck and a liquor can lay nearby. Officials say he was a victim in the area’s long running liquor racket gang warfare.
The great earthquake struck Hor ta and outlying villages on Tuesday. At least 25 dead with many injured as communications fail. Martial law like restrictions are in place while relief ships arrive. Authorities raze dangerous buildings and rush shelter for residents living in open areas. Damage in Hortale runs into millions of dollars.
Herbert Smith 25 of Temple was rescued after a sewer cave-in on Wednesday in Fort Worth. Smith held 45 minutes before coworkers pulled him free. Ed Hemphill, a Black man, was killed. local officials report ongoing investigation and recovery efforts.
Postal inspectors say they solved the Aug 13 robbery near Rock Springs Wyoming after recovering most of the loot buried in a chicken house southeast of Salt Lake City. Arrested are Jack Madigan Jack Kearns Bill Bradford Paul Sparlis and Ted Theodore with inspector A A Imus leading the case to Cheyenne federal grand jury.
In precinct 30 Dallas County the trial of the sheriff primary contest reveals 32 unvoted ballots introduced by defense for Schuyler Marshall Jr. The court had ordered the ballots and earlier Judge Wallace certified 35 to 40 ballots had not been voted, with claims of substitution affecting Allen Seale’s counted votes.
Coleman government records show the examining trial for D F Sanderson Jr aged 18, charged with killing his father, was postponed to September 10. He claims self defense for his mother and was released on bond the previous day.
The forecast covers Amarillo and surrounding areas with Friday expected to be partly cloudy across West Texas and New Mexico unsettled. Temperatures range from a high in the 60s to lower 60s in western Kansas, with showers reported from Montana and Wyoming southeastward.
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