21 Apr 1926
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1926
Page
1
Fragmentary relic column mixes prophecy of gold fever with musings on private enterprise and government action. It cites Henry Ford, Mussolini, and Mauna Loa while noting a 100000 dollar sale of a sixty acre tract and a local paper the Kramer Hills News.
Three briefs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission challenge the Rock Island proposed 145 mile link from Liberal Kansas to Amarillo Texas. Beav er Meade and Englewood oppose the extension urging denial or modification. Liberal chamber supports the project citing direct Gulf ports access and expanded cultivation.
Dr E W Little formerly of Topeka Kansas was employed by the city as Inspector at the Western Packing company joining the Health department. His salary is 500 dollars per month and he has prior government inspection experience in Kansas City and Chicago stockyards.
Jack Dempsey signed articles of agreement with Tex Rickard for a September 16 title bout to be staged at a Rickard chosen location and opponent. The contract, approved by Dempsey’s attorney Kenneth Grant, sets no fixed sum but implies the champion will receive about 450000 dollars from the expected million-dollar gate.
John Cage state highway commissioner will arrive tonight and preside over a 9 o'clock Thursday morning meeting at the Amarillo hotel with oil men and others interested in a proposed hard surfaced road to the oil fields and a bridge across the Canadian river.
The Associated Press reports in Washington on April 21 that many wet claims against the Volstead act were categorically denied before the Senate prohibition committee. U S attorney A E Wernsteen of Cleveland said the dry law is enforceable. Charles Bieble of New York denied labor unity for wet and wine, noting social theories about eminent labor features being prohibited.
Jack Byars, while screening sand at the Amarillo Baking company building on Buchanan street, discovered three diamond rings a string of pearls a pack of cigarets and a box of matches valued at over 1000 dollars. He claims to have found all in one shovelful and may show skeptics. He reportedly gave away the cigarets and matches.
West Texas Rotarians converge on Amarillo for the forty first Rotary district annual conference opening Friday morning with up to 800 visitors expected. Delegates will travel Thursday in two special cars. local Rotarians seek rooms and urge immediate assistance from the public to house at least 500 delegates through Friday night and Saturday. Citizens are asked to contact the Board of City Development at 722 to offer rooms.
A special train from Wichita Falls will reach Amarillo around 6 am Friday as Lubbock Stamford and other West Texas cities send large delegations. Dr Parcells says a few extra rooms are needed and those with space should call the Board of City Development at Sunber 722. Rotarians will hold business sessions at First Baptist Church and later tour Palo Duro canyon for a barbecue and group discussions.
The Navy investigates a submarine blast that killed three sailors and injured nine others near New London Connecticut. An inquiry focuses on what caused the explosion that rocked a state marine unit and involved the Ralph M. Commerton crew.
Wichita business men undertake a long annual trip traveling 1 863 miles to visit eighty seven towns. They plan to arrive in Amarillo at 6 o clock Thursday morning and stay until 6 45. They will depart Sweetwater at 10 o clock Wednesday night and arrive overnight. O C Goodwin asks all local business men to greet the visitors.
H. P. Hadfield of El Paso, president of the Texas association of Real Estate boards, spoke at the Amarillo hotel luncheon. He discussed efforts to organize new boards and secure a realtor license law, urging careful member admission and promotion of the realtor title. A. J. Morgan Wilbur Hawk and S. P. Nicholson of Oklahoma City gave short talks. A committee including Bill Askew T. J. Wagner and Jim Cook was named to seek city commission permission for universal parking.
Readable text notes two Amarillo insurance agencies forming a merger. The merged entity will be named after the Lavering Inverance and Health company with a future oriented branding. Details on leadership and charges appear unclear.
Carlton H. Amacker, after three years with Berger Manufacturing, is chosen assistant secretary and publicity director for the Tri State Fair association. He will resign May 1 and move to full-time fair work from May 2 through the exposition, serving Amarillo and the Panhandle community.
Paris Texas oil man Bailey, owner of Pars Tex, told the Chamber of Commerce board that a refinery plant would cost millions but would not be built in Amarillo while gas rates stay high. He criticized local policy and urged change during the meeting presided by President W W Pienniken.
The commission will open bids for a test well on Saturday. Details are unclear in the readable text but indicate a formal bidding process managed by the commission.
Real estate activity in the locality has surged in the past days with rapid development underway. Preliminary projects involve multiple parcels and newly announced plans, signaling a shift in the neighborhood’s growth trajectory.
Severe storms and floods swept across southwest to central Texas causing four deaths. Rio Grande valley residents evacuated as river rose rapidly. Lone star region reported heavy rain, railroad washouts, and high flood risk with incidents near Snyder and San Antonio.
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