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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1925

Page

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Great Crop Is Human Harvest in Call Family Tale

A Rigby Idaho tale recounts Anson V. Call with his 20 sons and 10 daughters and grandfather of 90 children. It contrasts birth abundance with birth control arguments and touches on gorilla feet evolution as well as historical punishments and legal ideas. CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX

R. Jones’ Star Rigby Idaho Call Anson V. Call Afton Wyoming Mr. Call

Weather forecast unsettled with scattered showers tonight

The forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with a chance of scattered showers. Temperatures today in Amarillo range around 78 with a high near 82 and a low around 66.

Amarillo

Flooding in Endee New Mexico Disrupts Rail Service

A heavy all night downpour delivered eight inches in Endee New Mexico washing out seventy feet of Rock Island track and flooding streets and stock pens. The storm stretched to Glen Rio and San Jon with lighter rain elsewhere as trains were expected to resume tonight. Telephone service fluctuated but was restored by afternoon.

Endee New Mexico Rock Island Glen Rio San Jon Canadian River Tascosa Fort Worth Denver Panhandle

Chicken Winged Kind Walks Across Lawn Sparks Fight

A dispute over a chicken on the Lindsey lawn in Oak Cliff led to a late night fight. Raymond Hall, 26, was shot in the neck and taken to a hospital. Mrs. Meade Ivey suffered a broken arm, while Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hall were cut and bruised. Mrs. Jack A. Lindsey sustained a cut to the head and Jack A. Lindsey an injured hand. Lindsey was placed under arrest as bonds were posted. Police traced the dispute to a confrontation between Raymond Hall and Mrs. Lindsey.

Associated Press Dallas Oak Cliff Raymond Hall Meade Ivey S. A. Hall Jack A. Lindsey Lindsey Raymond Hail

Fate of Clem Gray Still Conjecture Before Execution

Huntsville and Austin reports relay hope and doubt over Clem Gray facing the electric chair for Otis Ballard’s murder. Governor Ferguson and Clem Gray’s wife press for mercy while Ballard’s father rejects any intervention. Gray is nervous, awaiting a midnight commutation decision.

Glen Gray Associated Press Huntsville Miriam A. Ferguson Clem Gray Otis Ballard Gray Austin W. T. Ballard Titus County Ballard

Kiowa Creek Recedes After Flood Destroys Buildings

Kiowa Colorado August 6 Water in Kiowa Creek receded after flooding sixty of the town's seventy residences and business buildings. Damages estimated at 10090 dollars followed a cloudburst. An hour after the downpour the lower town was under four feet of water. the stream then fell back within its banks. Several small structures were moved and some livestock lost.

Kiowa Colo Kiowa Creek

Levelland Rail Party Blooms in West Texas Celebration

Special to The Globe reports Levelland hosts a Santa Fe line celebration with 15 000 visitors as rail progress pledges support from Levelland Smyer Hurlwood Lealand and Bledsoe. A rodeo ball game and carnival mark the event with a 50 by 100 foot platform and West Texas dance planned in main street plus an old fiddlers contest.

Globe Lubbock Santa Fe Levelland New Mexico A. B&b. Davis South Plains West Texas Jim Robinson

Plainview Merchant Promotes City Trade Plan in St Louis

St Louis August 6 visiting merchants and buyers from forty one states attend the American Retailers association convention. C C Stubbs Plainview Texas store owner presented the Plain View plan urging merchants to lure people to city celebrations to boost fall stocks and curb appeal.

Associated Press St. Louis United States American Retailers Association Convention C. C. Stubbs Plainview Texas Plain View

Mechanic Gass Found Dead From Car Exhaust

Dallas August six. C G Gass 30 a Dallas mechanic was found dead in a garage with a rubber slicker over his head and a hose to the auto exhaust. The engine was running when discovered by a garage employee.

Associated Press Dallas C. G. Gass Gass

Armored Shenandoah Ordered With Machine Guns

Washington reports the Shenandoah warship has been ordered equipped with machine guns, marking its first arming. The carrier nicknamed Famous For Food is referenced as Amarillo LeHiel in the Panhandle region. Gypsy Sweethearts fair slated for Monday.

Associated Press Washington

Browning's Adoption of Immigrant Girl Sparks Inquiry

New York August 6. Queens district attorney probes Edward W Browning's adoption of Mary Louis Spas amid claims he paid her parents to sign papers. Commissioner Coler calls it immoral and urges statutes against selling a child. Browning says funds were for sister Mildred’s medical care. Mary enjoys lavish Fifth Avenue shopping and plans for a car and insurance, while disputes over her age and background swirl.

Associated Press New York Queens County Mary Louis Spas Edward W Browning Commissioner of Public Welfare Color Browning Mary Coler Denver Mildred Mary Spasrowning Edward Browning Long Island Fifth Avenue Mary Starr

Multiplicity of charges against fortune claimant

Boston August 6 Hearing in the case of Mrs Ida Blankenburg who claims to be Lotta Crabtrees daughter and seeks a share of the actress fortune was continued to Monday Judge Prest said she must face charges of perjury and obstructing justice He stated she brought a fraudulent claim of kinship and supported it with perjured testimony in multiple cases and will undergo further examination by Assistant Attorney General Weston.

Associated Pross Boston Ida Blankenburg Lotta Crabtree

Lawyers Talks Will Conclude Scott Hearing

Chicago Aug 6 The state today concluded its effort to prove Russell Scott sane. Dr William O Krohn the last prosecution alienist told of his examination of Scott and his conclusion that the prisoner was sane. He repeated stories of the four previous state alienists that Scott declined to submit to elimination in the jail. Three hours were allotted each side for closing arguments. If the full time is used the case will not go to the jury before tomorrow noon.

Associated Press Chicago State Today Russell Scott William O. Krohn Scott

Narcotic Traffic Unit Meeting With Success

Washington reports a high level conference on narcotic smuggling through the New York port. Assistant Secretary Andrews and L G Nutt, chief of the narcotic unit, pledged more facilities to combat traffic. The unit remains intact despite dry machinery changes. Nutt cited border difficulties, noting Mexico cooperation and El Paso conference gains. He claimed overall narcotic misuse declining, seizures down, bootleg prices up, and over 95 percent of ten month court cases resulting in convictions.

Associated Press Washington New York Andrews The Treasury L. G. Nutt Mr. Nutt Prohibition Organization Dominion Mexico el Paso Nutt

Foot and Mouth Disease Quarantine Near Houston

Quarantine measures were set near South Houston ten miles south of Houston after a cow in a sixteen cow dairy herd tested positive for foot and mouth disease. Officials surveyed the spread and limited cattle and farm product movements while highway traffic remained largely open with inspections. One infected cow was found outside the ranch of Dr William Jacobs near Webster, six miles from South Houston, following a prior outbreak in the same pasture.

Associated Press Houston South Houston Here Marion Imes U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry N. F. Williams South E. F.jarrell William Jacobs Webster

Recluse Badly Beaten and Home Ransacked in Texas City

In Galveston August 6 Franz Wel jie an elderly Texas City resident was found in his back yard with a badly battered head from a blunt instrument. He was taken to a hospital where he remained alive at 10 o clock. His home was ransacked and police are investigating. Rent a car call 1521.

Associated Press Galveston Franz Weljie Texas City Welfie

Steel Executives Take Wage Cut and Layoff Not Men

New York story reports Bethlehem Steel Corp executives resigning amid drastic economy moves to cut 10,000 workers, with subsidiaries of United States Steel said to be operating at about 70 percent capacity. Linens Steel company executives cut salaries by 10 percent to stave off wage reductions, but at Coatesville plant 2,900 workers had wages cut and 400 laid off.

Associated Press New York Bethlehem Steel Corporation United States Steel Corporation Linens Steel Company Coatesville, Pa

North and East Plains tour set by West Texas Chamber

Officials of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce prepare a regional tour in August visiting fourteen Panhandle towns to promote diversified and intensive farming. Col. Lee and party members including C B Davis J D Tinsley Joan Hill and Lee Satterwhite arrive in Amarillo Sunday night with a schedule listing Dalhart Stratford Texhoma Perryman Canadian McLean Groom Panhandle oil fields and Western Packing Company events among planned stops.

North East Plains West Texas Col. Br, Q. Lee House of Representatives Beal Fumphrey San Antonio Joint Stock Land Bank Channing Dalhart Stratford Texhoma Spearman Perryman Mclean Groom Panhandle Panhandle Oil Fields Western Packing Company

Tin Can Cleanup Draws Amarillo Crowds at Deandi Theater

Deandi Theater hosts Globe cleanup day in Amarillo with entry requiring five tin cans and a Globe coupon. A line formed at 10 am, growing to 200, then 300 to 400 by midmorning, and by afternoon nearly 1,000 participants had contributed cans as the street pile expanded into thousands.

Deandi Deandi Board of City Development Globe Amarillo Globe Taylor Street

Haynes Named Right Arm of Prohibition Enforcement

Washington August 6. The latest explanation of Prohibition Commissioner Haynes status says he will be the right arm of enforcement. Assistant Secretary Andrews, who removed Haynes from current authority over the dry forces, said Haynes will become his chief advisor on prohibition subjects.

Associated Press Washington Haynes Andrews

The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Motel Prominent Eatery

The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Motel is famous for food. American Warehouse Company handles merchandise storage. Phone 191.

Amarillo Motel American Warehouse Company

First Entry of U S into Road System

Washington August 6 The joint board on interstate highways selects a fifty thousand mile system designating roads from Atlantic to Pacific and Canadian border to Gulf. The plan aims to guide motorists with uniform markers and include major cities capitals and resorts. Signage conveys road numbers state and letters T1.8 with warnings. no new construction or maintenance powers.

Associated Prana Washington United States Joint Board On Atlantic Pacific Canadian Gulf Joint Board Varios States

Panhandle Highways Designated by U S Joint Board

Washington outlines multiple Texas interstate routes chosen by the joint board. Roads run from El Paso to Van Horn through Sander son Del Rio and San Antonio to the Mexican border, plus routes from VanHorn to Barstow and from Dallas to Texarkana Denison and Marietta Oklahoma. Additional paths connect Clovis New Mexico to Amarillo and Tucumcari New Mexico to Amarillo while others link Clayton New Mexico to Dalhart Amarillo Clarendon Childress Vernon Wichita Falls Bowie Fort Worth Hillsboro Boston Georgetown Austin San Antonio to Laredo with a branch Austin Gonzales Victoria Fort Lavaca.

Washington Texas Joint Board On Interstate Highways el Paso van Horn Sanderson del Rio Uvalde San Antonio Gonzales Columbus Richman Houston Beaumont Louisiana Vanhorn Barstow Odessa Big Spring Sweetwater Abilene Eastland Fort Worth Dallas Longview Shreveport Clovis N M Lockney Crowell and Austin Victoria Fort Lavaca Texarkana Denison Marietta Oklahoma

Suit for 590000 damages over leg amputation after surgery

Mrs Helene Herrington widow of Bert Herrington sues plastice surgeons E W Littlefield James L Chapman for 590000 claiming an ankle fat removal operation left her with infection leading to the amputation of both legs. The suit asserts negligence and notes Herrington’s criminal-lawyer husband defended Clara Phillips and died soon after her conviction.

Associated Press Los Angeles E.W. Littlefield James L. Chapman Helene C. Herrington Bert Herrington

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