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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
1
The column covers diverse topics from oil stocks and mergers to fortune telling laws in Turkey and notes on Mrs. Joseph Schildkraut seeking a divorce due to her husband’s conceit. It also highlights Henry Ford's workers receiving a $1,744,900 distribution on the Ford employe certificates and a 16 percent last year.
A blazing meteorite lit up New York and New England and is believed to have fallen near Ottawa. Canadian government astronomer Ralph Delury planned to search for the object. Observers mistook the glow for a comet’s tail, but scientists say it was a meteor or fireball passing through the sky.
Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy with warmer conditions. Observed temperatures range from 18 to 56 degrees with varying readings through the day and a noted forecast for slightly warmer Thursday. The Coffee Shop at the Amaril Sister is noted as Famous For Food.
Kansas City report details I D Farrell critique of the Great American Desert label. He notes 19th century views of aridity contrast today with Kansas and Nebraska booming crops worth over 800 million dollars and livestock valued at 500 million, as he discusses regional growth.
Dr. R Thomsen urged Kiwanis members that Amarillo will not become great until pin heads are converted into average men. He criticized petty quarrels nasty rows and factionalism urging open discussion and honest voting for upbuilding the city. Dr P H Wolfram and Mrs Wolfram sang two solos.
Amarillo could run a full health unit if city manager Jeff D. Bartlet’s plan wins city commission approval. He said cooperation of county, schools, city, and state is not workable and proposed hiring a full-time health officer and an additional inspector for pure food law enforcement to start a system that can grow with the city over the next two to three years.
The report cites Col John Millis of Cleveland proposing a dualistic collision origin for the solar system at a meeting of scientific sections. He described two large bodies merging, forming the sun and planets, with ejecta coalescing into fragments that became Earth and other bodies, in a theory of space formation.
The Amarillo post office posted a record 195 500 in 1925 receipts, up from 169 116 in 1924. Assistant Postmaster Tyler called post office earnings a barometer of Amarillo's growth and urged public appreciation for the year’s strong performance.
Des Moines December 30 A program for immediate relief of agriculture backed by farmers from eleven Middle Western states is sought by Governor Hammill of Iowa who plans to convene a corn belt conference in a few days The meeting under the Iowa Bankers association endorsed farm products export corporation and favored the McNary Haugen bill per Senator Cummins remarks
An 18 year old Fort Worth boy admits to striking crimes in the calendar era including Mann Act violations. A Sherman youth, held at a local jail, seeks reform education and navy eligibility. He faces automobile theft charges while serving a suspended sentence and parole in prior cases. He worries about schooling and future consequences.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a coach or salesman pushing a camera or outfit with prices 899 and 295 down. The context hints at a sales pitch during a shop event and a request to view pictures. Details are partial and unclear.
William Ward of San Antonio, 55, a well casing dealer, was shot and killed at midnight in Lockhart Texas. Traffic Officer Roy Smith is charged in connection with the shooting and will be given an examining trial today.
Indianapolis December 36 Federal Judge Robert Baltzell granted a new trial motion for Senator Michael J. Kinney of St. Louis and other co defendants convicted December 19 in a conspiracy to milk the Jack Daniel distillery in St. Louis. Kinney and the 21 others seek relief on grounds of insufficient evidence with several named as leaders in the scheme.
The New York Giants announced a trade sending Wayland Dean and Jack Bentley to the Philadelphia Nationals in exchange for veteran pitcher Jimmy Ring. No cash changed hands.
A strong earthquake jolts near Alaska Mount McKinley sending smoke and steam into the air. The event disrupts activity as observers describe the region's response and safety measures. The press notes ongoing monitoring and possible aftershocks.
Amarilla hosts a joint meeting of park commissioners and governors from several Southwestern states. The session, called by TD BE Corp president of the Texas Park Boards Association and Mre J A Wells of the Federated clubs park board, follows an earlier credit list. A preliminary gathering occurs in Texarkana on January 15 and 14.
City commissioners approve a mechanical aeration sewage system costing about 50000 dollars with emergency chlorination and future expansion to handle growth. Extensions over two years may require about 40000 dollars. Public works chief Banks Jones to draft plans for immediate start.
The Amarillo Building announces an open house tomorrow night to welcome visitors and introduce a baby Miss Nineteen Twenty-Six. Tom Bruner, building manager, asks tenants to be in offices Thursday night to receive guests. Col. Ernest O. Thompson and other officers will greet attendees in the lobby.
Fort Worth reports that Texas livestock officials will seek injunctive and mandamus actions to fight Oklahoma’s embargo on tick cattle bound for northern markets. Leo Callan of San Antonio, chair of the Texas livestock sanitary commission, said the move targets Oklahoma’s state board of agriculture and the railroad. An appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission is also considered.
Washington reports cabbage lettuce onions and other hardy truck crops damaged by the freeze across the south Atlantic and Gulf states. Tender crops were killed as far south as western and northern Florida with serious damage in central Florida. Southern Florida saw no material loss. cabbage celery and lettuce remain in good condition in south and central Florida. Some vegetables withstood the freeze in southern Alabama but tender vegetation was damaged.
Floods rage across Transylvania Western Romania and Eastern Hungary with over 200 dead and vast property and stock losses. Romanian and Hungarian authorities deploy sappers troops and volunteer helpers as martial law aims to curb looting.
Rabbi Harry A. Merfeld of Temple Beth El in Fort Worth comments on criticism of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise that led Wise to offer resignation as chair of the United Palestine Appeal. Merfeld notes the yearly recurrence of the discussion within his Reformed-leaning congregation.
Dallas reports rising Texas temperatures with Del Rio at 28 and Amarillo at 18 the coldest points. Houston Corpus Christi and San Antonio show 22 degrees with rain. Clear skies expected in North and Northwest Texas according to the weather observer.
Oklahoma placed a state embargo on tick infected cattle from Texas and parts of Arkansas. The order was issued by J. A. Whitehurst, president of the state board of agriculture, citing high tick-carrying cattle arriving at local stockyards from Southern Texas.
At the last session of Dallam county commissioners court John D. Wood was employed as county scabe inspector. His appointment has been approved by the state department and he has begun his duties.
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