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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1925
Page
5
Dallas police report John Mc Lain Rucker 24 surrendered and confessed to killing Chester Farley a Black boy. He led officers to a ditch where Farley's body was buried after being struck on the head with an ax.
The Senate accepted an amendment to the Naval bill urging President Coolidge to convene another arms conference. Senator King of Utah offered the amendment, and it was approved without objection by Naval Committee Chair Nate. Administration officials had suggested Coolidge would oppose the move, and no explanation followed.
In Dallas on January 21 the retail price of gasoline ranged from 11 to 12 cents a gallon. Some stations report prices still at 11 cents while a few have advanced one or two cents, marking a noticeable uptick from the prior universal price.
Washington January 21 Heber H Woitow superintendent of prisons and brother in law of the late President Harding has resigned from government service. With his withdrawal and the impending retirement of Prohibition Commissioner Haynes the circle of Harding intimates in Washington will largely disappear.
Hall Medford of the Kansas Blackleg Serum Company says cattlemen from New Mexico and beyond will attend the Amarillo convention March 2 to 4. He notes wintering cattle are in good shape and the national Albuquerque gathering was well attended, signaling a large Southwest turnout.
The Amarillo division regular annual directors meeting of the Fort Worth Mutual Benevolent Association was held yesterday afternoon in The Globe building at 110 East Fifth street. Directors present included W. L. Durrett president J. R. Gant vice president J. R. Durrett secretary treasurer S. E. Fish attorney J. R. Wrather medical director E. Brittain W. M. Wallace G. J. Teel O D Kerr and Judge F. P. Works.
The Santa Fe announces a new sixty five mile line from Dowd Tex west through Hockley and Cochran counties to near the New Mexico boundary. Work is to start soon with routes via Levelland and Lubbock, opening up nearly one million acres for farming and grazing. A meeting of the Train Rules and Train Order committee is set for Friday morning with D B Saunders as chairman.
A list of Santa Fe employees includes A. J. Smith and six others with roles such as transportation inspector and engineers. Miss Lillian Allison, recovering from tonsil surgery, may return soon. J. D. Tinsley leaves to oversee Fort Worth and Cleburne duties. Plans to build a branch line Lyford to Edinburg will start after survey and materials. Hadda Boyle arrives from Capsule Arkansas to study gambling strategy and settle in Pantex. John Flack en route to attend his father’s funeral. The Danver siblings ill with mumps. P. J. Lowry improves in Topeka hospital.
Rock Island staff including ticket agent Roy Haggatt finds 27 cents while tidying. Pierce of Harvey News Service visits from Kansas City. Judkins from Pratt, Kansas in Amarillo. Crawford notes progress on ditching near Amarillo Sayre. Brown relocates to Memphis to head Rock Island storeroom. Vaught absent due to daughter illness. Blank in Denver explains grocery versus hardware stores. Rowe lays off for home repairs amid bad weather.
A veteran railway executive, born in Pennsylvania, moved across the nation from St. Louis to Omaha to San Francisco and Chicago before settling in New York. The piece notes the era’s pervasive drive of railway service that forces continual relocation and reshapes careers.
May Albert Oscar Rudolph Ramon and Jose figure in a brief listing for bicycles located at 113 West Seventh with no further details provided.
The senate approved the oil lease investigation findings and asked Secretary Hughes for a copy of the Paris reparations agreement plus information needed for a full understanding of its terms. The note references the request as part of ongoing congressional scrutiny.
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