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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1924
Page
2
Amarillo Tri-State exposition track enjoys rain relief as a heavy shower improves surface conditions. Officials invite drivers for trial spins ahead of AAA auto races next Saturday with 1600 dollars in prizes and a chance to set course records.
Canyon Texas June 7 Arrangements are complete for the June 27 program at Adobe Walls marking the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. Judge Nelson Phillips will be the orator with music by the West Texas State Teachers College band. Other speakers include Judge T B Turner F P Reid Mrs Oliver Dixon and J A Hill. The monument was funded by North Plains Texas residents and the Panhandle Plains Historical Society and the site was donated by Mr and Mrs W T Soble of Amarillo from the Warurkey Track ranch.
Chicago dispatch reports Richard Loeb, 19, confessed to taking part in the murder of 14 year old Robert Franks and blamed Nathan Leopold Sr. as the instigator. Both boys face kidnapping and murder charges and await arraignment. Denver judge Ben Lindsey calls Leopold and Loeb infants, attributes their crime to an education system, and suggests they are victims of warped mental development.
Henry Beer head of the Amarillo Brick Company inspects the plant near Cliffside in Amarillo. In operation about thirty days the plant produced 450000 brick. Current capacity runs 20000 to 25000 brick daily. His son Herbert leads operations and will move to Amarillo. The plant is expected to become a major local industry.
A petition urging an anti Klan plank be added to the platforms of both Democratic and Republican parties will be presented to their resolutions committees. The petition follows a World drafted anti Klan plank, as announced by Ralph Pulitzer.
Local notes cover travels and visits of Amarillo residents and friends. Events include E L Dohoney and W B Dohoney kinship visits, Dr J J Crume on spelling, Dempster moving stock to a new building, and plans for encampment by Battery B and the 131st F A in San Antonio.
The state board enforcing the pure seed law after a conference in Austin announced that breeders of registered and certified seed have signed papers to plant a large area this year in pure seed for registration and certification.
Canyon Texas will host the Northwestern District office of the Texas game fish and oyster commission. Commissioner-in-charge Henry B. Maddux announced from Fort Worth that Canyon’s location, near Palo Duro South Cedar and Happy Canyons, secured the site after local chamber efforts. The office will open around June 15.
Building plans for the Texas College of Technology in Lubbock unfold with an $850,000 appropriation this summer. Lubbock and surrounding counties push street paving, new civic buildings, schools, cotton gins, and rapid population-driven upgrades from La mesa to Canyon.
Amarillo music house secures the agency for Ivers and Pond pianos and will add the famous line to its current inventory, manager C. V. Wray announced.
Ramie Rumons of Claude Texas achieved top grades in his class this term and had no tardies in both grammar and high school. He attended grammar school without an absence and was absent ten days in his final year of high school before commencement due to confinement at home with measles.
A terse note notes that conditions at the Nat include no sunburn or mud and swimmers should expect clean water. It reflects a cautious, concise local briefing on facility use and safety.
Central Standard Time listings show religious services and music programs from KYW WGN KASD WDAF WHAA WHAS WFAA KGO KJ LA KFI KPO and SF stations. The guide notes time offsets from Eastern Pacific zones and explains time differences with daylight saving adjustments.
Senator Heflin of Alabama charged on the Senate floor that Will H. Hays former postmaster general stifled prosecutions in Texas land cases calling the group the crookedest ever in office. He spoke just before congress adjourned.
A five member Senate committee will study all campaign contributions and expenditures for the summer. Chair Borah of Idaho leads with members Jones of Washington Shipstead of Minnesota Farmer-Laborer Carraway of Arkansas and Bayard of Delaware.
At El Reno Oklahoma hundreds of former colleagues and friends gather for funeral services honoring Edgar Bronson veteran newspaper man and former editor who had recently been elected president of the national editorial association. Editors from across the country serve as pallbearers.
Priscilla Rogers of Galveston defeated May Whitely of Fort Worth 3-1 in the Texas women’s golf final at Spring Lake to claim the state title. Houston’s Mrs. Ralstyn won the second flight final over Monteith, and Dallas’s Miss Morris won the third flight over Mrs. Avis.
Hereford golfers and Hillcrest club members meet at Hillcrest golf grounds at 1 pm for eight hole match play. Over twenty visiting players expected, plus as many locals. Amarillo showdown features John Edmisson and W W Woolgey among 22 Hereford entries.
Chicago June 7 Illinois wins the 24th annual Big Ten track and field meet scoring in nearly every event with first places in half and four of five in the 220 yard dash. Illinois totals 74 points to Iowa 39. Michigan 31, Ohio State 20.
Next Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 5 o'clock the Natatorium in San Jacinto Heights will host ladies day. The pool will be reserved for women swimmers for four hours, responding to strong demand. If successful, ladies day may become a twice weekly feature.
Yesterday's Texas League scores include San Antonio 2 Fort Worth 1 Dallas 8 Houston 4 Beaumont 8 Shreveport 1 Wichita Falls 16 Galveston 11. Today’s games feature San Antonio at Shreveport Galveston at Dallas Beaumont at Fort Worth Houston at Wichita Falls.
A. L. Douglass, former Cincinnati Reds and Amarillo Gassers catcher, played part of Friday's game for Dallas and hit a double in two plate appearances. It is unclear if he will remain with Dallas long term.
Allen Key of Eastland defeated Arthur Bagby of Austin 6 4 and 6 1 to win the state boys under 15 tennis championship in Austin on June 7. Key is the son of a former University tennis star. Daily Globe notice.
The fub committee of the senate elections committee recommended dismissing the contest of George B. B. Peddy against Senator Mayfield of Texas and seating Mayfield. The sub committee unanimously favored Mayfield keeping his seat, noting evidence did not warrant unseating. The full committee will act in December.
A newspaper ad offers a five dollar prize to name a historic author who wrote a dated political quip. The writer claims service with Washington and Franklin and condemns lengthy debate, urging readers to identify the author before a deadline announced for publication the following Monday.
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