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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1925
Page
1
A 1925 column ponders harnessing earth heat like a furnace, predicting future control of planetary heat. It notes political maneuvering around the 1928 Democratic convention, Tennessee’s evolution teaching ban, and oblique remarks on love and sacrifice. The piece ends with a legal note on the Gitlow case and a boast about high government bond prices.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with warmer nights. Today’s temperature reached 57 degrees, compared with 56 and 62 degrees on the same day last year.
Clarence Darrow and Bainbridge Colby were chosen to assist in the defense of John T. Scopes the Dayton high school teacher charged with teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee law. The pair will work without pay at the first trial as they prepare for possible appeals to higher courts.
Shanghai on June 10 reports that strike leaders allowed disturbances to ease in business and foreign settlements. Coastal and river shipping remained crippled as crews deserted ships, detaining fourteen British and two Japanese vessels. Diplomatic envoys arrived to discuss the unrest linked to strikes at Japanese owned mills. Police actions at Lom a station faced scrutiny as inspector Everson defended orders to shoot to kill.
Fighting between Cantonese and Yunnanese troops for possession of Canton continued with growing intensity. The Canton American hospital was hit by a shell and rifle fire as two American launches bound for the Christian college at Canton were frequently hit but occupants escaped injury.
Paris June 10 The French Senate debated whether Roquefort may bear the name only if from sheep milk and ripened in Roquefort caves. Pro Gruyere senators argued for cows milk use as compensation for export tax disparities. No decision reached.
Potter county farmers hear safer farming methods at city hall at 10 a m to boost wheat yield per acre. Santa Fe crop specialists, led by J D Tinsley, outline soil prep, rotations, seed health, and disease control with talks by A M Bainer J R Edmonds and others.
Col C T Herring received a special delivery letter mailed at Paducah but delivered in Amarillo. The Globe coverage signals wide readership as Flagg Farm Lands plans a Saturday June 20 opening celebration with hopes for a post office and a large Amarillo delegation.
An American Warehouse company promotes merchandise storage services with contact via phone 101 and references to viewing pictures. The message mentions a Coffee Shop at the Amatillo Hotel named Famous For Food and names Charlie Hoover associated with International Life.
Castro county welcomes a new town in the Flagg ranch center triangle near Amarillo Lubbock and Farwell. An Amarillo Globe sponsored automobile caravan will depart Amarillo at 8:30 AM Saturday June 20 reaching Flagg at 11:30 AM for the celebratory opening and trade expansion events.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur addresses Duke University graduates on common sense in religion. He argues for harmony of Bible and Book of Nature, cites creation and universal laws, and asserts proofs of a future life anchored by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He claims evidence from the transformed apostles and Christian institutions.
Ralston, owner of a grocery at 704 North Fillmore, secures a permit to build a double apartment at 703 Fillmore costing 4000 dollars. O F Troup obtains a permit for a filling station at 712 West Sixteenth street with an estimated cost of 1000 dollars.
Amarillo welcomes a new factory as Western Hydraulic Jack Co. begins production of Stapp auto and truck jacks at 610-A North Taylor. President H. T. Neely leads a local-capital firm with 35 workers planned by fall. W. F. Weston of San Antonio will handle distribution, placing an initial order for 75,000 jacks.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the two year penitentiary sentence for A. A. Davis said to be a minister, linked to Georgetown Klan operations and perjury in a case arising from the beating of R. W. Burleson at Weir. Davis denied delivering threats or knowledge of the assault.
In federal court Judge James C. Wilson naturalized four applicants as new U.S. citizens. The new citizens are Max Silverman, Russian, of Amarillo. Clemens Rickwartz, German, of Nazareth. Abe Kessel, Russian, of Slaton. and William Balfour, English, of Amarillo. Some applications remain pending or were denied without prejudice. A respondent misstated the nation’s capital as New York and Houston as Texas capital in separate remarks.
Mrs Addie P Dean was found dead by a bullet in a car near the Trigg oil well after writing a final note to her lover W M Sterling. Justice of the Peace reports death by suicide due to love disappointment. Grand jury to consider indictment. Sterling allegedly took the revolver earlier. Family ties and travel from England Arkansas are noted.
Brussels June 10 The Belgian pilot Veenstra of the balloon Prince Leopold won the Gordon Bennett cup balloon race which started from Brussels Sunday.Veenstra landed Tuesday night at Cape Tourinan Spain.
President Coolidge returned to Washington today from Minnesota where he attended the Norse-American celebration. The note mentions renting a car and a local Amarillo advertisement snippet for a hotel and phone number.
Panhandle Herald editor Lee Satterwhite comes home after serving five months as speaker of the Texas House in the thirty-ninth legislature. He returned to a warm welcome with a congratulatory telegram and a dinner before resuming weekly publication duties. Mrs. Satterwhite arrived in a new car as the office buzzed with activity and newsprint.
Rain fell across the Panhandle with light showers to about one inch. Heaviest totals appeared at Hereford Black and Conway with about an inch. Rail lines reported scattered showers from Amarillo to Tucumcari and minimal rain east of Conway. Santa Fe noted general showers on the South Plains about a quarter inch. Fort Worth and Denver reported light showers from Tascosa to Claredon.
Washington June 19 on recommendation of President Coolidge s Muscle Shoals commission the war department will not enter into short term contracts for lease of the Alabama properties.
Paul Plunkett of Greenville was chosen president at the 31st annual Texas Cotton Seed Crushers convention in Galveston. H. Warren Lynn of Winters was named vice president and Major Robert Gibson of Dallas was reelected treasurer. Sally will be at the Fair on June 22.
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