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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1925
Page
1
The column argues Europe must pay billions to America or American wealth will shrink, criticizes past conferences, and sketches foreign policy views. It mocks Coldidge era diplomacy, notes China unrest, July Fourth air message tech, and hints at scandal and a French prince’s parties.
Tonight and Wednesday general fair with a warm trend. Hourly readings today start at 69 at 7 a.m. rising to 89 by 2 p.m. Temperature extremes a year ago were 75 and 58 degrees.
AP reports Chief mountain's north end slowly slides toward Gros Ventre river valley. Rangers and ranchers warn a canyon-blocking avalanche may form a basin after earthquake shocks felt Saturday. Previous quake caused Sheep mountain debris to create a lake last Tuesday.
AP dispatch from Bozeman reports continued tremors in southwestern Montana with distinct shocks at 10:30 and 11:30 pm and people fleeing indoors. Shifting ground was recorded in Great Falls Helena Jillings Logan Three Yorks and Manhattan but no major damage reported.
Dalhart readies for the Fourth of July celebration with the American Legion. A large crowd is expected as merchants prize autos and 35 other items. Prizes honor all ages and traits from oldest to reddest hair. Post boys plan to surpass prior programs.
The murder charge against Charles C. Faiman, indicted with William D. Shepherd who was acquitted last week, was struck from the docket late yesterday on the recommendation of States Attorney Crowe.
An agency dispatch from Tientsin says about 100 communists were arrested, including five servants of the Soviet consulate at Tientsin. The charges and details are not provided.
Sixteen refrigerator manufacturers admitted guilt in federal court under Sherman antitrust indictments and were fined 2 000 to 5 000 dollars each. The report cites Chicago dated June 30 and notes a separate line about a hotel coffee shop promoting food.
The Board of City Development plans an August 11 and 12 trade extension tour from Amarillo, costs $45 per person, includes rail fare and hats. Ernest O Thompson chairs the committee. A schedule covers stops from Plainview to Crosbyton with lunch, overnights, and a band for the trip. In Santa Barbara, AP relays first direct quake report from a flimsy shack using improvised wires and a battery-powered bulb, as staff chronicled the disaster and recovery efforts.
A morning blaze at 317 Polk Street heavily damaged the Superior cafe and Superior rooming house. Fire from the kitchen ceiling spread to adjacent Mission Coffee shop and Mission theater, with water and smoke causing most of the damage. Ownership attributed to Jim Poigalos, Pete Keopanos, and Dallas parties represented by C. J. Lane.
Ella Stuart Briggs mother of Clara A. Briggs the New York Herald Tribune cartoonist died at her home in New Rochelle. Born in Lock Haven Pennsylvania in 1855 she is survived by four sons with interment planned in Dixon Illinois.
Two people admitted for the price of one at a matinee Wednesday after noon at the Mission. Rin-Tin-Tin stars in Tracked in the Snow Country with showtimes Friday and Saturday.
In Kern County California a 300K cloudburst in Tejon Pass delayed traffic for nearly three hours. Debris washed over the mountain highway, requiring 15 workers with trucks and scrapers to reopen a one way passage. Camp resorts suffered damage but no lives were lost after a thunderstorm.
Chicago June 39 William Darling Shepherd was freed of all criminal charges after a grand jury returned a no bill in the death of Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock mother of Billy McClintock whose typhoid death triggered the trial in which Shepherd was acquitted last week.
Clem Gray, convicted of the 1923 murder of Otis Ballard near Mt. Pleasant Texas, was sentenced to death in the electric chair at Huntsville penitentiary on August 7 by District Judge Wilkinson. The date was moved up a week at Gray’s request to speed the execution.
Washington June 3 Discontinuance of the adjusted compensation branch of the adjutant general office announced by Major General Robert C G Davis adjutant general of the army. The branch aided World War I veterans with bonus claims and handled about 32 000 applications daily at its peak. General Davis said 70 percent of all compensable veterans had applied and that roughly one million veterans or dependants have not yet applied. The regular adjutant general office will continue processing claims with no delay.
An AP analysis of Italy's capacity to pay debts to the United States dominated talks at the resumption of funding negotiations. Progress was slow with another meeting likely Thursday. Mario Alberti led the Italian debt delegation as statistics proved incomplete and Ambassador de Martino cabled Rome for data.
On the field in Nahat Morocco three hundred Riffian dead were counted after a French offensive that ended Saturday in the upper Leben Valley. French forces hunted the district on Sunday to clear the enemy.
Amarillo business ad promotes rental cars available open or closed at 113 BE 4th with phone 1621. Mentions The Panhandle's Meeting Place and a Mission photography and beauty service via phone 3238.
In San Antonio on June 30 a New York publishing house offered the local Chamber of Commerce sample copies of a western story magazine to reach cowboys in the Southwest. Fred Herndon, publicity man, accepted the offer for cowboys near San Antonio tired of radio, auto rides and the movies who would enjoy wild west tales for diversion.
Santa Barbara June 30 The official death list issued today counted nine bodies recovered from the ruins. Names include Mrs Charles E Perkins of Burlington Iowa Bertram B Hancock of Los Angeles Dr James C Angle William Procter Mercede Leon Fenthios Storier Mararinia Mien istide Herrado Charis and John S Hale of Santa Barbara.
Report from Santa Barbara on June 30 describes heavy landslides north toward Paradise camp in the Santa Ynez valley while rescue workers plan a coordinated relief effort. The Gibraltar dam remains intact after earlier reports of demolition. The city, hit by tremors starting at 6 04, lists thirty injuries in Cottage hospital and widespread quake debris.
Bill Adams named chair man and Toney Chisum vice chair man of the general committee organizing the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Amarillo next May. They will select three more members to work with the Board of City Development on arrangements. President R. Q. Lee and Manager Porter Whaley will confer locally July 10. The event is expected to feature new entertainment and will be the biggest ever for Amarillo and the regional chamber.
District commissioners wrote Representative Celler that the Ku Klux Klan may parade in Washington on August 5 if it complies with all regulations governing such events. The reply followed Celler’s request to cancel the permit, noting the organization chose the capital for publicity.
The Twin-Six oil company has closed a contract for another well in Section 6, Block Y, Hutchinson county, with work to begin at once. Roxana Petroleum is preparing to drill an offset to the Dix Creek well and additional wells are anticipated in the Carson-Hutchinson field as several rigs near production.
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