Weeks anti aircraft test sparks harsh newspaper critique
A late 1920s style column ridicules Secretary Weeks and civil defense optimism as anti aircraft tests fail to hit moving sleeve targets. It argues that if enemies attacked Washington, banks and factories would be vulnerable and jokes about political figures underscore distrust of military thermidor and wartime spending.
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Tammany Hall
Weeks
Mitchell
Washion
White House
Capitol
Mr. Weeks
Weather Outlook and Local Note
Morrow tonight and Thursday will be fair with warmer temperatures expected Thursday. Today the high reached 47 and the low 26, compared with 44 and 22 last year. The weather favors outdoor activities, with a baseball mood in the air. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is famous for food.
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Morrow
Amarillo Hotel
Rock Island Takes Over Cotton Belt Railroad
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway completed acquisition of the St. Louis Southwestern, giving the Rock Island control of the Cotton Belt system. Cotton Belt operates about 1800 miles across Illinois Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas with connections to the Rock Island at St. Louis Little Rock Brinkley and Fort Worth. Combined assets exceed $600 million and more than 10 000 miles of track.
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The
Associated Press
New York
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Charles Hayden
Rock Island
Hayden
St. Louis Southwestern Company
Edwin Gould
St. Louis Southwestern
Cotton Belt
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
St. Louis
Little Rock
Brinkley
Ark
Fort Worth
Man Refuses Vaccination For His Children Jailed
Sam P. Lemly a salesman was arrested on a capias warrant for refusing to have his children vaccinated. He declared a hunger strike at noon, saying he is persecuted and will not eat while jailed. Eleven charges have been filed, and he has appealed the case.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Sam P. Lémly
Lemly
Capias
Sister of former Governor Ferguson dies in Haskell
Abilene March 11 Mrs Marion Morten oldest sister of former Governor James E Ferguson died at 2 am at her Haskell home. Governor Ferguson reached her bedside two hours before her death after rushing from Austin.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Marion Morten
James E. Ferguson
Haskell
Ferguson
Austin
Funeral services set for W P Henderson
Funeral services for W P Henderson aged 63 whose charred remains were found in a dugout near the Presbyterian Children's Home will be held at Blackburn Funeral Home tomorrow at 10 30 in the morning. Henderson identified by friends late yesterday his daughter Mrs B P Mitchell of Sherman and a nephew in Amarillo noted. An inquest was conducted by Judge Landis with no verdict given.
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W. P. Henderson
Presbyterian Children’s Home
Blackburn Funeral Home
Henderson
B. P. Mitchell
Sherman
Amarillo
Landis
Storm Damage Across Indiana and Illinois Reported
Indiana and southeastern Illinois assess damage from a storm that swept the region yesterday and last night. Property damage exceeds half a million dollars with several injuries, unroofed houses, downed trees and barns, and impaired telephone and telegraph service in Edgar county and toward Terre Haute.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
Illinois
Edgar County
Terre Haute
Amarillo Captures Rotary Convention Honors in Galveston
Telegram from Dr. Parcells in Galveston reports Amarillo sweeps convention with Lige Cole attendance cup awarded, 1925 prize for largest delegation, and the group enjoying a private yacht party on the gulf. Home at noon Thursday. 100 Ibs sugar $7.25. 708 Taylor.
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Globe
Dr. Parcells
Galveston
Amarillo
Gulf
Two Men Arrested in Diamonds Theft Case
Dawson Mims and Clarence Reese were arrested by the sheriff and charged with stealing nine diamonds valued over $1,000 from Mrs. C. B. Oakes of 100 Tyler Street. Eight diamonds were recovered. Mims posted a $1,000 bond. Reese awaits bond.
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Dawson Mims
Clarence Reese
Sheriff's Department
C. B. Oakes
Tyler Street
Mims
Dalhart
Reese
Kip Rhinelander Bride Honored in Social Register
New York March 11 The name of Mrs Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander former laundress and house maid who is now being sued by her husband Leonard Kip Rhinelander for annulment of their marriage on race grounds appears in the March supplement of the Social Register The entry shows Rhinelander Kip Jones Miss Alice B married October 14 at New Rochelle N Y After the marriage a census taker listed the bride as mulatto and Rhinelander alleges deception about race in the suit of nullity
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New York
Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard “Kip” Rhinelander
Social Register
Rhinelan
Der
Leonard Kip
Phillip) Jones
Alice B
New Rochelle
N. Y
Rhinelander
Jones
Hawks Offer Prizes For Hawk Killing Contest In 1925
Amarillo sportsmen led by Bob Ames and Gene Howe plan a 1925 hawk killing contest with prizes including an automatic shotgun and a pump gun. The Izaak Walton League meeting outlined rules and a talon collection requirement while coordinating with Boy Scouts for game protection.
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Polk Street
Paphandle
Amarillo
Bob Ames
Gene Howe
Izaak Walton League
Mr. Ames
Mr. Howe
Herbert Murphy
Izaak Waltons
Tom Nelson
Sam Motlow
Newt Riggs
R. P. Parcells
Coolidge Nominates Ministers to Nicaragua and Honduras
President Coolidge names Charles C. Eberhardt of Kansas as minister to Nicaragua and George T. Summerlin of Louisiana as minister to Honduras in a March 1 announcement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Charles C. Eberhardt
Kansas
Nicaragua
George T. Summerlin
Louisiana
Honduras
House Calls for Medic Adjournment March 19
Austin dispatch reports the House adopted a concurrent resolution seeking adjournment of the thirty-ninth legislature at 6 p m on March 19. The day saw limited activity with one regular calendar bill and movement on the amnesty measure and a waters regulation bill by Senator Burkeley.
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Associated Press
Austin
House Today
Senate Disapproval of Warren Brings Uncertainty
The Senate rejected Charles B. Warren of Michigan for attorney general, with Republican efforts to overturn a tie vote. Uncertainty grips the White House and the path for Coolidge to fill the post remains unclear.
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Senate
Warren
Associated Press
Washington
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
White House
Coolidge
Pillrollers 10 Return in Fall to Amarillo
The West Texas Retail Druggists gather in Amarillo for their semi annual meeting and farewell banquet. Lawrence Thiman of Lawrence Thomas-Haya Co predicts next year’s meeting will struggle to match this year’s success and notes the Jake bill aims to criminalize sale of intoxicating beverages without a doctor’s prescription.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Amarillo Hotel
Lawrence Thiman
Lawrence Thomas- Haya Company
Dallas
Thomas
Association
Local Singer Wins Tilt in Big Lawsuit
White Plains March 11 The supreme court grants examination before trial in a $100000 damage suit filed by Amarillo Tex singer May Peterson Thompson against a New York Japanese millionaire. The case follows a New York City car collision that injured Thompson and her husband Colonel Thompson. Attorneys expect an early trial. Colonel Thompson to testify first.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
May Peterson Thompson
Amarillo Tex
New York
Colonel Thompson
Thompson
Hoonevelt Hospital
Bhotu
Old Virginia
Amarillo
Scramble for Dome Leases Told at Trial
A government witness recounts how independents scrambled for Teapot Dome leases, leading to a senatorial inquiry and an April report that Mammoth Oil secured the pool. Senator Kendrick and deputy William A. Anderson testified that Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall kept receiving proposals to lease Teapot Dome even after Sinclair’s lease was granted.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Big Teapot Dome
Naval Oil’ Reserve
Senar
Mammoth Oil Company
United States
J.B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Kendrick
William A. Anderson
Coolidge to Issue Invitations for New Orleans Exposition
President Coolidge announced to Governor Ransdell that within a day or two he would issue a proclamation inviting states and foreign governments to participate in the international trade exposition opening in New Orleans next September. He will act under a congressional resolution recognizing the project.
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Pres
Washington
Coolidge
Ransdell
Louisiana
New Orleans
Miami Chamber of Commerce Hosts Ladies Night
About 200 attendees gathered for the Miami Chamber of Commerce ladies night event on Monday with no business on the agenda. A brief program featured the "Famous For Food" theme and a banquet at Amerillo Hotel, The Pephandle's Meeting Place, with 8 lbs compound priced at $1.30.
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Miami Chamber OF Commerce
Miami
Miami Chapber of Commerce
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