16 Mar 1925
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1925
Page
1
The narrative travels east to west across New Mexico from Gallup to Albuquerque, praising vast skies and colors while critiquing graft and church wealth. It portrays Navajo life on distant lands, notes oil potential, and predicts future exploitation by white settlers, with sparse hope for the Native people.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow. Today’s high reached 61 degrees with a low of 36, compared with 49 and 33 a year ago.
The federal government will launch a major offensive to suppress rum runners as winter ends. Coast guard and navy assets including destroyers 300 boats aircraft and a new intelligence service will hunt land bases and ships from foreign ports with police and diplomacy.
The Globe's Dream Home begins construction as Amarillo's first model home. At 3104 Harrison Street in Oliver-Eakle estates, the six-room residence rises under contractor M C Hancock and William Oliver Company with plans by Guy A Carlander. Inspect the site and learn details at the William Oliver office.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN) The Crites Shop at the Amarillo Hotel promotes its famous for food offerings in this brief newspaper note.
The Senate voted 46 to 39 to reject Charles Warren for a second time as attorney general, with a 40 to 49 tie on the prior rejection. President Coolidge may name a recess appointee, though Warren has not indicated acceptance. All 39 supporting confirmation were Republicans. opposition included Democrats and Republican insurgents. The chamber adjourned after a short executive session as some senators threaten to stall to block a recess appointment.
Hutchinson county will build a bridge across the Canadian river at Dixon's Point if the state highway department will agree to maintain the road. Delegation from North Plains pressed officials to secure an Amarillo to Spearman Perryton airline road passing through Hutchinson county and connecting with Panhandle, St Francis, Pan-Tex, Plemons, and Spearman.
Chicago report states Joseph Bold, 37, shot and killed his wife Josephine during the attack in front of their six children aged up to 18. He then drove the youngsters into the street in night clothes before firing several shots at them and turning the gun on himself as neighbors arrived. Authorities note the incident occurred by moonlight.
The army air service awarded contracts totaling more than 1,000,000 for new aircraft developed by Curtiss of New York and Douglas of California. The awards were announced today, highlighting advances in military aviation and funding for production.
A lone bandit armed with a shotgun robbed the First National Bank in White Deer around 1 pm. He held up assistant cashier Edith Simmons, escaped with money and silver, and cut a phone line. Loss estimates range from 400 to 1500 dollars. lawmen scoured Panhandle highways for the suspect.
Renick V. Dunlap of Kingston Ohio was named today by President Coolidge as assistant secretary of agriculture in a ceremonial announcement. The report notes the selection as a key federal appointment with anticipated impact on farming policy and rural economies.
Lawmakers planned a resolution to open an inquiry into Governor Miram A Ferguson signing land condemnation rights for railroad spur construction. The measure also seeks to probe ties between former treasurer James W Ferguson, the governor’s husband, and W T Eldridge of Fort Le County and the Sugarlaya railroad. Copies of a federal court contract involving Frans Kell of Wichita Falls and W T Eldridge with Texas Rock Asphalt Company are held by the authors.
Federal Judge T Blake Kennedy ruled the government cannot introduce evidence intended to reveal bank accounts of Albert Fall in the Teapot Dome lease dispute. The decision removes the government’s main avenue to prove an alleged exchange of Liberty bonds between Fall and Harry F Sinclair of Mammoth Oil.
Reserved seat gates opened at 2 PM at Spencer Nunn Electric and Ceiling Drug with large crowds queuing since noon. Emil F. Myers, sponsor, praised support as crowds lined up for the festival sale.
An unsigned fragment advertises storage services by an American Warehouse company offering merchandise storage. A phone line is listed as 101. The note includes a garbled quote about pictures and a reference to a mission.
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