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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1925
Page
1
A London bound forecast by Lord Ashfield envisions eleven million residents by 1950, with underground transit seen as a relief for congestion. The piece contrasts city growth with flying machines and addresses birth control, motherhood, and national wealth, citing Dr. M Nicoll and financier Charles E. Mitchell on inflation and value.
The forecast calls for a cloudy night and a warming Thursday in Amarillo. Hourly outlook begins at 7 am with 48 degrees rising to 53 by 2 pm, with daily extremes around 61 and 26 degrees noted for the year.
Assistant cashier Clifford Walker says the suspect is the right man after Vermillion, accused of tying him and robbing First National Bank of 4500, is questioned in Claude. Vermillion claims an alibi in Pampa and Las Vegas relatives. officers find some statements false.
Centerfield Oil company plans to drill its No 1 well in Hutchinson county soon. Howard Bean Drilling Company has a turnkey contract and finished camphouses with derrick completion expected by Friday. Centerfield is capitalized at 100000 dollars with officers G T Oliver president J J Crume vice president and Frank Wolflin secretary treasurer. directors include H W Blackburn and E B Roberts.
William Wilson of Chicago studies preliminary plans for a roadhouse near Amarillo with years of roadhouse management experience. He cites several promising sites and plans to bring a Chicago orchestra to perform at the venue.
Senator Mayfield requests a Justice Department probe into disputes over federal aid road funds in Texas. Senator Sheppard asks the Bureau of Public Roads chief for guidance to strengthen the federal aid road act and prevent future controversies.
In Hartford on November 25 Gerald Chapman’s twenty five year federal sentence for a mail truck robbery in New York was commuted by President Coolidge. The order was signed at six o’clock Monday evening and delivered to Warden H K Scott for service.
Tickets for the Memphis Sand Storm game go on sale to school children at 50 cents today at the high school and tomorrow at downtown drug stores. Adults pay 1 dollar. If Amarillo wins, it would mark the high school’s furthest state grid finish since 1916.
Fire department members this morning staged a contest to polish the new 500 gallon pump and fire truck received from Segrave Motor Fire Apparatus of Columbus Ohio. The truck is part of added equipment for the city and accompanies a new San Jacinto station. It cost more than $10,000, per company representative G M Fultz. Six more men are to be added to the department in December.
Walter Crossett praised Shamrock's Turkey shoot as one of the largest in years with participants from Amarillo Shamrock Erick Elk City and Wellington. Twenty two shooters competed and Crossett won two turkeys as a gallery of several hundred watched the event and he predicted a Panhandle Trapshooters league foundation.
The River Road Parent-Teacher Association will host a box supper at 8 o clock Friday night at River Road school. Funds will be used to purchase school equipment and a program has been arranged by the students. Everyone interested is urged to attend.
Dorset Carter confirms sale of about 4000 acres in the Panhandle field to Pulaski Oil for 400000 in cash plus a one sixteenth royalty. Jim Whittington holds one tenth interest. Carter notes Pulaski must drill five wells next year and may drill many more, predicting big development in Amarillo soon.
More than 600 attended the Potentate's Shrine ball at the Masonic temple in Amarillo as the $250,000 temple was dedicated and Khiva Temple staged a fall ceremony with 27 initiates. A large parade, Shrine dance for 300 couples, and a Red Rose degree ceremony followed, highlighting a memorial day in Panhandle Masonry.
France remains without a cabinet after the Painleve ministry resigned. Senator Paul Doumer declined to form a new ministry after deputies refused to back his financial plans, following M Briand also turning down the task. Former Premier Edouard Herriot was summoned by President Doumergue.
The Men’s Bible class of San Jacinto Baptist church hosts a 7:30 PM banquet at 505 Florida Avenue, at the home of G. W. Scott. Attorney A. B. Bob Underwood will be the principal speaker.
Ex Mayor Eugene Blasdel argues Florida fronts fetch high prices because of climate. He notes Jacksonville and Charleston hit 32 degrees while Amarillo recorded 36 degrees, calling Florida climate sales hype and claiming Amarillo offers superior weather.
A young married man was fined 100 dollars by Judge W H Brummett after arrest by a patrolman on duty at the high school for mashing. Police warned no high school mashing fine would fall below 100 dollars as Chief Cain vows to curb liaisons with high school girls.
William Gilmore Bell, Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Texas, toured Amarillo and noted rapid Panhandle development. He praised Wichita Falls for turning pastures into farms and urged continued conversion to farm and stock lands. He urged reducing wealth gaps to build a great city with rich resources.
Protestants and Catholics plan a joint Thanksgiving service at Polk Street Methodist Church in Amarillo at 10 o clock tomorrow. Rev G L Yates will preach the sermon. Rev R Thomsen, Rev Frederick O Malley, and Rev Father Thomas Brien will deliver scripture and proclamation. Rev L N Stuchkoy will preside. all welcome regardless of church or creed.
A Toledo crash at Benare road and Michigan Central tracks left Harold Arndt 29 Richard Ward 24 and Julia Kalasiaki 26 dead and Pauline Herwat 23 gravely injured as an auto was hurled 100 feet into a freight train. Also notes Thanksgiving plans and local ads.
In Los Angeles the morning court heard Ida May Sheldon tell how a dog reveals her husband John Sheldon’s double life as a white bearded street beggar. The dog’s reaction during a walk prompted her to uncover the disguise, leading to a divorce.
Plainview and Amarillo Kiwanis clubs held a joint luncheon at the Amarillo hotel with R H Knophuizen of Plainview predicting continued Panhandle growth. Detroit banker H H Simpson urged regional development, while R A Underwood called for expanding productive land.
Donald Honey W A Criswell and George Tate chosen as Amarillo high school debaters to face Clovis on December 18. Judges Erwin Oschner Ernest Northcutt Horace Russell oversee the event on theResolved That the Child Labor Amendment Should Be Adopted.
Mrs. George Jones, Alice Beatrice Jones’s white mother, testified that she never heard Alice claim to be white and said Rhinelander’s name meant nothing to her when they met. She described being misled about a trip with “Mr. and Mrs. Mathews” as chap erones and recounted the early wedding ring scene.
The court of criminal appeals affirmed four Potter county cases. Walter Wilmering, serving two years at Leavenworth for narcotics, receives a one year sentence in Claude for liquor possession. Sam Elliott had a liquor conviction with a one year sentence but is free on appeal bond. his location is unknown. R B Webb and W J Augerot each face four years after burglary of the Oliver drug store and theft of prescription liquor, with charges of transporting the liquor also upheld.
Dr H W Virgin retired pastor of the First Baptist church visits Amarillo and will speak at the mid week service tonight at 7 30 o clock The speaker has been filling in at the Baptist temple in Los Angeles and is en route to Lake Shore Baptist Church Chicago He is visiting his two daughters Mrs Guy Owens and Miss Ruth Virgin and the pastor Rev Gates expects a full house
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