Amarillo Ad Valorem Tax Ordinance for 1925
The city of Amarillo adopts Ordinance No. 153 levying a 1.10 per 100 dollars ad valorem tax for 1925. It allocates 0.70 to city operations, 0.10 to interest and sinking funds, and 0.50 to bonded debt interest and reserves. A $1 poll tax is imposed on male residents. Enacted Sept 25–29, 1925, signed by Mayor Lee Bivins with City Secretary Jewell Davidson.
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Amarillo
Texas
State of
Lee Bivins
Jewell Davidson
Brook lyn veteran shines against Pirates left-handers
The Brook lyn veteran who was once thought hard to handle delivered his best game for the Senators this season. Despite Pirates reputation for left-handed pitching, Reuther's cross-fire puzzled the Buccaneers as the season progresses.
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Brooklyn
Senators
Pirates
Reuther
Buccaneers
Judge Hall links rising youth crime to family faults
In Amarillo Judge Jude R. W. Hall cites a 65 percent rise in juvenile crime since World War I and urges accountability of parents. He notes 200,000 under 18 passed through juvenile courts in 1925, high early-age arrests, suicides, early marriages, rising divorce, and high costs of fighting vice versus government expenses.
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Texas
Amarillo
Jude R. W. Hall
Court of Civil Appeals
The
Globe
Hall
Sing Sing
San Quentin
London
Berlin
Paris
New York
Thieves Make Big Haul Roaming Alarmed Stores
Clarendon reports burglars entered a garage, filling station and general store between 9 and 11 pm Sunday, stealing over a thousand dollars in auto casings tubes hardware and dry goods. Local officers joined Alanreed authorities to pursue suspects.
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Globe
Clarendon
C. T. Brumley
Alanreed
Fight on government in business planned by contractors
The Associated General Contractors of America vote to mobilize industry against what they call government in business. Gen R C Marshall Jr urges a October 20 meeting in Washington with twelve industries to organize broader protests. He accuses government of drifting toward monopolistic socialism and cites the Muscle Shoals case and a $24 9 million debt as proof.
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Dallas
Associated General Contractors of America
Gen. R. C. Marshall, Jr
Washington, D. C
Washington
Marshall
United States Engineering Corps
Engineer Corps
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
Floydada Poultry Show Set for Late November
Floydada October 7 at a Floyd County Poultry Association meeting the group voted to hold a county poultry show in Floydada the last week of November Officers elected were H L Coleman Lockney president Judge H G Mathews vice president and N S Shoaf secretary A nine member board of directors representing all Floyd county sections was chosen.
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Globe
Floydada
Floyd County Poultry Association
H. LP
Coleman, Lockney
H. G. Mathews
N. S. Shoaf
Floyd County
Dangerous Fifth and Florida corner eyed for safety fix
Bob Clark and Albert Randall urge Amarillo authorities to install stop signals and remove the sharp plate at the Florida highway turn. They cite near misses and crashes as evidence of the corner's danger. Jim Welch recalls a Tennessee anecdote about a man attempting to quit drinking after bringing home liquor.
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Bob Clark
Fifth
Florida
Amarillo
Albert Randall
Tometh
Jim Welch
Tennessee
Judge Motlow
Roumanian Princesses Among Europe's Fairest Women
Princess Irene and Princess Helene of Roumanian royalty and their cousin Princess Elizabeth of Greece are cited as among the most beautiful girls in Europe.
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Princess Helene
Princess Elizabeth
Greece
Europe
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