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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1925
Page
1
The piece notes artificial silk makers need large quantities of medium grade wool to blend with wood fibre, signaling a big trade that could boost farmer prosperity if they compete with Asian silk farmers. It also discusses Detroit’s booming employment, Lord Rothermere’s newspaper sale, a push for a unified air service, bootlegging bribes, deportation of Chinese migrants, and Paris’s strict vaccination reducing smallpox.
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday. Temperature extremes from a year ago were 75 and 44 degrees. Hourly readings show periods around 78 degrees with a notable .01 inch rainfall in the last 24 hours.
A public hearing on the Rock Island line is expected in the area soon. Officials from Washington state and Chic ago are involved with the proposed railroad route touching Liberal and Amarillo.
Alton C. McClelland of Plainview died after a 14 foot fall from a window at the Amarillo Hotel during the Tri State fair. He was 34, proprietor of McClelland Buick, and left a widow and a seven year old daughter. He was a Mason Elk and Methodist and will be buried in Plainview.
H. R. Airheart commander of Confederate Veterans issues a call for all veterans to report at his office by 10 o clock Thursday morning. They will be guests of the fair association at the courthouse on that date.
Milburn in a Dusenberg Special blazed two laps in 63 45 seconds to set the track record at the Tri State fairgrounds auto trials. Higley and Bogus placed in the Claus D race, while motorcycle events yielded Rural Murray wins. Investigations into a fatal Beale car fire and looted grave near Hancock continue amid AA A protest looming in Washington.
James M. Edelen, 70, was arrested by Sheriff Wiley Pollard on a charge of offense against 7 year old Charlotte Cousins. Arraigned before Justice C. G. Landis with bond set at 25,000, he was committed to county jail. Edelen maintained his innocence while recounting a visit from children and an accusation from a couple about mistreatment. The district attorney and parents of the child testified about the alleged incident at Edelen’s home. The girl reportedly had 35 cents when she returned home. A quoted device note explains a water powered evaporator for converting ice boxes into ice less refrigerators.
The Tri State fair Relic and Curie department under Horace Russell earned praise as Old Settlers Day approaches. Awards include best collection of relics to C. A. Christoph and Bates Witt of Amarillo and best historical documents to West Texas Teachers College Canyon with Christoph, and most interesting Panhandle relic awarded to Mrs. John McKnight of Amarillo and A. M. Smith of Canyon.
Twenty one actors, camera crew, and workmen in a film unit led by Richard Mix and Esther Ralston suffered ptomaine poisoning after lunch at Bassett Blakely ranch near Houston. They were hospitalized and reported resting well with most out of danger. Twenty others also fell ill from potato salad sandwiches and milk but were treated on site and not hospitalized.
Steady streams of cars pour into the Tri-State exposition as officials estimate attendance near 9 000 today surpassing opening expectations. Racing, vaudeville, fireworks and carnival shows draw crowds while dairy cattle auctions, bands and departmental halls keep the fair lively and well attended.
Washington dispatch reports Great Britain extended its livestock embargo to Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and California due to foot and mouth disease in Texas. The embargo had already been placed on Texas weeks earlier.
Milwaukee voters cast ballots to decide whether Robert M. La Follette Jr. succeeds his father as U S senator or which of four challengers Edward F. Dithmar William George Bruce John M Work and George Bauman will win the seat. The piece notes the statewide election date and candidates.
Former Texas highway figure L W Kemp blasted the state highway board and the American Road Co of Dallas, claiming $2 million in excess costs on roughly 5 million dollars in contracts for asphalt topping across about 1 080 miles. He alleged lack of bid advertising and urged reconsideration by the Association of County Judges and Highway Commissioners.
Washington reports the joint session on France's four billion dollar war debt to the United States has been postponed to tomorrow. A German maker has built a motorcycle weighing only thirty pounds for his son.
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