Counties' Aid Drive Seeks Special Legislative Session
Fifty county judges and officials in Dallas urged Gov. R S Sterling to convene a special session by July 15 to divert present gasoline tax funds to highway bonds. They warned tax declines threaten county finances and urged all county courts to petition for state debt service relief. A steering committee led by Judge Otis Miller chaired the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
R.S. Sterling
Highways Commission
Sterling
Otis Miller
Anson
Jessie R. Smith
Breckenridge
Claude Callaway
Foard County
J. C. Irby
Franklin
Thomas Smiley
Karnes
R. E. Biggs
Liberty County
Miller
Panhandle highway work bids set for month end
Bids for 375 highway miles and 17 bridges, totaling an estimated 2.545 million dollars, will be opened on June 30 and July 1. Projects include concrete paving, grading, base work, asphalt surfaces, and several bridge sites such as Childress on Highway 4 and routes across Wheeler Gray and Pampa areas.
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Austin
Wheeler
Hemphill County
Gray
Pampa
Wheeler Cey Line
Gray County
Childress
Prairie Dog Town
Red River
Buck Creek
Vacation plans for the Hunsleys to Colorado at Pearl Lake Club
Mr Arch Hunsley Mrs Arch Hunsley and daughter sail for Colorado to spend vacation at Pearl Lake Fishing Club near Creede. Mr Hunsley returns to Amarillo July 5 while Mrs Hunsley and daughter stay about a month. In Houston a inquest verdict of death by own action is returned in the case of Zita Ada Austin 20 found in the San Jacinto River after a birthday quarrel with her escort during a picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Hunsley
Colorado
Pearl Lake
Creede
Hunsley
Amarillo
Houston
U.P
Zita Ada Austin
San Jacinto River
Campbell R. Overstreet
Houston Taylor Expected Home After Major Operation
Houston Taylor at 1701 Taylor Street recovers from a major operation and plans to leave home within a few days. Separate report notes that solid carbon dioxide from Mexican oil wells is being shipped to New York for refrigeration.
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Houston Taylor
Taylor Street
Taylor
New York
Horseshoe Pitching Set as July Fourth Highlight
The Tri-State Fair grounds will host a prominent horseshoe pitching event on July 4 with open amateur competition at 10 A M. Frank Ford of the Chamber of Commerce leads the effort, entry is 50 cents per team, prizes total 25 with possible added money. Rules include 21 point team score, 26 foot distance, 5 point ringers, and single elimination on first defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Frank Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Ford
The
Fair Association
Bridal Suite on Tonight at Paramount for Junior Welfare League
A weekly entertainment feature titled A Bridal Suite will be shown tonight at the Paramount Theater to benefit the Junior Welfare League. Amarillo society leaders fill the cast with Julia Dawn assisting as organist and Betty Bivins cast as the bride among many others listed.
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Paramount Theater
Junior Welfare League
Amarillo Society
Julia Dawn
Betty Bivins
Dorothy Hitchcock
Lawrence Hagg
Eula Lee Burch
Rue Paula Parcells
Betty Gist
Eleanor Gist
Katherine Kirk
Dawn Adkins
Betty Wooldridge
Simon Lumpkin
Cynthia Lumpkin
Zuma Vance Cotten
Evalyn Freeman
John Fullingim
Jimmy Prior
Dwight Newby
Stewart Browning
J. N. Childers
Bob Underwood
Sharp McCullough
Bill Pheiffer
Bill Sutton
Hugh Lumpkin
Tom Lumpkin
Benny Greenhill
Marshall Brown
Don Harrington
Amarillo Foundry Sold to Crescent Foundry Company
City officials report the Amarillo Foundry at 1505 Johnson Street has been bought by Crescent Foundry Company and will run temporarily to meet rush orders. Crescent Foundry, via L. Stapf, seeks a permit to build a plant at 1210 South Johnson Street. decision is held pending zoning replies from other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Johnson Street
Crescent Foundry Company
L. Stapf
South
Health conferences resume July 11
The Amarillo Health Unit and Parent-Teacher Associations announce continuing health conferences starting July 11. A special conference is set for today at 10 o'clock at River Road School.
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Amarillo
Purification Health Reminder Promotes Calotabs Course
Physicians praise purification as Nature's foundation for health. Try Calotabs to cleanse blood by boosting liver, kidneys, stomach, and bowels with a weekly or biweekly course. Trial 10 cts, family 35 cts, at all dealers.
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Nature
Howard Freeman 29 Buried in Vega Funeral Services
Funeral services for Howard Freeman 29 son of Ben Freeman Oldham County deputy sheriff will be held at 4 pm Wednesday from the Vega family home conducted by Rev L E Godwin. Pallbearers include Quinn Bell Jack Roberson Wallace Moore Horace Ivey Spencer Rush Buck McNabb. Burial in Vega cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons Amarillo. Survived by parents and two sisters.
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Howard Freeman
Ben Freeman
Oldham County
Vega
L. E. Godwin
The
Baptist Church of
Quinn Bell
Jack Roberson
Wallace Moore
Horace Ivey
Spencer Rush
Buck McNabb
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Amarillo
The Capital Whirligig
In Texas the aging capitol in Austin undergoes space reassignments to accommodate a new auditor and efficiency department. Moore Lynn becomes the official to use a former sleeping room as his workspace as the building expands to meet government needs.
Antique reception room honors old pieces in Amarillo report
Visitors tour a building with a mirror and draperies while staff focus on audits. Ernest O. Thompson, once Amarillo mayor, now serves on the railroad commission, handling its varied duties after filling Governor Sterling’s appointment to replace Pat Neff’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Railroad Commission
R. 8S. Sterling
Pat M. Neff
Say Goodbye To Dull Skin Cleansing Cream Ad
An advertisement touts Martha Lee Cleansing Cream as a mild extra light powerful skin cleaner. It promises clear soft velvety skin, unblocks pores, purges embedded impurities, and claims to be free from yellow sulfur with no hair growth promotion. Sold by drug stores. The Martha Lee Co. St. Louis.
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Marthe Lee
Martha Lee
Matha Lee Co
St. Louis
Neff’s tenure ends quarrels as com mission moves to unity
The Texas capitol commission now shows three signatures on orders, a shift from Neff’s years of absent or withheld consent. Chair C. V. Terrell and Lon A. Smith faced friction with Neff. Thompson leads with cooperative effort while the capitol’s aging interior prompts talk of a half million dollar redesign when funds permit.
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Neff
C. V. Terrell
Lon A. Smith
Thompson
Panhandle
Commission For Solution
Texas
Big Fred Granite State-House
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ZEMO
Associated Press
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Democratic Party
Senator Long
National Committee
Amarillo Foundry
STAPF
O.B
Square Meals
Woods Hutchinson
vP.c
R. W. Barry
Capitol
Moore Lynn
Ima
Ey Brians
Kotex
U. S. Pat
Copricatt
Kotes Company
Polk
Sears. Roebuck and CO
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