Sewage Plant Contract Awarded in Amarillo Bid
Frank Parrott of Salt Lake City and Tucson won the contract for Amarillo’s new sewage disposal plant in a meeting of the city commission. Eight bidders competed. the price was 121000, about 2000 under the second bidder Tom L Green of Oklahoma City. The plant should be finished in six months with work starting in two weeks. The site lies eight and a half miles north and one and three fourth miles east of Amarillo on land bought from Mayor Lee Bivins. The outfall sewer runs to Amarillo creek then the Canadian river. Dodson and Humphreys of Omaha received a 53000 bid for the drain line nearby. The disposal plant bid came in 20000 under the city engineer’s estimate.
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Frank Parrott
Salt Lake City
Tucson
Amarillo
City Commission
Tom L. Green
Oklahoma City
Banks Jones
Lee Bivins
Amarillo Creek
Dodson
Wilkins Start Across Arctic Delayed by Weather
Cloudy conditions over the Arctic prevented Captain George H. Wilkins from launching his planned 2100 mile flight from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen. The Australian explorer's radio message was faint and parts unreadable, but he indicated another attempt would be made today.
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Associated Press
Seward
Alaska
Arctic
George H. Wilkins
Point Barrow
Wilkins
Spitzbergen
High award given to local infantry unit at federal inspection
At the annual federal inspection held at the Armory on Wednesday the marine unit of the 142d Infantry received a very satisfactory grade the highest possible. Capt. Peter P. Salgado commended Capt. Arthur Ball in charge of the unit as equipment was praised for being in the best condition in the district.
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142D Infantry
Peter P. Salgado
Arthur Ball
Chinese Business Men Study Tour of Japan
Two Chinese groups prepare study tours to Japan. One party from Tsing Hua College aims to broaden student knowledge with all expenses paid. The second, under the Peking General Chamber of Commerce, will tour Japan and the East Indies led by a former chamber of commerce chairman, with potential extension to Europe.
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International News Service
Peking
Japan
Boxer Indemnity College
Tsing Hua
Peking General Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
East Indies
Europe
Ladies Dresses Patterns and Size Info for 1928 Book
Advertisement lists ladies and girls dress patterns with sizes 34 to 42 inch bust and 8 to 14 years for girls. Notes fabric yardage for 40 and 36 inch materials, cuffs facing with contrasting trim, price 15 cents. Promotes UP TO DATE SPRING AND SUMMER 1928 BOOK OF FASHIONS from Globe-News Brooklyn address.
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Globe-News
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chicago Gang Rule Blamed for 100 Deaths in 16 Months
The piece traces Al Capone and allies like Johnny Torrio and Jack Cusick as crime figures who built a vast empire via prohibition era violence. It notes more than 100 murders in sixteen months, Capone’s rise from flashy gangster to suave businessman, and Torrio’s temporary power shift before Capone’s enduring leadership.
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Chicago
International News Service
Johnny Torrio
Jack Cusick
al Capone
Dion O'Bannion
Capone
Joe Howard
Four Deuces
Buener
Geogia” Meegan
Spike O'Donnell
Johnny Dougherty
Jackie Cusick
Questionaires
Yesteryear
McSwiggin
West Side
Jimmy Doughtery
Red Duffy
Torrio
Scarface al” Capone
Chicago Badlands
Polack Jow” Saltis
South Side
Frankie MeErland
Indiana
North Side Mob
Vincent “Schemer” Drucci
Hymie Weiss
Big George Morin
Cusick
Two Fold Manhunt For Boy And Kidnaper
A statewide California manhunt targets nine year old Walter Collins and eight ex convicts from Folsom penitentiary. Police seek possible prison feud links to the abduction and the motive centers on the boy’s father Walter J S Collins a Folsom trust y. Wisconsin farms occupy 22 000 000 acres of land.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Walter Collins
Folsom
Young Collins
Walter J. S. Collins
Wisconsin
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Pasco
Bayer
Waukegan, Ill
Casick
Stetson
J. Levy
Kerry Kut
Alice
Jack
the Best Furniture Co
Furniture
Polk Street
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