Highway body lets 1 1-2 million road contracts
Austin releases show the Texas state highway commission awarded contracts totaling over 1.5 million dollars. Firms from Fort Worth Wichita Falls Dallas and Houston won on projects from Arlington to Trinity River and from Paletine to Neches, plus bridges and grading along several state routes.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Highway Commission
Tibbets Construction Company
Fort Worth
Arlington
Trinity River
Freestone County
J. P. Fory
W. Gaylord
Wichita Falls
Palestine
Neches
Anderson County
McClung Construction Company
Runnels
Bradshaw and
Ovale
Taylor County
Johnson Brothers
Deep Creek
Jack and Wise
Hannan Construction Company
Waco
Tehuacana Creek
McLennan
Hayden
Houston
Navasota
Grimes County
D. H. Buchanan
Temple
Brazos River
Hearne
Robertson County
FE. E. Board
Cleburne
Green’s Bayou
Harris County
England's Iris II battleship of the air unveiled
England reveals a giant flying boat named Iris II described as the air battleship. The craft, built of duralumin and stainless steel, has a wingspan large enough for a Moth Light and houses five crew members in a duralumin hull with noise free radio room. It can fly fourteen hours and moor nine months yearly.
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Associated Press
Hull
England
Governor Moody Grants Paroles to 4 Prisoners
Governor Moody pardons four inmates citing family illnesses and hardships. M. E. Barnett of San Jacinto county serving one year for liquor has general parole. M. M. Barrington of Stephens county with burglary sentence gets 30 days furlough extensions. Ernest Vickers from Tarrant county serving life for murder receives a 10 day furlough. D. C. Moody of Dallas serving 5 to 15 years for robbery gains parole while Citizenship of Gold Crowder of Titus county who served a year for liquor is restored.
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Associated Press
Austin
Moody
M. E. Barnett
San Jacinto County
Carrie Barnett
M. M. Barrington
Stephens County
Ernest Vickers
Tarrant County
Temple
D. C. Moody
Dallas
Gold
Desert Sheik Kot Romantic In Spite Of Movie Thrillers
Ahmed Bey Hassenein, first Chamberlain to King Fuad of Egypt, debunks Hollywood romance about desert sheiks. He explains most sheiks are simple, often poor men who lead nomadic lives, shepherds, traders, or transporters with wives who weave clothes and camel meat on the menu. He notes two types: Egyptian sheik versed in Mohammedan law and Bedouin Arabic sheik, with title meaning old man and hereditary.
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Charles A. Smith
International News Service
London
Sheik
Ahmed Bey Hassenein
Fuad
Egypt
England
Ahmed Bey
Rudolph Valentino
Libyan
Sahara
Desert
Nine Famous U S Warships Broken Up for Junk
Oakland yards dismantle nine renowned vessels including the Connecticut Brooklyn Boston Alert Norwich Vermont Nebraska Montana and Philadelphia in line with postwar disarmament. The Detroit remains in service as a banana transport after diversions in naval history.
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International News Service
Oakland
Cal
Connecticut
Brooklyn
Boston
Alert
Nandhan
Vermont
Nebraska
Montana
Philadelphia
East Bay
Bob” Evans
Winfield Scott Schley
Santiago
Cervera
Cubas Independence
Manila Bay
Goat Island
Hawaii
Detroit
Ex Soldier Plans Foot Journey From New York to Paris
Danvers Massachusetts sees John Oliver Porter, WWI veteran and globe trader, announce a hiking trek to Paris. He will walk via Canada and Alaska, facing a frozen Behring Strait and vast Asiatic lands, hoping to cover up to 15000 miles over about three years while lecturing along the way.
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International News Service
Danvers
Mass
New York
Paris
John Oliver Porter
Globe
Porter Porter
Europe
York
Canada
Alaska
Behring Sea
Porter
Marblehead
Twentieth Field Artillery
France
Navy’s airship flight from ships to shore history
Naval aviation progression from 1911 experiments on the Pennsylvania to modern shipboard catapult systems. The Navy sought aircraft on warships, moving from runway attempts to a revolving catapult enabling launches and recoveries at sea, demonstrated by Clarence Chamberlin’s Leviathan flight.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Leviathan
Navy
Puget Sound
Eugene Eby
Pennsylvania
Clarence Chamberlin
One Killed and Many Hurt in Florida Storm
A cyclone struck Carabelle Florida killing one man and injuring several others. Buildings including a brick structure in the town center were demolished and communication with Carabelle was cut about 3 PM. Carabelle is a fishing town of about 1600 in Franklin County near the New River delta.
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Florida
Associated Press
Tallahasee
Fla
Carabelle
Gulf
Western Union Telegraph Company
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Franklin County
New River
Runway Conditions On Leviathan Compared To Old Pennsylvania W
The text notes the Leviathan’s runway is longer and wider than the earlier 110 by 24 foot strip on the Pennsylvania W. The Leviathan runway tilts to face the wind generated by the ship’s speed. It also mentions improved aircraft technology since the first ship flight by an enemy pilot.
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Pennsylvania
Enemgy
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Amarillo
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N.Y
New England
Old Salem
Schilling
Schilling’s
Onangel
Japan
Coca-Cola
Coca- Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta
Coca-Cola Bottling C., Inc
Lincoln ST
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