Kiwanis Intercity Meet Brings Riwanians to Plainview
Plainview hosts the Kiwanis intercity gathering with Amarillo Lubbock and Plainview members. About 150 Kiwanians attended including 50 from Lubbock and 25 from Amarillo. Chief speakers included Capt Winsfield Holbrook and R A Underwood. Luncheon and program followed at the municipal auditorium.
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Plainview
Amarillo
Tesxas-Oklahon
Good Fellowship
Lubbock
Trainview
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Pla
Naview
Pawl W. Hern
Britain to test giant airship with 200 passenger capacity
Cardington England reports plans for a new airship of about 51 000 cubic feet capacity to carry 200 passengers at 4 in an hour. It will stay aloft nearly three weeks using fuel from India plant construction and testing of hydrogen kerosene engines.
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Cardington
England
Britain
India
Nebraska tunnel drives water for irrigation project
In Scotts Bluff Nebraska the Reclamation Service constructs a 6500 foot tunnel called Number Three to divert Fort Laramie canal water from the North Platte River toward the HouPage and upper Gerin valleys transforming arid lands into fertile farming ground. Concrete work totals about 9200 cubic yards reinforced with steel as pours proceed.Completion expected next spring with precise alignments within tight tolerances.
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Niguel
Porermient Reclamation Service
Nebraska
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Gering
Scotts Jilutf Mountain
Aclien
Fort Lawrane
North Platte
Electric bills and daily life in Amarillo echo the times
A narrator recalls a hostess’s complaints about high living costs while discussing electricity and appliances. The dialogue reveals how pervasive electric use is in cooking, cleaning, and laundry, highlighting modern conveniences and the shifting economy around power consumption.
Legion Post Donation Sends Warm Thanks to Children’s Home
A letter from FE. W. Hardin, president of the Presbyterian Home for Children, expresses gratitude for a $225.15 donation from Hanson Post No. 64 of the American Legion. The funds were raised via a freewill offering after a show at the Municipal auditorium. The donation, received by Post Commander J. S. Sebastian, will aid the home during the winter months and the Harley Sadler Company is commended for its public spirit.
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Presbyterian Home For Children
Hanson Post No. 64
American Legion
J. S. Sebastian
FE. W. Hardin
Children’s Home Organization
Hardin
Harley Sadler Company
Geneva Experts Discuss Hygiene in Industry
A Geneva meeting at the International Labour Office brought together a committee of correspondence for industrial hygiene. Experts from Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Poland and Jugoslavia discussed poisonous infection risk in work, extending accident loss coverage to illnesses contracted during service, and standardizing color tests for railway workers and sailors.
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International Labor Office
Committee of Correspondence For
Germany
Austria
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Poland
Jugo-Slavia
Lubbo ck man adds 10 loan fund for stocks
Canyon August 22 John Dalryple president of the Panhandle Construction company Lubbock presented President J A Hill of West Texas State Teachers College a deck for 500 to increase a loan fund started by Dalrymple last year.
Three-Bay Scout Encampment Postponed to August Dates
The Three-Day Pay Scout encampment was postponed to August 27 28 and 29 by the Scout council executive committee. Camp at Vanhandle Ranch Deleater site in the canyons. Amarillo scouts may join for $2.25 covering food. They will stay in the new camp home under construction and receive less rigid training than the usual two-week encampment. Scoutmasters are expected to attend for winter preparation.
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Scout Council
Deleater Ranch
Amarillo
University of Texas Registration Opens September 22
Austin August 22 Registration of students at the University of Texas will begin September 22. Freshmen of 1924 25 are invited to report two days earlier for advisory conferences. Registrar E J Matthews believes freshmen can start better if they learn about the university in advance.
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Austin
University of
Gregg Cousins Memorial Loan Fund Established in 1912
The college administers three student loan funds to aid continued college work. The Gregg Cousins Memorial loan fund was created in 1912 by ex-President R J. Cousins and remains part of the college's student aid program.
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R J. Cousins
Gregg Cousins
Tramp World Wanderer From Poland Seeks Prominent Signatures
Polish world traveler T Borsukiewics left Poland over a year ago and has walked thousands of miles with a compass in his jacket guiding the route. He stores a large book collecting autographs of notable people as he continues his journey. The piece notes a Stockholm Vocational Aid Bureau aiding youth seeking first jobs, with 392 of 657 applicants placed in roles in its first month, including 126 young women.
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T. Borsukiewics
Warsaw
Poland
Stockholm Board of Heducation
City Employment Agency
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