Road sale eyed to fund Santa Fe extension plans
The report outlines a proposed sale as a cure for long misfortunes and to fund growth in the region. Commissioners Gilmore and Terrell favor a Santa Fe line purchase that could extend southwest to connect with the Mexico line, with a San Angelo to Del Rio segment also under consideration.
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ICC
Gilmore
Terrell
Santa Fe
Mexico
San Angelo
del Rio
Prospect
Texas rail body backs K C M C deal in bid for control
The Texas State Railroad Commission sent a communication to the Interstate Commerce Commission recommending approval of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad application to wire control of the KC M O line. Chairman Clarence Gilmore and Commissioner C V Terrell signed. The Orient road runs from near Chillicothe into Texas and southwest to Alpine, serving largely a territory with few other lines.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Raild Commission
Interstate Commercemmission
Washington
Atchin, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas City,exico and Orient Railroad
Texas
Clarence Gilmore
Gilmore
Chillicothe
Alpine
Misses' Dress Patterns 16 18 20 and Fall Book Offer
Advertisement for Misses' dress patterns in sizes 16 18 and 20 with weighty fabric options plus a 1929 Fall Winter Book of Fashions. Includes color plates patterns for ladies misses and children and a concise dressmaking article with needlework tips. Order patterns from Globe-News Brooklyn N S with 15 cents in silver or stamps.
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Sane
Bend
Globe-News
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
N. S
Chicago Bad Men Resume Operations
A 71 hour spree ended with two bombs and a fatal shooting by Chicago gangs. A car robbery near a carnival led to the killing of Benjamin as the bomber struck a Star plant in Chicago Heights and a downtown employment agency near the Hotel Sherman. No motive is clear.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Benjamin
Star
Chicago Heights
King Williams
The
Loop
Sherman
West Carpenter
Dallas Girl Killed in Bridge Crash Near Buckner Home
Bonnie Wayne Pennal an 18 year old resident of Dallas for eight months was killed when the car she rode in struck a bridge railing near Buckner's Orphans Home. The driver said he was blinded by approaching headlights. She will be sent to Nocona Montague County for burial.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Bonnie Wayne Pennal
Buckner’s Orphans Home
Here
Penna
Nocona
Montague County
Durant offers 25000 prize for law plan to enforce Prohibition
A Durant office statement announces a $25,000 prize for the best practicable plan to make the 18th amendment effective. It condemns unconstrained wealth influence aiding bootleggers and urges public opinion for strict enforcement, with a committee to judge submissions due by December 1.
Ace of Air Mail 8000 Hours in the Air
Chicago reports a record of 8,000 hours in the air achieved on air mail routes. The feat highlights extensive flight time and mileage built by the air service, marking a milestone in endurance and route coverage.
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International News Service
Chicago
Girls Turn Tables on Boys Dominant Sex Says Retired Headmaster
London reports Ernest G. Holland, after 51 years as headmaster, says girls now dominate school life. He attributes the change to fashion, noting long skirts and plaits hindered past girls. He predicts women may become the dominant sex within 20 years.
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London
Ernest G. Holland
Highgate Council
Holland
Night mail pilot E. Hamilton Lee called “gee of the air mail”
E Hamilton Lee flies the Omaha to Chicago night mail and helped start the air mail system. He recalls expanding routes to 265000 miles daily serving 62 million people, and notes a remarkable rescue flight dropping feed to lumberjacks on South Fox Island. His fastest Chicago to Omaha leg was 2 hours 46 minutes over 490 miles. The text also mentions weekly Cabinet meetings at No 10 Downing Street during Commons sessions.
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E. Hamilton Lee
Omaha
Chicago
Air Mail
Lee
South Fox Island
Lake
Michigan
Clergy Attacks Governor Smith in Calvary Sermon
The Rev John Roach Straton spoke at Calvary Baptist church denouncing Governor Alfred E Smith as the bitterest rival to meet the Governor and insisting the meeting could not happen at Calvary Baptist. He warned the nation faces a grave political moral and religious crisis not seen since the Revolution and Civil War.
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Associated Preet
New York
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Alfred E. Smith
Ing
Calvary Baptist Berth
Dr. Straton
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