Housing Head Resigns From Federal Housing Post
James A. Moffett quits as federal housing administrator effective Sept. 1 after months seeking private work. Steward McDonald acts as administrator. Roosevelt lauds Moffett for progress in housing loans and permit rises, noting 60 million dollars monthly lending and large year over year increases in residential and nonresidential permits. Moffett has long been linked to Standard Oil and was named VP of Standard Oil Co of California in 1934.
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Washington
James A. Moffett
Roosevelt
Moffett
New Deal
Steward McDonald
Housing Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Legion Group Here Set For State Parley
Amarillo and the Panhandle will be well represented at the state convention of the American Legion in Dallas September 1 to 3. Twenty four Amarillo delegates join representatives from other Panhandle towns, with W Van Stewart Perryton ex commander and George Broome Amarillo national executive chairman among attendees. Floyd Sloan will be inaugurated as commander of the fifth Texas division during the meet. The Hanson Post holds 12 votes. the Amarillo delegation is led by W D Burger and includes Sloan Young Broome Fields Benton Boyce Ferrell Montgomery Hampton Page Thompson Johnson Gibson Anderson Archambeau Nelson Chase Pond Lowe Hogan Autry Edwards and Graham.
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Panhandle
The
American Legion
Dallas
W. van Stewart
Perryton
Texas
George Broome
Floyd Sloan
Hanson
W. D. Burger
Mr. Burger
Mr. Sloan
Fred F E. Young
George E. Broome
Lewis Fields
W. M. Benton
John K. Boyce
Otho K. Ferrell
T. M. Montgomery
L. J. Hampton
Sam Page
F. O. Thompson
T. E. Johnson
C. C. Gibson
Howard .Anderson
E. R Archambeau
C. Nelson
R. D. Chase
H. I. Pond
C. C. Lowe
W. W. Hogan
Bruce Autry
Lon D. Eawards
Jeff G. Graham
Capell's Services Set This Afternoon
Rites for Robert R. Capell aged 54 are planned for 4 o'clock this afternoon at Tabernacle Baptist Church located at Sixteenth Avenue and Buchanan Street. Rev. J. C. Sisemore will officiate with burial at Llano Cemetery under N. S. Griggs and Sons. Pallbearers listed as C. C. Pangie R. H. Lumpkin Dodley Grantham.
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Robert R. Capell
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Sixteenth Avenue
Buchanan Street
J. C. Sisemore
Llano Cemetery
N. S. Griggs and Sons
C. C. Pangie
R. H. Lumpkin
Dodley Grantham
Marconi Aims to Halting Airplane Motors With New Experiments
Italian wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi announced work that could stop airplane motors using ultra short waves. He planned tests in coming weeks, disclosed to King Victor Emmanuel and Mussolini, and volunteered for military service while preparing a Brazil trip to establish a short wave station at Santos.
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Santa Margherita
Italy
U.P
Gugliielmo Marconi
Victor Emmanuel
Benito Mussolini
East Africa
Marconi
Brazil
Santos
Aviator Crane Killed in Rhode Island Plane Crash
Joshua Crane Jr a well known New England aviator was killed when his plane crashed near the Rhode Island state airport. Arthur Howe of Scarsdale Pa was critically hurt with Crane dying at St Josephs Hospital after the crash on the Providence field today.
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Providence
R. I
Joshua Crane
New England
Arthur Howe
Scarsdale
Crane
Rhode Island
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hammond organ installed at Grigar Funeral Home chapel
A fully electric Hammond organ replaces pipes in the N G Grigar Funeral Home chapel. The instrument uses electrical impulses and vacuum tubes to produce tone and offers up to 250 million combinations. Mrs A P Hubbard of Jenkins Music Co. is the local distributor. Monkeys are trained to pick coconuts in Sumatra.
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Grigar Funeral Home
Griggs Chapel
A. P. Hubbard
Jenkins Music Company
Sumatra
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