Amarillo rushes to finish ten paving projects now
Five local contractors are rushing to complete ten paving jobs in Amarillo. West Texas Construction Co begins brick paving on Northeast Eighth Avenue between Polk and Fillmore, while Ong Street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Avenues is excavated. Gober & Thompson finish curb and gutter on Ong Street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth Avenues and proceed on West Ninth Avenue.
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Amarillo
West Texas Construction Company
Northeast Eighth Avenue
Polk and
Fillmore Streets
John S. McKnight
Ong Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Avenues
Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Avenues
Gober & Thompson
Eighth Avenue
West Ninth Avenue
van Buren
Adams Street
Kansas and
Dixie Streets
Margaret Wills
Prospect Street
Second
Third Avenues
North Alabama Street
First
Second Avenues
Amarillo Construction Company
Williams Street
Wichita Street
West Fifteenth Avenue
Hayden
Travis Streets
Willmering & Mullen
Fillmore Street
Two Killed In Border Fight Near El Paso
United States border patrolmen clashed with eight men near Cordova Island on the El Paso border. Two Mexican men were killed, patrolmen escaped unharmed, and officials suspect a liquor smuggling retaliation after a prior shooting in the smelter district.
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EL Paso
Associated Press
United States Immigration
Cordova Island
No-Man’s Land
Mexico
Christmas Decorating and Home Exterior Lighting Contest
Enroll in the second annual Christmas decorating and lighting contest run by the Chamber of Commerce. Send your coupon and entry details including Name Street Address District No. Entries are judged for prizes, with eligibility requiring coupon submission to the Chamber offices. For information contact the Chamber or Mrs. Walter Browne, general chairman, at 2-2514.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Browne
Oklahoma Land Rush Seeks Abandoned Rock Island Strip
In Oklahoma City, a small 1889 style land rush targets the former Rock Island Railroad property in the business district. Led by Sam Bartelli, claimants insist the half block by five block parcel reverted to government ownership after abandonment. Officials say city rights remain pending formal action.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island and
Frisco
Rock Island
Sam Bartelli
United States
Oklahoma
Bartell
Ice blue gown frames New York wedding
Society stirs over gown colors at the wedding of Miss Jane Forter to Barclay Kountze Douglas. The bride wore ice blue silk with a pale blue veil, maid of honor in turquoise velvet, bridesmaids in Venetian red velvet. Artificial gold lilies and fruit with cold lace styled the bouquets.
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Associated Press
NEW York—Society
Jane Forter
Barclay Kountze Douglas
Miss Floy Brackeen Returns From Pratt Kansas Visit
Miss Floy Brackeen has returned from Pratt Kansas where she spent a few days visiting friends.
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Miss Floy Brackeen
Pratt
Kansas
Varied ideas expressed on Hoover talk on Capitol Hill
On Capitol Hill after Hoover's annual message, Longworth called the review of business conditions very encouraging and the document very interesting. Garner urged clarity on how the 150 million emergency unemployment fund would be spent. Watson praised the message as admirable yet opposed sending world court protocols to the Senate now. Robinson doubted the employment account and noted thousands in rural areas still seeking work.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
Hoover
Congress
Longworth
Garner
Watson
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Labor Department
Rock Island City to Take Possession Thursday
The city will take possession of the property still held by the Rock Island on Thursday, enforcing the transfer of control and completing the eviction action as planned.
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Erty
Rock Island
Ploughs Favorite Bouquet Face Powder in Square Box
If your skin is dry, choose the light texture Ploughs Favorite Bouquet Face Powder in the square 30c box.
Vienna Seen As European Paradise By Amarillo Couple
Dr. J. W. Hendrick and Mrs. Hendrick, returning from five months in Austria, praise Vienna as a paradise for American tourists while noting poverty, high taxes, and a desire among Austrians for monarchy or reunion with Germany. They credit the Hoover Food Commission of 1920 and admire Woodrow Wilson, and joke that the Blue Danube is muddy. The couple sailed from the United States last June, went to Vienna, and returned to New York aboard the Bremen.
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Vienna
J. W. Hendrick
Woodrow Wilson
Sla
Austria
Dr. Hendrick
Czecho- Slovakia
German Republic
Hendrick
United States
Bremen
Germany
New York
Flying Housewife To Attempt Pacific Coast Record
Martha Bevins a 20 year old known as the flying housewife left Glenn Curtiss airport at 7 15 am for the Pacific coast to attempt a new record in a long distance flight. The Associated Press reported from New York on December 3.
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the Associated Press
New York
Martha Bevins
Glenn Curtiss Airport
Pacific Coast
Woman pilot Ruth Nichols plans east to west flight
Miss Ruth Nichols wife of aviator Okey Bevins former Fort Worth resident aims for Kansas City Missouri or Wichita Kansas in a hop to spend the night there. She has flown since 1927 and seeks to beat a 16 hour 59 minute record set by Miss Nichola a few days earlier. Mr and Mrs Ray Singleterry visited Clovia last week with Mrs Singletary’s mother.
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Ruth Nichols
Bevins
Fort Worth
Texas
Kansas City
Wichita
Kan
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