New Ships for Atlantic Lines in Trade War
The Atlantic shipping race renews as Cunard and White Star plan record sized liners. Cunard seeks a 1000 foot, 60 000 ton ship costing about 50 million dollars with 25 knot speed, while White Star targets a luxury ocean liner, likely Oceanic, costing 25 to 30 million dollars with internal combustion propulsion. Both aim to capture luxury traffic and employ thousands, with completion in about two and a half years.
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International News Service
London
Atlantic
White Star
Cunard Line
Cunard
Cunard Company
Tyne
Clyde
Britain
White Star Line
Oceanic
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
North Atlantic
H. P. Borer
United States
Borer
American women deemed most beautiful by Paris professor
Paris observer Monsieur Fortune Strowski of the Sorbonne returns from the United States praising American women as the most beautiful from boots to hats. He says Parisian grace fades beside the brisk, refined movement of U S college girls walking across campuses and streets without soiling their attire.
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International
Paris
Monsieur Fortunate Strowski
Sorbonne
French Institute
United States
The
Parisienne Wi
Atlantic
America
Tragic Misstep Ends in Woman's Collapse After Child Hit
In Chicago Mrs. Mabel Smith screamed as a boy ran into traffic. The driver halted, resumed, and Mrs. Smith collapsed and died while the child suffered only a broken leg. In Portland a man carves a wooden frigate Constitution model and sketches a 45 year old map project.
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Chicago
Mabel Smith
Portland
Ore
Towritz Peterson
Santa Letters From Town Children Show Wish Lists
A long snippet reveals children from a town begging Santa for dolls, toy wagons, bicycles, doll cradles, books, candy, fruit and nuts. Names include Marie Allbright Pauline Jones Julia Jones and Grant Hayden with addresses and personal pleas.
Letters to Santa Claus From Readers in Weldon Iowa
A patchwork plea page shows children asking Santa for diverse gifts from a big stock of toys. Names include DARLEEN JUNE TERRY BOBBIE JEAN MASHBURN CLARENCE HOWE JR and others, with requests ranging from dolls and trains to bicycles and books, plus candy and nuts.
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Santa Claus
The
Globe
Santa
Weldon
Iowa
Darleen June Terry
Bobbie Jean Mashburn
Clarence Howe, Jr
Maryland
Poultry Show Nears Close After Strong Panhandle Display
The Tri State Poultry show winds down this afternoon after a week of premium payouts and praise for organization. Hall County leads as top poultry county, edging Potter County, with Amarillo breeders strong in White Leghorn classes. Lanham and Curry flocks win multiple awards and specials amid busy crowds at the Municipal Auditorium.
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Tri-State
Panhandle Poultry Association
Municipal Auditorium
Hall County
Banner Poultry
Panhandle
Potter County
Amarillo
Lanham and
Curry
Stage Bus Turns Turtle in Texas Injures Four
A Great Southern stage coach en route from Los Angeles to Dallas overturned at Canutillo Texas injuring four. Dallas resident Charles Gains suffered a fractured skull and Annie Eason of Los Angeles had internal injuries while A Jensen of Dallas and E N Duphrey of Effey La were lightly hurt. Blackburn ambulance.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Great Southern Stage Line
Los Angeles
Calif
Dallas
Texas
Canutillo
Charles Gains
Annie Eason
A. Jensen
E. N. Duphrey
Effey
One Policy to Please Our Customers
A cheerful motto promises every Yellow Cab Company employee will be courteous. The text emphasizes a single policy aimed at maximizing customer satisfaction.
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Yellow Cab Company
Poultry Show Praised for Best Cockerel and Showroom Quality
Poultry exhibitors crown the best cockerel of a breed at the show. The room in the auditorium is praised as one of the best in the country for warmth light and ventilation. Breeders plan to ship birds to other shows tonight.
St Anthony Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Set
The cornerstone for the five story St Anthony hospital unit will be laid at 3 30 pm with Bishop Patrick Joseph Lynch of Dallas delivering the keynote address. The event includes Catholic officials and a message invites Amarillo citizens to attend the blessing of the new wing, costing 350000 dollars once finished. The hospital opened February 15 1900.
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
Patrick Joseph Lynch
Dallas
Amarillo
St. Anthony Hospital
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
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Ay Street
Grant Hayden
Tom C, Sparks
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Betty and
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Jack Mahoney
John O. Turner
Virginia Grey Stagner
Blackburn Ambulance
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Fillmore and
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