Amarillo Sees Busy January In Building Boom
Amarillo reports January construction costs surpassing 150000 with 60 building permits issued. Forty two new homes started and several additions and repairs carried out, led by residential work across multiple addresses and companies including Oliver Eakle Development Company and Turner King.
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Amarillo
A. E. Bagenstos
Taylor Street
Ira L. Tucker
Tyler Street
E. C. Shearer
van Buren Street
Weldon Howell
W. T. Hazlewood
Turner
June King
Cleveland Street
Seale
Fred M. Seale
North
Brook
Oliver Eakle
West 20Th Avenue
Guy E. Hoover
West Fourth Avenue
Beck Atkinson
Bowie Street
Frank Hembree
Virginia Street
W. W. Rogers
Louisiana Street
Cabby Beaten and Robbed of 1 50 Near Death
William Padgett a San Antonio taxicab driver was beaten and robbed by two men who hailed his cab They stabbed him with knives struck him with pistols and knocked his eye from his head The robbers escaped with 150 dollars in cash
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San Antonio
U.P
William Padgett
Padgett
Texas Construction Sees Sharp Rise in Permits and Activity
AUSTIN February 1 The Texas Bureau of Business Research reports December building permits surged 443 percent from November and 77.9 percent from December. For 1940, 38 major Texas cities issued permits totaling 103 percent more than 1939. December permits in these cities reached 10.1 million dollars.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
House Sergeant-at-Arms Dies in Texas Legislature
URI B. W. Williams of Era Cooke County assistant sergeant-at-arms in the Texas House of Representatives died today at about age 50. The coroner said he appeared to die of a heart attack.
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Austin
Uri
B. W. Williams
Era
Cooke County
Texas House of Representatives
Williams
Texas Home Financing Rises in 1949 Mortgage Activity
Economists of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board report Texas non farm mortgage activity in 1949 totals 144 417 000 across 53 446 mortgages. Comparison shows 1939 figures of 135 993 000 from 49 284 loans. The breakdown by lender type includes savings loan associations and insurance companies, bank and trust companies, individuals, and others. The data covers loans up to 20 000 dollars and is compiled with Arizona cooperation from key associations and executives.
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Texas
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Division of Research and Statistics
B. H. Wooten
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Little Rock
Savings and Loan
American Title Association
The
Mortgage Bankers Association
FHA Works to Bring Small Homes Back into Style
FHA officials say careful planning and higher material standards revived the small house from colonial times. The agency insists on minimum construction requirements for low priced homes and higher priced ones, enabling plans for 3000 dollar homes with the same care as 15000 dollar homes. Builders found attractive, well planned designs boost marketability and long term profitability. The FHA notes its changes broaden home ownership to thousands more citizens.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
FHA says 1941 spring building to top 13 year high
Federal Housing Administration head Abner Ferguson reports a sharp rise in FHA inspected new home starts in late January, with three week totals up 68 percent from 1940. Applications for FHA mortgage insurance on new homes also rose about 35 percent, signaling expanding construction activity into spring.
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FHA
Abner H. Ferguson
Washington
Ferguson
Traffic Record Saved by Feet in Garden City Incident
Garden City, Kansas, February 1. Castylo Ybarra, transient field laborer, was killed by Raymond Morris, a farmer, just outside city limits as Morris struck Ybarra who was walking at the edge of the pavement. The tragedy ends eight years without a traffic fatality in the city.
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Garden City
Kan
U.P
Castylo Ybarra
Raymond Morris
Ybarra
FHA Promotes Quality Homes Through Architecture Materials
The FHA asserts that good houses come from sound design and proper materials, not cheaper systems, and that financing should reward quality construction. It emphasizes the precepts of sturdy architecture and honest building practices as keys to affordable, durable homes.
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FHA
Houston Near Million Mark in Building Permits This Week
The Associated Press reports Houston reached nearly one million dollars in building permits this week, with weekly totals of 820,870 and year-to-date 2,004,075. San Antonio followed, listing 798,190 for the week and 1,029,920 for the year. Major Texas cities totaled varied amounts, including Fort Worth 207,894 this week and 499,457 year to date, Corpus Christi 129,125 and 1,200,994 respectively.
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San Antonio
Texas
Houston
Fort Worth
Corpus Christi
Beaumont
Amarillo
Austin
Cee
Lubbock
Corsicana
Midland -Eeee
Wichita Falls
Galveston
Tyler
Port Arthur
Tax Stamp Revenues Higher in Texas Last Month
State tax stamp revenues rose by 94,681 in the latest report from Treasurer Charley Lockhart. Cigarette stamp returns increased from 592,196 to 655,246, beer wine and note stamps also grew, while hard liquor stamps fell from 345,415 to 329,710. Total stamp sales reached 1,184,159 compared with 1,089,478 in the same month of 1940.
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Austin
Charley Lockhart
Woman's Body Found in Lake During Six Day Search
In Greenville, about 25 million gallons were drained from the reservoir before searchers recovered the body of Lometa Harwell, 45, who disappeared from her home two weeks earlier. Her purse and other items were found on the lake bank last Saturday.
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Greenville
U.P
Lometa Harwell
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