France pays last homage to war hero Joffre
Paris crowds file past the bier of Marshal Joffre at the Ecole Militaire chapel. The body will move to Notre Dame for a dawn service and then to the Arc de Triomphe and the Invalides for burial near Napoleon. Ambassador Edge attends as US representative.
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Associated Press
Paris
Papa” Joffre
France
Marne
Catafalque
Ecole Militaire
Marshal
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Marshal Foch
Arc de Triomphe
The
Invalides
Napoleon
the Invalides
Louveciennes
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
Ambassador Edge
United States
Ecole Mill
Bier
Mme, Joffre
Courthouse Records and Building Permits Compile Local Transfers
Lists of warranty deeds and building permits show property transfers in Summers Addition to San Jacinto Heights and Ridgemere Add. along with court house records for various parcels. It notes Hardy times in Great Britain and an upcoming unemployment mass meeting at the Auditorium.
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Summers
W. J. Vaden
San Jacinto Heights
Jno
P. Mathis
Minor
of & McIlroy
Eakle
B. Henson
Jessie B. Cummins
R. A. Carter
LuCille Tatum
G&s
Margaret E. Tontz
E. B. Putman
McGee
J. J. Currie
H. W. Melton
White & Richey
J. W. Crudgington
Ames
Fairview Tnst
T. H. Flynn
Mary Zanchettin
Flynn
Frank Roscoe Miller
D. R. King
Ridgemere
B. A. Moriart
Frank Miller
Mary A. Moriart
Frank Rosccoe Miller
Potter County
5Th and Taylor
N. FE. C
Court House
C. Ss. Lambie & Co
E. O. Breedlove
Mirror
Contr
O. J. Fridell
Crockett
O. R. Terry
Bivins
O. W. Root
Karl Crist
Cecil Humphrey
E. B. Pittman
Joe Manard
Taylor
Parr
W. J. Little, Contr, Co
Great Britain
Charles Hoppin Opens Printing Firm in Amarillo
Charles Hoppin, proprietor of the Charles Hoppin Printing Company, opened last week at 112 West Sixth Avenue. Formerly in the trade until 1922 with Panhandle Hardware, he brings wide local ties to a newly equipped plant specializing in all forms of job work and commercial printing.
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Charles Hoppin
West Sixth Avenue
Hamilton Dam and Power Plant bids called for Colorado River
Bids due January 29 for the Hamilton Dam and Power Plant to be built on the Colorado River above Austin by Emery Peck Rockwood Development Co of Chicago. The project is estimated at 6 million dollars and will supply power to Central Texas Utility Companies.
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United Press
Austin
Hamilton
Colorado River
Emery, Peck & Rockwood Development Company
Chicago
Central Texas
Seven tracts added to Amarillo limits after special election
Amarillo officials expect to know soon how much taxable property was added by the December 29 annexation vote by a 14 to 1 margin. Seven tracts join the city, including the new Southwestern Public Service power plant, boosting the 1930 tax roll from the 1929 total of over 2.1 million and the existing 61.5 million valuation. City engineers calculate increased city acreage as they finalize assessments. The largest added tract is the city section park.
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Amarillo
Southwestern Public Service Company
City Engineering Department
City Section
Use Electricity To Force Confession In Burglary Case
In Palestine on January 6 officers testified that J. C. Austin was compelled to confess after electric shocks from a water device. The jury found Austin guilty of burglary and Judge Ben F. Dent sentenced him to two years. Deputy constable W. B. McInnis testified he gained a confession by force from the same man. Vernon Bailey remains relevant in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Palestine
J. C. Austin
W. B. McInnis
Austin
Ben F. Dent
Vernon Bailey
City Extends Tax Payment Deadline And Lowers Rate
The city commission extended the final tax payment deadline by five months to June 30. The 1930 tax rate remains $1 per $100 valuation, down from $1.35 in 1929. Annexation includes 640 acres and parts of several areas such as the city section park and Tri-State fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Ridgemere
Summers
Sunset Park
City Commission
Health unit reports odd cases on snakes and delirium tremens
A strang e tale from Amarillo quotes a Lithuanian man found wandering in Amarillo streets. Hewas treated at Northwest Texas hospital as health authorities investigated delirium tremens and a failed attempt to obtain illegal alcohol. The piece also notes a bank clerk sentencing in San Antonio and several local business incorporations and amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amatillo-Potter County Health Unit
Massachusetts
California
United States
Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
Mystery Lithunnians on the Sick List and a Boston Bootleg Tale
A hospital report describes a patient treated for a strange illness blamed on Lithdhainn snakes from bootleg liquor. Through gestures and signs doctors deduced the man believed he was in Massachusetts while en route to California. After brief hospital care he resumed his journey. The article ends urging city loyalty at a mass meeting Wednesday night at the Auditorium.
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California
Massachusetts
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Marshal Joffre
Courthouse Records
Patsy Ruth Miller
Veal
Leo
Prince Albert
Pintos
del Monte, No. 1
Mel
Pinkney Packing Co
ASK
Fermaugh
Ireland
Salvador
Auditorium
Amarillo Ptg. CO
Charles Farrell
Maureen O’sullivan
H. B. Warner Joseph Cawthorne
Paramount Sound
Paramount
Ruth Chatterton
York Advertising Agency
Capital Stock
KE. R. York
W. L. Thompson
Anna I. Sandbo
Greenville
Lee M. Pool
B. V. Pool
H. G. Decker
Tanner Brothers Inc
Port Arthur
IR. A.tanner
Myrtle Tanner
H. L. Tanner
Haston Body Works, Inc
San Antonio
Will A. Rogers
First National Bank
Bobby Jones
BBC Red Network
Lambert Pharmacal Company
St. Louis
Herring Hotel
Milt Taggart
America
City Crug
Cheverall
Vapore
Woolbury’s Soap
Phillips
Polk
Fillmore
Carolina San Jacinto
Panhandle
J. M. Webb
the Panhandle
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