Delay action on special mayor vote in Amarillo
Amarillo commissioners decided to delay calling a special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Lee Bivins. J H Harris served as mayor pro tem in Bivins absence. The meeting also discussed bids for the airport building and pump house, water works extension, park plans, sidewalk work at Sanborn park, and a sewage disposal plant report showing fluid clarification to 96 percent purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Harris
W. H. Brymer
Lee Bivins
Commission
Mr. Harris
Mayor Bivins
Amarillo Airport
George Parr
Parr
R. Devore
Denver
North
Amarillo
East
Swift and Lee
Sanborn Park
Wynkoop Kiersted
Kansas City
Jeff Bartlett
Ottinger Elected Commander of Foreign Vets Post 1475
W. L. Ottinger was elected commander of the John B. Golding Post 1475 Veterans of Foreign Wars at the annual officers election. Frank Neff, D. V. Evans, and Zane E. Smith were named senior vice commander, junior vice commander, and quartermaster respectively. Frank Flaherty became officer of the day. Trustees Irving Kerns and Tom Bush were chosen. J. B. Lillibridge installed the officers.
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W. L. Ottinger
John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank Neff
D. V. Evans
Zane E. Smith
Frank Flaherty
Irving Kerns
Tom Bush
J. B. Lillibridge
Department of Texas
Fred Woodard
Laddie Boy the First Dog of the Land Dies
Laddie Boy the Airedale once roamed White House grounds and served as a trusted companion to President Harding. He died at the home of Secret Service man Harry L. Barker in Newtonville Mass after a long illness aged and near old age. He was a half brother to President Coolidge’s dog Laddie Buck and came to the White House in 1921 as a gift from Charles W. Quetsche.
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Newtonville
Mass
Laddie Boy
White House
Harry L. Barker
Secret Service
President Harding
President Coolidge
Laddie Buck
Harding
Charles W. Quetsche
Ohio
Turkish Government Bans Arabic Alphabet In Schools
Constantinople students display posters in the new Turkish alphabet as a law requires all to learn letters used in English. The reform ends centuries of Arabic script in favor of a standardized Turkish writing system.
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NEA
London Times
Turkey
Constantinople
Theaters: Red Hot Speed and The Barker On Screen
At the theaters a double bill features Red Hot Speed with Reginald Denny and The Barker with Milton Sills. A carnival era tale includes peach orchard love scenes. Vitaphone vaudeville and Movietone News. Lon Chaney stars in The Big City with first day exposure. Honey Hank Harris leads the Honey Girls. Marty Young and His Youngsters perform.
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Red Hot Speed
Reginald Denny
Mission
Barker
Milton Sills
Vitaphone Vaudeville
Movietone News
Deandi
Big City
Lon Chaney
Honey
Hank” Harris
Marty Young
Munich Allows Confetti at February Carnival
Berlin reports Munich authorities will permit confetti and paper rolls for carnival day on February 10 marking a first since the war. The change signals a concession to celebration while keeping security measures in place.
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Serv
Berlin
Munich
Otto H. Kahn Ill at New York Home
Banker Otto H. Kahn was ill at his Fifth Avenue residence with a severe cold. His physician said the illness is not serious, noting a slight fever and the presence of two nurses.
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New York
Otto H. Kahn
Fifth Avenue
Kahn
Marmola weight loss cure advertised in popular magazine
An advertisement touts Marmola as a scientific method to reduce excess fat. It claims 20 years of use and millions of boxes with no secret or harm, urging readers to ask their druggist for a $1 box.
State Highway Commission ends meeting with big road awards
The Texas State Highway Commission adjourned after awarding 761,921.92 dollars in road contracts across ten counties during a two day period totaling 1,294,600.28 dollars. Awards included Navarro Highway 82, Runnels Highway 30, Goliad Bridge Highway 12, Ellis Highway 6, DeWitt Highway 119, Grayson Highway 1, Victoria Highway 12, San Patricio Highway 9 1 2, Throckmorton Highway 79, and Montgomery Highway 10, with Hale Kerr and Trinity River bridge work deferred.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Highway Commission
Navarro County
Runnels County
Goliad County
Ellis County
DeWitt County
Grayson County
Victoria County
San Patricio
Throckmorton
Montgomery County
Hale
Kerr
Trinity River
Houston
Madison
Cass
Polk
Crosby
Linden
Highway Aid Allocations and Right of Way Conditions
Polk county receives 60 percent aid for Highway 106 from Carmona to the Tyler county line with a 100 foot right of way required. Estimated project cost about 250000 dollars. Hale county earns two thirds aid on Unit Two of Highway 535 from Hale Center to the Swisher county line. Crosby county voted 80000 for Highway 63 from the Dickens county line to Crosby with a 100 foot right of way. Designations requested for Castroville to Pleasanton via Lytle and Poteet, and Real county from Leaky to Highway 41 and Mathis to Corpus Christi.
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Polk County
Carmona
Tyler
Hale County
Hale Center
Swisher County
Crosby County
Dickens County
Crosby
Castroville
Medina County
Pleasanton
Atascosa County
Lytle
Poteet Real County
Leaky
Winter Garden District
Mathis
Corpus Christi
The Foreman Calls Out An Industrious Co-Worker
A labor dispute unfolds as the foreman scolds a worker for unequal effort while the other worker concedes the claim and vows no change. The exchange appears in Lustige Korner Zeitung in Cologne.
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Lustige Korner Zeitung
Cologne
Question Mark Flies Today To Alabama
Shreveport Louisiana January 23 The Question Mark endurance monoplane and a crew of five moved from Midland Texas to begin a southern route to Montgomery Alabama en route to Washington. Captain Ira Enker on board mourns his mother who died in Eden Texas and who attended her funeral before returning to the mission.
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Shreveport
Montgomery
Ala
Washington
Midland
Texas
Ira Enker
Eden
Enker
California
Monoplane crew observes muted celebrations after flight delay
The crew of the Question Mark show sympathy for their pilot with limited celebrations along the San Diego to Washington route. The Montgomery leg was postponed due to a fuel plane issue and bad weather between Midland, Texas, and the local airport, causing a delay of many hours.
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San Diego
Washington
Montgomery
Midland
Texas
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Jess Stafford
Gladys Brockwell
Northern Patrol
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Mike Hollander
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