Appeals Board Suggests Plumbing Code Revision
Amarillo's Building Code Appeals Board asked for a complete revision or modification of the 1928 plumbing code. Mayor Hagg and city commissioners will appoint the board, with Frank Litle acting chair and Macon Carder as chair. The panel urged modernization while rejecting relaxation of standards.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Lawrence Hagg
Com
Peal Board
Frank Litle
Macon Carder
Litle
van Buren
Carder
Ong
Building Code Appeals Board
Albert Randall
Florida
Henry Thomson
Bellaire
Wallace Hazlewood
Tyler
Stan Field
Hagg
Texas
N. V. Moss
Appeal Board
Moss
Ben Manning
Negro University To Open Sept. 8
Houston July 9 The board of directors of the new Texas State University for Negroes set September 8 as the tentative opening date for the first semester. They approved immediate acceptance of applications and advised interested students to contact the registrar. The 53 acre campus will be the former Houston College for Negroes with the transfer to the university board around September 1.
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Houston
Texas State University For
Petroleum Building
Houston College For
University
Reading Russia and us tension in a changing world
Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park weighs US USSR friction and UN participation. She argues Russia pursues five year plan aims at home, treats cooperation as acceptance of its terms, and fears outside offers. Roosevelts warns that separate European deals split unity and risk dangerous dynamite in fragile peace.
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Hyde Park
Ussr
Russia
United Nations
Europe
Michigan Pair Pedal to Mexico
Marshall residents cheer two Michigan men touring to Mexico City by bicycle. Joel Doorman and Lawrence Cowell left Detroit three weeks ago and plan three and a half more weeks, averaging about 100 miles daily. They expect tougher climbs in the mountains south of the border. Cowell and Doorman served in World War II era units. South America’s area is noted as 7.2 million square miles.
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Marshall
Michigan
Mexico City
Joel Doorman
Lawrence Cowell
Detroit
Doorman
8Th Armored
Cowell
9Th Air Force
Sailor Dave Locke Returns Stateside in Naval Assignment
Dave Locke, a sea man first class returned from China, has visited Norris Kirlehen and the E. Lee Stanford home at 1010 Roberts before heading to Miami. At present he is stationed in San Francisco and assigned to the USS Sierra. The note mentions aluminum power shovel components.
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Dave Locke
States
China
Miami
Norris Kirlehen
Taylor
E. Lee Stanford
Roberts
Locke
San Francisco
Sierra
Six Texas Solons Vote for Tax Bill
Six Texas congressmen voted for the Republican sponsored income tax reduction bill. Reps Wilson Dallas Lucas Grapevine Kilday San Antonio Gossett Wichita Falls West Brownsville Fisher San Angelo supported it. Mansfield Columbus and Albert Thomas Houston were absent. Thomas was paired in favor.
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Washington
Texas
Wilson
Dallas
Lucas
Grapevine
Kilday
San Antonio
Gossett
Wichita Falls
Brownsville
Fisher
San Angelo
J. J. Mansfield
Columbus
Albert Thomas
Houston
Thomas
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Ira Stephenson
Bud Curtis
Building Code Ap
Ed R. Wilson
Shelter House
Memorial Park
Washington, Jackson
J. Roy Smith
A. A. Hallquist
Fillmore
South Fillmore
State Highway Department
Hallquist
Amarillo Association of Highway Businessmen
P. F. Yocham
English Field
North West First
Austin
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation
Curtis and Stephenson
Katheryne Burwell
Gomery Mbel
Putas
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Feature Syn
Mexico
South America
Continents
Don Miller
Copeland
Bill” Copeland
Panhandle
N.E
News-Globe
Frost Air Sales and Service
Southern Equipment & Supply Co
Lionel
Zale’s
Southwest
Gale Diamonds
Zale
Antwerp
Belgium
Hollywood
H. Magnificent Lady Elgin
Diamond Importers
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