State tolet jobs for 45 miles of road statewide
Austin July 10 Contracts to improve 454.9 highway miles and 18 bridges will be awarded July 30 to August 1 per a tentative highway commission schedule. Estimated cost 4.5 to 5 million dollars. Prices expected to run 20 percent below estimates due to cheaper materials. 55 road miles and 18 bridge projects listed with 26 road and 14 bridges funded by federal aid. Road work spans many counties including Dallas Harris Tarrant and San Patricio while bridges address rail crossings and multiple counties.
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Calhoun
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Crockett
Iron
DeWitt
Ellis
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Freestone
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Grayson
Harris
Hopkins
Houston
Trinity
Jasper
Karnes
Kendall
Kinney
Madison
Matagorda
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Potter
Reagan
Reeves
Sterling
Wharton
McLennan
Limestone
Concho
King
Tarrant
Denton
San Patricio
Jackson
Cooke
van Zandt
San Jacinto
Jim Wells
Kleberg
Childress
Caldwell
Colorado
Cottle
Kendall, Kinney
Motley
Robertson
Wheeler
Henry Henry burial to Texarkana in hometown tribute
The body of "fighting Bob" Henry 67 will be taken to Texarkana where he began his political career. He died yesterday at his home by a self-inflicted bullet in Houston. A fluent speaker and stylish dresser he served 20 years in the House and sought the Senate in 1916 and 1922 but lost to the Ku Klux Klan and Morris Sheppard. He began as Texarkana mayor before moving to Waco for Congress. He had been ill for months after his final political defeat.
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Houston
Tex
Bob
Henry
Beau Brummel
Congress
Texarkana
Yee
House of Representatives
Senate
Wilson
Ku Klux Klan
Morris Sheppard
Waco
New Asteroid Not as Large As Announced
Kyoto scientists protest abroad misrating of an asteroid found last Monday. Initial reports claimed 11,000 mile diameter and 180,000,000 mile distance. Corrected figures set diameter at 123 miles and distance at 195,000,000 miles after a hieroglyph error changed 50 ri to 5,000.
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Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto Observatory
Copenhagen
Police Probe Theft Of Cash In Amarillo Home
Amarillo police investigated the disappearance of 250 dollars from Mrs. Nora Wilson on Arch Terrace. Two hundred dollar bills and fifty in smaller notes were kept in a purse, the money vanished after the purse was found opened in a dresser drawer. Suspects were detained though charges await fingerprint analysis by Ed Holloway.
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Amarillo
Nora Wilson
Arch Terrace
Wilson
Seattle
Wash
Ed Holloway
Police Department
New Headache Remedy From Two North Carolina Druggists
Two North Carolina druggists developed a combination of several ingredients that work together to provide three minute relief for headaches neuralgic sciatic or rheumatic pain. The preparation called B C is sold at drug stores and soda fountains for 10c and 25c and is claimed to ease pains and quiet nerves without after effects.
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North Carolina
Odd Fellows Meet in Amarillo July 25
Odd Fellows from all Panhandle sections will gather in Amarillo on July 25 for joint sessions of the Texas Grand Lodge and district advisory council. An encampment degree exemplification will be held in moonlight with electric lighting, followed by a barbecue for a 25 member class. Prominent officers from Dallas and Fort Worth will conduct the sessions with Major Ed Howard and Brigadier General W. R. Francis among attendees.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
F. E. Walker
Texas Grand Lodge
Texas Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Walker
Ed Howard
Texas Canton
Odd Fellowship
W. R. Francis
John A. Key
Fort Worth
Texas Odd Fellow
Suburb Church Spirit Grows With New Christian Education Dept
Under the sponsorship of the First Christian Church a new department of religious education is established in Pleasant Valley where no church existed before. Ed McKinney leads the work in a 500 seat tabernacle completed last week. Rev A E Hervey of Nebraska recently moved to Amarillo and opened a tent meeting. Dr Roy C Snodgrass pastors the morning and evening services. After services, a basket dinner will be served at 1 pm with a planned program of music and talks in the afternoon.
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First Christian Church
Pleasant Valley
Ed McKinney
Tabernacle
A. E. Hervey
Nebraska
Amarillo
Roy C. Snodgrass
Negro Youth Sentenced to Death for Medina County Dairyman Slaying
In Hondo Texas district court, 18 year old John L. Green was sentenced to death by electric chair for helping lure Medina County dairyman Frank M. Kempf from his home, rob him, and conceal the body in weeds later found. Co-defendants Ernest Johnson and Natalia Dillard face trial as proceedings continue.
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Hondo
Tex
John L. Green
Frank M. Kempf
Medina County
Green
Kempf
Ernest Johnson
Natalia Ora Dillard
San Antonio
Prefect Proposes 380 009 Unit Construction Plan under Lou Cheur Law
Under France's Loucheur law the Seine prefect proposes a large scale construction program totaling 380 009 units. The announcement signals a major housing and urban development push, aligning with postwar reconstruction efforts and local governance priorities.
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France
Seine
Paris plans massive housing project for cheap and middle rental homes
The proposal outlines 30,000 apartments and 50,000 cheap dwellings to be built over five years. In Paris 18,000 cheap habitations and 20,000 medium rental units, with suburbs adding 18,900 cheap homes and 5,000 medium rentals. Estimated cost about $4,100,000.
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Paris
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P. M. Waltrip
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