Heights Business Lot Sold At Record Price In San Jacinto
The Magnolia Petroleum company paid about 3000 dollars for the north half of block 137 in Old Town San Jacinto Heights in a deal with Powell-Curtis Realty. The irregular lot fronts Sixth street near Real Service filling station and extends 94 feet back toward the nautitatium. Construction of a modern filling station is expected, with possible garage use and plans for two large brick buildings in the area.
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San Jacinto
Old Town
Powell-Curtis Realty Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
San Jacinto Heights
Magnolia Company
U S Zinc Man to Establish New Smelter in Mexico
W Gilcrest of United States Zinc will depart for Mexico to supervise the construction of a new zinc plant similar to Amarillo’s. Albert L Craig notes it may be the first zinc plant in old Mexico, a three block facility smaller than Amarillo’s. Payroll now runs about 25000 dollars monthly. Luther Hughes is jailed two years for liquor selling after a district court verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HH. W. Gilcrest
United States Zinc Company
Mexico
Amarillo
Albert L. Craiz
Old Mexico
Craig
Mr. Craig
Whitehaven An Unusual Plan For A South Frontage Home
The Whitehaven is a two story single family design with a sunlit dining room on its southern frontage and seven windows in the living and dining spaces. Upstairs features three bedrooms with cross ventilation and ample closets. Walls are concrete block, roofing tile or shingles, and the 80 foot width fits a 40 foot lot.
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Whitehaven
Slump in Permits Evidenced This Week
Building permits for the last week totalled 11800, a drop from 58560 the week before. Permits went to J J Robertson for two dwellings at 202 and 204 North Bowyer in old town for 800 in small frame structures. HI S Parks spent 100 on an addition at 710 Polk in a business building. A garage at 604 Van Buren was approved for 300. Joe Hendricks got an apartment house permit for 203 Cleveland costing 4000. Nick Tolk secured 200 in repairs and a garage at 905 Taylor. Albert Randall to build a residence at 110 Bellview for 3800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Robertson
North Bowyer Avenue
Old Town
Hi. S. Parks
Polk Street
van Buren
Joe Hendricks
Cleveland
Nick Tolk
Taylor Street
Albert Randall
Bellview Avenue
Learned men are wild starved for oxygen
London reports oxygen starvation causes extreme reactions during high altitude ascents. Professor Barcroft described a party member acting wildly after 16 000 feet and a don using lurid language. A recorded case notes spelling befuddlement as starvation intensified, with affected individuals needing explicit instruction to act.
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London
A. P
Barcroft
Royal Institution
MacDonald silent on Cummins negotiations in Commons
London report says Prime Minister MacDonald declined to confirm a complete break with Mexico. He will decide after meeting H. A. C. Cummins in Mexico City and views the Salinas dispute as not suitable for League of Nations submission. Cummins crossed into the United States at Laredo.
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London
House of Commons
Great
Britain
Mexico
MacDonald
H. A. C. Cummins
Charge Des Archives
Mexico City
Cummins
United States
Laredo
Mr. Cummins
Salinas
League of Nations
There Here and Everywhere Mrs Tanner Improves at Northwest
Mrs C W D Tanner, critically ill at Northwest hospital, is reported much improved. She is the daughter of Judge C G Landis. Mr Ledford has been sick but is greatly improved. Mrs B R Hooks and daughter Miss Lelia Hooks traveled to Dalhart for a few days. Elizabeth Arline, a daughter of Mrs William Younger, was born June 18 at Northwest hospital in Tulsa. mother and baby are doing fine. Others moved or traveled for business and family visits.
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C. W. D. Tanner
Northwest Hospital
C. G. Landis
J. M. Ledford
Taylor Street
Gromer
Bill Jones
Tulsa
Mr. Ledford
B. R. Hooks
Miss Lelia Hooks
Dalhart
Lelia
A. G. Stevens
Joe Baum
Anadarko
Okla
Paris
Oklahoma
Baum
William Reinheimer
Elizabeth Arline
William H. Younger
Mother
Babe
Texas Low Rank in Building and Loan Associations
Texas ranks thirty second in the number of building and loan associations with 28 associations, 7,856 members and assets of 2,314,927. Porter Whaley secretary manager of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce urges support for the associations and offers the organization as a resource.
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Texas
Porter Whaley
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Board of
City Development
Barton Seeks Texas Governorship Attack on Drugstore Saloons
Austin report cites Adj. Gen. Barton claiming Texas drugstores sell more whisky than pre prohibition saloons. He campaigns for governor promising to back a law to bar retail druggists from selling whisky. He notes Dallas tallies 16 900 gallons sold annually.
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Austin
Texas
Adj
Thomas D. Barton
Barton
Dallas
Palo Duro hotel exterior finished. lobby work underway
The Palo Duro hotel in Amarillo nears completion with exterior finished and lobby plastering and decoration underway. Hardwood maple floors are being installed on the fifth floor banquet hall as the project advances toward a September 1 opening and a Huckins hotel system study trip for Harry Fisher.
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Amarillo
Harry Fisher
B. Fisher
Wichita Falls
Mrs. Fisher
Texarkana
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Harry
Joseph Huckins
Self help student plan grows in German schools
In Goettingen and other German universities a self help student program expands due to hard economic times. About half of German students live on under 15 dollars monthly from home and take jobs such as in shops and factories for meals. This employment reduces traditional student aloofness toward town residents.
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Goettingen
Germany
Goettingen University
Peking police ban rikisha work for queue wearers
Peking police issue order forbidding coolies who still wear queues from pulling rikishas. The measure targets those who persist in queue fashion as city authorities seek to curb the practice amid declining use of queues among urban coolies.
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Peking
Connecting paving to boost Amarillo city and county roads
Amarillo advances a major paving program linking East Tenth Street to the county highway and connecting the San Francis highway with Fillmore Street. The project opens eleven more blocks, improves access to the Tri-State Exposition grounds, and aims to place Amarillo among the state’s top paving cities by uniting city and county routes.
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Amarillo
Fillmore Street
Tenth
Sixth
Taylor and Polk
Fillmore
East Tenth Street
Amarillo Tri-State Exposition Grounds
East Fifth Street
Santa Fe
Washington Street
Florida Street
San Jacinto
Heights
San Francia
City
San Francis
East Tenth
San Francis Highway
Commissioners’ Court
State Department
Potter County
Pantex Contractor Brings Drug Store to New Town
W. R. Ross, the first business man in the new town of Pantex, completed work on a drug store last week. He will start on a filling station tomorrow as efforts press to establish a rural route. Pantex lies fifty miles from Amarillo in the oil field heart.
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W. R. Ross
Pantex
Amarillo
Park er Ranch Named Scout Camp Site for Allanreed Area
Clarendon June 23 scout event selects the Parker ranch near Allanreed as a two week encampment site. Scout masters Rev J H Hamblen Taylor McCormick Charles Lowery and Bill Crawford accompany the group as helpers.
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Clarendon
Parker Ranch
Allanreed
Boy Scouts
J. H. Hamblen
Taylor McCormick
Charles Lowery
Bill Crawford
20 000 Bushel Grain Elevator Completed in Amarillo
A modern 20 000 bushel grain elevator for the Kenyon Grain and Elevator company was completed near the Fort Worth and Denver tracks at Flint and Polk streets. Owned by W. C. Kenyon and his sons Will and John, it expands Amarillo's grain marketing facilities.
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Kenyon Grain and Elevator Company
Fort Worth & Denver
Flint and
Polk Streets
W. C. Kenyon
Will
John
Amarillo
City paving repairs at several intersections completed
Paving work at the intersections of Tenth and Polk and Sixth and Polk and Seventh and Taylor streets was finished this morning. Repaired sections often include new gutters to eliminate dips. Bullard Tex. Gulf States Telephone expands improvements to local system.
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Tenth and
Polk
Sixth
Seventh
Taylor Streets
Bullard, Tex
Gulf States Telephone Company
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Eal Estate
the Panhandle
U.S
Zing Man
Distributors Panhandle Tire & Rubber Co., Inc
Areo
Bro
Beo
Hiro
Pantex Contractor
Clarendon Scouts
Daily Globe
South
Polk St
Allen Early
Jack Hall
The
Happy Black Aces
E. 5Th Street
Beck Bros
East 5Th St
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