Federal approval awaited on Texas highway bids
U S approval was awaited on roughly 930000 dollars in National Recovery highway projects in Texas. Fourteen projects were bid with low bidders including H B Zachary Company for 8.1 miles of concrete base and limestone surface from Robstown to Nueces River bridge on Highways 9 and 128. West Texas Construction Company bid 25956 dollars for 88 miles of cut back asphaltic concrete pavement on Highway 68 from Midlothian to near Venus. J S Moore & Sons bid 93664 dollars for 10.3 miles of grading and drainage on Highway 15 from Marshall to east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Highway Commission
Nueces County
Robstown
Calallen
Nueces River
H. B. Zachary Company
Laredo
Ellis and Johnson
Midlothian
Venus
West Texas Construction Company
Forth Worth
Harrison
Marshall
J. S. Moore & Sons
Lufkin
All Around The Town Items From Amarillo Society
Mrs. 8S. P. McKinney visits daughter in Abilene. Mrs. B. J. Angelo returns to San Diego after visiting Harold English’s widow Thelma in Badger Apartments. Paul Ansley joins Standard Printing as Manager of Production. Mexican supper with music at Dwight Morrow School supports PTA purchases for needy children. Mr. and Mrs. Beryl West announce birth of daughter on February 16. Joe Kapelus returns from Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mrs. Scott Christian visits Amarillo for ill parents C. W. Saunders and family. Mrs. J. B. Ratliff returns from Palestine. home at Maple Apartments. Bernie Vaught welcome daughter Barbara on February 23. W. L. Manning dies at 85, long-time justice of the peace. funeral in Albany on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Angelo
San Diego
Cal
Dwight Morrow
Parent-Teacher Association
Hawks' Flight to Cuba Cancelled Over Risks of Confusion
New York March 1 The Northrop Company halted Frank Hawks speed flight to Cuba and South America six hours before scheduled takeoff to avoid misinterpretation of his craft which resembles Northrop bombers sold to China. Hawks ordered to return to the West Coast while authorities assess potential government guidance and the international air race plans. Mrs Hattie Caraway Arkansas senator hospitalized in Washington March 1 with intestinal disorder. condition not serious per friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Hawks
Cuba
South America
Northrop Company
Inglewood
Cal
Hawk
Hawks
Northrop
China
War Department
Senate
Caraway
Washington
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Railcar to Mexico: Amarillo Globe-News Rail Trip Offer
John Moore reports on the value of newspapers and promotes a Globe-News Rotary Club sponsored trip from Amarillo to Mexico. A luxury Pullman train will depart June 14 for a 10 day stay, returning June 24, with a telegraphic schedule and stops only at designated points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News Rotary Club
Amarillo
Mexico
Pullman Palace
Amarillo Jime
Foes of Cuban Regime United in Opposition Pact
Three Cuban opposition parties the ABC Autenticos and Menocal merged to form a semi parliamentary government headed by Jose A Presno if Mendieta resigns They call for neutral elections and a premier with a diverse revolutionary assembly amid a school strike and cabinet resignations Also a $500000 fire at Northwestern State Teachers College in Alva Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund A. Chester
Associated Press
Havana
Carlos Mendieta
ABC
Autenticos
Menocal
Cuba
Jose A. Presno
Havana University
Mendieta
ANC
Partido Revolucionario Cubano
Menocal Party
Matio G. Menocal
Gerardo Machado
Amalgamated Political Societies
Purely Vegetable Laxative Thedford's Black-Draught
Thedford's Black-Draught is touted as a popular laxative made from leaves and roots of medicinal plants. A testimonial from Mrs. W. M Bullock of Waynesburg Kentucky claims relief from biliousness constipation and sluggishness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thedford
W. M Bullock
Waynesburg
Excursion Train To View Mexico Sights On City Stopover
Guests will detrain briefly in Mexico City for a lumped fare tour. The trip bundles sleeping and dining car privileges with meals in the city, and trains will be guarded with the option to view mountains valleys lakes and commerce during the stop. The piece notes Mexico’s federal structure and Mexico City designation as D F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terest
City
Mexico
North America
Los Exatados Unidos Mexicanos
United Mexican States
D. F
Mexico City
Distrito Federal
D. C
District of Columbia
Rock Island to operate Fritch to Stinnett switcher service
The Rock Island will launch a daily traveling switcher between Fritch and Stinnett on the Liberal line starting March 4 with tie ups at Sanford and work at Incar stations. One conductor and two brakemen are being sought, with the oldest applicant to be assigned March 3. A California Memphis run news notes J H Holmes to work Amarillo to Tucumcart, and officials toured Amarillo to Fritch Sanford Stinnett and Dalhart to estimate grain car needs for the wheat crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Fritch
Stinnett
Sanford
J. H. Holmes
Mr. Holmes
Amarillo
Tucumeart
H. FE. McMuhen
John Spann
Civisian
W. EF. Danver
Sanford, Stinnett and Dalhart
Infant Utahl ine named by Conductor D Autremont
A fragmentary news item notes an infant named Utahline by Conductor John D Autremont. The piece shifts to casual chatter about weather and a Sandy football race before reporting a bill by Senator Claud Westerfield and Gordon Burns restricting railroad control over parallel carrier lines. The bill went to the State Affairs Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utahline
John D’autremont
Austin
Claud Westerfield
Dallas
Gordon M. Burns
Huntsville
Railroad Commission
State Affairs Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
P. McKinney
Hughes Street
George E. Morris
Abilene
H. H. Mundy
Pawhuska, Okla
Roy Williams
Polk Street
Paul Ansley
The
Standard Printing Company
Beryl West
North Roberts Street
Joe Kapelus
Lucille Shop
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Scott Christian
John Crudgington
C. W. Saunders
Ong Street
J. B. Ratliff
Palestine
Maple Apartments
Tenth Avenue
Harrison Street
Bernie Vaught
Taylor Street
Barbara
W. L. Manning
Albany
C. B. Berry
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Champion
Brownsville
Dunbar
Connellsville
John Moore
Amarillo Globe-News
Southwest Country
City of
Alva
Okla
Northwestern State Teacher's College
Roy Burke &Co
Brima
Ce” Sale
Felts
Brotherhood of
A. F P. Whitney
Whitney
Santa Fe Railroad
Rio Grande Valley
Carpenters Hall
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fagle Pass
FE Paso
Presidio
Kansas
Oklahoma
American Federation of Labor
Washington City
Atlantic City
N. J
Frank Kell
Missouri and North Arkansas, Railroad
J. FE. Martineau
District Court of
Little Rock
North Arkansas
Ark
J. N. Bethea
H. P. Greenough
H. E. McMullen
Dalhart
Bethea
Paul Winstead
Clovis
Mrs. Winstead
Lester Watson
E. F. Ballard
Globe News
Colorado Springs
Nmarzon
Mr. Ballard
Cello Fain
Rose Bush
Celia
Carload
Taylor St
Paramount Theater
Amarillo Hotel
Fillmore
Cal Farley
Goodrich
Ciate
Pampa
Borger
Clexis
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