City Commission hears WPA paving petitions across streets
Paying petitions were presented to the city commission urging WPA funded paving. Signers include B I Barfield J W Roth for Taylor Street and J B Latham Eva Lowry and others for Buchanan Pierce alley. Currie was sole signer for Washington Hughes alley while Hughes Hayden alley drew many names. Others requested Line Avenue paving and Hughes Street hard surfacing.
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City Commission
WPA
Commission
B. I. Barfield
John W. Roth
Taylor Street
Twenty-sixth
Twenty
Buchanan-Pierce Alley
Ninth
Tenth
J. B. Latham
Eva Lowry
J. M. Crotty
J. E. Nunn
HH. 8. Pierce
A. L.thompson
Gordon Palmer
Two Services on Ascension Day at St Andrews Church
St. Andrew's Church will hold Ascension Day services in the morning and evening. A Holy Communion at 10 o'clock will be celebrated by Rev. Frederick A. Foster. At 8 o'clock, Rt. Rev. E. C. Seaman will preach at a special Knights Templars service, with the choir performing. Public are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Church
Frederick A. Foster
E. C. Seaman
Knights Templars
Time Parking Limit Extension Denied by City Commission
City commission denied a request to extend time parking to East Seventh Avenue and Pierce Street after surveys. The panel chose West Seventh Avenue for one hour parking. Border Patrol reports 800000 Mexican aliens crossed during a perceived back to Mexico movement.
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East Seventh Avenue
Pierce Street
West Seventh Avenue
Border Patrol
Mexico
Paving Project Hopeful Signers Include WPA Expansion
Community leaders from Hayden alley and nearby streets sign on to support including paving of Eighteenth Avenue between Taylor and Fillmore Streets in the city’s WPA project application. Names listed include Edwin Ochsner, Guy Saunders, Katharine Burrows, Mrs Smyth, Dan Coffee, Oscar Randal, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden Alley
Edwin Ochsner
Guy Saunders
R. A. Burnett
H. L. Adkins
F W. Jesse
P. L Reppert
Katharine Burrows
J. ©. Smyth
J. C. Skillman
W B. Stevenson
Dan Coffee
J. W. Sanders
Oscar Randal
Floyd Keener
R. T. Emmett
G. G. Ordway
F. M. McLaughlin
Mary L. Hall
W. A. Askew
Eighteenth Avenue
Taylor and
Fillmore Streets
New York artist uses grease cream to fake shiners on Bowery
An artist famed as a black eye painter on Manhattan's Bowery sells glib disguises using greaseless cream and a fine brush. He charges four bits for “the boys” and a dollar for affluent strangers, with peak business after New Year’s, St Patrick’s Day, and political meetings. Treatment lasts 48 hours. Markets include Kansas City livestock quotes and New Orleans cotton futures with grain and stock listings following.
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New York
Manhattan
Bowery
Junior High Band Seeks Honors in Oklahoma City
The Sam Houston Junior High bandsmen head to national contests in Oklahoma City next week after a Tag Day drive by students surpassed their $400 goal, raising $481.23. The band has 57 members and recently clinched the North Texas Class B championship. Director S M. Bagwell leads the group as they compete Friday and Saturday May 14 and 15.
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Sam Houston
Oklahoma City
P. D. Berthelot
Association of Band Parents
North ‘Texas
S M. Bagwell
U Deal Em Club Tea Event Recap
Mrs Bert Galbreath hosted the U-Deal-Em Club at Witherspoon Tea Room. High game winner was Mrs Roy Curtis with second Mrs Jack Pittman. Bingo bridges went to Mrs W E Pergeson and Mrs BE M Benesch. Next meeting is May 18 at Mrs Charles Mellor’s home 315 Fairmont Street.
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Bert Galbreath
Witherspoon Tea Room
Roy Curtis
Jack Pittman
W. E. Pergeson
BE. M. Benesch
Charles Mellor
Fairmont Street
Les Temps Clule Meet At Mrs Farwell Home Friday
The group Les Temps Clule will gather at Mrs James Farwell's residence at 1018 West Sixteenth Avenue on Friday afternoon for a small meeting.
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Les Temps Clule
James Farwell
West
Sixteenth Avenue
First Baptist B. T. U. Picnic at Palisades
The Intermediate B. T. U. of the First Baptist Church will hold a picnic tonight at the Palisades. Director Guy R. Bradley asks all attendees to meet promptly at 6 30 at the church.
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First Baptist B. T. U
Palisades
First Baptist Church
Guy R. Bradley
Combined Choir Rehearsal and Social at Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church choir and spouses hold a combined rehearsal and social tonight at 7 30 at the home of Mr and Mrs John Josey 1696 Washington Street.
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Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Oclock
John Josey
Washington Street
Wendel Recalls Plot For Hauptmann Reprieve scheme
Wendel testified that Parker, a rural detective and friend of the governor, urged him to falsely claim Hauptmann kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. Parker said Hoff man sought a new trial and even a vice presidency to force a repud iation of the confession, aiming to mock the state courts.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Wendel
Parker
New Lisbon
Hoffman
Hauptmann
Gov. Hoffman
United States
Park
Catalan direcotry takes power amid unrest in Barcelona
The revolt party and police take office immediately. Carlos Marty and the directory vow to maintain law and order. Unofficial Barcelona reports tallies 250 killed and wounded, while the new regime claims control. The provisional government retains the same political makeup as before, with no rise in anarchist or communist influence. Dispatches say 12,000 Catalan troops on the Saragossa front need not withdraw despite new leadership. Heavy casualties ripple through the Humble Of Sunray 681 United Gas Corp'n Hecila Mines.
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Carlos Marty
Directory
Barcelona
Saragossa
H. L. Robertson & Co. Accountants and Auditors
H L Robertson and Co provide accounting and auditing services as tax counselors since 1910 with contact at phone 2 2033 located in Oliver Eakle Building.
Paradox of youth and age in a famed spring moment
A spring day 42 years earlier linked Justice Brandeis and McClennen at Brandeis Dunbar and Nutter. Harvard College was graduating Edward Francis McClennen under Charles W. Eliot, grandfather of a young Eliot guiding the social security board. The piece contemplates a remarkable intertwining of fate and career in American judicial history.
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Wyzanski
Eliot
Justice Brandeis and
McClennen
Brandeis, Dunbar and Nutter
Harvard College
Edward Francis McClennen
Charles W. Eliot
Social Security Board
Mrs Jones Is Reported Much Improved After Illness
Mrs Frank Jones of 909 Parker Street, ill at St Anthony's Hospital after major operation, is reported to be much improved today.
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Frank Jones
Parker Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Uprising Reported Against Barceola Leftists
An employee of the Spanish consulate at ToulouseFrance arrived by the first train through Barceola since the fighting and reported an uprising against the more moderate Leftist elements of the Barceola government.
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Barceola
Toulouse
France
May Replat Alleys in Eakle Fuqua Subdivision Amarillo
Plans to replat streets and alleys in the Eakle Fuqua subdivision to Amarillo were presented to the city commission. Maurice Adkins for Fuqua Development and Mrs Barfield explained the goal to pave streets and open the subdivision for lots. The area lies between Twenty first Avenue Wolflin Van Buren and Monroe Streets. An ordinance to replat and eliminate jogs was expected to be discussed next week. A creeping alfalfa, found by an American plant explorer in Asia three years ago, could aid grazing and soil protection in the West semi arid regions.
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Eakle- Fuqua
Amarillo
City Commission
Maurice Adkins
Fuqua Development Company
I. Barfield
Mr. Adkins
Twenty-first Avenue
Wolf
Asia
Legislature thins ranks amid cost of state housing
The legislature warned that the ranks of the boys in gray are thinning leaving room for several departments. They noted current housing costs total about 50000 dollars annually in rent. The House defeated a bid for a night session to debate bills on liberalizing old age pensions and pension payment equality along with other proposals.
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Gray
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