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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1929
Page
11
City building inspector A. W. Smalley says the coming months will bring substantial repair and remodeling on Polk street and other business districts. Much work is driven by new buildings and the push to maintain structures, with emphasis on removing wooden awnings now prohibited by city ordinance.
National Air Transport marks three years on the Chicago Kansas City Dallas air mail route reaching over 4.5 million miles flown with 2,115,303 pounds of mail and 105,969 pounds of express carried. By 1927 the fleet expanded to forty cargo planes and thirty-five pilots, with night flying comprising about half.
A substantial modern dwelling project lies along the New York Chicago line with fourteen stations maintained between New York and Dallas. Each station operates under a field manager and crew, and the company maintains division traffic offices in New York Chicago Kansas City and Dallas.
Turkey voters approved an $85,000 school bond to finish a high school building begun at a cost of $50,000 and to remodel and outfit ward schools. The new high school will feature an auditorium for 1,000 spectators, reflecting plans to boost local education.
The News-Globe and Panhandle Lumber company offer a book of numerous home plans at a low price. The volume sells for 50 cents when picked up or 60 cents delivered by mail, aimed at promoting more and better homes.
The text notes a tripling of the pupil count in the schools within the last 12 months, signaling rapid enrollment growth and anticipated strain on resources and facilities.
A Newcastle Aero Club member married in Newcastle England as a pilot circled the church steeple dropping rose petals confetti tiny silver slippers and paper horseshoes among the bridal party in a festive aerial display witnessed by guests and locals alike.
LOCKNEY May 20 Construction work on a new high school building here is expected to be started at an early date. Contract for the building has been let to the J. W. Sampson Construction company of Lubbock on its bid of $68,647. The structure will be of brick and stone with tile and composition roof. Contraction will not be started until after the title to property on which the school is to be erected is quieted.
Amarillo building permits last week totaled 13 650 dollars, pushing the year’s cumulative to 685 429. The list includes renewals and new work on dwellings at Jackson Chalmers Addition, Travis Bivins Addition, University Heights, Thirteenth and Nineteenth streets, plus repairs and additions to homes and commercial space in Plemons and Bakle Additions and Polk Street storefront remodels. Owners and contractors include R K Rollins A Q Paschal J C Paschal U S Zinc Ben P Manning Mrs Elizabeth Herring KR B Masterson J Le Lovern and G W Gambrell.
Fresh fish from Mexican waters is a growing business in Long Beach. Air express shipments from Mexican waters are expected to reach about 40 tons weekly. A corporation has been formed to manage this booming industry.
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