Mayor outlines bond plan for street improvements
Mayor Ernest C. Thompson reports a $150000 bond issue plus existing funds would yield about $227001.48 for street work. Projects include East Third Avenue and Fillmore Street underpasses, with $133455 tied to paying projects and a $94000 margin for new work, plus $25000 park bonds to enhance city parks including San Jacinto.
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Ernest C. Thompson
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San Jacinto Park
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Major League Leaders by The Associated Press May 19
National League leader stats include batting O Doul Phillies .441 and runs Terry Giants 32. Cubs Wilsey leads RBIs with 82 while Frederick Robins 53 hits. Cuyler Cubs 6 triples and Wilson Cubs 11 home runs. Cubs also top in stolen bases 7. American League features Rice Senators .383 batting and Ruth Yankees 29 runs. Foxx Athletics 7 home runs and Rice 6 stolen bases.
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Funeral Services For Flynn Today
Funeral services for Léo P. Flynn former fight manager who died of pneumonia at his New York home will be held Thursday then the body will be taken to Providence R I for burial Flynn once boxed professionally and managed Jack Dempsey during his comeback attempt
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United Press
New York
Léo P. Flynn
Providence
R. I
Flynn
Jack Dempsey
Bushy Graham to replace Kid Chocolate in Madison Square bout
Bushy Graham of Utica New York will substitute for Kid Chocolate in a 10 round featherweight bout with Fidel Labarba of California at Madison Square Garden on May 28. Chocolate was injured in a automobile accident Sunday.
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Utica
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Fidel Labarba
California
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Judge Landis Questions Dallas Officials Over Dixie Series Receipts
Alvin Gardner president of the Texas League Robert Tarlton Dallas club business manager and umpire Steamboat Johnson met with Commissioner Kenesaw Landis to discuss attendance and receipts for the Dixie Series final game. Landis said false figures had been reported but the matter is now cleared. no further action is expected.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alvin Gardner
Robert Tarlton
Dallas
Gene Tunney Returns as Referee for Charity Boxing
New York May 20 Gene Tunney retired undefeated heavyweight champion will return to the prize ring May 30 as promoter and referee of a charity boxing entertainment at Westchester Country Center.
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United Press
New York
Gene Tunney
Westchester Country Center
Monarch Royalty Firm Faces Receiver Bid in Kansas City
Stockholders petitioned in United States District Court for a receiver for the Monarch Royalty Corporation, which handles oil royalties in Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Kansas and Louisiana. The filing says the firm borrowed at excessive rates to pay 12 percent on preferred stock and claims 7,000,000 shares outstanding valued at one dollar each.
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United States District Court
Parachute Leaps Save Three Cadets
Parachute leaps saved the lives of Cadets A. B. Merrifield and J. D. Kreysler of Kelly Field when two pursuit planes collided in mid air and fell to wreckage from 4,500 feet near San Antonio on Monday.
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San Antonio
Merrifield
J. D. Kreysler
Kelly Field
Clovis visitors join Amarillo weekend stopover
Mr and Mrs F Stanbeau of Clovis visited friends in Amarillo over the weekend. E G Rice, a carpenter from 909 Polk Street with J N Ledford Co, injured by a scaffold fall, is recovering rapidly at St Anthony’s Hospital in Autueil France. The French tennis championships report longer skirts on the courts.
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Amarillo
E. G. Rice
Polk Street
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Auteuil
France
Summer Scout Camp at Ceta Canyon in June
The Amarillo Boy Scout Summer Training Camp will meet at the Baptist Encampment Grounds in Ceta Canyon, 36 miles southeast of Amarillo, from June 4 to June 18. Two sessions run June 4–10 and June 11 onward, with a $1 daily fee. The program includes hikes, campfires, nature study, archery, crafts, and games led by A A Meredith and a staff.
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J. FE. Spann
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F. Sullenberger
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C. BE Weymouth
Allen Early
Bob Ames
Howard Trigg
Biucher
Scout leadership outlines supervision for upcoming event
Walter Thorp and Walter Blackburn Temple Robinson are named for supervision with Chief M J Paul and a long list of assistants. An Eagle Scout Auxiliary will form a junior staff to ensure strong leadership. Scouts are urged to submit applications to headquarters at 222 Amarillo Building.
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W. H. Tomlinson
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J. BE. Ekeland
James Hickox
Bob Johnson
Selvin Allen
Eagle Scout Auxilary
Amarillo Building
Harold Loyd Confined by Illness Delays Hawaii Trip
Hollywood May 20. Harold Loyd screen comedian is confined to bed at his home as 50 cast and crew members of Meet Firet await his recovery from an appendicitis attack before their planned Hawaii trip Saturday.
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Eet Firet
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Pioneer ranch man of Plains dies at Canyon
May 20 David Thomas aged 76 died at 5 30 AM at his Canyon home. Funeral at 2 PM tomorrow with Bishop E C Seaman and ministers Chas Harris B F Fronabarger. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs E W Myers and seven grandchildren all of Canyon. Known as Uncle Davie he helped in T Anchor outfit since 1890 and helped build Canyon Episcopal Church. He was a Wales born former sailor and a longtime warden of the Canyon church.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
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City Secretary and Manager's Secretary Ill at Home
Miss Lela Krebs city secretary and Mrs Laverne Calhoun secretary to the city manager are both ill and confined to their homes. Krebs has been ill for nearly a week. Neither condition is serious.
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Laverne Calhoun
Miss Krebs
Rural schools close Friday afternoon in Potter County
Soncy and River Road schools will close Friday afternoon marking the final two Potter County rural schools to shut their doors. Eighteen seventh grade diplomas were awarded at a joint picnic for Potter County rural students.
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Bomb blast damages Commodore Hotel in Kansas City
A bomb attack on the Commodore Hotel in Kansas City tore a hole in the foundation, wrecked about twenty parked cars, and shattered windows in the hotel and nearby buildings. Police link the blast to ongoing labor troubles fueling a string of bombings in the area.
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United Prev
Kansas City
Commodore
Houston Man Is Named Zion Head
Louis A. Freed of Houston was chosen president of the Texas Zionist Association at the convention's closing session. Elected vice presidents were Charles M. Bender of Breckenridge I. B. Geer of Dallas and Rabbi Wolfe Macht of Waco.
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Fort Worth
Louis A. Freed
Houston
Texas Zionist Association
Charles M. Bender
Breckenridge
I. B. Geetc
Dallas
Wolfe Macht
Waco
Radio-Active Solar Pad Promises Health Restore
An advertisement touts Pegnen's Radio-Active Solar Pad as a non drug remedy worn on the back or stomach for day and night use. It claims widespread relief for neuritis, rheumatism, high blood pressure, constipation, asthma, and organ troubles with over 160 000 sold and offers a trial by mail from Los Angeles.
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Radium Appliance Co
Bradbury Bldg
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