Week’s Building Permits Totals Reach $1 390 594
The city building inspector issued permits totaling $19 000 last week, lifting the year’s building permits to $1 390 594. The largest permit was a $12 000 two story stucco house at 2119 Lipscomb Street for Miss Hattie M. Miller with Reppert Lumber Co. as contractor. Other permits include a $2 500 brick veneer dwelling on 2037 Ong Street Wolflin addition and various additions, garages, and repairs across multiple streets and neighborhoods.
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Lipscomb Street
Wolflin
N. W
Eighth Street
Rean Lawrence
Eighth Avenue
Marvin Twaddell
Hayden Street
E. C. Britain
Polk Street
R. B. Masteron
W. L. Wallace
North
Arthur Street
Morningside
E. T. Smith
Welling
Maryland Street
San Jacinto
T. W. Ellison
G. B. Moore
Mercantile
Buchanan Street
Holland Addition
H. A. Daniel
Fourth Street
Cornelius Estate
Sixth Avenue
C. E. Summers
Monroe Street
Plemons
Dr. L. K. Patton
Power Dispute Before Higher Court in Texas
Two Texas power companies seek Supreme Court review of injunctions that blocked Fairbanks Morse from selling equipment to cities for municipal power plants. They argue third parties may induce contract terminations and that municipalities could breach private utility contracts to gain customers. If granted, oral arguments may occur in three to four months.
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United Press
Ashington
Supreme Court
Texas Wet and Light Company
Texas Electric Service Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Fairbanks Morse and Company
Texas Cities
Texas
Seymour
Tex
Commerce
Fairbanks Morse
Court of Appeals
Fairbanks Morse Company
Slave Railway Station Is Burned
Racine Wisconsin dispatch notes a supposed underground railway memory amid a fire incident at a slave railway station. The United Press report references historical escape routes and public attention to the era’s transport networks.
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United Press
Racine, Wis
Underground
Charming Colonial Design Home Featured
A charming Colonial style design is showcased with a home and the essence of comfort. The description promises real personality and contentment for buyers choosing this plan.
Need for Jars Ends
Seventeen years ago Miss Leo Lowe of Detroit mailed a postcard seeking fruit jars. The card traveled 45 miles with no delay marks, arriving after her mother had died. Her daughter, now Mrs. William Hersbeck, no longer needs the jars.
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Petersburg
Mich
Leo Lowe
Detroit
Theatres Present Char ming Sinners The Single Standard
At the cinemas a charm ing program features Ruth Chatterton and Greta Garbo in popular fare with supporting acts and newsreels. The line up includes Johnnie Marvin and Pathe Scenic Review, plus Konrad Nagel in Kid Gloves and William S Hart in The Toll Gate.
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Ruth Chatterton
Horton
Movietone
Greta Garbo
Johnnie Marvin
Paramount Sound News
Deandi
Conrad Nagel
Pathe
Rialto
William S. Hart
Nat—Nordy Nordin
Buccaneers
Three Killed as Katy Train Hits Auto Near Whitewright
A Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad train struck an automobile near Whitewright Texas killing Mr and Mrs Henry McCalley and their six year old son Tony. Barlow Reynolds was seriously injured and not expected to survive. The three adults were deaf mutes. The party had been visiting relatives near Bells and were returning home to Tren ton.
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Whitewright
Tex
Henry McCalley
Tony
Barlow Reynolds
Trenton
Bells
Flashes of Life: Dress Fashion Shifts Spur More Attire
In a radio address Dr. Julius Klein notes one fifth as much cloth now buys a dress yet design artistry drives women to own more outfits. In Long Beach a prize winning reform costume for men features a light grey tweed suit with full length trousers, V neck pongee silk shirt, elbow sleeves, and beltless suspenders. Edmund G. Gourney, a high school teacher, wore it in a parade.
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Associated Press
Washington
Julius Klein
Long Beach
Calif
Edmund G. Guerney
Ruth Nichols completes 12000 mile solo airplane tour
Ruth Nichols finished a 12 000 mile solo flight across the United States. She organized ten aviation clubs on the journey and visited 46 states during the extensive aviation tour.
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New York
Ruth Nichols
Churchill Hooks 188-Pound Swordfish on First Sea Trip
Winston Churchill, British statesman, on his first deep sea fishing voyage, caught a 188-pound swordfish off Avalon Santa Catalina Island in 50 minutes after departure. The feat highlights his interest in fishing and maritime adventures during a rare leisure excursion.
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Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
Calif
Winston Churchill
Speakeasies at Washington AWAIT Move
Washington officials confront prohibition enforcement as President Hoover seeks to set the city as a model. Senator Howell of Nebraska had accused bootlegging near the capital, prompting calls for vigorous using appointive power and greater dry law funding to combat rum runners.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Howell
White House
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance
Missouri County Pupils Get Their Vacation Now
Mud disrupts schools in Mississippi County causing delayed starts and mid winter vacations. Roads were impassable in winter, so schools begin April and take a break mid winter as educators adjust to a longer summer and fall term.
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Missouri
United Press
Charleston
Mississippi County
Lindbergh Sets Sequel to We Fly
Philadelphia report notes Charles A. Lindbergh will publish a second literary work, a sequel to Weig entitled We Fly, in the near future.
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Philadelphia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Weig
Color era seen in dwellings says Sherwin-Williams
EF L Rumph of Sherwin-Williams Dallas announces a national educational campaign through Panhandle Lumber to ride a bright color boom. Dr Julius Klein praises color as a new living standard with demand across typewriters to B V D footwear. Rogers Brushing Lacquer sales exceed 23 million. company forecasts 74 million in 63rd year ending Aug 31.
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EF. L. Rumph
Sherwin-Williams Paint and Varnish Makers
Dallas
Panhandle Lumber Company
Rumph
Chicago
Julius Klein
Mr. Rumph
Rogers
George A. Martin
Martin
Sherwin-Williams
Book of Home Plans Offered At Low Cost
In the interest of more and better homes a book with many home plans is offered to the public at a low price by the Newa Globe and the Panhandle Lumber Company. The book sells for 60 cents by call or 60 cents delivered by mail.
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Newa-Globe
the Panhandle Lumber Company
Panhandle Lumber Touts Readiness For Home Paint Demand
Martin cited August sales breaking records with weekly gains around 500000, while Panhandle Lumber Company officials said they are prepared to meet growing demand for paints varnishes enamels and lacquers and offer guidance to property owners in Amarillo. The tourism industry is valued at over 200 million dollars annually in France.
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Martin
Rumph
Panhandle Lumber Company
Amarillo
Admiral Barakoff Refuses Memoirs and Letters Sale
In London a former Russian admiral now working as a carpenter near eighty, Barakoff, declines selling private letters and memoirs about the czar. He rejects publishers’ appeals citing he does not work for living and will not publish his private letters. In New York Mrs. Calvin Coolidge receives a $250 check from Good Housekeeping for a poem on her son’s death anniversary.
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London
Admiral Barakoff
Russia
Barakoff
New York
Calvin Coolidge
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
John
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Jais
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Need For Jars
EL Toro
News-Globe
Sonat Ffmene
Book of
France
CASCO
Czar
Vernon
W. 6Th St
Texans
Texas Plains
Tyler
Panhandle Lumber Cou
6Th and
Tyler Sts
New Location
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