Highway funds report shows state and federal aid totals
Austin Jan 31 In a summary of the State Highway Department activities for the biennial period ending Dec 1 1920 the department reports motor vehicle revenue of 3439969 with 2873225 available for State aid Texas pro rata from Federal aid 16100404 for 1916 1921 Dec 1 1920 active projects 384 up 37463556 miles completed 976 under maintenance 2039 under construction Federal aid to active projects 14536005 up 11294481 State aid to active projects 4088615 up 1681382 State Highway Fund balance 2365368 including amounts due from Federal for advances on aid construction.
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Austin
State Highway Department
Texas
Federal Department
Proposed $300 Bonus For Texas Soldiers
Austin Jan 31 Representative Malone of Tarrant County introduced a joint resolution to amend the constitution allowing a bonus not exceeding 300 for World War veterans. The amendment would be voted on in an August election on the fourth Saturday. The House rejected Osser’s bill to allocate 500000 for legislators housing. The Board of Control budget report showed roughly 25 million in appropriations for the next two fiscal years.
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Austin
Malone
Tarrant County
House
Osser
Scurry County
Board of Control
Katy Withdraws Two Passenger Trains
The Katy Railroad discontinued passenger trains Nos. 17 and 18 between Denison and Dallas last Sunday, affecting the southbound No. 17 due in Whitewright at 2 47 p.m. and the northbound No. 18 due here at 10 17 a.m. The Katy Flyer will make local stops both ways as the trains are retired, due to light passenger travel.
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Katy
Denison
Dallas
Whitewright
Katy Flyer
Methodist Church Evangelistic Service Date
Sunday morning service titled Sons of God at 7 p m with a sun day school offering for starving China readers invited to give. The pastor K R Isbell appeals for funds noting 10,000 starved daily and stating a dollar saves a life for a month while 3 cents saves a life for a day. a goal of 100 dollars or more is sought.
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Sons of God
China
K. R. Isbell
Sherman Picture Shows Donate to the Starving
Sherman moving picture theaters held Sunday benefit shows for starving children overseas. Admission was free, donations invited at entry, and all proceeds went to the cause. Film companies donated films and staff provided services gratis. Herbine advertised as a remedy for indigestion, priced 60 cents, sold by Dyer & Jones.
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Sherman
Dyer & Jones
Ford Motor resumes operations in Detroit plants
Detroit Feb 2 Partial resumption of Ford Motor Company work began Jan 31 with 23 percent of the Highland Park staff returning and full operations restarting at the River Rouge tractor plant. Foremen and others had returned to prepare for Monday. No date was announced for increasing Highland Park staffing. the plant had closed Dec 24 leaving over 50,000 idle workers.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
River Rouge
Oklahoma boy receives new face from surgeons
A 12 year old from near Bristow Oklahoma is on the path to a full facial reconstruction after a shotgun blast left him nose less and with extensive jaw damage. Dr A L Blesh performs staged grafts attaching his lip to his arm then grafting rib cartilage for a nose while the arm remains attached to provide circulation. The plan calls for a dentist to rebuild the upper jaw and teeth after the nose is secure, with a final new face expected in about a year.
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Joe Arnold
New University Hospital
Oklahoma City
Joe
Bristow
Okla
A. L. Blesh
Blesh
Joe Pos
Boll Weevils to be Attacked with Gas
Washington reports the chemical warfare service of the army, with the Department of Agriculture, plans a gas barrage in cotton districts of the South to exterminate boll weevils. Brigadier General Amos Freis said experiments show promise after showing military gas killed rats in port areas and locusts in the Philippines.
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Washington
Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Department of Agriculture
Amos Freis
Philippines
427,693 Autos Licensed in Texas During 1920
A state tally shows Texas licensed 427,693 automobiles in 1920, up 96,789 from 1919. Dallas leads with 27,937 registrations, Houston’s Harris County 23,342, Bexar 21,035, Tarrant 19,554, and Wichita Falls 12,689. Five counties exceed 10,000 licenses while sixteen have under 100.
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Austin
Texas
Dallas
Harris County
Houston
Bexar County
Tarrant
Wichita Falls
State records show drop in registered machines in 1920
The State showed decreases in the number of machines registered this year as compared with 1919, Starr County had the largest decline with 118 fewer automobile owners in 1920 than 1919. Liquid Borozone is an efficient healing remedy for human or animal flesh. It mends a severe wound, cut, sore or scratch in the shortest possi- Rule-My-Tism relieves Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains.
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Starr County
Druggist Sale Prices Listed for Various Quantities
Prices shown: 30c 60c and 1.20 dollars for sale by Dyer and Jones druggists.
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Oklahoma
Miles
Nervine
NERY
Dr. Miles
Farmers Union Gin Co
Ers
T. H. Lively
Ford
Sears Auto Company
Whitewright, Texas
Member
Retail Merchants Association
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