Independent oil firms reverse crude price cuts in six states
Two independent companies rescind their 20 cent per barrel cuts in crude purchases as Danciger Oil Refineries raises prices by 20 cents for Texas Panhandle sweet crude. Bell Oil and Gas also reverses its cut in Burkburnett North Texas and Red River district. Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing pauses oil price postings nationwide.
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Tulsa
Okla
Danciger Oil Refineries, Inc
Texas Panhandle
Bell Oil and Gas Company
Burkburnett
North
Texas
Texas- Oklahoma
Red River
Bell
Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing Co
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Sinclair Prairie
Bell and Daneiger
Lousiana
Arkansas
Ickes
Lion Oil Refining Company
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Stockyards Strike Parley Requested
Fort Worth stockyards negotiations edge toward settlement as United Livestock Handlers Union and stockyards officials seek a meeting. The union requests a discussion time while the company proposes 9 A M tomorrow at its attorneys offices. Pickets guard pens and scales amid limited yard activity.
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Fort Worth
United Livestock Handlers Union
Hodge
Here
Hunter Finally Gets Scratch in Wilds
Amarillo hunter W. W. Woolsey famed for tracking bears and dangerous beasts finally received a wound while hunting. After years without a scratch he was slightly injured when a wild goose clamped onto his eye during a night vigil in the field. He had faced jungles deserts and wilds but this was his first injury in the business.
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W. W. Woolsey
Amarillo
Exemption Granted for 281 Wells in Marland-Finley Pool
The Texas Railroad Commission issued an order exempting 281 wells in the Marland-Finley Pool Gray County from its 15 day shutdown. If all wells are opened, 6906 barrels daily would be available to buyers with Danciger Oil 3357 barrels Humble Oil 1042 barrels Sinclair Prairie 446 Magnolia Petroleum 856 Wilcox Refining 677 Gulf Oil 528. Ten wells produce water 40 to 83 percent. Operators may produce if they choose.
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Marland-Finley Pool
Gray County
Texas Railroad Commission
Marland-Finley
Danciger Oil & Refining Company
Pampa
Humble Oil Company
Sinclair Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Wilcox Oil & Refining Company
Gulf Oil Corporation
Police Ordered Out in Milk Strike Across States
Governor Lehman mobilized state police to guard highways and prevent interference with milk transport as violence erupted in the dairy farmers union strike. The action follows a fatality and massive milk spoilage, involving 15,000 producers across New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
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Utica
N. Y
U.P
Lehman
New York City
Albany
Holton V. Noyes
New York
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Donley Old Settlers Picnic in Tate's Grove
Hedley August 17. The Donley County Old Settlers Association holds its annual picnic all day with dinner on the ground in the shade at Tate's Grove. W. I. Rains, association president, arranged a morning program with Clarendon High School Band and speeches by E. H. Watts and J. Claude Wells. Afternoon features impromptu entertainment and gospel singing.
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Hedley
Tate’s Grove Panhandle
Donley County
Old Settlers Association
W. I. Rains
Clarendon High School
E. H. Watts
Giles
J. Claude Wells
Memphis
Imprompu Entertainment
Government Urges Private Help in Tax Revisions
Washington augu 17 government urges business sectors to cooperate in tax revision efforts and warns of possible recession unless private capital fills the gap left by public spending. John W. Hanes acting treasury secretary invites private hearings before a congressional committee studying revisions set to begin November 1.
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Washington
John W. Hanes
Treasury
Wall Street
Hanes
Congressional Committee
Interior
Ickes
Optimistic Jones foresees peaceful Europe and lake projects
Congress man Marvin Jones returned from Washington with an optimistic forecast. He said there will be no war in Europe and no special session of Congress. He expects freight rate reductions for agricultural exports and completion of the Great Plains lake program, the Canadian River Dam, and the Caprock Reservoir in Briscoe County. He noted strong Washington sentiment against war and the chance for peaceful settlement of disputes.
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Marvin Jones
Washington
Europe
Congress
Great Plains Lake
Canadian River
Caprock
Briscoe County
Jones
Germany
United States
Globe News Want Ads Highlights Business Schools
The page promotes business and trade schools ready to start applicants on the road to success. It urges readers to consult the Want Ads daily for opportunities and guidance toward better jobs and broader knowledge in the business world.
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Globe News
Burford Removal Hearing Unreels Sensations
Dallas court sessions uncovered a flurry of disclosures in the Burford removal fight as government witnesses described 1936 Louisiana oil actions. Testimony tied a large 90 000 dollar income to political figures, with officials admitting pressure to sign orders boosting oil production. Burford’s defense rested after ten Dallas witnesses praised his character, while Shaw and Maestri defended the legality of the March 24 order.
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Dallas
Louisiana
Freeman W. Burford
T. W. Davidson
James Cooner
U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Richard Leche
Burford
Seymour Weiss
J. A. Shaw
Minerals Division
Louisiana Conservation Department
Rodessa
Leche
Weiss
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
Louisiana Conservation Commissioner
Dr. Shaw
Pelican Oil and Gasoline Company
Shaw
Attorney General's Department of Louisiana
Maestri
James O'Connor
Pelica Company
Texas
Longview
Davidson
O'Connor
the Conservation Commission
O. John Rogge
United States
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
E. B. Germany
State Democratic Executive Committee
E. H. Carey
American Medical Association
Falls From Speeding Car Leave 3-Year-Old With Headache
In Plainview a 3-year-old, Truman Swopes, was thrown from a sedan traveling about 50 mph when he loosened the back door latch. He suffered facial and scalp wounds and a headache after the incident, then was taken to Plainview Hospital by his parents.
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Plainview
Truman Swopes
S. A. Swopes
Hart
Truman
Plainview Hospital
National Farm Officials Tour Great Plains Areas
A 15 day tour led by M. L. Wilson will survey drought impact and federal farm actions in the Northern Great Plains Montana to Colorado and the Dust Bowl regions Colorado to Arizona. The caravan will include stops in Goodwell Oklahoma Clovis New Mexico and Amarillo Texas among others.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Great Plains
M. L. Wilson
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Goodwell
Okla
Clovis
N. M
Amarillo
Swisher Dairy Herds Displayed for Plainsmen
Tulsa Aug. 17 Jersey herds of Swisher County rated among Texas best were shown to about 100 dairy enthusiasts from two states as the Panhandle Plains Dairy Association held its first regional meeting and tour. The one day program included seven farm visits and a creamery stop, with talks on expanding the Panhandle Plains Dairy Show and boosting dairy industry service.
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Raymond Holbrook
Tulsa
Jersey
Swisher County
Texas
Panhandle-Plains Dairy Association
Dairy Association
Panhandle Plains
Plainview
J. E. Rigler
Swisher Group
Swisher County Jersey Association
I. H. Turney
New Mexico
Auisitor
Panama Canal Zone
Childress Electric Company
John Palmore
Pete Smith
Association
Noble Raleigh Dorinada
Central Plains Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Swisher Creamery, Inc
Fimo Elliott
Elliott Place
Ruby Princess
Sue
Elliott
King
Marie
Tarzan
Nobel
Larurette
J. R. Sprawls Place
Mr. Sprawls
Noble Raleigh Dorinda
5S. P. Atchley
Dies' Bund Chief Kuhn Attacks Dies Committee
Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund clashed with the Dies committee over two days of testimony. He predicted the probe would cost his political future, denied ties to Germany, and complained witnesses were allowed no legal counsel. He cited a Detroit meeting address by Attorney General Murphy and noted a 1936 Bund contribution to Nazi winter relief.
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Washington
Fritz Kuhn
Fuehrer
Bund
Dies
Kuhn
Germany
Starnes
Alabama
New York
Murphy
Detroit
Proration Plan Proposed by Humble for Fast Texas Oil
A major oil company proposes a new proration formula for the Fast Texas field, weighing oil sand thickness lease acreage and well pressure. The railroad commission moves the statewide proration hearing to August 28 from September 18 amid price stabilization debate and a Humble price cut that halted Texas fields.
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Austin
Fast
Texas
Railroad Commission
Humble Oil Company
Rex Baker
Humble
Ernest ©. Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Woman's Body Found in Trunk in Atlanta Station
A trunk containing the body of a young black woman was found at Atlanta terminal railroad station. The trunk shipped from Washington on Aug 15 with an unused ticket. Detectives say she was murdered by head blows and dumped in a cheap square trunk.
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Atlanta
Washington
Terminal Railroad Station
Paul Bonehoo
Government Claims 7,000,000 Bales of Loan Cotton
Secretary Wallace announced the government would claim title to nearly 7,000,000 bales of cotton from the 1934 and 1937 crops tied to price bolstering loans. The move aims to obtain about 700,000 bales to barter with England for British rubber held as war reserves. The fate of the remaining 6,000,000 plus bales written off in losses exceeds $150,000,000 remains unresolved.
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Washington
Wallace
England
San Antonio Probes Invite City Investigation Of Subversives
Mayor Maury Maverick invited Congressman Martin Dies to conduct a city financed inquiry into the Communist Party and Nazi Bund in San Antonio. He refused Elks Club use of the auditorium for a mass meeting during a Communist rally and offered Alamo Plaza instead while pledging cooperation with Dies. Maverick said he opposes Communism but will defend free speech for all groups including the Elks Catholic Church and Ku Klux Klan.
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Ban Antonio
Martin Dies
Maury Maverick
Communist Party
Nazi Bund
San Antonio
Dies
Elks Club
Municipal Auditorium
Maverick
Paul Kilday
Supreme Court
Elks
Alamo Plaza
The
Catholic Church
Ku Klux Klan
Cottonseed Payments Urged by Senator George
Senator George of Georgia proposed direct cottonseed payments to farmers as an alternative to the export subsidy. He telegraphed Secretary Wallace from Vienna Georgia arguing a $7.50 a ton payment on all cottonseed production would not increase government outlay.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Wallace
Vienna
Amarillo and Finns Weather Fragments Report
Cloudy Friday afternoon with possible thunderstorms south portion. West Texas areas show partly cloudy conditions and northern New Mexico mostly fair. Temperature readings around Amarillo near 65 at noon, rising toward 83 later.
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Amarillo
Finns
Mexico
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Hunter
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Optimistic Note
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Noble
Mr. Atchley
American Jersey Association
Dennis and Clyde Wilkens
Sam
Oxford
Wilkens
Metcalfe
John C. Metcalfe
Commission
Baker
Thompson
Lon A. Smith
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