Texas C Thompson Opposes Federal Oil Controls in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 11, Col. K O Thompson of the Texas oil regulator and Rep. Wolverton of New Jersey urged that federal price controls would harm state sovereignty. Thompson and Jerry Sadler of the Texas Railroad Commission testified before a House subcommittee led by Rep. Cole, voicing strong opposition to the Cole federal oil control bill.
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New Orleans
Col
K. O. Thompson
Texas Oil Regulatory Body
Rep. Wolverton
New Jersey
Thompson
Jerry Sadler
Texas Railroad Commission
Col. Thompson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rep
William P. Cole, Jr
Maryland
Wolverton
Texan
U.P
Texas
Congressional
Harold Ickes
Hitler
The
Texas Commission
Commission
Connally
Interior
Ickes
Washington
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Compact Commission
Cole
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Michigan
Oklahoma
California
Texa Railroad Commission
Action on City's Coronado Fete Due Tonight
Amarillo business leaders meet at 6:30 PM at the Amarillo Hotel to decide Amarillo's participation in the Coronado celebration for 1940. Clinton Anderson explains the nationwide plan while a $7,500 local underwriting is weighed against a projected $10,000 federal grant and anticipated box office receipts.
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Coronado
Amarillo
Jim Florey
Chamber of Commerce
Clinton P. Anderson
Federal Commission On
Carl Hinton
National Committee
Hinton
Albuquerque
Anderson
Federal Commission
Army Reaches New High In Uniform Numbers
The regular army listed 205 813 officers and men in uniform on November 30 with potential additions of about 2 000 since then as recruitment surged toward 227 000 ordered by President Roosevelt. Some doubt remained whether the target would be reached by January 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Riots in Jubbulpore Wound 100 Police Fire as Troops Deployed
In Jubbulpore on December 11 a mob set fire to shops after a profiteering protest. Police fired to disperse the crowd and four British platoons were stationed in the city as religious factions clashed, injuring about 100.
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Jubbulpore
India
Panhandle Plains Legion convention awarded to Beaver
Perryton hosts Panhandle Plains American Legion Poets and Auxiliary Units spring convention with Beaver Oklahoma named as the site. Irvin Gist Texhoma is named commander A F Click Texhoma adjutant Roy Forden Forgan vice commander Hiram Butler Boise City re elected historian Dalhart Pampa Borger and Amarillo join the association. More than 250 Legionnaires and auxiliary members attend with state and national officers present. A joint banquet at 6:30 PM and a device at Hotel Perryton at 9 PM close the day.
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Perryton
Panhandle-Plains Association of American Legion
Beaver
Okla
Irvin Gist
Texhoma
A. F. Click
Roy Farden
Forgan
Hiram Butler
Boise City
Dalhart
Pampa
Borger
Amarillo
L. D. Akin
Oklahoma
Irvin L. Cowger
Kansas
Lou J. Roberts
Texas
C. B. Dollarhicd
M. L. Opperud
J. L. Bacon
Panhandle Association
Charles Burch
Mel Fern Behrendt
Keyes
H. L. Plummer
Indianapolis
Hugh Askew
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Department
Want Ads Feature Broad Classifieds In Local Paper
Want ads showcase four and five room houses and automobiles wanted. Suburban home for rent and beauty work specials. Items for sale include 8 tube console radio for ten dollars stock wagons bikes clothing and more. Gold wanted and general buy services promoted by Crane's gift stationery at Russell's.
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Want Ad
Ban on Tapping Wires Widened By High Court
The U S Supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained by wire tapping cannot be used in federal prosecutions. The decision expands Section 605 to protect intrastate communications and reverses a prior conviction in a case involving Weiss Gross and Goldstein.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Holmes
Brandeis
Justice Roberts
Congress
Joseph J. Weiss
Martin Gross
Maximilian Goldstein
Frank Carmine Nardone
Nathan W. Hoffman
Robert Gottfried
Justice Frankfurter
Circuit Court of Appeals
Toys bought in US mostly American made says commerce dept
The commerce department reported today that 98 percent of toys bought in the United States this year will be American made.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
School Bus Crash Injures About 70 Children
A school bus transporting students to town skidded on sand on a highway near Choates in Livingston. About 70 children were injured and taken to two local hospitals. Maria Angel and Billie Bailey from the Soda community were reported among the most seriously injured.
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Livingston
Choates
Maria Angel
Billie Bailey
Soda
Farmers in Marvin Jones District Back AAA Cooperation
Farmers in Texas Panhandle's 18th district show strong AAA participation with 92 percent of cropland under program in the state and 96 percent in the district. I W Duggan notes increased farm income since 1933, with cotton and wheat values rising and soil building practices protecting land from wind erosion. He links farm welfare to local business and professional prosperity.
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Marvin Jones
AAA
Panhandle
18Th Congressional District
Panhandle Plains
Texas
United States
I. W. Duggan
Southern Division
The
Duggan
18Th
Lhece
Texas Safety Association forms committee on drunken driving
The Texas Safety Association announced a statewide committee to investigate drunken driving. The panel, likely to meet in January, includes Do Rutland president of the association Walter Humphrey editor of the Temple Telegram L B Maddox police chief L B Maddox Dr Preston Nesbit Tom Pollard Walter Buckner Ralph Yarborough W H Richardson Jr Dr W Bradfield and Kemp Dargan. The group aims to address the link between liquor and automobile fatalities and enforcement gaps.
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Austin
Texas Safety Association
George Clarke
Clarke
Do. J. Rutland
Association
Walter Humphrey
The
Temple Telegram
L. B. Maddox
Beaumont
Preston Nesbit
Arlington
State Medical Association
Tom Pollard
Tyler
Texas Bar Association
Walter Buckner
San Marcos
Texas Press Association
Ralph Yarborough
W. H. Richardson, Jr
Public Safety Commission
Dallas
State Liquor Control Board
Kemp Dargan
Houston
Russian air ace-in-hole still held under wraps
Amid heavy Finnish fighting, Soviet troops push 40 to 60 miles from the border while Finnish ski units raid and destroy Russian groups. Helsinki reports advances near Ladoga and Salla with towns burned, and Moscow debates how to respond to Berlin. The League of Nations offers a 24 hour mediation window as Britain and France weigh action.
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Helsinki
Lake Ladoga
Kuolojarvia
Kuolojervia
Salla
Arctic Circle
Leningrad
Pitkaranta
Gulf of Finland
Muurila
Siprola
Karelian Isthmus
Russia
Melsinki
Moscow
Baltic
Red Army
Finland
League of Nations
Pinland
Berlin
Germany
Balkans
Munich
Soviet
Geneva
League
Rudolf Holsti
Great Britain
Jose Caero da Matta
Holsti
Britain
India
Sweden
Scandinavia
U S Loan Aids Finland Amid Baltic War Struggle
President Roosevelt outlined plans to suspend Finland debt payments and use credit incentives to aid Finland in its war with Russia. The Export Import Bank granted 10 million dollars in civilian-supply credits, while Finland raised its budget by 43 million and Britain agreed to sell war materiel. The move may enable Finland to fund arms purchases indirectly through allied credits.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Britain
United States
Hjalmar Procope
Frost Herefords Average $50
Jack Frost, Dallas oil man who runs a Hereford ranch near Sweetwater, sold 19 bulls and 33 cows for an overall average of 570 dollars. Bulls averaged 476 dollars and cows 621 dollars. Top bull price reached 1 500 dollars for F. Prince Domino 9th. Capitola Domino 10th was the highest selling female at 1 600 dollars. Buyers from 17 states attended with judges from Buenos Aires. The sale followed the Hazlett dispersion base, drawing prominent breeders.
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Sweetwater
Jack Frost
Dallas
Here
Hilltop
New Braunfels
F. Prince Domino
Capitola Domino
Carl B. King
Siloam Ark
Jorge Gordon-Davis
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Robert H. Hazlett
Pampa Man Elected Head of Panhandle API Chapter
George Berlin of Pampa was elected chairman of the Panhandle chapter of the American Petroleum Institute at the annual election. Dan Williams of Pampa, a Danciger Oil and Refinery worker, became first vice chairman, and Charles Alford of Pampa, with Humble Pipeline, was secretary treasurer. The event followed the annual meeting and a gala at the Southern Club attended by about 500 couples.
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Pampa
George Berlin
Panhandle
American Petroleum Institute
Berlin
Skelly Oil Company
Dan Williams
Danciger Oil and Refinery
Charles Alford
Humble Pipeline Company
Southern Club
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U. SS
Red
Stockholm
Mannerheim
Associated Press
Litvinoff
Maxim Litvinoff
Karl J. Hambro
Norway
U.S
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Wonee
Yoo
Pampan
API
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