Western oil giants announce merger of Standard Oil California and Pacific Oil
New York December 24 The merger of Standard Oil Company of California and Pacific Oil Company, two large western oil group members, was announced by Pacific Oil chairman Henry W DeForest. The consolidated company will be run by Standard Oil California management with Pacific Oil keeping its current organization as far as possible. One share of stock in the new firm will be issued for each share of stock of the merging companies. Pacific Oil now has about 3.5 million shares, Standard about 9.5 million. All Standard assets pass to the new company and Pacific assets except 1,229,575 Associated Oil shares and other assets worth about 20 million dollars will go to Pacific stockholders. Associated Oil, controlled by Pacific, will become independent. The merger gives control of Pacific Oil properties including 261,000 acres in San Joaquin Valley and current output of 65,000 barrels daily. Stock exchange value of the consolidation is about 800 million dollars.
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San Joaquin Valley
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Austin
American Game Protective Society
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Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
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Congress
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American Game Protective Association
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Mexico
Game Commission of
Texas Game Commission
Tzank Walton League
America
American National Bank
Dallas
Mercantile Bank and Trust Company
Central National Bank
Progress Toward Cutting Off Booze Supply
Washington reports progress toward cutting off sources of supply as the new enforcement objective. Three Atlantic seaboard districts are cited with team efforts between district attorneys and prohibition officers. In one district 200 cases were sent to the U S attorney, 265 pleas of guilty, 35 to be tried by jury, and only three acquittals among $5 penalties.
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Glad World Rejoices At Vision Of Christ’s Birth
Poem celebrates the newborn Christ as white stars gleam and snow glistens. Wise men sought him in a dark world now awakened by a gold star that illumines humanity and prompts a joyous carol. The world exults with bells and a bright star’s message.
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Body of Famous Children's Poet to Have New Tomb
Chicago reports Eugene Field the children's poet to be moved from Grace Land Cemetery to a special tomb within the Kenilworth Episcopal Church cloister. The Field family agrees to place a plain slab noting his name and poems with a memorial window for his grandson across from the tomb. Relics from Field are to be housed at the Chicago Historical Society while the Field home is demolished for new apartments.
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Eugene Field
Graceland Cemetery
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter
Kenilworth
Field
Kenilworth Church
William C. Englar, Jr
Chicago Historical Society
Stanford Coach Glenn Warner Orchestrates Star Alums
Glenn Warner, Stanford football coach, developed many of the electiron’s greatest stars including Jim Thorpe and Ernie Nevers. For floor sanding and wax services, reach H. C. Dobbs at phone 1741-J.
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Electiron
Jim Thorpe
Ernie Nevers
J, H. C. Dobbs
Weather Bureau sticks to forecast of white Christmas
The Weather Bureau maintained its forecast of a white Christmas with snow likely east of the Mississippi River. Significant snowfall was anticipated in the Ohio Valley Tennessee lower lake region and the middle north Atlantic states while the south Atlantic and east gulf regions were expected to stay fair and warmer. Cooler temperatures were predicted for the Ohio and lower Mississippi Valleys and the lower lake region tomorrow afternoon and night.
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East Gulf States
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Mississippi
Voice of St. Louis KMOX Goes On Air In City Event
Radio station KMOX, famed as the voice of St. Louis, officially began broadcasting with a varied program. Mayor Miller and fourteen company officers delivered dedicatory addresses before a night of music and features marking the 261 meter wavelength gift to America.
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Sam Jones Seeks First World Series Win Amid Defeats
Not a victory for Sam Jones of the Yankees, who has appeared in three world series but never won a game, amid two defeats. In Paris, a fad grows to wear boots made from a dead pet dog’s skin as consolation.
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Tientsin Falls Before Troops of Marshal Feng
Marshal Feng Yu-Hiang’s forces entered Tientsin after a brief heavy assault ending Li Ching-Ling’s defense. Foreign concessions fortified to protect residents and properties while American, British, and Japanese troops stood watch. Li, now a refugee in the Japanese concession, led a defeated army amid widespread looting and casualties. Sun Yuh appointed civil governor of Chihli in Li’s place.
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Peking
Feng Yu-Halang
Chihli
Tientsin
North China
Li Ching-Ling
Chang Tso-Lin
Great Wall
Fen Yu-Hsiang
Pezhang
Feng
Sun Yuh
Reward Offered for Coal Payroll Bandits in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police report a $5,000 reward posted by the Pittsburgh terminal coal company for the return of $47,900 payroll stolen in a pay car holdup near Mollenauer. Guard J. L. Gump died from a rifle wound. another guard, Francis Mahoney, was knocked unconscious and is expected to recover. A $1,000 bounty is offered for each robber, dead or alive. Investigators from state police and multiple agencies chase the perpetrators.
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Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Mollenauer
Here
J. L. Gump
Francis Mahoney
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Insurance Company
Youngest Confederate daughter may be too young for UDC
Carlisle Kentucky December 24 1930 Jimmie Ellen Barr twelve a direct daughter of a Confederate veteran is not eligible for the United Daughters of the Confederacy until she reaches majority yet she is the daughter of A J Barr eighty four who married after age sixty Kentucky Confederate statisticians deem her the youngest daughter of a Confederate soldier in the United States.
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Jimmie Ellen Barr
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jimmie
A. J. Barr
Kentucky
United States
Texas Opposes Federal Game Refuge Bill at New York Meet
Texas sportsmen oppose the proposed national game refuge plan as federal control. Judge J R Smith says the bill would bring federal wardens and taxes, harming local rights while Texas seeks more refuges. The debate follows New York conference where the American Game Protective Society advocates the measure.
American architect held in Sicily as German spy
New York dispatch reports Ella Briggs, an American architect hired to photograph Italian Renaissance architecture for the Architectural Book Publishing Company of New York, is under arrest in Palermo, Sicily, charged with spying for Germany. Her brother and Paul Wenzel, head of the firm, confirm the detention and say the cable is the first word since she arrived in Sicily last summer.
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Ella Briggs
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Palermo
Germany
Briggs
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