National Oil Conference Aims to Aid Small Producers
Governors Holloway and Reed call a January 15 meeting in Washington to study stabilizing the oil industry for about 10,000 small independents. Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas invite eight more states to join and the federal oil conservation board pledges support to state leaders.
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Associated Press
Austin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dan Moody
Texas
Washington
Holloway
Reed
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Hoover
Colorado Springs
Wilbur
Colorado
Louisiana
Arkansas
Wyoming
New Mexico
Montana
California
American Petroleum Institute
New York
Delay Pay Load Hop to Paris Delayed by Atlantic Storm
Mrs Bry Hart and Lieut William S Maclaren postponed the pay load flight to Paris via Bermuda and the Azores until Wednesday morning because a storm was reported along the Atlantic seaboard.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Bry] Hart
William S. Maclaren
Paris
Bermuda
Azores
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather forecast for Amarillo and New Mexico region
Tuesday forecasts call for fair and warmer conditions across Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures rise with warmer readings in the north portion and general warmth anticipated. Hourly data show daytime highs in the mid thirties to mid forties and afternoon readings near 50s in some locales.
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Amarillo
Cinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Seer of Hoboken Predicts Turbulent 1931 for Cows and Postmasters
United Press reports Hoboken seer Prof Gustave Meyer says 1931 will be tough for cows and a tough year for postmasters. He warns of prohibition on the spot, widespread illness, and a rise in marriages and divorces. He foresees sorrow and sensational front-page scandals among society leaders.
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United Press
Hoboken
N. J
Gustave Meyer
Leo
Amendment Upheld: 18th Amendment Legally Ratified by Appeals Court
New York January 5 The United States circuit court of appeals ruled the 18th amendment was lawfully proposed and ratified, upholding the national prohibition amendment. The decision, aligning with Supreme Court precedent, affirms the amendment’s validity and respect in governing the United States. Louis E. Thibault of Windsor Vermont was convicted of possessing and selling two pints of whisky, with appeal noted to go to the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sprague
New Jersey
Clark
Court of Appeals
Louis E. Thibault
Windsor
Vermont
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
William Sprague
TANKS ENDANGERED DERRICK FLOORS AND MELT ED GAS LINE
Firemen battled a significant blaze in Oklahoma City’s oil field near the south edge, destroying derrick floors at two wells and melting a gas line. Averted threats included nearby tanks as oil from a slush pit breached a retaining wall. Gas was shut off after firefighters doused the flames with chemical sprays.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Beiers
Plains Petroleum Company
Sadler
Sadler Number 1
Phillips Petroleum Company
Rodman
Bank suspect held on bond in Fort Worth shooting
Joel Carroll, 23, of Athens, jailed on a $10,000 bond for assault to murder Fort Worth police, after a bank robbery in Frankston on December 10. Carroll and Archie N. Gore, 25, of Fort Worth, were wounded in a gunfight with A. C. Howard and night watchman R. W. Howard. the wounded officer suffered a wound to the right arm. Carroll is under guard in a hospital for Anderson county officials.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Joel Carroll
Athens
Frankston
Anderson County
Carroll
Archie N. Gore
R. W. Howard
A. C. Howard
Hoover appoints Cantrell comptroller of customs in New Orleans
President Hoover named Charles Cantrell to the post of comptroller of customs at New Orleans, effective immediately. Cantrell succeeds the previous official as the administration signals continued changes in port oversight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Charles ©. Cantrell
New Orleans
Chopping Big Oil Firms Debate at Texas Meeting
Fort Worth on January 6, directors of the Independent Petroleum Association of Texas discussed breaking up oil companies that own transport, refining, producing, and marketing properties. They issued no formal statement but adopted a resolution urging Congress to impose a tariff or embargo on imported petroleum products. They blamed imports averaging about 300,000 barrels daily for depressing domestic production and contributing to unemployment.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Independent Petroleum Association of Texas
Congress
Rockets to be tested near Roswell by Goddard group
Roswell New Mexico January 6 special to The News Dr Robert H Goddard head of Clark University physics department Worcester Massachusetts working under a Guggenheim foundation of the Smithsonian Institute will soon unleash sky rockets propelled by slow burning gases to gather atmospheric data from 20 to 250 miles above the earth. The tests aim to develop instruments to collect air samples and measure conditions at extreme altitudes and may hint at inter planetary communication possibilities through large rockets.
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Roswell
N. M
Robert H. Goddard
Goddard
Clark University
Worchester
Mass
Guggenheim Foundation
Smithsonian Institute
Brevity and Action Set as Wednesday Mass Meeting Keynote
A mass meeting is geared for Wednesday night at the municipal auditorium with Brevity as keynote. Dr. R Thomson of Central Presbyterian and lawyers James Galerie and H A L Morgan outline the plan to tackle Amarillo’s unemployment. The crowd will parade from Polk and Tenth to the auditorium with bands, pep squad, and mounted traffic officers guiding workers returning to their jobs.
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Municipal Auditorium
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
James
Polk and
Tenth
Polk
Third Avenue
Pierce Street
Mail Orders for German Opera Are Coming In
Mail orders pour in to Wilburn Hawk Globe-News for three German Grand Opera performances on February 6 night and February 7 matinee and night. Tickets cost 1 to 5 dollars with seat charts in ads. Opera company includes 156 performers, largest of its kind to visit Amarillo under Tri-State Fair. Tickets mailed upon cashier’s check or money order. ten percent reduction offered on certain tickets.
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Wilburn, Hawk
Globe-News Publishing Company
News and Globe
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair
Reason
Rail shop workers return to duty across multiple lines
In a string of January reopenings, about 1,000 workers resumed duties at New York Central shops in East Buffalo and Depew, 400 at Illinois Central in Paducah, over 1,000 at Missouri Pacific in North Little Rock, 1,200 at Sedalia Missouri Pacific plants, and 200 at Missouri Pacific shops in Kansas City after several weeks off.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
East Buffalo
Depew
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific
North Little Rock
W. H. MeAmis
Sedalia
Kansas City, Jan
Missouri Pacific Railroad
North Fillmore street subway plan delayed until January 12
A conference of city officials and railroad engineers on the North Fillmore street subway is postponed to Monday January 12, per city manager Bill Durham. The underpass, costing about 175000, will be built by the city and the Rock Island Railway with engineering estimates from the city.
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North Fillmore Street
Bill Durham
J. E. Gorman
Rock Island
Amarillo
Fillmore Street
Wild chase ends in pistol seizure and habeas release
Edna Fitzgerald wife of Dick Fitzgerald gains freedom on writ of habeas corpus then is rearrested with two men, James Karwood and John Meeks, on pistol carrying charges. Officers recover two pistols and burglary tools from their car as arrest details unfold in the city’s business district.
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Edna Fitzgerald
Dick Fitzgerald
Clark Cain
Polices Department
C. T. Vanderpool
Jack Lewis
George Stanley
Pres Burnam
Police Department
Chasell Carto Alloys
Cain
Vanderpool
Fitzgerald
Tenth Avenue
Polk Street
Seventh Avenue
Fillmore Street
Meeks
Harwood
Parte
Ryan
Finklea
Campbell
Durkee
Carter
Big Spring
Meek
Lubbock
Iai
First Airplane Lands In Hollis New Hampshire
In Hollis New Hampshire residents witnessed the town's first close-up view of a flying machine when aviator Joseph Fleet forced a landing in Arthur Strong's cow pasture. It marked the first airplane landing in town history during the waning days of 1920.
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United Press
Hollis
N. H
Joseph Fleet
Arthur Strong
French People Pay Homage At Joffre's Bier
Paris honors Marshal Joseph Joffre with a grand in state ceremony beside his bier at the military school. A vast dawn crowd, swelling to thousands, files past the coffin as children join the solemn procession amid restrained tension and orderly tributes.
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Joffre
Bier
Associated Press
Paris
Marshal Joseph Jacques
France
Champ de Mars
Ask New Trial Colquit Davis in Ardmore
In Ardmore Oklahoma January 5 a motion for a new trial for Colquit Davis 19 was filed alleging numerous technical errors by Judge Asa Walden who presided. No hearing date set and no sentence date announced. Walden instructed the jury to decide life imprisonment or electric chair but the jury could not agree and left the punishment to the judge.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Colquit Davis
Asa Walden
Bangor's 96 year old official claims age record
Dr Daniel W Maxfield aged 96 in Bangor Missouri is described as one of the oldest active municipal officials in the country serving as overseer of the poor.
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United L’ress
Bangor
Daniel W. Maxfield
Hoover relief plan faces delay as food loan funds disputed
Senate debate over 15.9 million dollars for food loans stalls drought aid totaling 45 million. Arkansas farmers who stormed England demand attention, while Tilson vows to oppose loan funds as federal overreach. Senate to probes unemployment drought impacts. amendment to lift county limits for loan eligibility is approved.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Senate
House
Tilson
Connecticut
Arkansa
England
Carawa Democrat
Arkansas
Jones
Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
John Barto Payne
Red Crow
Human Diitiens
Senator Black
Alabama
Open Bids Thursday for Fat Stock Show Preparations
Bids for remodeling at the Tri-State fairgrounds will open at 10 a.m. Thursday January 16 in the Potter County courthouse county commissioners' courtroom. The project covers construction of a new show ring and the remodeling of the school exhibit building into a sales arena for the Fat Stock Show.
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Tri-State
Fai
Wilburn Hawk
Potter County Court House
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