Oil majors cut crude prices in Texas and Panhandle regions
Magnolia Petroleum and Sinclair Oil along with Sun Oil reduced crude prices across Texas Oklahoma and Kansas meeting Mid-Continent postings. New rates vary by gravity and county with cuts from 2 to 28 cents per barrel including Panhandle Gray and Carson counties and the Miranda field.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Today
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wichita
Wilbarger
Archer
Young
Panhandle
Gray County
Carson and
Hutchinson
Miranda Field
Texas Senate weighs installment tax plan in emergency bill
In Austin on January 15 the Senate state affairs committee discussed Senator Ben G. Oneal's emergency measure to allow semi annual tax payments. Governor-elect Ross Sterling endorsed the idea urging quick passage before February 1 as farmers face crop failures and tax deadlines approach. A subcommittee was named to study the proposal further.
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Associated Press
Austin
Governr
Moody
Senate
State Affairs Committee
Ben G. Oneal
Wichita Falls
Oneal
Ross
Sterling
Joe Moore
Amacker Dies in Lubbock Former Fair Official
Carlton H. Amacker 42 an auto club secretary for two years in Lubbock and former Amarillo chamber and fair worker died after emergency surgery for intestinal cancer at a local hospital. Peritonitis and pneumonia risk followed though he rallied briefly. He leaves a widow and one daughter with funeral arrangements pending.
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G. H. Amacker
Lubbock
Carlton H. Amacker
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Mr. Amacker
Weather hints at Amarillo with hourly temperature notes
Fragmented data shows temperature readings by hours for Amarillo with miles and times unclear. The text lists numbers like 38 and 42 and references noon and min and max values, but details are obscured.
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End Hockley Highway Suit Ends in Texas Court
Dismissal of the case of D. E. Magee and others against W. H. Still and others in the court of civil appeals seventh district ends a road machinery injunction suit in Hockley county. The county commissioners had been restrained and held in contempt for buying machinery over two thousand dollars but rescinded their purchase order on the last day of their term. The appeal found the dispute moot as the matter was settled before argument.
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D. E. Magee
W. H. Still
Hockley County
Court of Civil Appeals
Seventh Judicial District
Hockley County Commissioners’ Court
Hockley County District Court
Commissioners’ Court
Oaxaca quake toll and fear sweep through ruined city
Soldiers recover bodies from Oaxaca after a strong earthquake that hit southern Mexico. At least 12 killed and many injured as panic stricken residents sleep outdoors amid freezing weather. Mexico City also shaken with one death and 26 injuries and ongoing communications difficulties.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Oaxaca
Mexico
Ortiz Rubio
Evaristo Perez
Department of Communication
Oxaca
Identified Bandit in Donley County Bank Robbery
James Edward Aston, arrested in McAlester Oklahoma and returned to Clarendon, is identified as one of two bandits in the June 23 1930 Donley County State Bank robbery. Cashier Hilmen Kennedy and bookkeeper Elizabeth Holloway identified him as part of the quartet in the vault with a woman driver. Authorities say trace of the second bandit has been found.
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Clarendon
James Edward Aston
McAlester
Okla
Oklahoma City
Donley County
Aston
Hilmen Kennedy
Elizabeth Holloway
Guy Pierce
J. L. McMurty
Mantie Graves
Very Small Man Takes Big Texas Treasurer Post
Charley Lockhart of Austin is sworn in as Texas treasurer. At 45 inches tall he jokes about his size while praising his effort since 1900, describing political battles and his climb from county treasurer to statewide office.
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Associated Press
Austin
Charley Lockhart
State of Texas
Lockhart
Lone Star
Scurry County
Kidnapped Corsicana Banker’s Son Paid Ransom in 1920s
Robert Cerf, 24, son of Corsicana banker Isaac N. Cerf, was kidnaped December 10 and held until his father paid 15 000 dollars ransom the next day. Dallas police were reported to be working on the case and an anonymous threat to pay 8 000 dollars could not be verified.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Robert Cerf
Isaac N. Cerf
Cerf
Dallas
Parrish seeks to repeal Texas marriage law as nuisance
Senator Pink L. Parrish of Lubbock announced he would introduce a bill to abolish the state marriage law enacted two years ago. He argued many couples traveled to neighboring states for licenses to avoid Texas rules, noting border counties saw up to a 75 percent drop in marriages. Parrish said he opposed the original bill and believes former supporters now regret their votes.
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Associated Presse
Austin
Pink L. Parrish
Lubbock
Parrish
Texas
Senate
Oldest Cowboy Reese Barton Buried in Childress
The world's oldest cowboy Reese Barton, 100, was laid to rest in Childress after last rites at the Jack Smith home. Barton, tied to the Smith ranch for over 40 years, died Tuesday night leaving a legacy as a famed indomitable range rider admired nationwide.
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Associated Press
Childress
Reese Barton
Jack Smith
Barton
Smith Ranch Outfit
Makers of
Oil tariff drive to aid oil producers faces Congress and White House
Senators elect Thomas Gore Oklahoma and Wirt Franklin head committees to push a tariff plan for oil relief. Franklin criticizes conservation as ruinous and urges tariffs to curb monopoly. House and Senate resolutions prepared at executive sessions will be reported soon as oil leaders pledge support from Senators Sheppard and Shortridge and Representative Garner. Secretary Hurley appears for the administration, Wilbur notes his stance is personal. Imports blamed for problems, not overproduction.
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Congress
White House
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Wirt Franklin
Independent Petroleum Association
Hoover
Franklin
Wilbur
Sheppard
Texas
Shortridge
California
Garner
Hurley
Oil Conservation Board
Dele
Armour chief F Edson White dies in window fall
F Edson White 57 president of Armour & Co fell from a bedroom window at his North Side home. Coroner and Armour & Reed officials deem the death an accident and say he had been talking with the treasurer five minutes earlier. White was alone in the room.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
F. Edson White
Armour & Co
North Side
Packer
P. J. Dwyer
P. L. Reed
Armour
Reed
White
Change of Date For Flying High in Amarillo
Notice of date shift for the appearance of Flying High in Amarillo from Monday January 26 to Thursday January 29 due to railroad connections. Advance seat sales begin Tuesday January 27 at City Drug Store. seating by mail order to Wilbur C. Hawk care of The News-Globe. Prices from 50 cents to 3 dollars.
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Amarillo
City Drug Store
Wilbur C. Hawk
News-Globe
Daisy De Boe Accused in Grand Theft Trial Seizure Row
In Los Angeles on January 15 the Daisy De Boe trial over alleged embezzlement and unauthorized use of Clara Bow's film fund continued. Prosecutor's investigator Marjoria Fairchild described seized jewelry including diamond rings and watches from De Boe's safe deposit and a coat from her sister Mia's home as evidence.
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Associated Preas
Los Angeles
Daisy de Boe
Clara Bow
Miss de Boe
Marjoria Fairchild
Mia
Grace Black
Misa de Boe
Nathan Freedman
Miss Fairchild
Miss de Boo
Panhandle Wheat Plan Aims 40 Percent Acreage Cut
Amarillo backs a 40 percent acreage reduction to help wheat farmers. P. Bennett of the chamber of commerce and Byron Gist praise the plan as the only solution to the wheat problem, hoping it boosts future market prices. A mass meeting in Amarillo on Tuesday will urge bankers farmers and dealers to attend. Bennett calls the plan the immediate salvation for growers.
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Amarillo
P. ©. Bennett
The
Chamber of Commerce
Lester Stone
Byron Gist
Panhandle
Gist
Bennett
Solons Spend Day Listening to Governor's Farewell
In Austin on January 15 the Texas legislature spent most of the day in joint session listening to Governor Moody's farewell message and tallying votes for his successor. Ross Sterling of Houston led the governor race with 252 738 votes to 62 224 for Col William E. Talbot. Edgar F. Witt of Waco will be inaugurated governor after winning 274 416 to 40 492 for H B Tanner. The inaugural plans were shifted to the House chamber per Sterling's request.
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Associated Press
Austin
Moody
Ross
Sterling
Houston
William E. Talbot
Dallas
Edgar F. Witt
Waco
H. B. Tanner
Fred Minor
House of Representatives
House
Sterlings
Man 71 Returns Home After Wandering Episode
T. P. Guimarin ex district clerk of Floyd County says he was knocked unconscious near Fort Worth on December 5 by two men who tried to trade Floydada property for his store. He awoke in a Miami hotel with little memory and wired for money. his son-in-law later found him in Jacksonville, Florida, calm but shaken.
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T. P. Guimarin
Floyd County
Floydads
Associated Press
Floydada
Texas
Jan
Jacksonville
Fla
Guimarin
Fort Worth
Miami
J. G. Wood
Florida
Floyda
Texan
Oklahoma
Moody Says Hello and Farewell to Texas Legislature
Texas Governor Dan Moody delivered a farewell message to the last of three legislatures, praising tax reform and road-building costs, and denouncing Republican rule. The joint session in Austin drew a packed gallery as Moody urged continued Democratic leadership to restore prosperity and unite the party.
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Associated Preen
Austin
Texas
Dan Moody
Republican Party
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
House
Senate
Amarillo Leads West South Central in December 1930 Business Gain
Amarillo was the only city in Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana with a rise in business conditions for December 1930 per the Alexander Hamilton Institute monthly sales and credit bulletin. The West South Central division saw a petroleum slump drag down conditions, but Amarillo's trade volume fell only 16.9 percent from December 1929, the smallest drop among the four states.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Amarillo
West South Central Division
United States
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Pink Parrish
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Daisy de Roe
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