Oil price surge lifts midcontinent crude to new top
Crude oil markets rally as prices jump to a midcontinent high of 85 cents a barrel with Oklahoma Kansas and north Texas seeing gains. Gray County Panhandle crude tops at 73 cents while Hutchinson Moore and Carson counties reach 63 cents with 29 gravity discounts. Continent wide impact expected to boost area income by about 15 million dollars monthly.
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Bartlesville
Oklo
Philtex Oil Company Today
Panhandle
Gray County
Hutchinson, Carson and
Moore Counties
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
East Texas
Texas Panhandle
Carson
Moore
Hutchinson
Continental Oil Company
Ponca City
Sinclair- Prairie Oil Marketing Company
Barnsdall Refineries
Vickers V Petroleum Corporation
Empire Pipe ‘Line
Philtex Oil Company
Phillips Petroleum
Derby Oil Company
Mid-Continent
Cream of Amarillo used cars on Want Ads page
Auto row listings show a 1932 Chevrolet Coupe at 389 dollars a 1930 Ford Deluxe and a 1931 Chevrolet Coach plus 1929 Ford Tudor 1930 Ford Roadster 81 Chrysler 8 Sport Coupe 32 Essex Terraplane Coupe 1930 Pierce Arrow Sedan 1930 Olds DeLuxe Coach and more all at affordable prices details and locations available in the Automobile column of the Want Ads.
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Automobile
Recess Declared In World Economic Conference
Great powers agreed to suspend the world economic conference for two months after a deadlock over gold and non gold policies. The United States signaled willingness to recess while urging a resumption “in an atmosphere of sympathy,” with Cordell Hull steering the process and Britain maintaining neutrality.
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London
New World
France
United States
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Great Britain
Cordell Hull
Great World Congress
Negro Shot Beaten and Hanged by Mob Near Clinton S C
Norris Bendy, a Laurens County , was seized from Clinton jail by four white men. He was shot once and beaten with marks on his head and body. A noose was found around his neck and the body was taken to a church. Sheriff Owens had no clues to the lynchers.
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Clinton
S. C
Norris Bendy
Laurens County
Marvin Louis
Columbus Owens
Owens
Rescue Plane Lands Near Terrace After Fuel Run Dry
The Jimmie Mattern Rescue Plane piloted by William Alexander, who departed Edmonton at dawn, landed in a clover field near Terrace, B C, late today apparently out of fuel.
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Terrace
B. C
Jimmie Mattern
William Alexander
Edmonton
Drunk on a Bicycle Adds Odd Charge at Dallas Jail
Dallas July 5 A police blotter entry lists a man as drunk on a bicycle after he pedaled into a truck. The incident was recorded at the city jail as a new case.
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Dallas
U.P
Europe asked to aid wheat output
London July 5 Negotiations for a wheat production restriction program to trim North American surplus and push prices forward moved to a discussion among the United States Canada Australia and Argentina with a committee named to carry on talks. Europe’s willingness remained uncertain though Italy signaled readiness and the Soviet Union offered aid while France and some Danubian states showed opposition.
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London
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Stanley M. Bruce
Thomas le Breton
Frederick E. Murphy
Bruce
Italy
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet
Russia
France
Poland
DOUG JR BETTER AFTER BAD ILLNESS
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. has recovered from pneumonia and moved from Doctors' Hospital to his mother Mrs. Jack Whiting's home. The physician expects full recovery within a short time. The report comes from New York on July 5.
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New York
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Doctors’ Hospital
Jack Whiting
Duke of Marlborough Applauded for Light Summer Attire
London reports the 62 year old Duke of Marlborough attended a Grand Druid's banquet in white linen trousers a soft collar and shirt. He joked about others wearing heavy collars amid a heat wave as he praised his own cool outfit.
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London
Duke of Marlborough
Negro Charged as Murderer in San Antonio Case
San Antonio July 5 36 year old Negro janitor is charged with the murder of Alma Dell Cabble 34 whose beaten body was found in an apartment suite. Woolfolk told detectives he struck her with a lead pipe and implicated another Negro not yet located. He led officers to the tool house where the weapon was hidden and said Cabble was lured to the apartment under a job pretense.
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San Antonio
Woolfolk
Alma Dell Cabble
Delos Finch
Aubrey Hopkins
Elenita Heye
Cabble
Heye
Corpus Christi
Tropical disturbance heads toward mouth of Rio Grande
A violent tropical disturbance moves through the Gulf toward the lower Texas coast with hurricane warnings for ships and residents. The storm was estimated 300 miles southeast of Brownsville and expected to strike the Rio Grande mouth tomorrow forenoon, prompting evacuations from Padre Island and low lands.
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Brownsville
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Pat
Government
Rio Grande
Galveston
Port Arthur
Corpus Christi
Padre Island
Long Padre Island
Corn Grabs Lead In Grain Advance
Chicago reports corn rising sharply amid crop fears and chinch bug damage. May delivery prices climbed to around 74 cents and closed at 73.44 cents, while wheat fell slightly but remained above the dollar mark for December and May contracts. Oats rye and barley edged lower.
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Chicago
Hard Man Balbo Leads Italy Air Armada to Chicago
Italo Balbo, 37, Mussolini's right-hand man and founder of the Fascist party, heads Italy's air armada of 24 seaplanes from Rome toward the World Fair in Chicago. Balbo, a famed leader of the Rome march and a key architect of Italy's air force, commands 115 men on the bold transatlantic flight, seen as a pinnacle in European aviation prowess.
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Italo Balbo
Italy
Rome
Chicago
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Balbo
Il Duce
Europe
European
Brazil
America
Balbo's ships reach Iceland during historic flight
General Italo Balbo and his 24 seaplanes landed at Reykjavik Iceland this afternoon completing the Londonderry to Iceland leg of the voyage. The fleet will press on to Cartwright Labrador about 1500 miles further west en route to Chicago.
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Reyjkavik
Iceland
Italo Balbo
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Chicago
Cartwright
Labrador
Efforts to Prevent John Factor Abduction Acted On
Chicago July 5 reports say authorities push to stop a potential double kidnapping of John Factor. Jerome Factor 19, his son, is guarded when leaving hotel to his mother Mrs Leonard Marcus home. Bella Cohen Factor’s second wife collapses under strain. Factor received a single call demanding 75000 dollars, possibly a hoax.
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Chicago
John Factor
Jerome Factor
Leonard Marcus
Factor
Bella Cohen
Young Factor
Acting postmasters named in Tex as of July fifth
Washington July 5 Acting postmasters appointed today include Mary Merts at McAllen Texas and Edgar Bonarden at Sinton Texas.
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Washington
Mary 8. Merts
McAllen
Tex
Edgar Bonarden
Sinton
Two Fugitives Sought in Union Station Massacre
Kansas City police director E C Reppert announced Verne C Miller former North Dakota sheriff and Will Weissman of Kansas City are the identified killers of four officers and their prisoner Frank Nash in the June 17 Union Station shooting. Miller and Weissman fled the city after the attack as a nationwide search by police and the U S Bureau of Investigation continued.
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Kansas City
E. C. Reppert
Verne C. Miller
North Dakota
Will Weissman
Frank Nash
Union Station
Miller
Reppert
Nash
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kas
United States Bureau of Investigation
Weissman
Sally Weissman
Weisman
Grooms
W. J. Grooms
Hermanson
William Caffrey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Otto Reed
McAlester, Okio
Ida Hunsucker Goes to Trial in Decatur Murder Case
Testimony closed in Wise County murder trial of Ida Hunsucker accused in the deputy sheriff Joe Brown shooting at his barber shop in Rhome last January 27. Witnesses placed a pistol in Hunsucker's hand. she denied carrying a gun and said she only had her purse.
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Decatur
Ida Hunsucker
Joe Brown
Rhome
Brown
Walter Roney
Rooney
Quitaque
Turner Disqualified as Air Race Winner
Col. Roscoe Turner was disqualified by the National Air Races contest committee for cutting a pylon on the first lap of the 100 mile free-for-all. Jimmy Wedell of New Orleans was awarded the victory with a speed of 237.952 mph, earning $3,375. Lee GehlbachDetroit placed second, Roy Minor Hollywood third, George Hague Los Angeles fourth, and Z. D. Granville Springfield Mass. fifth, with corresponding prizes.
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Los Angeles
Col
Roscoe Turner
Turner
Jimmy Wedell
New Orleans
Lee Gehlbach
Detroit
Roy Minor
Hollywood
George Hague
Z. D. Granville
Springfield
Mass
Wedell
Rain Deluge Brings Relief to South Plains After Heatwave
A heavy rain soaked the South Plains and Panhandle, ending a 30 day drought as temperatures fell from past-100 degrees. The downpour moistened parched areas and provided beneficial precipitation, giving regional relief after extreme heat. Cotton crops benefited from the moisture, aiding overall condition.
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South Plains
Panhandle
Weather Shower Totals Across Texas Panhandle
Fragmentary weather list shows towns including Childress Plainview Lubbock Slaton and Crosbyton with various rainfall measures and light showers reported in several locations. The garbled data mentions Wellington Clarendon Pampa Chan ning Jericho Groom Friona Bovina Ta hoka Eastelline and Tulsa alongside numerical rainfall values.
Weather summary reports scattered showers across Panhandle region
Clouds yielded precipitation from medium showers to heavy rains. Scattered rains fell over the Panhandle including Wellington Shamrock Pampa Panhandle Channing area and a downpour drenched Childress. Continued on Page 10 Col. 5.
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Panhandle
Wellington
Shamrock
Amarillo
Pampa
Channing
Childress
El Pasoan Guilty of Ale Possession
W W T Effinger, a El Paso case proprietor, was found guilty by a district court jury of possessing beer for sale at 3.2 percent alcohol and received a one year suspended sentence. Two other El Paso proprietors face similar charges as Judge W D Howe critiques the 1 percent rule.
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EL Pasoan
EL Paso
W.W. T. Effinger
EZ Paso
W. D. Howe
Ettinger
Howe
Not Frank Barton Involved In Burglary Charge
Report says Jack Barton and Frank Barton were arrested on burglary charges but local records confirm no Frank Barton involved. The article clarifies the named suspect was Jack Barton and misidentification is corrected.
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Frank Barton
Jack Barton
Amarillo and West Texas Thursday Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions forecast for Amarillo and west Texas with cooler southeast portions and a chance of rain. Local thundershowers expected in New Mexico. hourly temperature data and 24 hour precipitation reported.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Meipesnstad
Igor
Madey Ue
Esi Keane
Endin
P. m
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Doug, JR
Duke
Hard Man
Halo Balbo
Reykjavik
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Channing, Chil
Plainview
Raen Zone
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