Texas House Opens Oil Industry Debate in Early Session
Texas House opened a special session with clashes over committee assignments as Representatives Lee Satterwhite and Coke Johnson pushed for a joint oil gas and mining panel to probe possible monopolistic price fixing. The Graves plan sought a committee of the whole to consider conservation bills, drawing opposition from the administration and from Rep. Bailey Hardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House of Representatives of Texas
Lee Satterwhite
Odesm
Coke Johnson
Junction
House Committee On Oil, Gas and Mining
Benate State Affairs Committee
Joint Committee
Satterwhite
House
Harry Graves
Georgetown
Senate
J. Sherill
Bellevue
Graves
Fred Minor
Louise Snow Phinney
Reed Granberry
T. H. McGregor Austin
Minor
Little Leary
Butterwhite
Leary
Bailey Hardy
Breckenridge
Stevenson
Mussolini Faction Declares Pope's Encyclical Defames Fascism
The Fascist Directors led by Premier Mussolini issue a declaration calling Pope Pius XI's encyclical lies that defame Fascism. They pledge to mobilize youth and show strength with a timely massing in northern Italy, planning a 48 hour advance and battlefield mobilization on the Po river front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fascist Party
Mussolini
Pius XI
Italy
Piava
Escaped Lubbock Prisoner Captured at Vernon
Cecil Lebow, one of nine escapees from Lubbock city jail, was captured at Vernon. He reportedly planned to return to Lubbock and surrender. He sent a message to Chief Lemond claiming the operation at his wife’s Vernon location. Other escapees remained at large.
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Lubbock
Cecil Lebow
Vernon
Lebow
John Lemond
Blanche Abramson Dies After Weeks of Illness
Miss Blanche Hortense Abramson 24 daughter of Mr and Mrs B Abramson 2104 Ong Street Amarillo died at Northwest Texas Hospital at 1 55 PM after several weeks illness She survived by her parents a sister Mrs Joe Siegel of St Louis Funeral services 11 30 AM at Temple BNai Israel Griggs & Sons in charge burial Llano Pantheon The family lived in Amarillo 20 years she attended Amarillo High School and graduated from the College of Industrial Arts Denton
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Blanche Hortense Abramson
B. Abramson
Ong Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
Joe Siegel
St. Louis
Temple B’nai Israel
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Griggs Chapel
Llano Pantheon
Abramson
Amarillo
Miss Abramson
Amarillo High School
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Partly cloudy conditions prevail in Amarillo and western Texas with scattered thunderstorms in the southern portions. New Mexico shows unsettled weather for Wednesday. Hourly temperatures near noon reach about 91 F in Amarillo, with highs around 92 F and low around 70 F. other locations show highs near 90s and 60s as noted.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Esenes
Oil Industry Executives See Upturn in Production
E. J. Nickles of Continental Oil and four fellow executives visiting Amarillo predict a return to normal production soon as the industry curtails less. The mission includes 84 wells and 35 leases in the Panhandle, with a tour across the western states from Ponca City to September 1.
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Continental Oil Company
Amarillo
Pampa
E. J. Nickles
L. P. Carpenter
Oklahoma-Kansas
G. H. McIntyre
Texas-New Mexico
R. S. Shannon
Rocky Mountain
A. H. Bell
California
United States
J. E. Warren
Ponca City
Mr. Nickles
G. R. McIntyre
Rocky Mountain Division
Allow Denver Lines in Gray by Bascom N. Timmons
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway authority to build two Gray County branches totaling nearly 11 miles as part of a Denver line from Childress to Pampa. Construction must start by Jan 1, 1932 and finish by July 1, 1933 at an estimated cost of $265,993. The line is projected to handle about 90,225 tons in its first year. no objections were raised by the state or neighboring railroads.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Gray County
Fort Worth
LeFors
Ruth Legett
Air Mail Schedule To Atlantic Coast Reduced Six Hours
Amarillo to New York air mail is cut about six hours with a 14 hour 54 minute transit time. The schedule includes multiple daily departures from Amarillo and faster connections to eastern cities, effective June 20 as part of a coast to coast service. Postmaster W. C. Kenyon notes no extra planes or staff for Amarillo, but eastern airports will gain personnel.
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Atlantic Coast
Amarillo
New York
W. C. Kenyon
Kansas City
St. Louis
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
N. M
Winslow
Ariz
Kenyon
Mayor Urges Buying Wheat for Charities
Mayor Ernest Thompson endorses a plan to have Amarillo Community Chest buy cheap wheat now for welfare work this winter. He cites T. E. Johnson’s column and says purchasing at 25 to 30 cents a bushel could save thousands of dollars in the fall when funding the annual drive.
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Ernest Thompson
Thompson
T. E. Johnson
News-Globe
Amarillo
Wheat Near All Time Low As Prices Slide
Wheat prices fell to near the all-time low of 50 cents a bushel, down 1 cent from yesterday, with July quotations settling around 50 cents after hedging pressure and profit taking. Amarillo area markets reported 25 cents, unchanged from Monday.
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Chicago
U.P
Boy Hurt in Fall From Horse Near Amarillo
Lloyd Hill, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill, 15 miles west of Amarillo, was thrown from a horse Monday afternoon when the animal stepped in a hole. He remained unconscious more than 25 hours after the accident but doctors expected recovery. His siblings witnessed the fall while he was driving stock.
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Lloyd Hill
Jesse Hill
Amarillo
Former Cabinet Officer Albert Fall to Serve Year in New Mexico Penitentiary
Albert Bacon Fall former Secretary of the Interior and ex senator from New Mexico will serve a year and a day in Santa Fe prison after DC Supreme Court added a day to his sentence. Attorney General Mitchell chose the New Mexico facility due to health concerns and readiness for committment steps proceed.
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Washington
Albert Bacon Fall
Harding
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Mitchell
Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
District of Columbia
United States
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Elk Hills
Cal
Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny
Downtown Day to Be History Amarillo Shoppers
Downtown day opens Thursday with the largest and most varied group of bargains in Amarillo's history. Merchants plan extensive promotions to offer the lowest prices on seasonable merchandise as buses waive fares from 9 to 11 am.
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Amarillo
News and Globe
Opossum on the Sunrise Park fairway meets a golf ball
An opossum with a taste for chickens roams onto the Sunrise Park golf course in Cedar Lake Indiana. Julius Creadman of Chicago hits a drive that strikes the animal, knocking it unconscious. The opossum is captured and killed.
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Cedar Lake
Ind
Jesse Mathews
Mathews
Fair Way
Sunrise Park
Julius Creadman
Chicago
Milwaukee Station Opposes Renewal of 1409 Radio Licenses
Milwaukee Journal reports a legal challenge to the FCC on renewal of 1409 RCA subsidiary licenses including NBC and RCA units. WTMJ alleges the commission’s renewal for RCA subsidiaries could trigger broader license renewals for RCA entities and traces the case to RCA antitrust concerns.
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Milwaukee
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Radio Commission of America
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
WIMJ
Milwaukee Journal
Radio Commission
WENR
Chicago
Elisha Hanson
WTMJ
RCA
The
Journal
Commission
National Broadcasting Company
RCA Victor Company
RCA Communications, Inc
Radiomarine Corporation
Supreme Court
District Court of Delaware
Louis Titus
Radio Corporation of America
Labor case heard in El Paso ends with acquittal
In a state wide case Russell Smith, park concessionaire, was acquitted of labor law charges. Edith Bolton and Mary Phillips claimed overwork on July 4 under commission pay. The court noted the decision could set a precedent on commission based employment. Mary Wise said she would seek instructions from the labor commissioner though no appeal was possible.
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FEL Paso
Russell Smith
Edith Bolton
Mary Phillips
Smith
Hie
Mary Wise
State Labor Bureau
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Monopoliz
Odo
Directorate
Blanche Abramson
Continental
Denver
BY Bascom N. Timmons
Oklahoma City
Johnson
Margaret Bell
Houston
Sam Houston
Daily News
London
Doris Duke
James B. Duke
Miss Duke
Duke Tobacco Estate
Abilene Pool
Abilene
Hereford Lake
Kade B. Legett
Legett
Ruth
Lora
EL Paso
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