Panhandle Gas Holdings By Young And Hartman
Robert R. Young and C. D. Hartman acquire a half interest in 235000 acres of gas leases in the Oklahoma Panhandle and Southern Kansas from Magy Harrington Marsh. They plan carbon black plants in Texas County Oklahoma and see growing gas demand as industry spreads from north and east. The pair, joined by Jay Taylor, Lawrence Hagg and Cap Harrington, toured the field by air and will travel to Guymon and nearby sites before returning to Canadian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. FE. Johnson
Panhandle
Wall Street
America
van Sweringen
Robert Ralph Young
Canadian
Mr. Young
C. D. Hartman
Amarillo
Mr. Hartman
Jay Taylor
Lawrence Hagg
Cap Harrington
Guymon
Oklahoma
Young
Frank F. Kolbe
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Missouri Pacific
State Safety Head to Lead Own Blanton Case Probe
Col. H. H. Carmichael, head of the State Public Safety Department, will travel to the lower Rio Grande Valley to directly investigate the Blanton disappearance. He met with two of the Public Safety Commission members as Willacy County asked for two special investigators. Andrew Johnson, commission chair, urged a crime-solving approach over extra arrests, while Fenner the suspended Ranger may appeal for reinstatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenner
Blanton
Johnson
Commission
Carmichael
Piccard Mulls Strato Flight After Six Hour Ascension
Dr. Jean Piccard ponders a stratosphere flight using a craft lifted by 2,000 balloons after a six hour ascent. He aims to build a huge craft once a sponsor is found, with takeoff about a year after funding. An earlier test near Lancaster, Iowa, ended with a fiery gondola burn and instrument loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Piccard
Lansing
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
Piccard
Lancaster
Erwin O. Strassman
Strassman
Woman Found in Car With Throat Slit
In STEGER Illinois the severely wounded widow Minnie Bertericcio age 35 and mother of two was found in a parked car on a lonely road. Michael Angelo 46 a former New York resident who crawled three blocks to seek help had his throat slashed and was expected to die. Police investigate the bandit attack claims.
Indians Eat New Corn In Strange Rites
At Sapulpa Oklahoma on July 19 the Creek Nation held its annual green corn dance. Indian maids and braves performed the thanksgiving rite ten miles southwest of town while about a thousand white spectators watched under a blazing sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapulpa
Okla
Here
Diver Begins Search For River Monster
C B Brown a U S Army Corps diver will travel to Newport Arkansas to hunt a so called White River monster described by locals as a slick slimy creature as large as a box car. Veterans doubt the tale while chamber officials funded the search and Brown uncertain about start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
U.P
C. B. Brown
U. S. Engineering Corps
Newport
Ark
Brown
Newport Chamber of Commerce
House approves large flood control program for Ohio River basin
The House passed a bill authorizing a $24,877,000 flood control program for the lower Ohio River basin. It also authorizes preliminary examinations and surveys on more than fifty streams across about twenty states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Ohio
Far East Crisis Moves Toward War Amid Clashes
From Tokyo and Nanking reports a mounting crisis signals possible war. Japan issues a last warning to Nanking and threats action unless Chinese forces halt. The Maree Polo bridge clash and Hopeh troop movements worsen tensions as diplomacy falters and both sides threaten decisive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Nanking
Tokyo
Hopeh Province
North China
Wang Chung-Hui
China
Maree Polo Bridge
Peiping
War and Navy
Japan
Farmers Gather For AAA Meet In Panhandle
Panhandle farm leaders will convene in Amarillo at 10 o'clock in the Crystal ballroom Herring Hotel for a Panhandle wide conservation and AAA program meeting. C A Cobb from Washington D C leads the Southern Division with R N Merrifield and R H Rogers among attendees. County agents judges and farmers join county committees to discuss changes new methods and the 1938 AAA program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
AAA
R. H. Rogers
Southcentral Kansas Streams Flooded After Heavy Rain
Southcentral Kansas rivers rose with continued heavy rainfall. The Walnut River overflowed lowlands near Winfield with little damage expected. Parsons suffered its worst windstorm in years causing damage to trees lines and corn. Windstorms also hit the southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Walnut River
Winfield
Parsons
House Approves Bill Limiting Aliens in Government Jobs
The Senate will consider a bill approved today requiring that no alien may hold a government position unless certification shows no qualified citizen is available. The measure now moves from the House to the Senate for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Senate
Hail and High Winds Ravage Donley County Crops
A severe storm hit Donley County late Monday, damaging about 3000 acres of crops. Up to 2000 acres of cotton near Goldston Community were wiped out, with a 25 mile swath across the county. Winds from the northwest snapped telephone lines, hail drifted six inches, and floods from a 6:35 PM shower swamped fields near Clarendon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donley County
Goldston
Clarendon
Chamberlain
Churchill hints foreign powers arm Gibraltar cannons
In the House of Commons Churchill urged the government to reveal intelligence about heavy howitzers opposite Gibraltar. He suggested Germany or Italy might supply the guns, questioning Krupp or Ansaldo origins and warning they could endanger the Gibraltar dockyards and Algeciras Bay. Lloyd George supported him noting long term risk and future pressure from these powers. The opposition cheered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Gibraltar
Churchill
Germany
Italy
Algerias Bay
Churchhill
Krupps
Ansaldo
Franco
David Lloyd George
Walker Declines NYC Mayor Nomination After Roosevelt Talk
James J. Walker said he would not accept the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City. He spoke with President Roosevelt about a Hudson River bridge project but said he has no time for politics and has given no thought to running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James J. Walker
Hudson River
Roosevelt
New York City
Navy Vessels and Coast Guard Aid Omaha Runaground
Seven navy and coast guard vessels sped to aid the light cruiser Omaha after it ran aground off Castle Island near the Bahama Islands at 3 35 A M on its way from a Central American cruise to the Charleston Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Coast Guard
U. S
Omaha
Bahama Islands
Castle Island
Charleston Navy Yard
Central American
Trucking Head Dies Fort Worth
Funeral services are set for Roy Binyon 50 president of Binyon O Keefe storage Company and noted figure in Southwestern transportation. He died in a Fort Worth hospital Sunday after a six month illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Roy Binyon
Binyon-O'Keefe Storage Company
Southwestern Transportation
Binyon
Bandits Loot Minnequa Bank In Pueblo Bank Job
Two armed bandits robbed the Minnequa National Bank in Pueblo's steel plant district and fled in a stolen cream colored coupe with an undetermined amount of cash. A teller was forced to open the safe and the car was later found abandoned near the Colorado Fuel and Iron slag dump. Estimates cited suggest about twenty five thousand dollars may have been taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Minnequa National Bank
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
New Mexico
Pueblo Star- Journal
Court ruling sustains large state tax valuation
Attorney General William McCraw said a United States Circuit Court decision last week would keep on the state and county tax rolls a valuation of about 75 million dollars annually. The New Orleans court ruled in a case involving intangible taxes against the Atlantic Oil Pipe Line Company in Brown.
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Austin
William McCraw
United States Circuit Court
New Orleans
Atlantic Oil Pipe Line Company
Brown County
Two Charged With Possession Of Marihuana Field
A one acre marihuana plot in Gump Springs led Harrison County authorities to file complaints against Aubin Collins and Aubrey Worsham. The charges of possession of marihuana were filed before County Attorney Benjamin Woodall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Felix Jones
Hallsville
Harrison County
Aubin Collins
Aubrey Worsham
Gump Springs
Benjamin Woodall
Famous Navy Commander Liggett Dies in Brooklyn
Commander Winfield Liggett Jr. U N retired, a leading national contract bridge player, died today at the naval hospital in Brooklyn after a long illness. He would have been 56 on September 1.
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NAVY
New York
Winfield Liggett, Jr
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
Heaviest Battle of Spanish War Rages West of Madrid
Madrid July 19. The civil war's fiercest clash for fifth day as Franco massed thousands against government lines west of Madrid at Brunete. About 100000 per side, with air power and a 30 mile front. Insurgents pull forces from Bay of Biscay to Coruna to break the government gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Brunete
Bay of Biscay
Coruna
Alan Arthur to be buried in Albany after death in Colorado Springs
Funeral plans announced for Alan Arthur son of the 21st US president, who died in Colorado Springs aged about 72. Born in Albany, he was a noted pon vivant of the Victorian era and lived in Colorado Springs since 1900. He would have turned 73 on July 25.
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Alan Arthur
Colorado Springs
Albany
N. Y
Cheater
United States
Arthur
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Temperature Report
The Amarillo forecast calls for fair weather Tuesday with a partly cloudy sky in the western region. West Texas areas west of the 100th meridian expect partly cloudy to fair conditions, while New Mexico sees generally fair conditions with possible showers and thunderstorms in the northwest. Temperatures by hour show highs and lows including a 1936 record reference. the report notes yesterday’s temperatures with max and min readings.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Biandes
Wheat movement slows as farmers hold crop near market
Kansas City dispatch reports a new drop in wheat flow from the Southwest as farmers store grain awaiting higher prices. Two day receipts totaled 1 792 cars about 2 800 000 bushels, versus 3 030 last week and 1 217 a year ago. No. 1 dark hard opened at 1.204 a bushel, July futures unchanged at 1.23 1/2. Grain dealers expect receipts to dwindle while Canadian and northwest forecasts hint at a tighter crop and higher prices.
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Kansas City
U.P
Canada
American Northwest
Earthquake Rattles Queens and Long Island Areas
A window rattling quake frightened residents in Queens and nearby Long Island. Police stations flooded with calls as seismologist Father Joseph Lynch of Fordham University noted a slight quake in Queens County and linked it to a larger disturbance 9,000 miles away.
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New York
Queens
Long Island
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
Queens County
Autoist Falls From Car on 6-Foot Lift
Bill Ash of 310 Kentucky Street drove into a brake plant for brake checks and did not notice the hydraulic jacks lifting his car several feet. He fell six feet while backing out, shattering both arms, breaking a rib, cutting his lip, and sustaining wrist and thumb injuries. He is recovering and puzzled by the lift and perch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Ash
Kentucky Street
Mr. Ash
Ash
Panandle
Foes in Senate Declare Letter is Death Blow
Democratic Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York opposed Roosevelt's court reorganization plan calling it a dangerous precedent. He urged Senator Wagner to oppose the bill while supporting the social program, prompting calls of a death blow from the bill's foes aboard a Congressional train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
WN. Y
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
U. S
Robert F. Wagner
Lehman
White House
Washington
Arkansas
Robinson
Pres
Married Women Seek Equal Right to Work Vision
Charl Ormond Williams, president, argued that denying married women the right to work contradicts merit principle. She spoke in Atlantic City against a WPA personnel cut proposal by the Massachusetts Women’s Political Club that would discharge married women first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Charl Ormond Williams
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Miss Williams
Ellen 8. Woodward
Works Progress Administration
Massachusetts Women's Political Club
WPA
Oil Operators Hope for Higher August Allowable in Texas
Texas oil operators urge a larger August production limit after Ernest Thompson of the Railroad Commission said storage figures show Texas should be closer to other states. He noted May 31 Bureau of Mines data indicating higher storage in several states and Oklahoma’s ample stock to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma
Bureau of Mines
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Eastern Capitalist
Panhandle Gas
Robert R. Young
State Safety
A. At
Jimmy Walker
Wagner
Thompson
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