Seminole oil field hearing seeks to curb production
Oklahoma officials grant temporary restraining order to stop drilling and well shooting in parts of the Seminole field. The order, issued by the state corporation commission, sets August 5 for a hearing on further restrictions as Ray H. Collins urges state help to limit output in the world’s largest oil area.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commission
Seminole
Cc. C. Childers
Fred Capshaw
Frank Carter
United Press
Oklahoma
Ray H. Collins
Collins
Corporation Commission
Edwin Dabney
Weather Summary for West Texas New Mexico Friday
Partly cloudy in West Texas and mostly fair in New Mexico with little temperature change. High pressure over the north and low over the southern Rockies governs the conditions with showers reported in Wyoming South Dakota Nebraska and Missouri. Temperature readings from Amarillo show a slight daily fluctuation with morning and afternoon values listed.
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Wcudy
Fort West Texas
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Amarillo Yester
Ad Valorem Rates Fixed by Board in Texas Plan
A Texas auto tax board sets general ad valorem at 25 cents, school rate 35 cents, Confederate pensions 7 cents totaling 67 cents. Governor Moody predicts possible 50 cent biennial total next year with potential further reductions, while education per capita funding rises for the first time. The board, also citing expected tax increases, adjusts the precise rate to 26.4 cents before rounding.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dan Moody
Texas
State Automatic Tax Board
Moody
W. Gregory Hatcher
Missing Professor Wilson Believed Alive By Family Hope Keeps Dying Fear
Relatives of Prof. R N Wilson of Houston still hold hope he is alive while acknowledging he may have drowned in Lake Michigan. His son and wife seek clues tracing his July 15 Waco to July 19 Ludington voyage, hoping mail, papers, and a travelers cheque book will reveal his fate. A Chicago paper has requested a photo and description.
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R. N. Wilson
Houston
H. G. Wilson
Amarillo
Lake Michigan
Wilson
Waco
Ludington
Penny Princess Vacation Plot Sails With Vee-Vee
Vee-Vee, once a plain secretary, falls in love with a man she has not met and plans a summer holiday aided by new clothes and beauty treatments. Anne Austin begins her latest serial in the Daily News, promising lighthearted adventures for vacation time.
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Vee-Vee
Vee-Wee
Anne Austin
Daily News
I Cent Bonus Paid for Gray County Oil by Toronto Line
The Toronto Pipe Line, a Wichita Falls firm led by Walter K. Campbell, offers a 10 cent premium for Gray county Panhandle crude 80 to 44 and up gravity, to keep Gray county production near 9,600 barrels daily. Other Panhandle oils remain at 95 cents.
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Paul
Hedrick
Gray County
Panhandle
Smackover
Toronto Pipe Line Company
Gray County Oil
Daughter of Plush Magnate Ends Life in Atlantic City
The Associated Press reports that Miss Lillian Jaeger, daughter of Otto J. Jaeger, a millionaire plush maker of Madison Avenue and Montclair, NJ, died by suicide in Atlantic City after reportedly answering a phone call from New York. No motive is known.
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Associated Pres
New York
Lillian Jaeger
Otto J. Jaeger
Madison Avenue
Montclaire
N. J
Atlantic City
Jaeger
Three Convicted in Airplane Smuggling Ring
In Los Angeles three men B R Chaney Emmett Longbrake and John O’Brien were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to violate immigration laws by smuggling Chinese aliens from Mexico to the United States by airplane. They face fines up to 10000 or two years in prison or both. An arrest in April ended with the death of Arthur J Daugherty when federal agents fired on a plane piloted by Chaney.
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United Press
Los Angeles
B. R. Chaney
Emmett Longbrake
John O’brien
Mexico
United States
Arthur J. Daugherty
Chaney
Jury of View On Oil Route Recommends Adopted Route
Potter county jury of view reports final recommendation on the Amarillo to Four Corners oil field highway right of way. Bids for fills culverts and bridges will be opened by county commissioners Saturday. Damages awarded include H. Stivers 60 dollars Jos. M. Miller 54 dollars and Warrick estate heirs 100 dollars but payment may be optional as no claims or appearances were filed.
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Amarillo
Four Corners
Potter County
H. Stivers
Jos. M. Miller
Warrick
Board of View
J. R. Gant
C. LeNeveu
Charles Dammier
John E. Hill
Mike Mink
Rock Island Railroad
Wilton
Ranger 15 Held For Shooting Borger Deputy
Jack de Graftenreid a Ranger private was arrested in Borger on $5 000 bond for assault to murder in the shooting of Deputy Sheriff W H Bates last night The incident arose after an argument over arresting a drunken man Bates reported a black eye and a pistol strike The affair prompts a special grand jury to investigate at Stinnett the county seat
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Borger
Jack de Graftenreid
W. H. Bates
Bates
Stinnett
Savage resigns as Spearman chamber secretary
Spearman July 21 M O L Savage secretary of the chamber of commerce has resigned. He will return to his home in Stephenville Texas. A successor has not been appointed.
Ranchman Killed In Colorado Auto Crash
Albert R. Moller, a Paonia rancher, was killed when a car driven by J. Cady, a Crawford garage owner, overturned near Crawford. Four others were injured including J. P. Knight, Willi Wood, D. Walt Thomas, and J. Cady. Thomas escaped death when a tree stump pierced the nearby window.
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United Presa
Paona
Colo
Albert R. Moller
J. Cady
Crawford
J. P. Knight
Willi Wood
D. Walt Thomas
Paonia
Cady
Moller
Thomas
Dempsey Stuns Sharkey For Shot At Tunney Crown
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey roared back from an early deficit to floor Jack Sharkey in the seventh round at Yankee Stadium before about 82,000 fans. The victory earns Dempsey a return title bout with Gene Tunney.
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Yankee Stadium
Dempsey
Tunney
Crown
Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Boston
Jack Sharkey
Gene Tunney
Sharkey
Sailor
Jack O'sullivan
Manassa Mauler
Two New Mail Stations Planned for Amarillo
Sealed proposals due by August 15 for two new classified mail stations in Amarillo to be located in San Jacinto and North Amarillo. The North Amarillo unit will hire three carriers and two clerks with 500 mail boxes. San Jacinto will staff four carriers, two clerks, and one rural carrier. Leases to run five to ten years. service to begin by November 1 if possible.
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Amarillo
Page
Post Office
Fort Worth
San Jacinto
North Station
North Amarillo
Dempsey Sharkey Fight Draws Amarillo crowds and AP relay
Hundreds hear the Dempsey Sharkey fight via News-Globe and AP coverage at Amarillo venues. WDAG radio carried round by round returns from Yankee Stadium with a megaphone broadcast on the street. Panhandle firms and towns listed received the round by round service, including Hereford Spearman Dalhart and Tucumcari among others.
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News-Globe
A. P
Amarillo
Associated Press
News and Globe
Dempsey
WDAG
Martin
Yankee Stadium
Panhandle
The
Clubcafe
Stinnett
Hereford Brand
Hereford
Spearman
Woody Drug
Floydada
Post
White Deer
Seagraves Signal
Seagraves
N. M
L. Cc. Haney
Miami
F. L. Thompson
Kingsmill
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Seminole Field
Amarillo and Vicinity
Rtly
Max. Yester
Will
Ranger
Savage
San Jacinto and
North Side
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