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Oil and Red Line Threat Hangs Over Arabia Figures
In New York and Galveston the Red Line agreement rumble is joined with Mid East oil intrigue. Jersey Standard and Socony-Vacuum seek 40 percent into Aramco while Gulbenkian looms as a mystery figure. In Galveston two young waitresses were arrested for a striptease show deemed indecent, told to leave the resort.
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Amarillo
Man Empire
Arabia
Iraq
Miss Dave
Miss Petroleum
Ac- Lee
New Orleans
France
Jersey
Socony
Aramco
Gulbenkian
United States
Europe
Galveston
Frank L. Biaggne
Galveston County
Biaggne
Kitty Dare
Lora Lee
Miss Dare
Miss Lee
New York
Saudi Arabia
Arabian Desert
Iraq Petroleum Company
Walter Teagle
New Jersey Standard
Gulf
Atlantic
Pan-American
Middle East
Iran
Calso
Texas Company
Arabian American Oil Company
Texas
California
Caiso
Texaco
Jersey Standard
Socony- Vacuum
Palestine
Persian Gulf