Oil price hike spreads as Continentals leads in Tulsa
In Tulsa on March 24, Continental Oil Co of Ponca City announces a 15 cent crude oil price rise effective April 1, followed by Sinclair Prairie and Barnsdall with similar increases. Wall Street reacts as oil stocks rise and refinery departments prepare for broader gasoline price hikes amid summer demand and field control.
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Tulsa
Okla
Continental Oil Co
Ponca City
Oklo
Sinclair Prairie
Barnsdall
Continental
Minental
Dan J. Moran
Wall Street
New York
U. S
Oklahoma City
East Texas
Kettleman Hills
California
Murr Returns to Police Duty After Acquittal
E R Jack Murr, Amarillo traffic officer, resumed duty after an acquittal in a murder trial stemming from the June 21 shooting of Bill Elston. Murr had been suspended twice amid a grand jury probe. Elston was a Carson County surveyor killed at a local dance hall.
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E. R
Jack” Murr
Amarillo
Murr
Bill Elston
Sid Harper
Elston
Here
Carson County
Buckingham Sees Soviet Chaos and Shift to Capitalism
Frank I. Buckingham of Kansas City spoke in Amarillo about Russia's "great experiment" noting chaos and a move toward capitalism. He described similarities between Russian regions and the Panhandle and outlined Stalin's three industrial aims to restore wages, curb peasant flight, and reduce factory turnover.
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Frank I. Buckingham
Kansas City
Russia
Amarillo
Buckingham
Rotary Club
de Molay
Municipal Auditorium
Mr. Buckingham
Stalin
Ukraine
Panhandle
Soviet Russia
Lamont invited to advise Soviet cattle industry in Moscow
Robert P. Lamont Jr a Colorado rancher arrived in Moscow to discuss running Russia's cattle industry with Joseph Stalin. He may accept a one year contract if a scientific breeding program is developed, with talks to begin after meetings with agricultural officials.
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Stanley P. Richardson
Associated Press
Moscow
Robert P. Lamont, Jr
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Colorado
Agricultural Commissarnat
United States
Night watchman freed in slaying at cafe in Brownwood
F. E. Watson a special night watchman was no-billed by the grand jury for the fatal shooting of Cicero Garrett a National Guard bugler in Brownwood. Watson said Garrett struck him when he resisted arrest after a Tuesday night disturbance at a cafe.
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Brownwood
F. E. Watson
Grand Jury
Cicero Garrett
National Guard
Watson
Garrett
Attorney Urias Claims World Record for 23 Divorces in One Day
El Paso March 24 Salvador France Urias local attorney today claimed a world record for securing divorces after obtaining the dissolution of the bonds of wedlock for 23 American couples in a single day. The bonds were shattered in Juarez courts under the new Chihuahua divorce law.
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EL Paso
Salvador
France
Urias
France Urias
Chihuahua
Hoover's Hoarding Campaign Shows Continued Monetary Recovery
The Federal Reserve Board weekly report indicates a $42 million drop in money in circulation over the last seven days, with total circulation at $5.48 billion on March 23, a $151 million decline since Hoover launched the effort, though year over year figures remain higher by $933 million. Monetary gold rises $7 million to $4.381 billion, yet remains $308 million below a year ago, and three weeks of gains tally $31 million in gold.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Prohibition Speakers Rally For 18th Amendment Support
Three Allied Forces for Prohibition speakers toured the city promoting a written allegiance to the Constitution in party platforms. Dr. Daniel A. Poling and others spoke at Polk Street Methodist Church and Central Presbyterian Church with free public meetings and luncheons ahead.
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Prohibition
Norman. Brown
Polk Street Methodist Church
Col
Raymond Robins
Harold Singer
Central Presbyterian Church
America
Daniel A. Poling
Herring Hotel
Ira Landreth
Sharp
Oliver W. Stewart
Two suspected kidnappers named in Lindbergh case
Officials said two known kidnapers Harry Fleischer and Abie Wagner are suspects in the Lindbergh Jr. case and denied reports the child is held on a yacht in Chesapeake Bay. Police head Col. H Norman Schwarzkopf said clues exist but cannot be released to the press. Tips placed them near a Bronx apartment or a remote Long Island house, but no evidence tied them to either site.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Chesapeake Bay
Harry Fleischer
Abie Wagner
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Bronx
Long Island
New Jersey
Allred Says Public Waking to Big Waste
Attorney General James V. Allred told Amarillo Rotary Club that the public is waking to waste in government at local state and national levels. He cited Senate investigations cutting state expenditures by over 500000 yearly and urged continued public arousal while noting he was too busy to discuss re election. He was en route to visit his brother in Pampa.
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James V. Allred
Rotary Club
Mr. Allred
Senate
Amarillo
Pampa
Raymond Allred
Solons in hot vocal fracas over district representation
Two men contesting seats in Oklahoma's First District clashed before an elections committee. Charles O'Connor, a former holder of the seat, and Wesley Disney, current Democrat, debated alleged Ku Klux Klan membership as Disney described his precinct tally.
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Washington
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Elections Committee
Charles O'Connor
Wesley Disney
Disney
O'Connor
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Outlook
Friday fair across Amarillo and West Texas with little change in New Mexico temperatures. Hourly readings show morning lows around 55 to 59 and afternoon highs near 60s, with daytime warmth tapering into cooler late hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
C C Men Have Farm Aid Kick
Secretaries at a Panhandle Reconstruction Finance Corporation meeting criticized loan handling with delays and shifting instructions. Guy Hill of Shamrock and Ed Bishop of Dalhart voiced concern that changing rules hinder farmers’ access to needed funds. Owen W. Sherrill from Dallas explained state loan operations.
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Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dallas
Guy Hill
Shamrock Chamber of Commerce
Ed Bishop
Dalhart
Owen W. Sherrill
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Soda Clerk Kills Woman Then Self in Houston
HOUSTON March 24. H E Wingo a soda clerk shot and fatally wounded Mrs Lou Suttle 25 a saleswoman and then killed himself in a Main Street clothing shop. Suttle had filed a complaint two days earlier accusing him of threatening her life. Bry manager said Wingo had bothered her for months and Westbrook said she had heard he threatened to kill her. they were engaged and she refused at the last minute.
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Houston
H. E. Wingo
Lou Suttle
Wingo
Heavy fighting reported in Manchuria Suichung
March 25 report to Chinese authorities states heavy clashes between Chinese volunteers and Japanese troops at Suichung Manchuria. It notes Chao Peh mayor of Mukden and Manchurian independence leader arrested by Japanese with details and extent of fighting still unclear.
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Nanking
U.P
Suichung
Manchuria
Chao-Peh
Mukden
Potter County Schools Dismiss For Special Train Visit
Rural Potter County and Amarillo area schools will dismiss this afternoon to allow students to visit the Santa Fe special train arriving at 2 30 P M. The program highlights dairying poultry farming home improvement and 4-H work with a reception committee including W A McIntosh B E Masters P C Bennett and Mary Sitton. Seth B Holman News-Globe farm editor accompanies the train which has toured the southwest since February 15 and will stop in Dumas Panhandle tonight.
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Potter County
Amarillo
Santa Fe
W. A. McIntosh
B. E
Amarillo College
P. C. Bennett
Laura V. Hamner
Wilbur C. Hawk
The
News-Globe
John Hill
Panhandle Lumber Co
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
R. B. Galloway
Adkisson Hatchery
J. D. Tinsley
A. & M. College
Welfare Chief Named for Texas Child Welfare
The Texas Board of Control named Mrs. Violet Greenhill of Houston as head of the Texas Child Welfare Department on March 24.
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Austin
Board of Control
Violet Greenhill
Houston
Texas Child Welfare Department
Fred Stone Stars in Smiling Faces Here This April
Fred Stone appears in Smiling Faces with Paula Stone and other stage luminaries in two April 16 performances. Tickets available now at the News-Globe office by mail order to Mr. Hawk with remittance. Prices range from 50 cents to $3 for different seats, with Albertina Rasch dancers featured.
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Fred Stone
Wilbur C. Hawk
News-Globe
Mr. Hawk
Paula Stone
Albertina Rasch
The
Rage of
Broadway
Bi Partisan revolt seizes house control over sales tax
In Washington, March 24, insurgents toppled a 2.25 percent manufacturers sales tax from the $1,096,000,000 revenue bill by a 223 to 153 vote. President Hoover reportedly expressed disappointment as insurgents refuse to accept Crisp’s resignation and seek new excise levy proposals.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Ways and Means
Crisp
Georgia Democrat
Paramount 10 opens April 21 in Amarillo
Amarillo's Paramount theater at Ninth Avenue and Polk Street will open on the evening of April 21 with a 6:30 PM show. Will R. Winch, city manager, announces popular pricing and box office readiness with no advance ticket sales. The building is complete though seating and stage gear await final setup. a console pipe organ is installed and stage lighting will be advanced.
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Amarillo
Paramount
Ninth Avenue
Polk Street
Will R. Winch
Paramount Publix Theaters
Winch
Convincing Want Ads Power in Classifieds
Supporters of Globe-News Want Ads learn the selling and buying power of classified ads. They tried once and were convinced they yield results. Call 6262 for old timers’ advice and advertise to tell them and sell them.
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Globe-News
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Harold Mead
Kay County
Miller
Zelma
Elephant Girl
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Allied Program
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National Temperance Union
Allied Forces
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Rotary
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Santa FE A. & M
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