Panhandle crude price hike approved amid oil market optimism
Phillips Petroleum unit Philtex posted a ten cent advance in Panhandle crude effective today at 7 am. The move follows prior Midcontinent increases and signals potential revival in oil activity with 83 cents top price for Gray County 30 gravity and below.
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Philtex Pipe Line Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Midcontinent
Oklahoma
Phillips
Carson, Hutchinson and Moore
Gray County
Panhandle
Warn Motorists as Work to Resume on No 66 East
Officials urge motorists to follow detour signs on the 7.4 mile U S Highway 66 east of the city in Potter County as paving resumes Friday. Ignoring signs delays construction and risks private land damage. The 7.4 mile strip is expected ready for use by June 1.
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Potter County
Highway Construction Company
Census misses cost Amarillo children 17.50 each
The school census closes tomorrow and Mrs. W. D. Westbay urges parents to report children aged 6 to 18 as of September 1, 1933. With enrollment at 10,358 but state funds based on 9,958, several children remain unenumerated and may affect financing.
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Amarillo
W. D. Westbay
Westbay
Amarillo Receives Tri-State Fair Consolidated Railroad Plan
Officials say Amarillo will gain a new railroad named Tri-State Fair Consolidated. Arrangements set to have it operating by April 15 with John Speed locating engineer, Bill Lampe and Robert Lee Hughes among organizers. A round trip ticket will cost 10 cents as the system becomes a permanent pleasure ride on the fair grounds.
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Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Consolidated
John Speed
Bill Lampe
Tri- State Fair Association
Robert Lee Hughes
Fort Worth
J. R
Page
St. Louis
Mark Parker
The
Fair Association
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Taxpayers' League Chooses Ray to Lead Amarillo Push
Ray becomes president of the Amarillo Taxpayers' League after election Tuesday night. The group will quiz nine school board candidates on reducing operating expenses and salaries, with answers to be published in the Globe. A subcommittee will deliver the questionnaire to candidates.
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J. Ray
Amarillo
League Committee
Globe
Fred Bone
Wilbur C. Hawk
Jim Bush
School Board
Amarillo Independent School District
Ray
League
Income Tax Revenues Fall Compared With Last Year
On March 28 tax receipts totaled 680 572 dollars versus 1 624 446 a year earlier. March month total reached 191 304 729 against 330 741 438. Fiscal year since July 1 stood at 849 426 071 versus 1 502 172 462 last year. A March 28 deficit of 1 852 343 161 was reported.
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Washington
Freezing Conditions Briefly as Amarillo Warms Today
Early morning readings in Amarillo and the Panhandle fell slightly below freezing but are expected to rise quickly. Yesterday’s extremes reached 35 and 56 degrees as the U. S. Weather Bureau forecast a fair and warmer day.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
U. S
Panhandle Wheat Crop Damaged by Wind Says Burrus
Perry A. Burrus of Burrus Panhandle Elevators reports wind damage across Panhandle wheat fields near Amarillo with losses up to 40 percent in some areas. He cites a potential Panhandle yield of 40 to 45 million bushels under normal weather, noting rain could change projections.
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Perry A. Burrus
Burrus Panhandle
Amarillo
Mr. Burrus
Panhandle
Texas
Burrus
Talks Stall as Truce Talks Face Crisis in China
Chinese and Japanese forces fought at Chinwangmiao as peace talks faltered. Major Noboru Kuga, captured by Chinese, killed himself at the scene after release. Chinese say forces were driven to the south side of Soochow Creek amid skirmish and disputed limits of last month’s ultimatum.
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Say
Disputed Creek
Morris J. Harris
Associated Press
Shanghai
Chinwangmiao
Noboru Kuga
Kiangwan
Soochow Creek
Chiawangmiao
Tunnel found under Abilene bank and Penney Building
Four youths, all 23, were held without charges after police uncovered a 45 foot tunnel beginning under the J C Penney Building and extending beneath the adjacent Citizens National Bank. Two suspects were taken to a concrete structure east of the buildings for questioning.
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Abilene
J. C. Penney
Citizens National Bank
Buck Sibley
W. W. West
Penney and Bank
Penney
Bank
Helium Plant near Amarillo Expands to Support Airship Program
The Amarillo helium plant is remodeled to raise capacity by 50 percent and boost purity to at least 98 percent. With Macon and Akron operating, the Army and Navy will need about 20 million cubic feet annually, while Amarillo’s current capacity sits around 36 million feet.
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Associated Press
Uncle Sam
United States
Amarillo
Bureau of Mines
Congress
Old Fort Worth
Akron
Macon
Army
Navy
Palm Beach Chorus Girl Now Has Speaking Role in Musical
Sara Jane of Palm Beach Florida rises from chorus girl to a speaking role in a new musical comedy this season. Her promotion marks a notable career step and reflects opportunities expanding for local performers amid the season's productions.
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Sara Jane
Palm Beach, Fla
Glass to seek Senate probe into banking reform plot
Senator Glass of Virginia announced plans for a senatorial investigation into what he called a conspiracy of stimulated propaganda against his banking revision bill. He spoke after a week of hearings with about a score of bankers testifying, and accused two men in Washington of organizing the opposition and said the committee would pursue the conspiracy in coming days using subpoenas.
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Washington
Glass
Banking Committee
Panhandle Grain Dealers Set Annual Meeting in Amarillo
The eighteenth Panhandle Grain Dealers Association convenes in Amarillo on May 13 and 14 with a joint meeting planned with the Texas Grain Dealers Association. Directors formed the program and entertainment committees and expect many grain buyers and millers from northern markets to attend before the Oklahoma association in Enid.
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Panhandle Grain Dealers
City
the Panhandle Grain Dealers Association
Amarillo
Texas Grain Dealers Association
Panhandle Organization
Panhandle Association
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Walter Barlow
J. N. Beasley
Lester Stone
W. E. Colley
Joe
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Saar Region
Thursday brings fair skies and warmer temperatures for Amarillo and surrounding areas. The forecast also calls for fair conditions and rising temperatures in West Saar and New Mexico, with hourly readings showing daytime highs around the mid 80s to upper 80s and cooler nights in the 40s to 50s.
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Amarillo
Saar
Saerare
Portio
Owererer
Renewed Texas dry wets clash sparks pledge battle in Texas
Thomas B. Love former ultra dry leader says he will seek a mandamus to strike down a Democratic executive pledge requiring precinct voters to back presidential nominees and Texas electors. Mrs. Watts backs legal challenge and seeks reconsideration of the pledge.
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Thomas Love
Thomas B. Love
Texas
Herbert Hoover
Democratic Executive Committee
Fort Worth
Claude de van Watts
Austin
The
Texas Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Love
Mrs. Watts
W. O. Huggins
Houston
Huggins
Mra. Watts
Supreme Court
State Executive Committee
Democratic State Executive Committee
Sweeping Levies Would Take Toll Of All Messages
The House raised first class postage from two to three cents for two years, aiming to raise 135 million dollars. A 10 percent tax on admissions to venues over 46 cents was approved, with colleges and academies excluded and complimentary tickets taxed. Message taxes on telegraph, telephone, and radio were set to yield 33 million, with certain press and radio exemptions.
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Washington
House
Annapolis
West Point
House Rushes Revenue Bill To Balance Budget Vote
Washington lawmakers pressed to finish a billion dollar revenue bill by Friday. The House approved new taxes totaling $293.5 million and lifted the total to $743.5 million, with a 147 to 63 vote. A 3 cent first class postage hike faced strong opposition but was approved as part of the plan. A fourth of 1 percent stock transaction tax would yield $75 million and get action tomorrow. Speaker Garner promised a holiday Saturday if the needed funds are secured.
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Washington
House
Garner
Ways and Means Committee
Bivins Ranch Worker Loses Hand In Saw Accident
At the Julian Bivins ranch at Tascosa a power saw blade loosened and struck two workers, Berry Cox losing his right hand and Clint Wade losing a forefinger and thumb. Both were rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital and listed as doing as well as could be expected.
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Julian Bivins Ranch
Tascosa
Berry Cox
Clint Wade
Cox
Northwest Texas Hospital
Cherokee Princess Offers To Serve Life For Slaying Student
Ewatha White Eagle, Cherokee princess of Murray Utah, offers to take life sentence for Mac Golney Seymour Apache herdsman convicted of Henrietta Schmerler Columbia University student murder on White River reservation. She writes Gov Hunt pleading for his freedom and says she will endure prison. Hunt replies case under federal jurisdiction and no authority to intervene. Seymour held in Phoenix jail pending transfer to McNeil Island Washington.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ewatha White Eagle
Murray
Utah
Mac Golney Seymour
Henrietta Schmerler
Columbia University
White River
George W. P. Hunt
Hunt
Roosevelt gains delegates as campaign nests grow
Roosevelt's campaign workers collect delegates across six states including Washington and New Hampshire with Maine and Georgia leaning his way. By March 30 New York's total reaches 123 of 770 needed for nomination, while Hoover sits with 108 of 119. The Bay State and Pennsylvania contests on April 26 heighten observer interest.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Yorker
Chicago
Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Iowa
Maine
Georgia
North Dakota
Hoover
Bay State
Pennsylvania
Admiral Burrage Won't Negotiate Lindbergh Baby Case
Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage stated he will not serve as a negotiator for the return of the Lindbergh baby unless he is satisfied that he and his associates are dealing with the Lindbergh kidnapping group.
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Norfolk
Guy H. Burrage
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Business sale in Amarillo owner leaves city
Well established small business in the main office building at Amarillo must sell at once. Owner will not take less than 160 dollars per week. 250 will handle the deal. Contact M. C. Murrell at 6437 or 2-4242.
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Amarillo
M. C. Murrell
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