Oil price surge lifts midcontinent crude to new highs
Oklahoma Kansas East Texas North Texas Louisiana and Texas Panhandle oils rise 15 cents to a new midcontinent top of 27 cents for crude. Gray County Texas Panhandle hits 81 cents while Conroe Buyers posts the $1.00 overall midcontinent top. Ickes plan eyed as firms align in price moves amid federal oil code supervision.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mid-Continent
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tata World
Ickes
Roosevelt
Standlard Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
East
Texas
Louisiana
Texas Panhandle
West
Gray County
Conroe
Bids Sought for Armstrong and Other Texas Road Projects
The Texas Highway Commission announced National Recovery funded road work with bids due later this month. About 600 000 dollars for Armstrong County grading and drainage along Highway 5 and roughly 1 000 000 dollars in other projects across Hudspeth Brewster Crosby Bell counties with various highway upgrades and concrete or asphalt surface work scheduled from Goodnight to Claude and beyond.
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Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Armstrong County
Goodnight
Donley
Claude
Potter County
Hudspeth
Sierra Blanca
Brewster
Marathon
Crosby
Lubbock Counline
Lorenzo
Ralls
Bell
Temple
Falls County
Western Rodeo Keeps Traditions Amid Machine Age
Denver observes rodeos remain wild west displays focusing on man and beast. Cowboys prepare ropes by stretching and singeing hemp, sometimes using a car axle for tension, while horses and riders perform as in decades past.
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Denver
Plains
Rockies
Hollywood
Calgary
Fort Worth
Cheyenne
Pendleton
North America
West
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Oregon
Alberta
Canada
Lamson Opens Final Battle in San Jose Trial
Defense pushes scientific angle as criminologist Dr E O Heinrich takes stand to dispute blood evidence tied to the death of Allene Lamson. He outlines testing methods and cautions about charred blood and blood origin, signaling a challenge to Dr Frederick Proescher’s findings from the Stanford backyard bonfire case.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Allene
E. O. Heinrich
Heinrich
Frederick Proescher
Proescher
Lamson
Stanford University
Tip for Ads in Classifieds to Rent a Home
A reader is advised to call 6262 to place a rental advertisement. Ask the ad-taker to help write a strong ad and choose a run time of three days or a week at lower rates. If results appear before expiration, cancel early and pay only for active days.
Cherry Trees Bloom at Amarillo Home on Fillmore Street
At 1805 Fillmore Street in Amarillo, cherry trees bloom early after heavy August rains. A Montmorency tree shows large white blossoms, with two other cherry trees also budding. fruit is unlikely this late in the season. Local resident C A Roberts, a former city health department employee, notes the unusual timing.
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Fillmore Street
C. A. Roberts
City Health Department
Montmorency
Roberts
Six Seaplanes Complete 2059-Mile Nonstop Flight
Six naval seaplanes landed safely at Coco Solo Canal Zone after a 2059 mile nonstop flight from Norfolk. The group completed the longest mass formation flight in history in 24 hours 55 minutes, with five ships reaching the canal at 6 25 P.M. The sixth plane trailed by nearly an hour, P-12 piloted by Lieut. W H Buracker of Winchester led the squadron.
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Washington
Navy Department
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Norfolk
Canal
P-12
W. H. Buracker
Winchester
Daughter charged in Uvalde woman’s hammer slaying
Beulah Johnson, 28, is charged with murder in the hammer killing of Mrs. Albert Sidney Johnson in Uvalde Texas. She was held without bond after County Attorney D W Suttle said he obtained a statement from the daughter. Mrs Johnson was struck five times on the head during an argument at their home.
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Uvalde
Tex
Albert Sidney Johnson
Beulah Johnson
D. W. Suttle
Ford says signature on NRA code may not matter
Detroit report says Ford Motor Co regards Henry Ford's dotted line on the NRA code as irrelevant to its operations. The firm claims it is already far ahead of NRA requirements and sees the issue as exaggerated with no ongoing fight planned.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
NRA
Ford
Ford Company
Swanson on Board Cuban Coalition Cabinet Indicated
The Cuban Junta signals a coalition cabinet with broad opposition representation as it studies government reform. Sergio Carbo, a junta member, says this is the most probable path while De Cespedes remains rejected. Marines inspect army HQ as U S ships remain off Havana.
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Havana
Cuba
Sergio Carbo
Garbo
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Carbo
de Cespedes
Santiago
Cienfuegos
United States
Joquin Martinez Saenz
Treasury
Johnston Freed in Shamrock Slaying
Tom Johnston, former Wheeler County deputy sheriff, was acquitted in a Shamrock killing case. He shot George Brooks two days after Brooks struck him with a hammer, causing permanent injuries. The trial, moved from Wheeler to Miami, was before Judge E. J. Pickens.
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The
Miami
Tom Johnston
George Brooks
Shamrock
Johnston
Brooks
Wheeler
E. J. Pickens
Wheeler County
Amarillo Woman Named to Texas Fish Game and Oyster Commission
Governor Miriam A Ferguson named Mrs Hal C Peck of Amarillo to the Texas Fish Game and Oyster Commission making her the first woman to serve on the body. Peck, daughter of O P Jones a West Texas cattleman and banker, will pursue Panhandle game conservation while safeguarding farm and ranch properties. Her nomination followed a brief application period and was announced in Austin after a breakfast at the home of Mrs O P Jones. The Senate must approve the appointment.
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Miriam A. Ferguson
Hal C. Peck
Amarillo
Texas Fish, Game and Oyster Commission
Gene A. Howe
Amiarillo
J. H.T. Bloch
Marshall
Camille G. Pillot
Houston
Peck
O. P. Jones
Tyler Street
Delphian Society
Panhandle
West Texas
Ferguson
Austin
Senate
Game Commission
Gene Howe
Weather and court clash in 1933 cotton outlook
Weather woes still curb cotton gains as government forecasters project a 12 414 000 bale 1933 crop with 10 396 000 acres to be plowed under and 30 000 000 acres to be harvested. The outlook mirrors efforts to cut the surplus while prices slip below parity and carryovers rise. In a separate case Mary McCormic sues Prince Serge Mdivani for 600 a month, denying cruelty and demanding alimony.
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Los Angeles
Mary McCormic
Serge Mdivani
Mdivanis
Georgia
Miss McCormic
Molivant
Southern California
Miss MecCormic
Washington
Farm Administration
Ita
United States
Wallace
Crop Reporting Board
Two Fatally Shot and Four Wounded in Belfast Maine Incident
In Belfast Maine on September 8 Adrian Jones a former asylum employee went berserk in the business district killing Herbert E. Ellis 65 an insurance man and Raymond Blazo 40 a truckman. W. W. Blazo father of Raymond and Dr. R B Stanhope a veterinarian were hospitalized with fatal prognosis.
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Belfast
Adrian Jones
Herbert E. Ellis
Raymond Blazo
W. W. Blazo
Raymond
R. B. Stanhope
Bolts Fall From Oil Derrick Kill Man in Texas
In Longview Texas C L Brooks 32 was struck by bolts knocked from a derrick platform and fell 28 feet near Camp Switch. He died of fatal injuries. His widow and two children survive at London Texas where the body was to be sent today.
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Longview
U.P
C. L. Brooks
Camp Switch
London
Texas
Windsor Lawyers Win Trial Point
Lawyers for Claire Windsor won a pivotal trial ruling in the alienation of affections case filed by Marian Reid. Judge Joseph Sproul allowed cross examination on claims of a conspiracy between Reid and her ex husband Alfred Read Jr, and warned withholding the final decree if Windsor proved ongoing marriage after the divorce. Read admitted in court that she and Read had been living as husband and wife twice since the divorce decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Claire Windsor
Marian Reid
Oakland
Joseph Sproul
Storm Threat Looms Over Rio Grande Region
A powerful storm lashed the Rio Grande area, triggering flood warnings and rising water levels. Emergency crews prepared responses as residents braced for possible evacuations and further rainfall forecast in the coming days.
Flood Crest Moves Toward Hidalgo as Valley Braces
Rio Grande flood crest, higher than last year, roars toward Hidalgo as hundreds mobilize to guard the dikes along the lower valley. Ickes and army engineers pledge immediate aid while Major Marks takes charge. Crested near Rio Grande City, the river rose to 318 feet then fell below 309, with Hidalgo at 21.7 feet and levees awaiting the surge.
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Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Ickes
Washington
Marks
Rio Grande City
Hidalgo
Brownsville
J. W. Selleck
International Boundary Commission
Los Ebanos
Hidalgo-Starr County
E. M. Card
Hidalgo County
Roma
Removal of Notorious Train Robber's Body Recalls Wild West Days
The body of Tom Black Jack Ketchum, famed outlaw and train robber, will be exhumed from a New Mexico grave and moved to Clayton Cemetery with ceremonies at 2 o clock. Pioneers organize the event as Clayton reenacts a chapter of frontier lawlessness and notoriety.
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New Mexico
Wild West
Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum
Clayton
N. M
Balloonist Parachute Found Near Toronto
Inspector Stringer reports a navy parachute found in an orchard near Caldomast Ontario not far from Toronto. It fell about 10 45 Sunday night. Navy officials think it was thrown off as ballast by Lt Comdr T G W Settle pilot of the navy entry.
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Washington
U.R
William H. Stringer
Ontario Provisional Police
Navy Department
Navy
Caldomast
Toronto
Canada
T. G. W. Settle
Federal to Match Texas Bond Issue With U S Funds
Washington announces that the federal government will match Texas aid with U S dollars for the $20,000,000 bond issue. Harry L. Hopkins, emergency relief administrator, disclosed the plan.
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Texas
U. S
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
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McFarland
OnGame Commission
Windsor
Rio Grande
Black Jack
Fort, Worth
Tom Greene
Southern Pacific
Folsom
Joe Kirchbrabber
Frank Harrington
Fred Bartlett
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