Oil problem mirrors farm doom in oil nation says producer
Wirt Franklin of the Independent Petroleum Association of America warned in St Louis that the oil industry faces complete demoralization. He cited price declines from 1.45 to under 60 cents and warned small producers may be driven out as large firms incur heavy losses. Governors' action on a production recommendation was awaited.
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ST. Louis
Wirt Franklin
Oklahoma City
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Franklin
United States
Southwest
Great Southwest
Brisbane column notes and Shaw obituary glimpse
Arthur Brisbane’s widely known American voice appears in The Globe with day topics. Editor E. D. Shaw dies in New York City. praised as newspaper man and editor in Washington Chicago Milwaukee. A Russia story about a Jewish boy and Stalin provokes skepticism about expulsion and a coal dumping plan. See TODAY Page 2.
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King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
E. D. Shaw
New York City
Washington
Chicago
Milwaukee
Frank A. Munsey
Washington Times
Munsey
Mr. Shaw
The
Times
Russia
Black Sea
Stalin
U.S. Debates End of Five Year Nicaragua Vigil
Washington reports indicate the Administration seeks to end five years of involvement in Nicaragua. Officials fear broad U.S. intervention, with Stimson limiting Marines to protecting individuals and property only where necessary. The goal is to avoid a wider campaign while upholding respect for Nicaraguan law.
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Washington
Nicaragua
United States
State Department
Puerto Cabezas
Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
Stimson
Freight fall fatal near Yarnal Oklahoma
Bil Haggwood 20 of Oklahoma City died after being cut by moving freight cars on the Rock Island line near Yarnal 16 miles east of Amarillo while riding atop a refrigerator car. He was en route from Boise City in search of work and died from loss of blood in Amarillo hospital. His wife and parents are listed as survivors and the body is with Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Rock Island Railway
Yarnal
Amarillo
Bil Haggwood
Oklahoma City
Boise City
Okla
Victor Anderson
Anderson
Brakeman
Haggwood
Maud Okla
Boxwell Brothers Funeral
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a chance of showers and cooler temperatures. In West Texas cloudy with possible local showers tonight and Friday, cooler in the north. New Mexico unsettled tonight with east showers and cooler southeast. Friday generally fair. Max and min today 57 and 52. Berry's for dyeing. Griggs ambulance 5229. Phone 4311.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Weather Delays Night Mail Plane Test Flights
The Transcontinental Western Air night mail test flights planned for last night were postponed due to bad weather at English Field. Ed Minser said conditions remain poor between Wichita and Albuquerque and the Eastbound and Westbound planes did not fly. If weather clears by Friday night, tests may proceed as scheduled.
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Transcontinental Western Air
Ed Minser
English Field
Mr. Minser
Wichita
Albuquerque
Minser
Dempsey and Estelle Taylor Set for Los Angeles Divorce Fight
Hollywood report says divorce proceedings between Estelle Taylor and Jack Dempsey are imminent with the main issue mental cruelty. Taylor’s lawyer signaled she would file in Los Angeles, while Dempsey plans Nevada residency, making a Los Angeles courtroom likely for the case.
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Hollywood
Calif
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Miss Taylor
Dempsey
Reno
Joseph Scott
Robert E. Burns
Los Angeles
Nevada
Good Seats for Ethel Barrymore Are Available
Wilbur C. Hawk of the Tri-State Fair Association says many good seats remain for The Love Duel in the $1 and $1.50 sections. The Friday night show stars Ethel Barrymore with tickets sold at City Drug Store No. 1 until two hours before curtain. Ticket prices range from 1 to 3 dollars.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri- State Fair Association
Ethel Barrymore
Capone Associate Masseria Killed in New York
Guiseppe Masseria known as Joe the Boss is shot dead in Coney Island. Five bullets struck the back of his head while he sat at a card table, fueling fears of a gang war as police note his vast racketeering influence and feud history with rivals.
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New York
Guiseppe Masseria
Joe the
Boss
al Capone
Joe
Coney Island
Law Against Dandelions Enforced in Amarillo
Amarillo will enforce a City ordinance banning dandelions after complaints to City Manager Bill Durham. The emergency measure, passed April 22 last year, imposes up to a $10 misdemeanor fine for owners or occupants allowing the nuisance to remain.
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Amarillo
Bill Durham
Alfonso to Spend First Weeks of Exile in Paris
King Alfonso XIII may seek refuge in France rather than England after leaving Marseilles for Paris. Duke of Miranda said Alfonso would stay in Paris through the June Spanish elections and not visit England while exile remains uncertain.
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Alfonso
Paris
Alfonso XIII
France
England
Marseilles
Duke of Miranda
Spain
Actress Hel en Twelvetrees reveals secret Reno marriage
Film actress Hel en Twelvetrees disclosed that she wed three weeks ago in Reno without informing anyone. The revelation supports the idea that a woman can keep a secret, as contemporaries had claimed.
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Helen Twelvetrees
Reno
Hollywood
Calif
Ethel Barrymore Arrives for Love Duel Here Friday
Noted actress Ethel Barrymore and her company will reach the city Friday at 7 40 am via Fort Worth and Denver from Wichita Falls. Preparations for the Municipal Auditorium performance will start immediately. The cast totals 20 with 17 local and traveling crew. 13 local stage hands plus four Barrymore associates. Tickets are selling fast through City Drug No. 1. Barrymore's visit marks her first local appearance and coincides with debuts of her son and daughter in law as Barrymore Colt and John Drew Colt.
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Ethel Barrymore
Fort Worth
Denver
Wichita Falls
Municipal Auditorium
Barrymore
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
City Drug No. 1
Barrymore-Drew
Ethel Barrymore Colt
John Drew Colt
City offices consolidated as building inspector retires relief
City hall consolidation moves building inspector duties to the engineering department with Frank French taking over the post. A W Smalley, in office over four years, is relieved as French continues as fire insurance engineer for Amarillo. Durham cites intertwined duties and space limits.
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City Hall
A. W. Smalley
Frank French
Amarillo
French
Bill Durham
Durham
Smalley
Abilene
Texas oil code conference set for May 4 in Austin
A Texas committee convenes in Austin with representatives from Kansas Arkansas California Louisiana and Wyoming to plan a uniform oil code. Governors oil commissioners and legislative leaders will be invited while debates over invitation scope ensue. The meeting is chaired by Gov. Ross Sterling with C V Terrell as vice chair and W M Howsley as secretary.
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Austin
U.P
Kansas
Arkansas
California
Louisiana
Wyoming
Texas
Ross Sterling
Humble Oil Company
Texas Committee
C. V. Terrell
State Railroad Commission
W. M. Howsley
Albany
Islature
Pollard
Cicero Murray
Murray
Lassiter
Hal Kemp Orchestra Plays Noon Time Dance Program
Hal Kemp and his orchestra perform a daily noon time dance program for WEAF luncheon guests. The sessions occur in the WEAF studio from 11:15 to 11:45 A M on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Ec Ge ‘Field
Associated Press
New York
Hal Kemp
WEAF
Sun Bath Man Mistaken for Murder Victim on Highway
Amarillo police rushed to a roadside scene after reports of a murdered man. They found a fully dressed sender claiming he had sun bathed and was on his way to Arizona. He produced California IDs and lodge receipts and offered no crime. officers let him proceed.
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Amarillo
Ed Holloway
Frank Gamblin
George Hayden
California
Arizona
Gamblin
Holloway
Evacuation of Americans Underway as Insurgents Expand
Washington reports evacuation of American women and children from Puerto Cabezas was underway while insurgents extend operations to new areas. The status reflects ongoing humanitarian efforts amid active conflict and shifting control in the region.
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Puerto Cabezas
Washington
Twitty Sentenced to Die Heads to Huntsville
Mancus Twitty, whose death sentence was not commuted, was moved to death row in Huntsville. He was convicted last June 4 of attacking a three year old girl and faces execution on April 24. Governor Sterling denied the plea to commute.
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Pampa
Mancus Twitty
Sterling
Huntsville
Lon Blanscet
Twitty
April Showers Hit Panhandle Towns Briefly
The Panhandle town of Dalhart sees short lived April showers with Am arillo recording .05 inch of rain. Weather officials forecast more showers and cooler temperatures tonight with Friday expected partly cloudy.
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Panhandle
North Plains
Dalhart
Amarillo
Three Men Wanted Held at Clarendon
Deputy Sheriff C. T. Vanderpool travels to Clarendon to accept three prisoners sought on burglary charges. Arrests were made by Donley County officers yesterday. Details and names of the suspects were withheld. Griggs ambulance, Phone 4311.
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C. T. Vanderpool
Clarendon
Donley County
Convicted Indiana Congressman Rowbottom Sentenced
Evansville April 16 Convicted of accepting bribes for post office appointments Harry E Rowbottom former Indiana first district congressman must serve a year and a day in Leavenworth and pay a 8000 fine A federal jury found he took 750 from Walter G Ayer for a son’s rural carrier post at Rockport and 800 for the Dale postmastership for Grant Johnson
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Evansville
Ind
Harry E. Rowbottom
Indiana First District
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Rowbottom
Walter G. Ayer
Gresham Ayer
Rockport
Dale
Grant Johnson
Grand Jury Called for April 27 Term
The grand jury for the next term of criminal district court is summoned to begin service April 27. The jury includes Doyle Simpson, C R McAfee, W T Leachman, B Lawler, Charlie E Trolinger, J N Beasley, D W Kerr, Rolla Cartwright, J R Lawrence, C L Munday, A F Krabbe, Chester Adams, M P Woolston, Earl Grist, H L Finch, G H Tso on. Judge Henry S Bishop will open court at Claude and on Monday April 27 the grand jury will be organized with a heavy docket anticipated.
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Criminal District Court
BR. Doyle Simpson
C. R. McAfee
W. T. Leachman
Earl Grist
H. L. Finch
Henry
Bishop
Claude
County Judge Defers Ruling on Auto Fire Case
The Concordia Fire Insurance Company versus the McCarty Motor Company of Amarillo shows a nonjury case before County Judge EB Nelson Jr. with a verdict withheld for legal consultation. The suit seeks $382.50 over an automobile destroyed by fire. Judge Nelson will handle nonjury docket this week and reserve the next two weeks for jury trials.
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Concordia Fire Insurance Company
McCarty Motor Company
Amarillo
EB. ©. Nelson, Jr
Nelson
Gar Wood near speed record in Miami Beach trial
Gar Wood on the Miss America IX fell within 43 miles per hour of Kay Don's 103 mph record after two fast runs at the Indian Creek mile course. His two fastest times averaged 103.069 mph with a 103.249 mph mark on the fifth run and 102.890 mph on the fourth. The wire brief also notes Nicholas Longworth to see Page 2.
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Gar Wood
Miami Beach
Fla
Indian Creek
Kaye Don
Wood
Amarillo Commits To New Water Wells Project
Drilling of five wells on Palo Duro line six miles from Amarillo has begun under a $125,000 contract awarded to D L McDonald. The city will receive at least two and a half million gallons daily for 10 years starting June 1, with one completed well supplying peak summer needs last year. Customer count rose to 9,608 in the ten and a half months to February.
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Amarillo
D. L. McDonald
McDonald
Palo Duro
Ma McDonald
Hereford
Short Vote To Delay Bond Issue Two Weeks
AUSTIN April 16 The attempt to pass a 212 million state highway bond issue may be delayed two weeks Rep Walter Beck Fort Worth announced after the measure was engrossed by the House by 80 to 60 passage must reach 100 votes to pass Nine of 60 opposing members must be won over Beck and sponsor R M Hubbard remain hopeful as Senate origins cited.
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Austin
Walter Beck
Fort Worth
House
Beck
Rep
R. M. Hubbard
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