East Texas oil field prompts calls to curb production
A rural column blasts East Texas oil activity with daily output near 800,000 barrels at a loss, urges tighter regulation by Governor Sterling, and critiques Humble Oil Company influence. The piece also jokes about square pies and shares social observations on athletes, ethics, and farm grievances.
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East
Texas
Union
Sterling
Humble Oil Company
Governor Sterling
The
Legisla
Humble
East Texas
Alfalfa Bill
Oklahoma
Three Die in Garage Explosion Near Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan an explosion and fire at a city outskirts garage killed three men and burned five others. Floyd Carlyle and Robert Fenton were named among the dead, Clare Higgins of Nashville was identified, and Albert Latta was near death in hospital as firemen searched the debris for more bodies and a missing firefighter.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Floyd Carlyle
Robert Fenton
Clare Higgins
Nashville
Albert Latta
Catholic hospital and sanatorium planned for aged priests
A $3,000,000 national Catholic hospital and sanatorium for aged sick priests is proposed in Baton, New Mexico. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, the facility will be operated by the Sisters of Mercy and financed by a nationwide campaign with an endowment. The plan includes a main hospital in Baton and a special unit at Eagle Nest Lake in Moreno Valley nearby.
Goodnight Ranch Mass Meeting Planned to Buy Buffalo Preserve
Fred Haskett of Wichita Falls announced a September 7 meeting at Goodnight in Armstrong County Texas to form an organization to raise funds to buy the Goodnight Ranch for a state game preserve. Gov Sterling and Lt Gov Witt invited. legislature empowered the game commission to condemn the herd for state use.
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Austin
Fred Haskett
Wichita Falls
Goodnight
Armstrong County
Texas
Goodnight Ranch
Haskett
Ross
Sterling
Edgar Witt
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Panhandle Historical Society
Canyon
Fair Arena Closed For Horse Show Prep
Officials announced the fair arena will be closed today and tonight to the public. Rehearsal will be behind locked gates while the arena and grandstand are prepared for tomorrow night’s opening exhibition. horses may be viewed at the stables.
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Fair Grounds
Impeachment Hearing Placed on J B Price of Bastrop
The Texas House resumes impeachment charges against District Judge J B Price of Bastrop for alleged carelessness in approving sheriff fee accounts. Price admitted approving without due care due to illness and motions to drop charges and reprimand Speaker Fred H Minor are under consideration.
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J. B. Price
Bastrop
Pampa Residents Enjoy Visits and Vacations Across Texas
City briefs note multiple local residents traveling or visiting relatives. Bruce Pratt and family toured with J W Ross in Amarillo area. A S Keel and daughter Elizabeth vacation with kin in Spearman. Minnie Bell Butler visits Mrs J F Black in Pampa. Arch B Hunsley returns from ten days fishing in Creede Colorado. Pearl Crowe travels to the Ozarks. Mrs Ben Franklin shops in Amarillo while visiting Irene Franklin in Groom. Duncan Auldridge and Borger guests stay with E E Louthan in West Sixteenth Avenue.
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A. S. Keel
Elizabeth
Fairmont Street
Spearman
Texas
Ben Franklin
Morris
Tennessee
Irene Franklin
Groom
Amarillo
Duncan Auldridge
Borger
E. E. Louthan
West
Sixteenth Avenue
Tack Letter: White Workers Demand Jobs in Clayton
A reader proposes a drastic plan to solve unemployment by replacing Mexican and Japanese workers with white men in Clayton New Mexico. He suggests intimidation if hiring chiefs favor non white workers and links steelroad labor to rent and groceries.
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United States
Clayton
New Mexico
City assets show near one million rise in value
City audit notes a decided improvement in the water department and a total capital asset value of 11,071,032.16. Detailed assets include land and betterments 670,426.90, buildings 951,576.91, permanent improvements 6,150,018.23, equipment 2,305,383.07, and more, with current assets totaling 579,947.91 and various fund balances.
Cotton Stabilization Plan Moves to Cut Supply
The American Cotton Co-Operative Association and the Cotton Stabilization Corporation backed by the Agriculture Department’s 1931 crop estimate of 15 584 000 bales forecast a price drop and urged withholding up to 3 000 000 bales. Board members Alexander Legge and Cason J Callaway were named to stabilize cotton with governors across southern and border states notified of the proposal.
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American Cotton Co- Operative Association
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Agriculture Department
Stone
American Co-Operative Association
Legge
Alexander Legge
Chicago
Cason J. Callaway
la Grange
Georgia
Stabilization Corporation
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Governors react to Farm Board cotton plan across states
Texas Governor Ross Sterling credits Bilbo and Graham for the plan and offers cooperation to aid Southern farmers. Mississippi Governor Bilbo enthusiastically endorses the measure calling it the greatest step for cotton since 1930. Louisiana Governor Long admits uncertainty but says the plan sounds good. North Carolina Governor Gardner vows full cooperation amid price concerns. Florida Governor Carlton suggests storing part of the crop to reduce supply. Oklahoma Governor Murray opposes the plan proposing to sort first grade cotton and plow under low grades, noting harvesting floods low-grade cotton depresses prices, and jokes about using surplus cotton for dresses.
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United Press
Federal Farm Board
Texas
Ross Sterling
Bilbo
Mississippi
T. W. Graham
New Albany
Miss
South
Theodore G. Bilbo
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Farm Board
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
Florida
Doyle E. Carlton
Oklahoma
William H. Murray
China
B J Callahan Dies. Amarillo Relatives Attend Shawnee Funeral
B J Callahan age 77 died in Shawnee Oklahoma last Friday. His son H B Callahan and daughter in law Mrs L T Best and other relatives from Amarillo attended the service. Pallbearers included John Herron Sam Martin and others. services at the grave were by the Odd Fellows.
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H. B. Callahan
Jack Cook
Shawnee
Okla
B. J. Callahan
Callahan
Mr. Callahan
L. T. Best
Gussie Cook
T. C. Roberts
Omaha
Neb
Amarillo
L. T. Best, Jr
Thomas Elmer
Dorothy
Dorris Roberts
Christian Faith
The
Odd Fellows
Carmens Union
Rock Island Railway Company
Bert Shawner
Enid
Okld
L. B. Lazar
Stockton
Cook
John Herron
Sam Martin
Sam Patterson
Ely Litton
D. Troop
Jessie Cashion
Mexican Villages Flooded Along Panuco River
A Tampico dispatch to El Universal reports 16 villages averaging 500 residents flooded by a cloudburst along the Panuco River. Many residents fled to hills, assumed starving. Miravegas is completely surrounded with people lacking food. Twenty corpses seen in the water.
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Mexico City
el Universal
Tampico
Panuco
Miravegas
Market Scores and Grain Prices Mixed in Midwest and New Orleans
Kansas City and Chicago livestock quotes show hogs and cattle uneven but mostly higher on selective classes while New Orleans cotton rises on foreign market strength. New York stocks gain on oil shares with steady rails, energy and chemical issues aiding the advance amid market caution.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Kansas
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
New Orleans
Avenius
Farm Loan Board
Britteh Board of Trade
Cuba
New York
East Texas
Seaboard
Mexican Seaboard
Atlantic Refining and Standards
New Jersey
California
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Case
du Pont
Alaska
Juneau
New York Central
Atchkison
Brunswick Terminal Railroad
Phone firm to set its value in Amarillo exchange
Mayor Ernesto O Thompson demands rate cuts and calls for detailed statements of the Amarillo telephone property's value. G N Hailey district manager Amarillo replies the company will prepare statements and discuss the matter once ready. Franchise expires June 28 1932 for 25 years.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Ernesto O. Thompson
G. N. Hailey
Amarillo
Hailey
Thompson
City Commission
Quixy the cub bear charms readers at the zoo
Quixy the bear cub charmed crowds at the zoo as he learned to ride in cars and dive for shiny objects. He battled with a cub during capture, rode in a car with Gus Albright, and quickly adapted to his cage amid press attention.
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Pele
Quixy
Gus
Gus” Albright
John Speed
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