Oil price clash and industry upheaval widens
Multiple developments hit the Texas and midcontinent oil scene as Humble Oil faces proration hearings and price disputes while Kansas orders 19,268 wells shut for 15 days. Shamrock Oil denies price cuts and eight Texas assistant attorneys general probe possible anti trust violations amid rising crude shortages and gasoline prices.
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United Press
Kansas
Harry C. Weiss
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Austin
Railroad Commission
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation
Amarillo
J. H. Dunn
Attorney Generals of
Texas
Humble Oil
Houston
Oil Company
Humble Company
East Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Rex Baker
Commission
Baker
Revised WPA Wages Bring Increases
The Works Projects Administration issued a revised wage schedule affecting 2.2 million relief workers with gains in southern and western states and cuts in eastern states. The changes take effect September 1 under a 1940 relief appropriation of $1.477 billion. The wage rise lifts the average monthly WPA wage from 53 to 53.30 dollars, with an unofficial projection of higher federal relief costs and possible job terminations due to the adjustment.
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Washington
U.P
Works Projects Administration
Congress
WPA Pay Scale Sparks Southern Wage Gains and Protests
The article notes 100000 workers and an estimated average annual employment of 2,000,000, with wage increases for unskilled labor in the rural South from 26 to 31.20 dollars per month and up to 35 in some cases. WPA officials fear demonstrations over the new pay scale, while David Lasser warns protests could outpace last month’s 130‑hour strikes.
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WPA
David Lasser
The
Workers Alliance
South
There’s Something in The Air When 1,000 People Crane Necks
Amarillo hosts a booming model airplane scene as the Amarillo Gas Model Association grows to 40 members from 12. A 1,000 spectators watched 15 gas models on the lakebed with engines powering tiny planes. Local sponsor Frank Davis explains costs, build times around 200 hours, and says wind demands more power. The club plans trips to Wichita Falls on Sept 3 and Pueblo on Sept 10 for state meet.
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Wolflin
Amarillo
Frank Davis
Frank
Dennis
Dad
Wichita Falls
Pueblo
Colorado
The
Amarillo Gas Model Association
Merle McGonigle
Earl Reeves
Bill Parr
Billy Hill
George Tucker
Nurse Held for Mercy Slaying at Allentown Hospital
In Allentown Pennsylvania a 77 year old retired nurse Margaret L Cowan is held for the mercy slaying of her sister Louella Sager 66 at Allentown State Hospital visiting room. Cowan reportedly told police I feel happier now than I have all my life after shooting twice in the chest.
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Allentown
U.P
Lehigh County
Allentown State Hospital
Margaret L. Cowan
Quakertown
Charles M. Schwab
George Westinghouse
Louella Sager
Spinnerstown
Ing
Miss Cowan
Mrs. Sager
Officer Tags Governor Car In Forbidden Zone
In Oklahoma City a police officer tagged a car parked in a forbidden zone after recognizing the license plate as the governor’s. The incident underscores the officer’s commitment to duty despite potential pressure.
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Oklahoma City
Pat Patton
Patton
Jews pay portion of fine in vom Rath murder case
Berlin reports that Jews have completed paying 20 percent of their fortunes toward the $400 million fine imposed after the Paris murder of Ernst vom Rath, embassy secretary, by a 17 year old Polish Jew.
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Berlin
U.P
Paris
Ernst Vom Rath
Billion Dollar Hike in Retail Trade Reported
Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins announced a $1 billion rise in retail trade in the first half of 1939 compared with 1938. Total sales reached $17.9 billion, up 6 percent, with the second quarter showing the strongest gain around 7 percent. Prices for general merchandise fell about 2.5 percent and food costs were down 3.5 percent.
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Washington
U.P
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Lambie Company Wins Bivins Building Contract
C. S. Lambie awarded the Polk Street at Fifth Avenue project for a new building replacing a long time Bivins family landmark. The structure costs at least 70 000 dollars and must begin within ten days. It will be owned by Myda Bivins Elizabeth Clair Childers and Lee T. Bivins and leased for 20 years to Southwestern Public Service Company for its three state offices.
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C. S. Lambie
Bivins
Polk Street
Fifth Avenue
Miles G. Bivgins
Lambie
Mr. Bivins
Erty
Myda
KGNC Tower Nears Finish as 371-Foot Antenna Tops Reach
Workers report the KGNC broadcast tower reaches the 300 foot mark with only about 70 feet to go this morning. By 3 pm the final section should be in place and post construction work then begins, including wiring, painting, grounding, and beacon installation for the 371 foot structure.
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KGNC
Scott Bledsoe
Panhandle
Dog Clubbing By Polonin Arouses Mob
In Raleigh on August 16 a plainclothes policeman clubbed a dog to death before a crowd that milled in the street for an hour threatening to riot. Citizens circulated petitions and telephoned officials to demand criminal action and the discharge of the officer. The dog was described as frothing at the mouth.
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Farish
Pollard
Humble
Raleigh
N. C
UPI
Strike at Fort Worth Stockyards Shuts Down Work
Two hundred United Livestock Handlers Union CIO members walked out at Fort Worth Stockyards as a one hour stoppage failed to win a closed shop and seniority system from the Stockyards Company officials disrupting Texas' largest livestock exchange.
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Fort Worth
United Livestock Handlers Union
CIO
Texas
Ken Wilhelm to Attend Amarillo Archery Meeting Tonight
Amarillo archers gather at 8:30 this evening at the Public Archery Range on West Tenth Avenue operated by Mrs. Sam Thomas. World champion archer Ken Wilhelm will be present to meet local archers as plans to organize an Amarillo Archery Club are discussed. Insurance information referenced with Neely-Greenhill Agency.
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Amarillo
Sam Thomas
West Tenth Avenue
Ken Wilhelm
Amarillo Area Thundershowers Fall Tonight Then Cooler
The forecast calls for scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday afternoon with a cooler day Thursday. Temperatures will range from a 62 degree low to 90 high in the 24 hours ending 6 30 A M. Noon temperature today was 87. wallpaper sale at Hunsleys House of Color noted.
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Amarillo
It May Be a Fish May Be It Has Wings and Lights
Oklahoma City reports Frank Creasey claiming a 4 inch Gulf of Mexico fish with three lighted legs, six legs total with claws, bladders on both sides, wings for fast swimming, and electric cries. He compares it to the red gurnard and speculates on an extinct saphiria possibility.
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Oklahoma City
Frank Creasey
Gulf of Mexico
Creasey
Whatsit
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Wall Street
Thomas Pollard
Tyler
Los Angeles
New York
Roosevelt
Ponca City
Okla
Continental Oil Company Today
Continental
Wells
Lon A. Smith
San Antonio
Ucimpi
John Sager
Sager
Germany
Amarillo Shade & Equip
W. 6Th
Lambie Company
Polonin
Neely-Greenhill Agey
Hunsley’s House of Color
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