Italy Solves Oil Problems With Naples Refinery
The Italian government grants a major concession to American interests to build a Naples area refinery by 1937. Led by Socony Vacuum, about 3 million dollars funds the project with Italian bank liens and earnings from affiliated interests. The plant will process Gulf crude, store 560000 barrels of crude and 300000 barrels of products, and be protected against air attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Gorrell
Rome
U.P
Gulf
United Press
Naples
Mussolini
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
Gulf Ports
Raffineria di Napoli Societa Anonima Italiana
Germany
Italy
Brone Judge Sees and Calls Em From a Cowpony
Cheyenne Wyoming recounts bucking horse judges like George Marty and Clayton Danks weighing hair trigger calls and rider risk in Frontier Days. The piece details rules for starting, rein use, spurring, and disqualification, plus prize money and the dangers riders face in rodeo competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
George Marty
Carey CY Ranch
Bordeaux
Wye
Clayton Danks
Riverton
West
Marty
Campsite of Jackson in 1816 Found Near Bogalusa
The site two miles west of Bogalusa near a Bogalusa Creek spring marks where Gen Andrew Jackson, Major Gen John Coffee, Major Howell Tatum and Capt George Walton Jr camped on November 18 1816 en route to the defense of New Orleans. Journals in the War Department aided Col Jim Walton grandson of Walton in the search. Rifle balls and old gun flints from the War of 1812 were found by locals. Walton lives in Emporia Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogalusa
U.P
Andrew Jackson
John Coffee
Howell Tatum
George Walton
New Orleans
Jim Walton
Walton
Bogalusa Creek
War Department
Tylertown
Miss
Emporia, Miss
Thief Steals Bread Box Then Abandons It by Park
A Bristol chain store reported a bread box stolen overnight. The next morning a store customer found the box at the park entrance, still containing the bread. No suspect information was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Springfield absorbs rival utility in bold city takeover
Springfield will bring the Central Illinois Light Company under its municipal electric plant on September 1 after a council approved sale worth 7.2 million dollars. City bonds of about 8 million are planned to finance the purchase, with Spaulding guiding the deal and promising lower future electric rates. The gas business remains with the utility, and other Illinois properties are unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Willis J. Spaulding
Central Illinois Light Company
A. D. Mackie
Spaulding
Mackie
United States
Pasadena
Cal
Illinois
Bear Wins Fame as Coin Honor for Bay Bridge
Monarch II, last known California Valley grizzly, lives in Golden Gate bear pit and will be immortalized with his head on a commemorative coin marking the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Monarch II
California Valley
Grizzly Bears
Golden Gate Bear Pit
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Explosion Kills Two At Dallas Paint Dump
Two men died in Dallas when a smouldering fire at a waste paint stock and thinner dump caused drums of combustible materials to explode. Salvage worker C. J. Leblanc, 54, and his 16 year old helper Albert Hawkins were sprayed by exploding drums after the paint stock was poured over the fire while unloading a truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
C. J. Leblanc
Albert Hawkins
Florida citrus profit rises after 1935 36 crop
Florida citrus growers report about 25 million dollars net profit from the 1935 36 season after counting 65 million dollar crop value and 40 million dollars for picking packing and shipping. The orange crop rose 4.44 million in value with prices about 41 cents a box higher, while the grapefruit crop gained 406 665 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fila
Florida
Citrus Exchange
Bees Attack Grapes Prompt Arcadia Property Plea
Arcadia California J J Wilson complains police protection is needed as bees raid his grape crop and threaten his property security. The town grapples with how to respond to the unusual menace and safeguard produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Cal
J. J. Wilson
Cooling Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Note
Soothing Blue Star Ointment melts on the skin and delivers medicines into pores to quickly kill itch tetter ringworm eczema and foot itch. No burning and very comforting.
Citrus crop values rise with higher shipments this year
The year's shipments increased the value of the cane gerine crop to 5,009,000 dollars, up 1,036,000 from last year. The overall value of citrus crops grew by 7,879,000 dollars, reflecting a strong gain in the sector.
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Bob Crudgington
Fillmore Street
Schilling
Hunsley
Panhandle-Plains
Praeger
the Panhandle
Panhandle Plains
Hunsley’s Paint Mfg. CO
Amarillo
Panhandie Plains
Brone Judge
Ray Bell
Jackson
Saturday Evening Post
Toney Chisum, Inc
Polk St
CITY
Springfield, Ill
Long Center OF Electric Plant
H. V. Robertson & Company
Accountants and Auditors
Oliver-Eakle Bidg
Rock Island
California
Memphis
Golden State
Pullman
Tucumcari
N. M
el Paso
Los Angeles
San Diego
P. M
H. W. Clutter
CTA
Texas
Torteflix
Hyden
Polk
King Arthur
Seagram
Seagrams
King Arthur Gin
Seagram-Distillers Corporation
New York
London
Hudson
Terraplane
Tool
Hudson-C.l.t
Detroit
Callum
Tyler Street
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