Oklahoma City Oil Operators Vote to Close Wells
A majority of Oklahoma City oil field operators adopted a resolution to close wells until oil prices allow reasonable producer profits. They sent the resolution to Gov. Murray for immediate action and urged Texas and Kansas governors to follow. Prices have fallen twice in six weeks from above 1 dollar to 50 cents top. Similar shutdowns occurred in 1931 under military rule.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Wirt Franklin
Murray
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Seminole
Texas cattle raisers oppose land sale bill in Austin
Dayton Moses of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association announced a legislative program. The group condemned a House bill to require selling excess lands in state surveys, arguing it would cloud land titles. They backed a land title validating bill and approved an oleomargarine tax favoring U S product content. cocoanut oil Philippines would be taxed.
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Austin
Dayton Moses
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’' Association
Texas Sheep and Goat Rafers’ Association
Moses
Bob Long
Wichita Falls
Clint Small
Amarillo
United States
Philippines
High Society Revue Heads to Paramount Theater
The High Society Revue comes to the Paramount Theater for a four day run featuring a comedian master of ceremonies a chorus of pretty girls tuneful songs and a nationally known radio orchestra. Fast music and dancing promise lively entertainment and it is paired with The Bitter Tea of General Yen.
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Paramount Theater
Amarillo
General Yen
Nine Communists Die in Saxon Riot
Berlin reports ten dead and wounded after a clash in Dresden as 1500 gathered for a forbidden meeting. Police say agitators shouted abuse at Hitler’s Nazis, prompting a police charge and gunfire, with Communists and police trading accusations.
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Berlin
Saxony
Dresden
Adolf Hitler
Former Educator Hero Adopted by Nez Perce Indians
William E. Masterson once Principal of Johnson School has been made a member of the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho and now serves as dean of the College of Law at the University of Iowa. He is the second white man to receive the tribe’s honor. Masterson holds degrees from the University of Texas London Harvard and other universities and was a Texas University student and instructor in public speaking before turning to international law writing.
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William E. Masterson
Johnson School
Idaho
Masterson
College of Law
University of Iowa
University of Texas
London
Harvard
Texas University
Texas
Ex Grid Star Fuqua Sentenced for Poppy Farm Case
Claud Fuqua former Texas A and M football star pleaded guilty in U S District Court to operating an opium poppy farm near Effie Avoyelles Parish Louisiana He was sentenced by Judge Ben C Dawkins to a year and a day in the Atlanta federal penitentiary The two sentences run concurrently reversing a prior two year term from New Orleans on Harrison anti narcotic act charges
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Alexandria
Claud Fuqua
Texas A
United States District Court
Effie
Avoyelles Parish
Ben C. Dawkins
Federal
Atlanta
Fuqua
New Orleans
Dawkins
Alexander acquitted in city building code case
A jury acquitted O. R. Alexander after about ten minutes of deliberation. The case, tried in corporation court at city hall, centered on alleged building code violations with much testimony focusing on technical details. The complaint was filed by former city manager Bill Durham.
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O. R. Alexander
Bill Durham
Oil Men Sentenced In Mail Fraud Deal
Fort Worth January 25 United States District Court Judge Robert T Ervin imposed mail fraud sentences on oil promoters E L Chapman and Eugene Baker Chapman was fined 5000 and given two years in Leavenworth with two years suspended Baker received six months in county jail and two years at Leavenworth with the penitentiary term suspended for an indefinite period J Grant Keeter pleaded guilty and faces sentencing today
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Fort Worth
E. L. Chapman
Eugene Baker
United States District Court
Robert T. Ervin
Chapman
Leavenworth
Kansas
Baker
J. Grant Keeter
Fasteeth Keeps Dentures From Slipping All Day
Advertises Fasteeth powder for daily use on dentures to prevent slipping and dropping. Claims all day comfort deodorizes mouth with no gummy taste. Promotes purchase at City Drug Co. and Fox Drug Co. or your druggist.
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City Drug Co
Fox Drug Co
Carters
Carter
Carter's
C. M. Co
Blast of Two Boilers Kills Fireman at Edom Well
A boiler explosion at Morriss-Alice No. 1 wildcat well near Edom kills fireman W. C. McNelley, about 44, hurling him 100 feet, and injures bystander J. H. Cauthron as the derrick collapses. Four other workers escape serious harm.
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Tyler
Edom
W. C. McNelley
J. H. Cauthron
McNelley
Cauthron
Unemployed Protesters Escorted from Springfield Office
About 300 jobless protesters who crowded the governor's office waiting room in Springfield Illinois were escorted out by police and ordered not to return except in orderly delegations.
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Springfield
Illinois
Police Report System Attracts Wide Attention
Amarillo city commission adopted a duty report system for the police department drawing national notice. Mayor Ross D. Rogers discussed the system in The Globe and Southern City interview. Frank Mackett Jr of the Police and Sheriffs Association of North America urged copies, saying the forms should guide members and record police activities.
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City Commission
Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
The
Globe
Southern City
Frank Mackett, Jr
Milwaukee
Wis
Police and Sheriffs Association of North America
Mackett
Rogers
Police Department
Texas highway bids slated for 150 miles of paving
The Texas Highway Commission advertised bids for about 150 miles of road work across 12 counties plus bridge projects in five counties. Awards are set for February 8 and 9. Works include grading and drainage, concrete pavement, and caliche base with asphalt top on several routes.
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Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Dallas County
Garza County
Gillespie County
Jasper
Lubbock
Travis
Fort Bend
Wise
Cook
Fannin
Cooke
Bowie
Pecos County
Gillespie
Dallas
Oil and Gas Hearing Set by Texas House Committee
Fort Worth Rep. Joseph F. Greathouse announced a February 7 hearing at 2 PM on bills to fix the state's interest in oil and gas on certain West Texas lands. The session was scheduled by the House committee on public lands and buildings in Austin.
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Austin
Joseph F. Greathouse
Fort Worth
House Committee On Public Lands and
West Texas
How Doctors Treat Colds and Coughs
Medical writers note the aim is to relieve nasal and throat congestion to prevent complications. Calotabs replaced calomel, touted as safe and pleasant. over forty million units used yearly with good results. One or two tablets at bedtime with milk or water, next morning relief begins. no salts or nausea, appetite remains, breakfast may be eaten. Family package priced thirty five cents, trial size ten cents.
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U. S
Wichita Falls Adopts Barter System and Scrip Exchange
Wichita Falls plans a barter exchange and scrip program to aid labor for goods and support families in need. Frank Kell, a railroad executive, leads with a $500 investment and underwrites $2,000 in scrip for merchants and individuals. If successful, more issuances follow.
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Wichita Falls
Scrip Exchange
Frank Kell
Barter Exchange
Kell
Penetro mutton suet salve promises quick cold relief
The ad proclaims PENETRO as a superior cold remedy using refined mutton suet that supposedly penetrates skin to drive out a cold faster, contrasting it with ordinary salves that only sit on the surface. It urges immediate use to prevent an epidemic.
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Texas Cattle Raisers
Miss Alvin
Hugh Since Whitcomb
Jeweler
Polk
T. Gordon Wilson
Polly
Bruce Catton
Chicago
Middle West
America
Covington
Cleburne
Brazos
First State Bank
Sam Bell
Blum
Oran Smith
Johnson County
Hero
Nez Perce
R. Alexander
Diana Wynyard
Hollywood
Miss Wynyard
Joe
van Buren
Fisk Medical and Professional
Luden
Newcastle
England
United Stat
Russell Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Oliver Earle
PHO
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