Reward for robin nest in Amarillo sparks local lore
In Amarillo a $25 reward for a robin nest in Tol Wares yard on Polk Street is announced, with Sylvester Conley reporting a blue speckled egg and George May of The News Globe as official bird authenticator. The piece blends local anecdote with notes on birds, weather, and quirky community observations.
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Tol Ware
Polk Street
Lima
Sylvester Conley
Wares
George May
News-Globe Force
Mr. May
Sylvester
Jim
Lost purse appeal in Tack column seeks return
Dear Tack, I lost a black purse on the North Highway about six miles out Sunday night or Monday morning. It held four to five dollars, glasses, and a few other items. I am Emma Oliver Werkner of River Road Rt. 3 Box 238 A, River Road, a needy worker offering a reward for its return to Miss Howell at the News Globe.
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Amarillo
Kruser
Shelby Kruser
Tom Lumpkin
Panhandle
Shelby
Kritser
Texas
News-Globe
Tack
North Highway
Widow Seeks Housework Post in Plainview Tex
A widow widow Mae Johnston offers house cleaning and cooking services from Plainview Texas. She seeks any suitable housekeeping job or related work and can relocate. contact via General Delivery for placement. She notes being willing to correspond with an older man for companionship.
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South Pierce Street
Tack
Mae Johnston
General Delivery
Plainview
Tex
Equalization Board Hears Plans For City Rendemotions
City commission discussed plans for the equalization board hearings on renditions and value equalization. No date set. notices to be prepared. The board, led by Homer Wheeler, Tom Cotten, and Chester Adams, works under a new land value system and has completed personal property value equalization.
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City Commission
Equalization Boards
Commission
Ross D. Roger
City Hall
Homer Wheeler
Tom Cotten
Chester Adams
James O. Cade
Khiva Delegates Head to Atlantic City Conclave
George Stapleton of Amarillo and Jim King of Memphis depart Thursday to represent Khiva Temple at the Mystic Shrine imperial council session in Atlantic City. Norris Ewing and Guy Carlander, also serving as delegates, had left earlier for the event.
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George Stapleton
Amarillo
Jim King
Memphis
Atlantic City
Khiva Temple
Imperial Council
Mystic Shrine
Norris Ewing
Guy Carlander
Fire damages kitchen and room at 1311 Arthur Street
Fire of undetermined origin damaged the kitchen and one room of a house at 1311 Arthur Street. Firemen received the alarm at 3:33. A Salt Lake City fire chief report notes that heavy street traffic hinders modern apparatus speed.
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Arthur Steret
Salt Lake City
Oil firms boost field crude prices across Texas and Oklahoma
Oil interests raised prices after out-of-state producers. Magnolia offered 75 cents a barrel for North and North Central Texas oil, 43 cents for oil under 40 gravity in several counties, plus two cents per degree gravity rise from 25 to 40. Central Texas prices unchanged. West Texas crude set at 45 cents. Durst Creek Miranda oil at 50 cents, Lytton Springs at 60 cents.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Carter Oil Company
Standard of New Jersey
Kanotex Refining Company
Pure Oil Company
Texas
Fort Worth
Van
East Texas
Magnolia
Burkburnett
Archer
Stephens
Henrietta
Electra
Comanche
Olden
Central Texas
West Texas
Winkler, Crane, Upton
Howard-Glasscock
Mitchell Counties
Durst Creek
Miranda
Lytton Springs
Standard Oil unit announces oil price changes
Chicago July 7 A new price of 38 cents a barrel for crude oil of 29 gravity and below was announced today by Standard Crude Oil Purchasing Co a subsidiary of Standard Oil Co Indiana The new prices to be paid in Oklahoma Kansas and North and Central Texas go into effect July 8 at 7 A M The concern also announced that two cents more per degree of gravity would be paid up to a top of 62 cents for oil or 40 gravity.
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Carter
Chicago
U.P
Standard Crude Oil Purchasing Co
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
May crude output hits record since 1929 in US
The Bureau of Mines reports May domestic crude production at 84,747,000 barrels, up from 68,523,000 a year earlier and 65,313,000 in April. The May daily average rose to 2,734,000 barrels, 557,000 higher than April. The rise mainly reflects a surge in East Texas where operations had been suspended in April, with May daily output at 890,000 barrels versus 249,000 in April.
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May
Washington
Bureau of Mines
East Texas
World currency war threat at world economic conference
The United Press reports a looming global currency war as nations align against the gold standard. A movement pushes price-raising accords among Anglo nations, led by Britain and Canada, potentially emulating Roosevelt’s inflationary policies to avert adjournment and stabilize the conference. The Times notes Britain and dominions should pursue Roosevelt’s approach.
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London
U.P
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South America
British Empire
Far East
Scandinavia
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Japan
China
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Cordell Hull
the Times
Dominions
Stops Air Races Amelia Stays Hop
A Los Angeles report notes an abrupt halt to the 1933 National Air Races after a man plowed timing wires near Municipal airport amid delays and weather. Before the disruption Jimmie Wedell of New Orleans and Lee Gehlbach of Detroit clocked fast straightaway speeds on a 3 kilometer course, with Wedell at 278 mph and Gehlbach at 260 mph. Colonel Roscoe Turner had previously reached 280 mph. Amelia Earhart again postponed a speed flight to New York due to thunderstorm between Kingman and Amarillo.
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Los Angeles
Jimmie Wedell
New Orleans
Lee Gehlbach
Detroit
Roscoe Turner
Hollywood
Amelia Earhart
Transatlantic
New York
Kingman
Ariz
Amarillo
Tex
New Orleans Cotton Prices Move Amid Early Strength and Liquidity
The New Orleans market opened with gains as first trades showed October at 10.68 and December at 10.87, then eased on liquidation ahead of the government acreage estimate and higher margins. After a mid-morning rally, prices steadied, with October around 10.43 and December near 10.62, as rains in Western Texas helped curb the drop. In Kansas City, livestock traded higher on hogs and steady to firmer cattle and veal prices, with top hogs at 4.50 and calves near 5.50, while sheep and lambs held near previous levels and stockers moved modestly higher.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Ita
Texas
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
D. A
Bakers gain wage boosts with wheat tax in Panhandle plan
The Panhandle bakers association reports a 30 cent per bushel tax on wheat processors and a planned one cent per loaf wholesale price rise. Walter A. Barlow outlines effects on bakers under the National Industrial Recovery Act, aiming to raise wages and widen employment while holding bread price increases to a penny. Wages and hours will be debated at a later meeting, with benefits seen from higher wheat prices and the tax, especially in Panhandle Plains where farming is vital.
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Walter A. Barlow
Great West Mill & Elevator Company
Panhandle
Bakers
Bakers’ Association
Major Bites Not: Lassoing Misadventure and Parking Woes
Washington reports pace of small-town mishaps as Lawrence Wood Robert Jr. fails to rope a calf on Will Rogers ranch, while Theodore Bilbo fights for a reserved parking space at the agriculture department. White House dog Major undergoes a minor operation and remains loyal to Mrs Roosevelt’s verdict of good behavior.
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U.P
Lawrence Wood Robert, Jr
Atlanta Baseball Club
United States Treasury
California
Will Rogers
Robert
Rogers
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo
Juniper Grove
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Powers That Be
Agriculture Department
Bilbo
Major
White House
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Richard Bennett
Canada
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Johnson warns of surpluses and price clashes under NIRA
Industry Administrator Hugh Johnson warned of unmanageable surpluses and run away prices if production and prices outrun purchasing power. He said speculative buying could collapse markets and emphasized control through NIRA codes and voluntary civic help to spread patriotic cooperation.
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NIRA
Washington
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Mattern Found Safe in Siberia fans hail return
Fort Worth aviation crowd roared with relief when news circulated that Jimmy Mattern, the missing world flyer, was safe in Libera. Locals recalled his Seattle to Tokio bid and praised his skill and nerve amid jubilation across San Angelo as word spread via Associated Press. United States carriers moved about half of Canada's grain exports in 1928, but only a fifth in 1932.
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Associated Press
Siberia
Jimmy
Fort Worth
Jimmy Mattern
Beamea
Reginald Robbins
Jimmie
Robbins
Alaska
San Angelo
Jimmie Mattern
Libera
Standard Times Office
United States
Canada
Storm Damage Across Island Cuts Roads and Destroys Structures
First surveys show heavy damage at a resort with losses around 7000 dollars. High tides opened three new channels, washing away 500 feet of ocean road and a concession. Bay houses toppled, a 300 foot bridge wrecked, and beach erosion reached 300 feet. Mayor Woolsten cites 1000 dollars for losses at Point Isabel.
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Sam Woolsten
Point Isabel
Pan-American Airways
Here
Chamal Ranch
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