Federal drive for oil industry power in Congress
Congress debates bills to expand federal oversight of the national oil industry as Texas stakeholders voice mixed views on centralized regulation. Key topics include enforcement tools from new federal taxes, registry requirements for refineries and gas plants, and possible legislative session to replace the Railroad Commission with a natural resources agency.
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Austin
Congress
Texas
Lone Star
Washington
Disney
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
R. D. Parker
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Lon A. Smith
Friends Parker
Friends
State Democratic Executive Committee
Parker
Smith
Internal Revenue Bureau
Farm Labor Strike Ends in Death Across Spain
Madrid reports deadly farm labor unrest as nationwide strike tests security. In Alconche two strikers and a civil guardsman die during clashes. guards disperse crowds firing into air. Bombs damage churches. Jerena houses burned amid widespread protests. Government calls strike revolutionary but says it failed with relatively few participants. The Land Workers Federation claims nearly all of its one million workers joined.
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Madrid
U.P
Alconche
Fondala
Jerena
San Isidoro
San Vicente
Calesas
Seville
Perhas
Sim
Land Workers’ Federation
Debt trouble mars Roosevelt Yankee trading plan
The June 6 United Press report warns that global debt defaults totaling over 11 billion dollars threaten President Roosevelt's reciprocal tariff program. Britain holds about 4713 billion in default, jeopardizing debt talks and shaping upcoming tariff negotiations amid Congressional scrutiny of debt concessions.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Owen
United States
Congress
Scientists Find New Leprosy Treatment at UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley scientists announce a new Chaulmoogra oil derivative named chaulphosphate for leprosy. Preliminary rat tests show tolerance and effectiveness, with human trials planned at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
California
Oswaldo Cruz Institute
Rio de Janeiro
Great Britain Prepares for Default June 15 Amid Trade Talks
Formal notice signals Britain may default on June 15 as administration officials organize machinery for trade negotiations with numerous foreign countries. The article notes the broad scope of the effort and the looming deadline.
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Great Britain
Hope of trade shifts to reciprocal exports and imports
The article discusses moving debt discussions to a broader trade theme emphasizing reciprocal concessions and higher exports of American strategic agricultural products while seeking increased imports of noncompetitive foreign goods. It notes a visit by Mr and Mrs Ho My Templeton to Indianapolis after a weeks stay with the Kestersons and mentions local graduates and relocations including Esther Gray Nelson and Mrs H Madden’s trip to California.
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Ho My Templeton
Indianapolis
Bob Kesterson
Fairmont Street
Templeton
Middle West
Black-Draught Laxative Endorsed by Nurse in Missouri
Mrs Anna LaPlante practical nurse from Festus Missouri writes home praising Thedford Black-Draught as a pure vegetable laxative. She says it relieved her constipation headache and dull feeling after a few doses. Millions of packages are sold yearly.
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Festus
Anna LaPlante
Senator Jones visits Amarillo business scene
State Senator 8S A. Jones of Clovis NM among Amarillo visitors today. Mr Jones is president of the Citizens Bank of Clovis. Miss Katharine Kirk and Miss Betty Bivins return from Texas University for the summer vacation. Miss Kirk, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Kirk, earned a BA degree. Mr and Mrs W W Nelson of 3308 Polk Street spend the summer at Eagle Nest Dam New Mexico.
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Clovis, N. M
Amarillo
Jones
Citizens Bank of Clovi
Katharine Kirk
Betty Bivins
Texas University
Miss Kirk
Dean Kirk
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House OF Colore
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Hayden Street
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H Madden
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A. Jones
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Taylor
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America
Rewnart
Mich
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