Oil Responds to Probation In Mid-Continent Market Shift
Tulsa June 14 Crude prices in the Mid-Continent rose after the Texas Railroad Commission cut East Texas field output from 826 000 to 550 000 barrels. Albert Finston president of Bell Oil and Gas Co announced a 25 cent per barrel rise, setting a 50 cent level for high gravity oil. Bell re established gravity schedule 40 degree plus 50 cents and 35 degree and below 40 cents. Stanolind and Standard of Indiana planned 25 cent increases and considered a one cent per gallon hike for tank car and service station prices in 13 states.
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Mid- Continent
East Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Albert Finston
Bell Oil & Gas Company
Standard of Indiana
Standard
U S Director To Be Appeal Court On Aid
A federal administrator will hear appeals for public works loan applications in Texas under the Public Works Act. The West Texas Chamber of Commerce wired in Washington that all Texas subdivisions have equal right to apply and receive equal consideration. Lawrence Westbrook said the proposed loans total 194 million dollars covering about one third of Texas. The message caused uncertainty among officials previously handling the loan process.
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Court of Appeal
Texas
Washington
Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Rehabilitation Commission
Miriam A. Ferguson
Cline
Chamber
Stamford
Lawrence Westbrook
Austin
Ferguson
Texas Relief and Rehabilitation
Harris
Dallas County
Westbrook
Woman's Murder Trial Nears Jury
In Cleburne on June 14 the murder trial of Mrs. Lula Gage began with state and defense ready to finish by late afternoon. The 50 year old testified she shot her husband Lee Gage during a struggle over a pistol in their home. She said she grabbed the weapon, tripped on a stool, and it discharged.
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Cleburne
Lula Gage
Lee Gage
Gage
Whitmore Father of Mrs. Jenkins Dies in Tucumcari
John Whitmore, Amarillo insurance man and father of Mrs. Joe Jenkins of 1111 Bellaire, Amarillo, died at his Tucumcari home Wednesday. Family was with him. illness short. Funeral set for 3 PM New Mexico time Thursday in Tucumcari. Survived by three daughters and a son.
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Tucumcari
Joe Jenkins
Bellaire
Amarillo
J. R. Lawrence
Jenkins
Mr. Whitmore
New Mexico
gadget converts heat to sound in lab work
In Pittsburgh on June 14 a device doubles as a heat to sound transformer. A warm hand near it causes a low growl while a distant match produces a snarl like reply. The apparatus can be tuned to respond to a burning match at forty to fifty feet.
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Pittsburgh
Dear Tack Letters About Hosting Children At Home
A reader asks Tack about taking in children near a school. The letter mentions a nice fenced yard and proximity to schooling, seeking guidance on hosting arrangements.
Mrs Mayes found dead at friend’s Amarillo home
Mrs Ruby Mayes aged 44 was found dead at 7 15 Wednesday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs W F Grant 904 Pierce Street where she had stayed for three years She had been in failing health cared for by lifelong friend Mrs Grant A resident of Amarillo 35 years she belonged to the First Christian Church and the Security Benefit Association Her mother died here last Fourth of July A brother Bert Williams of San Francisco survives Funeral services will be at 10 30 Thursday at Boxwell Brothers chapel with Rev Walter P Jennings officiating Pallbearers listed and interment in Llano Cemetery
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Ruby Mayes
W. F. Grant
Pierce Street
Flag Day observance highlighted by local leaders
Fred Young, commander, to introduce Major Simpson at the event with many veterans and civic groups in attendance. Mayor Ross Rogers issued a proclamation urging the city to observe Flag Day and honor the national flag and its significance.
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Deportation of Austrian Attache by German Government
Berlin reports that Erwin Wasserbaeck, attache of the Austrian legation, was ordered to leave Germany after Austria’s refusal to respect extraterritorial rights. Wasserbaeck accompanied police to headquarters willingly as Germany awaited a possible settlement over the Theodor Habricht affair. The Latvia note declares a German goods embargo over Latvian butter violating a trade treaty.
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Erwin Wasserbaeck
Wasserbaeck
Austria
Theodor Habricht
Riga
Latvia
Germany
Insurance Firm Sued Over Promissory Note Dispute
Fred Bessey files suit in 108th District Court against Great Southern Life Insurance Company for $27,239.83 related to a December 1, 1926 promissory note of $55,000. He alleges usurious interest and a potentially invalid trustee sale of Amarillo property on December 1, 1932. Bessey and wife say they paid down principal and interest, claim the trustee sold the property for $30,000, and that a quit claim deed on May 27 completed payment.
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Fred Bessey
108Th District
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Amarillo
Bessey
Insurance Company
Junk Amendments Due Next Tuesday
The city commission will present proposed amendments to an ordinance regulating and licensing junk dealers next Tuesday night. Changes were drafted after a conference between corporation counsel and junk dealer attorneys at the commission's suggestion. Mayor Ross D. Rogers said amendments are ready and objections removed, but not introduced until all dealers are notified.
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City Commission
Ross D. Rogers
County Court Case List Set on Friday
Several cases on the county criminal docket have been set for Friday before County Judge J. M. Simpson. Lee Wofford was found guilty of disturbing the peace on his appeal from justice court and his punishment was set by the county jury at $25 and otdets, the same as returned in the lower court. Several bonds have been forfeited this week and a few cases passed until later. Another criminal week will be held in July, according to County Attorney Howard Anderson. Assistant County Attorney Ross Lambdin was in Pampa Wednesday as one of three court reporters from Amarillo who are making an hourly transcript of a divorce suit there.
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Lee Wofford
Justice Court
Howard Anderson
Ross Lambdin
Pampa
Amarillo
Courthouse Square Work Begins With RFC Labor
Removal of rock and gravel from the soil of the courthouse square and trimming of live trees with cutting down of dead ones is under way this week with labor supplied by Reconstruction Finance Corporation crews.
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Geade Courthouse
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Economic truce debate at World Economic Conference
U S leaders push an economic armistice while Litvinoff speaks as Hull was absent. The talks cover suspending economic warfare measures and a joint plan by Soviet delegates. London discussions focus on wheat regulation with Dollfuss and Chamberlain stressing production controls amid a stall on acreage cuts for price support.
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Four More Nations Enter Tariff Truce
Prime Minister MacDonald announced that four more nations have joined the tariff truce, bringing the total to 19 countries pledging not to raise new trade barriers during the World Economic Conference. The Netherlands Finland Denmark and Romania joined, with a Friday deadline urged for others to join.
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Roosevelt
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Cotton Use Surges in May. Census Reports Higher Consumption
Washington June 14 Cotton consumed in May totaled 620,909 bales of lint and 76,084 of linters, up from April and last May. May 31 on hand included 1,394,607 bales of lint and 296,860 linters in consuming establishments, with 7,320,977 bales of lint at public storage and 55,474 linters in presses.
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Census Bureau
Kirkland Suspect Identified Buying Dress in Bank Robbery Case
In Childress on June 14 Wade Stepp was named by a Kirkland saleslady as the man who bought a dress like the one worn by the Kirkland State Bank robber last August. Roy Keyes, assistant cashier, could not identify Stepp as the robber who got away with $15. The dress was later found in a maize field four miles south of Kirkland.
Pre-School Exams for San Jacinto School
Children entering San Jacinto School next fall were examined Wednesday by health unit physicians nurses and dentists. Nearly 50 children were checked at Margaret Wills School during a two day conference Monday and Tuesday and additional examinations will be held Thursday and Friday at the school building.
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Margaret Wills School
San Jacinto School
Body of Mrs. Mary Fisher Sent to Madison Wis
After funeral services at Boxwell Brothers chapel the body of Mrs. Mary Fisher age 88 was sent to Madison Wisconsin. She died Tuesday morning at the Roulet home. Accompanying the body were her nephew M Roulet and his wife of 1620 Hayden Street.
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Mary Fisher
Madison
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Hayden Street
Compensation for whites on Pueblo lands
Washington reports Senate and House conferees have agreed to include 232000 dollars for white settlers who lost land to Pueblo Indians in the administration’s emergency appropriation bill. Payments will follow the bill's signing by President Roosevelt. The Pueblo Indians receive their relief award in three equal installments starting in 1937.
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Morrison Attends League Sessions Amid Global Figures
The London press mocks a question about Dr. Benes as Morrison remains the most constant American delegate at League of Nations sessions. Amid absent colleagues he sits attentively, listening to Baron von Neurath of Germany, Malinoff of Bulgaria, Ferrara of Cuba, and Adem Koc of Poland.
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Fliers Reach Port Au Prince After Nonstop Flight
Matternpanions arrived at Port Au Prince from St Mare Haiti after a non stop journey from New York. In Havana two Spanish fliers Capt Mariano Barberan and Lieut Joaquin Collar planned to continue to Mexico City after a reception there. They arrived in Cuba Sunday after a nonstop crossing from Spain.
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Repeal Confab Nets Wide Texas Panhandle Attendance
Delegations from every county in the 31st senatorial district travel to Amarillo for a repeal and legal beer meeting at 2 30 p m in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. Maj E A Simpson district director says bankers farmers stockmen and attorneys will attend to perfect the Potter County repeal plan with Mrs Hal C Peck as district co chairwoman.
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Maj. E. A. Simpson
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Potter County
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Snavely Defends Texas Fair Commission in Houston
L E Snavely, citrus grower and chairman of the Texas world’s fair commission, defends the panel here after charges of failing to provide a Century of Progress exhibit. He promises a written reply to W N Blanton’s demand for resignation and notes 18 states already exhibit in Chicago.
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Houston Chamber of Commerce
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Massachusetts in Favor of Repeal
Boston reports Massachusetts joined the repeal column as the eleventh state to back repeal of the 18th amendment. The repealists led by a four to one margin statewide and ten to one in Boston, joining Wyoming, Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Rhode Island, Delaware, Wisconsin and Nevada.
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Solon on horseback Austin celebration ride reaches Solon
Representative J. C. Duvall of Fort Worth rode from San Antonio to Fort Worth to celebrate legalized wagering on horse races. He was due to arrive in Austin about 4 P. M. after departing San Marcos, continuing the horseback journey from San Antonio to Fort Worth.
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Austin
J. C. Duvall
Fort Worth
San Antonio
San Marcos
Doctor Bruce Returns to Practice in Oliver-Rakle Building
Dr. G. C. Bruce has resumed his medical practice after a vacation, maintaining offices in the Oliver-Rakle Building.
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G. C. Bruce
Oliver-Rakle
Cotton Markets Edge Lower in New Orleans Opening
New Orleans cotton opened softer as currencies moved lower and a favorable weekly weather report pressured prices. October and December futures declined but later recovered, buoyed by a bullish May consumption report from the Census Bureau showing 620 009 bales used, up from April. In Kansas City, hogs and cattle traded lower amid thin demand and mixed animal prices. New York stocks fluctuated with gains in a few leaders while general market activity remained unsettled.
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New Orleans
Census Bureau
VET PLAN Signals Banking Split and Industrial Drive
President Roosevelt orders rapid execution of the Vet Plan to separate banks from security firms within a year and push industrial recovery. J. P. Morgan & Co. faces withdrawal from deposits or securities. Johnson explains plans as advisers gather. Industrial Control Public Works Bill awaits final signature after Congress passes it.
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White House
Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
Congress
Roosevelt Signals US Installment Plan After Debt Talks
In a conference context President Roosevelt’s supervision is seen as confirming the US would place the payment in its treasury as an installment toward the $75,950,000 total due tomorrow. This action would not waive America’s claim to the remaining unpaid balance and would avoid any implication of condoning a default.
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Der
Roosevelt
America
News Boys See Show at Tidwell Attractions
Newspaper boys from The Globe News enjoyed a night at the T. J. Tidwell Shows on East Tenth Avenue at Cleveland Street. The show is in town for a week and a portion of proceeds will benefit the Junior Welfare League.
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Globe News
T. J. Tidwell
East Tenth Avenue
Cleveland Street
Junior Welfare League
New Orleans Customs Head Nominated by Roosevelt
Mayor John J. Kennedy of Biloxi said the nomination of the New Orleans customs chief by President Roosevelt came as a big surprise and a very pleasant birthday present. The nomination was confirmed last night by the Senate.
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Miss
Roosevelt
New
John J. Kennedy
Pat Harrison
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