Obscure Firm Leader Tops Oil Code Reform Drive
New York June 27. The oil industry lauds a drastic code under the national industrial recovery act aimed at preventing price cutting. Barney Majewski of Deep Rock Oil spearheaded a revolt by small businesses against large firms, pushing Rule 34 establishing minimum and maximum prices and margins for delivered fuels. The code, in Hugh B. Johnson’s hands, seeks rapid sanction and broader application across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Hugh 8. Johnson
Arnott
C. E. Arnott
Society Vacuum Company
American Petroleum Institute
Barney Majewski
Deep Rock Oil Company
Chicago
Majewski
Emergency National Committee
United States
Ickes Seeks Aides Names for Public Works Fund
Secretary Ickes asks governors senators and chambers of commerce to submit four or five names for state administrators in the 3.3 billion dollar public works program. Letters go to Congress members with a Thursday deadline. Administrators will work with advisory boards to review projects and forward recommendations to the national board in Washington. Postpone Strawn Hearing in Texas another meeting was set aside indefinitely by the Texas Railroad Commission to discuss crude petroleum and natural gas waste prevention at Strawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Chambers of Commerce
Public Works Board
Cabinet Officers Board
Congress
National Board
Strawn
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Railroads Race Toward Faster Trains and Tech Shifts
In a coastal-plain flavored column, John Moore notes a push to speed with Burlington building a 120 mph train while unions and lines pursue electrified rail. He recalls the end of the steam era and reports Missouri Pacific car repairs for 1933 wheat movement, plus a roundup of personnel, visits, and a Deaths Head moth observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Solon notes record time for approving Rooseveltians
Washington June 27 Rep Martin F Smith Democrat ex Mayor of Hoquiam Wash says the House and his conferees passed all of President Roosevelts recovery program in exactly 40 hours 40 minutes of debating time He lists 12 bills and the minutes spent on each The total excludes the veterans economy program and Senate debate time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin F. Smith
Hoquiam
Wash
House
Roosevelt
Rep. Smith
Senate
Huey
Kingfish
minister arrested in Houston on Nueces embezzlement charge
The Rev. Herbert Parrier, pastor in Robs town, was arrested in Houston on an embezzlement charge filed in Nueces County. He was released on a $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Herbert Parrier
Robstown
Houston
Nueces County
Special Boards To Review Vets Cases
The Veterans Administration will set up regional five member boards to review presumptive disability cases. Letters from Frank T. Hines to Congress disclose the plan. Governors, senators, and boards of trade will nominate three of the five. the remaining two members are VA agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Frank T. Hines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ted
Kompo Company
Atlanta
John Moore
Panhandle
Palo Duro
J. W. Mode
Denver
New Plymouth
Lanelle Vernon
Phoenix, Ariz
Margaret Clutter
Fountain Terrace
Herman Clutter
el Paso
H. E. McMullen
Rock Island
J. D. Sharp
Dalhart
Amarillo
J. H. Sandberg
Kansas City
L. L. Bennett
Rock Island Cashier
Mansfield, Ark
A. Petersen
Mrs. Petersen
Fort Worth
Gertrude Russell
Colorado Springs
Raymond Foster
Rock Island Round House
Chester Floyd
Mrs. Floyd
Baby Loree
Chester
C. B. Davis
Rock Island Division
Bill Conway
Bill Futral
Charles Luther
Mr. Davis
Pete Baker
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Sev
O. B. Chessir
Hot Springs
Arkansas
O. R. Bodene
Childress
Mr. Bodene
John Pfieffer
Ed Harber
Oscar O'Griffin
J. W. Morrison
Denver Yard
G. W. Harris
Santa Fe System
W. H. Rochester
Charlsbad
Potash Company of America
John
Jim
Johnny
Alex
South Western Bell
Solon
Conoco
Red Triangle
Palmolive
Dee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!