Chaos Reigns in Oil Trade
Chaos reigned in East Texas oil markets as prices collapsed to as low as 37 cents per barrel after proration failures. Major producers Humble, Gulf, Texas, Magnolia, and Sinclair pushed reductions, while 75 new drilling tests aimed to beat June 1 limits amid a nationwide price plunge.
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Dallas
U.P
East Texas
W. 8. Farish
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Houston
Gulf, Texas
Arkansas
Magnolia
Sinclair
Farish
Texas
Griggs ambulance and local service listings
Classified snippet lists Griggs ambulance with phone 4311, watch repairing, Hurst Jewelry Co contact, building inquiries with John, phone 5285, and John Maynard Lumber Co at 800 W 5th. Compact directory item reflecting business notices in a local paper.
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Hurst: Jewelry Co
John
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Shrine Fete Tonight Amid Sea Fox Search
Amid a wide search for the Sea Fox, missing after a storm, authorities confirm the body of Mrs. Ethelwyn Snedden found in Norwalk. The Shrine fete begins with a 6 pm parade and 7 pm ceremonial, culminating with a 10 pm ball at the Masonic Temple in Amarillo.
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New York
Norwalk
Conn
Coast Guard
Long Island Sound
Sea Fox
Paul Mendenhall
Ethelwyn Marcia Snedden
Kyle’s
Donald Snedden
Missing Persons Bureau
Snedden
School of Education
New York University
Robert Mendenhall
Statistical Bureau of
Columbia University
Clarence Mendenhall
Amarillo
Shrine
Shrine Ballroom
Masonic Temple
Fifth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Joe Norman
Shrine Desert
Order of Eastern Star
Shriners
Body Resumes Crime Inquiry
The Wickersham Commission begins a final push to finish its law enforcement survey within a month as the full group reassembles in Washington. They may work daily in the capital through July 1 before their $500,000 funding runs out and offices close or rely on non government support. Two of about six surveys have produced completed reports in 23 months.
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Washington
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Commission
Hawks On Schedule Berlin Flight Mission Ends Smoothly
Capt. Frank Hawks, who began in Paris and planned meals in London and Berlin before returning to Paris, landed in Berlin at 1 40 P M on time after a trip described as on schedule.
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Hawks
Berlin
Frank M. Hawks
Paris
London
Official Arrives to Inspect Amarillo Port for TWA Offices
Leslie Arnold former J S Army around the world crew and now assistant to J L Maddux chairman of the locating committee of Transcontinental Western Air arrived this afternoon to inspect port facilities. He flew on the regular T W A plane and was met by Mayor Ernest O Thompson and other officials. His visit relates to Amarillo bid to host general offices and shops of the T W A line.
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Leslie Arnold
J. S. Army
J. L. Maddux
Transcontinental Western Air
Arnold
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
T. W. A. Line
Bank Robbers Caught In Leesville Shootout
Four masked men roped off Leesville Louisiana State Bank. C. W. Carson and J. J. Beeson ordered to open the safe as $7500 vanished. A cashier alarm triggered by foot panic drew in nearby witnesses. A barrage from a garage and a store wounded one robber. two others were captured and jailed.
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Beaumont
Texas
State Bank
Leesville
C. W. Carson
J. J. Beeson
Turner
Jones to Speak at Dalhart High School Graduation
Congressman Marvin Jones will address the Dalhart High School senior class tonight at graduation exercises. He is expected to attend the railroad celebration in Dumas next Friday and likely serve as a principal speaker there.
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Marvin Jones
Dalhart High School
Dalhart
Mr. Jones
Dumas
Liklihood
Woman Bitten by Squirrel Rabies Feared in Amarillo
Mrs. R Michael of 1004 South Lincoln Street was bitten on the heel and hand by a squirrel believed rabid. The animal was killed and taken to the Amarillo Potter County Health Unit for rabies testing. Veterinarians note rabies in squirrels is not uncommon as a mad dog case is also reported in Amarillo with two local victims.
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R. Michael
Lincoln Street
Terrell Laboratories
Michael
E. W. Little
The
Health Unit
Amarillo
Henry Dodson
Ernest Fielder
Monroe Street
Shooting Case Bond Provided in Quanah Texas
Mrs Melven Pinker was free on a 500 bond on an assault to murder charge after her father E C Boree was shot in front of the Hardeman County courthouse. Boree’s second trial had been scheduled to open last Monday as charges against him and two brothers were continued to the next term.
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Quanah
Texas
Melven Pinker
E. C. Boree
Hardeman County
Fall seeks Supreme Court reversal of bribe conviction
Former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall petitions the Supreme Court to reverse the DC Appeals Court ruling upholding his 1929 conviction for accepting a $100,000 bribe from Edward L. Doheny in the Naval Petroleum Reserve lease case. He argues questions deserve high court review.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Supreme Court
District of Columbia Appeals Court
Edward L. Doheny
Harding
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Doheny
Fall
Harridge Chosen New American League Head
William Harridge of Chicago, secretary of the American League, was elected president to succeed the late Ernest S. Bernard who died shortly before the new baseball season began.
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Cleveland
William Harridge
Chicago
American League
Ernest S. Bernard
Sulphur-Cement-Peddlers Tax Bill Signed
Governor Sterling signed the Sulphur-Cement-Peddlers tax bill and 23 other laws. The measure raises the sulfur levy to 75 cents per ton and adds a five cent per barrel cement levy, revising general occupation taxes and starting August 21. It is expected to boost state revenues by about one million dollars annually and includes a cigaret dealers license tax. Other laws let smaller towns regulate utility rates, authorize $20,000 for A and M firemen training, let cities collect poll taxes from women, and require non resident fishermen to buy licenses.
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Austin
Sterling
Probe May Reveal New Poison Victim
Chicago dated report notes a sixth death in the Summers household linked to the poisoning case against Mrs Margaret Summers. Investigators consider exhumation of John A Meyers brother of the accused as prosecutors seek four murder indictments.
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Chicago
Margaret Summers
John A. Meyers
Four Charged in Federal Quiz Arrest Sweep
Federal authorities filed charges against Ray Broom a Wichita millionaire liquor wholesaler and three Wichita men amid an 18 month probe into a seven state liquor ring. Twenty arrested nine named as ringleaders and raids netted books and records as agents seek guilty pleas and broader prosecutions across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Colorado Nebraska and Texas.
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Kansas City
Ray Broom
Federal
Leavenworth
Max Cohen
Jim Stiff
Glick Hilbert
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Texas
Robert Carnahan
Joe Pete
Guy Brock
Frank Mulloy
Ralph Rosenberg
Leopold Schwarz
Lawrence Cipolla
William A. Cacy
William Michael
al Capone
Chicago
L. Duncan
Kirkland Sentenced for Death Case at Drinking Party
Virgil Kirkland a 20 year old Gary man received a one to ten year term in the reformatory for assault with intent to commit rape resulting in the death of his 18 year old sweetheart Arlene Draves at a November drinking party. The verdict followed a sensational second trial amid courtroom fist fights and a defense attorney arrest for bad checks.
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Valparaiso
Ind
U.P
Virgil Kirkland
Gary Athlete
Reformatory
Arlene Draves
Grant Crumpacker
Kirkland
Pendleton
Robert G. Astis
Gary
Ronald C. Oldham
Butler County
Ohio
Gas Appraisers To Be Selected Today
Judge E C Nelson Jr of Potter County court at law is expected to appoint three appraisers today to determine the price of the Amarillo Gas Company's distributing plant as part of the city condemnation action.
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Ecity
Amarillo Gas Company
E. C. Nelson, Jr
Potter County
Nelson
Two Men Soar To New Height In Odd Craft
AUGSBURG Germany May 27 W P two science students lift toward the ether in a sealed aluminum carriage attached to a balloon rising 300 feet a minute. Professor Auguste Piccard and Charles Kipfer drifted over Bavaria and Lake Constance aiming for a 10 mile altitude in the stratosphere.
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Augsburg
Germany
Auguste Piccard
University of Brussels
Charles Kipfer
Bavaria
Lake Constance
Baylor seniors hear last message from late president
About 270 Baylor University seniors listen to a dictated farewell from the late Dr. Samuel Palmer Brooks read at commencement. He urged courage facing the future, faith, and care for Baylor, saying he entrusts the students with the torch of the university.
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Brooks
Waco
Tex
U.P
Baylor University
Samuel Palmer Brooks
Baylor
Plea to Halt Schmeling Stribling Fight Denied in Cleveland
Common Pleas Judge Thomas M Kennedy denied an injunction to stop the Schmeling versus Stribling heavyweight bout at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on July 3. The suit, by Cleveland taxpayer Joseph H Mellen, argued the event was an illegal prize fight. defenders called it a boxing contest with fixed sums for both fighters.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Common Pleas
Thomas M. Kennedy
Joseph H. Mellen
Mellen
Ohio
Henry 8. Brainard
Kansas City Votes 40 Million for City County Bonds
Kansas City leaders celebrate a near 40 million bond program approved by voters with about a four to one margin. The city and county measures fund a 4 million dollar city hall a municipal auditorium courthouse detention home plus traffic, fire police health parks river control and other civic projects over ten years.
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Kansas City
U.P
Bulldog attack kills woman in Chicago home
Mrs Mary Loretta Watson died from wounds after a pet bulldog savaged her for about half an hour when she retrieved a bone. Neighbors and a policeman struggled to restrain the animal before it was shot. she was taken to a hospital but did not survive.
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Chicago
Mary Loretta Watson
Convicted Slayer Denied Rehearing By Texas Court
Dave Goodwin, condemned to death for the Bowie County killing of Lloyd Elliott, had a rehearing denied by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on a statutory technicality. He remains in Dallas County jail and still has three avenues: a second rehearing, a U S Supreme Court appeal, or clemency from Governor Ross Sterling.
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Austin
U.P
Dave Goodwin
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Goodwin
Dallas
Bowie County
Lloyd Elliott
Texas
U. S. Supreme Court
Ross Sterling
Ash Sets Saturday For Pacific Flight
Thomas Ash Jr, American wartime aviator, planned a non stop 4400 mile flight from Tokyo to Tacoma starting at 7 AM Saturday. He expected completion in 40 to 50 hours. Dependable radio repairing. Ph. 4050.
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Tokyo
Thomas Ash, Jr
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Unsettled Tonight Then Cooler in West Texas and New Mexico
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Vici indicates unsettled conditions tonight with partial clearing and cooler Thursday. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with possible showers in the southeast and cooler temperatures Thursday. New Mexico sees fair conditions tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes reach 81 and 62 at 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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New York Evening Post
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Bert Hart
City Commission
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J. H. Greer
T. L. Ferguson
H.T. Morley
C. B. Johnson
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H. E. Perry
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H. W. Blackburn
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