Dutch Shell control rumor rattles oil world market
A circulated tale claims Dutch Shell has lost control of the world oil trade as Andy Mellon and associates hold 51 percent of its stock, pushing Wall Street ahead of London. The piece traces invasions into the US market, price drops, and political pressure from Hoover and Mellon as the public grows wary. It also mentions oil prospects near Amarillo, Texas, including Jim Whittington’s 80 acre lease and the wealth of helium in the Panhandle, plus assorted social vignettes.
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The
Dutch Shell
Andy Mellon
Wall Street
London
United States
Standard Oil
Mr. Mellon
New York
Letters and gossip column sparks community debate
A town column defends matchmaking letters charging loneliness fuels crime while critics cite moral concerns. The piece notes 46 couples wed through Tack's column over six years with only a few divorces and eight children, then shifts to a Farm Board scandal rumor, a lost rabbit reward, and a charity charity baseball game where fat and lean churchwomen play for funds, with player rosters listed.
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Tack
City Re Appraisal Left to Tax Force Amarillo
City re appraisal in Amarillo to be handled by the city's tax office with little extra expense before the 1932 assessment. City manager Bill Durham said the work will be done by the tax office and noted past costs of 3600 in 1924 and earlier reports of 10008. He emphasized the office can manage the task with minimal additional cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bill Durham
Daily Reader Seeks Local Work Opportunity
A resident writes seeking employment, noting they have a family to support and have lived in the area long term. The letter emphasizes need for work and requests assistance from the paper.
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Tack
Amarillo College Enrollment Near 450 for 1930-31
President B E Masters reports that about 450 students are expected to enroll as matriculation closes, with well over 400 already registered. If growth continues, total for the year may reach 500. The 1930-31 session began with 262 students and peaked at 384.
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Amarillo College
B. E. Masters
Masters
Hurricane ravages Lower California coast officials report loss
A storm battered the Baja California area with wind near cyclonic speed. Santa Rosalia reported major destruction and several deaths from a tidal wave sweeping the ruins. Mazatlan authorities feared boats lost with 25 aboard on the Navajo between Mazatlan and La Paz. La Paz suffered property damage but no fatalities.
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Lower California Peninsula
Santa Rosalia
Mazatlan
Mexico
U.P
Lower California
la Paz
Constitution Week opens with school talks in Amarillo
Amarillo hosts Constitution Week as local lawyers address students at Central Junior High North Buchanan Junior High and Central High. Speakers include Fred Young Elmer Slough J O. Guleke and others with a schedule across Sanborn Pleasant Valley McKinley Sam Houston Amarillo College and more.
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Amarillo
Fred Young
Central Junior High
Elmer Slough
North Buchanan Junior High
Central High School
J. O. Guleke
Ben Stone
D. A. R. Sam Houston School
W. A. Palmer
Friday Central High School
Perry
Amarillo Day at Tri State Fair Sees Stores to Close Monday
Amarillo merchants will close at 1 pm Monday to allow fathers and children to attend Amarillo Day at the Tri State Fair. School will be closed and officials plan a big crowd, aiming for about 50 000 visitors. The fair association executive committee will meet Wednesday to finalize plans for school day events and entertainment. Fair officials urge morning shopping and attendance to support Amarillo during the event.
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Amarillo
Amarilo
The
Fair Association
Fair Grounds
Negroes Give $7 To Charity Canning Fund
A donation of seven dollars was received from Amarillo’s negro population to buy foodstuffs for the community canning charity campaign. The total now reaches sixty seven dollars. Canning work continues at the First Baptist Church kitchen and the Catholic Parish House as volunteers expect several hundred more vegetable cans tonight, joining more than four thousand already processed last week. The county-wide campaign will resume after the Tri-State Fair next week, said Mrs. W. E. Gee.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church
W. E. Gee
Committee On
Traveling Salesmen To Be Entertained In Amarillo
Traveling salesmen visiting Amarillo for the Tri State Fair will attend a complimentary dinner at the Amarillo Hotel on September 26 at 6 45 PM. The annual event, a longtime Knights of the Road tradition, is hosted by the United Commercial Travelers and invites all bonafide traveling salesmen in the territory.
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Amarillo
Knights of the Road
United Commercial Travelers
Routine Business Before Commission
City Commission meets with only routine matters on the agenda. City manager to be authorized to advertise for bids on materials for the West Eighth Avenue viaduct. Engineer's estimate on fire protection for properties on Old Town block 172 lots 1 to 4 due. E S Burgess petitions for a fire hydrant for warehouses storing grain assessed at 11280.
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West Eighth Avenue
Old Town
E. S. Burgess
Doctors Hear About Industrial Banking in Amarillo
At a Potter County Medical Society meeting Dr W H Flamm hosted a talk by Fred W Vanders executive vice president of the Merchants Industrial Finance Corporation about an Amarillo formed bank. The project aims to serve doctors and merchants as a delinquent accounts clearing house and provide residents access to loans at legal rates with convenient payments.
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W. H. Flamm
Potter County Medical Society
Medical Society
Fred W. Vanders
Merchants’ Industrial Finance Corporation
Amarillo
Yanders
Miss Gail Taylor Elected Palo Duro Editor at Amarillo College
Sophomores at Amarillo College elected Gail Taylor editor of The Palo Duro year book after Frank Homer Ransberger failed to enroll. Taylor, an Amarillo High School graduate and sophomore, has two years of high school annual work and one year with the college publication. Ray Walling named business manager. Staff work to begin and motifs and sponsor to be chosen this week.
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Frank Homer Ransberger
Amarillo College
Gail Taylor
Palo Duro
Taylor
Amarillo High School
Ray Walling
Ransberger
Health Unit Plans City Campaign Against Diphtheria
Amarillo Potter County Health Unit lays plans for a city wide educational drive against diphtheria. Educational films will be shown in schools as part of the effort. Doctor Benjamin M Primer director presented a one reel diphtheria film at a Potter County Medical Society gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo-Potter County Health Unit
Benjamin M. Primer
Potter County Medical Society
New WDAG Program to Air Walker's Austex Chile Orchestra
WDAG will debut a new series with Walker's Austex Chile orchestra broadcasting at 8 PM Friday. The feature showcases Spanish music and is touted as among the best transcription numbers on air, airing over top stations nationwide. The Dallas audience praises the program with manager Howard C. Federer calling it a standout fall and winter set, with pieces La Sorella La Madre del Cordero Flor del Mal and La Paloma highlighted for Friday night.
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Walker
Austex Chile Orchestra
WDAG
United States
WFAA
Dallas
Howard C. Federer
Labor Capital War Predicted by Fort Worth Evangelist
Dr J Frank Norris warned of a world wide labor capital war as he opened a week long revival at Fundamentalist Baptist Church in Fort Worth He linked the predicted conflict to a Bible passage and planned Wednesday night sermons He also referenced a recent astronomer statement about the universe expanding and hinted at visiting Jonesboro Ark to preach for Rev Joe Jeffers while in Amarillo the revival was opened by Rev Robert Pryde.
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Russia
J. Frank Norris
Fort Worth
Baptist Church
Ninth Avenue
van Buren Street
Norris
James Hopewell Jeans
Pasadena
Calif
Dr. Norris
Jonesboro
Ark
Joe Jeffers
Daniel
New York
Amarillo
Robert Pryde
Hoover Says No Definite Cotton Plan Yet
President Hoover stated he has no definite plan to solve the cotton surplus. He mentioned proposing a credit basis for exporting cotton to Europe and noted bankers and exporters are pursuing the idea, though no negotiations have concluded.
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Hoover
Washington
Europe
McDowell InFant To Be Buried Wednesday
Funeral services for Vincent Herman McDowell infant son of Mr and Mrs Herman E McDowell will be held at Blackburns Funeral Home at 3 oclock Wednesday afternoon Rev E B Fincher pastor Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church will conduct the services The child died Monday at 6 pm He was the couples only child Burial will be in Llano Cemetery
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Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Metro Park
W. L. Copeland
Babe Henry
J. E. Boggs
Clyde Young
J. D. Smith
John Eubanks
J. A. Smith
Jay Redd
George Overhuls
Bill Lofgren
A. Tomlinson
Earl Moore
Audry Polly
Slim Loosiler
Mamie Houston
Red Brashear
Maudie May Hudspet
Vincent Herman McDowell
Herman E. McDowell
East Twenty-second Avenue
Blackburn
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Llano Cemetery
Market Hogs Steady to Slightly Lower in Amarillo
Kansas City livestock report notes US DA figures from Sept 16 show hogs receipts around 3,500 with prices mostly steady to 10 cents lower. Top price for 190-240 pound hogs near 5.60, with various weights quoted. Packing sows and heavier loads also listed with typical bid ranges.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Crocker
Greers
Outaidera
When Lady Riches Calls and Leaves
A satirical poem by Edgar A. Guest from 1931 reflecting on 신temptations of wealth and status. The narrator details how they altered their lives to impress Lady Riches, accruing debt and snubbing friends, only to be abandoned when riches depart. The piece cautions against valuing wealth over genuine relationships.
Market notes on livestock果 and cotton futures
Chicago livestock prices, hogs and cattle traded slow with mixed bids while hogs softened and cattle held, vealers down. Cotton in New Orleans rose on firm opening with futures near 6.66 to 6.95, helped by expected Texas acreage action and a hopeful moratorium extension.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Texas
Hoover
market slips halt as resistence caps decline
Short covering emerges as resistance to further decline prompts a quiet session. U S Steel rises over a point from Monday close with gains also seen in American Can Baltimore and Ohio North American Union Carbide Case Columbia Gas and John Mannville. American Telephone trims losses and Ensco climbs, Southern Pacific recovers from early losses while Coca Cola and Westinghouse decline. Call money renews at 144 percent.
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U. S. Steel
American Can
Baltimore & Ohio
North American
Union Carbide Case
Columbia Gas
Johne- Mannville
American Telephone
Ensstman
Southern Pacific
Coca Cola
Westinghouse
Hahn
Central
Inter Cement Awe
St. Josep Wee
Coca Cola Co
Kennecot
Kresge
Kroger Grove
Krueger & Ie Arses
Ask Pleo
Mk&tr Ae
Lambert Co
Liggett Myers
Loew's
Loose-Wiles
We Cove
Bis Louisville
Anne
Montgomery Ward
Eeeaee
Oear
Pac R
Manfield & Co
Sane
Ats Internat Nickel
Nash
Nat'l Bellas Hweer
Nat'l Dairy Pr
Nat'l Pw & Lt
Nat'l Cash
Nevada
North America
Oliver Farm
Willys Overland A
Paramount Publix
Pathe Exchange
Packard
Penney (J ©) Co
Ennsylvania
Pillsbury
Nory Neues
See Bakery
Reynolds
Sears Roebuck
Simmons Co
Cal Edison
Wee
Stan Brands Inc
Thy Stand Gas & Elec
Sane Baty Stona & Webster
Wee Tree
CM & Btp RR
Stewart Warner
Studebaker Corp
Southern RR
Am Tel & Tel
New York
Jno
F. Clark, Brokerage Co
United Corps Pr
Union Pacific
At & Sf
Union Carbideater
A_M Byers
Neee
Aday Allied Chm. & Dwee
Allegheny Corp van
Alcort M Crucible Steel
Ay Am International
Tr & C Am
Woolworth (Fw) Co
Am Pw & Let
Atlantic
Auburn
Borden Co
Uy Briggs
Borg-Warner
Mexican Seaboard
Burroughs
Mid-Continent
Panhandle P. & Ray US Pipe & Fdy
1644 Petroleum Corp
Case
Corthy
Phillips Teres Ae
Canadian Pacific i
Plymouth Oil
Calumet & Hecla
Seeeenee
Pierce Pet
Ae Chesapeake Corp
Tee Wee
Congoleum-Nairn Ae Reiter-Foster
Columbia Grapho Columbian Sarbon
Royal Dutch
Gen Com’s Solvents Aves Rre
Shell Union
Comwith & Sthrn
Simms «S
Continental Can
Sinclair
Asao Dry
Clive Eastman Kodak
Com
Eaton Axle & Spr
Superpower Bay Elee Auto Lite
Ark Nat'l Gas “A
Elee Pow & Lt
Ass'd Gas
Elec
Elee
Bly Endicott-Johnson + tee
Canadian Marconi
Fureka Vacuum
Fox Film
Am Steel
Cent
Neaee
Fos Wheeler, Inc
Deere & Co
Freeport
Texas
Risey
DeForest Radio
Consolidated Gas
Bety
Detroit Aircraft
General
Peewee One
Bond & Share
T Boy General Food
Ford Motor Ltd
General Mills
Ford of
General Motors
Fox Theatre
General Aviation
Gillette Razor
Goldman Sachs
Glidden Co Tees
Lone Star Gas
Gold Dust Corp
Goodrich T & R
Midwest Utilities
Goodyear T & Aw
Oery
Graham Paige
Niagara Hud Pr
Hazel Fern Lill Dies in Hospital
Hazel Fern Lill nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Lill of Panhandle died at 12 o clock Monday night in a local hospital. Survived by her parents and two sisters Helen and Margaret. Funeral arrangements announced by Boxwell Brothers.
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Hazel Fern Lill
Walter Lill
Panhandle
Helen
Margaret
Boxwell Brothers
Amarillo Principals to Meet at High School Wednesday
All Amarillo public school principals will gather Wednesday afternoon at 4 30 at the high school building, announced Supt W A McIntosh. Mr and Mrs Roy Bechtold of Canadian have moved to Amarillo and will reside at 1605 Tyler.
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Amarillo
W. A. McIntosh
Roy Bechtold
Tyler
Zoning Appeal Case Stricken From Docket on Lipscomb Street
Case No 3 scheduled near September 21 by the city zoning appeal board has been stricken from the docket. Under the zoning ordinance a permit may be issued without an appeal. The application seeks a dwelling on a short lot in the 1400 block Lipscomb Street.
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Lipscomb Street
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Jim Whittington
Longview
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Whittington
Whittingtons
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Eugenie
J. C. Hembree
Georgia Street
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Canning
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McGregor
Texas Senate
McDowell
Lady Riches
Edgar A. Guest
Riches
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Ule
Tilpiome
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Jy Electric
Finkler Electric CO
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