Murray Guard Defies Court in Oil Field Proration
Oklahoma City Sept. 16 Guardsmen under Governor Murray patrolled Wilcox Oil and Gas Company wells to prevent opening up to 10 wells ahead of prorated production. Col. Cicero I. Murray ordered 25 more guardsmen after the Oklahoma Supreme Court allowed a $5 000 superseders bond for the company pending appeal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Supreme Court
William H. Murray
National
H. F. Wilcox Oil and Gas Company
Cicero I. Murray
State Corporation Commission
Supreme Court
Wilcox Company
Murray
Alva
Oil War Test as Wells Remain Closed in Oklahoma
Col Murray and cousin oppose reopening wells asserting state oil taxes and royalties at risk. Governor says court lacks jurisdiction and military proration enforcement is in state secretary of state's office. Bond seen as meaningless while the case tests state versus oil interests. Also report of Bill Daws missing near Breckenridge Texas after two days in the woods.
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Col. Murray
Murray
Military Department
Secretary of State
Breckenridge
Texas
Bill Daws
Woodson
Witness Describes Slaying by Crane Rancher Hall
In Pecos Texas on September 15 18 year old Bud Reed testified that Jack Hall shot cattleman T C Barnsley during a dispute on adjoining land. Hall already faced a prior 30 year sentence and the case was remanded for re hearing with Reed as star witness in the car during the incident.
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Pecos
Texas
Bud Reed
Crane County
T. C. Barnsley
Jack Hall
Hall
Crane City
Barnsley
Rescue Troops From Under Wrecked Train
In Tlemcen Algeria on Sept 16 an amended tally put dead at 55 and injured at 242 after a French foreign legion troop train wreck. Many rescued survivors were found under overturned coaches. 212 injured were taken to Tlemcen hospital and 30 more located under debris as rescuers worked to remove them.
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Tlemcen
Algeria
French Foreign Legion
Mass Train Disaster at Ravine Claims Multiple Lives
After a troop train derailment, many bodies lie beneath cars and machinery in a ravine. Three more deaths were reported in Tlemcen hospital as authorities blame rains for undermining the roadbed. The final car remained on the track. Red Cross orders cotton cloth for needy, shipping to Texas communities including Rotan and Midland.
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Tlemcen
Washington
Red Cross
Rotan
Deleon
Dimmitt
Cleburne
Sweetwater
Cisco
Groesbeck
Crystal City
Navasota
Nacogdoches
Stamford
Belleville
Carthage
Kerrville
Midland
Jasper
Rio Grande City
Texas
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Murray Guard
Wilcox
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Bond
Oklahoma
W. L. Murphy
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda
Cta
Earle Wyatt
Bloom S Other Merchants
RAW Valley Cobblers
Boy le
Dixie Scc
Canada
Kotex Ice
Uda
Procter & Gamble
Oxydol
Aly
Fowlkes Bros
BACON
Armour’s Star—Center
I Ams
Pinkney
Decker
Iowana
Ssn
PLETE
Brown
AM Armour’s
van Camp
Wilsco
Pierce
West 16Th
W. Tenth
Legion
Audrey Hoglum
North Dakota
Portland
Ore
Associated Press
Nant
Prhoue
Eifel
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