Oil Firms Plan $2 Billion Investment for 1949 Expansion
Oil Industry Information Committee says major U.S. oil companies will earmark two billion dollars for expansion and modernization in 1949. Esso Standard Oil merchandising manager notes the investment equals about 66 dollars per each of the 83 million passenger cars and will fund exploration, extraction, transport, and marketing to meet rising petroleum demand. Additional over 118 million is budgeted for intangible developments such as prospecting, field development, and coverage for dry wells.
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Oil Companies of America
M. Hoferer
Oil Industry
Foferer
Esso Standard Oil Co
United States
America
U S Tobacco Assoc halts dates and rules for auctions
The U S Tobacco Association ended its sessions in Whitl Sulphur Springs by deciding not to set opening dates or regulations for leaf tobacco auctions due to court decisions. Bright Belt Warehous Assoc will propose July 1 openings and rules. New officers were elected, Lanier reelected as executive secretary, and a $500 donation was approved for the National Tobacco Tax Research Council. Senator Hoey sent a message about Taft-Hartley activity.
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U.S. Tobacco Assoc
Bright Belt Warehous Assoc
H. W. Jackson, Jr
Richmond
J. E. Bohannon
Bowling Green
Xky
Vce
FP. T.watson
Wilson
N.C
Danville
Lanier
National Tobacco Tax Research Council
U. S
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Washington
Five Joint Faculty Added to West Virginia University Staff
Morgantown June 28 Announcement of five new instructors to the West Virginia University staff by President Irvin Stewart names John L. Hicks Jr an English instructor formerly at Indiana University Richard L Dean Riverside California former state educational consultant for Louisiana Public Welfare Jane Baker Antioch California former D University of California teacher Leanna M Chase Haverford Pennsylvania former Bryn Mawr dietitian and Bessie M West Knoxville Tennessee former University of Tennessee instructor in home economics
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
John L. Hicks, Jr
Indiana University
Englis Ag
Stewart
Richard L. Dean
Riverside
Calif
Louisiana State Department of Public Welfare
Jane Baker
Antioch
D University
California
Leanna M. Chase
Haverford
Bryn Mawr College
Bessie M. West
Knoxville, Tenn
University of Tennessee
Unloaded Rifle Wounds Man in Clarksburg Hospital
In Clarksburg on June 28 James Layfield, 59, was seriously wounded in the abdomen by a .22 rifle accidentally discharged by his son Clarence. The rifle was on his lap while awaiting a shot at an owl. the son believed it unloaded though it had been loaded last week after eight convicts escaped. The eight prisoners have since been recaptured. The cartridge remained in the cartridge chamber.
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Clarksburg
Here
James Layfield
Fitzhugh Reynolds
Layfield
Clarence
Ontario
Canada
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State University
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Ralph J. Hewlett
Ocean Forest
Charleston
Enathy
Stone & Thomas
Peoples Store
Batiste
Mater Latins
Seersucker Crewe
Voile
Mit
Seersucker
Fed
China
Shantung
Homer Laughlin
Blue Ridge
Priscilla Marquisette
Bern
Homemakers
Yolande Anne
Gabardine Co
Quaker
Fieldcrest
Suntan Airline
Cowhide
K&r
K.&r
Berwin Hamly
Berwin
Totter
Berwin Bridge
Oxford
Children’s Dept
C. O. D. Orders
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