Plan big week at Omaha convention
A detailed tentative program for the great American Legion convention in Omaha October 3 outlines entertainment and events. Highlights include horse races, rodeo, street fairs, banquets, What Price Glory, military demonstrations, parades, football, and aviation races at Ak-Sar-Ben fields with nightly fireworks and a large turnout of 10 000 regulars.
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Great American Legion
Omaha
Comini
Ak-Sarien Field
Baseball Park
American Legion
Radeg
Akk-Sar-Ben den
Wisconsin
Creighton Gymnasium
Creighton
Colorado
Municipal Field
Seventh Army Corps
Fontenelle Park
Old Happy Hollow
Ak-Sir-Ben Fields
Ak-Sar-Ben Field
Coolidge
Atuxilharies
Jackson
Douglas
Lake Streets
Communism Taught in Schools Probe by Legion Commission
Investigation into reports of schools training communist workers and missionaries in the United States. Frank Clay Cross leads a special subcommittee including Frank Sieh and John Jessup to examine centers where about fifty students allegedly spread propaganda back to their communities. Soviet Russia is accused of sending 860000 dollars for propaganda.
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Frank Clay Cross
Americanists Commission of the
American Legion
Legion Commission
Frank Sieh
Aberdeen
John B. Jessup
Wilmington
Del
John Bullington
Belleville
Hayes
United States
Soviet Russia
Russia
Four Cities Bid for 1928 American Legion National Convention
Florida officials announced bids for the 1928 Legion convention at Orlando during a semi annual meeting. Miami emerged as the unanimous candidate with the Miami Chamber of Commerce pledging 60 000 dollars for immediate hosting costs and promising more as needed. Philadelphia is favored for the 1926 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
The
American Legion
of Legion
Orlando
Miami
Real Estatera
Philadelphia
Texas Leads in Petroleum Refinery Employment in U S
Washington DC Texas tops states in refinery jobs per the commerce department with about 12,155 workers. Other states list Pennsylvania 8,946 New Jersey 8,927 California 7,129 Oklahoma 4,310 Louisiana 4,209 Ohio 8,102 Wyoming 2,821 New York 2,399 Illinois 2,378 Kansas 1,962 West Virginia 483 Kentucky 371.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Department of Commerce
United States
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
California
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Ohio
Wyoming
New York
Haineis
Kansas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Webb County gas well tops field with 75 million cf per day
A new Webb County gas well, Morgen O'Hern and Putnam No. 2 survey 534 in Laredo Texas, reached 2984 feet. It adds about 75,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily and is described as one of the greatest producers yet brought in at Webb County's Carolina Texas Field.
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Laredo
Tex
Carolina-Texas
Webb County
Morgen
O’hern and Putnam
Frontier Oil Company shows oil and gas in Tamaulipas well
Frontier Oil Company of Mexico reports a showing of both oil and gas at about 500 feet in the only well now drilling in Tamaulipas. The site lies roughly 40 miles south of Rio Grande City Texas, near Camargo and Ochoa in Mexico.
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San Antonio
Tex
Frontier Oil Company of Mexico
Tamaulipas
Mexico
Texas
Rio Grande City
Camargo
Ochoa
Roxana Renews Victoria Leases
Roxana Petroleum Company, subsidiary of Shell, renews oil and gas leases on 4500 more acres along Arenosa Creek in Victoria County. The block reaches about 8500 acres in the area. Renewals run six months with expenditure over 5000 dollars, about 50 cents per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Tex
Roxana Petroleum Company
The
Dutch Shell
Arenosa Creek
Victoria County
Germany to Import About a Million Tons of Petroleum
Washington D C Germany is expected to import approximately one million tons of petroleum products in 1925, per a Department of Commerce report by William T Daugherty trade commissioner at Berlin.
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Washington, D. C
Cgermany
Department of Commerce
William T. Daugherty
Berlin
Good Well At Orange Field Makes 1000 B/d
Orange Tex. Humble Oil and Refining Co. struck another good well in the Orange field. No. 12 Winfree is producing pipeline oil at about 1000 barrels per day with a three quarter inch choke.
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Orange, Tex
Orange Field
Humble Oil: and Refining Company
No. 12
Winfree
Gulf Production Co. Adds Two Producers in Gulf Field
Gulf Production Company secured two new producers in the Gulf coast field. No 31 Stateland at Goose Creek flowed 2 850 feet and produced 1 500 barrels. No 8 Chesson at Orange flowed 1 650 feet and yielded 1 000 barrels.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf Production Company
Oil Rig Burns at Hill Lease in Corsicana
Fire of undetermined origin destroys a drilling rig derrick and oil tubing on the Hill lease of Wheelock and Collins in Corsicana Texas. Estimated loss drawn at six thousand dollars with partial insurance coverage.
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Corsicana
Tex
Wheelock & Collins
Derrick Burns Fire Destroys Humble Oil Derrick
Derrick Burns in Humble Texas saw a Tuesday fire burn the derrick and pumping gear at the Per king No 3 oil well. The well had produced about 25 barrels daily for five years.
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Humble Tex
Tuesaday
Humble
Oil Reaches 800 Feet In Upton County Well
Upton County Wildcat in San Angelo Texas reports oil standing to 800 feet in Marland Oil Co No 1 on the Mrs M L Baker tract after striking a second sand from 2156 to 2166 feet, following Sunday.
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Upton County
San Angelo
Tex
Marland Oil Company
Calalien Test Near Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi residents report the Givan test near Calalien showing good oil prospects. The well lies about 16 miles west of Corpus Christi, according to local visitors.
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Calalien
Corpus
Corpus Christi
Tex
Corpus Chriati
Royalties Paid On Varsity Land Oil In Reagan County
The Big Lake Qs Company, operating on University of Texas lands in Reagan County, remitted to Land Commissioner Robison a check for 113 508.32 dollars for royalties on oil produced in August.
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Varsity Land
Austin
Tex
Big’ Lake
United States Trade Balance in August Exports Surpass Imports
United States exports for August reached 383 million dollars while imports totaled 375 million, yielding a favorable trade balance of 8 million. Government figures from Washington reflect a positive gap and suggest steady trade activity between August and the prior month.
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United States
Washington
Jenying
Twenty One Rigs Working In Rockdale Oil Field
In Rockdale Texas twenty one drilling rigs are active in the shallow oil field as new production grows despite crude prices dropping to 1.95 dollars after a mid continent price cut.
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Rockdale
Tex
Rockdale Shallow
Paris Evening Gowns Highlight Fall Fashion For Women
A fashion feature on slender silhouettes and full skirts in Paris evening and dinner gowns. Designers balance fullness for slim figures while avoiding excess for stout wearers, with georgette crepe, velvet, gold lace, and embroidery featured in many ensembles. Red, blue, green, gray, and white shades appear, with black less dominant.
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Georgette
Paris
Alvord Named Texas A and M Extension Leader
General farm news profiles CG. TI. Alvord newly elected director of extension service at A and M College. Chronology covers education at Michigan Agricultural College, early work with Farmers Institute, Texas appointment in 1899, leave to farm and Breeders' Gazette, return as professor and dean, and later Taft Ranch project turning 15,000 acres of mesquite into profitable farms.
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CG. TI. Alvord
A. and M. College
T. O. Walton
C.H. Alvord
Southern Michigan
Michigan Agricultural College
C. D. Smith
Farmers’ Institute
The
Texas
Michigan
Alvord
Breeders’ Gazette
Chicago
United States
New York
Lone Star
A. and M. College of Texas
Agriculture
Taft Ranch
Nies
Alligators Discuss Appetite and Eggs in Zoo Talk
In a zoo tale, two alligators Miss Alice and Miss Agnes converse about hunger and food. Their mother explains egg hatching and the primacy of appetite, noting mothers and fathers may neglect offspring if hunger prevails. The alligators resume rest as the discussion ends with renewed appetite.
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Ello
Miss Alice Alligator
Miss Agnes Alligator
Miss Agnes
Miss Alice
Agnes
Alice
Paraphrased Bible Verse Note on Samsonlike Pride
A fragmentary verse reflects a Philistine hero’s boastful pride and belief that enemies would flee. The speaker declares solo strength and disdain for foes, mirroring a conflicted, boastful tone about national rivals. The text reads as symbolic self-assurance amid warlike imagery.
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American Legion News Service
Texas Oil Fields
New Webb County
Roxana
Germany
Orange
Derrick Burns
General Farm News
S. C. Hoyle
Extension Service Publications
A. and
M. College of Texas
CG. H. Alvord
Mias
Aeht
Awelle
Dain
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