Oil Firms Abroad Reassess Venezuela Taxes After Levy
U S and British oil companies reevaluate foreign expansion after Venezuela imposes an excess profits tax. Journal reports Venezuela could collect 7.5 to 10 million dollars yearly, with no discrimination against foreign capital. Chile reports a 7400 foot well north of Tierra Del Fuego, prompting hopeful forecasts of meeting national oil demand.
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Tulsa
U.2
Venezuela
U. S
South America
Oil & Gas Journal of Tulsa
United States
Tierra del Fuego
Chile
Iran
Iraq
Two Texans Resign As FBI Agents
Two former FBI agents from Texas, Robert S. Strauss and William R. McDowell, have resigned. McDowell took part in the Fritz-Duquane spy case, while Strauss assisted in a broad federal probe tied to the Dallas district attorney’s office. Both plan to practice private law in Dallas.
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Dallas
Robert S. Strauss
William R. McDowell
University of Texas Law School
FBI
McDowell
Strauss
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stafansson to speak at Lubbock club
Vilhjalmur Stafansson, famed Arctic explorer and Arctic conditions expert, will be guest speaker at the Lubbock Knife and Fork Club's January meeting at the Lubbock hotel Monday night January 21. Dr. J. O. Ellsworth, club secretary, announced Saturday.
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Vilhjalmur Stafansson
Lubbock
Marriages and Divorces Ranking Tight in Lubbock County
Two week tally shows marriages leading licenses 34 to 33 with divorces not guaranteed. Officials note that seven divorce applications followed every ten marriages in 1945 in Lubbock County, reflecting unsettled marital relations despite licensing.
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Lubbock County
Man Sentenced Two Years For Theft Of Watch
T. J. Knight, 49, pleaded guilty to stealing a watch valued at $100 from C. W. Ramsey, an ex serviceman, in a hotel room. Judge G. W. Pardue presided in the 99th district court with James H. Kimmel for the defense and Burton S. Burke for the state. Ramsey was reportedly robbed in a hotel room.
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T. J. Knight
C.W. Ramsey
G.W. Pardue
Knight
99Th District Court
Ramsey
James H. Kimmel
Burton S. Burke
Robert Dice Williams
Monthly Well Baby Clinic Set Thursday
The Junior Welfare League announces a regular monthly well baby clinic to be held Thursday from 8 to 10 am. Mrs. Marshall Harvey reports 1945 results with 285 babies examined and treated, mostly African American, plus white and Mexican children. About 50 whooping cough and diphtheria serums were given and 25 to 30 Schick tests conducted. The clinic also performs Wassermann and tubercular tests.
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Junior Welfare League
Marshall Harvey
Schick
Wassermann
Harvey
Français Pilâtre de Rozier's First Balloon Ascent
François Pilâtre de Rozier becomes the first man to ascend in a balloon and remains aloft at about 80 feet for four and a half minutes in 1783, marking a milestone in flight.
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Francois Pilatre de Rozier
Divorced wife no lower inheritance tax rate advised
Austin officials rule that after divorce a ex wife has no claim to lower inheritance tax, aligning her status with non-relatives for legacies. The advisory from the attorney general's department to the inheritance tax division of the State Comptroller's department states the same rate applies after divorce as to unrelated legatees.
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Austin
Jan
Attorney General’s Department
State Comptroller’s Department
JAPS ASK WAGE BOOST
A wartime notice states men receive 170 yen and women 50 yen as wage adjustments, with no violence reported. The article notes the disparity in pay and prompts calls for a raise.
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Fomento
Paul Graham CO. Builders Supply
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Sailor Eugene Eliot
Yokusuka
Japan
Mickey Ray
Lt. Cowan
T. B. Cowan
Katie McLain
T. H. McLaine
Texas Tech
Grace Furniture Co
J.L. Halsey
John H. Smith
Perryton
Amaillo
K. ‘L. Riggs
Halsey
Smith
Adm
William F. ‘Halsey
USN
Plainview
D. D. Stewart
Louisville, Ky
S. M. ‘Wall
Crestwood
C. C. Whipp
Ave. N
R. A. Shands
Oklahoma City, Gy
J. E. Whipp
Flagstaff, Ariz
C. M. Whipp
A Ave
George B. McLeroy
Brownfield
Texas Technological College
Pacific
153Rd Aaf
Philippines
Kanoya
McLeroy
AAF
University of Alaska
Calvin McLeroy
Infants Dept
Montgomery Ward
M. H. Benson
Pauline Miller
Arthur Jenkins
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Oscar Ragland
Ragland
Hudson and Packard Service
J. T. Wolfe
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