Interior Department funds cut in pensions and land offices
The Interior Department appropriation bill, totaling 238 million dollars, reduces last year’s by 30 million. Major cuts include 25 million to army and navy pensions, 4 million to reclamation, 1 million to Indian service, and 0.6 million to the general land office. A separate report notes an Anglo German treaty was signed in London.
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United Press
Washington
Interior Department
House
General Land Office
London
Coolidge Seeks Cattle Loan Extension Leader on Farm Board
President Coolidge backs extending cattle loans to farmers as a top agricultural need. A White House spokesman said the administration will appoint a Farm Board successor who is deeply engaged in expanding the cattle industry and its twanging range.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Meron L. Corey
Neff Attends Dedication of Sulphur Bridge
Tenarkana Texas December 1 Governor Pat M Neff will attend the formal dedication of the McCartney bridge spanning the Sulphur River near Texarkana Tonight Neff and Arkansas Governor McRae will be guests at a Texarkana Chamber of Commerce banquet They will meet here Governor elect Tom J Tarrall of Arkansas has not said whether he will accept an invitation to participate
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Tenarkana
Tex
Pat M. Neff
Neff
McRae
Arkansas
Texarkana
Hughes Morrow 1 Breaks Loose For 1206 Bbls
The J. K. Hughes Morrow 3 in the Currie pool produced about 1200 barrels Monday marking a fifth gusher for the developing company well. Crouch has set ten inch casing in the new field and progress continues with a water line completed to Currie and other operations planned there.
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J. K. Hughes Morrow
Currie Pool
Crouch
Currie
Wyoming inaugurates first woman governor with simple ceremony
Mrs Nellie Taylor Ross will be inaugurated as Wyoming's governor in a simple ceremony with no inaugural ball or reception. She said she has not decided on a dress and prefers the message to the Legislature be remembered over the gown.
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United Press
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Nellie Taylor Ross
Cleet
Lions Club Urges Highway Upkeep Between Mexia and Wortham
Mexia Lions meet at the High School Cafeteria urged rapid action to improve and maintain the Mexia Wortham highway. Lion J K Hughes cited heavy traffic and safety needs while Lion Welch reported securing land to widen the ditch and road. A committee was formed to press the Road Commissioner. Judge Bell from the Texas Railroad Commission spoke greetings and moved his office to Mexia temporarily to aid oil workers.
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Lions Club
Lion E. H. Poteet
Lion J. K. Hughes
Wortham
Mexiao
Lion Hughes
Ie Lion
Welch
Dallas
Lions Hughes
Desenberg
Barnett
Karner
Cason
Lion Karner
Slys
Paul Harper
Ira Needham
Mary Jane Crow
Lion
Brown
Bill Murphy
Black Cat
Murphy
Lion Jackson
Moxin
Mexia
HW. E. Bell
Oil and Gas Division
Texas Railroad Commission
Lions Club of
Austin
Judge Bell
State Capitol
Air
Fifty Chinese stowaways deported to Shanghai
United Press reports Port Arthur December 2 that fifty Chinese stowaways were deported from New York to Shanghai aboard a voyage under an international arrangement.
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United Press
Port Arthur
New York
Shanghai
Charleston Visitors From West Virginia Arrive in Mexia
A group of Charleston, West Virginia citizens, led by Colonel A. E. Humphreys, arrives by noon train in Mexia to stay several days. Notables include H. B. Davenport John Wood Walter Hallanan former WV State Tax Commissioner Joe Cannon and Frank Cox.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Mexia
A. E. Humphreys
Dallas
Boyd Oil Company
Simmons
H. B. Davenport
John Wood
Walter Hallanan
Joe Cannon
Mr. Smith
Prank Cox
Albert E. Humphreys Jr
Mr. Cox
Feild
Koretz to plead guilty in $2 million oil swindle case
Chicago report says Lee Koretz will plead guilty to four indictments for operating a confidence game tied to a $2,000,000 oil swindle. State Attorney Robert Crown confirms the plan as a way to avoid federal charges, with possible sentences totaling four to 56 years. Koretz, ill with diabetes, hopes his plea discourages crime and aids his ill son, who is hospitalized.
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Chicago
Lee Koretz
Robert E. Crown Isade
Koretz
Crane
Crowe
Texas Pine Line to Move Headquarters to Mexia
B. Hayden announces orders to relocate the Texas Pipe Line Department headquarters from Corsicana to Mexia. The firm will reestablish offices at 467 East Rush, in the Four Hundred block, housing offices and employee rooms. The move follows J. L. Dowling visit from Houston and brings many former Mexia employees back to the operation.
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Texas Pine Line Company
East Rush
B. Hayden
Texas Pipe Line Company
Pipe Line
Mexia
Corsicana
E. Rusk Street
J. L. Dowling
Houston
Texas Company
McCorkle 1 Well in Wortham Area Eyes Friday Drilling
Penn McCorkle 1 in new Wortham district near Mexia is set for Friday drilling after casing. Boyd Simmons 1 produced 4200 barrels of oil with gauge records under gusher conditions. Kirby Bounds 1 casing due next as Beall 1 North reaches Austin Chalk depths.
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RB. R. Penn
Mexia
McCorkle
Wortham
Boyd Oil Company
Boyd Simmons
Kirby
Austin
Eagle Ford
E. L. Smith Oil Company
Beall
Congress Sets Out to Distribute 186 Million For Soldier Bonus
Congress moves to parcel out 186 million dollars to fund the soldier bonus tax refunds navy scrapping and irrigation projects in the West. Senate adopts conference report on the deficiency appropriation bill as Republican leaders push rapid passage. House eyes interior department supply bill and reads President Coolidge budget message amid a brisk session after a one man filibuster by Senator Key Pittman.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Charles E. Curtis
House
Interior Department
Coolidge
Key Pittman
Nevada
Delegates Arrive in Houston for UDC Texas Convention
Scores of delegates from all sections of Texas reached Houston for the twenty eighth annual Texas division convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs Frank Herro ld of Americus Ga president general is among arrivals and will deliver the principal address tonight.
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United Press
Houston
Tex
Texas
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Frank Herrold
Americus, Ga
U S Comptroller Henry Dawes Plans Resignation
Washington December 2 Henry Dawes Comptroller of the Currency plans to resign officials said at the White House Dawes will step down from the federal post prompting a high level review of succession plans and policy direction in the bureau.
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United Press
Washington
Henry Dawes
White House
Humble sends special train to lay pipe line to Wortham area
Humble Oil Company dispatched a special train from Wichita Falls to Mexia to lay a pipeline through the Mexia field toward Wortham. The train included flat cars, two baggage cars, and two pullmans carrying about seven men. Construction has begun and is expected to connect to the Wortham district, with Humble owning the largest Wortham leases and serving multiple operators.
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Humble
Here
Wortham
Humble Clipe Line
Wichita Falls
Mexia
Humble Oil Company
Wortham District
Powell
Atlantic Ships Train Load of Material for Mexia Oil Field
The Atlantic Company yesterday shipped a special train load of material to Mexia for use in its development program in the new oil field. Many more solid train loads of oil field material are expected in the next few days.
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Atlantic Company
Mexia
Weather Outlook and Oil Field Worries Rise
The report notes warmer conditions and possible showers, with water scarcity threatening new oil fields as lumber delays and truck shipments loom.Seaborne and rail shipments to Texas aim to ease the disruption, while Western yards struggle to cope with the backlog amid unsettled, warmer weather and rain chances.
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Worthern
Work Progresses Rapidly On the Humphreys Building
Improvements on the Humphreys Building at Main and Sherman Streets advance quickly. Within days the Boyd Oil Company organization will be established there to operate in the oil field after its discovery.
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Humphreys
Main and
Sherman Streets
Boyd Oil Company
Geologist predicts Hubbard City Hub Company wildcat well
J Meers of Hubbard City, visiting Mexia, says the Hub Company will start a wildcat well near Hubbard City immediately. He expects completion by the New Year. Meers previously worked near Wortham and believes Hubbard could be a producing area with similar promise.
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J. Meers
Hubbard City
Mr. Meers
Wortham
Hubbard
Woman killed at Kansas City party. man and woman shot
Mrs. Mary Cochran, 84, was slain and a man and woman wounded when an unknown assailant interrupted a party at her Kansas City home. Police arrested several partygoers later charged with intoxication as the killer fled the scene.
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United Press
Kansas City
Mary Cochran
Cochran
Oil and Supply Firms Multiply in Mexia Directory
Daily reports a growing list of oil companies supply houses and line firms opening offices in Mexia. The Chamber of Commerce backs the directory listing 14 suppliers with addresses and departments including Pure Oil, Humble, Texas Co, Gulf Production, and Sun Oil among others. Jere Cason notes possible omissions.
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Mexia
Chamber of Commerce
Oil Company
Pure Oil Company
Belknap St
Pure Oil
Greesbeck Road
Hughes Oil Co
Hughes-McLendon Ride
E. L. Smith Oil Co
Smith Building
Texas Company
Texas Co
S. Rusk
Magnolia Petroleum Co
S. Belknap
Eee Ata ‘Simms Oil Co
Boyd Oil Company
Sherman and Main
Oil Well Supply Co
Railroad St
Sun Oil Company
Prairie Oil & Gas Co
Pittman
Peden Iron & Steel
National Supply Co
Idarecki Co
W. Main St
American Salvage & Supply
N. Central Ave
Hercules Supply Co
Federal Supply Co
West Hunt St
Parkersburg
U. S. Tank Co
Marion Machine & Supply Co
S' Bessemer Gas Engine Co
Demurrer Sustained in Kansas Tax Return Case
Federal court in Kansas City sustains demurrer by editors in the case against the Kansas City Journal Post over publication of income tax returns. Walter S. Dickey and Ralph Ellis were indicted for illegal publication but the ruling found First Amendment protection. Trial unlikely. government to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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United Press
Kansas City
Kansas City Journal Post
Walters. Dickey
Ralph Ellis
Supreme Court
Mexia Battery and Tire Co Plans New Downtown Brick Station
The Mexia Battery and Tire Co contracts to build station number 8 in Mexia's downtown business district. M. Bryant will build the brick one story structure just west of Station 2 on East Palestine Street, 2214 by 115, following completion of the American Salvage Company brick office.
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Mexia Battery and Tire Company
Mexia
M. Bryant
East Palestine Street
Mr. Bryant
American Salvage Company
Police Warn State to Watch for Dallas Bandit
Police across Texas were asked to watch for a bandit who held jewelry salesman J Robert Gorman of Dallas at gunpoint yesterday and stole gems valued at $30 000. The car was later found abandoned with half the loot recovered in the tonneau. A freight train wreck near Wortham sparked another sensational incident as a hitchhiker was thrown from the wreckage but escaped unharmed though severely intoxicated. Mrs J K Hughes Simmons reports drilling at 1250 feet with plans to spud number 2 and locate number 3.
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Dallas
Texas
J. Robert Gorman
Gorman
Tonneau
Wortham
J. K. Hughes Simmons
Maccabee Ladies Seek 100 New Members by Jan 1
Ruth Rawls special deputy of Dallas visits to boost the Maccabee Ladies recruitment. Several applicants sign up and active solicitation continues for a large class initiation planned by January 1. Mrs Rawls will stay several days this and next week to assist the campaign.
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Maccabee Ladies
Ruth Rawls
Dallas
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