Federal eyes on oil states as prices sink
Washington August 16 federal officials monitor U S oil producing states as prices drop and state orders to shut in wells loom. Ickes and Roosevelt could urge the interstate commerce commission or call federal tenders or even a special session of Congress to control petroleum. Ickes declined to comment on Texas orders. Johnson offered no remark.
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Washington
Ickes
Interior Department
Petroleum Conservation Division
Roosevelt
Interstate Compact Commission
Texas
Congress
Texas Railroad Commission
Johnson
New Mexico Oil Shutdown Planned Amid Price Slump
Land office sources say the order will shut down producing wells for New Mexico, not drilling, aiming to counter crude price cuts. Governor Miles calls it a serious step to save state oil production with minimal job losses, while expected tax revenue declines total tens of thousands.
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Land Office
Oil Company
Lea County
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Sinclair
State Land Office
Humble Oil Company
Miles
H. R. Rodgers
Bureau of Revenue
Texas
Artesia
Andreas
State Oil Conservation Commission
Frank Worden
el Paso
WPA Officials To Be Cut in Half
Washington August 16 John M Carmody federal works administrator ordered a half reduction of FWA personnel in Washington and field offices to begin September 1 with biweekly cuts until the total drops from 10 417 to about 5 200 The order affects 2 472 Washington employees and 17 945 field employees Consolidation of PWA regions 6 and 7 joins San Francisco and Portland headquarters in San Francisco Sub regional offices at Harrisburg and Columbus will be abolished Carmody also announced the coal division payroll cuts by Secretary Ickes removing 43 workers for an estimated 150 000 annual saving
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Washington
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Administrator
FWA
Carmody _ said
Carmody
PWA
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Harrisburg
Columbus
Ickes
Packinghouse Strike Threatens with CIO Ultimatum
CIO leaders warned government officials there would be a strike in the packinghouse industry before Labor Day unless Armour & Co. and other major firms bargained with the CIO packinghouse union to end the gulf in contract talks. Van A. Bittner urged a meeting with President to call a conference in Washington to pull Armour into negotiations. In Fort Worth Texas 50 union members and outsiders locked stockyard scales, halting operations as demands for a closed shop a 10 percent wage rise and check off system were pressed by United Livestock Handlers Local 59.
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Washington
CIO
Packinghouse
van A. Bittner
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
Perkins
Marshall Dimock
Bittner
United States
PWOC
Armour & Co
Armour
Armour, Swift & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Wilson & Co
CIO Packing House
Oklahoma and Kansas Join Oil Well Shutdowns Across States
Oklahoma ordered a 15 day shut down of wells starting today while Kansas halted 19,268 oil wells at noon as states coordinate a broad mid continent move. Governors Phillips Miles Long said each state would handle its own approach amid calls from the Independent Petroleum Association for a unified program.
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Oklahoma
Leon C. Phillips
John E. Miles
New Mexico
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Compact Commission
Jerry Sadler
Texas Railroad Commissiner
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Texas
Gerald C. Mann
Sadler
Mann
Standard of New Jersey
Humble Oil Co
Charge
W. S. Farish
Humble
H. C. Weiss
Independent Petroleum Association, of America
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Payne Ratner
Sinclair Prairie Oil Company
State v Hobbs Preliminary Hearing for Assault
The Record reports the preliminary hearing in the case State vs. Orell Hobbs on assault and battery. Lake J. Frazier prosecuted for the state while G T Watts defended Hobbs during the proceeding.
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Hobbs
Orell Hobbs
Lake J. Frazier
G. T. Watts
Indians Move For Gallup Ceremonial Start
Seven thousand Indians began moving into Gallup New Mexico for the 18th annual four day inter tribal Indian ceremonial. Representatives from about 30 tribes plan to attend the event dubbed the greatest Indian presentation in the United States. The gathering will feature crafts sales and religious dances with foot races horse races and rodeo events. Buffalo meat from Montana will be barbequed as a special treat for attendees.
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Gallup
N. M
Alg
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
United States
Redmen
Montana
Contractor Licensing Law Explained by State Registrar
Allen Stamm state registrar of contractors will explain the new licensing law in Roswell at 7 30 pm Friday during a Chamber of Commerce meeting. All interested are invited to attend.
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Allen Stamm
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Confiscation of Unstamped Liquor in Santa Fe Affairs
State liquor control director S. T. Jernigan announced the confiscation of a number of cases of insufficiently stamped liquor from two Santa Fe establishments.
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Santa FE Santa FE
N. M
S. T. Jernigan
Santa Fe
Alimony Club Sighs Over Tarnished New York Glamour
In New York on August 16, cattlemen of the city’s famed alimony club mourn quieter days when William Tweed dominated the scene. An old timer laments the club’s decline, saying it is going to the dogs as he watches members lounge in sunlight, reflecting on changed company and era.
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Alimony Club, Inc
West 37Th Street
Alex Smith
Ludlow Street
New York
William M. (Boss) Tweed
Seasons Set for Antelope and Pheasant in New Mexico
Santa Fe N M August 16 The State Game and Fish Commission will set seasons for antelope and pheasant at its regular meeting August 26 Deputy R B Coombs said today Seasons and bag limits and hunting areas are not fixed by law but adjusted yearly to fit conditions and regulate harvest for wildlife management
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Santa FE
N. M
State Game and Fish Commission
R. B. Coombs
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J. J. Dempsey
Federal Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Albuquerque
Colfax
Paul Appleby
Dempsey
Tucumcari
Broadway
Warden Smith
Jall
WPA
Alimony Club
Pecos Valley
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
North Main St
Roswell, New Mexico
Ting
Herman
Ben Marks
Detroit
America
Rudolph J. Marks
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