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MORNING EDITION
of The
PAMPA DAIL1 NEWS
PAMPA MORNING POST
Serving Pampa and Northeastern Panhandle
VOL. 1, No. 144.
(AP) Features and Comics
PAMPA, GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1931.
(Full AP Leased Wire)
THE NEW PAMPA
fastest Growing City in Tetas;
Panhandle Oil and Wheat
Centar.
PRICE Fivr CENTS
HUMBLE CUTS GRAY CRUDE PRICE
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PRORATION AGREEMENT REACHED
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HOUSE PASSES THREE TAX MEASURES
EAST TEXANS
VAN DINE, WIFE—NO MYSTERY
CIGARETS ARK TAXED
THREE CENTS PER
PACKAGE
e«S WHOLESALERS HIT
FIFTEEN MILLION TO BE
RAISED ANNUALLY
FROM LEVIES
AUSTIN, April 20. (/TV-State rev-
enue*; will be Increased between
910.000,000 and $15,000,000 annually
If revenue bills passed in the house
today become laws.
The house adopted a free confer-
ence bill to levy a tax of tliree cent";
per package on cigarets and a 2 per
cent gross production tax on nat-
ural gas. Later it voted to lew a tax
of two oonts per 1,000 cubic feet on
the wholesale distributors of gas.
Give Estimate*
tt was estimated the clgaret tax
would yield between (7,000,000 and
$11,000,000, the gross production gas
tax $000,000 and the gas distribu-
tion tax $4,000,000.
The senate adopted the clgarct
and gas production tax report la.it
week.
The lax on gas distributors was
added to a bill by Representative
Holder, to revise the general occu-
pation tax laws.." The amendment,
by Representative Fanner of fort
Worth, was adopted 76 to 32.. On
the basis of the 1928 reports, the
tax would yield $3,520,000. Con-
sumption since that time however,
has Increased materially. Farmer
said.
Bill Defeated i
An amendment by Representative
Pope of Corpus Christl, to levy a
tax of one tonth of one mill on
each kilowatt of electricity distrib-
uted. was defeated. It was offered
after the bill was cngroa od and re-
ceived 56 nyes nnd 55 noes. It need-
ed two-thirds, however, to be adop-
ted.
The ga,s distribution tax would be
paid monthly.. Fanner declared it
would be impassible for the gas
companies to pass the tax to the
consumers and that it "would force
the Lone Star Gns company to pa/
Its Just sliare of the burden of gov-
ernment."
The Lone Star Gas company la
the principal wholesaler of natural
gas in Texas.
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Detectives Find
Bandit Suspect
BEAUMONT, April 20. (/P>—Au-
thorities of Louisiana and Texas to-
day sought custoday of Jim Yarrell.
38, who was captured early today
In the attic of a residence here,
for Farmersville, La., officers on a
charge of robbing a bank there
September 22 of $11,000.
A posse of seven city detcctlves
surrounded the house on a tip that
Yarrell was hiding there. The
fugitive was armed with an auto-
matic pistol when the officers sur-
prised him. He pave up without
a fight.
lie had been living in Dcauiuont
sincc he escaped from the Louisiana
officer.' near Jonesboro, La., after
kidnaping them and tying them to
a tree. George Edwards, also want-
ed In the care, escaped with Yarrell
at that time.
Negro Runs When
He Is Told to Halt
A bidly seared negro reported to
officers of the sheriff's department
last night that an attempt had been
made to rob him while ho was
walking from the flats uptown. He
reported that a man stcpiied out
from a building and (old him to
halt.
Asked what he did, the negro told
officers, "All Jest took to iftali heels".
He said no shots were fired.
The officers made a search of
the district but found no one.
THIRTY KILLED
HONG KONG. Anrll 20. i/P
About tlilrty |C7litncf.e pas ("tigers
were killed and many Injured to-
day when an engine and tliree
ooachcii of the Kowdoori Canton
railway fell thirty feet Into a ravine.
Raina had undermined the em-
bankment.
Miss Kathleen Beatty spent Hie
week-end at her home In AnwlUo.
More about eggs. .1. T. Moyer of
| near Borger has brought to the
! NEWS-POST the roundest hen
i product that the Pampan has
j ever seen. It is 7 5-16 inches in
| circumference one way and 7 13-
: 16 inches the other way. A Plym-
| outh Rock hen produced it. If
j hens of this territory* ^keepi on
| achieving such excellent results,
I we will soon be buying eggs by
! weight Instead of by the dozen.
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I Back from the Plainvicw convcn
: ticn of the Panhandle Press asso
i elation, the Pampan is going to
! be rather hesitant about going be-
! fore the Lions club again. Recently
j he gave the Lions an old-fashicn-
• ed examination on Texas history,
i with negligible results. Down at
; Pallnvlew the editors were lined up
; in an old-fashioned spelling bee
and this writer, who poses as a
■ walking Webster about this office,
went down on the third word.
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I The word was e-x-h-i-l-a-r-a-t-
; l-n-g. A very common word, that,
yet this writer breezed into the
spelling of It with an "e-r" and
was quickly seated amid the guf-
faws of the other scribes. The
list of most frequently misspelled
words was effective in taking the
ego out of the editorial delegates.
Henry Anslcy, recently editor of
the El Paso HERALD, arrived to
late to participate. lie tried his
luck in a match with El Paso
high ichil atwdento wad werti
down on the fourth word—Hawaii.
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There probably arc no gcod spell-
ers In this world. The Pampan has
never m?t an Infallible speller. The
list of trick word:, will down a col-
lege professor juft about as quickly
as anyone else. Some persons can
spell big words but not little, com-
mon ones. Bad pronunciation letids
to bad spelling, and Americans are
notoriously carelefs in enunciation
and pronunciation. <P. S—1This
writer takes no responsibility for
printer's errors in reproducing this
column in type—ho rarely sees a
proof on account of having to sleep
a bit before starting work on The
NEWS.
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You ran put it down In your
memory that Plainvicw, city of
bubbling irrigation wells and civic
enthusiasm, is a fine convention
host,. Her leaders arc resource-
ful and tireless, and her citizen-
ship is friendly. You can recog-
nize a friendly city very quickly.
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Tho site for the Plainvicw town-
site was surveyed in the fall of
1887 by Col. R. P. Smyth, an engi-
neer of Austin. Until 1907 the
town was a pioneer trading point
for cattlemen. In that year the
Santa Fe was extended to Plain-
view from Canyon and the town
was Incorporated. Impetus to
growth was given In 1910 when the
Santa Fe built Into Lubbock and
sent a branch line to Floydada.
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Today Plalnvtew has a popula-
tion of about 11,000, of which 99
per cent are white. Recently Hale
county voted a million dollars to
REVOLUTION F L A It E S
ANEW IN CENTRAL
AMERICA
flMERICHNS DDE SAFE
VESSEL ARRIVE FOR
REMOVING PEOPLE
FROM STATES
By MARIO RIBAK
(Copyright, 1931, Associated Press)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Aprli
20. (A*)—Tho Hcnduran congrcss to-
night declared a state of martial
law through the country following
upon the revolution of the northern
coast begun yesterday. Troops were
being called to the colors and civic
guards were being organized every-
where.
Guatemalan authorities captured
the important Honduran military
leader Flllbcrto Diaz Zclaya as he
wa.s trying to enter Honduras over
the Guatemalan border accompani-
ed by two persons said to be well
known Sandinista leaders.
On Way To Join
Government officials said Diaz
Zelaya was on Ills way to Join the
rebels on the north coast.
The U. S. S. Memphis reached the
harbor at La Oiba today and the
Other United States naval vessels
were expected later at Tela and
Puerto Cortes. I
Lives of all Americans throughout, j
the banana region were reported to
be safe.
The government tonight was
claiming the support of most of the
country and was mobilizing large
numbers of troops to put down the
revolt.
WHY ARGUE?
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■ TRUCE
SETTLEMENT DECLARED
AT MEETING IN
AUSTIN
WILL SIMILIZE CRUDE
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
OF STATE RAILROAD
COMMISSION
I See COLUMN, Page 61
Following an announcement tliat
the Fort Worth & Denver Northern
railroad and the Chicago Rock
Island and Gulf had made applica-
tion to the Interstate Commerce
commission for approval to build
Joint trackage from Shamrock to
Wellington on the Denver's line to
Pampa. it was learned that Oeneral
John A. Hulcn of the Denver would
be here tcon to confer with local
chamber of commerce officials and
others regarding the route of entry
Into Pampa.
Reception of the news tlmt. an
agreement between the two lines
had been reached wis grateful to
those who have been working on|
the projcct. They took it to mean
that constriction of grade would
be started soon. One of several
points of entry will be decided up-j
cn when Ocn. Hulcn anlvcs, they
believe. |
The route has been chosen as
far as LcFors but no definite route
haa becu chosen Into the city. i
WASHINGTON, April 20. </Ti~
Amerlcan naval and merchant sliips
were arrayed tonight along the
coast of Honduras to protect 1,250
United States citizens from harm
during the revolution In tliat coun-
try.
Ports Covered
Each of the four main ports,
centers of the economic domain of
big American fruit companies,
either had one or more American
slilps riding in the harbor or ex-
pected before dawn.
Tho cruisers Trenton and Marblc-
liead, s-pecdlng from Guantanamo,
Cuba, were approaching, Trujlllo-
Pucrto, CastlUa and Purto Cortiz,
respectively. At La Ceiba. largest
of the seacoast towns, lay the cruis-
er Memphis. A steamer of the
United fYult company was anchor-
ed In Tela harbor to take aboard
American women and children if
necessary.
Other fruit steamers were along
the coast ready to carry refugees
if the f prcad or the rebellion against
President Mejia Conllndrcs made
tliat action ne-ccssary- Wherever
possible,'American women and chil-
dren were brought from Inland
plantations to the ports. Most of
the 1,250 Americans in the danger
zone are employes of the fruit com-
panies or members of their families.
No reports that Americans or
foreigners had been injured Jiad
been received.
Southerners may declare that May
Queen Mite Mary D. Gunter, above,
of Dodd college in Shreveport, La.,
Li more beautiful than Miss Helen
Manning, below, beauty queen at
the University of Iowa, picked by
Florenz Ziegfeld. But let's not argue
—there's glory enough for both.
DESPERADOES FIRE ON
POLICE AUTO IN
OKLAHOMA
Mrs. W. H. Davis returned Sun-
day night from Wichita Falls where
sly: visited relatives and attended
the opening baseball games at
Spuddcr park.
MARLOW, Okla., April 20. (/Tj—
Guns blazed on a dark street here
early today and three desperadoes
fled, leaving one peace officer dead
and another wounded. Tonight one
of the fugitives lay wounded In a
Duncan. Oklahoma, hospital and
officers were close on the trail of
his companions.
Found late today in a fann house
near Duncan, Jack Allred, about 25,
Quail, Texas, admitted, officers said,
that his friends had loft him there
following the gun fight in which
night Constable James R. Hill, 50,
was slain and Ike Veatch, night
police chief, wounded.
Allrod had a bullet In Ills spine
but attendants thought he would
recover.
Sheriff E. It. Young told news-
paper men he knew the Identity
of the two men still at large and
said lie expected to capture them
(See PEACE OFFICER, Page 61
-.GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR
SPECIAL TRAIN TO CARLSBAD
Interest Is Increasing every day about the Nunn-Warren special
train to the Carlsbad caverns May 2-4. Tickets may be secured at
The NEWS-POST. The special train has been secured to give the
people of Pampa and the .surrounding i.rea a chancs to see tne won-
derful caverns at a saving. Pullman reservations may be had at a
slightly higher price than a clialr car ticket.
Some of the scoutmasters of Pampa are making plans to take
theler troops on the train. Mtkc your reservations as soon as i s-
slblc.
The schedule of the train leaving Pnmpa Is as follows.
May 2
May
May
.. 9:30 pm
9:45 pm
10:05 pin
IO:45pm
. ,11:00 pm
..12:01 am
12:30 am
Lv.
Lv.
Lv.
Ar.
Lv.
Lv.
Lv.
1:30 am (CT) Ar.
1:00 am (MT) Lv.
May 3 .. 6:30 am (MT) Ar.
'CT>—Central time,
(MT>—Mountain time.
Pampa
White Deer
Panhandle
Atnarlllo
Anuulllo
Hereford
Frictia
Clovis
Clovls
Carlsbad
Ar.
Lv.
Lv.
Lv.
Ar.
Lv.
Lv.
Lv.
Ar.
Lv.
7:00 am
6:45 un
6:25 am
5:45 am
5:30 am.
4:30 am
4:00 am
iCT) 3:00am
(Mir) 1:30 am
(MT) 8:00 pm
(Read up)
May 4
.May
.May
AUSTIN, April 20. (/Pi—An agree-
ment designed to Immediately "sta-
bilize the oil market In East Texas'"
i was reached here tonight between
officials of the East Texas Lease
, Royalty and Producers association
: and leading proponents of prora-
tion. It was understood that a 60-
day truer had been agreed upon
Insofar as the Estes Injunction uiit
was concerned.
The agreement was reached to-
night between Judge Charles L.
Brafields, president; Carl L. Estes,
Secretary, and E. H Lacl'ctcr of
the East Texas Lease Royalty and
Producers association, and David B.
Trcadwell, Charles F. Rocser, Ed A.
Laudrcth. R. E. Hardwlch and Jack
13. Roberts, proponents of proration.
To Fix Details
The. confcrcc.': arc expccted lo con-
clude minor details of the truce
earlj- tomorrow morning so as to
permit observance of San Jacinto
day earlier In the afternoon.
Predictions were made by the
conferees that a substantial rise In
the prl* of East Texas crude would
result from the agreement.
Need.s Approval
The agreement was was subject
to the approval of the railroad com-
mission and J. D. Moore of Austin,
the district Judge from whom Estes
obtained a temporary Injunction
which had held up proration of the
New East Texas fields.
It was understood the tnicc pact
called for an increase in the allow-
able production of the new area.
The railroad commission originally
had set the allowable at 90.000 bar-
rels at the start,, increasing gradu-
ally to 130,000 barrels.
Members of t he East Texas Lease,
Royalty and Producers association
had bitterly opposed proration. They
fought it In a long hearing before
the commission here late last month.
WShen the commission decided
against them, Estes carried the
matter to court. He obtained a
temporary Injunction restraining the
commission from enforcing the or-
der against him and "others simil-
arly situated". The attorney gen-
oral's department held last week
that this applied only to his part-
ners. but the commission had not
invoked proration.
No Arrests Made
For Robberies Here
Late last, night no arrests had
been made in connection with the
hl-Jacklngs of the Lone Star cafe
and the Union Oil it Gas company
ond the robbery of the Phillips
Service station. liTc two hijackings
took place early Sunday morning
while |thc robH?ry wa< somcrtlme
yesterday morning.
For the second time in the last
ten days, the Lone Star cafe was
the victim of a lone bandit who
forced the night employe to hand
over the cash in the register. He
(Tot only $8 in his latest attempt.
It was reported to the police. The
man, believed to be the Mime one,
got only $2 from the Union CHI Ai
Gas company.
Entrance to the. Phillips station
was gained through a, rear door
after breaking the glass. A coat
and a few pcnnlef were all that
Was reported missing. An attempt
to open the safe was unsuccessful.
Tire Is Reported
Stolen From Car
One of the boldest thefts report-
ed to city officers In some time took
place yesterday afternoon on North
Curler ;.tro8. Mrs-. Paul Longley
parked her car In front of Murfcc's
Incorporated wlille she did some
shopping. A few minutes later she
returned to her car and noticed
that the marc wheel had been re-
moved from her car while it had
been left parked.
Mrs. Longlcy reported the theft
to police. She told them she had
taeu gone only a .short while,
m
AT SAME TIME
ALL TEXAS CRUDE OIL
AFFECTED BY SLASH
STARTING TODAY
It was a mystery until it was icarncrt S. S. Van Dine, writer of mystery
stories, married Claire de Li>lc, New York portrait painter, six months
ago. In private life lie k .Willard Huntington Wright and she wai El-
eanor Kulapaugh. This is the first pieturc of the novelist and his wife.
FOUR KILLED
SLAYINGS ANI) SUICIDES
OCCUR IN SEVERAL
SOONER CITIES
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 20. I/TM
—Four persons were killed and three
ethers critically wounded as a re-
sult of domestic shootings in three
Oklahoma towns Sunday night and
Monday.
The dead:
HENRI SEALS. 55. Chlekasha.
BLANCHE M'MANUS, 21, Seals'
stepdaughter.
.1. G. SANOLIN, 45, Hugo.
MRS. SANOLIN.
The injured:
GEORGE WILSON, Holdenvlllr.
MRS. WALTER SHOWALHEll,
Alva.
CHARLES CIIICK, 55, Alva and
Ralon, N. M.
Seals shot liis stepdaughter to
death at Chickasha Sunday as she
stood conversing with her fiance,
Haskell Jordan, and later turned
the gun on hlmfcll.
The refusal cf Miss McMunus to
live at home was given by officers
as the motive for the slaying.
S&ndlin shot his wife to death
and wounded himself fatally at
Hugo Monday when depressed by
financial reverses that forced him
Saturday to sell the barber shop
that was his principal means of
support.
M^. ShownlteiI mother of six
children, and Chick were found in
tho former's Alva apartment, criti-
ally wounded. Investigators said
Chick apparently had shot the wom-
an and turned the pistol upon him-
self. They attributed the shoot-
ing to the refusal of the woman,
estranged from her husband, to go
to Raton, N. M„ with Chick.
Robert Welters, 17. wa.s charged
J with assault with Intent |j kill
his stepfather, Gcorce Wilson, after
a family quarrel near Holdcnvllle.
Wilson was in a hospital with a
bullet wound near his heart. Walters,
an Indian, claimed self defense.
Amarillo Oil Well
Changed to Gasser
The "Amarillo" oilfield is nn
more. This week workmen are
making the lone Potter county oil
well into a commercial gasser and
doing away with the few barrels
produced dally in the past, It has
been learned.
Once In a while the Amarillo well
would produce 20 barrels of oil a
clay and do it for a week, nten
It would have to ri(st up for a
couple of weeks before going on
another rampage. Deciding that It
was costing too much money to pro-
duce the oil. stockholders last week
dccidcd to utilize the gas only which
is produced In commercial quanti-
ties.
The Canadian River Gas company
of Amarillo has the gas franchise.
Tlic well was drilled n long time
ago by the Amarillo Oil company
which has been producing the oil.
Tlie well Is many miles from Ama-
rillo and near the Hutchinson and
Carson county Hues.
MID-WEST GETS FREEZE
IN MANY PARTS W
. LATE NORTHER
The belated afaek of winter
promised for last night was slow
In approaching the Pampa; area.
At midnight the thermometer at
the Santa Fe depot stood at 38
degrees Just two degrees colder than
at 5 o'clock. Jiiie coicrdt mark
was registered yesterday at noon
when the reading was 37 degrees.
The wind from the north seemed
to have abated somewhat last night
and the much promised "cold spell"
seemed to be broken. Although a
light mist was noticeable early In
the afternoon, no moisture fell here
yesterday.
It wa.'. not expected that fruit
or grain wculd be damaged and
prospects for biuniier crops never
looked brighter, wheat farmers say.
KANSAS CfTY. April 20. MM—
Freezing temperatures were expoct-
edi by government iforecastwrs Vo
fellow tonight in the wake of snow
flurries and wintry rains which
banished balmy spring weather from
the Rocklcs tluough the Missouri
Valley and southward to the Texas
Panhandle today.
A temperature of 15 above zero
wa.s forecast for Demur, where
winter and spring played tag to-
day, and freezes, seen as a menace
to early farm crops, were predicted
for South Dakota, parts of Kansas,
and Northwest and West Central
Oklahoma.
Temperatures as low as 22 above
zero wore reported in the locality
of Cheyenne, Wyo.. 30 above at
Goodland, Ka.s., 28 above at Rapid
City, S. D„ and observers expected
close to freezing temperatures In
parts of Texas tonight.
Panhandle Pioneer
Man Dies Sunday
Funeral servlcos for L. W. (Walt)
Chadwlck, 70 years old, will be
conducted this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock in the First Baptlft church.
The Rev. Rlchard4 of S|>earnian
assisted by Rev. C. E. Lancaster,
pax!,or of the First Baptist church,
will be in charge. The body will
be brought from Spearman this
morning and will be at rest In the
G. C. Malone Funeral home until
2 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Chadwlck died early Sunday
morning at the home of a nephew
In Spearman. His wife died In 1014.
Mr. Chadwlck came to the Pan-
handle in 1884, fettling on a farm
near Mobcctie. He later moved to
Miami and then to near Pampa.
Mr. Chadwlck spent the winter with
relatives at Christoval. He was
visiting with relatives at Spearman
when lie bccame 111.
He Is survived by several nelees
and nephews. A brother died In
Amarillo several years ago.
Late lau night pallbearers had
net been chosen.
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Mr. and Mrs. Horry E, Jtoair
were the week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Krmau E. Smith. In Amarillo.
TEN-CENT REDUCTION
CARSON, HUTCHINSON
COUNTIES RATED
IN SCHEDULE
HOUSTON, April iO. (AV^Price
■•eductions ranging from 1 to N
cent# a barrel, and porting «|(
prices for East Texas erode, weffe
announced by Humble Oil and
Refining company to become ef-
fective at 7 a. m. Tuesday, April
21. At the same time the HiuriUe
Pipe Line company announced
that It is reducing Its tariff and
delivery costs by approximately 20
per cent.
In posting new prices for crude
and reducing tariff and delivery
costs, the Humble Oil and Reflnlpg
company is attempting to equalise
all crudes at seaboard, W. S. Far-
lsh, president, announced In a pre-
pared statement.
Effective Today
Tho prices for East Texas, which
go into erfect Tuesday are those
quoted for the mtdcontlnent calling
for 67 cents per barrel for 40 degrees
gravity and above. The price scale
has a 2 cent differential downward
to 43 cents for below 29 degree grav-
ity.
An average cut of 10 cents mlr
barrel for Ranger, north Texas, Mo-
ran and Cooke counties, starting
at 33 cents per barrel for below 29
gravity, was posted A two eent up-
ward differential Ls followed, reach-
ing its m&ximum at 57 centa for 40
and above.
Gray Crude Cat
Gray county and Carson-B'Mch-
Uison comities in the Panhattd'a ate
reduced- about 10 ?tfits per barrel.
Gray county starts at 33 cento for
below 35 degrees gravity and lias a
two cent spread upward to 45 cents
for 4" degrees and above. For Car-
soil and Hutchinson the new price
Is 30 cents per barrel for below ?5
degr es, with a two cent upward
spieid, reaching Its maximum at 13
cents for 40 degrees and above. _
The new price fchedulc calls fcr
a cut cf 5 cents per barrel In Wink-
ler and Pccos crudcs, with a flat
price of 35 cents a barrel, while Lea
county, New Mexico, ts cut n 1-2
oents a barrel to a flat prlcc of
32.5 cents a barrel. Crane. Upton
Crockctt, Ector, Hor.ird and Glass ■
coek prices arc reduced five centi
a bart el to a flat prlcc of 30 cent!!
d torrcL
Gulf coast prices arc reduced 10
cents a barrel, with 70 cents a bar-
rel being quoted for A grade, white
the ixuted pricc for B grade Is 60
cents a barrel for below 25 degree's
gravity, with 61 ceils quoted for
25 io 25.9 gravity, and a 2 cent
spread upward from that point,
reaching Its maximum at 81 ccnts
for 35 degrees and above.
Refugio heavy crude prices were
reduced 0 cents a barrel to a flat
prlcc of 60 oents, while the jiosted
prlcc for Refugio light crude calls
for a reduction of 10 cents a bar-
rel, starting at 61 ccnts for 25 to 25.9
degrees gravity, and maintaining a
two cent spread upward, reaching
Its peak at 81 cents for 35 degrees
and above.
Price for Mlrando crude was re-
duced 9 cents a barrel, with tho
quoted price 60 ccnts a barrel, whllo
Salt Flat and Darst creek was re-
duced 7 cents a barrel to 53 ccnts a
barrel, while Pcttus crude was cut
20 ccnts a barrel to 75 ccnts a bar-
rel.
Many Held for
Shooting at Moon
SMYRNA, Turkey. April 20. m—
Police arc having difficulty enforc-
ing a law forbidding shooting at
the moon during cclipeies. Ills
shots arise from an old Anatolian
superstition that ccliiK.es arc calls-
ed by a celcstlal wolf which attacks
and cats the moon. To save It
chivalrous Turks for years have
seized their plstcls and shot at the
wolf.
Despite the ban of the practice,
many residents brought tlielr weap-
ons into play when they went to
the rcscuc during a recent ecllpac.
So lively was the shooting that one
person was seriously wounded bjr a
Mirny bullet and 20 "defendant'
were arrested.
weathK
WEST TEXAS - Partly ckU&y,
colder In south portion TueedAy;
Wednesday fair, not m cold.
OKLAHOMA — Cloudy, colder In
cast portion Tuesday; WedneaAw
partly cloudy, rising temperate**.
EAST TEXAS—Cloudy, thunder-
showers m south portion, '
colder Tuesday; Wednesday
warmer In northwest portion,
to strong west to northwest
on the coast..
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Hinkle, Olin E. Pampa Morning Post (Pampa, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 144, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 21, 1931, newspaper, April 21, 1931; Pampa, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292958/m1/1/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.