Word: champlin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...CHAMPLIN Lieut. U. S. N. U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis...
While the Supreme Court was pondering the test case of Champlin Refining Co. v. Oklahoma's Corporation Commission, President Charles Edward Arnott of Socony-Vacuum Corp. was playing host to a party in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria. It was not a big party. The members all sat around comfortably in Room No. 2604. But it was important. The guests represented the leading oil producers of the world, gathered to come to terms with Russia. Momentous was the fact that for the first time Royal Dutch-Shell was prepared to forget the seizure of its wells in the Caucasus...
Meanwhile, in Oklahoma, lines held tight in Governor Murray's oil war. After eight days martial law had failed to budge economic law and Oklahoma crude was sellins at 52? per bbl. Governor Murray announced that two refining companies (Champlin and Cushing) had offered to pay his price of $1 per bbl. if he would remove guardsmen from their wells. "If I'm convinced the offers were made in good faith. I might allow them to open up," mused he between spits of tobacco juice as he set out for a week-end visit to Texas...
...acting under orders from the Governor. We're ready to stay here in this field 90 days if necessary. Sergeant, take six men and close down these five wells of the Champlin Company over yonder. Lieutenant, take a squad and shut in those Sinclair wells...