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...whether U. S. pressure was brought to bear or not was fox-bearded Montagu Collet Norman, Governor of the Bank of England. Last week he disappeared completely. He was not in Quebec, where he was supposed to be, nor was he in Ottawa or Montreal. News-hounds could not flush his grey brush in New York or Washington...
...mines, bought a souvenir. It was a $25,000 brick of solid gold, weighing nearly 100 pounds. "Brick No. 1,000" will probably be sent to Bear Smith's office, set where it will bedazzle all who lack faith in Alaska Juneau. A few days later flush Bear Smith saw a picture of Mt. McKinley by Painter Sidney Laurence, paid...
After they had taken up their posts through the field Governor Sterling proclaimed martial law, ordered every one of the 1,600 flush wells in the 2,815 sq. mi. of Upshur. Gregg, Rusk and Smith Counties shut down. Last week this field, running wide open, produced an all-time record of 738,000 bbl. This week under the Governor's orders they were to produce not a barrel. Proclaimed Governor Sterling...
...Forerunner of a big fleet of cargo carriers, S. S. Edgewater is no ordinary ship. Tidewater tars would not recognize her as she passes, propelled by silent turbines, under the low bridges of the New York State waterway. Her pilot houses drop into shaft-like wells, smoke stacks fall flush to the deck, masts are hinged and lowered by hand-all extraordinary sights on a vessel 300 ft. long, with 43 ft. beam, cargo space...
Affected were all the wells (except salt water producers) in the State's prorated area. Exempt were "strippers" which produce less than 25 bbl. per day. Hardest hit by the order were the flush fields of Oklahoma. City (30 sq. mi.) and Greater Seminole (40 sq. mi.). With one pen squiggle Governor Murray had reduced the daily flow of Oklahoma oil from 425,000 bbl. to less than 150.000. To newsmen he declared: "The State's natural resources must be preserved and the price of oil must go to $1. Now don't ask me any more...