[Clipping: Patton Returns From Scene of Oklahoma Fire] (open access)

[Clipping: Patton Returns From Scene of Oklahoma Fire]

Newspaper clipping describing Hugh L. Patton’s extinguishing fire in Oklahoma City. The article touches upon the express concerns of Lieutenant Colonel Cicero Murray and the State conservation committee on using nitroglycerin to extinguish these fires. The well fire was extinguished by an explosion of nitroglycerin resulting in a wild and uncontrollable fire destroying 6,000 barrels of oil. The newspaper clipping is attached to a letter from R. C. Showalter to Alex Bradford informing him that Showalter would love to have a meeting.
Date: October 2, 1936
Creator: Showalter, R. C.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1936 (open access)

The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Ladonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 9, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Kinsel Motor Payment, October 1936] (open access)

[Receipt for Kinsel Motor Payment, October 1936]

Receipt for a payment made by Tex Bradford to Kinsel Motors in San Antonio for $46.60.
Date: October 23, 1936
Creator: Muller, C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History