STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA OBSERVES 75TH
ANNIVERSARY SEPTEMBER 9
Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia has a significant birthday
coming up in 1954. This leader of
the petroleum industry observes
the 75th anniversary of its cor
porate history on September 9,
the date on which a small group
. of visionary oilmen organized the
original predecessor company of
the present firm.
President T. S. Petersen, who
has been with Standard since
1922, described the anniversary to
be celebrated this year as “a mile
stone in the growth and maturity
that has been achieved by the
company" and declared:
“In the years that this firm
and its predecessors have been in
j operation, we have been privil
j eged to be a part of one of the
most amazing industrial develop
ments of all time.
“From modest beginnings, west
ern oil companies such as ours
have flourished, expanded, and
have gone on to additional suc
cesses in many parts of America
and the world.
International In Scope
“Today, our operations are in
ternational in scope; we can no
j longer be considered a purely re
; gional concern. But we continue
, to take great pride in our western
origin.
“I sincerely believe the healthy
economic climate of the West has
Throughout its 75 year history, Standard Oil Company of California
has emphasized continuous research as a means of maintaining the
company’s position of prominence in the petroleum industry. Above,
an employee of Standard’s research subsidiary, California Research
Corporation, is shown in a typical operation. He is regulating the gas
. control for a mass spectrometer, one of the intricate devices em
ployed at the Cal Research labs in Richmond.
been a key factor in all of our
progress and I would not hestitate
to predict our long-range pattern
of growth will be continued, to
the benefit of all the companies
and customers concerned.”
Standard of California, which
traces its lineage to both the orig
inal Standard Oil Company and
the first native California oil in
dustry, dates its corporate history
from the founding of Pacific Coast
Oil Company in 1879.
Pacific Coast Oil was later pur
chased by the Standard Oil inter
ests and, in 1906, was merged
with another Rockefeller com
pany, Standard Oil Company
(Iowa>, to form Standard Oil Com
pany (California).
The latter firm became a com
pletely independent company, with
its own directors and stockholders
when the vast Standard Oil Com
pany holdings were broken up by
the Supreme Court dissolution de
cree of 1911.
Continuing to operate entirely
independent of other major
Standard Oil companies to this
day, Standard Oil Company of
California acquired its present
name in 1926, evolving out of a
corporate reorganiaztion of Stand
ard (California).
Some Significant "Firsts"
An acknowledged leader in the
petroleum economy of the West,
and of the world, Standard of
California has some significant
“firsts” to its credit:
Drilling of Pico No. 4, Califor
nia's first commercially successful
oil well in 1876 and erection of
one of the earliest refineries in
the state at Newhall, a few months
later.
Standard laid the first major
pipe line up the San Joaquin Val
ley to its Richmond Refinery in
1903, and established the first
automobile service station in Am
erica at Seattle in 1907.
Probably the most interesting of
all the company’s “firsts” was the
discovery of oil on Bahrain Is
land, in the Persian Gulf, in 1932,
and in Saudi Arabia in 1938.
Irrespective of its past accom
plishments, however, Standard of
California continues to maintain a
policy of planned expansion. In
the budget for the current year,
approximately $275,000,000 has
been earmarked for capital and
exploratory purposes.
Nearly two-thirds of the total,
or about $175,000,000 will be spent
to find new oil reserves and for
the development of production in
existing fields. The balance will
be spread throughout other oper
ations.
The 1954 spending program, an
all-time record high for the com
pany, will exceed 1953 expendi
tures by about $50,000,000. It will
be financed by funds on hand
an those generated by operations.
CLIMBERS FROM U.S. IN
NEPAL TRYING TO SCALE
UNCLIMBED MT. MAKALU
NEW DELHI, UR — A 10-man
California mountain climbing
team was reported today treking
through Nepal towards the jump
ing-off place for its planned as
sault on unclimbed Mt. Makalu,
the world’s fourth highest peak.
A five-day-old message received
here from Dr. William Siri, the
leader, said the Californians ex
pect to set up their base camp
March 31 at Barun Khola, 16,000
feet up the side of the 27,190
foot mountain.
TOKYO, UR—Almost nine years
after the Pacific war, seven for
mer Japanese soldiers have re
turned to their homeland from
Indonesia. The seven men, and
two Indonesian wives and one
child, landed Monday.
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CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
AND POPCORN
EVERY DAY
Former Fairbanks
Restaurant Man
Dies In Seattle
SEATTLE, (A*!—Funeral services
for Nick Novak, 64, an Alaska
resident for 40 vears, were held
Tuesday. Novak ^formerly operat
: ed restaurants and cocktail loun
| ges in several Alaskan cities. He
! died in a hospital last Friday. He
came to Seattle on retirement last
j October because of failing health,
i Novak, a native of Yugoslavia,
I was a member of Fairbanks Ig
| loo, Pioneers of Alaska. The
; widow, Bertha, and a son, Nicky,
| survive in Seattle.
Milk from mice, used in a New
''York scientific experiment, is val
j ued at aboxit $10,000 a quart.
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Immigration Service
Orders Dick Haymes
Deported to Argentina
LOS ANGELES, UP) — Crooner
Dick Haymes, accused of illegally
re-entering the United States after
a visit with Rita Hayworth in
Honolulu last year, Tuesday was
ordere deported to his native
Argentina.
District Director H. R. Landon
of the U.S. Immigration and Nat
uralization Service announced:
“This order is final and a de
portation warrant will be issued
forthwith.
“However, the order is appeal
able within 15 days to the Board
of Immigration Appeals in Wash
ington, D.C., in which event de
portation will be stayed pending
disposition of such appeal.”
The crooner has since married
the movie star, whom he visited
in Honolulu last June. They are
now in New York City.
The decision said:
“ . . . The record reflects that
Richardi Benjamin Haymes, also
known as Dick Haymes, is a na
tive citizen of Argentina and was
admitted to the United States for
permanent residence at New York
on May 28, 1937.
“He has resided in the United
States since that time. He has
never filed petition to become a
citizen of the United States.”
This hard-riding tank wagon truck was the pride of the Standard Oil
Company of California's truck fleet in the early 1900’s. It presaged
the advent of today’s versatile tankers, which are the primary link
between the manufacturer of gasoline and the corner service station.
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PAN AMERICAN PRESENTS . . .
A N E W SCHEDU L E
FOR THE NOME SERVICE
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1954
Flight 901 — DC-6B
Lv. Seattle TUESDAY & FRIDAY 7:30 a.m.
Ar. Fairbanks TUESDAY & FRIDAY 11:30 a.m.
Flight 911 — DC-4
Lv. Fairbanks TUESDAY & FRIDAY 12 Noon
Ar. Nome TUESDAY & FRIDAY 2:00 p.m.
Flight 912 — DC-4
Lv. Nome TUESDAY & FRIDAY 5:00 p.m.
Ar. Fairbanks TUESDAY & FRIDAY 9:00 p.m.
Lv. Fairbanks TUESDAY & FRIDAY 10:00 p.m.
Ar. Seattle WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY 8:00a.m.
All Times Above Are Local Standard For The City Indicated
Please note that this new schedule was designed to extend
to the Nome people the advantage of DC-6B Super Six service j
between Seattle and Fairbanks. It is unfortunate that under i
the present circumstances it is not possible to provide this
same service south-bound.
ONLY THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CHANGED
The Quality of the Service and the Fares Remain Unaltered