Midland Reporter-Telegram (Newspaper) - April 13, 1941, Midland, Texas FIRST With The NEWS dhc WEATHER WEST TEXAS Occasional scattered Sunday and Colder south west The Best Your Advertising Dollar 30 TELEPHOTOS AND BEST FEATURES APRIL 3 PAGES Price 5 Cents British And Nazi Columns Clash Gerald Mann Is Candidate For Senate Vacancy Announcement Presages Stiff Race And Others May Enter Field Soon By The Associated Press April ing what may be an epochal political race in At torney General Gerald Mann today announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat vacated Wednesday by the death of Morris The announcement by the 34year old attorney general was made af ter the funeral for Shep pard at and as the state capital seethed with rumors that Governor Lee Martin Dies of Orange and others would soon loss their hats into the In a few years ago one of the nations ranking football stars at Southern Methodist University said he thought he could be of more service to Texas as senator than as at torney Mann said nothing about resigning liis present I am going to be a candidate for the United States Mann Our nations loss of Senator Sheppard cannot soon be repaired but I shall do my best to live up to the standard set by all the illus men who have served Texas in that great deliberative x x First To Toss In Hat With the help of able and de voted assistants I have given my best in the attorney generals of We have performed our duty without fear of political conse Mann was the first of the po candidates with edged large statewide followings to come out for the Other announced aspirants in cluded Fort Worth attorney and former member of the and Virgil attorney of Houston and also a former state A report from a source close to Congressman Dies was that he in tended to run regardless of who might oppose Another report was that Con gressman Lyndon Johnson of outspoken new was poised for the plunge if conditions shaped to suit Governor ODaniel had conferred with some of his closest in Carr Collins of West of Houston and Maco Stew of but at the time Mann announced had made no announcement of his Davis Is In April B Cyclone Davis of Dallas an tonight he would make the race for the Senate from Tex as on a platform of Free America from the menace of the and corporation cannibals inside and outside of Town Hall Speaker Major Thomas mili tary analyst and flying reporter for the Associated Executive will address members of Town Hall Club at the high school auditorium at 8 New Phillips Producer In Abell For 290 Barrels In 5 Hours By Frank Gardner Oil On final laken through onehalf inch positive choke on 2inch Phillips Petroleum Company 1 Sidney newest and second largest produc er from the middle Ordo sand in the Abell pool of Northern Pecos flowed 290 barrels of pipeline oil in five This is an average of 58 barrels an Fire Destroys Midland Home Fire early today destroyed the small frame home of Douglas at 1405 South Main The blaze was ered by neighbors about No one was at estimates of the loss were approximately on buildings and NEWS AT A GLANCE DISAPPROVES INVASION April Soviet asked by Hungary to endorse the Hungarian invasion of has replied with her disapproval and a reminder that might one day be torn to official Soviet news disclosed f DIZZY IS AILING April Manager Wilson disclosed tonight that Dizzy the Chi cago Cubs celebrated sore arm pitcher again is taking treatments in a desperate effort to regain his winning DIE IN ICE BOX April 12 small boys suffocated today in an old ice box in which they were trapped while The victims were Charles Wayne son of the and and Henry son of and Po land of Gas volume of cubic feet daily made gasoil ratio 1 located feet from the northeast and 990 from the southeast line of section block is a south off set to the discovery well of the Oir Gas Company originally McKee Sie 1 The Phillips well now is shut in for It is producing from the upper Simpson sand through 60 per in 7inch casing from 15065 Hole is bottomed at cemented back from total depth of feet after in a lower sand zone had resulted in negligible The farthest advanced drilling well in the Abell Magnolia Petroleum Company 1 yesterday had reached feet in Permian The firms 2 Crockett halted drilling at feet in anhydrite to run 9 Its 1B Markey is drilling lime at feet and 2 State Baldwin is at 880 feet in red rock and Magnolia 1 Mc Kee had drilled to feet in an Oil Com pany 1 Rosa Daley is drilling past in Abell Outpost 1 one and miles east of the Abell pool is drilling unchanged at feet in George Abell and others 1 one mile northeast of the had progressed to 504 feet in Siemoneit Drilling Company 1 Walsh et al is bottomed at feet in after cementing cas Magnolia and 2 Tex Mex Petroleum is drilling lime at Stano lind 1 four mile east outpost to cemented 9 pipe at feet with 615 sacks and is waiting for cement to Total depth is 02 feet in Olson Oil Company and Bryce McCandless 1 large producer from the low er two miles south by southwest of the Apco pool in North rn is circulating preparatory to deepening to approximately feet from present depth of feet in After ope plan to set liner and perforate its opposite oil zones to lower present excessive gasoil ratio of Large Sand Hills Gulf Oil Corporation 3A Tubb et farthest southwest well in the Sand Hills pool proper of Western Crane flowed 464 barrels of oil in 12 hours while running It then was ed with gallons and after cleaning out for three hours gaug ed flow of 825 barrels in 30 minutes through open 2inch with gas volume of Ope have shut the well to and will take potential gauge It is producing from the topped at and is bottom ed in dolomite at Gulf 23 Waddell et southeast offset to the firms 17 Ellenburger producer four miles southwest of the Sand Hills is drilling below feet in In the northeast sector of the Tubb deep Permian producing area of the Sand Gulf 21 Wad Council Orders Police Force Of Seven Officers McCasland Requests Two Automobiles For Patrol And Four Night Police A police force of seven of including the police was ordered yesterday by the city recently appointed police will take charge of the depart ment Tuesday and immedi ately will begin organizing the He conferred with the city coun cil today on He requested the council to pur chase two fast patrol cars for polic ing and city officials in the cars will be Uniforms of the policemen prob ably will be a forest green similar to those of the Border Patrol and the Federal Immigration Plan Night Plans call for four policemen to be on duty each Two will pa trol the city in a fast One will patrol the downtown dis and one man will be on duty at the city hall to handle emergency telephone calls and keep records of the Chief Motorcycle Of ficer Manning and a downtown patrolman will handle the daytime police McCas land will be a working hand ling emergency calls and aiding in patrol Emergency calls in daytime will be handled by the city hall staff and relayed to the General orders of the department provide each officer must study the city traffic and criminal laws of the state so that he understands service and protection will be demanded of each of the Use of narcotics or intoxicating liquors by any mem ber of the department will result in his the chief Keep Physically Officers also will be instructed to refrain from using tobacco when in contact with anyone in an official capacity when such use might be considered Each man must keep himself in good physical condition and keep his equipment First uniforms for the officers will be purchased by the Policemen will be instructed to vote their convictions on public questions but to take no other parts in politics or political Following the general police rules they will be instructed To warn but never to be firm but and to remember that arguments seldom are effective but explanations in a courteous manner Methodist Church Opens Balkan War Grows In Intensity As Armies Meet On Western Fringe Of Allied Line And Greeks Battle On Yugoslavs Resistance Stiffens In Zagreb Area But German Radio Says Fourteen Divisions Are Annihilated Leaves On Secret Mission By The Associated Press The battle of Greece appeared to be reaching major proportions this Easter morning as reports reaching from told of a violent en gagement between British and German armored columns on the plain between Bitolj and the western anchor of a defense These reports followed an an by a Greek spokesman that complete with armored motorcycle machine gunners and motorized Infantry had slashed against the northwest flank Officers Express Fear Of Price Freezing Midland Methodists will worship today in a new church building shown An open house was held last The church has an educational building Special Easter services will be held The Hinds is The building committee included Charles George Phil and Thousands Of Texans In Groups Of Many Kinds Observe Easter Midland Students Win District 31 League Contests Officers also will be required to obey all orders and instructions and to conduct themselves at all times as McCasland is preparing a set of 10 orders to cover the points and each officer will be required to memorize Officers of the department will be opened at the city Policemen will be appointed by the chief with approval of the coun cil and its police cers will be men between 23 and 40 years of Officers who fail to obey orders or who are incompetent will be dis missed or See OIL page 6 Says Agents Hurting Labor April Wallace charged tonight that foreign agents are sabotaging our labor tions to the great disadvantage of labor Midland high school won the an District 31 Interscholastic League Meet here with a total of 198 points in literary and track and field Odessa was second with 65 Points made by other competing teams were Rankin 64 Seagraves 42 Garden City 35 Stanton 34 Seminole 31 McCamey 30 Le norah 28 Wink 23 Prairie Lee 20 Flower Grove 20 Warfield 15 Val ley View 15 South Plains Tar Texas 10 Kermit 3 Loop 2 Crane 2 Andrews Results of events follow Declamation Junior Jacqueline Midland Betty Sue Garden City Mary Alice La Grant Midland Eddie Volleyball Odessa Rankin Tennis Senior Girls Doubles Andrews Velma Maxine Barnes and Vondell Wink Elvira Halm and Theresa Girls Singles Margaret Hill Mary Beth Tennis Senior Declamation Junor Roger Stanton By The Associated Thousands of Texans planned to worship this Easter day in groups ranging from municipalities and army camps to and small fraternal Scattered showers were forecast and may drive some services Camp Minerals have a sunrise A few hours at 8 Camp will present a involving a mass band and a 7 TW Other camps also have prepared special religious On Sunrise near Mercedes in the Rio Grande Eighth District Texas Federation Music Clubs will present a vested choir arranged a white In the valley will be a tomb guarded by Roman Churches and clubs for many miles up and down the valley will send Catholic services generally ob serve Easter with early masses eluding the blessing of the new Messing of the Paschal read ing of the prophecies and blessing of the Baptismal At historic Midland Delegation To Leave Today For Permian Convention The World Today ByThe Associated Press British and German armor ed columns reported in viol ent engagement on plain be tween and as the battle of Greece takes A Greek spokesman says the Greeks threw back a Nazi armored force Friday in their first clash on the RAF bombs and ma roads and along the German line of Russia expresses disapprov al of Hungarian march into Yugoslavia Hungarians claim capture of Sombor and Subotica to Northern RAF announced it smashed nearly 100 vehicles in an Axis armored column in German radio says 14 Yugo slavia divisions now com Arthur Fleming and Young Otis Turner and Floyd Tennis Senior George Connell Cotton Extemporaneous Speech Ernestine Midland Mary Garden City Sara Lee Extemporaneous Speech Dean Flower Grove Foster Midland An Senior Declamation Seagraves Marcelle Stanton Cath ryn Senior Declamation Roger Midland Glen Flower Grove Pat Debate Liza Jane Law rence and Carolyn Midland Beth Taylor arid Joan Ward School Declamation Ann Midland Guila Rankin Vesta Mae Chand Ward School Declamation John Robert Rankin Jerry Midland Roland Roy Junior Rural Declamation Gwendolyn Lenorah Lavada Prairie Junior Rural Declamation Paul Lenorah Mel vin Prairie Senior Rural Declamation Mary Lenorah 2 Doris Prairie Senior Rural Declamation Boys Alex Lenorah Elvis Valley Debate Tad Crane and Kenneth Midland Mat Dillingham and Roger Mc Camey Dewitt Fly and Harold Delegations from quarters city of the Permian Basin leaving as early as today for the third annual con vention of the association to be held in Lubbock The host city reported that 300 to 400 persons were expected for the which opens with commit tee Midland hopes to send a hundred Most groups are expected to go Horse Show The West Texas Championship Horse Show will be held today in connection with the Hamilton of is president of the and will di rect business James Al president of the Midland Chamber of will res pond to the welcoming address by Clifford Jones of Texas Tech Lubbock staged a registration of justness men and professional men lere Friday to encourage atten dance at the executive secretary of the is in assisting Typewriting Team Midland See Page Three Automobile Accident Hurts Mon And Woman Midland officers reported and a woman pas senger were slightly injured in an automobile six miles east of The accident occurred Friday The man and woman were treated at a Midland Officers filed drunken charges against The woman was fin they for not having a drivers NEW April AP of the Independent Pe Association of meeting here preparatory to Mon days sessions of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and the Cole Congressional expressed concern today over possible freez ing of the price of crude oil at an unfair Frank Buttram of Oklahoma president of the declared that federal pegging of prices on most other basic commod would not be as harmful to their producers as in the case of oil The price of he has not followed recent rises in other Barrels Buttram said the governments Venezuelan trade which went into effect last had increased oil imports into the During last the imports for consumption in country aver aged about barrels This is an increase of 90 per cent over the same imports during These imports are steadily increas ing in are expected at the annual sunrise at the Davy Crockett Memorial build Several Hundred Persons At Open House Several hundred persons called at the open houseat the First Methodist Church last night as a prelude to the formal opening of the church this A brief service in the main audi open to the public for the first climaxed the social Members of the building commit tee and their wives and other church along with the pastor and his wife were to the house Church school department heads were in their rooms to greet guests Inspecting the new educational Pastor Will Speak To Camp Hulen Soldiers Special services again will be held at the camp this morning at oclock for members of the Provi Searchlight Battalion sta at the city ball The pastor of the First Presbyterian Church will bring a message on Immor LATEST NEWS Dies Wont Discuss Candidacy For Senate April Martin Dies was tonight when asked by friends here if he intended to be a candidate in a special election to suc ceed Senator Morris who died in Washington last Roosevelt To Marry Former Nurse Monday LOS April Roosevelt an today he would be married to Romelle Schneider his former by a municipal judge next Turkey Gives Notice To Evacuate April than most of them living in the Bosporus re gions were reported today to have been given notice o government intention to Istanbul and Behind The Headlines By Kirke Simpson Associated Press Staff The first contact between Brit sh Empire armies and Axis legions has come and whether In Greece and Yugoslavia or in North the odds in in ed battle even in the advantage of initiative are with the It was theirs to the task of the British to But the odds of terrain are with the British in North Africa and with the Allies on the main Balkan war That could prove all Just where the de fense line runs west of the Vardar is not it Is key ed to mountain narrow val leys and precipitous gorges from its sea flank on the east coast of the Gulf of Salonika to the great mountain lake system through which run the frontiers of Albania and Just as the actual front line of defense must be geared also to the road and rail communications at the over which come Prepares Front Welt It is 100 miles or crow from end to end of the moun tain and lake bastioned There is no certain estimate of the Brit forces or possible Yugo slavian aid available to hold Its topography necessarily canalizes any attack upon it to relatively few roads and Indications are that the vital Balkan front was picked and to some extent prepared well in advance by the The test of their wisdom in select ing the front has The Ger crashing through Monastir locked in a mighty battle with the Allies in the area yes said the Italian and German troops Joined forces on the shore of Lake near the central bastion of the Allied Contact In Down in North Africa the Brit ish announced contact with Italo German units which have been marching eastward across Italian Whatever the actual strength of the armored force In it is already under heavy testing endurance of men and Its only supply line stretches hundreds of miles behind it to And still far ahead of it lies the British main western de fense system for the Suez Canal the Matruh railhead ISO miles east of of the defense line between and Friday only to be re pulsed on a 12mile The Sofia reports said fast mov ing columns of Germans and Brit supported by dive bombers and fighter had clashed to a fierce Such a battle is one of the first of its kind to be report ed in this war on the Balkan pen No details of the meeting were included to these Destroys German An earlier British report reaching Bern said armored car scouting to the Bitolj had destroyed a German in fantry unit without losses to them Yugoslav resistance was reported especially north of Za south of near the Ru manian frontier and to the moun tains northwest of The German said 14 Yugoslav divisions have been completely Germans declared the Yugoslav campaign was about but said noth ing of the fighting to Greece and southern Premier To Pre Dusan was re ported to have left on a presumably heading for It was recalled that Red or gan of the Soviet said three days ago that the friendship pact was all the more valuable under the new conditions because the Soviet Union always fulfills its interna tional On the North African Brit ish and Axis armored patrols clash ed to a wide area west and south west of and the RAF an it had destroyed nearly 100 Axis tanks and motor vehicles in a swoop on Ato El Gazala to British had a quiet day after the Friday night raids which concen on Bristol and Big Easter Egg Hunt Here Today The annual Easter Egg hunt for the youngsters of Midland and vi will be held at 2 today on the vacant property at the west end of Ohio street back of the J Hill Every child 10 years old or under is eligible to attend the event which is sponsored by the Midland Lions Club for the fifteenth consecutive A total of of which are hen eggs and candy will be hidden this morning by a committee of Lions and Boy Every youngster is assured one or more Arrangements have been iii a tie to handle a crowd of more than Children are re quested not to come to the grounds before Three Sections The grounds will be divided into three sections for children of dif ferent age One section will be for kiddies up to another for those between 4 and and a third for those between 1 and Children over ten are barred from partici pation Each section will be ed by Lions Club members and Boy Separate hunts for the negro and Mexican children will in their sections of the Every member of the Lions Club has been asked to be at the grounds not later than Butler is chairman of the hiding commit tee which will report early this Discuss Plans To Widen Highway 80 Plans to widen pavement on Highway 80 through Midland were discussed by the city council yes Under the National Defense pro officials understand that the necessary improvement can be made at nominal cost to the Officials were instructed to investigate the possibilities of getting the work done The State Highway Department and WPA officiate will be contacted on the matter steps probably will be taken to widen the pavement if the cost is not to the
