Pontotoc County Oil Field Activity Surges With New Tests
In Pontotoc county the Gypsy Oil announces a half interest in a 2000 acre block near Fitts pool as wildcat tests accelerate. Wells like Continental No. 1 McCarthy south of Jesse push depth, gas shows, and potential new fields emerge amid spacing decisions and ongoing Carter Thompson drilling near Centrahoma.
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Graben
Ada
John Fitts Field
Gypsy Oil Company
Ramsey Petroleum Corporation
Fitts Pool
Gypsy Oil Co
Emery
Gypsy
John Fitts
Pontotoc County
McCarthy
Jesse
Oil Wells Reach Deep Sands in Local Field
In Friday field reports Continent al No. 1 McCarthy in 12-1-7 was drilled to 3914 feet in Viola lime. J G Catlett No 1 Smith in 28-27 shut in after 160 barrels per hour plus acidized. Carter No 3 George Smith drilled to 4450 feet top McLish with tubing run. Burke Kreis No 3 Chambers produced 1202 barrels on potential tubing test.
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Amerada No
Norris
Shaffer
Centrahoma
Thompson
Continental
McCarthy
Jesse
John Fitts
J. G. Catlett
Smith
Carter
George Smith
McLish Sands
Burke-Kreis No
Chambers
Oil field activity in the Fitts area and nearby wells
Oil producers and drillings update from the John Fitts field and surrounding areas. Wells such as Fleetborn No 1 Smith and Moore No 1 Mitchell drill at depths near 4,350 feet and 4,045 feet with notable formations. Carter No 3 George Smith and Continental No 1 McCarthy show progress while others await cementing or plug backs. Nearby, Boettcher plans a new gas well offsetting Crosbie No 1 Burris Heirs, marking continued exploration across the region.
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John Fitts
Fleetborn No. 1 Smith
Moore No. 1 Mitchell
Moore
Fitts
Amerada
McLish
Centrahoma
Thompson
Jesse
McCarthy
Ada
McBride
Coplen
Wildcat
Viola
Boettcher Oil and Gas Company
Sasser
Crosbie
Acidizing oil wells boosts flow in John Fitts field
Acid treatment now used to increase oil flow along the east-southeast side of the John Fitts field. Moore No. 1 McKoy in 28 27 drilled to 4375 feet and Moore No. 2 McKoy in 29 2 7 with total depth 4357 feet. Magnolia No. 7 Shaffer in 25 2 6 acidized. depth 4418 feet. Fleetborn No. 1 Smith in the northwest of the southeast of north.
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John Fitts
Moore
Smith
Oklahoma City Markets Report Shows Mixed Livestock Movements
Sept 23 report from Oklahoma City under USDA shows cattle supplies about 3,000 head with steady to mixed demand. Light steers and yearlings mostly 5.0 to 6.50, butcher cattle active, cows 2.75 to 3.75, bulls 4.50 down, top heavies around 6.50. Hogs 1,090 head 15 lower, most 9.50 to 11.90, sows around 9.35. Sheep 500 head, fat lambs 25 off, best around 9.00, culls to 8.00.
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Oklahoma City
U. S. Dept. Agr
Catti
Market Report Kansas City Livestock Prices September
U S department data shows hogs with 180 to 210 lb mostly 10 to 15 lower than Tuesday. Top hog price 11.30 for 190 to 230 lb. Cattle and calves mostly steady with vealers steady to weak and stockers mixed. Sheep and lambs mostly lower with yearlings and native lambs down 25 to 90 cents. Texas yearlings around 7.00.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept
Texas
Lions Escape Fury at Ethiopian Palace Sentry Killed
Five bic lions escaped at Addis Ababa near Haile Selassie’s palace killing one sentry and wounding five others. Colonel Mekouria killed all five lions with a machine gun after the keeper left cage doors open. Warlike hunt drew soldiers with torches as one lion killed a guard before the heroism was praised.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Mekouria
Imperial Guard
Cotton market slips on selling as prices ease
New York reports quiet trading with declines from early highs as realizing sales trade pressure. December futures soften from 10.62 to 10.55 while midafternoon levels hold nearunchanged to 3 points lower. spotmiddling remains around 10.99.
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New York
Dee
Charges Tied Mooney Bomb Case Heard Before Walsh
Implication charges linked Mooney to the 1916 Preparedness Day parade bombing. Testimony followed rapid lines as veteran attorney Frank P. Walsh questioned witnesses.
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Frank P. Walsh
New York
Mooney
Poultry Prices Mixed as Truck Trade Moves Easily
Chicago reports live poultry prices across many grades and weights with trucks moving steadily. Leghorn hens, turkeys, ducks and geese show varied values, including leghorn hens around 14 to 18 cents per pound and broilers near 20 cents.
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Chicago
Rock Springs
Spot Cotton Steady After Downturn in New Orleans
New Orleans Spot cotton closed steady 2 points lower with sales of 5,462. Quotations: low middling 10.03, middling 10.78, good middling 11.25. Receipts 15,154. stock 418,858.
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New Orleans
Britain Italy ease tensions cancel Libyan troop sail
Rome reports improved relations after Mussolini and British Foreign Secretary Hoare assure each other no further Libyan reinforcements are needed. The Italo Ethiopian dispute remains a separate issue with East Africa troop movements continuing.
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Rome
Great Britain
Italy
Naples
Libya
Egypt
Mussolini
Samuel Hoare
East Africa
Britain
Boy Scouts Win Water Upgrades at Bromide Camp
Delaware creek at the Boy Scout camp near Bromide gains three low water dams and new lakes to improve fishing swimming and canoeing for scouts. Local figures note plans for an artesian well to keep the lakes filled as legal steps progress.
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Boy Scouts
Santa Claus
B. R. Stubbs
W. O. Smith
Vester Willoughby
Hugh Norris
State Fish and Game Department
Delaware Creek
Bromide
Trevor
John Fitts
Lowrey Harrell
Cattle in Pontotoc County Nearly Double by 1935
A preliminary 1935 census report shows Pontotoc County agriculture improved from 1930 to 1935 with cattle rising 65 percent, cows nearly doubling from 8,423 to 16,629, and sorghums grain harvest up 187 percent. Total farms increased, land values fell, and corn acreage dropped. Households and farm operation shifts reflect broader regional changes.
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Pontotoc County
William L. Austin
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Italy Minting Coins For Use In Ethiopia
Rome reports Italy is minting thalers for Ethiopian use after the invasion. The coins, worth about 2 cents, are being produced by the national mint and are to be used by military and civil governors controlling Ethiopia to pay tribesmen seeking work under Italian domination.
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Rome
Iitaly
Ethiopia
Italy
Chicago dairy prices steady on butter and eggs
Butter trades at 25 3-4 to 26 1-4 for extras and firsts 23 1-2 to 24 in Chicago. Eggs steady with extra firsts at 26 1-4 to 3-4 and fresh graded firsts at 25 to 26 4-4. Current receipts run 25 to 25 1-4.
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Chicago
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Trade Slow and Liberal
U S Department of Agriculture reports Potatoes at 83 on track 371 total shipments 489. Demand and trading slow with liberal supplies. Prices listed for Idaho russets Bliss and other regions with varied U S 1 and No 2 grades across Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio Colorado North Dakota and Bee River Ohio.
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Chicago
U. S
Minnesota
Colorado
North Dakota
Cobblers
Bee River
Ohios
Wheat prices firm after rally as mill demand grows
Chicago reports late day buying from domestic mills boosts wheat, flour demand exceeds mill capacity in northwest and southwest. Canadian threshing delays and Calgary snowfall noted. Wheat closes steady to higher, corn slight mix, oats up modestly, provisions flat.
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Chicago
Northwest
Southwest
Calgary
Alberta
Spot Grain Market Report Chicago Sept 25
Cash wheat prices show No. 2 hard at 1.19 and No. 2 mixed at 1.14 1 2. Corn quotes list No. 2 mixed at 85 1 2, No. 2 yellow at 85 1 2 to 6 dollars, oats No. 1 white at 28 3 4 to 1 32. Market figures reflect a range of grain futures and cash bids in Chicago trading.
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Chicago
Cotton futures close steady in New York and New Orleans
Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans closed steady with slight moves. Prices for prompt and deferred contracts ranged around 10.50 to 10.90 per hundredweight, with nearby months showing minor net changes and spot middling at 10.90.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma miners reach deal after lunch hour labor talks
In Muskogee on September 25 officials from the Arkansas Oklahoma coal operators association and United Mine Workers conferred as open picketing threats faded. David Fowler said 500 miners at Henryetta were told not to march to Wilburton to close a mine. Wage demands shifted from 14 to 0.5 dollars per ton, and a 6 hour day was dropped in favor of 7 hours. Outcome hinges on Washington talks with Labor.
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Muskogee
Pias
Arkansas-Oklahoma Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
Oklahoma
David Fowler
Miners Union
Henryetta
Wilburton
Fowler
Washington
Department of Labor
P. FR. Stewart
Alvin Clark
Robert Boyd
Fort Smith
G. E. Mikel
Italy Spokesman Says League Interest Fading in Ethiopia
In Geneva Italian officials dismissed Emperor Haile Selassie’s telegram requesting League of Nations observers. The spokesman said Italy is rapidly losing interest in league actions, amid Ethiopian claims of patrol withdrawals 39 kilometers from the frontier to prevent incidents and seek impartial observers to fix responsibility.
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Geneva
League of Nation
Italy
League
Haile Selassie
Witness says asked to frame Mooney in bombing case
Israel Weinberg of Cleveland testified at Tom Mooney habeas corpus hearing that Martin Swanson a public utility detective had tried to gut him to help frame Mooney for the alleged bombing of United Railways power lines in San Francisco. The former jitney driver was acquitted of the charge.
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San Francisco
Jp—I
Israel Weinberg
Cleveland
Tom Mooney
Martin Swanson
Public Utility
Mooney
United Railways
Women Will Save Pennies For Campaign
The women's division of the party launches a penny drive with small donkey bank tokens sent from Washington. Mrs. James H. Wolfe leads the effort urging supporters to donate one coin each week for a year to build funds for organizing women at county, state, and national levels to back the president and his program.
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Washington
James H. Wolfe
Women’s Democratic Organization
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