Texas Pacific built Monahans to Kermit with Wink rise
The article recalls oil discovery era in Westbrook area with the Artesia and Big Lake fields. Westbrook Oil, partners Westbrook and Southern Crude, drilled a major well near 1926 at 2700 feet yielding 128 barrels a day, proving a producible structure. The field expanded, proration began, and towns Kermit and Wink grew as growth followed Hendrick and Yates discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Pacific Railroad
Monahans
Kermit and Wink
Stanley A. Thompson
W. J. Stewart
Westbrook
Oscar Yates
Westbrook Oil Corporation
Southern Crude Oil Purchasing Company
First State
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Yates
Wink
Hendrick Discovery
Franco Appeals for Fair Play From The United States
Gen Francisco Franco granted an exclusive interview in Madrid stating Spain was never Fascist or Nazi and could ally with Allied powers while maintaining internal autonomy. He defended the Blue Division’s return, urged fair play toward Spain, and discussed future monarchical reform and media controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. l L. Beadford
United Press Foreign Services
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Bradford
Wide Exformerly
United Press
Paris
South America
A. L
Madrid
Germany
Russia
Saint Paul
France
Spanish
United States
Hollywood Stars in War Criticism and public image notes
Hollywood editor reflects on Army newspaper criticism of stars overseas and argues most entertainers support the war effort. He cites five criticized figures out of over 300 and discusses Bogart and Mayo Methot, Sinatra’s fan craze, and dating Hollywood behavior versus public image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
C.B.I
Bob Hopes
Dinah Shores
Bing Crosbys
Frances Langfords
Humphrey Bogart
Mayo Methot
Finis
Bogarts
Los Angeles
MGM
Dorothy Morris
Frances Dee
John Carradine
Walter Pidgeon
Sonny Tufts
Susanna Foster
Wallace Beery
Adolphe Menjou
Frank Sinatra
America
Sinatra
Frankie
New York
Printer’s Inspiration Sparks Texas Oil Field Discovery
In 1920 Winkler County Texas saw oil boom lore as Roy A Westbrook a Fort Worth printer turned oil hunter leveraged a 32 000 acre Hendrick ranch lease at 30 cents an acre. He hypothesized a limestone reef between Artesia and Big Lake guiding early exploration amid sparse settlements and distant railheads. The Pecos River’s stark landscape framed a dramatic frontier tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winkler
Kermit
Monahans
Roy A. Westbrook
Fort Worth
Westbrook
J. W. Grant
Wildcat
Hendrick
Winkler County
Artesia
N. M
Big Lake
Tex
Loving County
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Frank Allen Williams
Horace Williams
Groom
Frank Koething
O. C. Williams
White Deer
The
Jimmie Fidler
Garbo
Hollywood Canteen
Irene Dunne
Hedy Lamarr
Gary Cooper
Andy Devine
Carole Landis
Rosalind Russell
Columbia
Marc Platt
Mr. Platt
Sam
Texas Oil History
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Amarillo
Blackburn-Shaw
ZALE
Avalon Watches
Kady
Sth and
Polk
Community & War Chest
Zale’s
Swank
Dresser
Zale's
England
United Kingdom
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