Mercury Theft Ring Sought Across Wide Area
Investigations by Ector County officers and several Permian Basin agencies continue into a broad mercury theft ring. Four Monahans men linked to the case, with arrests in Texas and Oklahoma, disclose a scheme shipping mercury from oil field meters in two inch pipe to distant sites including New Jersey. The ring allegedly includes at least 25 men and a girl, with seven and a half pounds taken from each meter box.
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Ector County
Permian Basin
Monahans
Texas
Oklahoma
Ector
Odessan
Odessa
Ward County
Fort Worth
Burkburnett
Duncan
New Jersey
West Texas
New Mexico
H. M. Carr Visits Jal on Tuesday
Business visitor H. M. Carr traveled to Jal on Tuesday for meetings with local firms and potential trade discussions.
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H. M. Carr
Jal
Red Bluff fishing trial set for August 27
Fritz Estill president of the Permian Basin in Game and Fish Protective Association faces trespass charges for Red Bluff Lake. The Pecos county court will hear the non jury case with a requested jury to decide Red Bluff’s access rights across entering points including New Mexico. Other defendants Parker Sykes and Stone await outcome of this test case. Judge Woolfolk presiding with Judge Folsom representing Estill.
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Fritz Estill
Permian Basin Game and Fish Protective Association
Red Bluff Lake
Pecos
J. B. Woolfolk
Estill
Red Bluff
New Mexico
A .Parker
Kermit
C. E. Sykes
Wickett
Harry Stone
Seminole
A. T. Folsom
Wink
Association
Sinclair Deepens New Discovery at No. 1 Davis well
Sinclair Prairie Oil Co No. 1 Davis discovery well three miles southeast of the Shipley pool in Southeastern Ward pumped 52 barrels of 38 gravity oil in 24 hours as drilling resumed toward 3,500 feet. The well opened a new pay in South Ward and is producing from the Shipley sand horizon though separated from the Shipley pool proper by dry holes. Nearby tests include Gulf No. 5 Winsten Brothers at 9,036 feet and Gulf No. 1 F University drilling in eastern Crane with sulfur water indicated in the Dunes horizon.
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Sinclair Prairie Oil Company No. 1
Wirt Davis
Discovery
Shipley Pool
Ward
South Ward
Davis
Shipley
H. & T. C. Survey
Gulf
Winsten Brothers
Gulf Oil Corporation No. 1
F University
Gulf No. 13
Western Crane
Visitor notes from city page
Miss Helen Lindsay travels to Lubbock to visit Mr and Mrs Floyd Pipes. Miss Mildred Madera stays in Las Vegas to visit friends and relatives for several weeks.
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Helen Lindsay
Lubbock
Mrs
Floyd Pipes
Mildred Madera
Las Vegas
Bridal Shower Gift Planned for Mrs. Jack Thornton
A bridal shower for Mrs. Jack Thornton will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the home of her mother Mrs. Bryant. T Wiley's wife and family moved to Jal this week to establish their home. The Rev. J W Hollis and family spent Thursday in Hobbs with a business trip noted Tuesday.
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Midland
Abilene Christian College
Kirbyville
Lamar
Bill Sheffield
Stasion College
Sheffield
Denton
Jack Sisco
North
State Teachers College Eagles
Lone Star
Dentonites
Jack Thornton
Bryant
T. Wiley
Jal
J. W. Hollis
Truett
Hobbs
Hollis
Jack Jones
Methodist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Invitation
Church school at 9:30 a.m. morning worship 10:40 a.m. Young people and juniors 7:00 p.m. evening service 7:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal and study Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Woman's Missionary Society Mondays 3:00 p.m. There is a place for you to serve. If you are not now an attendant upon some church service we cordially invite you to worship with us. G. I. Keever, Pastor.
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The
Woman’s Missionary Society
G. I. Keever
Pagan Forced to Return to Jal After Pecos Rain Delay
H A Pagan returned to Jal this week as rain on the Pecos halted all truck activity he was directing.
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H. A. Pagan
Jal
Pecos
Surfacing On Road To South Scheduled To Begin This Week
Hard surfacing of the Grandfalls Imperial road in Ward and Crane counties was planned to start Thursday or Friday as caliche base work nears completion. Weather permitting, about six days will complete the surfacing and the road should open within ten days. Local residents and visitors are noted as travelling and visiting relatives in Jal, Ranger, and Eunice.
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Grandfalls- Imperial
Ward
Crane Counties
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Cooper
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City Drug Store
Methodist Church
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Jo Ann and
Dickie
Ranger
Joe Mounts
Carl Bailey
H. H. Boatman
Eunice
O. E. Brown
R. L. Petty
Corpus Christi
Cloudcroft
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