Mexico tightens scramble for oil amid wartime demand
TEOD Mexico City June 23 The search for petroleum in Mexico, stalled since foreign oil firms left six years ago, is being intensified as wartime demand soars. Geologists see vast untapped potential, with only 6,600 wells drilled. Pemex has earmarked 2.5 million dollars for 1944 drilling including 52 wells. Five wildcats underway near Reynosa Tamaulipas Poza Rica in Vera Cruz and adjacent areas. Poza Rica has produced 200 million barrels since 1931 but is near capacity. Golden Lane Vera Cruz has yielded over 1 billion barrels. Isthmus zone Vera Cruz Tabasco may offer new wells. Mexico's producing wells last year yielded 2,055,000 barrels vs 46,906,650 in 1937. North east Mexico and lower California eyed for new fields. Pemex operates at a loss due to reduced production and high costs. US assistance funded a 10 million dollar refinery near Mexico City. Settlement with expropriated companies totals 23.995 million dollars, with major payments to Standard of New Jersey. British interests rejected terms. Expropriation Day March 18 observed. a Vera Cruz public school named Expropriacion Petrolera.
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Petroleos Mexicanos
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Iain Buenrostro
United States
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Standard of New Jersey
Sinclair
Cities Service
Widows Awarded 43000 After Drownings in Missouri
In St. Louis three widows receive 15000 each after settlements approved by Circuit Judge William K. Koerner for the deaths of railroad workers Raymond Whittemore James Cothran and pie R Kuhn who drowned when a flatboat capsized during a flood rescue attempt at a roundhouse. Also reported a fatal heart attack near Valencia ends Rev. Ross Dustin’s life at 54 leaving a widow and stepson.
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Missouri-Kansas- Texas Railroad
William K. Koerner
Raymond R. Whittemore
James Cothran
Pie R. Kuhn
Joseph L. Rochus
Roundhouse
Valencia
Ross Dustin
Leaves From A War War Correspondent's Notebook
Hal Boyle describes rural England welcoming American troops en route to France. Crowds watch as battle wagons pass. villagers offer gifts and tears mix with memories. Soldiers express eagerness to begin combat training, while a Texan corporal bets a colonel on finding a good car, salvaging a battered Citroen for the war effort. A call to sell unused goods via classified ads ends the piece.
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Revere
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Lewis Hawkins
Associated Press
Ira Lick
Burkburnett
Tex
Army
Earl Rudder
Eden
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