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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1944

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Stanolind No. 1 Tom Cobb wildcat looms as new producer

In Hockley County the Stanolind Oil & Gas No. 1 Tom Cobb wildcat, 12 miles north of Slaughter field, is being plugged back from 4669 to about 4648 feet to test for water. Swabbing after a 3000 gallon acid treatment yielded 41 barrels of oil and 25 barrels of water, suggesting water may come from the bottom. operators hope the back-up depth will stop water production and improve prospects.

Lubbock Tex South Plains Tom Cobb Hockley County Stanolind Oil & Gas Company Hocksey County Wildcat Slaughter Field Carseal Humble Oil & Refining Company No H. T Gibson John H. Gibson Wasson Field Continental Oil Company E. H. Jones Gaines Humble No Cox Psl Carl B. King DeKalb Agricultural Association No University Andrews County University Survey San Andres Union Oil Company of California and Helmerich & Payne, Inc Lipscomb County Cochran County Rhees Sinclair Prairie Oil Company No Tyner League Edwards County School Land Survey Slaughter Sunray Oil Company No Wright-O’neal Martin County Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company Ruth Bennett Wasson Yoakum County Amerada Petroleum Corporation WTRR Seminole Gaines County Ceohran County Honolulu Oil Corporation Saltmount Oil Corporation Blake Oldham County School Land Survey Texas Pacific No H. J. Jackson Labor 25 League 43 Rains County School Land Survey West Hockley County Dean Martin County School Land Survey Magnolia Petroleum Company Mallett Scurry County Cochran E. E. Fogelson T. B. Duggan Labor Oldham County Pchoc Land Survey Humble Hockley Texas Company Zavalla County Gulf No M. G. Gordon Cain and Horne No. 1 E. A Anderson-Pritchard, Oil Corporation No Willard Higginbotham Gibson Survey Schermerhorn Qicorporation Moss West Yoakum Shell Texas Company No Terry County Hickok & Reynolds Bain Price

Nazi Casualties Near 5 Million Claims

From Baden-Baden Germany an Associated Press dispatch notes conservative estimates place German military casualties since the war’s start at 4.5 to 5 million, with about 2 million dead. It cites aging trends in KIA figures through January 1944 and notes a large force on the Russian front alongside divisions in France the Low Countries the Balkans Italy and Norway.

Taylor Henry Associated Press Baden-Baden Germany France Low Countries Balkans Italy Norway

Oil drilling operations proceed in multiple Texas and Oklahoma wells

Field notes describe gas and oil exploration activity in sections 342 and 38, with depth targets around 6,880 feet and 6,820 to 6,880 feet. Operators plan backoff to 5,280 feet to shut water flow, then acidize and test. Sohio No 1 AUsup and Seaboard 611 No 1 Spraberry face pipe fishing and liner work while Gulf Oil No 1 Mrs Cora Slaughter Dean concentrates on recovering stuck pipe at 10,4455 feet. continuous testing and fishing continue over weeks.

Gibson Survey Sohio Producing Company Ausup El&rr Survey Lynn County Wildcat Seaboard 611 Company of Delaware Spraberry Dawson County Gulf Oil Corporation No Cora Slaughter Dean Block 1

Stone New Farm Agent For Lynn Stone New Farm Agent For Lynn

R L Stone former Tech graduate and six year vocational ag teacher in New Mexico and Texas has been named Lynn county agricultural agent. He will succeed Judge Smith who will farm near Slaton. Stone reports March 1 and is noted for swine and beef projects and rural war effort work. He is 28 and married Edna Mae Wild.

Lubbock County Tech New Mexico Edna Mae Wild A. R. Wild Near Slaton L. L. Stone Slaton Stone Future Farmers of America Lubbock Departments of Agriculture Roosevelt Roosevelt School Marvin Williams

De Gaulle Reported Wounded in Assassin Attempt

Berlin radio quoted Geneva reports that General Charles de Gaulle had been wounded in an assassination attempt. No Allied source confirmed the claim.

de Gaulle London Berlin Geneva Charles de Gaulle

Lamesa Church to Be Dedicated Today

Lamesa marks dedication of a new 77000 dollar First Baptist Church building first occupied on Pearl Harbor day. The program includes revival led by Dr. C. E. Hereford with morning and evening services across the week. M. C. Lindsey outlines the 1904 church, Rev. E. F. Cole speaks, notes burned at 2:30 p.m., dedication message follows.

Lamesa Pearl Harbor First Baptist Church C. E. Hereford Lubbock M. C. Lindsey E. F. Cole O. B. Norman Hereford

Wage Stabilization On Farms Planned

W. T. Ham of the War Food administration says farm wage stabilization programs with pay ceilings may be set up in as many as 30 states in 1944. Last year Florida citrus and California crops used the system. spread is to curb inflationary wages amid labor shortages. Programs may be requested by growers or workers or initiated by the WFA.

Chicago W. T. Ham War Food Administration Office of Labor Florida California Ham WFA

Cochran Quota Set At 3300 For War Fund Drive

Morton, Feb 26 Special The Cochran county quota for the coming War Fund drive has been set at 3300 dollars. The drive begins March 1 and runs through March 31. Willard Cox, county chairman, announced plans are being made this week with exact drive plans to be released later.

Morton Cochran Willard Cox

Rites Set Today For Billye Lou Counts

Funeral services are held at 1 30 PM at First Baptist Church for Billye Lou Counts 16 daughter of Mrs Mattie L Counts of 1119 Sixth Street who died Friday morning after an extended illness Dr C E Hereford and Rev Jeff D Welch will officiate Burial is in Memorial Park Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction.

First Baptist Church Billye Lou Counts Mattie L. Counts Sixth Street C. E. Hereford Jeff D. Welch Memorial Park Cemetery Sanders Funeral Home

Juries To Report In Two Courts Monday

Juries will report Monday in state district courts. A criminal panel meets at 1 30 pm before Judge Dan Blair for the 1872nd court felony indictments. A civil panel convenes at 10 am before Judge J E Vickers of the 99th district court.

Dan Blair J. E. Vickers 99Th District Court Burton S. Burks Hood Abercrombie Odie Brown Dane Bennett L. C. Crump Eldon Newton Glenn Monk Robert Johnson Robert Clayton Delmar Ford Noble Burns W. E. Owens Odie McAfee L. C. Crooks

Woman Flier Betty Stine Killed in California Plane Crash

Betty P. Stine 21 of Santa Barbara Calif died in a Blythe California crash while on a routine cross country training hop as a WASP student pilot. Stine, native of Fort Worth, was the daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Stine of Santa Barbara.

California Sweetwater Febz U.P Avenger Field Betty P. Stine Santa Barbara Calif Blythe Stine J. E. Stine WASPS Fort Worth

Chiropractor Case History No 1557 Shows Relief After Adjustment

A 52 year old woman with twenty five years of sinus and hay fever relief claims from chiropractic treatment begun in May 1943. The patient describes nerve pressure release and restoration of proper nerve transmission leading to being completely well, per the chiropractor's narrative.

Patient expresses gratitude to Dr Brooke F Stephens for asthma relief

A written statement thanks chiropractor Dr Brooke F Stephens for the health benefits experienced since September. The writer was carried into the office and notes the doctor would not disclose whether he would take the case.

Brooke F. Stephens Stephens

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