No. 1 Stine well shows no signs in Peters burg field
No. 1 Stine Northwest stepout to the Peters burg field reached 7,270 feet in shale with no oil or gas indications and no Cisco lime traces. Other wells in Hale County and the Permian Basin were drilling ahead, with several targets to test in the San Andres Permian, Cisco-Pennsylvanian, and Slaughter formations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanolind Oil & Gas Company No
Stine
Petersburg
Fisher
Hunt
Standard Oil Company of Texas and
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Hale County
S. C
Stevenson Survey
Barnsdall Oil Company No
Petersburg Field
EL Survey
Glen J. Smith Oil Company No
Durrett Wildcat
He&wt
Sunray Oil Corporation
Gipson
Lamb County
Proster
Titlefield
Labor
League
State Capital Lands Survey
Abner Taylor
Clear Fork
North Hockley County
Western Drilling Company No
D. B. Gregg
State Capital Lands
Gurvex
DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc
Leftwich
Val Verde County
State Capitol Lands
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company
Eppie Gilmer Howard
George P. Livermore, Inc
Hockley County
League 81
Reeves County School Land Survey
Slaughterfield
Amerada Petroleum Corporation No
J. B. Shofner
Wildcat
Levellane
Hockley
Elkins, Et al
San Andres
Sam Adair
Adair
Jones
Gaines County
Jones Ranch
Honolulu Oil Corporation No. 1
White and Shelton
Seminole
Ccsd&rgng
Honolulu
Kirschner
White & Shelton
Devonian Oil Company No
Starnes
Cochran County
Lehman
Harrison and Brown
Slaughter Field
Montgomery
Crosby County
Brooks and Burleson Survey
Crosbyton
Hale
Pure Oil Company No
Preston
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company No
Durrett
Anderson-Pritchard Oil Corporation
Dalmont
Millions Of Crickets Wreak Destruction in Oregon Battle
In Pendleton Oregon on May 24 farmers face a plague of Mormon crickets advancing toward Ordnance Hermiston and a prime agricultural belt. Sea gulls swarm to feed while scientists deploy chlordane dust and a blower spreader as Gov. Snell pledges air support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Ore
U.P
Ordnance
Great Salt Lake Valley
Hermiston
Oregon
Science
Umatilla
Gilliam
Morrow
Portland
Denver
Arizona
Claude Wakeland
Western
U. S. Department of Entomology
Earl Snell
Oregon Trail
Levelland Jaycees Banquet Promotes Ladies Night
Levelland Junior Chamber of Commerce holds its annual banquet at 8 15 p m Tuesday in the American Legion hall with Trent C Root Texas Tech official to give the principal address. Officers will be installed and guests include regional Jaycees and Hockley County officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
Levelland Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Hall
Trent C. Root
W. M. Whyburn
Texas Technological College
Bob Berry
Jaycees
Lubbock
Littlefield
Brownfield
Roy Fork
Lois H. Vestal
Lavern I. McCann
Ted Darwin
Gene Yeager
Root
Funeral Services Scheduled Today For William F Hokit
Funeral services for William Fred Hokit 57 of 2623 Twenty fourth will be at 3 pm in First Christian church. Dr H G Gantz will officiate with burial in Lubbock cemetery under Plains Funeral home direction. He died at Memorial hospital in Lubbock after a stroke and had lived in Lubbock four years with a ranch southeast of Fort Stockton. Pallbearers include O W Adams Frank Heath Bill Neal George P Kuykendall Raymond Swofford and J E Hartley. Survivors are wife a brother Milton Hokit two sons Milton Hekit and Fred Hekit Jr and a daughter Mrs Mack Blair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fred Hokit
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
H. G. Gantz
Lubbock Cemetery
Plains Funeral Home
Hokit
Fort Stockton
Lubbock
O. W. Adams
Frank Heath
Bill Neal
Amarillo
George P. Kuykendall
Raymond Swofford
J. E. Hartley
Milton Hokit
Milton Hekit
Fred Hekit, Jr
Mack Blair
Protein foods of high quality become scarce during war
High quality protein foods are expensive and scarce in wartime conditions. The statement notes that stress from war raises prices and reduces availability, impacting diet quality and access. Changes in supply chains, agriculture, and rationing may drive these trends.
Dismissal Of Reds From French Government Scored In Moscow
In Moscow on May 24 the magazine New Times argued that dismissing Communists from the French government would not boost France’s foreign political influence. It criticized Gen. Charles De Gaulle and accused him of seeking a personal dictatorship dressed as Bonaparte referendums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
New Times
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Scout Leaders Training Camp Rescheduled to Thursday Evening
The Plainsman district Scout Leaders Training camp was postponed from Saturday night to Thursday night. It opens at 6 o clock at the Scout park and the leaders will stay overnight. L E Parsons district training chairman announced arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainsman
L. E. Parsons
Black Death spreads across Europe in 1348
Historical report notes the plague known as the Black Death spreading through Europe in 1348, transforming populations and shaping medieval history. The account highlights its rapid reach, devastating mortality, and long lasting social and economic impact described by contemporaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Oil Shortage Worries Texas Oil Leaders at Convention
AMARILLO May 24 Texas Railroad Commission chairman Ernest O Thompson warned that Texas must find 150 000 additional barrels a day of new production this year or faces imports to avert gasoline and heating oil shortages. He urged public readiness to pay higher drilling costs and praised the oil industry as progressive. Also elected Mid-Continent group officers include W H Horner as chairman R P Mascrip J H Field and J R Phillips. over 400 oil men attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Mid-Continent
American Petroleum Institute
Division of Production
Thompson
W. H. Horner
Barnsdall Oil Company
Tulsa
Okla
Mid- Continent
R. P. Mascrip
Shell Oil Company
Wichita, Kans
J. H. Field
Sohio Petroleum Co
Oklahoma City
J. R. Phillips
Borger, Tex
Jack Abernathy
Big Chief Drilling Co
Ten Million New Venezuelan Dollars Missing After Trip
The Banco Central de Venezuela reports a missing bundle of 500-bolivar notes sent by the American Bank Note Company on May 10. About 10 million dollars in new notes vanished between New York and La Guaira, while 103 boxes totaling 1.03 billion bolivares arrived in New York and were received in La Guardia. The missing series was canceled and a ship returning to New York carries the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Central Bank of Venezuela
New York
la Guaira
Banco Central of Venezuela
American Bank
Grace
la Guardia
Contract Awarded For Cotton Memorial Museum Building
J. E. Morgan & Sons of El Paso received a $191,435 contract to build the Cotton memorial museum at the College of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso. The project is funded by the Cotton estate and sanctioned by the University of Texas board of regents governing the College of Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
J. E. Morgan & Sons
el Paso
College of Mines and Metallurgy
Board of Regents
University of Texas
College of Mines
SSS Tonic Promises Relief For Stomach Gas Sleep Loss
Advert appears to claim SSS Tonic increases gastric juice flow to ease sour food and gas related sleep loss. It touts independent lab tests, non organic stomach disturbance, anemia support, and broad benefits from digestion to energy. Ends urging readers to buy with product details and ad_id 885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy People
SSS Tonic
Ady
Dalhart Painter Faces Trial For Wife Slaying Case
Ceci Ryan 38, a Dalhart painter, will stand trial Monday before District Judge Harry Schultz. Charged with murder with malice and with assault with intent to murder, he is alleged to have stabbed his wife Fyrn Greer to death and slashed her son Tommy Giles, 14, in March. Held without bond since the stabbing. defense counsel is King Fike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart
Ceci Ryan
Dalhartan
Harry Schultz
Floyd H. Richards
Ryan
Fyrn Greer
Tommy Giles
Dallam
King Fike
Texas Holstein breaks butterfat record at Waco farm
Ltaniee Corona Starlight No. 2,096,960, owned by Neale Farms of Waco, produced 27,408 pounds of milk and 1,097.3 pounds of butterfat in a 365 day lactation at three milkings daily. Y W Davis of the A and M college extension service announced the Texas record also notes her 305 day prior record and national honor list inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Ltaniee Corona Starlight
Neale Farms
Y. W. Davis
A. & M. Colege Extension Service
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Fisher Well
Wildcats
Levelland Jaycees
William F. Hokit
Scout Leaders
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
U. S. Central Intelligence
Paris
Af College of Mines
Dalhart Painter
White's Supe Tire Sale
White
Texas Ave
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