Increased Oil Allowables Requested for November by Buyers
Oil purchasers urged higher November allowables while independent producers and royalty owners pressed to exceed U S Bureau of Mines projections at a statewide proration hearing in Austin. Decision by the railroad commission to be announced Monday.
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Austin
U. S. Bureau of Mines
State Railroad Commission
Jack Porter
Houston
Texas
Ernest Thompson
Porter
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Commission
Southwest
East Central
East Texas
Central Texas
West Texas
North Texas
Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Sixty Two Oil Wells Completed In State
The Railroad commission reports 62 oil well completions and 11 gas well completions in Texas for the past week. Year totals rise to 3,691 oil and 540 gas wells, with one wildcat oil well bringing the year total to 123. No wildcat gas wells were drilled, and daily crude oil allowance stands at 2,175,854 barrels, up one from last week.
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Austin
Railroad Commission Today
Texas
Probe Into Officers' Club Funds Ordered
Washington October 19 War department to curb funds at Army posts for officers clubs swollen by wartime transients. Advisory group recommends an official survey of funds possibly totaling millions of dollars. Secretary Patterson approves the recommendations and says measures are already being put into effect.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Patterson
Advance nominations show East Texas district leading demand
The text notes largest advance nominations rising by 3,272 barrels per day in the East Texas outside district, with East Central and other districts following. It highlights regional demand shifts and quantifies the increase in daily barrels sought.
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East Central
East Texas
Laredo Group Seeks Use Of Big Base
A Laredo Tex group seeks to acquire the Army airfield in that city for an international airport and hopes to present their case to the War Assets administration on Monday. Webb County Judge M J Raymond Mayor Hugh Cluck and Robert Lee Bobbett arrived to confer and said Texas prior approval is needed but not yet received.
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Washington
Laredo
Tex
International
War Assets Administration
Webb County
M. J. Raymond
Hugh Cluck
Robert Lee Bobbett
Texas
Bobbett
Odds Against Home Accident Reach 4200 to One
A public safety blurb notes that the chance of an accident occurring in a residence is about 4200 to one, urging precautions and awareness for homeowners and renters alike.
Free Enterprise To Be On Trial
James Marlow analyzes the end of wartime controls and the start of free enterprise in the United States. He warns the coming decades could decide whether free enterprise endures amid rising socialism and a powerful Soviet model.
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Washington
United States
America
Murder Charge Filed In Bremond Shooting
Franklin. Murder charges were filed against Mrs. W. C. Click for the fatal shooting of her husband about 60 on a highway seven miles south of Bremond. Mrs. Click, wounded by a knife, is hospitalized at Groesbeck with three deep breast cuts. Two men from Mexia transported her to a hospital after the incident. Click had lived in Corpus Christi. Mrs. Click in Marlin. The charges were filed by Sheriff Bob Reeves of Robinson county with Justice Bert Mitchell.
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Bremond
Franklin
W. C. Click
Click
Corpus Christi
Marlin
Bob Reeves
Robinson County
Bert Mitchell
Beer output set to rise under Agriculture Dept plan
The Agriculture department clears the way for increased beer production by about 10 million barrels a month and earmarks 10 million more bushels of grain monthly for beer, with gains mainly benefiting smaller breweries. The note contrasts free enterprise with socialism in England and communism in Russia, warning about wage demands and the future of factory production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
England
Russia
Bank of England
Soviets Refused to Pool Nazi Executions Coverage
New York October 19 Mutual correspondent Arthur Gaeth said Russian newspaper representatives refused to pool their stories after Nuernberg executions. Eight Allied reporters agreed to file in the same room with no distribution until military permission, but the Russians insisted on their own press room and did not share their reports.
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New York
Arthur Gaeth
Mutual Broadcasting
Russia
Gaeth
United States
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Associated Press
Birdie Dyer
W. H. Jones
Patricia Jones
Chiropractor
Chiropractic
Ill
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J. C. Long
Normalee Henson
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Icheo
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B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
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B.f.goodrich
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