Slight Increase Shown in Mexia Oil Field Output
Mexia oil field district runs about 115000 barrels daily with the Mexia pool up 180 barrels to 20100. Richland pool 6000. Currie pool 1500. North Currie not yet included with two wells yielding under 200 total. Wortham pool falls to 35000 from 41000. Powell pool steady at 50000. Local storage exceeds 24000000 barrels.
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Mexia
Richland Pool
North Currie
Wortham
Powell Pool
Bazelle
New Field Expands Drilling With Multiple Rigs Active
More than six rigs operate in the North Currie district as Graves and Cammock advance on the W EH Stubbs land 750 feet northeast of the discovery well. Barkley and Meadows complete June 13 flowing 220 barrels daily 44.4 gravity oil with 3,000,000 cubic feet gas. Deepened to 2996 feet but no flow gain. Sun Gulf Oxford Atlantic tests underway. Moore Brothers drill on Quimby tract south west of discovery, expected completion next week.
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New North Currie
Graves and Cammock
W. EH. Stubbs
Discovery
Woodbine
Barkley and Meadows Discovery
Sun Company
Gulf
Oxford Oil Company
Atlantic Oil Producing Company
Graves and Cammack
Barkley and Meadows
Moore Brothers
R. Quimby
Texas Company Lines
Five Mile Strip to Chase Second Test by Simms Oil
The Simms Oil Company plans a second test in a five mile strip between Richland and Powell after a spring showing. Location is near the southeast corner of the Elliott 56 acre lease, John White survey. Local lessees in the district anticipate exploration with rain and water for drilling.
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Richland
Powell
Simms Oil Company
E. A. Elliott
John White
New Greek Dictator Sets Up Government
Athens reports the bloodless revolution that toppled Michal Akpoulos and began setting up a new military regime led by M. Papa Pananstassiou. The events unfold as Greece moves to establish the new governance structure this morning.
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M. Papa Pananstassiou
Athens
Greece
Michal Akpoulos
Humble Oil Tests New Pumping Method in Local Fields
Interest grows as Humble Company adopts a cable driven wheel system to lift wells in long idle sections. The new method replaces drive rods with a looping cable, reducing motion losses and simplifying operation. Wildcatting plans expand in Williamson County with G. S. and J. Company locating on the Peter Schram act.
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Humble Company
Jocal-oil Fraternity
Williamson County
G.8
J Company
Peter Schram
Guiler
Tulsa
le A. Smith
Added Nore to Bible School Faculty
Miss Marguerite Franks will teach in the junior department and Mrs. V. K. Aubrey will serve as superintendent of the primary department at the Daily Vacation Bible School. The program at Central Presbyterian Church runs for two weeks beginning Monday with no enrollment or tuition. Special emphasis on Americanization Christian Missions and dramatics. expenses covered by voluntary contributions. cost about 3 dollars per child. Rev Aubrey will visit Dallas Saturday to obtain textbooks.
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Marguerite Franks
V. K. Aubrey
Central Presbyterian Church
Aubrey
Dallas
French finances: Gaillaux seeks six million more loan
In Paris on June 26 M Gaillaux urged the Chamber of Deputies to authorize an additional six million franc loan from the Bank of France or raise the authorized loan from forty five to fifty one million francs. Mrs L C Thorpe of Springfield Missouri visits Miss Anil and Miss Louise Pilcher.
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Paris
M. Gaillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Bank of France
Gulf and Simms Firms Expand Acreage Near Thralls Field
The Gulf Company and the Simms Company own large blocks of acreage near the Thralls field in Mexia and El Dorado. Jarmen of El Dorado is named among local interests. Simms is said to have completed plane tabling of their block as a GIS test is underway.
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Mexia
E. W.jarmen
el Dorado
Gulf Company
Simms Company
Thralls
J Company
Tragic Gillis Theatre Blast Believed to Kill Dozens in KC
Explosion and fire at the Gillis theatre in Kansas City destroyed the all night burlesque house. Authorities fear 380 to 50 dead with about 30 gamblers in the basement presumed killed. Rescue efforts continued as fire crews worked amid heat and debris. Twenty three people were hospitalized from injuries.
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Gillis Theatre
Kansas City
Gillis
Fred Wright
International News Service
Henderson
Farrell Says Tunney Is 100 Light For Jack
Henry L. Farrell argues weight defines boxing class as heavyweight contenders vary in size. Gene Tunney, though elevated above Jimmy Slattery, is hardly a true heavyweight, and Wills remains the only clear heavyweight among top hopefuls. Tom Gibbons’s prime lacked the bulk to fit cleanly in a class, illustrating how weight shifts shape heavyweight prospects.
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Henry L. Farrell
United Press Sports
New York
Harry Wills
Gene Tunney
Wills
Tom Gibbons
Jimmy Slattery
Young Stribling
Jim Maloney
Boston
Dempsey
Jess Willard
Luis Firpo
Ham
TE Gibbons
Sterling son in Japan reports safety after quake
Mr and Mrs C J Sterling received a cablegram from their son Buddy Sterling in Japan confirming he is safe after initial earthquake reports overstated the danger. He was in the earthquake zone but not injured.
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C. J. Sterling
Buddy" Sterling
Japan
Renewed Mob Terrorizes Shanghai Amid Bank and Shop Reopenings
Renewed mob outbreaks sweep Shanghai with clashes on trams and buses as banks and shops reopen after 25 days. Strikers press for continued closures while reports of a government order expelling a British citizen are denied.
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Shanghai
County Seeks 480000 Aid for Mexia Highway Project
Limestone County applied to the state highway commission for 480000 in aid to build highways 7 and 44 north and south of Mexia. The petition estimates total project cost at 960000 with a concrete base and bituminous topping.
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Mexia
Limestone County
Austin
Mistake Noted in Coolidge Chicken Ordinance Hearing
J. G. Manuel mayor of Coolidge also serves as judge of the corporation court and city court. He presided over recent hearings in which 17 residents faced penalties for violating a new ordinance that prohibits chickens from running at large.
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J. G. Manuel
Coolidge
Corporation Court
Miz
Humble Resumes Loop on West Texas Trunk Pipe Line
Humble Pipe Line Company restarts work on a 45 mile eight inch loop from Comyn station to Pendell relay on its trunk line toward the coast. The project halted during the Wortham oil boom due to material and fiber demand and resumes as the line carries Humble production from North and Central West Texas.
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Humble Pipe Line Company
Comyn
Comanche County
West Texas
Wortham
Pendeil
Big Lake District
West
Texas
Humble
Watching Test Of Rio Bravo Trinity Sands In Oklahoma
The Rio Bravo Oil Trin ity sands test along the Southern Pacific Railway in Wor tham Oklahoma is drilling at about 4765 feet seeking a deeper horizon. Nearby Noble County K D Oil reports a well on the White farm at 5145 feet with an air bearing sand not yet identified.
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Rio Bravo Oil Company
Trinity
Southern Pacific Railway
Wortham
Balconnes
Noble County
Oklahoma
K-D Oil Company
White Farm
Local Ordinance Delayed Pending State Supreme Court Appeal
W. J. Hancock named as city judge and defendant in the case. Officials say the ordinance is paused while awaiting the outcome of a state supreme court appeal regarding a similar Hillsboro ordinance.
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Take
W. J. Hancock
Hancock
State Supreme Court
Hillsboro
Bingham Sees Need Airports to Aid Business
Senator Hiram Bingham urged vast expansion of aviation infrastructure at the Foreign Trade Convention in Seattle. He called for a Bureau of Air Navigation, navigable airways, and city airport facilities with hangars, runways, lights, radios, and weather data to boost air commerce and shorten shipping times.
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International News Service
Seattle
Wash
Hiram Bingham
United States
Connecticut
Bingham
Bureau of Air Navigation
Department of Commerce
Mrust
New York
San Francisco
Aid- Ocean’ Commmerc
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Kresge Company
Nore
BIBLE
Miss Franks
Central Church School
L. C. Thorpe
Springfield, Mo
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Louise Pilcher
Farrell
Jack
Harry
China
Commission
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Kenneth Rawson
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