New Wildcat Oil Well Draws Local Attention in Lea County
In Lea County near the Roswell-Tatum highway a Masche Oil Company American Tidewater State No. 1 wildcat well was spud near a 1926 dry hole. Several new Lea and Eddy county locations were staked in the past week, with early oil shows reported at multiple pools including Mallamar, Arrowhead, and Grayburg Jackson. Major producers in the two counties include the Fair and Pope Johns A-1, B. H. Nolen J. W. Cooper 3, Gulf Leonard C-4, and Evans 2 among others, with initial flows ranging from tens to hundreds of barrels daily.
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Masche Oil Company
American Tidewater State
Roswell-Tatum
Tatum
Lea County Petroleum Company
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Mallamar
Martin Yates
State
Conoco
Stevens
Lynn
Krupp and
Flaherty
Rhodes Pool
N. H. Wills
Wills
Wildcat
Eddy
Barney Cockburn
Sanders Bros. Leonard
Choate and Brown
Hilowesome Pool
P. B. English
Eddy County
Lea
Fair
Pope Johns
Eunice Pool
Grayburg-Jackson Pool
Eddy’s
Sanders Bros. Evans
Evans
Aston and
Fair Hudson
Skelly Lea
Notable Days Highlight Three Global Milestones
Will Robinson notes three significant days last week shaping civilization in the United States. New Mexico registered over 40,000 men in a pivotal moment for liberty. Frances E. Willard’s birthday is linked to the origin of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and its education focus. the Day of Prayer observance is marked as a global response to ongoing conflicts and a shift from past errors.
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United States
New Mexico
America
Frances E. Willard
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Girls Help Too Australian Women in Munitions
Australian women join munitions work, backing their men in the fighting forces. March of Time's Far East Command highlights factories ready for war production, supplying a strong arsenal for the Democracies in the Far East campaign.
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March of Time
Far East
International Relations Clubs Meet On Feb 27 28
Delegates from New Mexico and West Texas colleges attend the first regional International Relations Clubs meeting since U S entry into the war. The conference at Eastern New Mexico College Portales will feature speakers from the Carnegie Endowment and universities. Faculty adviser is Dr Alfred Crofts. Speakers include Dr Oliver Bendsden University of Oklahoma Dr Samuel D Myres Jr Southern Methodist University and Miss Amy Heminway Jones Carnegie Endowment.
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New Mexico-West Texas
United States
Eastern New Mexico College
Portales
New Mexico
Carnegie Endowment
West Texas
Alfred Crofts
Eastern New Mexico
Roswell Daily Record Exclusive On Tourism Drop
A Roswell Daily Record exclusive notes a 32.8 percent drop in California tourist business, with expectations of a New Mexico impact. The author cites war and rubber as natural causes, framing tourism as the region's meal ticket amid broader travel downturns.
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California
New Mexico
Roswell
Scarcity Of Men In The U S Yet Many Unemployed
Detroit reports war production shifts create paradoxes in the labor market. About 250000 former automobile workers idle while thousands toil 10-hour days seven days a week. Ads seek tool and die designers offering 70 hours weekly with overtime premiums. Skilled labor shortages drive long shifts.
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Detroit
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Ad Shot
Urges treating coughs and bronchitis promptly to avoid chronic illness. Promotes Creomulsion as strongest non narcotic remedy that reaches the problem, loosens phlegm, and aids recovery with a money back guarantee.
Fire Destroys Eleanor Hotel in Akron Killing Six
Akron reports a blaze at the Eleanor Hotel in a 70 year old downtown building. Six people died including Mrs. Margaret Barrett a former operator and Miss Effie Hinton a 26 year old cafe singer. Others named were Mrs. Mary Shannon 54 Paul Franklin Springston 32 of Clarksburg W V Chet Talkington 45 a house painter and one unidentified man. Two victims were severely burned and the fire is under investigation.
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Akron
Margaret Barrett
Effie Hinton
Mary Shannon
Paul Franklin Springston
Clarksburg
W. Va
Chet Talkington
James D Copeland Commissioned as Navy Pilot
James D. Copeland of Roswell has been commissioned as Ensign in the U S Navy Reserves after completing advanced flight training at Corpus Christi Texas He specialized in flying patrol bombers during training Copeland enlisted on April 15 1941 and trained at Long Beach California He was born in Elkins New Mexico and graduated Roswell High in 1935 then earned a Bachelor of Science from Texas A and M in 1939
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James D. Copeland
Roswell
Cora Copeland
U. S. Navy
Navy
Corpus Christi
Texas
Copeland
Naval Reserve Aviation
Long Beach
Calif
Elkins
N. M
Roswell High
Texas A. and M
MITCHELLS BOCK BEER AND DEFENSE HAIR CUT AD
Advertisement page snippet lists MITCHELLS BOCK BEER on draft and in bottles at BANK BAR at 4th and Main with contact 19 Ernie Emerson. mentions Defense Hair Cut Pro and Permanent Wave Shop at 108 E 4th with phone 254 2-2212c. promotes home made sauer kraut and Andersons Gardens.
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Mitchell’s Bock Beer
BANK
Ernie Emerson
Anderson’s Gardens
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