More Activity In N. M. Oil Fields
In Hobbs New Mexico on January 13 activity in the oil fields rose with eight new locations staked across Eddy and Lea counties. Twelve locations were staked but not spudded for future work, seven in Lea and five in Eddy, plus two completions in Eddy and Lea. Drilling totals reached 84 wells in the region with Holdy leading Lea in drilling counts. Dona Ana, Otero, McKinley, Sierra, and Torrance counties reported small but notable activity. Completions included Brewer Drilling Company Kindle I in Eddy and several others across Lea. Wilson Oil Company and Gulf Oil Company staked new blocks in Lea.
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Hobbs
N. M
Eddy
Tee
Comnes
Lea
Orea
Holdy
Chaves County
Dona Ana
Otero
McKinley
Sierra
Torrance
Brewer Drilling Company
Kindle I
Eddy County
Barney Cockburn
Baish
Lea County
Peters and Elder Root
Jones and Yates Pickerell
Green Bay
Dominion State
Aston and Fair
State
Skelly Bulah Leach
Ployhor State Spruck
Wilson Oil Company
State II
Gulf Oil Company
Hay Burial In Pa On Wednesday
The body of Judge George W. Hay of the sixth New Mexico judicial district killed last week in an automobile accident at Pasadena will be buried Wednesday at Somerset, Pennsylvania, his boyhood home. Funeral services were held yesterday at the Grant county courthouse in the district court room where he presided for nine years. His widow and three brothers accompanied the body.
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Silver City
N. M
George W. Hay
New Mexico Judicial District
Pasadena
Calif
Somerset
Grant County Court House
Hay
Laurel remarries his second wife in surprise ceremony
Hollywood reports Stan Laurel the film comedian brought his fourth wife who also is his second back from Las Vegas for a home honeymoon. Laurel aged 50 and Virginia Ruth Laurel 41 of Beverly Hills were remarried Saturday in a surprise ceremony at the Community Wedding Chapel. They first wed in Mexico in April 1934 and divorced in December 1936.
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Hollywood
Stan Laurel
Las Vegas
Nev
Laurel
Virginia Ruth Laurel
Beverly Hills
Mexico
Mexico City Faces Sharper Power Curtailment
Mexico City and the federal district prepare for stricter electricity limits after a government order. Daily service will be suspended from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and stores, offices, and factories must close by 7:00 p.m. A regional water resource survey warned of a potential March blackout.
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Mexico City
Federal District
Ministry of National Economy
N M Guardsmen Begin Yearlong Training At Fort Bliss
Several hundred members of the 200th coast artillery anti aircraft units of the New Mexico national guard are to depart by special train tonight for a year’s training at Fort Bliss near Fort Bliss Texas. The force includes Battery C Santa Fe Battery D Gallup and HQ battery First Battalion Band medical detachments and Batteries A and B Albuquerque. A second group totaling about 500 will leave tomorrow by motor convoy carrying 40 army trucks 12 three inch anti aircraft pieces and 30 private cars.
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Albuquerque
N. M
200Th Coast Artillery
New Mexico National Guard
Fort Bliss
Fl Paso
Tex
Santa Fe
Gallup
Scouts Mourn Baden-Powell Founder of Boy Scouts Dead
Lord Baden-Powell aged 83 founder of the Boy Scout movement in 1908 and a famed British military genius has died at Nyeri in the Kenya Colony. The announcement notes his global impact and lifelong leadership in scouting.
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Boy Scout Movement
Lord Baden-Powell
Nyeri
Kenya Colony
South Africa
Willie Hoppe Plays In Round Robin After Illness
CHICAGO January 13. Top billiards stars begin the annual round robin event today with Willie Hoppe's fate uncertain as influenza pneumonia battle is paused. Hoppe, 53, has rallied and may leave hospital tomorrow if recovery continues. officials have shifted matches to delay his games as long as possible.
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Chicago
Willie Hoppe
Hoppe
Readings of a Wartime Brain Boggle
A sardonic column riffs on government bottlenecks and wartime governance. It mocks red tape delaying progress and jokes about selectees, border guards, and holiday travel while lampooning the era’s officials and public mood.
Mystery Creole beauty Frenchy dies at 78 in Texas
In Amarillo report from January 13 a Creole beauty known as Frenchy, linked to early Old West figures and Monte dealing in Tascosa, Texas, dies at 78. She fled a Baton Rouge family, married Mickey McCormick, and kept her past secret, vowing to be buried beside him in Tascosa before moving to Channing two years ago.
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Amarillo
Tex
Baton Rouge
Monte
Billy the Kid
Bat Masterson
Frenchy
Tascosa
St. Louis
Cow Trail
Dodge City
Kas
Mickey McCormick
McCormick
French
Channing
Why No Large N. M. Manufacturing
Albuquerque notes economist Dr ElRoy Nelson of Denver University said a statewide survey of New Mexico industries is planned for national defense to uncover why the state lacks large manufacturing plants. The study could guide remedies and attract capital. Adj Gen Charlton warned the National Guard may remain longer than a year, with some officers possibly on active duty up to five years. Barbara Stanwyck left a sick bed to pose for color stills at Paramount for magazines and syndicates.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
ElRoy R. Nelson
Denver University
Nelson
Adj
Russell C. Charlton
New Mexico National Guard
Caudill Divorce Suit Filed in Chaves County NM
Minnie Caudill files for divorce from Fred Caudill in district court on abandonment and non support. Notice warns appearance by Feb 26 1941 or default judgment. Lake J. Frazier Roswell NM listed as attorney and district clerk seals with 13 January 1941 date.
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Chaves County
State OF New Mexico
Minnie Caudill
Fred Caudill
Lake J. Frazier
W. 4Th Street
Roswell
N. M
Marcielle A. Puckett
Shrine Meeting Selects Officers At Annual New Mexico Gathering
Bal'ut Abyad Shrine to choose officers during its annual meeting with about 400 New Mexico members expected to attend. The event totals the organizational proceedings and crowd turnout.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bal'ut Abyad Shrine
New Mexico
Mentholatum Relief Ad Review From a Fractured Text
A garbled block promotes Mentholatum as a remedy for nasal congestion and colds. It touts soothing nostril relief, quick clearing of stuffiness, and reduction of sniffles and sneezing with repeated calls to remember its benefits.
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Copenhagen
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William Ritt
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Amations Defense
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Paramount
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