Oil Shows In Garza and Scurry Counties Reported
In Garza County the Husky Oil Co No 1 Nance wildcat yielded 29 barrels of oil with 29 barrels of water after swabbing at 7 622 630 feet following mud and acid treatments. In Scurry County Pure Oil No 9 Whatley has a plug at 6 228 feet and tests soon in the upper Cisco. Texaco No 202 Fuller in North Scurry swabbed after fracturing while Texaco No 209 Fuller is an east offset to Canyon production near Fuller 199. Magnolia 2 D Conrad in Scurry drilling lime below 2620 feet. Standard Oil reports completion of No 73 Griffin in Hobo field, flowing 1270 barrels oil with 1312 1 gas-oil ratio. Nolan County sees drilling activity with several wells in lime and sand formations. Fisher County General Crude No 4 Webb field shows potential of 428 barrels oil after mud acid treatment.
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Husky Oil Co
No. 1
Nance
Garza Wildcat
Strawn
Justiceburg
Garza - Scurry
Scurry County Pure Oil Co
Whatley
Scurry Cisco Project
Cisco
Texaco No
P. L. Fuller
North Scurry
Cordell
H&tc
Fuller
Scurry County
Magnolia
Conrad
Standard Oil
T. L. Griffin
Hobo
Borden County
Seaboard Oil
Rowan and Hope
Sweetwater
Fisher County
G.W. Webb
Claytonville
Gambling Tax Declared Unconstitutional by Judge Welsh
U S District Judge George A Welsh ruled the federal law requiring gamblers to buy a 50 dollar tax stamp unconstitutional calling it a police measure. The decision involved Joseph Kahriger and addressed the stamp requirement while leaving the 10 percent earnings tax unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. S
George A. Welsh
Welsh
Congress
Joseph Kahriger
Kahriger
Gasoline Supply In Snyder Holds Up Amid Oil Strike
Snyder distributors report ample gasoline and oil for 55 service stations in Snyder and Scurry County despite a nationwide oil strike. Most sources rely on non union or non striking workers and draw from multiple suppliers across Texas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
Port Arthur
Big Spring
Beaumont
Houston
Richmond
Cal
Baton Rouge
Baytown
Snyder
Scurry County
No Progress In Armistice Talks In Korea
In Munsan Korea on May 6 negotiators held a short session with no progress. General James A Van Fleet siad the Communists apparently do not want peace in Korea. He said if the Communists wanted an armistice they would have agreed in ten months of talks. He added the Allies will prevail regardless of battlefield or conference outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Six File for Office in County and District Elections
After the filing deadline last night 51 persons had filed with Harold Bennett county Democratic chairman. The tally shows six more candidates since noon yesterday and one additional application mailed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bennett
Democratic
Bennett
Witness Cowart Named in Grain Scandals Probe
Washington AC officials court controversy as Jack Cowart, convicted of taking illegal fees, is named as a key witness in a Senate Agriculture Committee inquiry. Brannan plans to testify amid calls of a coverup while Cotton Branch director Clovis Walker resigns over possible indiscretions with an Egyptian cotton trader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jack I. Cowart
Agriculture Department
Senate
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Cowart
Brannan
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Clovis D. Walker
Walker
Louisy Mansour
Mansour
Morris Put In To Thwart Cleanup Effort
Washington Rep. Keating said new testimony shows Newbold Morris was chosen to run the anti-corruption drive to block impartial investigations. Key Justice Department officials allegedly pushed for a probe that would not start, with Morris connected to tanker deals under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Newbold Morris
Justice Department
House
Morris
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
U.S
McGrath
New Yorker
New Yok
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Peyton Ford
James M. McInerney
Ford
Hottest Day Yet This Year Sets Record
Yesterday saw a high of 94 degrees and a low of 61 as temperatures continued to climb. Mrs. D P Stray horn notes the day topped all others this year, with readings at 7 30 this morning showing 65 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Strayhorn
Keenan Resigns as City Chief of Police During Sheriff Run
Ray J. Keenan, the city chief of police and sheriff candidate, resigned to the city council with the effective date to be set by the council. Mayor Forest G. Sears said the move reduces embarrassment from the race, and a replacement will be found before the resignation takes effect. The department has seen mass resignations since Barrington’s dismissal, leaving 13 on staff including Keenan and one female employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray J. Keenan
Forest G. Sears
Keenan
Chester Barrrington
Leonard White
Barrington
Military Leaders Warn Cuts Could Weaken U S Armed Forces
Top U S military leaders testified that proposed budget cuts threaten global fighting strength. Army Chief Gen J Lawton Collins warned that House cuts would wreck the Army security program and ration ammunition in Korea. Air Force Chief Gen Hoyt Vandenberg said Russia could gain air dominance within two years. Navy Deputy Chief Adm Duncan said cuts would impair anti submarine and armed forces modernization. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen Omar Bradley cautioned that further major cuts could be militarily disastrous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Comgress
Armed Services
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Senate
House
Korea
Hoyt’ S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Russia
Adm
D. B. Duncan
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Investigators Shift Focus in Tax Scandal Probe
Washington investigators move to new targets in a widening tax scandal inquiry after failing to secure testimony from former Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. The panel plans three to four new charges of mishandled tax cases, described as a cleanup phase. Nunan declined to discuss 1945 to 1950 financial transactions, including 161 609 dollars in cash and checks, citing constitutional rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Bureau
Nunan
New York
King
D-Calif
The
Treasury
Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Judge Says Truman Has And Lacks Seizure Power
Judge James P. McGranery told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the president may act in emergencies to preserve citizens rights but must follow the Constitution and laws. He would advise following the law and urged Congress to set legislative standards before listing subversive groups. He refused to discuss the steel seizure and said actions should reflect congressional will, not personal whim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James P. McGranery
United States
McGranery
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Truman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
O’conor
Ferguson
Philadelphia
Ridgway Heads to New Command in Europe
Gen. Matthew B Ridgway, supreme UN commander in Japan, leaves Monday for reshaped duties as supreme Allied commander in Europe. He will depart for France May 24 to succeed Gen Dwight Eisenhower, with Gen Mark W Clark arriving Wednesday to take Ridgway's post.
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Tokyo
Matthew B Ridgway
United Nations
United States
Japan
Europe
France
Dwight Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
Ridgway
Property Owners Halt 37th Street Paving Over Curb Funds
Paving on Thirty-seventh Street halted as funds for curb and gutter on about 900 feet remain unfunded. $7,501.71 is in escrow, but the Harrell sisters’ strip lacks payment. County plans to pave and widen the by pass street if curb and gutter are funded from non county sources. County judge Edgar Taylor notes commissioners have not decided the impact on overall payment plans.
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Thirty - Seventh Street
Thirty - Seventh
Big Spring Highway
el Paso Avenue
Snyder Property Owners Association
Harrell
Edgar Taylor
Conservation Award Given To Wayne Rogers At Lions Meeting
Wayne Rogers a 38 year old Scurry County farmer received the Lions Club conservation award at the club gathering. He farms 367 acres nine miles east of Snyder on Roby Highway moving from Inadale in 1944 to rehabilitate eroded land. Rogers terraced contour farmed rotated crops fenced pastures and plans 80 acres King Ranch bluestem for grazing while his son Lou Wayne helps manage the farm with his wife.
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Wayne Rogers
Scurry County
Lions Club
Rogers
Snyder
Roby Highway
Inadale
Marion Everhart
Sudan
King Ranch
Raymond Smith
Plainview
Marvin Key
Knapp
Clyde
Camp Springs
Lou Wayne
Lonnie
Sweetwater
Temperatures Climb Across Texas With Light Rain Missing
Associated Press reports Texas faced warm to hot conditions as temperatures rose across the state with limited rainfall. Readings reached 102 in Presidio and 78 in El Paso before dawn, while Palacios saw a low high of 8 while Dallas stood at 70 and Amarillo at 59 as Marfa remained coolest.
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Associated Press
Texas
Presidio
Big Bend
Palacios
Gulf
el Paso
Dallas
Marfa
Amarillo
Gas Rationing Seen Not Imminent Nationwide
Nation faced a week of industry strain as federal officials debated gasoline rationing while air transport and motorists felt the pinch. In California, IUPW settled with Union Oil for 1100 workers, boosting wages 7.5 percent with retroactive portions, plus small increases in shift pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
California
Independent Union of Petroleum Workers
New Orleans
James K. Knudson
Defense Transportation Administration
Oscar Chapman
Chapman
Bruce K. Brown
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAC
Air Force
Navy
Continental
Idlewild
LaGuardia
New York City
IUPW
Union Oil Company
Oliver E. Goodwin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Goodwin
Standard Oil
Indiana
Heavy Raids on Red Positions Over Sunchon Rail Target
Hundreds of Allied warplanes bombed Sunchon North Korea a major rail junction in a day long saturation attack. Fifth Air Force said the strike aimed to disrupt red rail schedules with double concentration on a key line near Pyongyang. Navy pilots from the Princeton left 118 new gaps to hinder enemy repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Sunchon
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Manchurian
Navy
Princeton
Wage Stabilization Board steel ruling sparks inflation warnings
Former Mobilization Chief Charles Wilson told the House Labor Committee the WSB steel wage recommendation goes beyond proper stabilization. He criticized a 26 cent package as likely raising costs and inflation and noted the potential for broader wage increases. Chairman Barden and Rep Allen signaled a wide inquiry into WSB methods and policy compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Bb. Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
Wilson
House
WSB
House Labor Committee
Barden
D-Nc
Rep
Allen
R-Ii
Weather outlook for West Texas and Central Texas Tuesday
West Texas sees scattered thundershowers from Panhandle to Pecos Valley Tuesday night with little temperature change. East and South Central Texas stay generally fair and warm Tuesday through Wednesday with southeast coastal winds increasing locally.
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Texas
Panhande
South Plains
Pecos Valley
McCarthy Uses Tape Recorder in Benton Libel Suit
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and his recorder faced William Benton and his attorney during a pre trial hearing in McCarthy s libel slander suit. Benton objected to the machine and Benton left the room after the dispute over transcription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
William Benton
D-Conn
Washington
Benton
McCarthy
Wisconsin
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Albert C. Wedemeyer
Robert A. Taft
Citizens For Taft
Consignee
Wichita Falls
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Cortex
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Texaco
Onyx
Abilene
Wage Board
New Command In Shape Headquarters
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