Derrick Erected For Wild Cat Oil Test Near Bells
A derrick is erected at the Whiting estate farm in the Dugan Chapel community four miles north of Bells for a wild cat test. About 8,000 acres are blocked by A. L. Andree of Wichita Falls. Leases prepared for W. H. Peckham of Wichita Falls. Drilling planned to 3,500 feet hoping to reach the East Texas producing formation at 6,000 feet and deeper.
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Whiting
Dugan Chapel
Bells
A. L. Andree
Wichita Falls
Mr. Andree
W. H. Peckham
Texas
Soap Rationing Out Chemists Are Told
Chicago report states the threat of soap rationing has disappeared as the Army’s European fats situation improves. Dr Foster D Snell of Brooklyn told the American Oil Chemists Society at its 18th annual meeting that post war soaps will use chemical synthetics and be less alkaline and irritating. Dr Enell added that fats shortages have relaxed.
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Chicago
Foster D. Snell
Brooklyn
American Oil Chemists’ Society
Association
Europe
Enell
One Bankruptcy in 1944 in Texas Report
Austin report states only one commercial bankruptcy occurred in Texas in 1944. The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research notes nine bankruptcies in the first nine months of 1943.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Health officer urges 68 to 70 degree indoor comfort
Austin doctor warns homes run risk of illness when overheated as temperatures drop. Maintaining 68 to 70 degrees helps prevent colds influenza bronchial trouble and pneumonia while boosting comfort and saving energy with proper humidity.
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Austin
George W. Cox
Cox
Nebraska votes on first state wide prohibition
Washington reports Nebraska sets November 7 as the vote on a statewide dry measure that would ban possession and sale of intoxicating beverages. Harold “Three-Gun” Wilson leads the dry campaign while former Governor Keith Neville heads the opposition committee. The Nebraska unit veterans group opposes a vote while troops are away, and copies signed by Nebraska’s Own 134th Infantry in France are spread.
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Washington
Nebraska
Harold
Wilson
John Barleycorn
Keith Neville
134Th Infantry
France
Polio Near Alltime Record Across Nation
Basil O Connor of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said 16 133 poliomyelitis cases have been reported so far this year through Oct 14, the second highest total in U S history. The 1916 peak was 27 621 cases, he noted based on U S Public Health Service data.
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New York
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For
O'Connor
U. S. Public Health Service
Looking Ahead in a Nation Built on Citizenship
A narrative argues American citizenship costs little yet yields great value and duty. It compares Roman and British rights, urges citizen education, and notes how invention and engineering shift focus from government while praising five generations of progress in U S. history.
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America
France
Christendom
Saul of
Tarsus
Rome
United States
Reclaiming Self Government in American Learning
A call to restore the science of self government to the core of learning to sustain living standards. The speaker urges Americans to value citizenship rights and privileges more fully.
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Washington
Tyler
Sardines Joke About Weekend Trip Up the Coast
In a dull San Diego Bay scene two sardines debate traveling to San Francisco for the weekend. One suggests a train ride, but the other jokes about being jammed in like soldiers, highlighting playful nautical whimsy.
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San Diego Bay
San Francisco
Divorce Petition in Grayson County Texas Citation 53114
Gladys Groce sues E F Grace for divorce on cruel treatment with child custody request. Plaintiff filed October 21 1944 and seeks dissolution of marriage dated October 27 1939. child Betty Marie Grace aged three. Court in Sherman Texas set to hear after December 4 1944.
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State OF
Texas
E. F
Rex
Grace
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Gladys Groce
Rex) Groce
Betty Marie Grace
Court clerk notes October 21 1944 filing in Grayson County Texas
The document states costs of suit minor child and general relief in law and equity requested by plaintiff against defendant. Issued October 21 1944 at Sherman Texas and signed by A. D. Earnest clerk of the district court Grayson County.
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Sherman
Texas
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Grayson County
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John Tyler
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Bulova
Reass
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