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THE FORT WORTH PRESS
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WEDNESDAY, AUUUST 2, 1939
Branson Fights
Wife’s Claims
Court Tiff Caused
By Testimony of Her
Brother, Tom Braniff
OIL NEWS
Local Group Seeks 1000-
Foot Production Near City
By United Press ( By DAVID LEAVELL
. 9 LURST deep wildcat production to be sought in the vicinity of the
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 2.- F junction of Tarrant, Parker and Wise counties is projected at a
. j a group of Fort Worthers, with drilling
scheduled to start by. Monday. It will be 19 miles northwest of here.
Fred Branson, 59, white-haired location staked today by
former chief justice of the Okla-
homa Supreme Court, declared in
court today that his New York
marriage to Madeline Braniff, his
former secretary, was illegal un-
der Oklahoma statutes and that
her suit for $500 monthly sepa-
rate maintenance should be re-
jected by court ruling.
Appearing as his own attorney,
the wealthy oil man entered a
demurrer motion on the conten-
tion that his wife, socialite sister
of Tom Braniff, president of the
Braniff Airways, had not estab-
lished sufficient grounds, that he
was not legally divorced from his
first wife at the time of the cere-
mony at Tarrytown, N. Y., in
19’0, and that she had “pressured”
him into the ceremony.
Mrs. Branson, 47, whose attor-
neys estimated Branson's wealth
at $250,000, closed her case with
the testimony of her brother
which provoked a courtroom tiff
between him and the defendant.
“Mr. Branson came to our
home,” he said, "and told us he
was very much in love with
Madeline, but that he was a mar-
ried man. He said he had not
lived with his wife for some time,
and that they had been very un-
happy although she was a good
woman. He said if he could se-
cure a divorce, and if Madeline
could arrange matters with the
church and would consent, he
would like to marry her.”
When Branson started cross-
examining the witness he recalled
this testimony and asked Braniff:
"But you didn’t like it, did you?"
"No," Braniff said, "and I
didn't like you either.”
Should Branson's demurrer mo-
tion be denied by Judge John B.
Wilson he probably will open his
defense with an elaboration of a
statement filed with Judge Wilson
when the proceedings began Mon-
day. ,
Heading the group is R. L. (Bob) Lucas, of Lucas Funeral Homes,
who has drilled several wildcats* ' -—--------------
over the state, and who is heading
another syndicate of local men
starting a wildcat next week in
Tennessee.
The neighboring (test will be
about three-quarters of a mile
southwest of the Cottendale com-
the north, in seeking, a further
expansion of the area.' 1
| To the west, Owens & Snebold
and Wittmer Oil & Gas Proper-
ties will drill in their No. 4 Mc-
Keever Friday from the saturat-
ed zone picked up at 3154-56 feet.
1 * • •
munity, on the Wise-Parker line,
northeast of Springtown. Contract “Sundown” in Clay Test
.for the well was to be let today
None too bright is the outlook
of the Clay County wildcat being
who was in Wichita Falls to close sunk by Youngblood & Foree in
the drilling deal. |the Ida Wynn farm, section 2,
. ■ . G. Gowan survey, four miles west
Operators have assembled 6000 of Bellevue, which is drilling be-
acres in the block and will seek low 4800 feet after missing the
by L. J. Bryan, Riverside baker,
who is associated in the test, and
shallow production, testing three
sands to 1000 feet. In the event
they fail to pay off, plans are to
deepen to test production possibil-
ities from the lower sands and
lime.
Plans for the Tennessee deal
were closed last spring, with drill-
ing operations scheduled to start
by Aug. 15. However, contract has
been let for the work, with the
operators already moving in to
start operations next week.
The wildcat is contracted to 975
feet, and is in an 18,000-acre block
near the town of Oneida, North-
Central Tennessee. The group has
two other traces, of 4600 and 10,-
000 acres respectively. Local men
in the deal include, besides Mr.
Lucas, A. J. Brown, Cecil Morgan,
J. Tom Miller and Joe Thannisch.
Edge Well in Ivy Flows
A new north-side extension for
Shackleford County's Ivy pool
was being completed today by
J. G. Hammond here, at his No.
2 McKeever, appearing good for
another big producer from heavy
saturated Caddo lime drilled at
3195-3213 feet.
Operators have rigged up for
No. 3 McKeever, one Ipcation to
projected 44 00 and 4700-foot
Strawn sands. The well is con-
tracted to 5500 feet.
To the north, J. S. Bridwell was
to start drilling in today at his
first test since bringing in a dis-
covery well last spring in the
Furd Halsell lands, two miles
north of the Halsell townsite.
The test, 880 feet south of the
disovery, picked up the pay zone
at 4749-79 feet.
Northwest of the three-well
Browning pool, L. C. Burns is pre-
paring to drill in an outpost in
the Pickett lands, which topped
the saturated sand at 4430 feet.
* * *
Bob Thompson, chief geologist
for Danciger Oil & Refineries,
was host at a party at Casa
Manana this week for J. O.
Hoard, of the Hoard Exploration
Co., Houston. /
On the west side of the 2900-
Freight Inquiry
Ordered By ICC
Southwest Complaints
Against Differentials
To Be Investigated
My MARSHALL McNEIL
Press Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. — The
Interstate Commerce Commission,
acting partially in response to
widespread protests in the South-
west and the South against bur-
densome rail freight rate uhner-
entials, has ordered a nation-wide
investigation of class rates. In-
terterritorial freight rate differ-
entials will be studied.
Class rates cover shipments of
all products which do not move in
sufficient quantity to demand sep-
arate rates. Thus, a host of manu-
factured products move on class
rates; and, similarly, a large num-
ber of raw products move on com-
modity rates.
The commission acted on its
own initiative after taking “judi-
cial notice" of the protests against
i n t e r r 1 torial differentials, and
after Congress passed the general
transportation bill calling for a
similar rate inquiry. The general
transportation bills are now in
conference between the two
houses, with no prospect whatever
of action until next session.
Shippers' organizations, cham-
bers of commerce and others in
Texas that have carried on the
campaign against the differen-
tials Will have an opportunity to
lay before this new ICC investi-
gation their protests against the
rates which hinder them from
getting reasonable access to the
great markets of the North and
foot production in Jack County’s
Bryson pool, Danciger is schedul-
ed to drill in a new test today Dan 1
from the saturated horizon. KA021 LAA VAIICT
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Voth Pool Goes South । a X | aL
The south side of Cooke Coun- IS Accidental Death
ty’s shallow Voth pool added an- 9 ----- -----
other producer today, with Joe
G. Beard's test in the Voth lands,
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Dr. R. W. COOMBES
N. E. Matson survey, having
pumped 110 barrels of oil in a 24-
hour gauge.
Five miles north of Muenster,
Mrs. Lucy B. Smith staked a loca-
tion in the F. J. Trubenbach lands,
northwest part of block 1, Jona-
than Clark survey, for a test to
be started this month. It will
seek production from around 950
feet.
Two Tests Arouse Interest
With considerable interest hav-
ing developed over Stanolind's
deep wildcat in Gaines County,
and Forest Development Corp.’s
| Delaware test in Reeves County,
Southwest Mapping Co. here is-
sued. new maps on the areas to-
day.
The Stanolind-area map in-
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•1 Block E. of Courthouse’s
Mrs. Garner Turns Tables
Work Delayed
On Cotton Rd.
Precinct 2 Truck
Goes to Dallas For
Load of Material -
A Precinct 2 dump truck went
to Dallas today for a load of
cotton which will be used in
Tarrant County’s first experiment-
al cotton road.
Commissioner Joe Thannisch
said the actual construction on
Mrs. Lillie Jackson
Is Claimed By Death
Mrs Lillie A. Jackson, 51, 2526
University, mother of two Fort
Worth public school teachers, died
at 10:35 a. m. today in a local
hospital after an illness of about
a month and a half.
The daughters are Mrs. Vista
Ray Jackson Grist, a teacher at
West Van Zandt School, and Mrs.
Vera Mae Jackson Bryant, a
teacher at W. C. Stripling Junior 1
High School. e
The body is at Harveson A Cole-
Funeral Home.
Services Conducted
For J. W. S. Frierson
Funeral services for James W.
S. Frierson, secretary-treasurer of
the road would not start for
, several weeks, however, because
workmen are building a can fac-
tory in Arlington alongside of the
proposed road, which will run
from the Dallas Pike to Arlington
High School. Trucks going to the
factory site would interfere with
the road,workers laying the cot-.------------------------„ -, -----
ton fabric for the base of the James F. Hardie and Rev. Sher-
road, Mr. Thannisch explained. 1----1 8 Cauten -‘ Pakatan,
Mr. Thannisch was promised
the Traders' Oil Mill, Inc., were
conducted this morning by Rev.
—Acme Telephoo.
Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife and secretary of the vice presi-
dent, grabbed the camera and turned the tables on the photographer
who had come to. photograph her packing in Washington for the
trip home to Texas, scheduled to be made as soon as Congress
adjourns. -
East. yeg The 4 Y CY •
The commissions investigation, lkP PIrGIP CMaE (rGmInO
which will cover water as well as E X % wtE V/le 0
rail carriers, will consume a great CT • cm 7 ee Th • 7
deal of time. ShiD Stands Ott aldPYS
The inquiry will be in direct reel RerettD I rveel •
charge of Division Two of the .
Commission, of which Dr. W. M. California Attorney General Leads Small
W. Splawn of Texas is a member. N . D Lil w/AL CI A.:
Navy in Battle With Floating Casinos
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.—The besieged gambling ship Rex stop-
ped its roulette wheels and other games at tables where some $50,000
was stacked early today and surrendered to a "navy” of 250 law
officers commanded by Attorney General Earl Warren.
While the "navy” rode at anchor in the Pacific four miles off
A verdict of accidental death
shore, marooning 600 gamblers e-
aboard the luxurious square-rig-
ger, an attorney on shore re-
ceived radio instructions from the
today closed investigation of the
railroad tragedy which early Sun-
day took the life of John O. Ra- Rex to negotiate the surrender,
gan, Fort Worth attorney. The lawyer walked into the
Justice of Peace Gus Brown Santa Monica police station, an-
had delayed his inquest verdict nounced he represented the Rex's
for three days while he explored owner, Tony Cornero, prohibition
a theory that Mr. Ragan might era rum-runner, and accepted
have been slugged by robbers and service of a court order prohibit-
left on the railroad track, | ing the ship's gambling opera-
The attorney was crushed under lions.
a switch engine and two empty
freight cars at the Summit over-
Like a Buckeroo
Two officers reached the top of
the net and were grasping for a
hold to pull themselves on deck
when Cornero unlimbered his sec-
ond line of defense—the power-
ful water hose whose streams
caught the attackers, tumbled
them ignominiously into the sea
to be fetched out by their com-
rades. a
Other officers, attacking in
the specially-woven cotton on July
15, but because of the many
orders received by a Dallas mill
weaving the road-base fabric, the
material was not available until
today.
The cloth will be stored in the
Precinct 2 garage in Handley un-
til it can be spread over the
road.
wood S. Clayton at Robertsons,
Mueller-Harper Funeral Temple. "
Mr. Frierson, 66, was found
dead in his bed early yesterday
by Mrs. Frierson at their home.
510 S. Ballinger. 1
Active pallbearers were William,
Parker, James Parker, Robert
Snakard, Ashley Wynn, H. C.
Schreiber and Mayor T. J. Har-
rell. Burial was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
YES
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eyes in the world are ■ OUTs
UIGu I an since you’ve changed your
DOW LON glasses? If it’s more than
a year you probably need a check-up. A scientific
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them, may afford you considerable relief without
putting undue strain on your purse.
Terms as low as 50e down, 50e a week.
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As Justice Brown returned his buckeroo crew and shouting defl-
verdict, he postponed a lawsuit
which at Mr. Ragan’s personal
request last Friday was set for
trial today. It was an $89 suit
against Universial Life and Acci-
dent Insurance Co., Mr. Ragan's
client.
eludes northeast Gaines, north-T. OL: n:
west Dawson, southwest Lynn and I WO IliTon JIA
southeast Terry counties, while 1 IsrtA PIU
the Reeves map shows the entire n n
south part of the county, listing When Barn Burns
BOWIE, Aug. 2.—Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Bedford and their five sur-
viving children today mourned
the loss of Bobbie Bedford, 4. and
Jane Bedford, 3, who were burn-
ed to death late yesterday.
Bobbie and Jane, left to play
while the rest of the family
worked in a nearby field on their
farm home, were burned beyond
recognition when fire razed the
storage barn in which they had
been frolicking.
Sighting the blaze, the parents
and brothers and sisters of the
tots rushed from their work in
an effort to save them, but the
all new ownerships, etc.
Stanolind's test is drilling be-
low 4500 feet, with operators to
start looking for the prospective
pay at around 4 650 to 5000 feet.
It is in the Jeanette Raynor lands,
east edge of the dry Cedar Lake
basin. Nearest production is 12
miles east in Dawson County.
Reeves County's wildcat is to
test saturated brown lime cored
at 3701-40 feet for production
possibilities. In the. event the
event the showing is not satisfac-
tory, the well will be deepened to
the Delaware lime, with the test
being contracted to 5500 feet.
DIVORCES RISE IN CANADA
livestock feed stored in the barn
OTTAWA.-The steady increase burned so rapidly that the at-
of divorce in Canada is attract- tempt was useless. Mrs. Bed-
ing the attention of sociologists ford was burned slightly when
and statisticians here. The fig-
ures steadily mount. In 1918,
there were only 114 divorces in all
the country. In 1928, the figure
had risen to 783 and in 1938, to
Mrs. Bed-
she tried to reach the remains.
The Bedfords live at Salona, a
10
small farming community
miles east of here.
1883.
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ance over the rail at boatloads of
officers, the Rex had repulsed
since late yesterday all attempts
to serve the order.
Deputy Attorney General, Paul
D. McCormick identified the Rex's
attorney as Arthur C. Verge.
rough straight-arm to the face.
—I A CCEC / pPC
CLASSES ON CRED
g Smash Hit
Owsley, Minister to
Denmark, Comes Home
DALLAS, Aug. 2.—Col. Alvin
M. Owsley, retiring minister to
Denmark, returned to his home
today.
A group of 50 persons, includ-
ing city officials and E. B. Ger-
many, state Democratic chairman,
greeted Col. Owsley at the train.
He declined to say whether he
would take an active part in the
campaign to secure the Democrat-
ic presidential nomination for
John N. Garner.
"The country needs a man like
Garner," he said. “The vice presi-
dent is highly regarded here and
in other sections of the United
States."
Plan Water District
For Upper West Fork
A move to create a water dis-
trict along the Upper West Fork
of the Trinity River will be dis-
cussed at a soil and water conser-
vation meeting at 8 p. m. Monday
in Springtown.
All county agents, vocational
agriculture teachers and others
who are interested are invited to
attend. Petitions asking for a dis-
trict are now being circulated.
Dr.T. A. Tucker
Optometrist
ANNOUNCES
Removal of Offices
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McCormick said the lawyer
brought word that Cornero would
obey the court's restraining order
to the letter, and refrain from
holding any gambling games until
the matter had been settled by ar
judge. The order requires the
ship operators to appear in court
Aug. 11.
Warren’ s "navy” was not de-
mobilized, however. McCormick
said the fleet would remain an-
chored surrounding the Rex to
make sure Cornero carried out his
promise to obey the order.
Before laying siege to the Rex,
so-called "flagship" of the gam-
bling fleet, Warren's raiders had
boarded three other gambling
ships without encountering re-
sistance. On the operators of all
they had served restraining or-
ders.
Several times since early last
night Warren's men had attempt-
ed to board the Rex to serve Cor-
nero with a restraining order is-
sued by Superior Court Judge
Emmet H. Wilson. Each time
they, had been repulsed with a
strategy, obviously long practiced.
Only a few of the 600 guests
managed to escape in water
"taxis.”
Cornero foresaw no hardships
for the patrons, however. He
said the 'Rex galley was well
stocked with the best foods, wines
and liquors obtaininble and that
everything would be "on the
house” until all guests reached
shore again.
His last defiance to Warren,
yelled through a megaphone as
the law force sped, defeated, to-
ward shore about midnight was:
"If I am taken off, it'll be in a
box. I'm outside the three-mile
limit and outside jurisdiction of
state law."
Buron Fitts Helps
Acting as Warren’s sea-going
lieutenants were District Attorney
Buron Fitts and Sheriff Eugene
Biscailuz of Los Angeles County.
Warren's first attempt to board
the Rex was made early last
night. Several speedboats carried
his deputies out beyond the three-
mile limit and into the domain of
the gambling fleet.
While the patrons formally
dressed, crowded the gambling
tables of the ornate main salon,
a lookout spied the approaching
boats through a glass and sang
out a warning.
The suave Cornero ran to the
deck, conferred with his skipper,
George Kirkham, a retired naval
officer who has seen service in
Chinese waters, and quickly the
crew of 350 husky, tough-looking
seamen rigged the 53-year-old
square-rigger, a one-time British
collier, for the defense.
They dropped huge nets over
starboard and port sides, nets that
could be maneuvered from the
deck as a barrier against anyone
seeking to board her. Fire hose
were reeled out and made ready.
As Warren's craft maneuvered
alongside and seferal officers be-
gan to assail the nets, Cornero
bellowed through a megaphone:
"Stand off! Were beyond the
three-mile limit"
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