Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940 Page: 2 of 8
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UNDER THE DOME
AT AUSTIN
(By Gordon K. Shearer, Unit-
ed Press Staff Correspondent)
Austin, Tex. (UP)—Discov-
ery of a new deep oil field in
Camp county, known as the
Pittsburgh field, has created
much speculation about the
possibility of deep oil in Bast
Texas. .
If deep oil is widespread ex-
perts will have to revise their
•estimates once mors on the oil
reserves in the state. These ca-
tenates have been rising stead-
>iy.
Last year 69 new fields were
•discovered in Texas. At the
'beginning of this year the re-
: serve supply of oil under Tex-
as surface land waa estimated
at 10,974,055,000 barrels.
That is more than half of the
reserves believed to exist in
die United States. It is not
farm from double the amount
of oil that has already been
fr&en from Texas.
—UP—
The annual report of the
State Railroad Commission
shows that the 69 new fields
ore distributed over all parts
■ •of the state, except the Pan-
' handle. Most of them were
discovered in Southwest Texas.
Six of them were in Jim Wells
•county, five in Duval county
and five in Nlieces county. Big-
• setit producer among the new
fields has been the North
' Thompson field in Fort Bend
-county. Tt was discovered in
AprD of 1939 and by the end
of that year had produced
:2S5,824 barrels.
IDeepest new field of 1939
-was the Martha field in Liber-
ty county. It was discovered
July 4, 1989. It produces at
■m depth from 8,ICO to 9,100
feet. It is not the State’s deep-
est oil field. Old Ocean field
in Brazoria county operates as
-deep as 10,670 feet.
—UP—
— The commission report
shows that quite a number of
■ oil fields in Texas have ceased
to produce commercially. The
Batesville field produced only
12,470 barrels before becom-
ing depleted. The Chittim
field and Stratton field which
once produced oil now are pro-
ducing distillate. Cooksey
field is depleted. Devine, Frio
Town. Gonzales, Hantho Nel-
son, Lost Mule, McCrory, Sal
Mar, Schattei, Schimmel Batts,
Werner, Fort Merrill, Hicks,
"Mineral, Weser, Whittington,
Worthington, Nash, Shep-
hard’s Mott. Splendor, Hagiat,
La. Blancha, Lamar, Mercedes,
Talangama, Stratton, Kosse,
Camp Hill, Todd and McKen-
zie, are all names of oil fields
that once had much promise
.but now are depleted.
; —UP—
In contrast there are many
fields still going strong after
producing enormous quantities
of oil. The East Texas field
which spreads over Rusk,
Gregg, Upshur, Smith and
Cherokee counties had an ac-
cumulated production on Jan.
rt, 1940 of 1,386,151,512 bar-
rels of oil.
tGonroe field in Montgomery
•county produced 107,647,737
barrels of oil from 1981 to
.1940. - |
Eastland county field had a
record of 101,815,007 up to
Jan. l. The Hendricks field in
Winkler county has been pro-
<sning steadily since its dis-
covery in 1926 and up to the
beginning of this year had a
-record of 196,251,455 barrels.
The Howard-Glasscock field,
■discovered a year earlier, has
as accumulative production
record of 90,307,062 barrels.
A still earlier field of this area,
the la tan East Howard field,
•discovered in 1905, has pro-
duced 10,085,209 barrels.
"The Yates field in Pecos
xpouaty was not discovered un-
til 1926 but in four years it
has produced 247,525,721 bar-
rels of oil. The Corsicana field
of Navarro county which dates
bark to 1894 still is a produc-
ing area and has an accumu-
lated production of 11,128,969
barrels. One well in Yates
field has produced 6,000,000
barrels.
—UP—
Peculiar names have been
ehosen for many of the state’s
oil fields. Some like the new
Pittsburgh field are named for
the nearest city or town. Con-
roe field in Montgomery coun-
ty is one of these, though for
a long time it was generally
kno^n among oil • men as
strake field, in recognition of
its developer.
Spanish names designate
many of the Southwest Texas
fields. Some are named for
characters in novels or for
movie stars. Others combine
the name of the developing
company and the land owner
like the Conoco-Driscoll field
in Duval county. There are
four separate Driscoll fields.
They are the Clara Driscoll
field and the Clara Driscoll
south field in Nueces county;
the Driscoll ranch field also in
Nueces county, and the Cono-
co-Driscoll.
Guerra field in Starr county
did not get its name from the
war but is named for the Guer-
ra family which has vast acre-
age in Starr county received by
direct grant from the King of
Spain.
—UP—
There is a rice field in Nav-
arro county producing oil, not
rice, and a wheat field in liv-
ing county likewise producing
oil. |
Flour Bluff field is in Nue-
ces county. Buttermilk Slough
field is in Matagorda county.
Boggy Creek, Turkey Creek
and Goose Creek are names of
other Texas oil 'fields. China-
South field is in Jefferson
county, which also has Clam
Lake field.
The K-M-A field in Wichita
and Archer counties is the
only field in Texas designated
by its initials. Shortest named
field is the Van field in Van
Zandt county. Raccoon Rend
field is in Austin county.
—UP—
Beside the oil wealth pro-
duced in Texas there are many
wells producing gas. Gas gen-
erally is measured in units of
1,000 cubic feet. Gas produc-
tion last year was computed
in units of 1,000,000 cubic
feet. The total was 1,298,307
of these million cubic feet
units.
Most of it went into pipe
lines to be used for lights and
fuel. Plants that manufacture
carbon black got the next
largest quantity. Some of the
gas is used as plant fuel on
the leases and a large quanti-
ty is used in operations
known as recycling and repres-
suring. Last year, 142,408 mil-
lion cubic feet of gas was dis-
charged into the air.
Biggest Check Cashed,
6 by 2 Feet, for 8300
Muskegon, Mich. (UP)—
Muskegon has seen its largest
check.
Although it was only for the
modest sum of {800, the Na-
tional Lumbermen’s bank here
cashed its largest cheek. It
was six feet long by two feet
wide, and was designed as a
toboggan.
The check had been pre-
sented by the Muskegon Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce to
the Greater Muskegon Cham-
ber of Commerce as a contri-
bution toward erection of a to-
boggan slide in Muskegon
state park.
Ice cream cones were first
served at the World’s Fair in
1904. That was the begin-
ning of the commercial ice
cream industry.
MIS. L T. POHTEDFIEIO
CELEBRATES SITU
BIBTHBAT HMVERSkflY
A rare and happy privilege
was granted the many friends
and relatives of Mrs. E. T.
Porterfield of this City, Thurs-
day afternoon, when they re-
sponded to the invitation ex-
tended them to meet in her
home to celebrate her 90th
birthday.
The day was ideal and over
one hundred guests were gath-
ered on the cool shady lawn to
enjoy the scripture reading,
song and prayer service led by
Reverends Walter L. Caiman
and John W. Ford and to con-
gratulate the honored hostess
on her long and useful life.
Rev. Cannan paid tribute in a
few well chosen words to this
■oble citizen; however, this
gesture was over shadowed by
the wonderful attendance
which spoke louder than
words of the love and esteem
in which this dear mother in
Israel is held.
The attraction during the
social hour immediately fol-
lowing was centered around
the huge bowl of delicious
punch which was charmingly
served by Misses Peggy Snel-
son rnd Alcine McGee, while
the beautifully decorated cake
was the creation of a close
friend of Mrs. Porterfield, Mrs.
Tuckfleld of Shreveport, and
was presided over by Mrs. E.
A. Brass, who was careful that
no one was overlooked. Al-
though slightly fatigued from
the happy excitement of greet-
ing the large number of old
friends and neighbors, after a
short rest period, Mrs, Porter-
field was able to admire the
many lovely and useful gifts
that covered a table on the
lawn.
In addition to her immediate
family and Timpson friends,
numerous guests ware register-
ed from Shreveport and Mar-
shall. >
As the happy occasion drew
to a close all present joined in
Mrs. O. R. Jarratt’s tribute to
this lovely and wonderful
character as expressed in the
following lines:
Your friends, today have not
the words,
To tell their love for you,
Just what your life has meant
to them
As you have journeyed
through.
They love you for your simple
faith,
Your loving words of cheer.
Your children rise to call you
great.
You’ve shown them Heaven,
here.
Full well, we know, who is
your Friend,
Who’s kept you all these
years,
We know you’ll trust Him to
the end;
Through sunshine and
through tears.
A Friend.
From Saturday’s Daily
Hugo Hartsfield returned to
Houston Friday, after a visit
with his father, Matt Harts-
fleld of Timpson.
Mrs. Jack Bussey and sister,
Mins Elizabeth Robinson were
called to Huntsville yesterday
to be with their grandmother,
who is seriously ill in a hospi-
tal in that city.—Center News,
Friday.
Carroll Barco has returned
from a delightful visit to points
in Florida, which included
Miami, Key West and Jackson-
ville.
"They laughed at me once,
but now you see how I have re-
duced these human beings,”—
"Dr. Cyclops’’—in technicolor
at the Palace for a special
midnight show tonight only.
Added attraction Jenkins vs.
Armstrong light pictures.
“Perfect Baby” of the “Perfect MotKer”
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LONDON, Tinglftnrf . . . Lard David Douglas-Haxnllton is abown
holding his son Angus, while his wits, the former Prunella Slack,
who is called the “perfect women,* holds their “perfect baby.’"
NEW RUNE CAPABLE OF
H10 SMILES PHI
ttOURi HEAVILY ARMED
Los Angeles, Aug. 22. (UP)
—An airplane which is "with-
out doubt the fastest military
ship in the world” was unveil-
ed today for Chairman Wil-
liam S. Knudsen of the Na-
tional Defense Advisory com-
mission and Maj. Gen. H. H.
Arnold, chief of the Army air
corps.
Knudsen and 'Arnold inspect-
ed the plane at Lockheed Air-
craft corporation, in suburban
Burbank.
"This plane without doubt
is the fastest military ship in
the world,” Maj. K. B. Wolfe,
chief production engineer for
the air corps, said in describ-
ing the P-38 ship.
It is a Win-engine intercep-
tor pursuit, carrying a one-
pound rapid fire cannon and
five machine guns. An experi-
mental model a year ago at-
tained a speed of 450 milea an
hour at only 65 per cent throt-
tle, Major Wolfe said, adding:
"We are now shooting at 600
miles an hour. This plane to-
day has more powerful en-
gines. We have added 1,000
horsepower to each motor.”
Lockheed will test fly the
deadly ship within the next
two weeks, demonstrating its
ability to intercept bombing
formations at high speed. For
ordinary air combat, the craft
is too fast for practical use be-
cause it cannot be maneuvered
in short distances, it is said.
PATTON BILL ASKS
$20,000,000 RUSK
MUNITIONS PLANT
Grapeiand Messenger.
Representative Nat Patton
of Crockett introduced a bill
in Congress Monday authoriz-
ing the secretary of war to
construct a $20,000,000 muni-
tions plant at Rusk, Texas.
Patton pointed out that
press reports say the govern-
ment plans to erect a chain of
60 munitions plantB west of
the Allegheny mountains.
Rnsk is an ideal - location for
such a plant, the congressman
said, since it is near large de-
posits of high grade Iron ore
and unlimited resources of
natural gas and oil suitable
for fuel.
The bill would appropriate
a sum not to exceed $20,000,-
000 to be spent by the secre-
tary of war to acquire, by pur.
chase or otherwise, a suitable
site at or near Ruslc and to
construct on it a munitions
plant as well as blast furnaces
and facilities to manufacture
steel necessary to operate the
plant.
Three new buildings at the
University of Texas will be
constructed this fall. They are
a $400,000 Music Building, a
$200,000 Petroleum Engineer-
ing Building, and a $200,000
Chemical Engineering Build-
ing.
SITS II. S. AIT
SUPPLIES AMPLE
fMIMET_
Washington, Aug. 22. (UP)
—Gen. George C. Marshall,
Chief of Staff, said today that
the army has enough basis
equipment to undertake the
conscription program without
delay if it is enacted by Con-
gress.
Marshall made the statement
at a press conference in an-
swer to a question in which a
reporter noted that draft op-
ponents in the Senate, now de-
bating the bill for the 10th
day, have been urging delay
pending security of latest type
mechanized and other equip-
ment.
He said, that there were am-
ple stocks of rifles for 3,000,-
000 men, plenty of gas masks,
artillery, mortars, and other
equipment, for the program.
He said that very few of the
400,000 men proposed to be
drafted first would be ■’mixed
up right away” with anti-tank,
anti-aircraft and other new
model guus which are not yet
available on a large scale.
Marshall said that the Army
probably would not need to
call out all of the 117,000 re-
serve officers available under
pending legislation. The bill
would authorize President
Roosevelt to order out the Na-
tional Guard and reserves for
extended training.
Enlistments at Recruiting
Office, Canter
According to Sgt. B. J, Un-
dersteller, during the month of
July there were 30 young East
Texas men enlisted in the U. S.
Army by the U. S. Army Re-
cruiting Station in Center, Tex.
This was a record month for
this station, but so far during
the month of August 51 men
have been enlisted at Center.
There were 8 men enlisted
for 69th Coast Artillery Corps,
Fort Crockett, Tex.;6 for Field
Artillery, Fort Sam Houston,
Tex.; 6 for Medical # Dep’L,
Fort Sam Houston and Fort
Crockett, Tex., 8 for each sta-
tion; 5 for Air Corps, Lowery
Field, Colorado; 2 for Cavalry,
Fort Brown, Tex.; 1 for In-
fantry, Fort Sam Houston,
Tex.; 8 for Quartermaster
Corps, S for Fort Sam Hous-
ton, 3 for Fort Crockett, 1 for
Kelley Field and 1 for Nor-
moyle Q. M. Depot (MT), San
Antonio, Tex.
There were also 15 colored
men enlisted for 349th Field
Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
making a total of 51 enlisted
to date.
Fort Worth, Texas. (UP)—
The Texas Aggies, aiming
straight down the barrel for a
National football title' this
fall, will have plenty of com-
petition right in their own
Southwest Conference, in the
opinion of T. C. U.’s Coach Leo
(Dutch) Meyer,
lUFHTMHHHI
Austin, Tex. (UP)—Texas
State Board of Education vot-
ed this month to fight un-
American propaganda with
enlarged courses in American
government in the public
schools.
Five text-books on American
Democracy now are furnished
free to the 1,500,000 children
of high school-age in the state.
The board has called on book
publishers to submit suitable
text books for the seventh,
eighth and ninth grade pupils,
also.
Board Chairman James G.
Strong of Carthage, said he
would like to have Democracy
taught in all the school grades.
"I would like to have a pre-
primer on it, if one is avail-
able,” strong told the board
members.
Besides ordering additional
texts on Democracy the board
increased the quota of library
eopies of a book on "Democra-
cy in Action” that is supplied
to the schools for use in their
libraries. The board ordered
that two copies at least be fur-
nished to each school. Schools
with more than 50 pupils are
to be supplied a copy for each
25 pupils add major fraction
of 25 pupils. The new text
books will be submitted by
publishers to a committee of
teachers. The teachers com-
mittee will consider only text.
Prices of the books will not be
printed in the copies submitted
to the committee. After the ,_
committee makes its. recom-
mendation on the text, the
State Board of Education will
be given copies of the submit-
ted books and the prices- Se-
lection then will be made by
the board.
A proclamation of the board”"
notifying publishers what
books the state board will con-
sider purchasing on Oct 14 di-
rected that the next texts be
"designed to promote a love
for the United States of Amer-
ica and its institutions.” It
was directed that at least one
of the text selected shall pre-
sent a historical background
of American civil liberties.
One of the books now furnish-
ed to the school libraries gives
the text of magna charts, the
bill of rights, the American
Declaration of Independence,
the United States Constitution
and eopies of writs of habeas
corpus, search warrants and
other simular documents.
Considering Visit
To U. S. Nevy Bases
Washington, Aug. 28. (UP)
—Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox is considering a “flying
inspection” of naval establish-
ments in the San Francisco bay
area and in Hawaii, it was
learned tonight. He also may
visit other west coast bases.
The date at his departure
will be determined by interna-
tional developments, but it is
tentatively set for about Sept
4. He will fly first to San
Francisco, hub of a rapidly-de-
veloping expansion program
covering the bay area, and
thence to Hawaii, where he
will tour the huge Pearl Har-
bor base and shore establish-
ments.
It is possible he may inspect
the entire Pacific defense sys-
tem.
The Texas Dairy Products
association has gathered in-
formation that no cows are
kept on 125,000 Texas farms
and 75,000 farms are without
a single chicken. Statistics
gathered by Texas AAM col-
lege show a total of 3.282,000
persona in Texas are on diets
lacking in the fundamental es-
sentials of good nutrition.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940, newspaper, August 30, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth811917/m1/2/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.