Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1940 Page: 3 of 4
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rHE GRAHAM OAILT REPORTER FRIDAY. JANUARY M. 1848
Young County1 Heads List Of
West C^fral Texas Counties
In Oil Well Completions In 1939
UttCal campaign, due principally to whs in “getting tha tialh *i.d tin
whale truth."
Felty said: <•
"It is my intention to clean oat
T
Gain Since 1931
ABIUNE, Jan. 28.—Oil activity n 1 111
during 1989 in the entire West-Cen- 1VOCK island
tral Texas district lagged behind
1938, according to figures compiled J)hoWS Biggest
by the West- Central Texas Oil &
Gas Association.
. L There were 48 fewer completions,
28 fewer oil wells and 23 fewer
dry holes than in 1938.
Yet several counties, such
M Jones, Shackelford, Coleman anti
la»y*fa Eastland were gainers.
Young county reported the larg-
est number of completions in the
district with ?66, yet fell under th •
1938 figure of 314. It also ran stc-
son had talked to her in terms and I asserted.
about matters which ,fl)e Interpreted j superintendent had “pc$ted” Iter, their claimed connect,on with Teer’s
as sexual advances. ' . j that he had said ‘ some awfully naaty death. i
She said that on the tiLg.” to her and that ha had ur«sd Dr Joh„,on ^ , that
to him or else,” shlVested, «he other women to have sexual rela- , Uv|M .notary Governor the San Antonio hospital In my
testified. IthAm wt im in is. oopet O'Daniel, Representative Felly o. opinion there are many give irreg-
I For a time she attended Mrs. , P«»«nce. Man Antonio, Knox, Davis and Claude u tan tie. at the institution. This ia-
Johnson at a hospital where the Pinal y, when he propom-d a trip w111„me „„llUnt g^tory of .« ligation vital snd it is neces-
1 superintendence wife was i» from to Mexico with ter. slating ««$>•» bto folDle() „ c„n.piracy ou.t'sary for me to take the action 1
an operation, she continued, and , the te.p she would hafe to be good h,m afUr he refus,(1 Uwton Mn, h>¥, uken, , ^l,„e that before
Johnson offered to take -her home I Indications of friction between Felt p*rmjMion
i after her tour of night duty. When I Chairman Knox and Deberry crop before peer’s death
she refused the offer, Johnson askedlped out several t'm s. Knox and
if she was afraid of him, ahe tes- Member Frank Davis are appointees
of Governor O’Daniel while Deberry
was appointed hy Former Governor d
tions down there, it will be necee-
Davis said that his only interest sary to remove Dr. Juhnsi.ii.
tified.
“I told him I was not but I did
Rock Island Lines income figures not want to go with him,” Mrs.
released today by E. M. Durham, Jr., Cooper said. She added that on one
chief executive officer, show $5,458,- 1 occasion, Johnson put his arm aroun.
853 net railway operating income I her shoulders.
for the year. |flj^ increase of I Presumably referring to her mar-
117'/, as compared with $2,512,843 ! ital experience, Mrs. Cooper test-
for the year 1938. ! fied that Johnson suggested 11 h i
The increase pf $2,946,000 for
19:19 was * accomplished principally
by a reduction of $1,685,371 in trans-
that she had tried ‘‘devil’s food cake”
and she ought now to try “angel’s
food.”
“1 don’t remember exactly how
he worded it,” the young woman
a total of 1,242 tests drilled the
previous year. There were 586 new
producers added, against 614 in
1938; and 507 dry holes as compared
with 5R0 dry. holes the preceding
twelve months.
The tabulation for 1939 follows:
Allred.
At one point, after Knox had re-
fused for the present to broaden
the inquiry, Deberry declared:
‘Tm not going to make up my
mind qntil these charges and a whole
lot more are heard in God’s open
daylight.”
Knox told Deberry that he was
not permanently excluding testimony
relating to Teer but that he wa
postponing it "until the morality in
vegtigation had be"n competed. De
berry offered no objection to the
procedure.
The current hearing and the on'
scheduled for next week on Dr.
Johnson’s court suit are expected
ond to Jones county in number of by
oil producers completed. . ■ portation expenses, due to more effi
Jones county led the district in jcjent operation and economies ef-
number of oil wells finaled, with a j fectM| (,y improvements to road and ! said, “but 1 knew what he meant.”
total of 181 in 1939, while Young j Equipment, as well as expanding the Shortly before she resigned she
had 181 and Shakelford finished 1 ^ Diesel power. Maintenance said Dr. Johnson suggested that she
third with 109. j expenditures for the year aggregat- rent a room but not register in her
The district marked off 1,194 L j26,750,673, which is an increase own name, and that she then ad-
teste drilled during 1939, as against ;of j315 907 over mag. vise him of the number. Johnsoi
....... " ‘ Gross revenues in 1939 werfe $78, «*id he Would pay for the room, she to re-echo in the approaching po-.
467.818, as compart'd with $77,777,-
807 for the previous, year, or an
increase in 1939 of $690,011.
Gross for the month of December
was $6,253,248, as compared with $6,-
291,811 for December, 1938. Not-
withstanding the slight decrease in
gross for the month, there was an
increase in net railway operating
income, the figures being $597,933
for December, 1939, as compared
with $578,7:13 for December, 1918.
Repair, Re-roof, Repaint or Ro-
paper your home on the monthly
payment plan aa you do your car,
radio or washing machine. Terms
as low as S3.20 per month on the
$100.00. Other amounts in propor-
tion. No Down payments ...
Nothing to aign but a plain note.
See us for full particulars.
C. D. Shamburger Lbr. Co.
Graham, Texas. R. S. Cox, manager. Phone 162.
Tests
Oil
County Completed Wells Dry
Gas
Brown
84’
20
59
5
Callahun
90
20
67
3
Coleman ...l...
38
15
20
3 ;
Comanche ______
35
18
16
1
Eastland ______
34
6
23
5
Erath ___________
2
0
2
0
Fisher .........
5
0
5
0
Haskell
7
0
7
0
Jack —......___
128
60
68
°1
Jones _____
247
181
66
0
Nolan ___________
1
0
1
0
Palo Pinto
24
9
9
6,
Runnels ..........
2
1
1
°i
Shackelford -
193
109
78
6 1
Stephens .....
16
6
7
».
Stonewall
5
2
3
0
Taylor
20
7
11
2 !
Throckmorton
7
1
5
lj
Young
256
131
ms
«:
Total ...........1,194
586
567
39
—Probe Of
—District B. B.
(Continued from front page)
Archer county, Young county
(Continued from front page)
In the testimony of the nurses,
oth former employes at the hos
itel, there were references to a
roposvd trip to Mexico, petting
nd sexual experiences.
Johnson, through sn attorney, Carl
bright Johnson,* a cousin, declarea
that the charges brought by the
ministers were “false and slander-
ous,” and the cross-examination of
the nurses endeavored to show the
same.
! Previously, in a petition for a
te iillRirary Injtmrtlofi tq restrain the
hoard of cofilfol'toii interfering
_ . n i . with management of the hospital,
i vs. WicmSTcZ"/' PU,°rwmV John“" h*d *"«*•? a
\ completed on March 2. * ou"‘ h,m fromth' ^""tendency.
, The spring meet will be held dur- ^ miction war grsntedby a
f ing the week ending April 6. countyl. dl,^Kt *°U.rt ""d
______ ’ hearing on it has been set for Peb.
3.
Miss Phyllis Cloughley, as student Neatly attired in gray coat and
■t Draughon's Business College in black hat, Mrs. Cooper, a young
Wichita Falls, is spending tha^week mother separated from her hligand,
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrsi testified that while employed at the
H. R. Cloughley. hospital in the Fall of 19(48 Dr. John-
Today 89.6c Will
Buy What S1.0&
Bought In 1926
—That’s what the U. S. Dept, of Labor says
t ■ ■■l-irsiaTii.il... ■ '■■(* i | ■ *
about the coat of borne building materials 1
Seven Roast B^fT.....
Short Ribs SST.........
“15c
Lk I5c
Bologna weed............
.....Lb. IOC
Pig Liver
Smoked Bacon pvJT*.....la 15c
Dry Salt Jowls .............fc
Pork Chops ST G u llit
Pork Sausage
188%
Pure Pork .............IA
Pork Steak
Sliced Bacon ™
Sliced Bacon
"111
StVCftM .............. kb. I trip
p“" . 2 25c
firs- Streaked
l,.
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Have you thought about owning a home of
your own—or about rtonodeling the one you
live in now?
Read These Startling Facts
—World War I increased home buildup cost*
218% in 6 yoaral
—Today home building actually costs' < leae
than before the depression. Roal Estate Anal-
ysts, Inc., say 7% leas than the average of the
last 20 year*.
a
—In war time, real estate is always a good
investment.
MorrisoB-Smith Lumber Co.
GRAHAM, TEXAS
Kitchen Craft
FLOUR
45c
79c
Country
Honor Brand
Quick
SrtUng
3 25c
3“*
Pkgs. IOC
lie
Corn
Jell Well
• .f I ' -Toilet A «*g.
Lifebuoy h—p .....L ««•
Ivory Flakes......3 i25c
Oxydol ST.........^25 18c
Palmolive 2 lie
Potatoes
Hominy
Pumpkin
Beans
Stokely's
Finest . .
Stokely's
Pinto*: .
3 25c
12 Zt 15c
200 size
Texas 00 Size
Northern
17-Os.
...Fkg.
Catsup .......
Kraut .........
Meal ....
Oats SST«
Margarine
Pineapple
Sunay
Bank .
15c'
2Sc
2Si'l5c
,. '*£ 25c
.....K 15c
2
Cherub
8 Small
Oaaa ..
S Large
Cans ..
MILK
Baby Pure
17c
17c
iempie Oranges T,xim
Grapefruit
Carrots
Lettuce 6
Texas Yams
Yellow Onions
Apples
Texas
Qrssn Tops
Ooz Size
Kiln
Dried
Crushed
8
Lb*. \T Winesap Apple
2 cans 25c j Mew Potatoes
Rome 00 Size
Extra fancy 210 size
Asmpo Brand
Doz. 15c
Doz. 19c
2 bchs. 5c
head 5c
4 lbs 15c
5 lbs. 10c
Doz. 35c
Doz. 10c
4 lbs. 19c
, Marshmallows
£ Iflc
Airway
Raisins
3 25c
COFFEE
Hershey’s
Si 12c
Freak Ground
Peanut Butter
"Ji19c
L 2 lh. I5c j
^mamm«».xmwrviv......... J
Cigarettes
Sn-Pnrk
Raleigh
Plain or Tipped.
Pork I Beans
12170
the Bight to Limit QmnMttos and Nat to Sell to Other
144k
. Oaa
'Salmon
No. 1 Tall
5c
25c
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1940, newspaper, January 26, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116246/m1/3/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.