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, COMPLETE NEWS AND ADVERTISING COVERAGE OF THE GREAT TALCO OIL FIELD
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Over Billion
Dollars Asked
for Defense
President Roosevelt on Thursday
asked a joint session of Congress for
$1,182,000,000 defense appropriation,
divided $546,000,000 for the army
and $250,000,000 for the navy. In
addition he asked authorization of
contract obligations amounting to
$186,000,000 for the army, navy and
marines, and $100,000,000 similar
obligations to be administered by
the president. All of this was ask-
ed over and above budgets already
set up for the army and navy.
The president discussed the ad-
vance of aerial fighting in stating
the necessity of emergency defense
measures. He stated quality of the
United States equipment was above
reproach and officers and fighting
men the best trained. Mass pro-
duction of proven defense equip-
ment was asked. He reminded that
production of planes had been step-
ped up from 6,000 annually to 12,000
and urged that this figure be raised
to 50.0Q0. Continuation of sale of
planes to the Allies was urged.
In promotion of the emergency
defense program the president ask-
ed for rapid and decisive-action in
the face of propaganda of dictator
countries that no democracy could
act as efficiently as centralized au-
thority. National unity, strong
faith and toughness of moral and
physical power was advocated.
Roosevelt stated that in the event
of emergency after adjournment of
the present session he would im-
mediately call Congress back into
special session.
RABIES SHOWN
BY TEST OF DOG
SHOT IN BOGATA
Pasteur test on head of the mad
dog killed last week in Bogata
showed positive evidence of rabies,
according to report received by Bo-
gata city officials. Warning has been
issued for the entire area, as offic-
ials have been unable to trace the
dog anywhere except in the city
limits of Bogata. There is a possi-
bility that dogs and stock may have
been bitten elsewhere and a new
outbreak may occur.
About twenty-five dogs have been
killed in Bogata and numerous re-
sidents have penned and vaccinat-
ed their dogs. Many dogs- were
known to have been bitten and one
resident has a large rooster which
the dog attacked put up in a coop
to see what the effect will be.
No persons were attacked in the
first outbreak and with drastic
measures taken to keep dangerous
dogs off the streets, residents of Bo-
gata feel there is no further danger.
However, a close watch will be kept
on all dogs.
TALCO, TITUS COUNTY, TEX AS, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1940
NUMBER 14
District Court
in Final Week
District court entered its final
week Monday morning, summoning
a petit jury for the first time during
the session. Major litigation and
important criminal cases were car-
ried over until the September term.
The Titus county grand jury
which has been adjourned for the
past two weeks, resumed its labors
Thursday, with only a small amount
of work reported to be done.
Baccalaureate
Sermon lor
Seniors Sunday
The Rev. J. W. Harper will de-
liver the commencement sermon to
the Talco High School graduates
Sunday morning, May 19, in the
auditorium of the high school build-
ing.
Students will be dressed in con-
ventional caps and gowns and the
following program has been ar-
ranged:
Processional—Mrs. R. C. Walker.
Hymn, “God of Our Fathers,"
Roberts-Warren—High School Chor-
al Club, directed by L. E. Gilbert.
Mrs. R. C. Walker, accompanist.
Invocation—Rev. C. B. Williams.
Hymn, “Beautiful Savior,” Rieg-
ger—High School Choral Club.
Scripture Reading—Rev. L. L.
Gieger.
Hymn, “My Faith Looks Up to
Thee,” Palmer-Mason—Leon Lind-
sey, Harry Howard, Bill Miller, Ho-
mer Kerr.
Sermon, "The Investment of Life”
—Rev. J. W. Harper.
Hymn, “Take the Name of Jesus
With You,” Baxter-Doane—Congre-
gation and Choral Club.
Benediction—Rev. S. D. Lindsey.
Recessional—Mrs. R. C. Walker.
Talco Pipe Line
Records American
Liberty Purchase
PARTY FOR WPA
MONDAY, MAY 20,
AT CITY HALL
A party for WPA workers, spon-
sors and supervisory personnel will
be held in the Talco sewing room,
located in the city hall builetfng, on
Monday, May 20, from T:Sfr p. m.
to 9:30 p. m. Mayor Jones will be
the speaker and the WPA recrea-
tional project will have charge of
the party activities.
Tuesday, May 21 through Satur-
day, May 25, projects will be open
for visitors. The sewing room will
be open from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m..
“This work pays your commun-
ity” has been chosen as the slogan
for the week, purpose of which is
to familiarize the public with the.
work being done through WPA fa-
cilities.
ATTEND MEETING COTTON
GROWER8’ ASSOCIATION
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The following from Talco and
Talco R2 attended the Texas Cot-
« ton Growers’ Association in Dallas
on Monday: J. B. Osborn, J. O.
Franklin, Dick Rogers, Neal Moore,
J. R. White, Tom Davis, Bird Old
Jk\, Amos Wilson Roy Fry, J. W.
Roach, Leo Wilson, W. T. Ward,
Charley Blalock, Buck Blalock,
Morris Blalock and Frebrct Ant-
I chutz. v-.'-nW,
Instruments of title to the Amer-
ican Liberty Pipe Line’s gathering
system in the Talco and Sulphur
Bluff oil fields have been recorded
by the Talco Pipe Line Co., com-
pleting a deal which has been in
process for some time and. which
will mean that, in the future the
Talco Pipe Line Company will han-
dle the oil from 22 more wells in
the Talco field and 73 in the Sul-
phur Bluff area.
Recently the Talco Asphalt & Re-
fining Company and the Talco Pipe
Line Company underwent a reor-
ganization for the purpose of in-
creasing the efficiency of the Mt.
Pleasant plant, in which the Paluxy
Refinery at Talco, which was de-
stroyed by fire last year and the
business of that concern were com-
bined with the Mt. Pleasant plant.
Equipment is being moved from
Talco to the plant at Mt. Pleasant
to increase the efficiency of the big
Mt. Pleasant concern and help in
turning out the many oil products
made by this plant, which has be-
come one of the largest independent
concerns in Texas.
AGED FRANKLIN
COUNTY MAN DIES
SUNDAY MORNING
Four Wells
Nearing Pay
Talco Field
Talco oil field has had four rigs
in operation all week and all four
wells are nearing completion.
Magnolia compahy, drilling on the
E. V. Duke No. 3 in East Talco, was
cementing casing on Thursday. This
work is being done by Denver Drill-
ing Co. Completion of the well was
delayed almost a week when a drill
bit was lost in the hole, forcing op-
erators to sidetrack.
In the same area Adams and
Lysle, with Bill Hinton drilling con-
tractor doing the work, "was near-
ing pay dirt again on the property
of the First National Bank of Mt.
Pleasant. Operations have contin-
ued on that tract for the past six
weeks, due to two crooked holes and
finally resulted in skidding the der-
rick and starting over. Since the
change in location no trouble has
been reported, and a completion
should be chalked up by the latter
part of the week.
An offset to the Adams and Lysle
is the Randy Moore on the same
property. Byers Drilling Company
is making the well, with a depth
Thursday of 2400 feet.
On the west end drilling has been
resumed by the Texas Company on
the Barker tract. A rock bit was
installed Wednesday and should
complete this week end.
Humble Company will begin rig-
ging up again Monday, after a lapse
of three weeks, while the rig and
crew made several locations in New
London and Gladewater. Their lo-
cation in the field-has not been an-
nounced at this time.
H. W. Stillwell
to Address
Senior Class
Commencement exercises for the
Talco High School graduating class
will be held Tuesday evening, May
21, in the auditorium of the high
school building. H. W. Stillwell
will deliver the address to the grad-
uates and diplomas will be present-
ed by Supt. B E. Dunagan.
The following program will be
carried out:
Processional—Mrs. R. C. Walker.
Invocation—Rev. S. D. Lindsey.
Salutatory—Dorothy Ray Wom-
ack.
Class Song—Class.
Valedictory—Jimmie Goodwin.
Song, “Keep on Hopin’,” Maxwell
— Dorothy Temples and Mary Ruth
Walker.
I Address—Mr. H W. Stillwell, Tex-
arkana, Texas.
I Presentation of Class—Glen N.
Flewharty, Principal.
Presentation of Diplomas—B. E.
Dunagan, Superintendent.
Benediction—Rev. C. B. Williams.
Preparations
Bogata Test
Make Progress
Red Cross Asks for
$560 in Titus Co.
Titus county is being asked t<j>
contribute its quota of $560 to the
American Red Cross as a part of
the campaign to raise $10,000,000
in this country for the relief of help-
less women and children in Hol-
land, Belgium and Luxembourg,
suffering from German invasion.
Local contributions may be made
to the Talco State Bank or The
Talco Times.
Farmers Wage
War to End
Foulness
7th Grade to
Graduate on
Monday Night
Talco grade school graduation ex-
ercises- will be held in the high
school auditorium on Monday even-
ing, May 20, at 8:00 o’clock.
Superintendent B. E. Dunagan
will award the graduating class di-
plomas. Class sponsor Guy Lem
mond has prepared the following
program.
Invocation—Rev.* C. B. Williams.
Salutatory—Gloria Woodward.
Piano Solo—Odessa Devall.
Class Address, “Building a Life,"
—H. C Cheek, Sulphur Springs
Vocal Trio, “Drink to Me Only
with Thine Eyes,”—Eloise Morrie,
Dorothy Nell Reidout and Duran<
Alexander.
Valedictory—Betty Fay Gee and
Wanda Beth Carl.
Presentation of Class—Guy Lcm-
mond.
Presentation of Diplomas—Supt.
B E. Dunagan.
Song—Class.
Benediction—Rev. J. W. King.
Legal work in connection with
tlie 9,000 acre lease block in the Bo-
gata section is progressing rapidly
in preparation for the Trinity test
for which rig is expected in a short
, time. Representatives of the drill-
ing company and others interested
I in the test have been in Bogata and
j leases have been placed in escrow.
| Tom Cole, one of the leaders in
' assembling the lease block, states
1 all work is moving along on sched-
ule and no difficulty is expected.
Title work and other legal angles
are being checked so that the test
may experience no delay when drill-
ing is started.
Even before machinery is moved
in there has been some trading in
leases. The test is attracting wide
interest and oil men are visiting Bo-
gata to investigate. The area has
been thoroughly geologized and its
close proximity to Talco production
has aided in creating interest.
A war to end foulness was begun
in this section Monday by fighting
farmers who blitzkrieged their way
into the fray with sharp hoes,
astride cultivators, atop tractors and
took the offensive between the well
defined lines of turning rows.
Wednesday found the battle in
full sway, though reports were com-
ing in that the myraids of crab
grass, cockleburs and careless weeds
were yielding before the onslaught
of farmers who were bending their
backs and sending down showers of
perspiration parachutes.
Corn, especially, is reported to be
doing well the past few days, more
than holding its own against the
ceaseless oppression of enemies and
promising to do even better when
it receives the aid of farmers.
It is generally believed that a
few days more of sunshine will end
the war and leave the field of bat-
tle clean for expanding cotton, corn
and other crops.
Apply for Eight
Tests in Camp Co.
Applications, listing eight propos-
ed new locations for deep tests in
Camp county, have been filed with
the Railroad Commission.
The applications were made by F
W. Maddox of Pittsburg and call
for depths to 8,100 feet. Proposed
locations are in the J, B. FcMahon,
Nancy Glass, Lucinda Williams.
Mary Arosha and E. B. Davis sur-
veys, beginning about six miles
southwest of Pittsburg and extend-
ing in a northeasterly direction.
Auditor for Titus
County Discussed
The advisability of employing a
full-time county auditor for Titus
county was discussed Monday after?
non at a meeting of the County
Commissioner’s Court Curtis Mor-
ris,-director of the East Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce, explained how
the county might save taxpayers’
money by employing an auditor and
said that there was now sufficient
business in the county , to warrant
the employment of an auditor.
Appointed by the District Judge
and with his salary set by the
judge within statutory limits, the
county auditor is Outside county
politics.
Jim Pope, 79-year-old resident of
Franklin county, died Sunday morn-
ing at his home near Mt. Vernon
following an illness of 12 weeks’
duration. Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon at the Mt.
Vernon Baptist church and inter-
ment was in the Friendship ceme-
tery.
His wife, the former Miss Laura
Newsom, preceded him in death in
1925.
Surviving are three sons, U. A.
Pope of Talco, Rayford Pope of Ty-
ler, and Carey Pope of Mt. Vernon;
three daughters, Mrs. Lonnie Per-
rin and Mrs. Homer Kirbo of Mt.
Vernon, and Mrs. Charlie Barker of
Stanton; several grandchildren and
on* great; grandchild. X
Mr. and Mr*. Will Sullivan and Mrs. J, L. Vaughn of Talco, is at
Mrs. Caaaie Pope of Talco, attended a Paris hospital for surgical treat
the funttsl
Red River Co. Grand
Jury Indicts 42
Grand jury in 102nd district
court at Clarksville adjourned last
week after adding an additional 14
bills to the 128 indictments made in
earlier sessions of the body. The
court expects to complete the spring
term this week after handling more
ihan the usual amount of business.
Checking of Titus
Farms Starts Soon
Work of checking permanent field
boundaries and permanent acreages
of Titus county farms in connection
with the compliance program of the
Department of Agriculture will be
started within the next few days un-
der the supervision of the AAA
county committee.
Farmers are urged to cooperate
with the field men in the measure-
ments and go with them when pos-
sible and help chain off the land ac-
cording tk the new aerial pictures.
Titus Court House
Contract Let to
O. L. Crigler
O. L. Crigler was awarded the
two contracts in connection with
the remodeling of the Titus county
court house when bids were opened
Monday morning for furnishing the
needed new furniture for the build-
ing and for the paving of the square
around the structure.
Mr. Crigler made the low bid on
the two projects, with a cost of
$35,370.
The construction work is to be
completed in fifty working days, end
is_ to start as soon as possible, fhe
furniture is to be installed as soon
as the interior of the court house
is put in condition for its use.
It is thought that the structure
will be ready for occupancy about
the latter part of July.
■East Texans Form
Girl Scout Group
A group of East Texas women met
last Friday at Longview for the pur-
pose of forming an area association
of Girl Scout leaders and troop com-
mittee members in the district. The
association will meet four times a
year, and membership is open to
any Scout troop leaders or com-
mittee members in the East Texas
area. Next regular meeting of the
Area Council will b* held in Jud-
son on Sept. 5.
Purpose of the association is to
meet together and discuss Girl
Scout problems, swap ideas and on
occasions bring in trained leaders
lo work witli the members
Holland and
Belgium Hit
by Nazi Drive
A fast-shifting war of movement
—embroiling thousands of war-
planes and giant tanks—thundered
along the 110-mile Western Front
from Antwerp, Belgium, to Sedan,
France, Thursday as the Nazi jug-
gernaut hammered at Belgian de-
fense lines and the north wall of
France.
Mechanized units from both side*
cut loose from their infantry and
drove boldly torward to strike the
enemy rear.
At least 600,000 troops, evenly bal-
anced, were engaged.
A French War Office spokesman
acknowledged that the Germans, af-
ter crossing the Meuse River at
three points continued to push for-
ward.
A British military spokesman
said the great Belgian fortresses of
Liege and Namur, in Eastern Bel-
gium, were still holding out, al-
though apparently isolated- The
Germans say they have captured the
Liege citadel and other forts at
Liege and Namur.
German armored columns report-
edly penetrated the Allied lines in
Belgium “to a considerable depth"
at several points. The thrusts were
reported unsupported by infantry.
A French War Office spokesman
said that a great battle was in pro-
gress and tha^. the situation was
“serious—very confusing ”
Hitler loosed his “total war” with
the invasion of Holland and Bel-
gium and a tremendous assault of
the left flank of the famed French
Maginot Line. Holland capitulated
after five days of fighting which
cost 100,000 men but the Dutch
royal family and government were
safe in England and declared they
would continue the war with their
navy and colonies.
Deeply invaded, Belgium is fight-
ing bravely with British and French
'commands throwing all power to
their aid. A gigantic battle is rag-
ing in the Meuse river valley where
much of the World War was fought
and the French town of Sedan was
reported in Nazi hands as Allied
battle lines formed to defend the
threatened left flank of the Maginot
line.
Through the week end the Nazi.
air force spread death, desolation
and parachute troops over Belgium
and Holland, but by mid-week the
Allied airmen were holding their
own in battle against superior num-
bers. "Trojan horse legions,” or
spies, aided by the parachute drop-
ped troops were credited for much
of Germany’s success in Holland
and Belgium. With the Dutch sur-
render, England prepared defense
for air raids from Nazi bases in
Holland.
As the new Nazi invasions began,
Great Britain united under a. new
cabinet led by Winston Churchill,
witli Neville Chamberlain, resigned
prime minister, holding a cabinet
j post along witli Anthony Eden, for-
mer foreign secretary and arch-ene-
my of the dictators. Italy’s oft-
threatened entrance into the war
appeared to have been again held
off when anti-allied demonstrations
were stopped on Wednesday.
maze-McDonald wedding
FRIDAY MORNING
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Alfred J. Maze and Miss Dorothy
McDonald, both of Talco, were mat -
j ried at 10:45 o’clock Friday morn-
ing in the office of Justice of the
I Peace Charles W Robinson in Mt
' Pleasant, who performed the cere-
j o»ony in the presence .of only a few
witnesses.
Th couple will make their future
home at Talco.
Hopkins Dairy Show
Draws 167 Entries
Fifth annual Northeast Texas
dairy show held at Sulphur Springs
drew 167 entries from eight coun-
ties and there were forty-nine ex-
hibitors.
It is estimated that there are
19,000 dair\ cows in Hopkins coun-
ty and 12,000 beef cattle. The gross
income from dairying is reported to
approximate $750,000 a year. Sixty
nor .cent of the area of the county
is pasture land.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Nugent, Mr
and Mrs. Jim Morris and son Dar-
rell, Mr and Mrs. Wilton Kelley and
daughter, Jane, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Rogers enjoyed a squirrel midli-
gen on Mountain lake Monday af-
ternoon. The group reported plenty
of squirrels and a good time.
Thief Haute Off Cow
tint Officerx Catch
Stolen Sunday night from the Al-
len Rakes farm west of Bogata, a
nice heifer was recovered Monday
at Sulphur Springs and a man ar-
rested in connection with the theft
Mr Rakes missed the cow Monday
and discovered tracks where she
had been loaded into a small truck.
The truck was traced to Sulphur
Springs, where the cow was located
and returned to Mr. Rakes.
Constable W J. Corbell of Bo-
gata, was in Sulphur Springs along
with Ranger Stewart Stanley and
Deputy Sheriff Jim Francis to re-
cover the cow which had been sold
to a farmer near that place. Hop-
kins county officers had been given
a description of the truck an«L ar-.
rested two men. Another believed
involved escaped. The farmer's
check for $28 had not been cashed
and his money was saved for him,
The two men arrested were said to
have been from Lamar county.
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Hardin, Paul. The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1940, newspaper, May 17, 1940; Talco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth911253/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.