Word: tex
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Texon, Tex., the Group One Oil Corp., had drilled an oil well to 8,525 feet when I left that vicinity last fall. The well came in on low production but, to the amazement of oil men, volume both of gas and oil began to mount soon after, increasing markedly each 24-hour period. Oil was of such high gravity it was said to be fit for use for fuel for automobiles without refining...
...DARDEN Fort Worth, Tex...
...from the Bremen to Brooklyn last week, was welcomed by 50 Mexican officials including Manuel C. Tellez, Mexican Ambassador to Washington, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexico's President-elect. An unexpected damper to the official welcome was the announced intention of one John A. Vails, District Attorney of Laredo, Tex., to arrest Señor Calles for the murder seven years ago of two Mexican officers whose bodies, handcuffed together, were found floating in the Rio Grande. Wires from the State Department hastily announced that ex-President Calles had a U. S. diplomatic passport, could claim immunity. In Laredo, District...
...Incentive. Col. W. E. Easterwood Jr., of Dallas, Tex., renewed his 1927 offer of $25,000 for the first flight from Hongkong, China to Dallas last week. He hoped that James Drummond Dole, Hawaiian pineapple sponsor of the Oakland, Cal. to Honolulu race in 1927, would add another $25,000 for the race. It involves stops at Tokyo, Honolulu and on the Pacific Coast...
...Kerryville, Tex., one Hugh Day climbed a tree, imitated turkey calls to lure the birds within range of his gun. Fooled, another huntsman approached and shot Mr. Day dead...