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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Hoover's Plan for War Debt Moratorium Not Wholly
Liked by France-Aviators Fly Across
Atlantic Ocean.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

heard from only once on the way
across, the liner Drottningholm pick
ing up their radio call. Post and Gatty
set out to make the circuit of the
globe In ten days. They remained at
Chester only long enough to refuel
and eat lunch, and then flew to Ber-
lin and thence onward toward Mos
COW.
Only few hours after Post and
Gatty hoped off, Otto Hillig and Hol-
ger Hoiriis started from Harbor Grace
in big, heavily loaded Bellanca plane
with the hope Of making a nonstop
flight to Copenhagen, Denmark. But
they lost their way and landed at
krefeld, Germany.
Ruth Nichols, flying from New York
on the first leg of her projected trip
across the Atlantic, landed at st. John,
N. B., and ran her plane into rock
near the airfeld. She was painfully
injured and the plane was so badly
damaged that it was necessary to
postpone her flight indefinitely.
James c'Jimmy') Doolittle, one Of
Americas most daring and most ex-
pert flyers, had another narrow es-
cape from death when his new speed
plane started falling apart while he
was travelling $50 miles an hour only
100 feet up, near st. Louis, Mo. He
came down safely in parachute and
the plane was demolished.
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lowing who demand rather more than
autonomy for Catalonia. 1t has been
considered likely that Lerroux will be
the first premier under the new con-
stitution which will be drafted by
the constituent cortes.
Restoration of the Spanish mon
archy. with himself on the throne, Is
the ambition of Don Jaime de Bour-
bon, the Carlist pretender. who is now
sixty years old but vigorous and full
of schemes. 1t is reported that Gen.
Martinez Anido, his chief military aid,
has gathered an army in northern
Spain and expects to overthrow the
republican regime. But pretenders sell
dom have any luck in such ventures,
and the government at Madrid probab-
ly isn't worried by this threat.
ELAMES starting on wharf at st.
L John, N. B., swept the waterfront
and practically ruined the entire west
ern section of the port. The property
damage was believed to exceed $10,-
100000, and several lives we're lost.
The conflagration ragged for hours. de-
stroying docks. grain elevators and
several steamships. The greatest loss
was suffered by the harbor commits
sion, federal property valued at 3d.
100000 being burned.
TOR the first time in the history Of
Ohio a woman Is to be electro
cuted. At Jefferson, Mrs. Julia Maude
Lowther of Ashtabula, twenty-three
years old, was sentenced to die in
the electric chair at the state peni-
Tertiary on October for the murder
of Mrs. Clara Smith, her employer and
the wife of the man she loved. Smith,
twice convicted Of completely in the
killing, also Is under death sentence.
TOR the first time In its history Ro-
l tary International has elected
European as president. At the annual
convention of the organization in
Vienna the delegates selected Sydney
Woodroffe PscaIl of London. England.
to succeed President Almon E. Roth
of California. Rufus Fisher Chaplin Of
Chicago was reelected for his eight
eenth term as treasurer.
GHILE, through its minister of for
~ eign affairs, has invited the for
eign ministers of all the Pan-Amer
lean nations to attend conference
on the existing financial crisis, to seek
methods by which their governments
may cooperate to prevent complete
commercial and economic breakdown.
The United States is included in the
invitation and presumably will be rep
resented by an official observer. The
date and place are not set.
20, 1891 Western Newspaper unlon.l
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y FACE between the Vatican and
Italian Fascism, instead of being
within sight, is as far away as ever,
according to Pope Plus XI. The Holy
Father, addressing 700 members of
the congregation for propagation of
the faith. declared in so many words
that he and Premier Mussolini were
at swords points and that it had been
impossible even to start talking of
agreements. He asserted that the
church is being prosecuted in Italy
worse than in Mexico and Russia, and
that 5000 organizations of the Duce's
followers have been given the task of
prosecuting him. However. he de
clared his faith in providence and
said the bishops in Italy had informed
him that there was Increasing unrest
in the country because Of the ''intoler-
able surveillance, odious espionage,
secret reports and continuous men
aces"
Mussolini In his latest note to the
Vatican was rather conciliatory, but
the duce was firm in his attitude to-
ward the Catholic Action societies. He
left the fundamental issue which has
always existed as to the respective
rights Of the church and state in edu-
cational matters exactly as it has al
ways been.
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CPAIN is settling
" down to normallty
under the republican
rule. but the subject
of the status Of Cata-
lonia is not yet set
tied. Alexander Ler-
rou1. minister of for
eign affairs, went to
Barcelona. center of
the stormy province.
the other day to sound
out the intentions of
Col. Francisco Macia
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NJ EW YORK IS
~ latest death mys-
tery-that Of Starr
Faithful, beautiful
but cratic, whose
body was found on
the sands of Long
Beach-is still un-
solved and may re-
main so. The author
tiles had hoped the
information brought
back by DR.. G. Jane
son Carr, ships sur
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100000 which this country will not
collect next year If the plan goes
through would be more than made up
In short time if it brought about a
return Of better times.
From indications thus far" Mr..
Mills said. sit appears that the world
at large looks upon the American pro-
posal as hopeful business factor.
Stocks have risen in the big ex-
changes. With better business the tax
receipts Of the treasury will increase"
Mr.. Mills declined to predict wheth-
er it will be necessary to recommend
a tax increase to the next congress
to supply revenues for operating the
government during the next fiscal
year. He pointed out, however, that
a postponement Of war debts pay
ments would cut the treasury receipts
during the next year by more than
$250,000.000.
This years deficit, on the basis
of income tax returns, probably will
not greatly exceed $S50.00O.00O
Up to the close of June 10, total
expenditures chargeable against ordl-
nary receipts were $4,116,605,000, as
compared with an estimated expendl-
ture for the fiscal year of $4.335, 000.-
600
If business conditions improve treas
ury officials anticipate an immediate
raise in the income tax and other
receipts. Commerce department Of
ficlals said that they were hopeful
better financial conditions abroad
would be reflected in American for
eign commerce.
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The Washington Memorial chapel Valley Forge
the Porch of the Allies The small
Of the Litany desk the
When the Washington Memorial Valley Forge is
peted cost of S2o0o0o00 the United States will possess
Of the outstanding memorials of the world Already the chapel has
been called "The American Westminster This chapel the first
be finished of the great series of buildings which will
the memorial and tourists gather from state the Union
well from other countries the unique they
by browning the summit where Washngtons army
camped during the terrible winter of 1777-78.
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M EXICO'S troubles with the Cath
Iva Ollie church have been renewed
by the action of the Vera Cruz state
government in restricting the number
of priests conducting services to one
for every 100000 inhabitants. Priests
in Mexico are warning their congrega-
lions that another religious conflict Is
likely. They said priests in Vera
Cruz had been harshly treated, and
that a few had been killed.
These remarks are believed to have
been inspired by a riot at Huatusco.
in the state of Vera Cruz. during the
burial of Father Felipe Cano, who
died from injuries he had sustained
in clash between liberals and Cath
olies at Chavaxtla.
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EIRST Of this years crop of Amer
4 lean transatlantic flyers to hop off
from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland
were Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in
the single motored cabin plane Winnie
Mae. Their destination was Berlin,
and though they did not make the
flight to the German capital without
stop. they did succeed in getting safe
ly across the ocean. They landed at
the Sealand alrdrome near Chester,
England, after circllng over the city
of Bangor, Wales. Post was the pilot
Of the plane throughout the flight and
Gatty acted as navigator. They were
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DRESIDENT HOO
L ver's plan for a
one year moratorium
on reparations and
war debts probably
will go through unless
France blocks it.
Hailed with cheers by
most of the world, the
proposition was re-
ceived rather coldly
and suspiciously by
the French. Ambassa-
dor Walter e. Edge
got busy with the
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Trusted the People

The safety Of the nation requires
that the greatest amount of power
must be left in the hands of the pen-
ple.-Thomas Jefferson.
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CHIANG KAI-SHEK, head Of the
~ Chinese Nationalist government,
has begun his great effort to extermi-
nate the communists and bandits. He
concentrated about 100000 troops in
Kiangsi province and held a war coun-
Gil in Nanchang at which the military
operations were all planned. If these
succeed. he believes it will put an
end to resistance, both political and
armed. to the Marking government.
for he minlmizes the dolngs of the OPP
position in and about Canton.
General Chang sailed from Marking
aboard a Chinese gunboat to lead the
forces, leaving Finance Minister T. V.
Soong in charge Of political affairs
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DROvIDED the pro-

DROVIDED the pro-
Il posed Preparations
and war debt mora
forum really turns
the business tide to-
ward prosperity, it
would be a profitable
investment for the
United States. Such
is the opinion Of Og-
den L. Mills. under
secretary of the treas
ury. He asserted in
Washington that the
loss of about Solo,
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NC UCoIIbo 10 Idh6 up
again his residence in the United
States.
The knowledge spreading through
official circles that Mr.. Davis has Of
fered his resignation has already pro-
duced booms for two men as candi-
dates for his position. They are
Theodore Roosevelt, governor of Porto
Rico, and Maj Gen. Frank R. Mccoy.
The official expectation is that one Of
the two will get the post and at pres
ent Mr.. Roosevelt appears to be in
the Lead.
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MYTH due Formally President
w Hoover received William Dun
can Herridge, the new minister from
the Dominion Of Canada. In accept
ing his official letters of credence Mr..
Hoover declared that the establish
ment Of direct diplomatic relations be-
tween the United States and Canada
and served to strengthen international
friendship. Mr.. Herridge, who is only
the second Canadian minister to the
United States, referred to the mainte-
nance of a legation in Washington as
an aid to cordial relations
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G IR HUBERT WILKINS and his
" weary crew managed to get the
submarine Nautilus into the harbor of
Cork, Ireland, after its stormy voyage
across the Atlantic. The commander
said that after the batteries were re
charged he would proceed to England
for other repairs, and that he hoped
to reach the North pole, by the sub-ice
route, in two months.
The mishaps and delay suffered by
the Wilkins expedition led DR.. Hugo
Eckener to abandon his plan for a
meeting between the Graf Zeppelin
and the Nautilus at the pole. The
dirigible will make a six-day cruise
into Arctic regions In July on a sci
entific mission.
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during his absence, which. General
Chang estimates, will be about two
months.
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line. would reveal how the young wom-
an came to her death. She had adj
mittedly been infatuated with him and
on his return from England he gave
the grand jury two notes from her in
which she told Of planning to commit
suicide. But Starts stepfather, STAN
ley e. Faithful, took one look at them
and declared they were forgeries.
Handwriting experts were to be called
on to settle this question.
Both letters were addressed to Doc
tor Carr in care of the medical de-
partment of the Cunard line at Liver
pool. One, postmarked June 2, and
written on stationery of a New York
hotel, fatty declared Starr was going
to end her worthless, disorderly bore
Of an existence-before l ruin any
one else's life as WE'LL" The second,
written two days later from Mineola,
was in fiippant vein and reiterated her
intention to commit suicide.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-16

Farther west, Grandview struc-
ture has not been tested on the
structure as mapped bat one wen
was drilled on the north flank
and one on the east flank. The
north well was the higher, struc-
turally. Both wells had flows Of
gas which do little more than
prove the existence Of gas on the
structure. Since this is relatively
shallow drilling, Grandview may
develop into a profitable gas
structure when drilled within the
contours which are shown TO be
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-16

South Of the Hills, Berthelote
dome il the most active Of ell
the Hills Oil fields. Located with
in is miles Of q pipeline, it is
most advantageously situated and
while there is only one small pro-
ducing oil well, the oil is Of high
gravity, similar to Bears Den,
and the upper sands produce gas.
Three wells are starting this
spring and others may be expect
ed during the present year. Il Is
safe TO guess that BerthelOte win
be the first to market its oil
which should be heartily vel
coined BY refineries since its free
dom from sulphur and lack Of
asphaltic residue make II an ideal
refining stock.
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UTOPIA

Utopia or Rocky Dome struc-
ture, as it il variously called, has
a dry hole to live down. 1t is
safe to assume that additional
wells win be drilled on this struc-
ture, despite the failure Of the
first, which is shut down after
striking a flow Of water. just
what formation it stopped in is
debated, but the Cretaceous
sands had only shOwings of oil
and no appreciable amount Of
gas. This is the most distant Of
the structures. away from the
Hills, in which the oil was seem
ingly formed.
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Three wells have been drilled
on this structure since the pio-
neer Frazer discovery gas well
and fourth is now being com
pleted. Two Of these wells are
large wells, rated at better than
10000, 900 cubic feet per day. Two
are oil wells. small bumpers, pro-
ducing high gravity paraffin base
sweet" oil-the most valuable
oil found in northern Montana.
Part Of the proven gas area Of
Bears Den is shallow drilling,
comparable with Kevin-Sunburst.
Engineers say that pressure,
sand, and open flow indicate re-
serves Of around 100 billion cubic
feet Of gas in this structure.
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aehnsetta e the elecsFse chalK =
"spain's national musseal ~
strumens IS cascarees"
Apollo was the king Of table
waters"
The census takeF Is q man
who soes from houss 20 house
Increasing ths popuiation."
''cAivalry is the sssituds Of a
man towards strange women."
The Zodiac Ia the 400 of the
sky where iionss eoata. virgins
and other animals 80 after they
are dsad."
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Flat CoUI.EE

Nearby is Flat Coulee field,
proven for both oil or gas BY a
single wen which was lost and
cannot be produced The well Is
on the very top Of the structure
as mapped and operators believe
that it win produce oil on the
TANKS, as does Bears Den, six
miles away. The conditions in the
two fields are almost identical.
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The third structure on the East
side Of the Hills Is called Pin
horn. An uncompleted test had
70 60 deeper than expected. II Is
low structuFally. IS compared
with the other domes, bat when
il is recalled that the Badger Ba-
sin well was 1900 feet lower
strueturally than expected, there
is still q good ray Of hope in the
Pinhorn situation. Neither would
one dry hole entirely disprOve
this structure
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-16

An Englishman, w'hile attend
ing q banquet in Canada, was
very much Impressed BY the fol-
lowing toast: Here's 70 the hap
piest moments Of my life. when
! was held In the arms Of an
other mans wife-My Mother. "
The Englishman upon return
ing to England. was elected
POSTMASTER at q banquet and de-
clded 70 give the clever toast be
had heard IN Canada. He arose
and said, "Ers's to the 'appiest
moments OF my life, when was
eld in The arms OF another mans
er-er-ah. / forget who the
baby woman was.
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some folks smiis Sc shs nlght
time.
Some folks sale Ia ne dawn,
But the man woFshwAsis - the
man who can smlls
When his two frOnt teesh are
gone.
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"And here" said the nmMlish-
man 10 the Visitor. ''la per-
trait 81 slr Hubert De Hoosy
the fsundsr og TIE family
All, res. said the visitor.
And what Is his Occapatiou r.
Ny desr sir. be founded the
family" replied the Eneliahman
"of eourss, said the visitor.
but what did be DO dayag"
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Az RAhhlt

The boarding house mistress
glanced grimly down the table
as she announced, We have q
delicious rabbit pie for dinner =
The boarders nodded resign
edly-all but one.
He glanced nervonsly down
ward. shifted his feet One foot
struck something soft. something
that said, Meow"
Up came bis head. A relieved
smile crossed his face as he
gasped, Thank goodness.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-16

Ohio paper I'VE regret The
unfortunate mixup Of two items
il yesterdays edition which
made az say that The Bridegroom
took his place beneath the floral
bela and 1900 volts we're imme-
diately shot through bis culver
ing form.
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FOR sale-New baby carriage
bought in error: never been
used: too busy with politics
Ad In Liberty IN. ~ Paper.
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me two Oh operators wsro
,snemiea. Thsy were on ehe sama
committes. however, % better
conditions Ia TIE industry. There
are 3 hundred ways Of makiug
money in the Oh business. " saia
the first
Yes, reminded tina other.
but only one honest way"
And what "a THAR" asked the
first.
"Ah." was the vicious retorts
Il thought yon w0uidnt know
IT,"
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A goblet Is che mals turkey "
"A grass widow is the wife Of
) vegetarian.
A polygon e q dead parrot "
The chief executive % Mass
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Harry surprised me ~ tsihng
me that ws're going 70 take cur
honsymoon In Francs.~
How nice. and bow ga ~
spring 4 on yoag"
"EHs said ~ e0on IS we ware
married be would show me where
be was wounded In che war."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-16

North Of the Hills and q short
distance into Alberta, on the lit
tle nose" known. as the Rogers
Imperial structure, which is con-
siderably lower structurally than
the American side, is the famous
Rogers Imperial gaaser, by far the
greatest gas wei in the North
Rocky Mountain region and GER
tainly the greatest gasser in the
entire British Empire. The mere
fact that the Rogers. Imperial
was 8 50, O00, 600 foot gas well Is
proof sufficient of the existence
Of tremendous gas deposits in this
region. South Of the Alberta line
a score Of wells have been drilled
and all Of them have had gas or
oil or both.
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This is the FIRST picture taken
showing Burope's other famous
Queen Marie with the infant
Prince Andrla. her third sim.
New Britain Herald
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The Next important Completion

higher than the tests which had
flows Of gas.
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Mother Is the necessity q
sOnveution.
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Most Of these wells are located
on the west alope Of the struc-
tnre known as Reserve dome. Re
serve is one Of the largest Of the
Hills structures. II adjoins Flat
Coulee oil field on the west and
there is but q slight reversal be-
tween them. With the exception
Of one well, all the gassers com
pleted thus far are on the west
side Of a fault, the existence Of
which was definitely established
during the present year by the
completion of q good gas well
with normal rock pressure. Wells
on the west side Of the fault have
sub-normal rock pressure.
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rs shs good lookingg" asked
the man. The second man re-
piled. eIs sheg WAY, she's -
pretty that she even iooks we'll
in one Of those new spring hats
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Reserve was ct stake when the
Mahoney well was spotted, on the
west aide Of the fault, the exist
ence Of which was questioned by
many. The Mahoney well checked
within q few feet Of his estimates,
based on his contour map. Now
the Maryland well is checking
within q few feet Of his geolog-
zeal estimates, made long before
these wells were started. Il seems
to indicate that with geology es-
tablished there Is possibility Of
some important developments in
this region.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-16

The spotlight Of attention in
the OH and gas industry Of Mon
tana has again turned 20 the
Sweetgrass Hills with the drill
ing Of the Maryland well on the
structure known as Reserve
dome.
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Henry Ford says We are pros
porous. but We do not know T.
Wen. all we have to say is that
Henry Is not selling 10 cent eggs
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-16

The existence Of oil Ia the
Sweetgrasa Hills Il an established
fact. Oil has been found in prae-
tically every well drilled, espec-
tally in those in the vicinity Of
the Hills.