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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
GASOLINE SALES
BY REFINERS In
LEAD OF IMPORTS

Montana gasoline sales during the
month OF April totaled 1859, 900
gallons.
Total gasoline refined in the state
was 1879, O6S, against 5,145.217
gallons imported.
Montana refiners exported 1909
371 gallons while importers exported
5,914 gallons.
Sale of Montana-Made gasoline
continues to exceed sales of import
cd brands by a substantial margin.
Montana-Made gasoline sales ex-
coed imported gasoline sales during
1886 for the first time in the his
tory OF the state.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
PONDERA WILDCAT
YIELDS n BBLS.
AFTER ACIDIZATION

Owing to an insufficient &C.
ment job in setting casing, an
unsatisfactory result from aci-
dizatiOn reported from the
kirkpatrick well northwest OF
POndera oil field, in Sc NV Il
NEA 31-28N- 4W, which had a
showing Of oil at the top of
the Madison lime.
After treatment, the well
pumped off all the oil used in
treating plus ~ barrels. IL was
apparent that the acid broke
through behind the casing,
which was cemented with but
five sacks OF cement. 1t will
be re-cemented and acidized a
second time, according to the
owners.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
R|MROCK OIL
WELL MAKES
zoo BARRELS

Two excellent producers,
with initial of 200 barrels
and $50 barrels, respective
ly, were completed in Kew
in-Sunburst oil field dur
ing the past week, at widely
separated points, as operators
continued their active drill
ing campaign in the face of
adverse market conditions.
Acid made large wells in
each instance, developing
showings of oil into good
commercial production for
the Rimrock Oil company, in
the high gravity pool west
of Kelvin, and for "Bodie"
Johnson's Consolidated Gas
Co. in the central portion
of the field.
The RimrOck-Schmidt No. 2 well
4 GEL SWA NWA 29-35-3W, il
quarter of a mile west Of the No
, which is still making so barrels
I 80 gravity oil per day. The No. 2
0und the lime pay" at 1880 to
7S9 and 1t was acidized. After get
ng back the oil used in acidizing
made 200 barrels in "a hours OF
umping, with no water.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
HIT BIG GAS FLOW

A heavy flow of gas was re-
ported from the BrOadview Oil
well at the town Of Broafyiew
this week, by u. A. Beeler, Jour
nal correspondent He wired;
s'BrOadview Dome OH Co. now
ready TO set surface casing after
"a hours fight with heavy gas
pressure that blew out Kelley
bushings. j. w. Hackworth, vet
eran field operator, I'm charge,
just I'm from field said for sever
al hours IL looked like he would
lose the hole"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
Cassidy's Well
Shallow Producer

A third producer completed this
week was the Eagle Petroleum.
Haugen NO. 1 well, c SEA NWA
12-35-3W, in the Rocky Ridge pool
which got commercial oil In the
Sunburst sand. The sand was found
at 1928 to 1862 and drilling con-
tinued to 1885. By this time oil
had come up 1000 feet in the hole
so 1t was decided to produce it at
this horizon. Experienced operators
say that this well will make SO
barrels per day, initially. 1t Is
high gravity, sweet oil.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
TURNER VALLEY GAINS

April production of Turner Valley
totaled 149.4s7 barrels, including
94,O35 barrels Of crude and IS. 49,
barrels of naptha, compared with
a production of 1925 barrels in
March and 76,615 barrels in April
OF last year. British American had
4,241 barrels Of naptha and 47.37e
barrels Of crude and Imperial took
1888 barrels Of discolored naptha
1858 barrels Of clear naptha and
46,649 barrels OF crude.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
EXTEND Not OIL LAW

Passage Of the Connolly shot oil"
act by the lower house Of congress
assures the enactment OF the bill
which has passed the senate. This
restricts for two more years the
movement OF oil in interstate com
merce which has been produced in
violation OF state restrictions.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
OIL WAGES STILL mGHEsT

The reason that G. I. o. organ
izers are not making much progress
in organizing the OIL industry IS
revealed by a recent report OF the
Bureau of Labor at Washington,
showing that wages in the oil in
all history. Not only are the wages
dustry are at the highest levels In
higher in dollars and cents but they
represent from 10 to 30 per cent
higher purchasing power than those
Of the boom period of 1929. Petro-
leum refining stands at the head
Of the List in hourly pay. Hours Of
labor have been reduced, as well as
increases In pay.
Employees of International Refin-
ing Co. organized last week IN a
union, voting not to affiliate with
G.. I. o.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
IMPERIAL Curtails Cut Bank Runs
able make well and plugged and abandoned
CrumIev Has Well Tn Big Bend Pool

Crumley Has Well In Big Bend Pool
CrumIey-A SWA 6-S25W is drilling il
hole Casing
1t looks like good well
10.
ng in, havi casing at 273S.
Glacier Prodnc
900
coming 600 feet plugged
drilling in Fri
first well the district to find oil at the top Of the
member the Cut Bank sand
Headlight BriOn No. Sc sWA NEA 1S4-6W drilling
a, 17-Sa5w
a
below 1900.
No
we'll in drilling
NEA SEA 22-325w ofsetting
pipe at TAO
TexacoHardwick 2 NEA 17-s2-5w, drilling
24-336W, practically
quarts of cleaning
4 NEA NWA 9-32-5w,
casing at drill
WIkinsOn-A1 8, SEX 1-32-6W, drilling,
Gacer 4, c SEX SO-34-5W,
spudded drilling
X.
setting surface pipe at SIS feet
NWA 2d35-6W, drilling spudded
9.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
PLUG BACK TO UPPER SAND

Ohio oil company has put fits
Northern Pacific No. / well in Dry
Creek field, Sc NEH SWH LIS
21E on production at 4.436, having
plugged back from 5772. This
well failed to get commercial pro-
duction in the lover sands. It was
the discovery well In the field. get
ting it's OIL in the first sand at ,436
ohio-Kirt No. 10 Is drilling at 400
feet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-12
Threat OF Flood OF Oil
In Southwest Cut Bank
Halted, Light Producer

southwest extension
mOmenay
sen sen 1532-6W
completed
we'll
found Cut Bank sand from 1910 1925 and drilled in
the hole and 1t will
nitro gycerin Observers will be small well at best
we'll big would have forced OFFSET on
sale leases in the district The sale
s held by the department Of the interior
Imperial Curtails Cut Bank Runs
Imperial in Cut Bank field have been further urae by the
taking about 80 OF
Of leases from which buying This was cut by approx
three compilations in Cut Bank this week
drilling in There locations
Sc SEA sen 23-34-6W was
able make well and and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
POLICEMAN MADE
 FINISH OF THUGS
Was Off Duty, Drinking at Bar When They Tried
 a HOld=Up

New York, May 29-(UP)-Three gunmen picked the wrong bar today and the wrong beer drinker. AS a result, one was dead and two were in jail. The thugs entered bar and ordered 10 patrons and the bar tender to stick 'em up and get in the back room." All but one obeyed. Come on, you, get moving" Let me finish this beer, will you please?" asked the man at the bar. Hurry up."
 Out Came the Gun
 With one hand the man tilted his glass. With the other he reached in his pocket and grasped revolver. AS he put the glass on the bar, he turned and shot the thug in the head. The other bandits be- came panic-stricken and ducked be- hind the bar. Come out CT I'll kill both of you," said the beer drinker. They obeyed. He marched them of to police headquarters whele they identified themselves as George Brock and John Bluewett. The dead man, they said. was Richard Ma honey. The man who had had his foot on the rail identified himself as Policeman George Maurer-oh duty and in civilian clothes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29

Monts, France, May 29.-(UP)- Members of the household at the Chateau De Cande said today that the Duke of Windsor long ago dis counted the British court and gov ernment decision that Mrs. Wallis Warfield must be content to rank, after their marriage, as an ordinary duchess. His only uncertainty, 1t was said, was the manner in which the decision to make him royal highness" and Mrs. Warfield, as his wife, less illustrious "her grace" would be published.
 Gossip in the household was that Queen Elizabeth might have had a role in the decision to publish the decision in the official London Gazette. It was gossiped that the queen disliked Mrs. Warfield, that the Duchess of Gloucester was neu- tral and that the Duchess of Kent was in Mrs. Warfield's favor. The duchesses are wives of the kings and the dukes brothers.
 It was said that the decision not to make Mrs. Warfield royal highness" was no surprise to the duke or Mrs. Warfield because they were aware of Queen Victoria's de- cision last century that only persons in direct line of succession to the throne should have the title. It was pointed out that the decree publish ed in London today made the duke an exception to this rule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
Duke or Windsor Not Much Surprised Ouer Isolation

Herman L. Rogers, spokesman ot the duke, said at the chateau today of a report published abroad that Mrs. Warf1eld already had embroid- cred the letters "HRH" on articles of her rousseau, along with a cor onet, in anticipation that she would be a royal duchess:
 "The report that Mrs. Warfield had the letters 'HRH' embroidered on her trousseau is an absolutely ridiculous lie."
 Though some reports had the duke enraged at the title decision, as a matter of fact, he slept late and peacefully today and was abed still at 10 a. m. It was said, as re- gards the embroidering, that Mrs. Warfield might if she liked em- broider ZIG" on her lingerie for "her grace" along with a ducal cor- onet but that she would be most un- likely to do so because duchesses were not used to proclaim their rank in that manner.
 At his morning press conference Rogers, asked regarding the em- broidery report said:
 "It is quite ridiculous"
 Regarding a report that the duke was angry because his bride to be was not to be made . royal highness he said:
 You can put that in the same category as the other lies."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
BY JOE ALE MORRIS

Limited Press Stan COfrcSOpnOentD
 Washington, May 29.-(UP).- Sudden reversal by President Roose- welt of his legislative strategy to- day headed congress toward a crowded summer schedule likely to bring new tax legislation and push the controversial judicial reorganiz- ation program into the background. d.
 Latest addition to a fast-length- ening presidential program was MT. Roosevelt's proposal for congress sional study and legislation to end Thigh bracket" income tax avoid ance. Once the tax question IS open ed. congressional leaders admitted, there are prospects of widespread dispute and tax legislative attempts o frnany sorts. 4.
 It was likely that tax debate would reopen the question of revision or the corporate surplus tax. Several some relief to heavily indebted der consideration changes to grant congressional leaders have had un- corporations, corporations seeking to expand with current earnings and corporations with impaired capital.
 As the tax proposal began to awaken congress from the spring lethargy which had set i'll during weeks of controversy over the court plan, foes of judicial change charged that Mir. Roosevelt was seeking a fundamental change of strategy.
 They contended that MT. Roose- welt, by advancing important legis- lativA rronnaala end tiaA ur0snect nf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
LAW BILL
 PROBABLY DEAD
So Stringent Were COn= tents of Measure It Did
 Not Get Very Far

The drastic changes proposed in the Connecticut libel laws earlier in the present legislative session and which provoked such 8 storm of protest from newspaper editors all over the state are quite liable to die in committee, 1t was learned on re- liable authority by the Waterbury Democrat today.
 The changes, which, incidentally, were contained in a bill presented at the outset of the 1897 session by Senator Joseph H. LaWlor of Wa terbury, who, however, did not ap- pear in support of them at commit tee hearings would have allowed any person to bring action against a newspaper for damages without be- ing compelled to show malice on the part of the publisher.
 Stringency Killed It.
 So strong wa5 the proposed libel law that 1t robbed newspapers even of immunity in ,aSe of retractionS, Its stringency, though, is believed responsible for the bill being lost in committee which, it was learned by The, Democrat, the judiciary committee, which has the measure, will do.
 When the hearing on the bill was finally called after several postpon- ments Senator Joseph P. Cooney of Hartford was its sole proponent. 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
MONSICNOR J. P.
 0'BRIEN IS DEAD

Providence. R. T., May 29.-(UP)- Monsignor James P. O'Brien, 59, pastor of Immaculate Conception church and widely-known as editor of the Catholic Visitor, diocesan weekly, died in the rectory early today.
 Born and educated in Ireland, Father O'Brien this month ce]e- brated the 18th anniversary of his ordination. He had been ill for two years.
 For IT years he had been editor of the Catholic Visitor, developing it into 8 nationally known organ. His work on the paper brought him commentators from Pope Plus XI and his predecessor Pope Benedictus XIV.
 He leaves brother, the Rev. Michael F. O'Brien of Providence, and three sisters, the Mother Immaculate of the Sisters of Provi- dence in Holyoke, Mass, Mrs. John J. Hearn of Westfield, Mass. and Mrs. Mary F. Canning of Provi- dence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
President Uses Strategy To Save Judicial Program

a spectacular inquiry into tax avoid- ance, had harply diverted atten- tion from an impending senate de- feat on the court issue. l. In brief, the presidents program now includes:
 1. Legislation to close high bracket tax evasion loopholes. In message expected to be sent to congress next week, he may suggest an investigation designed to center public attention on perhaps $2OO,- 100000 of tax avoidance by wealthy persons with emphasis on what he calls the moral issue" of tax avoidance. Even more important however would be the legal issue in- tended to bolster revenue and tm- prove the outlook for a balanced budget.
 2. Legislation to fix labor stand ards, including minimum pay and maximum hours.
 g.. Farm legislation, which the president said he would like to have this session.
 4. Legislation to extend the prin- ciple of IVA to other rivers, a measure now entangled in dispute over the wording of a declaration of natinoal power and rate-fixing policy. s. Executive department reorgan- ization, which might be showed through without serious trouble despite revolt against giving the president . free hand in realign-
 ment of agencies. 6. Technical amendments to the ancial security act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
FORD STRIKE IS
 ONE OF DENIALS
Company Says One Thing, Employees Another; Pros-
 ecutor in Dispute

Detroit, May 29.-(UP).-Ford Motor company officials said today that they had 60,000 workers loyalty pledges" to rispute claim of the United Automobile Works Union that Ford employees were sign ing union membership cards at the rate of "one minute"
 Harry Bennett, chief of the Ford service department, announced that many of the pledges expressed be- lief tha tthe company should stand pat against the union"
 Bennett gave assurances that the union could distribute all the lit- erature it wants to so long as it re- mains away from Ford property.
 More Handbills Coming
 Homer Martin, union president, said another attempt to distribute union handbills would be made next week, the first attempt resulted Wednesday in a fight between union organizers and Ford workers.
 The union charged that Ford em- ployes were responsible for the CldSll, WIlllC VllC COAi1Pd7Ay~ PAelSSA the blame upon the union and newspapers which, for the last six months, have demanded the pro- duction of a Ford strike story"
 Wayne County Prosecutor Dun- can c. McRea asked Bennett to produce, for questioning, Charles Grundish, Michael Denlin and Stan Mich., police that they were Ford service department workers.
 Chase Photographers
 "These three, am informed" said McCrea in a letter to Bennett, chased newspaper photographers at 8 speed of 70 miles per hour, apparently in an effort to seize pho- tographic prints of the disorders, and forced the newspapermen to seek haven in the Melvindale police
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
Many Criminal Cases
 Comprise June Docket
There Are Ten of Them, Three of Them Carried Over From April Tern-C Criminal Side Opens Here
 on Tuesday, June

Ten criminal cases, three of them continuances from the April term of superior court, compromise the docket for the June term, which will open at o'clock, Tuesday, June l.
 No spectacular crimes or eScapades were committed in Waterbury during the past month, and no particular interest will be manifested in the coming term. The new cases on the docket include only charges of using a motor vehicle without permission of the owner, breaking and entering, and obtaining money under false pretense s. Hartford also reports a very slim criminal docket for the term. , @tt
 Four of the new cases represent bind-overs from town courts, two being from Southbury and two from Wolcott.
 May Nolle Hyland Case
 States Attorney LaWrences l. Lewis, at the last criminal term stated that he would move for 8 nolle in the charge of automobile homicide against Fred Hyland, 2l, of Baldwin street. The case is cx- pected to be disposed of at this term. It was continued from the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29

But more important, the view was taken in usually well informed quarters that actually both king and government in the decree meant to make it plain that the duke him. self-now officially an "outsider"- was given the title only as 8 cour- tesy of services rendered.
 Authoritative information was ob- tained that both the outgoing gov ernment of Stanley Baldwin and the new government of Neville Chamberlain assumed full respon- sibility.
 It was said also that under the decree Mrs. Warf1eld, as the dukes wife, would not even rank after the royal duchess but at the bot tom of the list of ordinary duchesses. There have been American duch- esses before, and under this ruling any American woman who marries duke now listed in the peerage
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
AMERICANS WIN
 FIVE BIG PRIZES

Dublin, May 29.-UP-Ameri- cans won five of the 10 residual prizes of $3l, ,272.50 each today in the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake on next Wednesdays Derby horse race at Epson Downs, England. The prizes were awarded outright, and were not involved in the running of the race. American winners were:
 Mrs. Edith Leash, 3O9 Billingsport road, Paulsboro, N. J.
 Bob Liplick, 409 Lafayette street, New York city.
 Bruno Ruck, s521 1O9 street, Rich mond Hill, N. Y.
 Albert Foeller, 279 Mortimer street, Buffalo, N. Y.
 ''Thanks, Pop" S5s Peshine ave- nue, Newark, N. J.
 Of the remaining residual prizes three went to Europe and two to Africa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
GERMANY AWAITS
 SUNDAY EVENTS

Berlin, May 29-UP)-Nazis and alike awaited tomorrow tor the next development in the in- treasing tension between the Nazi 6tate and the churches, Roman Catholic and Evangelical.
 Discussion today centered on the possibility that there would be Iermons ill some churches that might foreshadow next step, or hat there might be further arrests bf Evangelical pastors.
 A speech last night by Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, minister of pro- Daganda and public enlightenment, he Nazis' foremost polemic orator, was taken to be a threat that any further criticisms of the government would be answered harshly by deed IS well as word.
 In his speech Goebbels replied to he recent criticism of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler by Cardinal Mundelein Df Chicago. Much of the speech .entered on the trials of Catholic hurchmen for alleged immortality.
 But Goebbels did not neglect the opportunity to speak on the positive idle, and to endorse heartily the lazi regime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
WONDER BOXER
 WAS EXPLODED
Bob Pastor Slams Nertell All Over Ring Before
 z5,OOO Fans

Los Angeles, May 29-(UP)-An- other California wonder fighter" Bob Nestell, was relegated to medi- ocrity today because of his pathetic showing last night against little Bob Pastor, New York's vest pocket heavyweight.
 More than 25,00O fans at Wrigley field, including virtually all of film don's notables, saw the diminutive Pastor tag blood-smeared Nestell with the first defeat of his brief career. They saw Pastor, who fled for 10 rounds from Joe Louis, tear into the blond mountaineer, floor him twice for counts of eight and batter him about the ring from gong to gong.
 Scoring of Rounds
 According to the United Press score sheet, Pastor won every one of the 10 rounds. The referee gave Pastor seven rounds, Nestell only one-the eighth-and called two even.
 Jimmy Johnston, ST., Pastors manager, says that this victory should entitle the former New York university fullback to tilt with Max Schmeling for the heavyweight title, in case the New York coni- mission vacates Jimmy Braddock's crown. But most boxing experts believe there is little chance of this because all three New York com missioners witnessed Pastors flight from Joe Louis.
 Each boy was P years old But Nestell outweighed little Bob 191 1-2 pounds to 182. Nestell entered the ring the 6-5 betting favorite by virtue of II straight knockouts ill l2 professional fights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-29
Ex-DEAN ELDER < lSlN SEGLuSlON
Reiterates His Alibi, While State Detectives COn=
 tinue to Seek Clues
BY GERRY ROBICHAUD United Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Greenfield, Mass, May 29-(U.Po Freed from County Jail here, Thomas Edwin Elder today remain ed in seclusion at the home of rel atives in White River Junction, Vt., pending trial at Greenfield district court Thursday for an alleged at- tempt to murder former col- league at Mt. Hermon school. Elder, who was dean at the school in 1884 when Headmaster Elliott Speer was slain with a .12-gauge shotgun, was released in $10,000 bail yesterday. White-haired and looking older than his 60 years, Elder requested a conference with the press in which he again denied charges pre- ferred by s. Allen Norton, 66, form CT cashier at Mt. Hermon while FL der was dean and Speer headmas- ter.
 Norton Being Guarded
 Norton alleges that as he was garaging his car at his home here late Tuesday night, he was threat ened by Elder, armed with shot, gun. Though denying he had been assigned a state police guard yester- day, Norton said my life is in dan ger" but refused to discuss the mat ter further. In his press interview given last night at the home of his counsel, Charles Fairhurst, former district attorney of Frankling and Hampshire counties, Elder said he had suffered nearly fatal heart at tack the night on which the assault allegedly took place.
 He again asserted that, accom-
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