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The Washington times., 1938-03-08
Nine Bad Checks
Net Year in Jail

Accused Of passing nine bad
checks, Benjamin T. johnson, 900
block Of M st. N. W.. was sen
fenced to a year in Jail in Police
Court today. Police testified
johnson obtained 1852 through
the checks.
johnson testified he signed the
name of a man whom he met
while serving a sentence at Occo-
quan last year to the checks. The
man died before he was released
and he obtained his automobile
drivers permit. johnson said. He
used the permit to identify him.
self,
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
Building Permits

{ Applications filed March Z:
National Cash Register Co, 1919 X
81. NJ. W., store, $4,000.
q, q. King, Randls Circle S. E.
dwelling, S6, 900.
j, J, Tisko, 2515 Thirty-third st. E..
dwelling, $1,000.
j. A. Jardan. 33s Eighteenth st. n. E.,
FepaiFMI $500.
Hugh c. Connolly. So14 Vesta 81. n.
N, addition. $1,000.
John H. Wilson. Ills Eaton Rd. $. E.,
fats, $500.
Morris Greenfield. 4s7S Fourth St N.
w, addition, 1900,
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
FRANKS EXPENSIVE

WORCESTER, Mass, March 3
UN.S).-Were Worcester young
sters less expert as marksmen the
city would save $4,000 a year.
Horace H. Bigelow, acting super
intendent Of street lighting, re-
vealed this sum was spent an.
nually in replacing street light
bulbs, favorite targets Of Worces-
ter youth.
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
Fire Record

MARCH 7
1850 p. M-Sumner Rd. and Ferth
Sterling Ave. S. E, false alarm.
= MARCH
6:16 A. M.-sOS Twelfth st. n. W"
7:is 4. M.-247O Ontario Rd N. W.
aug and chair.
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
$4,000 WORTH OF
)RN|TURE TO MAKE ROOM Fl
OUR new CLOTHING DEPARTM Me Mt

Soon you purchase Clothing for the entire family on
the same Liberal Credit Terms that you purchase Furni
ture The new Clothing Department Ito Open in time for
Easter Shoppns will be operated the Satisfaction
Policy that has made this progressive store ia
NOUS for twenty-six years.
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
MilliCent to Slay
Her Romeo If He
ReneWS 'Sit-DOWn'
Miss Green Declares
UnlDeLcOnle SuitOr
Must cit Coin

NEW YORK, March 8 QN.SO E.
Cupid said here. here, Millicent-
that's no way to talk" and no
wonder, for blonde Actress
Millicent Green vowed today I'll
kill him-so help me I'll positively
kill him, If he camps on my door,
step again."
Him" was Eddie Furman, who
graduated from the river end
streets of New York into the role
of Spit in the play Dead End. "
Eddie was in the road company.
So was Millicent and for her
Eddie developed an outside atfec-
ton entirely unreciprocated.
HE CAN TAKE 1T
Miss Green not only prefers to
be unloved by Eddie, but has had
the law on him once in Con-
necticut and twice in New York.
Eddie keeps bobbing up again
on her doorstep. from which the
welcome mat has long since been
removed.
Millicent and Eddie up again
before Magistrate Harry G. An
drews and it looked as though the
magistrate was getting ready to
turn him loose.
Warned Millicent: IF you let
him out, he'll be back on my
doorstep. And If he comes back
again I'll kill him."
JUDGE PASSES BUCK
So the magistrate decided to re-
fer disposition of the case to
Magistrate Anna Kross, who had
the Green-Furman matter the last
time, and so has had more ex-
perience.
Anticipating that the might be
sent to Bellevue Hospital for men
tai examination as he was pre-
viously. Eddie yawned and re-
marked:
"I1l probably have to pay
rent If I go back there; they
told me that the last time"
Evening star., 1938-08-29

said, well, don't know"
Her entrance into British society
was sponsored by the then Prince
of Wales, later King Edward VII.
His photograph. inscribed ITO May,
1898, Edward r." was one of her
most cherished possessions.
But May tired Of her royal friends
and in 1901 ran away with Capt.
Bradlee Putnam Strong OF New York.
They were married later, after Lord
Hope had obtained a divorce. A sec
ond divorce ended the romance with
Capt Strong.
Then in 1914 May married Capt.
SHUTS and only recently she told
friends this was my only great love"
From then on, instead Of the lead
ing roles in New York or London
shows. May played in three-a- day
vaudeville, worked as a janitress in
q Seattle shipyard when Capt. Smuts
was taken ill., was a rancher in the
West and operated New Hampshire
tear0om.
Born in modest surroundings, May
died simple housewife, loving, she
said, her husband, her home and
her job.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
MEN ARE SIGHTED
|NSTORM SECTION
Pilot Sees Several Near
Mexican Coast--1O Were
Marooned Yesterday.
By the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press
BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. ga
Pan-American Airlines pilot radioed
here today he had sighted two auto
mobiles and several men on Fourth
Pass, of the Mexican coast, near
where 10 Texans were marooned yes
terday by hurricane.
The men were running around the
island waving sheets, the pilot said
The plane continued on to Tampico
without making an attempt to land
The pilot did not mention the number
Of men sighted
Les Mauldin, aviator, planned to take
of after lunch for the sand dune area
In search Of the missing men
The Texans went fishing Friday and
are believed marooned on low. sandy
islands that were almost directly in
the path of the gale.
High tides pushed up by hurricane
winds rolled over portions of the sand
dunes off the Texas coast, leading to
belief the islands. miles off the Mexi-
can coast, were hard hit.
Vincent Stevenson. Brownsville
sportsman. said there was a possibility
the men might have escaped from the
islands to the homes of Mexican fisher
men.
The Texas coast escaped damage
from the winds. Gales roared inland
most Of Sunday. Rain varied from
6l2 inches at Weslaco to 4 inches here.
The promising citrus crop of the Rio
Grande Valley was not harmed Farm
ers said the downpour had helped late
cotton and fall vegetab bles.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
NEW THERMAL ACTIVITY
AREA FOUND IN PARK
Region Is Not Mentioned in Old
Yellowstone Reports and Maps
Do Not Include it.

Discovery OF previously unreported
area OF thermal activity in Yellow
stone National Park has been re-
ported by Supt. Edmund B. Rogers
Located only few hundred yards
back OF the grand loop highway sys-
tenn between Norris and Madison juno
tion. no mention has ever been made
OF the region in old park reports. No
available maps of the park include
the basin.
The discovery was made by Supt.
Rogers himself while on hiking trip
into an adjacent hot spring area.
Noting the steam columns arising
from the side OF Paint Pot Hill, the
superintendent and his party walked
In that direction
They found a sizeable area includ-
Ing multitude OF small nozzles look
ing like miniature geyser cones. Each
nozzle was steam vent.
The basin was unusual, the superin-
tendent said. in that it was covered
by white quartz sand Hot springs
IN the park. are usually surrounded
by travertine and geyser basins have
q foor of silica or geyserite.
There are no records available.
Rogers said, after 4 study of old
documents, Of any person ever having
seen the basin before its recent dis
covery.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WAYCROSS, Ga, Aug. 2e.-Sheriff
Henry j. Sweat said today 1l-year-old
Billy Miller was induced to return to
his novelist mother, the former Caro-
line Miller, only after three deputies
successfully laid siege to the bathroom
where the boy had barricaded himself.
The boy had been visiting his father,
w. D. Miller. during summer vacation,
Sheriff Sweat said, and baked at re-
turning to his mother now Mrs. Clyde
Ray, jr., OF Waynesville. N. c.
Saturday, the sheriff said. Superior
Judge M. D. Dickerson attempted to
solve the dilemma with a court order
directing the boys uncle, City Man.
eger H. M. Pafford, to return the boy
to his mother.
The deputies went to the Pafiord
home to serve the writ, Sheriff Sweat
said. but Billy eluded them and locked
himself in the bathroom For three
hours, the sheriff said, he was deaf
to all entries-including those of his
father-that he come out
After threats OF force, Billy capit-
Evening star., 1938-08-29
DAUGHTER TO AID
NEEDY PARENTS
Arrives to Help Them After
They Try to End Lives
at Camp by Gas.
~ the Associated Press.

r! the Associated Press.
ARDMORE Okla, Aug. 29-Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Weed. penniless
Bradford (Pa) couple who became
stranded here, were released from Gus
tody today when Mr.. Weeds daugh-
ter arrived TO take them to her Key
stone (Okla) home.
They were found at nearby Fox
Camp in desperate condition and
without food. They were questioned
concerning burglary there, but
Sheriff Floyd Randolph said he was
convinced they had no connection
with the crime
Mr. Weed said he and his wife had
decided to END it ALL before they
left tourist camp at Moundsville,
Evening star., 1938-08-29

w. Va. They turned on gas jets,
he said, but the gas leaked out
through the walls.
Mr.. Weed said he was a driller
at Bradford before he suffered a
back injury which ruined his health.
He said the State of Pennsylvania
paid him compensation until last
April, at which time they said
was able to go back to work."
He said today he and his wife
intended to accompany his daughter,
Mrs. Grace YarDrough, and her hus-
band to keystone and rest there
for few days. From there I'm
undecided where we'll 60"
mo doubt I will go back to Penn
sylvania and try to get compensa-
tion for my injury. I can't see why
can't. I'm convinced I'm unable
to work.
Mr.. Weed, who is As, said he also
has a son, Harold. who is living in
Bradford. He said his present wife
is his second. She has a son in
Erie, Pa.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Rites for May Yohe, Stage Star
Of Nineties, to Be Wednesday
Ry the Associated Press,

Py the Associated Press.
BOSTON. Aug. 29.-Simple funeral
services followed by cremation will
be held Wednesday for May Yohe,
stage star toast Of two continents
in the gay 90s and, as the wife of
Lord Francis Hope, once mistress Of
the famous-and reputedly unlucky-
Hope diamond.
May. in her last years living in
obscurity as w. P. A. bookkeeper,
died yesterday in the arms of her
retired soldier husband, Capt. John
A. Smuts, in a modest Back Bay
apartment. Doctors said heart at
tack caused her death.
May was born in Bethlehem, Pa,
in 1869, and went on the stage when
she was lS. She quickly attained
the status Of a star in New York
and went to Europe to continue her
stage successes.
In London she met and married
Lord Hope, and twice wore the famous
family diamond Tradition had it
that i'll luck came to those who wore
the bluish-colored and valuable gem,
but May laughed at its baleful repu-
tation. A couple Of years ago she
Evening star., 1938-08-29
What Is Your
News !. O.?

Each question counts 20; each
part OF t,Bo-part question, 10.
A score OF so is tair, 80, good.
AnsDers on Page Ala.
!. Can you name this New
York State Supreme Court JUS
tice. before whom Tammany
Leader James J. Hines is being
tried? In what capacity did he
figure in the news in 1884?
Z. Defense of Canada against
an invader is part Of United
States defense plans. True or
false?
3. What Senator has been in
Congress longer than any living
member?
4. Can you name the three
ring titles won by Henry Arm
strong?
5. What must foreigners
charged with violating Mexico's
immigration laws do while ap-
pealing to the courts?
Evening star., 1938-08-29

Mr. Weidman, who was unmarried
and lived with his mother, Mrs. Lii
liam A. Weidman. left home Saturday
afternoon to go to work at a Wash
ington bakery where he was employed
as mechanic, and had not been
home since
Police Chief Eugene B. Plumer OF
Mount Rainier said he had seen Mr.
Weidman and another man in the
5000 block of Otis street. in Noun,
Rainier. at 9 am. yesterday, an hour
and a half before he was killed.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
N0uelist's Son Returns to Her
As Police Win Bathroom Siege

waiting automobile and started at once
for Waynesville.
The boys determination to stay with
his father apparently was his own
idea, the sheriff said.
As Caroline Miller Mrs Ray won the
Pulitzer Prize in 1884 with Lamb in
His Bosom She met Mr.. Miller while
student in his classes at nearby
Baxley. They were divorced several
months ago
Evening star., 1938-08-29
DISTRICT MECHANIC
is KILLED BY TRAIN
Albert Weidman, 3S, Is Victim
Near Cottage City Home.
Inquest Slated Thursday.

Struck by Baltimore d. Ohio ex-
press train. Albert Weidman, 38-year-
old Washington mechanic, was killed
short distance from his home in
Cottage City, Nd. yesterday
Mr. Weidman. who lived at % Spa
street, was hit by a northbound train
about 800 yards west of the Barney
street overpass. He was pronounced
dead by DR.. Charles Hage.
Justice of the Peace NJ E. Rian of
Colmar Manor. acting coroner. said an
inquest would be held Thursday night
Evening star., 1938-08-29
BLAST CUTS POWERLINE
IN TENNESSEE STRIKE
A. F. L. Linemen Walk Out-Firm
Charges % Sabotage Cases.
13 Areas Darkened,

SAdA Seo 90 SdDOtdSe Eases.
Is Areas Darkened.
Nv the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. "a
The discharge Of explosives damaged
a main line Of the Tennessee Electric
Power Co. near Calhoun last night,
putting l3 Tennessee communities In
darkness
]. A. Longley, vice president and
general manager of the utility COM
pany, said service to 10 towns was
restored Immediately, but three COM
munities were lost" for the night.
Linemen. members Of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers Ca F.. L. have been on strike
against the company since last Mon
day night.
The strike followed several months
OF negotiations and has been marked
by what the company has called 23
cases Of sabotage on its property, in
cluding blasting and cutting Of trans-
mission poles and lines.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Pilots Kept at Home.

Australia's increasing need for pilots
has caused the Commonwealth Air
Board In Canberra to abandon the
practice Of sending Royal Australian
Air Force graduates to England for
service in the Royal Air Force there.
Eight pilots who have just left for
England will be the last for at least
two years.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
HAY fever

Asthma SUfFERENS
NV SETTING fine relief With new caps~lss.
Grstefui users bless the dsv they first ssed
&isr-ExJPraise its quick action Like the way
h can Be carried and used 90 easiiy. You get
Hsr.Ex on 4 Proof Ofer-sry 1t todav-Yos
caasf get relief o. your mons y beek. Proof sire
esah b.s hftis - voss As~usse, saresy u
LIGGETTS and WHELANS
Evening star., 1938-08-29
MRS. w. n. MURRAY DIES
Wife Of Former Governor Was Ill
Five Weeks.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 20 P).-
Mrs. W. H, Murray. SO, wife of the
former Governor, died here yesterday
after an illness of five weeks Her
husband. Alfalfa Bill was at her
bedside
Mrs. Murray, tall and we'll poised.
never let her capitol duties interfere
with her domestic work when she was
f1rst lady at the Governors mansion.
She performed her household duties
just as she did back in a cottage at
Tishomingo, Okla.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Five Die in Airliner.

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 29 (P.-
The five occupants of an Australian
airliner were killed yesterday when
the pilot swerved to avoid a tractor
and the plane crashed in a cane field
near Innisfail Airport
Evening star., 1938-08-29

Plywood sheets are used in making
q portable laboratory devised in Lenin-
grad, Russia, for use by scientists
travelling to Arctic regions.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-12
NORTH POOL
TEST DRILLS
At ESQ feet

A drilling depth of $50 feet had
been reached this week at the Yu-
kon Oil company we'll on North Cut
Bank, on the Lundgren farm, three
quarters OF a mile south and east
of the Jacobson discover well.
Nose Wagner is the drilling con-
tractor. Location is in the south
east corner OF the SEX SWK
23-S7-5W.
The discovery well was completed
in June, 1888, and at that time
the producing horizons OF Cut Bank
field had not been definitely cor
related with the Border Red-Coulee
oil field, but 1t is now known that
the production from the discovery
well is coming from the cut Bank
sand and that It had a flow of
2 100000 cubic feet Of gas in the
5uniburst sand.
Because of the gas and oil, the
well flowed over the top of the der
rick when 1t was completed and it
was estimated at $50 barrels per
day. 1t was drilled deeper, into
he Ellis, and developed water which
injured the well. Part OF
tcontinued on Page F1vej
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-12
DYNAMITE IS
effective IN
kelvin WELL

One hundred and fifty pounds
of dynamite made an oil we'll
for the C0lOneI-Kevin company
in KeVin-Sunburst field this
week, this being the first time,
80 far as is known, that dyna-
mite has been substituted for
nitro gIycerin.. 1t proved eff
fectiVe I'm developing a showing
OF oil sufficient TO Justify aci-
dizstiOR-
The well is known as Colonel
Kevin-ROck No. 4, in SW NEA
NEh 27-35-3W, north of the town
of Kelvin. 1t found the contact at
1876 to 1851 and drilling continued
to 1898. The oil show was slight so
Jack Agan. the contractor. decided
to try the inexpensive experiment Of
shooting with ordinary dynamite
which was detonated with a squhO.
1t materially increased the oil show
ing and'a 5O0-gallon shot OF acid is
being run. II is In an area Of pref
ty consistent production, so a pro-
Queer is expected.
Big West Oil company continued
on to the Ellis-Madison contact in
It's EngIe No. 4, we'll in SW corner
1-35-3W, finding no contact mater
al capable of containing oil, so 1t
was bridged back to the Sunburst
sand which showed a natural pro-
1ucton OF II barrels per day. The
contact was at 1860 and drilling
continued to 1903. The Sunburst
sand. from 1907 to 1886. will be
shot with nitro glycerin.
-FuItOn-CO Commonwealth Thompson
No. 1, NV NEA SWA 2S-35-3W,
n the Rimrock high gravity oil
pool, is at 1880 feet, with casing
let. ready to drill in. II is a south
,ffset to the best we'll in the pool,
he Fulton-Thompson No. 2, which
las flowed ever since it was aci-
lied early last spring.
latt-Bell-GOvernment No. 4.
wv SWA NEA 9-34-2W. is shut
tContinurd on Page Five,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-12
OIL INDUSTRY is
HEAVY TAX PAYER

The oil industry makes an i'm
portant contribution to the tax cof-
fers of the State of Montana as evil
denced by the October receipts in
Guiding $559.265.S1 in gasoline
taxes, collected by the oil Industry
without cost to the State; $5,9SO.41
in natural gas taxes; $2O,018.O9 in
oil production taxes and part of the
income taxes OF $50. 2O5.52 and part
of the corporation license taxes of
$4,O41.70. The oil industry's part
was the major portion Of the total
of $723,037.45 collected in October
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-12

/. Legislation definitely limiting
imports TO a fixed ratio to estimated
demand for consumption in this
country.
q Holding domestic production
to national consumptive demand
with each state assured OF its
equitable and proper share of the
total. continuing crude oil storage
survey to determine whether 1t is at
economical level.
8. Congressional correction of
inequities in tax laws and
of percentage depletion
deduction.
4. Disseminating of excessive
drilling.
5. Provision for voluntary agree
ments within the industry, subject
to approval of proper federal
agency.
OTHER RESOLUTIONS PROVIDED:
I. Recommend extension Of In
Oil Compact.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-12

2. Recommend making the Con-
nally Hot Oil Act permanent.
3. Recommend increasing excise
tax on crude fuel. and gas oil from
one-half cent to one cent per gal
lon. with new excise tax OF $500
per ton on asphalt imports, also
restriction OF imports of crude pet
roleum to not in excess of As per-
cent Of consumptive demand in this
country; also repeal of section of
Revenue Act which exempts from
excise taxes importations of crude
and products used for supplies OF
vessels.
a. Urged cooperation in solving
nollution problems and opposing
for heavy penalties.
5. Asked elimhnation Of federal
tax on gasoline and lubricating oils,
leaving such taxation to the states;
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-12
HOUDRY PROCESS
TO MAKE 80 OCTANE
FOR SOCONY-v VACUUM

Eastern trade publications say
that Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. is
adopting the Houdry process in
oil refining whereby crude pet
roleum. gas, oil and fuel oils are
subjected TO the catalysts for the
production OF high octane gasoline.
Socony-Vacuum is spending $24,-
100000 for construction of units
in its various eastern and Mid
continent reflneries.
The Houdry Process corp. claim
that the process will result in mater
ial increases in the amount of gaso-
line recoverable from a barrel OF
crude and that II is the only pro-
cess available today which. after
removal OF straightrun gasoline is
capable of producing, without by
or the addition OF any
non-petroleunf product, a gasoline
having an octane number in the
neighborhood OF so.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-12

1t is proposed to investigate every
angle of cost from the time the gas
leaves the refinery till it reaches
the consumer.
There seems, said Mr.. Frawley, to
be a duplication of services.
In the province of Alberta, there
are $50 wholesale gasoline distrfbu-
tors. OF the total, 2S3 are control
led by the Imperial Oil Company,
209 by the British American Oil
Company, 127 by the Great West
Distributors, IS by the North Star
Oil Company, SO by the Maple Leaf
Ltd. and the remainder
by smaller companies.
with reference to. gallonage dis
trfbution 1t was stated that the I'M
perial OIL co. Ltd, distributed AIS
percent Of the total gas consumption
Of the province. This was done
thru their own marketing agency
and other companies either subsi-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-12
Montanans In Tulsa TO Help
Solve Oil Industry Problems
M'CABE And
JACKSON IN
IpA SESSION

Montana has one represen-
tative and an official ''Observ-
err at the sessions today at
Tulsa OF the special committee
of SO of the Independent Pet
rOIeum Association of America,
which convened Friday NOR
ming.
This meeting proposes to
outline a plan of action in
tended TO solve the problems
which resulted in recent price
cuts i'm the MidcOntinent, which
price cuts came in the face of
the most orderly production
program in a decade and In the
face of low stocks OF both
crude oil and refined products.
This special committee includes
in it's membership one representa-
tive from Montana, George McCabe,
vice president OF Santa Rita Oil
company, while r. P. Jackson, sec
rotary of the Oil Conservation Board
of Monana, is present as an Off
cdal observer. at the dnstigation OF
the board and Governor Roy Ayers.
The M0ntana representatives went
uninstructed, other than to work
for a program that will not be det-
to the Montana oil indus
try in general. The committee will
consider six plans that have been
suggested as adequate methods to
regulate the industry, as follows;
(a) Pipe line enforcement.
OBJ Complete disintegration of
all integrated companies.
(c) Temporary prohibition of
all imports of petroleum and its
products.
(d) Recommended total shut
down in all oil-prOducing states
having regulatory bodies.
(e) Umpire to make ALLEGATIONS
that are enforcible between oil-pro-
1ucing states.
(f) All other questions submit
ted to them by the President or
Executive Committee.
Another proposal that will come
before the session is the suggestion
rom President Roosevelt that refin- |
srs be included in the interstate
compact with possibly an umpire to
make ALLEGATIONS not only of pro-
CONTINUED on Page Four