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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
Active Oil and Gas Fields
Landowner Location

Operator location Depth
BAKER-GLEEDTvE
s Sa c Ma l1 sT s IT'S s5 s1SS
No No ls y ne H ga, sec sws s sm SO SO
Ans pssnsAots NO 0 sw sWa Ma sass-E
SLACK SLACK Cold o Nc NJ Ne sH y sWs ' sSE
smith walsh sohvrss No. NFs sWi lee SIS
BIRNEY DOME
BLACK BUTTE
g o onsS 3O Nc Nc Sc E SEA s SH LIME
Kyls+zAsnsaueh NO swt ia-s7lw water ADD 2s72
s1Ontana Gas Corp CLARK No q c sE sws asIw
s: 8: g @ sr. r ,s ~ Ss:. 6:
sun w. B9 R5 E IN Rvs sTEIR Is $50
BowDOIN
ss.sa g gHs sss: No Sc g, W. W. a
Ssvo S Uss s1 sa sw ~ 7 sss' s Gas
British American sSns 60 N sM s s NTs l4ssr
Montana O
Utilities NO NV sa swa ssas $1,000 Gas 72
1Onssns -HSlnston No SEA sws
BROADvIEw DOME
Sl20
BUTTON BUTTE
RowIand a 2O-l4-2R 500
BULL CREEK STRUCTURE
Treas State POa-GOvt. No c 2-2ES2sE Ills
BYNUM STRUCTURE
Nwa s-2sNSw Rig Up
COULMOORE STRUCTURE
VIM HanOn- Durnin /, Nws swa n-1sS-5w $3.50
DANA STRUCTURE
Dana-aardy No 22-es-S5E Dry eos
20 g. 25-9S-S5E 800
DEVON FIELD
Smith A6owatt No / sw sWa SEA 7-ss-2E Producing
Smith @ SW3 17-SS-2E 4aM Gas
entb-A EcI0onald 17-S32E Show OIL +
Susher- FraterNo
l. Smith Bank No NEa SEA n-Ss-lE ESQ
I. Smi l NE5 SEA 17-32E 7SO
8 I. smith, B 81 T.. l7SS2R Rig
@ L Smith, 63S-2E SIS Ii
O. I Smith III Haverson No NWaNE 1S-SS-2E 1885
I. i SEA SEA 2O-SS2E SOL
DRY CREEK OIL FIELD
Kirk No / 2-7S-2lE 1898
EAGLE STRUCTURE
Coolidge g. Cooldge-Forseth CIVIL SWa NW3 s-35-4E Rig
EAST BRIDGER
Alex Beaton No / 2s-Ss2sE 1850
ELK BASIN OIL FIELD
Henderson Nwa 49, ss 2SE on 1879
sn1s we Pet Co c5overnnent No sW SEA 1855
FLAT COULEE OIL FIELD
Itone ct al No / SW3 10-S75E On 1919
FLAT WILLOW
No !, SEA NWa 35-lSN-25E e
NO SEA SEA s-42E Apanaoned ia
Guy Nc. 331AS-26E Ananooneo 1oLv
NE NEa SEA S5l425E ADsnooneo AAo
GENOU STRUCTURE
Security Petroleum / G 2s2sN3E 1880
HAGAN STRUCTURE
Morton SEA SEA 5-S7W OO
HARDIN STRUCTURE -
81 Gas No isis 3SE Gas goo
/ 13-1S-SSE aud 1ssS
NW7 23-lS-S2E r-s
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SOAP CREEK OIL FIELD
Independent Nw NEa s4cs1z on 1858
TIGER RIDGE
g. SEA l0-SN-lu 1oo5
WAYNE CREEK
Mont Gas Corp Duncan No C Nwa
WEST PONDERA
-HzOeschen NO. G NEa SEA
WHITLASH OIL FIELD
wilde Mabonev No 2 cwI, SEA swa 2s-s7-4E
Western Ma Gas SW1 SEA l4-37-4E Oh 2l0S
veter Natira CasTu No c
SW3 NWa 15-37-K M 2000
Wallace No Sec 5-S7N-4E DRY 22eS
WHITEHALL DISTRICT
CHEYENNE OIL g. Gas Olson No
81 NW3 10-36N SOC ADD 24eo
& 2. NEa NWa l0-S6N-5oF 1918
WINIFRED DISTRICT
NWa NEa 35-22-l7E s19e
Pennock NW3 6-2lN18E
Crossr No l 62ON-lsE
Ro No sw Gs s E sH E ssNisH Ga. 80
sPeuuock No 6-21-18E
5aaS o1 sstSa 70 SEi 81 Gas
-Keytn-E hnnon 10 2
/ NWa swa 242N-i7E HOO
Croker 24-22N-l8E Gao
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY
Laurel Co No l. G 7-2s2E
verton GEL NWA NEa 14-2N-2SE 1878
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
1899 Compilations


Castle g. Pardee-Tribal l7s NEa SEA
Cobb-Vargo No /, G SEA NEa 19-37N-4W
Dakota Montana Gllin No 4 NE SEA SEA 3-34-6W
Glacier Production Bnesner Unit 2-335W
Glacier Production Calson Unit No NW3 27-345W
Glacier ProductionG COrgeux No c SEA SW3 2-33-5W
Glacier Production Gilard No / CNL Nwa 2o-34-5W 4
Glacier Production wilkins q NE3 SW3 17-35-5W
Glacier Production-Larson No CIVIL NW3 NE3 35-36-6W
Glacier Production McDougal q SWs NW3 3l-345W
Glacier Production-Neil No. Sc SEA NEa 20-33-5W
Glacier Production OBrien No. c SWA SW3 32-345W
Glacier Production l6 No. NWa 16-33-5W
Glacier Production State No. 4 c 81 NWa l6-33-5W
Glacier Production Schewen No SEA 20-33-5W
Glacier Production-Sim No. @ NEa NW4 5-33-5W
Glacier Production-Thaye NW3 NE4 28-33-5W
Hanlon- Allotted 1913 No. SW SEA NE3 I2-32-6W
Nadeau Brohers-Crowley No NV SW3 NW3 25-375W
Nadeau Bros Government No c SWa NW3 24-37-5W
Newell Chandler Hnterager NE4 NW 24-37N-5V
Tribal III No 2 NV SEA SW3 7-32-5W
Santa Rita-Jordan No. 2 NW4 SEA 7-32-5W
Santa Rita Lander No 3 c 81 SEA 16-35-6W
Santa Rita McCabe No. 2 c SEA NE4 29-33-5W
Santa Rita Miller No c SEA NW3 29-33-5W 81
Santa Rita -Ritchie No. NW3 NW3 5-33-5W
Santa Rita-Shearon B No ! Sc SEA NWA 7-32-5W
Santa Rita Stahl No. c NWa SW3 2l-33-5W
Santa Rita Tribal No @ e L SEA NE3 l6-S5-6W
Texaco- CurIan No. 4 c NEa NE3 8-32-5W
Tarrant-Getty No CIVIL NW3 SEA 15-34-6W
arTant-Longmfler No NE SWa NEa 24-34-6W
Tarrant Mcclellan No s. C SWa SEA i2-346W
TarTant-State No. Sc NE3SE3 36-34-6W
Texaco-State No. 4, G NW1 NW3 l6-32-5W
Tarrant- Wley-Jones No. SW NW3 SW3 3l-34-5W
Tarrant-wiey Connolly No ? c Sw3 NEi 3l-34-5W
TarTant-Yunk No SW SWa NW4 I2-34-6W
Texaco- HeSsler No 2 CNL NE3 NE3 l9-33-5W
Texaco-Sec Unit 6 G SW3 NWi 9-32-5W
Yukon -Lundgren No. c NE1 NW1 26-S7-5W BIB
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CUT BANK DRILLING WELLS

NJ C
aco-Vas
ion-Jae
ton-Hal
c 24375W so Bb 262
Italo roleum-C ornett G
SEA SEA l4346W 60 BbL 26T5
On-w 35-35-6W $3.50
Pardu c SESWa 31-32-5W @le
ct a No
Pa 7-S25W $50 Bbl 2945
santa Rita No 3
o No 36-32-6W Rig
-Ha 17-32-5W 1895
Morrison Nc. 22366W 205
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
Cut Bank Oil Field

Initial Top og
Production Sand
50 Bbl. 20A8
60 Bbl. 200A
I'M Gas 26TO
IS BbI. 1914
w IAN Gas 2640
i-5W an Gas 2450
v sic Bbl. 1905
4.9M Gas 27O0
"a Bbl. 2945
225 Bbl. 3046
294 Bbi. 1904
7 81 Bbl. 1855
81 Bbl 1880
OIL 2T&
275 Bbl. 1884
Bbl. 2208
I18 Bbl. S04o
80 Bbl. 2T60
IA Phil 2QGQ
90 Bbl. 2962
ShowOilAbd. 1905
so Bib. 2676
5V 43M Gas 1883
$50 Bbl. 1880
go Dbl. 1887
40 Bbl. 1895
IS Bbl. 3067
300 Bbls. 1910
1876 Bbl. 2765
so Bbl. 2874
$50 Bbl 2o4B
20 Bbl. 1895
140 Bbl. 2oT5
IS Bbl 1855
Dry Add. 2o48
$50 Bbl. 2725
Dry 1880
100 Bbls. 1881
AS Bbl. 1880
324 Bbl. 2765
Dry $500
70 Bbl. 29T2
So Bbl. 1904
8 Bbl. Add. 2676
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
Radio Firm
Is Cited For
War Moves
Station WMCA i IN
New York Accused
OF Intercepting and
Broadcasting British
And German Secret
Codes; Germans Rile
u. s.

Washington, Sept. 12.-(AP)-The
Federal Communications Commits
sion today accused the Knicl1erbocker
Broadcasting Company, Inc, licensee
Of Radio Station WMCA, New York
City, of illegally intercepting and
broadcasting secret radio commune
cations sent by the governments of
Germany and Great Britain.
The FEC ordered the company to
show cause by September Is why its
license should not be revoked "for
violation of and failure to observe
the provisions of the communications
act Of 1884, constituting conduct by
said licensee contrary to the public
interests"
The FEC said it had Conformation
in its possession tending to establish
that the station caused the intercep-
ton of secret radio communications
sent by the governments of Great
Britain and Germany, respectively
containing orders to the naval or
military forces Of said governments
to govern the movement of said
forces in time of war, and thereafter
caused said messages 20 be decoded
CONTINUED on Page TWC)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
Taxation Suit
Is Abandoned
BY A. T. & T.

Raleigh, Sept. 12.-(AM-Attor-
rey General Harry Mcmillan an
nounced today that the American
Telephone & Telegraph Company
had abandoned contentious it was
not liable for state income taxes on
grounds its business was entirely of
an interstate nature.
The company mas sued IN Federal
and Superior courts and paid the
tax levies under protest pending
court rulings. Mcmillan said judg-
ments would be signed at once dis
missing all suits.
The tax levies aggregated s273,-
255.41 since 1927, but the company
will be refunded S6,84856 due to 4
rehabilitation Of the amounts due,
McMullan said, so that the levy
would be on actual receipts rather
than on the basis Of system ratiCs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
Growers Of
Ask
Referendum


Scotland Neck, Sept. 12.-(AP)-
About twenty of the leading tobacco
growers Of Halifax county met IN
emergency session here last night
and adopted resolution urging an
early referendum on control OF the
194O tobacco crop, and asking the
government to step in now arc BUY
the better grades usually taken by
foreign companies.
The resolution was telegraphed to
six members of a committee which
will confer in Washington tomorrow
with Henry Wallace, secretary, OF
agriculture, about what can be done
to aid tobacco growers, since buyers
of British firms have withdrawn
from markets, causing tobacco
holiday"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
British Government
Evacuating Staffs
From London Areas
State To Enforce
Leaf Scrap Levy

Raleigh, Sept. 12.-(AP) "A
group of eight Or ten revenue de-
partment deputies and officials
scattered to Eastern North Caro-
lima tobacco markets today to en-
force the $3.50 License tax on per-
sons who buy scrap tobacco from
producers and haul it to markets.
Revenue Commissioner A. J..
Maxwell said he had reports yes
terday that scrap was being rush
ed to market, ard that his men
would see to it that it was legally
handled. Redrying plants hand
ling scrap tobacco have paid their
$500 license tax in most instances
Maxwell said.
E. F. Arnold, Farm Bureau sec
retary, conferred with Maxwell
about the matter after receiving
complaints from many farmers
that scrap was being handled by
unlicensed haulcrs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
No Ministers ill
Leave Capital, How
ever; British People
Told Officially Their
Soldiers Are Now in
Front l. n e S in
France.

London, Sept. 12.-(AP)-The
British government announced to-
day it was taking steps to remove
between 1000 and 5000 of the staffs
O! governmental departments from
London, but stressed that the gov
ernment itself was not moving from
the capital. "There is no question Of
the government as whole being
evacuated", said statement.
ssNot a single minister is leaving
and none concerned in the wartime
activities of the government is being
evacuated. The government itself
will not evacuate London if it can
possibly remain without loss Of
efficiency"
The plan for removal of govern
ment workers was described as a
sectional one, prompted by desire
for some degree Of decentralization.
It was explained that no govern
pent department was being re-
moved entirely. Which departments
were affected and where the en-
pioyees were to be taken remained
an official secret.
The British people, ten days of
war, and ready for long years of it,
seized avidly on the first trickle of
news to tell that their men, guns
and planes once more were in France
to fight Germany on the western
front.
Official disclosure that a British
expeditionary force had crossed to
France was made in a communique,
which said troops had landed "but
are not yet in action"
(French dispatches last week al
ready had reported British troops
had reached French soil)
A communique from the British
information ministry said: For some
days past rumors have been current
in this country and aboard that Bri-
tish troops have landed in France
The ministry of information is now
permitted to announce officially that
| this is so.
"The troops are not yet in action
and no further details can meantime
be furnished 1t is, however, the in
tention Of the military authorities tc
! furnish further information from
time to time"
The communique was at variance
with the information ministry's an
Continued on Page TWo)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12

Paris, Sept. 1.-(AP)-Prime
Minister Chamberlain met Premier
Daladier somewhere in France to-
Gay at a meeting of the supreme
French-British war council.
A communique issued by Dala-
dier's office said two other mem
bers Of the council also attended,
General Gamelin, commander-in-
chief of the French-British armies,
and Lord Chatfield, British minis
ter FOR the coordination Of defense.
The communique said the war
council "confirmed completely a
firm British-French resolution to
concentrate all their forces and all
their resources to aid Poland,
which is resisting a ''brutal invasion
Of its territory with SO much brav-
cry.
Daladier was back in his office
at the war office at p. m. where
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
AverageFor
Tobacco Is
$14.1OHere
713.41O Pounds Sold
Opening Day, ALL
Time Record Here;
Days Break Also Set
New High; Prices Re-
ported Steady Today.

price Of Sl4.10 per hundred
wounds was made by the Hender-
ian tobacco market Monday for the
csen.ng days sale of the season,
Fred IT. Allen IT., sales supervisor,
.rnounccd today.
With -134lO pounds sold for
;00536 G6. the market set a new
sr-tlre high for a single days
ssle. An estimated 100000 pounds
on the market for the initial sale
al the season was also another all
fine record for the market. The
new records were set despite the
handicap o. the impending "holi-
day.. following clearing of the
warehouse ioors Wednesday.
Mondays sale compared with
596.4i4 pounds sold on opening day
list year for S116,432.56 for an
average Of S229O per hundred
pounds and 433,O08 pounds for
Slll.253.81 for an average of S25.69
On opening day two years ago, on
September 16
Allen said farmers appeared
highly pleased over prices paid
Monday, due to the fact that al
though considerably lower than
las, year. most growers had re-
Slgned themselves to a much lower
continued on Page TWO)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
War Smash
Tourist Trade
For Europe
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington, Sept. 12.-Shortly be-
fore the last war (the 1914-'18 affair)
1 wanted to take trip from Lon
don to Constantinople (now IstanbuD
So 1 dropped in at the U. S. en-
bassy to ask if 1 needed a passport.
Eyes, sir" said First Secretary
William Phillips (our present ambas-
sador in Rome). "you do. 1t seems
hard to believe in this enlightened
age, but there still remain in the
world two such benighted countries
that you have to have passport to
travel in em-Russia and Turkey"
However, got my passport with
out any trouble. Today, if l wanted
to visit as Semi-civilized a city as
Continued on Page Three.l
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
British Troops Are
Rapidly Moving Up
Into Battle Region
Defenses A rou n d
S a a r b u e c k e n
"Slightly Turned",
And Major Battle Is
Believed in Making to
Be Begun Very Short
ly.

Paris, Sept. 12.-(AP)-French
dispatches reported tonight that
French advance guards had driven
a wedge into the advance fortifica-
tons of Germans Siegfried line east
Of Saarbruecken. One section of the
attacking forces was asserted to
have slightly turned" the defenses
Of the great industrial city.
Artillery pounded German lines
surrounding the city from heights
" he :'orest of Warndt.
These reports of French activity
followed the war ministry's COM
munique for the morning, which
said merely that there had been a
'calm night along the entire 'front.'.
Previously fighting on a 1OO-mile
sector of the western front between
the Moselle and Rhine rivers
strengthened the impression major
battle was shaping up, an engage
ment which history may record as
the battle of the Saar.
British troops were reported
moving up into positions already es-
tablished by Nthe French "Despite
enemy resistance, our attacks con-
tlnued to show serious progress on
a front OF" Some si2 IL miles east of the
Saar". said last nights war COM
munique. This was taken to mean
the French were gaining at a point
some distance north of the French
border town Of Saaguemines, in the
German area, between the Saar and
Bliss rivers.
Saarbruecken was emptied of
civilians days ago.
French military sources believed
the German army would soon fall
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
Prices About
Is Cents On
Middle Belt


Raleigh, Sept. 12.-(AP)-Check
Of carly second day sales on the nine
North Carolina Middle Belt tobacco
markets showed today prices con-
t'nllng around a Is cents a pound
level, seven cents or more off 1888
opening prices.
Sales were heavy and quality Of
oiiCrngs air as farmers made an eff
tort to dispose Of millions Of pounds
before sales holiday of indefinite
Duration goes into effect at p. m.
tomorrow.
None Of the markets, already glut-
leq' accepted any ne Wofferings. The
saleS committee of the United States
lo0acco Association declared Sat-
Continued on Page Eighty
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
Poles Claim
Germans Are
Now Halted
But Invaders G on.
tinue Attacks at
Many Points, With
Three-Front Often
sive 1. a un c h e d
Against Poles f o r
Seizure of Warsaw.

Budapest, Sept. 12.-(AP) : The
Polish general staff communique No.
II declared today stout Polish reris-
tance had brought the German plane,
tank and artillery attack at least to
] temporary stalemate throughout a
widespread territory.
(The Bug river flows from east to
west joining another river at point
20 miles due north fo Warsaw)
The official Hungarian news
agency reported the Polish radio sta
ton at Lublin said the Polish Pre-
mier ShladkoWski had presided over
Continued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
Imperial Co.
Holds Key
For Tobacco
Crop Control Likely
Would Help Situation
Very Little; Cover
nor Giving Serious
Study to Situation.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In th1. - IEo1for Hotel

haieigh, Sept. 12.-Despite intense
= r. ties and efforts of many North
1.,'foitha agencies, key to solution of
= ce current tobacco crisis in North
Iafoi'ha remains in the hands of the
Ipnnerlal p Tobacco Company of Great
I2at, at least, is the apparent con-
t.l11s OF informed circles which are
ing the problem.
DoVernor Clyde r. Hoey told your
oo.nIespondent that he is making
every effort to learn the ImperiaPs
f. froaohs for withdrawing its buyers
fn f"ia lar Heel markets. He is de-
,f;lLll'ely a;L, convinced that nothing tan
sue can be done to relieve the ex-
donB d',ilB emergency until that has been
H.. me State Board of Agriculture met
qios night at the call of Commits
9-0iier Kerr Scott The Triple A, un-
continued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
FINNISH SHIP SUNK
ON STRIKING MINE

Coppenhagen, Sept. 12.-(AP)-
Fourteen men were killed today
when the Finnish bark Olivebank
was blown up about 105 miles south
west of Esbjerg, southwestern Dem
mark. Seven men picked up by a
fishing boat said the vessel struck a
mine.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
DUKE AND DUCHESS
OF WINDSOR BACK

London, Sept. 12.-(AP)- The
British ministry of information an
nounced tonight that the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor have arrived in
England
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
MEETING HELD TO REACH
COORDINATION AGREEMENT

LOndon,g Sept. 12.-(AP)-The
ministry of information announced
tonight the purpose of the Cham
berlain-Daladier meeting in France
was to make possible a direct per-
sonal exchange of views on the
situation and on measures to be
taken in the immediate future.
|, "The meeting, said a commune
que, "has fully confirmed the firm
resolve Of Great Britain and France
to devote their entire strength and
resources to the waglng of the con-
flict which has been forced upon
them to give all possible assistance
to their Polish ally"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12

Washington, Sept. 12.-(AP)-
Senator Nye, Republican, North Da-
kota, asserted today the administra-
ton would run into a real war in
the legislative field over an at
tempt to repeal arms embargo pro-
vision Of the neutrality act"
Although Nye said he knew of no
present move for Senate filibus-
ter to block repeal, he declared
there would be "extended and
thorough" debate on the proposal
which many legislators say would
benefit England and France in their
war With Germany.
The neutrality law, which Presi-
dent Roosevelt applied to the Euro
pean war theatre, prohibits sale of
arms, ammunition and implements
OF war to belligerents. Proposed
elimination of this provision is ex-
pccted to furnish the principal con-
troversy in the anticipated 2yecial
session Of Congress.
Observing that administration
leaders appear to be considering
invoking the gag rule, Nye said
he did not believe the Senate would
vote for any limitation of debate.
He added the opinion that if Con-
gress was call into special session,
it would remain SO throughout the
winter.
Nye said he had found sentiment
in the Middle West strongly against
Hitler. He observed, however, there
also was strong sentiment against
involvement of this country in war
He said he thought the American
PEOPLE should be told that the sale
Of war materials to belligerents
would be likely to bring involve
ment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
Chamberlain, Daladier
Meet AT Secret "Spot''
To Coordinate Effort

he conferred Immediately with
Edouard Herriot, president of the
Chamber Of Deputies.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
GionhQh

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Wednesday;
slightly warmer Wednesday in
north portion.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12
Real W. ar In
Congress Is
Seen by Nye
Says Administration
May Try Gag Rule"
On ID G b a t G, but
Thinks Senate Will
Block That; Declares
People Want No u.
S. War.

Washington, Sept. N.-(AP)
''~i~nn~-~ ~~'sa+ NnE17 ---~4
Illinois, of the House Rules
,sI 'e,:, predicted after a
White House conference today
Congress would be called 10
meet in extra session around
October 1.
While asserting that Presi-
dent had not committed hir,-
self on date, SABBATH said it
would be around October /.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-12

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Evening star., 1939-06-14
Why Must They Die? No. 80
of D. C. Traffic Fatales

analyses of the 9th, 10Th, 32d
and 34th traffic fatalities haze
not been published, pending CON-
pletion OF official Investigations.
The first t,Do mentioned ,oere
hit-run cases.
The place: Florida avenue NE.
between H and Fourteenth streets.
The accident: A 64-year-old man
was knocked down by an automo-
bile going west on Florida avenue.
He was pronounced dead on arrival
at Garfield Hospital. An autopsy
showed he died Of a fractured skull,
cerebral conclusion and shock.
Testimony at the inquest indicated
the pedestrian crossed In front of
the automobile, then turned back
into the side of the car. Driver
claimed he saw the man cross but
didn't apply brakes until he heard
"thud" after he thought he had
passed the victim. Testimony OF
witnesses differed as to exact point
of impact. the driver leaving the
scene to take the victim to hospital
before police arrived.
The time: About 8 pm, Juno 8,
1899.
The weather: Light rain falling.
The street: Wet, level and
straight.
The vehicle: Light sedan, with
brakes reported by police as o. K.
Driver claimed he was proceeding
not more than 20 miles per hour.
The driver: An 18-year-old coll
ored youth who has had Z drivers
permit for tWo years. He had no
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Fined :'r Violating
Weiqhts Law

Theo Crow, a No. 4 precinct
policeman, today was sentenced at
Police Court to pay fines totaling
$125 or serve IS days in Jail on
six counts of violating the weights
and measures law.
Judge Walter ]. Casey imposed
the sentence today after Crow
changed his plea from not guilty
to nolo contendere-no defense
several weeks ago. In June, 1898,
Grow was tried by jury that was
unable to reach a verdict.
According to the information, the
defendant was trading as the Sim
plex Coal Co., 1925 Good Hope road
Sc, when the offenses occurred.
The case was continued at the court
a total of II times, IL of them
since the defendants trial a year
ago.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
George Nelson handled the case
for the Government.