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Evening star., 1940-11-22
Maj. Gen. H. {. Pratt
To Command I'd Corps
From Fort Meade
Will Soon Return From
Philippines to Take
Over Three Divisions

Maj. Gen. Henry c. Pratt today
was assigned to command of the
I'd Army Corps with headquarters
at Fort George G. Meade, Md,
which will be the training camp for
both selectees and National Guards
men from the District of Columbia.
Gen. Pratt, a native of New Mex
leo and graduate Of West Point,
is veteran of the World War and
had been assigned to duty in San
Francisco. This assignment, how
ever, was Cancelled and he will re-
turn from the Philippine Islands,
his recent post, to take command
of Fort Meade.
Three Divisions in Area.
The I'd Army Corps includes the
28th Division with headquarters at
Indiantown Gap, Pa; the 29th Divi-
sion, with headquarters at Fort
Meade, and the 44th Division, with
headquarters at Fort Dix, N. j. The
I'd Corps, together with the 1st and
9Th Corps and the three coast artil-
lery districts, comprises the lst Field
Army. g
Gen. Pratt was born at Fort
Stanton, N. Mex, and was grad
uated from the Military Academy
in June, 1904. On graduation he
was appointed a second lieutenant
Of cavalry, later transferring to
the Air Corps. He first served at
Fort Leavonworth, Kans., and from
1909 to 1911 he was aide to Presi-
dent Taft. During the war Gen.
Pratt served at Hawaii, at Kelly
and Brooks Fields, Tex, with the
division of military aeeronautics
here and with the American Ex-
peditionary Forces. He was award
ed the Order Of the Crown Of
Italy for his World War service.
Commanded Air Fields.
His assignments since the war
have included command of Kelly
Field, Tex; Mitchell Field, N. Y, and
Hawaiian Department air officer. In
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Maryland Building Loon
Bill Will Be Studied
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. "a
proposed bill to supervise building
and loan associations will be dis
cussed Tuesday by the Legislative
Council and the Maryland League Of
Building Associations.
The meeting was announced in
report of the councils Research Di-
vision urging adoption of a super
visory law to restore public conf
dence by eliminating from the busi-
ness unsound associations. and to
make it possible for associations
which desire to do so to insure their
shares"
The report declared it seems de-
Sirable" to establish separate
building and loan department under
control of full-time supervisor, and
to create an advisory board with
limited appellate jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
VerdIs La Troyioto' Offered
In Opera Series Tomorrow
Three l2-Inch DoubIe-Foced Records
CurY, Fomous Pieces in MusterfuI Work

of three months, his wife and two
children died. But two years after
his bereavement, Verdi was COM
posing again and before his death
in 1901, he had written many great
operas.
AS recorded for The Stars series,
La Traviata" is in six parts. Here
is a list of the music on each of the
records: Part /, the famous Drink
ing Song; part 2, "Ah, Fors'e lui
(Ah, Was it Him.; part 3, the duet
of Violetta and Germont; part 4,
the duet continued; part S, de
Sprezzo Degno" (Tis Shame to Man
hood; part 6, "Parigi, o Cara
Gar From the Busy Throng).
In addition to the three Verdi
operas, the masterpieces now avail
able include Bizet's Carmen"
Gounod's Faust" Puccini's Ma
DANA Butterfly" and La Boheme"
and Wagner's "Tannhauser."
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Report
Furnished by the United


District of ColumbaParty
temperature about As
rain by night moderate northwest Winds
cloudy and colder tonight
colder with rain by night.
Vrgina-Mosty cloudy, somewhat tonight
tomorrow cloudy and somewhat colder followed
West VrginiaCloudy
in south and central portions tonight
Friday forecast for the period from 7o November a. s4o
7:30 pm, November a. 1940 inclusive.
Middle Atlantic
Delaware Maryland Eastern Pennsylvania York;:
Considerably colder northern Saturday Sunday
gradually paodeang
southern sections but remaining above first Of period
becoming normal during the latter Some north
and rather southern portion Of during the first
half Of period and precipitation again end
Ohio Virginia, Western
Rather Sunday again Of
slightly above Ohio Valley followed by temperature mostly
slightly above normal latter half of period
Evening star., 1940-11-22

March, 1885, he assumed command
of the I'd Wing, General Headquar-
ters Air Force at Langley Field, Va,
and in 1887 became commandant of
the Air Corps Tactical School at
Maxwell Field, Ala.
Gen. Pratt went to his latest post
in the Philippines in 1888 as COM
mander Of the 23d Infantry Brigade.
He is reported to be returning now
from his service in the islands.
Gen. Pratt was graduated from
the School of the Line, from the
Command and General Staff School
at Fort sLeavenworth, Kans, and
from the Army War College. &
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Arms Plants Particular
TARGETS, Nozis Declare

BERLIN, Nov. "a R.-DNB, off,
cial German news agency, said to-
day the main thrust of Nazi aerial
attacks on Britain yesterday and
last night were directed at indus
trial centers, particularly arma-
ment plants in the Midlands and on
the West Coast.
Regarding yesterdays raiding,
the high commands daily commu-
nique said only that London and
war vital objectives in Southeastern
England were bombed In the
course of armed reconnaissance"
Evening star., 1940-11-22
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. G., FRIDAY,

Another of the IL works of opera
included in recordings being offered
by The Star in, its current music
appreciation program will be made
available to the public tomorrow at
the booths in the lobby of The Star
Building.
The new release. the eighth offered
since the campaign was launched,
is La Traviata." This work is Of
fered in condensed form on three
12-inch, double faced records, made
by famous singers and orchestras.
La Traviata" is the last of three
operas by Giuseppe Verdi, the great
Italian composer, which are included
in the IL operate works featured in
The Stars series. Among the earlier
releases Of the campaign were
Verdi's Aida" and ''Rigoletto.
AS usual, the special music appre-
citation booths in the lobby of The
Star Building will be open from 8
am. to pm. to distribute the new
group of recordings, as well as the
seven previous offerings and the
electric record players.
La Traviata," based on the book
and play by Alexandra Dumas, La
Dame aux Camelias," was the 10Th
in the series of 80 operas composed
by Verdi. 1t was first produced in
Venice in 1858, two years after the
first performance of "Rigoletto."
Before the appearance of "Rigo-
letto," poverty and misfortune had
dogged Verdi's footsteps. Beginning
his musical studies in the Italian
village of lie Roncole with an
itinerant violinist and the village
organist. Verdi was awarded a
scholarship to study in Milan, but
he was refused admission to the
conservatory.
His first opera survived only few
performances and then tragedy
struck his home. Within the space
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Operu Broudcusts

Through the cooperation of
the National Broadcasting Co.,
The Star is presenting over
WMAL each weekday morning
excerpts from the operate re-
cordings featured in the opera
appreciation campaign. The
program on which the record
ings are heard. '"Today's Prel-
ude," is scheduled daily except
Sundays from 6 to 7 am. The
Stars recordings may be heard
between GAS and 7 o'clock.
The recordings already re-
leased In the campaign may be
obtained at the special distribu-
ton booths in the lobby of The
Star Building each weekday
from 9 am. to 6 pm. The
booths are closed on Sundays.
Evening star., 1940-11-22

tive Council members oppose the
resolution"
The Executive Council also recon-
mended it be stripped Of the power
to suspend "a" union, said Mr.. Du-
binsky, but put a rider on the
measure so it could suspend two un-
IONS"
Mr.. Dubinsky said his garment
workers wish to see the Interna-
tional Typographical Union, now un-
der suspension for refusing to pay
the special assessment, back in the
A. F. L.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Capture of Considerable
Importance, British Say

LONDON, Nov. % CP-British
military circles today described
Greek capture of Koritza. key Ital-
ian base in Albania, as "of consider
able military Importance, but they
cautioned against regarding the
Italian defeat as a rout.
The Greeks are fighting on Al
banian soil throughout the Pindus
area, south of Koritza, authorita-
tive sources said, and there are in
dications of "an extensive break in
italian resistance" in the Epirus sec
tor, still farther south.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Five in Family Die,
Two Driven Insane
As Bomb Hits Home

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. %. Last
Friday night when the German
Air Force dealt one of its pun
ishing blows to London a bomb
struck the home of Edward
Robinson, English newspaper
man.
Mr.. Robinson's two brothers
and their wives and his elder
sister were killed. A younger
sister was wounded gravely.
Two aunts, driven insane, have
been placed in an asylum.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
j. S.-Made Bombers
Used by British in
5tavanger Raid
Destructive Attack
Made on AirfieId,
London Announces
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Nov. %. American
made Lockheed-H Hudson bombers
pounced on the German airfield at
Stavanger, Norway, this morning in
a destructive attack which was "as
slick as it was heavy" the Air Min
istry announced today.
This raid was carried out as Ger
man planes returned to the assault
on England after being grounded
during the night by dirty flying
weather. An official announcement
said two Nazi raiders were downed.
Amplifying the Air Ministry's brief
announcement of the Stavanger raid
by Hudson bombers of the coastal
command, its news service said:
The first aircraft to arrive scat
tered the airdrome and its build
ings with incendiaries, and those
which followed added greatly to
the destruction with variety of
bombs.
Lines of Fires Started.
Lines OF fires were started
From some of these blue flames
shot high after staccato explo-
Sions. The Targets Still were burn
ing nearly an hour after the bomb
ing ended"
A village in the English home
counties and southeast coast town
were struck by German bombs to-
day, the ministry said, and some
houses were damaged, but the
number of casualties was very
small" sA
The bomber which attacked the
village was shot down, and another
was destroyed off the southeast
coast, it was claimed.
Last nights German attacks be-
gan with violent assault on the
Midlands and a great western port
but tapered off because of the
weather.
Two Midland Towns Attacked.
AS result, the night was de-
scribed as one of the quietest the
island has had this month.
At least two towns in the Mid
lands were attacked in the early
part of the night. Liverpool had
two short raids. London also had
two alerts during the night, the
first ending around midnight and
the other shortly after dawn, but
Londoners heard no activity save
the slam of British guns.
German sources had named
the administrative center" of
London as the principal target of
the Luftwaffe for the night The
reference apparently was to
Whitehall, Downing street and
the houses of Parliament0
Some raiders harassed the north
west, southwest and Midland areas,
but few untoward Incidents were
reported and the government said
the raiding activity was widespread
but ION a small scale"
Most bombs were reported to have
fallen in rural areas, causing no
damage. A communique asserted
"very few casualties have been re-
ported"
German guns on the French coast
shelled the Dover area in brilliant
sunlight today despite mist that
limited visibility in the middle of
the English Channel. No casualties
were reported.
Evening star., 1940-11-22

The disturbance that was over the upper
Lake region Thursday evening has moved
eastward. Canton. N. Y, 1,011.2 millibars
(29.86 inches), while pressure continues
low over the far Southwest, Tuscon. Ariz.
1.009.1 millibars (29.80 inches). Pressure
Is rising over the North Central States and
the Plateau and Rocky Mountain regions,
Fort Peck Mont. 1.031.1 1 .millibars go: AZ
inchesl. and Spokane, Wash, 1031.5 milli-
tinues high over the Southeastern States.
Greenville ~ c., 1.02s1 millibars (30.36
inches. During the last "a hours there
has been rather general precipitation in
the Lake region and portions of the Central
Valleys and the west Gulf States, and some
light SHOWS In the northern Rocky Noun
tain region. Temperatures have risen
considerably in the Middle and North
Atlantic States.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Man Killed LOOKING at Guns

WAYNE, Nebr., Nov. % (P.-Al-
fred Obst, %, lifted his shotgun and
rifle to see if there was any snow
in them. The rifle struck the shot
guns trigger The blast hit Mr..
Obst in the face, killing him.
Evening star., 1940-11-22

More than a thousand trucks are
engaged in, moving freight between
Finland and Sweden on the Petsamo
highway, scenic arctic route which
was the delight of pre-war tourists.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Fresh Italian Troops
Rushed in Attempt
To Regain Koritza
Considerable Losses
In ll-Doy Bottle
Admitted by Rome
By the Associated Press.

BY tHe Associated PreSS.
ROME, Nov. 22.-The Italian
high command hastened reinforce
ments to the Albanian front today
for an attempt to regain Koritza
after abandoning it to the advanc-
ing Greek Army.
The Albanian city, 10 miles from
the Greek frontier, was lost Is days
after the Italians, using 1t as one
of their two main bases, launched
their invasion of Greece.
(Reports from the Yugoslav
frontier said waves of Italian
planes pounded Koritza today in
an effort to slow up Greek
ground forces smashing at the
retreating Fascists. These advices
said further that Italian counter
attacks yesterday on the out
skirts of the town enabled their
main forces to make an orderly
withdrawal
Losses Considerable.
Eleven days of bitter fighting in
which italian losses were "consid-
cradle" and those of the Greeks
perhaps even heavier preceded the
abandonment of the city, the high
command announced. Its COM
munique gave this account:
Our protective troops formed by
two divisions which took up de-
fensive positions on the Creek
Albanian frontier at Koritza at the
beginning of the war have with
drawn after II days fighting to a line
west of the city, which has been
evacuated.
During this period bitter fight
ing took place. Our losses were con-
siderable. Those of the enemy were
equally so, perhaps heavier.
Our reinforcements are concen.
trating on a new line.
Despite prohibitive atmospheric
conditions our air force has cooper
ated with the troops, bombing some
military detectives"
The communique also reported
bombardment Of Fascist positions
along the Egyptian coast by British
warships and a British aerial bom-
bardment of the Italian fortified is
land Of Lero in the Dodecanese
group.
The naval bombardment, it said,
part of which fell in an area east of
Sidi Barrani, caused no casualties
or damage and most of the bombs
aimed wildly" at Lero fell into the
sea harmlessly.
The high command reported wide
spread British air attacks in North
Africa, against Salum, Bardia, To-
bruk and Benghasi, and in East
Africa against MasSawa, Hargeisa
and Asmara but said there were
only a few casualties and light"
damage.
Italian air forces, it said, bombed
British Notifications and a railroad
at Matruh, in Egypt. and struck a
ship and airfields in raids in East
Africa.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1940-03-30

new wells to be drilled. The drilling
program as outlined at present should
bring no serious Over-production, as we
see it, but any great campaign beyond
the number of wells now planned may
not only spoil the prospects for higher
prices but may set back the three-year
improvement in the market that Is cul-
minating in 1910.
The royalty owner is anxious for the
sale of all the oil from his properties
and for the development of new produc-
tion, and he is likely to press the opera
tor for more drilling the basis of the
apparently improved outlook, bfIt the
royalty owner is in the same boat with
the producer and the refiner. Montana
is no longer isolated from the rest of
the markets of the United States. Mon
tana's price structure is definitely re-
lated to the California and MidcOntinent
price structure because Montana products
are going into competition with both.
Montana is still advantageOusly located.
because of the cost of transporting re-
fined products from other oil fields to
meet the Montana output. The new rail
rates out Of Montana refining centers,
plus the lowered crude rates TO Spo-
kane, put the Montana oil industry on a
fair basis of competition.
We know OF leases Chat are Delug
reconditioned and put back on prOduc-
tiOn this year. We know of other leases
that are going to have new drilling and
acidization this year for the first time in
many years. 1t will take several months
to get these properties back on full
production and in the interum there is
a chance for well informed investors to
take advantage of the improved market
that Is to come. Producing royalties
are today a bargain because they can be
bought on the basis of production of
"lean" years. with some insurance that
the future will be better. We have been
picking up a number OF bargains that
would not be attractive under other
circumstances. They will be harder TO
find as the season advances. Royalty
prices are definitely on the up-trend and
will go higher before midsummer.
This week we issued a bulletin i'm
which we discussed in detail the market
situation, giving tabulatiOn of market
consumption, fsy refineries, against
daily average production. These figures
are of Importance to a student of the
situation We are many times mislead
by capacity of refineries rather than
actual runs. These figures show the
actual runs against actual production
These figures are available to members
of the organization who ask for this
publication.
Offering sheets on producing royalties
will be sent to those who request them.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1940-03-30
Oil Trade Notes
Of Interest to Refiners and Marketers

RATE MIDCONTINENT
Illinois destinations Nebraska Dakoas
stating n
suggested.
gasoline have been reported the American Pet
March 1910
1348 February 194Q 1904 March
1,
for his gasoline however taxes making
March with
1885 month earlier and 1913 cents on March 1899
obtained
of deferred
used
automobile license
onAp Aprl1s first of the
one-third of United States
of $50 week or less
Montana oil and mining journal., 1940-03-30

"Yes. / know fish Is brain food
but don't care so much for fish
Isn't there some other brain food?"
Well, there's noodle soup"
Montana oil and mining journal., 1940-03-30
ESTIMATE OF

available oil through his new crude
oil purchasing agency. When
add up all the refining capacity
that apparently depends upon Cut
Bank field for oil during the COM
ing summer can see where some
of them may have to operate on a
pro-rated basis"
Several other operators expressed
similar opinions and of the several
who visited the Journal all were
quite certain that there is going
to be plenty OF work for drillers
this summer Some refiners. how
ever. were less sanguine, express
sing fear that the gasoline price
structure may be reduced to a point
where local refiners can no longer
afford to pay present prices. The
only way this can be prevented,
they said, is through the diver
sion of several million gallons OF
products from present refineries
from the limited local market.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1940-03-30
Problem of the Whole Industry
Producers Reiners Royalty Owners)

To strike a happy medium is one of
the most difficult things in this life and
yet it is seldom that such condition
is found in the oil industry, which has
made greater fortunes than any other
line of enterprise in the history of the
world.
The "ups and downs of the oil I'M
dustry have made possible the great
fortunes in oil, for the most part The
law of supply and demand swinging
back and forth made it possible for
individuals to make fortunes impossible
I'm more stabilized branches of industry.
Whether that is good or bad depends
upon the person who wins or the one
who loses.
When there is too much oil, the pro-
ducer suffers both from lack of market
and lowered prices. But whenever there
is cheap oil, someone profits. A drop
in the price of crude does not Immediately
reflect in the price of gasoline. 1t takes
a change of ~ cents in the price of
crude to change the price of gasoline one
cent.
In the Olden days the purchaser of
crude made fortunes by buying cheap oil
in times of over-prOduction, selling 1t
when the market improved or when the
peak of production was past. When
tnere was a Dig DuFer aDle 10 Jake hli
oil offered, the producer felt that he was
better off to sell all of his production
at low price than to sell a small part
of his production at a higher price per
barrel. Thus the position of the buyer
who served to take up the slack was one
of value to the industry Those days
are pretty well past, however, and the
result is that there is relatively little
stored oil in Montana fields today.
The winter months have seen Montana
refiners and exporters using more crude
than is being produced. During 1880
the market slowly ate up storage oil until
the day of distress oil is definitely
ended.
Now the Montana oil industry faces
the serious problem of preventing either
a shortage of oil that will hamper the
refiners or a sudden campaign of drilling
that may result in over production.
Either circumstance would be disaster.
First of all, Montana producers MUST
keep present refineries supplied with an
adequate amount of crude at a price
which will make it possible for them to
compete with oil from California on the
west and Illinois and the MfdcOntfnent
on the east. The unhappy state Of af-
fairs in the oil industry, particularly in
Illinois, is not the problem of the refiners
alone, as in the old days. IT is also the
problem of the producer It is the Mon
tana industry as a whole that has to step
out and get and maintain markets.