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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-10
Two Oil Wells
One Gasser

Three wells were complated in
Cut Bank field this week. two oil
wells including the Pardue-Tribal
and Texaco-State No. 6, and a gas
well, Glacier Production-DahlQ
Unit No. /
Texaco-State No. @, C NWA
SWA 16-32-5W, near the South
CONTINUED on Page Four
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-10

plant at the Anaconda reduction
works, and the conversion OF a sec
ton of the present copper cOncen-
tor.
n will require about 250, 900
tons OF the raw manganese ores to
produce the required $4,000 tons
" nodulized manganese.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-10
AnVANCE FuEL on.

Standard Oil Co. has advanced
the price Of bunker fuel oil to 90c
q barrels at Los Angeles Harbour,
an upward movement Of 15e a
barrel. This follows similar adj
vances which were made Ia April
for tank-car, truck and trailer fuel.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-10
Purchase OF Crude
For Canadian Market
Is Again In Progress

Purchase oil for Saskatchewan reneres continued Cut
Bank field this week negotiations still pending for the
transfer of funds pay for this OIL
Canadian facing the heaviest market in history owing
to the large crops prairie provinces without adequate
de since Turner VALLEY unabeto furnish total requirements
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-10
Montana Manganese
For National Defense

will into the national prepared
virtue contract for delivery OF mangane ores
Reserve Co. government
agency up the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-10
NIATERIALs FOR PTPELINE

NASHUA.-Four carloads of ma
terial for the Montana-Dakota Utili-
ties Co. arrived for use in extend
ing the gas line eastward by way OF
Frazer and Wolf Point to Glendive.
Feeder lines will be built to Nashua
and Poplar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08
Londoners Run to Catch Train,
Not for Shelter, Newsmen Find
A. P. Writers, Fresh in British Capitol,
Learn to Take Air Raids More CuImIy

falling few PAGES behind our es-
corts and having to yell for help,
it was nothing compared with the
intense terror of the first bombing
we underwent.
Drew Middleton and Hugh Wag-
non, conferes of our London A. p.
staff, remarked casually after
dinner:
Its a fine night for him"
Him who?" we said.
Jerry" said the doorman. Hes
all about"
We just got into our hotel room
when it began. . First distant
clatter of anti-aircraft guns crack
ling like monster Fourth Of July
fire-crackers, then a droning roar
of planes high overhead.
Bombs Start Falling.
After a few moments of heart
bobbling suspense, the bombs started
to fall about half a mile away. A
stick of bombs, each falling closer,
seemed TO shake the room, making
footing insecure, making our knees
shake.
Wall: BY golly, Bill, I'm scared.
White: Som I. But we can't let
this get us down. Let's try to sleep
and forget about it."
Wall: "Okay, I'm game"
We tried, but couldn't. When the
bombs begin to fall nameless ter
ror, feeling of absolute helpless
ness takes hold and shakes you. 1t
makes f1ight-anywhere-seem the
only thing to do. But there was
nowhere to fly.
We dressed hastily and went
downstairs, heading for the hotel
shelter. Calm Britishers slipping
drinks, reading books, looked up as
We dashed in, making us feel sheep
iSh. SO we went back to bed-and
awakened hours later to the sooth-
ing sound of the all clear" signal.
Sometime, somehow, we guess
maybe we'll get used to it-r1aybe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON c. FRIDAY

Laughlin said, about the contents
of investigators reports on the
Weirton Steel case, but that on
cross-examination Mr.. Wilson re-
fused to answer some of the COM
pany's questions on the grounds the
reports were confidential documents
and could not be discussed.
Mr.. Laughlin also asked the board
TO reconsider an order made in the
early stages of the hearing barring
Clyde Armstrong, company attor-
ney, from participation in the case.
The board had sustained by its order
trial examiners ruling that Mr..
Armstrong had INDUCED in Com
temptuous conduct"
Mr.. Laughlin told the board that
when Mr.. Armstrong was ousted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08

more difficult in the Pacific to hand
over bases as was done in the
Atlantic.
Where Britain at the moment
would probably most welcome Amer
lean collaboration would be In
Dublin. 1t has always been assumed
here that the United States could
persuade Fire to do things which
if suggested by the British, would
mean automatic refusal. Hence, if
Washington felt disposed to persuade
Premier canon de Valera to join
Joint Anglo Americana de-
Tense talks, there would be a greater
possibility of British acquiring Irish
bases.
Copyright, 1910. Chicago Daily News, Ine)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08

The board examiner in one in
stance, Mr.. Laughlin declared, re-
fused to permit the company to
produce court records to impeach a
witness on his denial that he had
ever been convicted of assault. In
another instance, Mr.. Laughlin
charged, the trial examiner restrict
ed company cross-examination OF
a witness on the grounds 1t was
".too detailed and unduly extending
the hearing"
Outrageous Instance" Cited.
Mr. Laughlin described another
episode as an outrageous instance"
of restriction on cross-examination.
Luke Wilson, a La Toilette commit
tee investigator, testified for two
hours on direct examination, Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08
Pacific Agreement
With u. ). Denied
In London
Conversations Here
Described Merely os
Exchange of Views
Bv HELEN KIRKPATRICK,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
LONDON, Nov. 8-Official circles
here deny there has been a Pacific
pact concluded between the United
States and Great Britain.
Conversations which have been
going on in Washington between
the State Department, British Am
bassador Lord Lothian and Robert
Casey, Australian Minister to the
United States, are described off,
cially here as Exchanges of views
covering a wide range Of subjects"
but it would be wrong, the Foreign
ONCE spokesman said today, to draw
the inference that an agreement
has been reached. 9
For some time informed quarters
here have seemed perfectly frank in
their comments on the Washington
conversations and their "off-the-
record" remarks tailed with more
cautious semioff1cial statements. 1t
was recognized here, long before the
war, that Britain and Germany at
war would inevitably encourage
Japan to holder action in the Far
East. confident that Britain could
not fight on more than one front
at a time. 1t was, therefore, frankly
expressed, as the hope of every one
in official life, that friendly Anglo
American relations might lead to a
division of spheres of defense-that
while Britain was occupied IN
Europe it could count on the United
States to keep watchful eye on the
Pacific situation.
Relief in Pacific.
In fact. one of the basic reasons
Ehy many leading British politicians
were sincere when they said they
hoped the United States would stay
out of the European war, was their
hope that the United States would
relieve Britain of anxiety in the
Pacific.
1t was, therefore, encouraging to
Britons who looked at the situation
in this light when the United States
and Britain concluded their agree
ment on Atlantic bases in exchange
for destroyerS. This would, they felt,
open the possibility for closer CO.
operation in the Far East where
British bases offer better strategic
possibilities than the United States.
1t has been recognized here that
the most that could be hoped for
from the United States was an ex-
change of views and a general I'M
Outstanding that, If the Far Eastern
situat ton f1ared up, neither Britain
nor the United States would be
caught unprepared. But that the
conversations In Washington should
go further than arrangements for
an as yet hypothetical emergency
seemed never TO have been con-
ceived. Anything more than that
would obviously be military al
lance which no one here thought
the United States, as a neutral, !"
could consent to enter into.
Reports of Further Exchanges.
There are reports circulating in
London that further exchanges of
bases for destroyers might be i'm
pending, but official quarters dis
claim any knowledge of such negotia-
tons.
In any event, naval circles point
out. the United States fleet could
have facilities in already existing
British naval bases, but it would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08
New Radio Suspected

The soft speaker" recently intro
duced by a radio manufacturer in
Germany is causing worry to Berlin.
The device may be plugged in to
any radio set and, when placed
under the pillow, can be heard by
the user of the pillow, and by no
one else. The manufacturer says
it is for invaids, but Berlin fears
that "unscrupulous people" will use
it for secret listening to foreign
stations, and that all those buying
il cannot be invalids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08

day that the sgencys representa-
tives used obstructive tactics" to
hamper the company's defense at a
board hearing against c. I. O..
charges OF unfair labor practices.
The charge was made by John E..
Laughlin, Pittsburgh, in arguing
against proposed board order find
ing that Weirton Steel had engaged
in fragrant" unfair labor practices
at its plants in Weirton and Clarks-
burg, w, Va, and Steubenville, Ohio.
Declares Examination Restricted.
Mr.. Laughlin declared the boards
trial examiners employed such
stringent restrictions" on company
REORGANIZATION of witnesses that
it was almost impossible to present
our case adequately"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08

Newly drriUed in London, tho
Colorado born neDStDpdpermen--
Alfred Wall of Longmont and
William w. White OF Boulder
tell of their "bdptiSmaP expert
ences under the British aerial
steQe in the following dispatch:
BY ALFRED WALL AND WILLIAM
w. WHITE.
LONDON, Nov. P).-"Jerry"
may not have undermined British
morale, but he put an awful dent
IN ours in the first "a hours in
besieged London.
Coming from the peaceful United
States via sunny Lisbon, we watched
all along the railroad route to Lon
don for bomb damage and saw
but little-and then stepped into
an afraid alarm the minute we
swung off the train.
We saw people running. The ST.
re1s were wailing. We could almost
hear the German bombers overhead.
"Whatll we do now?" we fran
ideally asked a porter.
We'll, you can go into that shelter
over there" he said, pointing.
Lets go!" we said. And then,
as he fingered, hurry up. Aren't
you eoming?"
People Run for Train.
mo" he said nonchalantly, "I1l
Just hang around here with your
luggage"
So we stayed, too. And we saw,
then, that the people were running
to catch a train, not to take shelter.
Nothing happened =. right then.
But plenty happened in the next "a
hours to curdle our nerves, while
Londoners, used to it, seemed amaz-
ingly unperturbed. At least, it's bad
form to show concern over danger,
we found.
Although we found the blackout
q horrible, ghostly experience (once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08
Truck Driver Must Die
January II for Murder

Clarence Blocker, "a, colored truck
driver, was sentenced in District
Court today to be executed Janu-
airy II for the murder of Park Po-
lceman Ivan w. Thompson at First
and l streets NE. June IA.
Blocker seized the policeman's
gun when the latter tried to arrest
him for a traffic offense and shot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08

him several times as he lay on the
ground. the court was told.
Blocker was convicted October a.
Defense counsel announced they
would appeal the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08

from the case the trial examiner
had done about everything he could
do to hamper the company's presen-
tation."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08
Labor Board Agents
Hampered Defense,
Weirton Charges
Trial Examiners Accused
OF Limiting Examination
Of Witnesses

BY the Associated Press.
Counsel for the Weirton Steel Co
charged before the Labor Board to-
Evening star., 1940-12-30
CHICAGO Produce

CHICAGO. Dec. 30 tP,-Poultry. liv.
. cars a3 trucks unsettled, hens over 5
pounds, :; ) pounds and under. :. Leg,
horn hens IA; oroilers. 21z pounds and
White Rock, is. springs, 4 pounds up,
colored, 20 Plymouth Rock. IA; White
Rock, 81; under 4 pounds. eolored, 10
Plymouth Rock, 20; White Rock. 1917:
roosters. 101a: Leghorn roosters, 10: ducks
41a pounds up colored. 4, white. IS;
small colored. /; small white. II. Geese,
IL pounds down IA over IL pounds. 12l2
Turkeys, toms. old. IL: young. over 8
pounds 16; IL pounds down 1917, hens.
II Capons, : pounds up. 22ia; under Z
pounds 81: slips 20
Butter. receipts, 16l 432: easy. cream
ery, a3 score 33-33hz 90. 32la; 91 -;
30. 80; 50; 3I14 SIS, 3O1z' 30. centralized
carlots 32l4
Eggs, receipts 4sls; steady; fresh
graded extra frsts. 23la; frsts. 22la; cur
rent receipts. Il "a oirties. IS; fresh
0hecks. Il: refrigerator checks Is: refris-
orator standards. 20l4: refrieerator extras
20Ia.
United States Department of Agricul-
340; total United States shipments for
SATURDAY 7l2: for Sunday. 81: supplies
liberal. demand slow. market Gull and weak
Idaho Russet Burbanks, U. S No |. .35-
80 n: Colorado Red McClures. U. S. No. l..
As: Nebraska Bliss Triumphs. U. S. No.
!. l.65-1u; Minnesota and North Dakota
Cobblers SIS per cent U. S. No. /, a5: Bliss
Triumphs. S5 per cent or more U. S. No. l.,
92f2-1 30; Wisconsin Kstahdins U. S. No.
|. 1a5; Florida. bushel crates Bliss
Triumphs. U S No. l. l.5-gO
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Christmas HOLIDAYS
Bring No letup in
Army and Navy Buying
But Both Branches
Still Have a Long Way
To Go in Arms Drive
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The effort to get defense orders
placed with American industry con-
tinued with virtually no letup over
the Christmas holidays, officials said
today, but even so. .the Army and
Navy still have long way to go.
War Department spokesmen ex-
planned, however. that most of the
Army's unobligated funds-about
81, 142 600, ,000-was earmarked large
ly for supplies and equipment for
which there was no immediate rush
and orders for which, if placed now,
would create unnecessary industrial
congestion.
In that category. they said are
large quantities of Army clothing
intended for use next fall and win
ter and substantial numbers of
trucks and other motor vehicles for
which the Army will have no need
until more of the first years 100000
drafteeS are in the service. With re-
gard to commercial types of motor
vehicles, officials pointed out that
they could be acquired in large num-
bers in relatively short time.
The Navy's Buying.
Concerning the Nays remaining
funds. authorities said most of 1t
would be allocated gradually as ma
terials are needed for the huge ship
building program
An official compilation of contract
awards showed the Army placed
orders totaling $34l 1897 900 during
the week of December 1921. and
officials said that in spite of the
Christmas holiday the awards for
last week would be even larger On
the other hand, the Navy's contracts
last week, totaled only S7,2l8,864-
more than half of which was for
housing facilities in the Panama
Canal Zone.
Among the weeks outstanding de-
Velopments in the Army procure
ment program officials listed the Sc
Lection of sites for a new sl1 00O, 900
INT plant at Sandusky. Ohio. and
a sl4,000,000 ammunition loading
plant at Milan, Tenn. Negotiations
for construction of the plants are in
progress. Their completion, officials
said. will aid materially in eliminat-
ing the bottleneCk in the production
OF explosives and ammunition.
Another Step Taken.
Another step toward speeding up
the output OF vitality needed aircraft
engines was taken with the Army's
agreement to reimburse the Ford
Motor Co. for s2l ,965,4 ,420 which 1t
has undertaken to spend for new
plant facilities in connection with
the 1922, 1923 900 contract for plane
engines awarded TO the company
last month. officials said construc-
ton of the new facilities already is
we'll under way.
Last week also saw the Army place
orders for s33 937 900 worth of trucks
which officials said would go quite
a piece toward the ultimate goal of
1876 900 motor vehicles for the ground
forces.
Other major contracts included
So, 8648 for new hospital facilities
at half a dozen Army camps and
S8.6l2, ,495 for an anti-aircraft firing
center at Wilmington, N. C.
Evening star., 1940-12-30

osNn NEW YoRK Res 80 steady REsss s rm ~
Mfed es3Tas t5hsy sfaded 9 Ssfrf si 5an'S
onds 53-23ia: mediums, 22ia;. dirties No
trigerator; fancy to extra fancy: 94-s4ie;
6rsts,, ,c1i seconds, 20la-al mediums,
Whites; " GResaies of premium marks
3O1a-33l nearby and Midwestern premi-
um marks 2s2-30; specials, IS stand
ards, 97'2; Lresales Of exchange to fancy
s4fs RefriseTatori nearby and Moves:
firstS 21-22
to extra fancy, 3sla-29; Specials 27la-
IS: standards. 20 Ia-27; mediums. 231a-24.
Duck eggs, 30-3l.
Butter 1.-TWO days receipts, 1,9s4s74;
score and premium marks 33is -34la: %
score, cash market, 33-331t: ss-sl score,
alet Cheese S4s fso scars dsss ,eceipts IS s7e55
steady. State. whole milk fats. Held
1899. 25-2534: Junes, 1910 2114-22: curl
Flour steady; spring pa tents. 5.75-6 90;
soft winter straiehts. 5.25-60; hard win
ter straightS, 550-75.
Rye flour steady: fancy patents, 5.25-5o.
lated, 2.I5; yellow. ,95.
Buckwheat steady; export and domes-
tic, 1.225
Feed hrm: Western bran. per ton, basis
Hops steady; Pacific Coast 1910 seed
less: 4s-5O: choice. 1924 1888 choice,
Pork steady; export fas. New York,
mess 2425; family, 1878
Tallow steady; special loose As norni-
nal: extra loose, 4s4.,
nominal.
Beans steady; marrow 5.s5 pea. $50;
red kidney, 7.35; white kidney, 6.75.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Dec. 30 ,P,.-The Canadian
dollar dipped - cents to SGo. United
States cents in the free foreign exchange
market today.
The Shanghai dollar was trimmed a bit
at ) 81 cents. while the Hong Kong cur
rency improved to @3.17 cents. Un-
changed was free sterling at 81 O4
Late rates follow Great Britain in dol
lars, others in cents:
Canada
Official Canadian Control Board rates
for United States dollars: Buying 10 per
cent premium: selling. l per cent premium.
equivalent 70 discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying, 9,9l per cent;
selling. 900 per cent
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket 13Ss per cent discount or S6.31 q
United States cents
Europe.
Great Britain, official Bankers Forelgn
Exchange Committee rates.. buying. - o.;
selling 81 O4: open market. cables. SiOl;
Germany 4o.01n: benevolent, ls 40; Fi1-
land. 9;o2n; GREECE 0.66n; Hungsly'
23S5, Switzerland, 23.22; YugoSlavia,
235n.
Latin America.
BrszfI' ofheiaL sos; free. sos; Mexico,
20. ION,
Far East
Japan. 23.4s; Hong Kong, 23.71; Shans-
hal. 5.61.
indlcatedD Nominal.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Use Of U. 5. Surp|uses
Seen as Postwar
Farm Problem
Goods Will Be Needed
To Feed and Reconstruct
Europe, Report Soys

The effect of the European war
on American agriculture was given
main consideration by the Once of
Foreign Agricultural Relations dur
ing the fiscal year 1939-4O, according
to the Offices first annual report
today.
Next in line we're plans to develop
closer inter-American cooperation,
in which the Office Is cooperating
with the Agriculture Department in
an effort to encourage development
of complementary agricultural pro-
duction in the other American re-
publics.
In contrast to conditions during
the World War, when there was
great export demand. the present
war has brought on serious reduc-
tions" in the demand for this
country's agricultural products for
export, the report says.
The report outlines the efforts
made to keep United States agri-
culture as fully informed as pos
sible regarding the effects of the
war upon our export outlets for
farm products. In the years pre-
ceding the war, Great Britain took
about third of our agricultural
exports, with continental Europe
taking another third. Today the
continental countries are virtually
inaccessible, the report points out,
and furthermore, the United King
dom has found it necessary to
neglect United States agricultural
products in favor OF United States
industrial goods adapted to wartime
uses.
The report also finds it probable
that this war will conclude, as did
the last. with supplies of food and
clothing in parts of Europe seriously
reduced or even exhausted" and
adds: National policy will then
have to concern itself with the use
of accumulated farm surpluses il
the United States to relieve human
distress and contribute to the
physical and economic reconstruc-
ton of our overseas customers"
Effective inter American cooper
alton, the report states, will depend
in the long run on the expansion Of
United States-Latin American trade.
This expansion. in turn. will depend
upon the development in Latin
America Of products which are
needed in the United States. In
order to stimulate interest in such
products, survey parties from the
Department of Agriculture have
been sent into Latin American fields,
and specialists have been loaned to
countries interested in increasing
their output of complementary pro-
ducts, it is pointed out.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Jersey City Livestock

JERSEY CITY. Dec 10 lPl UNITED States
Department of Agriculture Cattle $50
sal a BILE: total 300 Steers slow. few early
sales steady. three loads medium to good
around l,300-pound VirginiaS 200 Cows
iully steady with Friday. or strong 10 25
hlgheT than last Monday: medium cows
6.50-7.0o: Il odd bead on heifer order, 500:
canner 20 common. .25-625 Bulls steady
TO 30 higher. medium 10 good SAUSAGE
6 90
Vealers and calves, 34O salable: total
1'39O. VealerS active. mostly steady. top
90 higher: good and choice nearby,
90 so: four head. 1900; common
ana medium. S.50-1O.00: culs. 55O-7 so
Calves active. steady to strong; common
ana medium 215-31o pounds. $50: part
deck common. 3S2 pounds. S25
Hoss' saiaole. so, on Jersey City: total.
$3.50. Butcher hogs, 10 lower than Fri
day; good and choice, 1875 pounds 80.
Sheep and lambs. 220. salabIe total
1900: lambs fully steady; one load strict
!y choice a2-pound fed Michi>an, 1915
straight. No sheep on sale
Evening star., 1940-12-30
International
Acquires All
Agar Stock
Fy the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Interna-
tional Paper Co. has acquired the
entire capital stock of Agar Manu-
featuring Corp, makers of CORFU
gated Kraft shipping containers. R.
j. Cullen, president, announced to-
day. The Agar company has an an
nual capacity of $50 900 tons of con-
tainers at plants in Whippany, N. j.;
Somerville, Mass; Chicago and
Kansas City.
Agar has been for years the largest
customer of Southern Kraft Corp.
an International Paper subsidiary.
Agar will be operated by the present
staff under the direction of Calvin
A. Agar as president. Mr.. Agar also
will become a director and vice
president Of International Paper &
Power Co, which controls Interna-
tional Paper Co.