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Evening star., 1940-09-24
Cites Possible Contingency
As to indispensable Men.

To the Editor of The Star:
Which is to be preferred in America:
Rule by a few" or rule by one 'indis-
pensable man.?
What will happen to America if that
indispensable man" should be reelected
and should die in Office, as others have
before him? Would the New Dealers"
then say that no man in the country Is
big enough for the job? They would
not-then the great Wallace would i'm
mediately assume the cloak of i'm
mortality and become the omniscient
and omnipotent indispensable mani"
September 81. A. F. S.
Evening star., 1940-09-24

Whats in a name?" queries the
Bard of Avon. Well, it does not seem
possible that the present dictator of
Europe could have gotten so far with
the name Schickelgruber, and yet
that is what Adolf's father changed
his name from.
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the tDriter, although the use of
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Utth
q UieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-09-24
School Days Recalled by
Proctor Article.

10 the Editor OF The Star:
Many thanks to you for the article
by Mr.. Proctor on page &C of The Sum
day Star of September IS, relative to
the old Jefferson School Building on
"the island" and its early personnel.
This dash into the far-distant past.
about 1889, brings to my mind many
happy recollections of my childhood, al
though my stay in the Jefferson School
did mot cover very long period. OF
course personally knew MP. Thomp-
son and old Prof. Daniels, and many of
the teachers whose names Mr.. Proctor
mentions, but particularly cherish the
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Protests Miniature Golf
Course Charges.
70 the Editor Of The Star:


70 the Editor Of The Star:
The miniature golf course IN East
Potomac Park Is charging the public
IS cents per person for playing around
the short course. 1t appears that the
Government should be collecting the
tremendous profits if all Of the patrons
are paying this charge. Otherwise the
private concessionaire should be required
to reduce the rates to a reasonable
charge, based upon the large patronage.
The rates should also be posted in a
conspicuous place so that prospective pa
irons will know what the cost Is to be.
ONE WHO WAS ENsNARED.
9eptAmber 10.
Evening star., 1940-09-24

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paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights OF publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Uncle Sam Needs
Skilled Mechanics

All over the country men are respond
ing to this call. They want to know
where the necessary technical training
can be obtained. Because of many re-
quests this bureau has prepared special
material describing some of the trades
that are so vital to our national defense.
This includes the names of the State
directors for trade and industrial edu-
cation in charge of school training for
national defense. Information on the
following trades is available. Check your
selections and inclose cents for each
trade on which you desire material.
Wrap in this clipping
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Evening star., 1940-09-24

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by tDrtttng The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin. director, Washington.
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1940-09-24

O. wish to know how many Christian
denominations there are in the United
States.-A. B. L.
A. There are more than 200 Christian
denominations in this country at the
present time.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
REFINERY RUNS FOR Arm

Runs to stills continued to rise
in April 1910, according to a re-
port prepared by the Bureau OF
Mines for Harold L. Ickes. secre-
tary Of the Interior. Daily average
crude runs to stills in April were
3.566,00O barrels. which was $4,000
barrels more than in March. and
256,00 barrels above the figure
for April 1899. Imports of foreign
crude increased, the daily average
being 100000 barrels, or $4,000
barrels more than In the previous
month. Stocks of crude oil held
at refineries showed an upward
trend, the total at the end OF the
month amounting to 51.4S6,OOO
barrels, compared with 5O,194.OOO
barrels on hand the first OF the
month.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
SEC WILL GIVE
LEGAL ADVICE TO
REGISTRANTS

The Securities and Exchange
Commission announces the estab-
lishment of an experimental unit in
its San Francisco regional office to
assist prospective issuers of secur-
tiles, and to advise them and their
Representatives on any problems ar
Using in connection with their reg
istration statements.
The new unit will give both legal
and accounting assistance to those
registering securities or filing sup
Elemental material under the Sc
curities Act of 1888 or the Securi-
ties Exchange Act of 1884. Assist
ance also will be available to brok-
ers and dealers who have questions
in connection with compliance with
those laws.
This experimental registration
unit will be under the direct sup
ervision of E. Forrest Tancer. Mr..
lancer had several years of exper-
fence in the Registration Division
in Washington before becoming a
cisco legal staff about a year ago.
He will be assisted by F. X. Bish-
op, a member of the examining staff
of the registration division in
Washington, who has been assigned
to the San Francisco office during
the duration of the experiment.
Registrars on the Pacific Coast
who consult the San Francisco
registration unit will, nevertheless,
be required to file registration
statements in washington as here
tofore Such filing can, of course, !
be done by mail.
The new San Francisco registra |
ton advisory service is, in part an
of a unit established I
more than two years ago in the COM
missions Washington office to as
sist representatives of registrants
on problem arising in connection /
with registration statements. This |
assistance was found to be particu-
arly useful in the case of small
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22

CndnBe-OFeT Iapluly can De mduS.
For the mass production products,
tires and inner tubes, the synthetic
rubbers which use petroleum as a
raw-material base seem to offer the
lowest-cost. large-quantity produc-
ton possibilities. These petroleum
base rubbers, the two Dumas, amer
ipol, and butyl, all have been re-
ported as commercially practicable
in this country since the beginning
of 1910.
The other synthetic rubbers,
most of which have been market
ed for number of years, usually
start with natural gas or coal So
far they have been substantially
higher in price than natural rub
Der, but the great advances in quail
ity which they permit in the man
ufacture of many rubber special
ties with specific qualities already
has built up a large market.
Whatever process or processes
finally become established as most
practical and economical, the I'm
ANCA OtaLOo 4A&C LhdL
within relatively a few months the
plant facilities required to make
600,000,000 pounds of rubber an
nually consumed could be built and
put in operation. Many of the tech
nical kinks have been worked out
in pilot plant operation. Several
companies already have gone into
limited commercial production on
the petroleum-base synthetic rub
bers, which apparently will be the
ones to take over the large-volume
rubber uses.
Currently available supplies of
the petroleum hydrocarbons most
useful as starting points for the
manufacture of synthetic rubber
benzene, thylene, and butadiene-
are of such magnitude that it has
been estimated production readily
could reach more than 200 times |
the current consumption of rubber
in the United States.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22

tion and dehydrogenation yield sty-
rent, a starting hydrocarbon for syn
thetic-rubber manufacture. Butadiene
is another hydrocarbon which can
be readily produced and converted in
to synthetic rubber or may be copo-
lymerized with styrene. This latter
type of synthetic rubber has about
80 per cent greater wear quality and
strength in tires than natural rub
Der. The u s. has potentially avail
able enormous quantities of these n.y.
drocarbons and other substances
which can be converted into synthetic
rubbers. In 1889 about 100000, 900
ID. of natural rubber were used in
this country. Over 200, 600, 900, 900 ID.
of synthetic rubber could be produc-
ed from ethylene from the cracking
process, benzene from cyclization,
and butadiene from the dehydrogena-
tion of butane. "A unit to produce
10000 ID. a day of synthetic rubber
from butadiene derived from petro-
leum is being installed"
More than 100 useful by-pr0ducts are
now being manufactured by oil refin-
ers. Production started recently of
stable rubber-Iike fiber said to make
textile of superior wearing resistance.
Basis of its manufacture is isObuytlene, a
petroleum refinery gas produced by the
cracking process. Oxygen, acids and all
kalis have little deteriOrating effect on
the new fabric and it stands up under
repeated laundering, drying and ironing.
1t is intended particularly for fOunda
ton garments and textile fabrics where
high elasticity is desired.
Scores of chemists are at work, uti-
LIKING the products of cracking plants
introducing to our language words we
have never heard before but which spell
future fortunes for many. The man who
quits because he can't pronounce these
words will not get very far. Neither is
there much in prospect for the man who
cannot read into these important develop
ments the application of PERSONAL OP-
PORTUNITY.
That opportunity is afforded in the
purchase of oil in underground stor-
age. We need not advise him WHERE
to invest. IF man can ferret out a re-
liable geological or geophysical re-
port on structure where there is
and has been no drilling and he can
buy 100 acres or 800 acres of poten-
tial oil land, he is taking advantage
of the greatest opportunity that is
afforded in the world today
1t is so simple, such plain common
sense that it should not need emphasis.
The man who owns oil land is better
off than the man who owns a gold mine
1t is possible to buy potential oil land.
In California 1t may cost fortune rum
ming into tens and perhaps hundreds
Of thousands of dollars to buy farm
on potential oil land. 1t may cost less
but stilI tremendous sum, to buy
lands on known structure in Texas and
the MtdcOntinent. The cost of buying an
entire farm In Illinois a few years ago
was relatively small but today, with n
inois great oil producing state those
are again moved high a.
1ove the head of the average person
who wishes to capitalize the great fu-
ure INSURED for the oil industry.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
NATURAL GASOLINE, APRIL 1910

The production of natural gaso-
line continues to increase, accord
ing to a report prepared by the
Bureau of Mines for Harold L.
lckes, Secretary of the Interior.
The daily average in April was
$4,000 gallons compared with
6.O82,000 in March, and 5,925,OOO
in April 1889. The chief gains in
April occurred in the Texas Gulf,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
GETS 4O-ACRE LEASE

Elizabeth NJ. LAnnon of San
Francisco has received an oil and
gas lease on government lands, on
40 acres in Section 81, Twp 33N,
Rg. 80 f, Bowdoin field, accor-
ding to Tom CORDIALLY, receiver of
the Great Falls land office.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
BETTER THAN GOLD

II there is any greater opportunity In
the world today than In the oil industry,
It is not apparent, and the recent an
nOuncement that the oil industry will
shortly be producing enough rubber to
care for the requirements of this coun-
try-rubber made from OiI-only adds
weight to our growing confidence in the
stability of the oil industry.
We hear talk of the abandonment of
gold and silver as a medium of exchange.
AIarmists are afraid that the whole
world will go to the barter system What
of it? The world will go ahead using
wampum or gold something else as
a medium of exchange. Those who fear
that the world is coming to a sudden
end have a sad outlook; those who know
that the world is not coming TO an end
and that business is going ahead Will
find in these times of uncertainty the
greatest opportunities known to men.
The nations may juggIe the price Of
gold and silver; the value of copper may
go up or dOwn-liIxewise other metals,
but of one thing we are certain:
Crude oil is going to be more and
more valuable, I'm exchange for gold or
silver or for barter, as time goes on.
No great nation can be greater than its
supply of crude oil. No nation can hold
oil and refined products. The United
States holds and viii continue to hold the
dominant position in the world because
of it's OIL RESERVES.
The man with gold hidden away may
we said MAY-find the time when his
gold will not buy the things he wants,
but there is possibility we can now
visualize when there will be a time when
he will not be able to trade oil for what
ever he wants
There was a time when oil was suit
able only for lamps for illumination.
From that day to this the use of petrO-
leum products has increased more rap
idly than any other product of human
use in the history of the world.
Every day brings new discoveries in
the uses of oil and refined products
thereof. Each new discovery makes oil
more and more valuable. The use of oil
as most of conceive 1t today is, in-
stead of illumination, to prOpel internal
combustion motors. That is today one
of the most important values but the
day is at hand when the value of crude
oil will be measured more by its other
constitutes, and thus the value of bar
rel of oil is going to increase.
We still have in mind the recent an
NOuuCGhlcAt btlktt Nfle SNhnuAEA OI new
Jersey was prepared to begin CONNER
cial production of synthetic a rubber
one of the most important factors I'm our
economic program in view of the world
war situation. The most complete state
ment regarding the new product was
made by DIR. Gustav EgIoff, director of
research of Universal Oil Products Co.,
in concluding address before the Ann
erican Institute of Chemists at Allan
tic City, as follows:
In the world war now going on,
will be experienced in OBJ
tanning natural rubber for our own
needs. 1t is reported that the q. S.
has but 3-months supply of nat
ural rubber. Some suggestion has
been made to plant rubber trees in
a South American country such as
Brazil. 1t would require at least 10
years to obtain rubber in this way.
Benzene and ethylenethrough alkyla-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22

East Texas, and Louisiana dis
tricts
Stocks continued to increase and
the total on hand at the end OF the.
month was 256,704.O00 gallons.
3O,19S,O00 gallons more than on
the first OF the month and 26,376.-
600 gallons more than the total on
hand April 80, 1899.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22

He was so dumb he thought the
Potters Field was where the cham
bermaids held their picnics.
Teacher: why is the statue of
Liberty surrounded by water?"
Willie: Bet when she held IN
her hand teacher said No"
An adult is a person who has
stopped growing at both ends and
started growing in the middle.
While I was out to a poker
game last night, a burglar broke
into my house"
Did he get anything?"
III say he did! My wife thought
It was me-"
sue, last night I had a date
with a mind reader
Amy fun, Sally?"
mol He just sat still and blushed
all evening"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
Rubber From Petroleum
Is Next Step OF Oil Men

buty thioko korosal chlor-
method utilizing
rubbelike materials
limestone
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22

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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22

To the person with rheumatism
anyone who dances is wicked.
You can't employ yesterdays
methods today and expect to be in
business tomorrow
The easiest way to reach the top
is to go to the bottom of things.
Character is made by what you
stand for, and reputation by what
you fall for.
Even II you are on the right
track, you will be run over if you
sit there.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
Arizona Protests
Release of Killer
Pair by Mexico

PHOENIX, Feb. IA. CUP)-Tom
and John Powers, draft -dodger mur-
derers were at large again today
and Gov. r. r. Jones was trying
TO capture them by the use OF diplo-
matte communlqueS.
The governor filed Il protest with
the Mexican government against the
apparent release Of the two brothers
from the prison at San Luis, Sonora,
where they were being held pending
eXtradition to the United States. The
brothers were captured near San
Luis after escaping from the Ari-
zona state prison at Florence.
Jones asked L. s. Armstrong, u
S. consul at Nogales, Sonora, to pro-
test against the release and to ask
the Mexican government for aid in
apprehending the fugitive pair.
Instead OF the brothers being re-
leased to U.S." Jones said to Arm
strong, they apparently were al
lowed to go scot free. I wish you
would take up the matter and pro-
test it to the government at Mexico
City and to the governor at Sonora. "
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
Urban Families
Boost Birth Rate:
Farmers Lagging

SACRAMENTO. Feb IA. (UP)-
In one crop-babies-city dwellerS
in California outdid their country
cousins last year
DR.. Walter NJ Dickie. director Of
the State Department of Public
Health, reported today that l03, Gas
births occurred IN the state last
year. an increase of 1000 over the
previous year, which was accounted
for mostly in urban areas.
Alameda. Los Angeles. San Fran
cisco, Sacramento, Santa Clara and
San Joaquin counties. Dr.. Dckie
said. contributed largely to the re
corded gains"
AT the same time. it was reported
the increased births were entirely
among persons of the white race.
Mexican births dropped by nearly
200, from l2,908 in 1898 to l2.7ll III
1899. and the proportion of Indian
Negro, Chinese and Filipino birth
renamed about stationary.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
Boeing May Shift
Plant to Bay City

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IA. cUP,
e. G.. Cahill. manager OF the Sar
Francisco Public Utilities commits
sion, disclosed today negotiation,
have been started TO transfer the
big Boeing Airplane company from
Seattle TO San Francisco.
Cahill said the plan has been un-
der consideration since the city OF
San Francisco acquired additional
acreage at its municipal airport
Five hundred acres west of the
airport and 1.7OO acres north of the
field would be available for a plant
and testing grounds for Boeing. ac-
cording to Cahill.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
Madden Reveals
Pact with NLRB
ByLoan Agency

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ia. CUP)--
Chairman j. Warren Madden of The
National Labor Relations board re-
vealed today that the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation has agreed
tc withhold loans from firms founG
by the labor board to be violatorS
|of the Wagner Labor act.
Madden told the house committee
investigating the NLRB that the
RFC had arranged last Aug . to
obtain data from the board on ilrms
involved in labor board complaints.
The outline of the arrangement
between the RFC and NLRB was
given by Madden as the committee
inquired into his support of a pro-
posed amendment TO the Walsh
Healey government contracts act
which would forbid letting federal
contracts to firms which have been
found to have violated the labor act
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
Democrats Advised
Not TO Tie Hands

PHOENIX, Feb. IA. CUPl Mrs.
Samuel White, member of the Dem
ocratic National committee, said to-
day Arizona Democrats should SenC
an uninstructed delegation to the
party'S national convention in Chi
cago rather than one with its "hands
tied"
She said that definite pre-con-
vention commitments often proved
handicap to the delegates durlne
sudden realignmentS of party
strength.
Mrs. White said she had found a
great deal of sympathy for the
proposed Democratic ticket of Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull Tor
president and Postmaster Genera!
James Farley for vice president.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
Clear Tax Deed
Bill Recommended

SACRAMENTO, Feb. IA. CUP)-
A bill to give the state clear title
to lands taken for taxes five years
after Their seizure went to The as
stmbly floor today with a favorable
recommendation from the Ways
and Means committee
Asscmblyman jacob Leonard. Hol-
lister Republican, the author, sale
that under present law it is impos-
Sible ion the state 10 give a clear
title to tag decided lands. He esti-
mated ms measure would return
$3,0000O0 acres of land TO tax rolls
! III the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
Attorney Attacks
Witness Who Told
Of Perfect Crime

LOS ANGEL IES. Feb ID. up
Jerry Giesler, attorney for society
Physician George x. Dazey tore in
TO Nurse Frances Hanfbury today,
seeking to weaken her testimony
that DR.. Dazey had threatened to
make her the object of his second
perfect crime"
The state charges that the object
/ OF his FIRST was his wife. Doris, who
was found dead of carbon monoXide
!, gas IN the Dazey garage in 1895.
She was listed as suicide until
last TALL when he was arrested and
accused Of numbering her.
GlcSler had already failed in his
1lrsL efforts to shake Miss Hanf-
buryS damaging story. told calm
~ and in detail under the question
ing of Prosecutor Hugh McIsaac
He had asked her is she had been
jealous of Dr.. Dazey who alleges
that she was disappointed when he
married his present wife. She sale
she wasn't. He asked her if it wasn't
true that DR.. Dazey had accused
her of stealing narcotics from his
office. She said she did not recall
Giesler was taking up the cross
examination at that point.
She said, under McIsaac's queS-
tioning. that She and DaZey drank
together after Mrs. Doris Dazev'S
death. Later. She said, he had felt
that he had said more than he
should while he was drunk Then
he would question her. Once he saiG
to her, she said:
Anyway. I've committed one per-
feet crime and can fix you the
same way"
"'Oh. no. you couldn't she said
she replied I haven't got gar
age.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
CONTRACT AWARDED

WA5HGNGTON. Feb a. 1UI9-
The Inlcr!or Department today
awarded i $l,083a30 contract 10
the Westinghouse Electric and man
u1aCluunp co.. Denver. C9lO. IDr
three 10000 -kiloVolt -rnculla'.
which will be the inira III tdlI.-
ton OF power equipment ~ rdr.."y
dam ON Tie Colorado river
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14

Of the vessel Was abandonina the
ship.
The Sultan Star aavC ncr position
as about 2G0 miles sGalh OF tne
irish coast and about $50 miles west
of France
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
Radio Says Ship Struck by Torpedo

M YORK. Feb. IA. up
Matk"y radio announced today that
Il had intercepted 4 message report
als thtt tie British steamship Sui
tan star had been torpedoed.
Iae ,ata,apeS said that the crew
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-14
PHONE 300
INDUSTRTALfST
"lIOI.DING OWN

PHOENIX. Feb. "A. CUPl-Julius
Stone "a, Columbus. O.. Industrial
ist suffering from double pneumo-
MIA, vas reported holding his own"
today. Dr Leslie Smith. his physi-
clan said there had been no ap-
preciablc change in Stones con-
dtIon during the past II hours.