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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
OPERA PRESENTED
FOR SECOND time
High School Glee Club PleaseS
Audience Again With
Pirates Of PenZance'

The Glee club of the New Ham
over high school presented 1.-THE
Pirates of Penzance' last night in
the schools auditorium and the
youthful singers made an even more
f vorable impression than they did
Thursday afternoon.
The large audience, which follow.
ed the Glee clubs Interpretation Of
Gilbert and Sullivan's most renown
comic opera, was in a constant muir.
muir of enjoyment as scene after
scene unfolded.
The high school club members, 80
mixed voices, outdid themselves.
Seasoned by a matinee Thursday
afternoon before 500 people, the
cast went through the plot with
sureness. At times the acting and
understanding of parts approached
the perfection known only to the
D'Oyly Carte company, which has
made a speciality of Gilbert and
Sullivan for SO years.
Again the singing of Ida Laura
Child, a thirteen-year-old freshman,
undertaking the role of Mabel, was
the highlight. Her clear, fresh
soprano kept the audience enthrall.
ed. Owen Jones, playing the pirate
king, repeated his performance Of
Thursday as did Truman Magill. ser.
geant of police, and his squad OF
cops.
Frederick (Jack Canady) and
Samuel (John E. Evaas). with maj
Or masculine parts, smashed through
with good work. Edith, Kate and
Isabel (sung by Orma Jean Willis,
Elizabeth Williams and Betsy Cade
respectively were just as splendid
as they were in the first perform.
ance. The same can be said of Ruth
(Jane King) and Major General
Stanley (Lenountte Meier).
The variegated costumes were a
spectacular treat of color. The pir.
ates were a motley but authentic
crew, with cutlasses, patched eyes,
boards and piratical aspirations: the
policemen, outfitted in uniforms
true to the period Of the show, and
the dozens of beautiful girls in hoop
skirts and print dresses all contri-
buted to make 1.-THE Pirates Of Pen.
zance" a real credit to Albert
Brown, director Of choral music at
the high school. His assistants were:
Mrs. j. W. Grise, in charge of cos
tunes; Miss Ruth Davis, dramatios,
and Glenward Bloome, set designs
er.-H. E. E. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Rites For Mrs. Pickett
To Be Conducted Today

WHITEVILLE, Feb. 2 - Mrs.
Mary Pickett, Of Pireway, died at
her home last night following a
weeks illness with pneumonia. She
was u years of age.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Saturday morning at 10
O'Clock by the Rev. Oscar Hardwick,
Baptist minister, and burial will fol
low in the family cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Luther
and John Pickett, both of Pireway,
five daughters, Mrs. Haywood Smith,
of Pireway; Mrs. Mamie McCumbee,
of Chadbourn; Mrs. James Carlysle,
of Ashe; Mrs. Raleigh Register and
Mrs. Lacy Long, both of Pireway;
one sister, Mrs. I. w. Long, two
brothers, A. P. Grice, of Fairbluff,
and j. w. Grice, of Pireway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
RUMANIA FACING
SERIOUS PROBLEM
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and the premier of Greece were I'M
derstood to have decided formally
that there would be no change in the
present entente.
Observers said this meant that the
representatives of Yugoslavia, Tur'
key and Greece definitely had re-
fused Rumania's request for auto
matte help in the case of an attack
by Germany or Russia.
However, the conferees were re
ported to have decided to enlarge
economic contact between the four
nations and to try to maintain eco
nomic relations with the belligerent
powers on a pre-war basis. This
was an attempt to prevent being
flattened between the conflicting de-
mands of Germany and Russia on
the one hand and France and Brl-
tain on the other.
Informed sources said that Ger
many was bringing pressure on Ru-
mania to accept a sweeping plan to
make Rumania's industries, petro-
leum production and agricultural af-
filiates of the Reich's economic
structure.
The entente representatives-For-
eign Ministers Grigore Gafencu OF
Rumania, Sukru Saracoglu of Tur-
kew. and Alexander Cincar-Markovic
of Yugoslavia, and Premier General
John Metaxas, of Greece-ran into
immediate difficulties in their quest
for p Balkan peace formula.
They were reported on high au-
thority to have agreed to disagree
Immediately on their individual
plans for keeping peace in south
| eastern Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
PRINCIPALS PLAN
TO HOLD MEETING
Annual Banquet Scheduled To
Re- Conducted At Lumber
ton Hotel Tonight

,1AnENBORO, Feb. 1.-The an
-'o1 banquet of the Southeastern
n's+rict Principals association will
hold at the Lorraine hotel in
W Saturday, February 8,
At 6 o'clock.
rho meeting was announced by
White, superintendent of
n,odenboro schools and president Of
ns~ southeastern association.
F Stacey, prominent Lumber
attorney and president of the
s.ate School Boards association. is
soheduled to deliver the feature ad-
,.oss G. O. Rogers, of Whiteville,
I'LL sneak on the subject Of teach
voting. C. II. MacGregor will
siscuss duties of principals and D.
T. rittlefield will review the his
.or,, of the organization.
The southeastern district meeting
u;l, comprise principals from twelve
counties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
FUNDS BILL
SLASHED, PASSED
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but succeeded in only one major con.
troversy. That was a SAT, SOC. 900 fund
for benefit payments to sugar grow.
ers.
Farm members made no attempt
to write into the bill the customary
1926, 000, 900 fund for ''parity pay.
ments" and lost in attempts to re-.
store a $25, 900, 900 farm tenancy pro
gram and s72, SIS, S12 for surplus crop
removal.
The bill contained, however, the
usual $500, 900, 900 benefit payments
to farmers who cooperate with the
agriculture departments crop con.
troll program.
There was no record vote on
final passage.
A last minute technicality result
ed in the addition of $4,000, 900
for the rural identification admins.
tration.
The bill originally carried a pro-
vision that the REA's funds for next
year be borrowed from the Recon-
Representative Taber (R-N.Y.) rails.
ed a legal point and that provision
was wiped out.
The result was that the house
voted an actual appropriation of
$40, 600, 900.
BY a teller vote of 149 to 1876,
the house refused to restore to the
bill a $25, 000, 900 fund for loans to
convert farm tenants into land
owners. The vote came after Chair.
man Jones (D-Tex.) of the house
agriculture committee, in q dramatic
speech which he broke down and
wept, pleaded with the members
not to go back on the "plain home
spun folks struggling to rise from
the status of tenants.
Representative Woodrum (D-Va.)
a leader of the economyites, re.
piled that there was a "homespun
philosophy that men are supposed
to support the government rather
than having the government sup
port men,"
Earlier, however, the house
yielded to Translate demands for
reinstatement of $47,500, 900 for
benefit payments to sugar grow
ers.
The farm tenancy vote, unless
reversed later in the legislative pro-
cess, means the doom of the pro.
gram under which the government
has made $4,000 loans to tenants
since 1887.
In the closing minutes of debate
on the issue, Speaker Bankhead, in
one of his rare talks from the house
floor, bitterly criticized the appro-
priations committee for making the
slash.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
GARNER CHALLENGES
NEW DEAL FORCES
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in 1888. over the opposition of
President Roosevelt.
In a letter to Senator George
today, Garner asserted:
"The people should decide and
the candidate (for the democratic
presidential nomination) should be
selected at primaries and conven-
tons as provided by law"
Interested
George had written Garner that
many of his constituents had in
quired as to whether the Vice
President would seek Georgia's
delegates in a preferential primary.
Replying, Garner wrote:
Il understand that the establish.
ed custom Of the democratic party
in your state is that in presidential
years a preferential primary is
held for the purpose of permitting
the people to express their choice
for the presidential nominee. I
think this precedent in Georgia is
the democratic procedure.
"As you know, I have heretofore
announced that I will accept the
nomination for president but I will
make no effort to control any dele.
gates. 49,,
Twill you please advise me re-
garding the time and procedure for
filing in Georgia, and give me the
names Of the proper officials OF
the party to contact?"
In his letter, George said that it
has been the long established GUS
tom in Georgia to have a primary,
thus permitting the people to ex.
press their choice for the presiden'
tial nominee, and I assume that
this democratic precedent will not
be abrogated this year."
George assured Garner Of his
continued good will"
Gamers friends said he had en-
tered or would enter primaries in
Wisconsin, California, Oregon and
possibly Ohio.
Up to Committee
The decision as to whether a
Georgia primary shall be held is
up to the state executive COM
mittee. George told reporters he
had mo information at ALI as to
whether the committee would call
a primary.
He said that although a primary
had been customary in election
years, the committee could fail to
call one
Georges letter to Garner, under
today's date, read:
MANY of my constituents have
written to me inquiring whether or
not you would enter your name in
a Georgia preferential primary for
the democratic nomination for
President of the United States, and
1 am writing to ascertain whether
or not you would file as a can
didate in the event a primary was
called.
"It has been the long-established
custom in Georgia to have a pri'
mary, thus permitting the people
to express their choice for the
presidential nominee, and I assume
that this democratic precedent will
not be abrogated this year.
ASSURING you of my continued
good will and wishes, I shall be
pleased to have your reply at your
early convenience"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Firms CLAIM RED
PUSH UNSUCCESSFUL
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protecting both the tanks and the
closely packed ranks of infantry
which followed.
Tanks Spread Smoke
On the flanks, smaller tanks
heaved rapidly across the SHOWS, bill
lowing smoke columns through
which the troops sought to man
euver.
All the tanks zigzagged in an ef-
fort to confuse the Films.
The Firms, however, were not to
be misled.
Their anti-tank guns stopped most
of the armored sledges and, from
concealed positions, they said they
were able to repulse the other mea.
sures of attack.
There was no estimate of casual
ties.
The Soviet onslaught was the ans.
wer Finland got to President Kyosti
Kallio's appeal Thursday for "an
honorable peace" Today, as on pre-
vious occasions, the Moscow radio
broadcast a declaration, quoting the
communist Organ Pravda, to the eff
feet that the Red army will fulfill
it's duty for the liberation Of the
Finnish people from their white
guardists under Mannerheim." (Field
Marshal Baron Mannerheim, COM
mander-in-chief of the Finnish
armies.)
Moscow consistently has refused to
recognize Kallio's Finnish govern
ment or its armies as anything but
Finnish bandits or "Finnish white
guards" and says it will deal only
with a peoples government" which
it inspired. Today's broadcast said
the Helsinki government would be
"~destroyed' as an enemy of 1.-THE
working people of Finland"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Ranks Tenth
In Teacher Training

BURGAW, Feb. 2.-Pender county
ranks tenth in North Carolina as re-
CARDS training of white teachers in
it's schools, it was announced today
by superintendent T. T. Murphy.
The information was prepared by
the North Carolina Department of
Education.
These figures, Murphy said, repre-
sents a great increase over Pender's
standings in 192S-29. At that time it
was in 23rd place. At the present
time, it is outranked by only two
eastern counties, those being Wash
ington and Beaufort counties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Crop And Feed Loans
Available In Pender

BURGAW, Feb. 2.-Pender county
farmers may apply now for emer-
gency crop and feed loans at the
county agents office here, it was
announced today.
The loan applications are being
received by w. F. King. field super
visor of the emergency crop and feed
section of the FSA.
These loans are only made to
farmers whose needs are small and
who cannot obtain cash from any
other source. They will be limited
to needs in preparing for the 1910
crops.
Borrowers are required to give as
security a first lien on the crop fin
anced or the livestock supplied.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
BIG BRIDGE is BOMBER PROOF

SAN FRANCISCO NfJ-DlfecIOrS
of the S37, 900, 900 Golden Gate
bridge have turned down a propo-
sition by Lloyd's of London to
write war risk insurance or the
structure. They don't consider the
bridge needs it.
AS explained by Russell G. Cone,
maintenance engineer, the few Wit
al points in the bridge are so small
that the possibility of a high-flying
airman hitting them with a bomb
is infinitesimal. Moreover, the
cable holding UP the bridge is
round, which would cause bombs
to glance off except in case of a
square center hit.
Moreover, it was pointed out, no
bridge in the world is surrounded
by heavier defensive fire than this.
Six forts and two army air fields
are nearby.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
BOMBERS BUSY

HELSINKI, Feb. 3-(SaturdayS
R-More than a score civilians were
killed Friday in a series of severe
Russian air raids on southern Fin,
land.
Pori, on the southwest coast, was
one of the centers heaviest hit with
10 dead and dozens wounded there.
One person was killed at Rauma,
also on the southwest coast.
Several were killed at Pieksaemaki
and heavy damage was inflicted on
Kotka and Kuopio, ports on the Gulf
of Finland. One church vas badly
damaged by the raiders.
A number of Red army bombers
were shot down just outside Hell
sinki.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Hunting Season Will
Continue To Feb. IS

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 2.-lR-Offi-
c;els of the M~ecklenburg Sortsmen
and Wildlife club said today they
had been advised by game OFFICIALS
in Raleigh that the bird hunting
season would close his year at the
regular time, February Is.
A movement had been launched
by the club to have the hunting
season close Immediately in view
of the recent heavy snow and sub
weather which threatened the
birds with extinction
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Police Asked To Search
For Missing Saxophone

Although not musicians, city pc.
lice were searching for an E-flat
yesterday afternoon.
Charles Harrell, employe Of the
jacob Hardware company, told Of
ficers he sent his E-flat saxophone
home by a colored employee and it
had been lost or stolen off the truck
en- route to his home.
No trace Of the saxophone had
been found last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
BOWLING
v b LEAGUE


PONCE, Puerto Rico, Feb. 2.-N1
The %battleship Wyoming, with tho
cruiser Wichita and four Destroy
ers, entered the harbor here to
day and the auxiliary ship Capella
was expected tonight. All the wal
ships are to remain here until Feb. z,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
COLD DAY DRINK

Grape Juice flip is grand on a
cold day after outdoor sports. This
will serve four OF so people: Sim.
mer for 10 minutes, covered, 3 cups
of grape juice, IL cup orange juice,
Ia cup lemon juice, IL cup water.
2 tablespoons bark cinnamon and s
whole cloves. Strain and serve pip.
ing hot in mugs or thick tumblers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
CREsWELL APPOINTED

RALEIGH, Feb. 2.-R-D. M.
Creswell, senior interviewer at the
Statesville employment office, today
was appointed manager of the Of
flee. He succeeds j. Allen Suther,
who resigned yesterday to accept
private employment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
LABOR DENOUNCES
HITLER AND STAIN
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secret members of the communist
party have established themselves
in control of labor organizations af-
filiated with the dual movement out
side the American Federation of
Labor"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
CRESCENT HAM

Dress up baked ham or pork with
candied orange ~crescents. Cut cres-
cents from flattened orange reels.
Measure a cupful, cover with water
and add ID teaspoon salt. Simmer,
covered, 80 minutes. Drain in cold
water and mix in 2-3 cup granu-
lated sugar and 1 2 cup water. Sim
mer until the syrup has been alb
sorbed. Stir with a fork to prevent
sticking. Arrange on the meat,
holding them in place with whole
cloves. The cloves help out the
flavor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
u LIFE

It has been proved that thick
resilient pads placed under rugs
greatly lengthen the life Of the
rugs. The pads are not expensive,
SO it aight be worth while to con.
slider them when you get new rugs
or carpets. j
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31
MAY BLEND CRUDE
FROM MONTANA WITH
NEBRASKA PRODUCT

The blending OF low-gravity crude
from Nebraska's new oil bIeld with
high gravity crude from Montana
is forecast in an item from Platt's
Oilgram news bulletin of August 49,
The Oilgram item follows:
TULSA 25O0-Bbl. per day
market demand for Falls City. Neb
crude at a purchase price Of soc
per Dbl. was indicated here. Union
Pipeline Co of Central Is to build
a gathering system and short line
from field to railroad siding at
Falls City Crude will then be rail
shipped to Minneapolis for blend
ing with Montana oil refining.
THE soc price was considered
good" by observers, considering
fact the oil is only about 80 gravity
and has a low gasoline content.
Proximity OF production to market
makes possible the soc price, it was
believed"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31
HcKNIGHT'S
LUCK AGAIN
IN EVIDENCE

W S "Bnl" Mcknight. veteran
Montana oil producer. staged a
comeback in Kevin-Sunburst this
week as he and his partner. c. D.
Stock. brought In what appears TO
be one of the best wells Of the year
In this field.
Mcknight has figured in develop
ment Of several pools but In recent
years he has been partially retired
retaining only one lease in the
BakerHowling pool-160 acres Of
Section 16-35N-2W on which he and
Stock had two producing wells. This
week they drilled In their No. 3
State located in CNL NV 4 NWi4
1e-352W, and the old Mcknight
luck again bobbed up when they
found a commercial well In natural
production.
The oil was found at the lime
contact in II feet Of soft lime
from 1895 to 1905 that tested
IS y per cent soluble in hydro
cloric acid. meaning that it would
be possible to greatly improve pro-
duction were the well acidized The
oil quickly came up 700 feet and
1t was impossible to bail 1t down
II is a commercial we'll as 1t stands.
without acldization. 1t will be
pumped until 1t starts showing
decline, after which acid will be
used, Mcknight stated Thursday.
AronOw-E Ellington No. 4, we'll in
the new west side pool. in GEL
SWA SWA 14-35-3W. was put on
production this week and 1t lie max
ing 60 barrels OF oil per day on the
pump with no water Other wells
in the district make considerable
water. including the No. which
flowed for six months. without
Two more wells are starting east
and northwest of the sensational
Eilingson wells. H. #. Patterson,
Cut Bank producer. Is preparing TO |
drill on the offsetting 40 acres
Of U. S. land to the west, in NE |
Sc Il SEA 15-35-3W, and PrevOl
& Shay this week started a U. s.
No. l we'll in the center Of the
SEA NEA 15-35-3W, about a half
mile northwest of the Elingson
wells.
Three compilations are due in
he Dahlquist pool during the com
ng week.
Big West-DahIquist No. Is, in
Ell NV 4 NEA 2S-35-3W, one
ocation north of its best well, had
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31
North End Cut Bank
Gives TexacO Best
= = Producer OF Season

The Of oil field again the lmeght
this week The Texas company brought in best well of the
on IL II CIVIL SW14NW14 1135-6W It is
the third and largest well on the unit.
1t swabbed 80 barrels the first 22 hours and subse
swabbng barrels indicating initial
production of better than 800 barrels Observers viii settle
100 to $50 barrels
Production coming the basal 10 feet of the Cut Bank
first showing and by the time the
penetrated the following 10 feet the column stood 1900
The oil continued rise 1000 feet There is
usually large with the oil and the sand said be
porous It drilled to 1922 two feet into the Ellis
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31
RANcHER HELPS
FINANCE TEST
ON OWN LANDS

A new wildcat south OF the town
OF Chester was announced this week
by Shebal Rehal OF Chester who
with Walter Drout, Kelvin contrac-
tor, is going east to test the Prai-
RE Rose structure, on the Tieltges
ranch.
This test well is about 10 miles
southwest OF Chester and four miles
south of the Marias river in a dis
trdct where four or five wells
drilled for water encountered gas,
one of them in sufficient quantity
that 1t was used for melting snow
for water for the stock In the win
ter months. These wells were
from $50 to 900 feet deep and
on the Tieltges farm.
Tieltges, veteran stock man OF
this area, is not only leasing his
1000 acre ranch but Is providing
part OF the money to drill the well.
Rehal has blocked up $4,000 acres.
with just elk farms.
Location of the test is in Sc
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31

Ine information came from Fred
Van Govern, of New York, N. Y,
director of the American Petroleum
Institutes Department of Statistics,
who predicted a 10 per cent in
crease to 2,15O,OO0 in the number
of home-heating oil burners in use
on an average during the coming
winter. and an increase of ~ to
II per cent in the domestic demand
for gas oil and distillate fuel, OF
which heating oil comprises the ma
jor portion. Exports are expected
to be down to such an extent, how
ever. that the net increase in total
demand may be only to 9 per
cent.
East Area Favorable
He said that the East Coast,
Gulf Coast and Indiana-Illinois re-
gions had contributed helpfully to
pre-winter inventories which he es-
timated would be in a consider
ably more favorable position, with
respect to anticipated demand dur
ing the coming winter, than year
ago.
Crude oil production reached
peaks around 100000 barrels
daily in March and April. and then
began to decline, dropping to 81
100000 barrels on July and
3,475,0O0 barrels on August 10.
The amount of crude oil run to
stills began to decline late in June.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-31
WILDCAT SOUTH
OF HILLS LOSES
1866 FOOT HOLE

One wildcat well is due for COM
pletion in the next week or 10 days
while a second well which promised
early completion lost its hole dur
ing the past week. in northern
Montana.
Montana Gas Co.-Nelson No. /,
in center SEA NEH 12-35-1E, south
of the Sweetgrass. Hills, lost its
hole in the Colorado shales al
1855 feet. Water was encountered
at 1000 feet. Shales caved in on
the tools and 1t was necessary to
cut the line and run a fishing
string. The second string was lost
Thereafter a broken spud completed
the wreckage and the hole has been
abandoned A new hole will be
started hmm ediately.
r. c. Tarrant's test south Of the
Marias river, Waller area, in Sc
Sc X NWA 14-31-6W, is expected
to drill In within a short time. 1t
is reported that casing has been
run at 1880 feet, after finding the
Sunburst sand from 1855 to 2705
dry Production is expected in the
lower Cut Bank sand
AT Cherry Ridge the Cherry
Ridge Syndicate-Harbolt No. /.
Sec. 1-35-20E. is drilling at 114O
feet, after having struck water with
showing OF oil at 667 feet. Water
was run to shut off the water.
In southern Montana Massey Oil
20. on Two Leggins structure, 10
miles southwest OF Hardin, is drill
hing at 1900 feet, due to pick up
the Muddy sand. No water has
ret been encountered.