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Evening star., 1940-01-11
Police Awaiting Thaw
To Search Housetops
For Robbery Loot
n
z Snow Also Delays Hunt
For JeweIry Man Says
He Cached in Bushes

Robbery squad detectives are
awaiting a thaw before embarking
on a treasure hunt which will take
them over roof tops and through
bushes in search of housebreaking
loot.
Their unusual task was made
known today after detectives COM
pleted questioning suspect in more
than so burglaries in the Northeast
and Southeast sections of the city.
According to Precinct Detective
Irving Lubore of No. 9, 23-year-old
white man admitted committing a
number of the housebreakings and
outlined the following methods OF
disposing of the loot:
Articles stolen which did not ap-
peal to his fancy tossed on roofs
of victims and neighbors' homes.
An undetermined amount Of
jewelry placed in box and cached
in clump of bushes in the South
east section. (The investigators took
the suspect to this spot, but were
unable to locate the box due to
heavy snow banks in the vicinity)
Much of the stolen jewelry and
clothing pawned.
A number of articles stored in a
certain house." which detectives
planned to visit later today.
Some of the clothing, allegedly
stolen, worn by the suspect at the
time of his arrest.
Detective Lubore, with Detective
Sergts. L. NJ Wilson and E. E.
Scott, visited several of the house
breaking victims homes yesterday,
he said, but decided against wander
ing on the rooftops due to the ice
and snow. At one address, in the
200 block of Ninth street Sc, the
suspect was quoted as expressing
doubt whether he broke into that
particular house.
Suspect Was on Parole.
You undoubtedly did" a man
who lived there exclaimed, according
to the officer. That's my coat
you're wearing"
The suspect, who gave his name as
Charles Edward Leapley of the TOO
block of G street Sc, was charged
today at police headquarters with
nine cases of HOUSEKEEPING.
Detective Lubore said the youth
was released from a District penal
institution last November and was
on conditional parole until March 3.
The officer said Leapleys record
showed more than a score of arrests
for housebreaking, several of them
listed while he was juvenile.
Detective Lubore said Leapley was
arrested Tuesday night in a house
in the first block Of H street Me-,
which he was charged with entering
illegally.
Two Other Burglaries.
Two other burglaries were report
ed to police today. Charles Alex
ander. owner of a store at 1757 Co.
lumbia road NV, said thieves re-
moved the skylight and sawed
through an iron grating in the cell
ing of his shop during the night and
made of with Is cartons of cigar
cites and 81 in cash from safe
he had left open.
The iron bars were sawed from q
widow in the rear of filling station
in the 400 block Of Benning road
NE, and burglars broke open a
cigarette machine and pay tele-
phone and made of with the con-
tents, William H. Limerick, the sta
ton owner. reported.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Mission Group Workers
To Attend Supper

Workers in the coming roll call of
the Washington Lutheran Inner
Mission Society will attend a supper
and conservation service at $50 pm.
tomorrow at Georgetown Lutheran
Church, Wisconsin avenue and Volta
place NV. DR.. James Oosterling,
superintendent of the Baltimore In
'ner Mission Society, will speak.
The roll call goal for 1910 is $3.50.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Charles H. Collins
Dies at Age of IS

Charles Harmon Collins, IS. a ma
tive of Washington. died yesterday
after a long illness at his home,
3007 NJ street NV. He was a re-
titred landscape gardener.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Cora L. Collins; two daughters,
Mrs. Lucy M. Chism and Mrs. Ger
trude INLAY both of Washington,
and a son. Millard F. Collins.
Metropolitan Police private.
Funeral services will be held Sat-
urday at pm. at the George w.
Wise funeral home, 1900 NJ street
NV. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-01-11

A disturbance that extends from Mime
waro Bemidji. Mimi. 1904 millibars
(29.65 inches). and Amarillo Tex. 1OOS5
milibars (29.7S incheS. Pressure re-
% mains high over @ the Atlantic states Green
This pressure distribution has resulted in
the northward movement of warmer air
from the Gulf Of Mexico over the eastern
half of the United States with cloudiness
almost generally and preciptation as far
east as the Appalachian region. Pressure is
relatively low over Northern California.
San Francisco. 1868 millibars t30.01
inches) and pressure is high from WASH
ington and Oregon eastward to the western
portions of the Dakotas, and over extreme
:nillibars t3O.22 inches). and San Diego.
Calf. 10000 millibars t30.12 inches).
Colder weather is again overspreading the
Northern Rocky Mountain region and the
Northern Plains States.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Commons May Probe
Hore-be|isha Case
In Debate Next Week
Fresh Criticism Arises,
Of War Seeretory's
Replacement
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE dismis-
sal If Leslie Hore-Belisha as war
secretary drew fresh criticism to-
day and 1t appeared likely Parlia-
ment would be given a chance to
probe the issue in debate when it
returns next Tuesday from the
holiday recess.
No official announcement was
made of parliamentary plans, but
political correspondents of morning
newspapers predicted the House of
Commons would have full-dress
debate on the dismissal after Hore-
Belisha had made his own state
ment.
It was said such debate would
depend in a measure on what the
former war secretary said of the
shake-up which gave his post to
Oliver Stanley. If he is content with
explaining why he failed to accept
the presidency of the Board OF
Trade, the debate will be short, 1t
was predicted; if he attacks the gov
ernment, the Prime Minister un-
doubtedly will reply and answer the
questions of members of Parliament
later.
Today's criticism came from John
Marchbank, national railway union
secretary who wrote in the unions
official newspaper that the dismis-
sal of the war secretary was shock
to public confidence.
Mr.. Chamberlains action, he
wrote. Reflects the gravest dis
credit upon his judgment as Prime
Minister"
1T would have lessened the scan
dal somewhat" he added, IF the
new war secretary were minister
Of outstanding capacity instead of
an amiable, nice hammered, but
otherwise quite undistinguished per-
c@o
Evening star., 1940-01-11
America's S Sympathy
Is Emphasized by
Credit 10 Norway
$4,000, 900 to Go
Toward Purchasing
Of Supplies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A S1O,OOOOOO United States credit
to Norway gave further evidence to-
day OF American support Of Scandi-
navian nations in the face of Rus
sia' invasion of Finland.
Jesse Jones, Federal loan admin
istratcr, said yesterday the credit
was being established by the R. F. C.
and the Export Import Bank for the
purchase of American farm prod
ucts, manufactured goods and other
supplies.
Previously, credits had been ad-
vanced to Finland for the purchase
of slOOOCO00 worth of military
supplies.
officials recalled President Roose-
velt's message last october to the
King of Sweden when the Scandi-
navian countries considered jointly
Russia's demands on Finland. The
message was a warm statement of
American sympathy and moral sup
port.
Norway Near Border.
The northern part of Norway is
only about Is miles from the peace
time border between Russia and Fin
land. During the Russian advance
into Northern Finland Soviet forces
were at times reported to have
reached the Norwegian border.
Soviet Russia is reported in diplo-
matte circles to have ambitions to
cut across Northern Finland and
Northern Norway in order to estab-
lish a Russian port on the Atlantic
Ocean.
Representative Fish, Republican
of New York proposed in a joint
resolution yesterday that Congress
appropriate s2OOoO,OOO for the pur-
chase of food, clothing, raw mate
rails and manufactured goods, ex-
cept implements of war, for the
relief of the people of Finland.
Previously introduced bills to as
sist Finland include proposals to
lend the republic $60,000,O00 and to
sell it up to 10000 of the Army's new
rifles.
Canadian Purchases Discussed.
The possibility that Canada might
obtain ships in this country was
discussed yesterday with Chairman
Emory S. Land of the Maritime
Commission by three Canadian Off
cials-Ronald Macdonnell, third Sec
retary of the Canadian Legation;
James G. Parmelee, chairman of
the Canadian Shipping Board and
deputy minister of trade and COM
merce, and DR.. Hugh Keenleyside,
another Shipping Board member.
Commission officials said the Ca
nadians had mo definite plan" for
obtaining tonnage, and that their
visit to the Maritime Commission
chairman chiefly concerned legal
questions.
Chairman Land was said to have
explained to the visitors that the
Maritime Commission itself had no
vessels for sale to foreign countries
or their agents. but that the Cana
dians were free to buy vessels from
private companies in this country,
after which they must come to the
commission for formal approval of
the sale and registry transfer.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Policeman Wins Bet

BOSTON, Jan. II (P.-Arrested
for driving without lights. 32-year-
old Benjamin Bern bet Oficer John
Young IS the case never would come
up in court. Officer Young took the
bet. The case was called.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Report
FURNISHED by the Uni

CurnKhe h Unied
tonight tomorrow lowest tonight
80 colder
southeast.
Maryland and Vrgna-Ran the o. in
colder night
Vgna-Ran
to light COLDER
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Stubborn Truck

SCOTS BLUFF, Nebr., Jan. IL
P.-Farmer Sam Stacker made a
bid for fame similar to that won
by the legendary man who built a
fire under his recalcitrant mule.
Mr.. Stacker built a fire under his
trucks cold motor.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Joint Dinner Meetino

Washington and Baltimore men,
bers of the Reciprocity Club will
hold joint dinner meeting at
$50 pm. today at the Maynower
Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Appeal Made for $40
Gifts for Finnish Aid

The Star will be happy to
receive contributions for Finn
ish relief, to facilitate the COL
lection under the leadership of
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh. S. j.,
of Georgetown University.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last - Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, SO. 800 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. 81.
Lowest. 20, 4 am today. Year ago. ~.
Record Temperature This Year.
HiGhest, 81. on January s.
Lowest. IL. on January 10.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. rs per cent. At $50 am. today.
Lowest, 35 per cent, at $3.50 pm. yes
terday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
T16A Tahlea
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Losses in War at Sea

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Evening star., 1940-01-11

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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-03
GAMMA RAYS
LOCATE
OIL STRATA

Gamma rays. radiated by the var
wing rock formations thousands OF
feet underground, are believed 10
offer a useful new tool to the ge-
ophysicist searching for oil. and
to provide further assurance that
American oil men will continue 10
find more than enough oil to meet
increasing demands for petroleum
products.
Oil-welI logging by radioactivity'
which transmits accurate measure
ments of these gamma-ray radla-
lions foot by foot down through
the we'll for exact recording on the
surface, may open up new Yistas
of oil discovery. Records of wells
that already have been cased with
pine can be taken. This Characters
tic, it is hoped, will make 1t pos
sible to find oil formations at 9TH
er levels in old wells and fields.
Extent of such previously-missed
formations is unknown, but 1T ls
believed that many wells were
drilled which completely overlook
ed valuable formations, or noted
them so inaccurately. that they
could not be found readily. That is
what happened in the Spindletop
field in Texas, discovered in 1901,
where developers of the method as
sert they have located new produc-
ing horizons.
All possibilities of this new tool
have not yet been explored and
proved, but, in addition to dts pc
culiar ability to make measure
ments in cased wells. it is said to
offer advantages in the logging OF
uncased wells. These include the
possibility for the first time Of To-
eating a fault or unconformity in
a particular well without reference
to others, and the fact that radio
activity is a permanent, unalter
able property of the rock forma-
tions, unaffected by temperature
and pressure.
Radioactivity logging works be-
cause every substance is in some
degree radioactive. With the devel-
opment of modern methods of am
plifying and measuring these rays.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-03

"Whewi What Lottie Brown en-
gagged? That proves what I've al
ways said that no matter how plain
and disagreeable a girl is, there's
always a simpleton ready to marry
her. Who's the poor mani"
Il am"
please give me a pound Of floor
wax"
I'm sorry. Miss. but we sell only
sealing wax"
Don't be silly. why would any
one want to wax the ceiling?"
meet me at the Waldorf Astoria
at eight"
THE Waldorf Say. that's a nice
place"
yeah, and it's close to where
we're going, too"
Mike was being lowered into a
we'll when suddenly he cried out:
Pat. pull me up!'
You're all right, Nike"
Pull me up!"
Go on, you're all right"
Pull me up, Pat, or I'll cut the
rope!'
The young bride was asked what
she thought of married life.
ooh, there's not much differ
ence," she replied. II used to wait
I'D half the night for George to go,
and now / wait up half the night
for him to come home"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-03
RUNS TO STILLS INCREASE

Runs TO stills continued to show
an upward trend in May 1910, &C
cording to a report prepared by
the Bureau of Mines. Daily aver
age crude runs to stills in May
were 3.6O7,O0O barrels, which was
$1,000 barrels more than in April,
and 10000 barrels above the fig
ure for May 1889. Imports of
foreign crude increased, the daily
average being $4,000 barrels. or
10000 barrels more than in the
previous month. Stocks of crude
oil held at refineries showed an
increase. the total at the end Of
barrels, compared with 51,4S6,OOO
barrels on hand the first of the
month.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-03

"Oh, DOCTOR said the young
lady, will the scar show?"
THAT, madam" said the doctor,
lis entirely up to you.
Burglar: please let me go.
LADY, never did anything wrong ="
Old Maid: well, It's never too
late to learn"
He asked for burning kisses,
She said in accents cruel,
Il am a red-hot mama,
But I amt nobody's fuel"
"I've wanted to ask you a ques-
ton for weeks"
And I've had the answer ready
for months"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-03

Throughout the country the people are
thinking in terms of what will happen
after the close of the present world war
when present currencies will be changed
to meet new economic conditions IN
world trade.
In the United States Bureau of Mines
monthly Mineral Trade Notes of July
90 We read:
an the diamond trade it is be-
Heved that the improvement IN
business since the beginning of the
year is partly attributed to the de-
sire of some people to concert their
capital into diamonds, believing
that it may byove to be an ad0dn-
tageonS form of Investment IN that
the market vdIMe may be more
stable than that of other conrnto-
ditieS or funds, besides offering
rclative facility Of tronSP0rtdtiO"
and SafekeePiMg"
The value of diamonds is maintained
by the British who operate law OF
scarcity to hold up the prices. There
are diamond mines in South Africa which
if operated at capacity would flood the
world with diamonds and the gems
would become virtually valueless. The
famous Yogo sapphires, heretofore mined
in Yogo canyon in the Belt Mountains
south of Great Falls, are valuable today
because of scarcity created by the English
syndicate which owns the mine which
has not been operated for "a years, altho
the company has maintained an engineer
AEn Hnn n
protect ii throughout this period.
There are many who are even fearful
of the value OF gold and silver, and
particularly gold, lest Hem Hitler carry
out his threat that gold shall be rele-
gated to use for manufacturing jewelry
and filling teeth, while Wanpum or
other material shall become the currency
of world trade.
There are many who hesitate to invest
in the best American stocks and bonds.
The American stock market has received
much of the benefit that has been de-
rived from the purchase Of the vast
horde of gold-twenty billion dollars
worth-now held in the United States.
The foreign countries which converted
this gold into American dollars invested
those dollars in the gold bond" stocks
and bonds of this country, where the
money is comparatively safe during times
when 1t is dangerous il not impossible
to make investments in Europe.
Comes the end of the war, what will
happen. These Europeans will want to
take their money back to Europe to start
the task of rehabilitation: to take adj
vantage of new opportunities that will
be afforded in their homelands. Will
they not throw their American stocks
on the market all at the same time?
The result will be another stock market
crash, for there will not be enough
buyers to absorb the tremendous ava
lanche of stocks and bonds from foreign
sellers
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-03

il has become possible to chart va
riations in ray intensity from Tock
formations down through a well.
Gamma rays, rather than the more
familiar alpha and beta rays, are
measured because they have short
wave lengths and can penetrate sew
eral thicknesses of iron pipe.
Added to the magnetometer, the
torsion balance, the seismograph,
the mass spectograph. the electric
log, the core barrel, the aerial cam
era. and the host of other recently
developed oil exploration instru-
ments and techniques, well-logging
by radio-acitvity is further PROOF
that Americas oil men will con-
tinue to find oil for years.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-03
AS A Safe Investment

The stock market is therefore un-
easy whenever there is talk of peace.
At the same time, everyone seems to rea-
lie that a crash is coming, with the
withdrawal of foreign money from Ameri-
ca. America will have a lot of gold, but
if Hitler and the United States of Europe
or whatever entity evolves from the
war choose to abolish the use of gold,
of which Europe has little, then the
United States will have to use something
else to establish trade with foreign
countries.
One thing that nearly every foreign
country will want and need, and which
few possess in adequate amounts, is
PETROLEUM. Wheat and wool and
other staples will have place in trade
but foodstuffs can be GROWN by most
countries. Things which cannot be
grown by this country must be purchas
ed from other nations. This continent
has PETROLEUM with which to trade
with the whole world.
No matter what grows out of the war,
one thing is certain; the use OF mechan-
lied equipment will INCREASE rather
than grow less. There will be keener
competition in the markets of the world
than ever before. Mass production will
are the uses of petroleum products in
times of peace than in times of war
We have found this out to the sorrow
of American oil men, in recent months.
Petroleum, unlike wheat, is something
that is likely to become more scarce
as time goes on. The discovery OF new
oil fields will go on for perhaps another
century, but biologists know where oil
fl~a 10 how
have a pretty good idea where the sup
ply Of the future is to be found. But
petroleum does not require the artificial
methods of market maintenance, like
diamonds The average life cycle of a
barrel of petroleum after 1t comes out
of the ground is less than so days Run
into the super-heated stills of a modern
refinery, crude oil is quickly broken up
into various products all Of which are
burned in internal combustion motors or
in fuel oil burners within matter Of a
few weeks. The day Is at hand when
petroleum will be used to make synthetic
rubber and various plastics, but these
are markets which will also demand
rapid requirements and continuous re.
Punishment.
The investor who puts his money into
diamonds may lose everything, virtually
tHS JOAnuoSUuIS
drop into other hands. But not so with
the man who puts his money into
PETROLEUM.
The man who would invest his money
in petroleum may buy oil lands or
mineral rights in oil lands. The worst
that can happen is that his money will
remain safely in the ground, due to lack
Of development. If he owns the land,
he NAV he able to hasten that develop-
ment, but otherwise he can rely on the
best judgment of the heads OF the oil
industry who attempt to produce the
country's oil at a profit. They take it
from the ground when it is most pro-
fitable to do so.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-08-03
OIL VERSUS DIAMONDS
AS A Safe Investment

ID he cannot afford to buy an oil farm
of his own, he may join with others In
such a purchase, naming one of the
group as trustee to care for the taxes and
attend to the joint interests Of everyone.
Or, II he is unable to get into a buyers
group of this kind, he may choose to
buv oil in underground storage, on which
he will have to pay no taxes. This oil
is called ROYALTY OIL.
Royalty oil is the landowners share
of the oil reserved by him when he leas-
es his land to an operator. His royalty
oil must be delivered to him by the oper-
ator free of cost of production. When
the Montana operator produces 100 bar
rels of oil he must turn over to the
royalty owners 1914 barrels, free of cost
of production, under standard lease
forms Once a landowner sells a mineral
interest Of this kind, a new estate is set
up on which there are no taxes until such
time as the oil is taken from the ground
Thus the ideal investment: one that
will not be eaten up by taxes, like real
estate, when it is inactive; one that may
yield a large return on the investment;
one that may be reliably expected to
grow in value as the years pass; and
a product that is as certain to have
market as 1t is certain that business and
industry will continue in the world.
The purchase of royalties involves
more than a little money; it involves
the investment of BRAIN MATTER as
we'll as money. The investor must take
time to do some careful reading, must
familiarize himself with the oil industry
to an extent that he can intelligently
understand a royalty investment that
may be presented to him. He will not
have to give up his present business
or occupation to become a student, but
he will be sure to ask question after
question to clarity any point that is not
entirely clear and then-and not until
then-will he buy OIL IN UNDER
GROUND STORAGE, paying a price that
safely assures him of a profit in the
event the royalty covers oil land that
yields AVERAGE amounts. If it is
BONANZA land he may make a fortune.
But if it is only AVERAGE he will still
make a profit.
There are relatively few people who
know these facts, otherwise there would
be no opportunity for this type OF in-
vestment These few facts, IL known by
a million people in the United States,
would result in a rush of investors into
known oil fields and potential oil fields.
That in turn would mean high prices:
something we do not now desire.
Because of sparse population, Montana
offers greatest opportunity to investors
who understand this economic situation.
Because the development OF oil in Mon
tana has scarcely abegun with the prin-
cfpal oil horizons untested) greater OPP
portunities are afforded here than in
perhaps in any other place on the con-
tinent.
We will be glad to furnish further de-
tails to any who may desire to look
into the Montana situation as regards
opportunities in royalty investment.