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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
SIGNAL BUTTE TEST IS ANNOUNCED
BIG well IS
LUCKY OMEN
OF new Year

The first oil well completion OF
the New Year augurs we'll for
1871, as it is apparently a large
producer, with an probable initial
Of several hundred barrels per day
The well is Texas cOmpany's
State No. q, one-fourth mile south
west of this company's State No.
9, the largest Cut Bank sand well
in Cut Bank oil field.
The No. was drilled in on
Thursday and oil rose $3.50 feet
in the casing. The No. 9 had con-
siderable gas with the oil and con-
sequently flowed, registering an
initial of 672 barrels in the first
"a hours The No. did not
flow but it had a similar porous
sand in the lower Cut Bank hori-
zon, from 2S98 to 29a13-15 feet
of completely saturated sand.
Swabbing is now in progress.
The State No. may indicate
the extension of the South Cut
Bank discovery pool to the south.
Wells drilled on the Hardwick
farm south and west, were small
producers discouraging to further
drilling, but the State No. 8, To-
Gated in center EASWA 1922
5W, encourages considerable drill
ling along the trend to the south.
The most important development
OF the year in Cut Bank field was
the southwark extension of the
Big Bend pool, west and south OF
the South Cut Bank discovery pool,
in Section 19-32-5W. There are
only two producers in the new
area thus far but three more To-
cations have been made and two
wells are starting. Extension of
the field as far south as the
Marias river, at the base of the
township, is now considered prob
able.
Consolidated Gas Frary Tribal
1S1 No. 1, NV NV u SEA 1892
5W. is understanding 10-inch cas-
ing down to $50 to shut off gravel.
having encountered an unusual con-
diuion. The Colorado shale APP
parently was eroded away and later
filled in with gravel and at $50 feet
the Colorado had not been en-
Pipe is being under
reamed at $50 feet.
Mcdonald HendersOn-Overcash-
Tribal No. 4, NV NV " NWA %
32-5W, is laying gas line.
Cobb-TribaI 1877 No. 2, SW SW,A |
NWA 19-32-5W, is standing at
1926. ready to be drilled in with /,
cable tools. Cobb's No. l well
was the first in this new territory, |
On Blackfeet Indian lands sold at
Continued on Page FiveJ
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
TALL ROTARY
DERRICK IS UP
At Whitehall

A derrick $50 feet high pune
tuates the skyline of northwestern
Montana. near the town OF White
tail where Oklahoma driliers are
preparing to complete a test well
on the Whitehall fold using ro-
tary tools. The rig was shipped in
from Oklahoma and drilling will
proceed from the present depth of
1923 feet. on Wiley No. 2 lOca-
ton, NV NWh NWA 10-36N-5OE.
The drilling Of this we'll is con-
sidered to be an important step in
the exploration of the Missouri riv-
er basin. The Whitlash district is
within the trend that is due for
exploration. II is reported that some
of the major companies may put in
'"dry hole money" to assist in IL
nancing the completion OF the COpan
Oil & Gas company test.
While millions OF acres have been
leased in North and South Dakota.
only one we'll has been started,
that one by Carter Oil company
which started drilling a slim hole
core test. It is a Devonian play"
predicated on the success OF drill
ing in the Illinopi basin. Among the
which have had geologi-
cal parties or lease men in the Da-
kotas are Continental Oil Co, Shell
Oil Co, Standolind oil & Gas Co.
Ohio Oil Co., Yale Oil Co., Gulf
Co, Magnolia Petroleum
Co. Phillips Petroleum Co, Pure
OIL Co.. Skelly Oil Co., The Texas
company. Sinclair Co., Sun OIL Co,
Mid-Continent Petroleum Cory, an1
Derby Oil Co.
Several geophysical crews have
been at work throughout the past
year and It is understood in the
Confined Oh Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
Kalispell-Kevin Xmas Dividend
Brings Total Over 81, 25O,OOO.OO

was paid within period of 20 years There
has been more than $20.O0O,O00 taken from
the original acreage owned by the company
The company never drilled well on any
of its holdings If they had drilled these
wells instead of Others their original $500
would have easily netted them 81 100000 or
more apiece The company still holds some
5000 acres in the field and less than half
of it has been drilled out Dividends have
been paid every year for the past Is years,
although the amount has been greatly reduced
in late years, five per cent being the smallest
annual dividend declared during any one year.
The present trustees of the company are:
F. o. Williams, president; ]. M. Carlson,
vice PRESIDENT James K Lang, secretary
treasurer Dr. ]. c. Boyd and Oscar A
Moen, trustee.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
wEExI.Y CRUDE on syocK

stocks Of aom estif and apresgn
crude petroleum attfe $3.50 Ae
week ending December II ,t6t
262,4SS,OOO barrels, according to
data by the Bureau Of Mines. Com
pared with the total of preceding
week, this represents an increase
of 1.195.OOO barrels. comprising an
increase Of 1,324,OO barrels in do
nestle stocks but a decrease Of
10000 barrels in stocks of for
eign crude. Heavy crude-oil stocks
in California, not included in the
"refinable" crude stocks, totaled
100000 barrels, a decrease OF
$4,000 barrels from the amount on
hand December IA.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
YALE AND COBB
JOINING HAHLOR
IN BORDER TEST

Announcement of the en-
trance of Yale Oil company of
Billings into north Montana
oil development ON Joint
venture with A. Il. Cobb, and
w. VI. HanlOn, Cut Bank pro-
ducers. was made this week by
joint statement that this
group will drill a test ON Sig
nal Butte structure, north Of
Havre.
The well will be drilled with
rotary tools on the location spud-
ied by Hanlon, in center SW a
NEtf 19-37N-15E. The we'll will
be owned jointly by Yale oil COM
Dany. which has refineries in Bill
ings and in Kalispell, and A. B.
Cobb Hanlon retains half the ac-
'eage in the structure.
Contamination Of this deal rep
tContinued on Page Four
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
Crude Oil Production
Lags 1000 Dbl. Per Day
Behind 40 Market Runs

Montana oil production during the year 1910 $4,000
requirements according compilation Of
production made by the Journal from complete months fig
Oil Conservation Board and pipeline estimates for the
December Accordingly production about 1000 bar
per day less than consumpive demands
the II months the market requirements exceeded
tot production oil fields The production
for the year 665043 Total market consumption
7Ol4 barrels figuring the December consumption same
as in November Storage oil called upon up the bal
ance reducing oil in the including refinery
stocks to 100000 barrels This storage
figure at the end of any year in decade
fConinu Pa Five
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04

Ernest r. Lilley, in THE Geology
Of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
printed in 1928, pointed out the
Devonian section in Illinois, but the
Devonian in Illinois was not deyel-
oped until 10 years later. Llley
urged the Importance of the De-
vonian in the MidcOntinent at that
time. before the science OF deep
drilling had been developed.
while at first sight the Devon
ian OF the Mid-Continent area
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04

seems to have very little Importance
to the oil geologist, this Is far from
true" he wrote. 1.-The long period
OF erosion which followed the up
lift and folding in the late SiIur-
ian or early Deyonian served as a
period of preparation whose import
ance can hardly be estimated.
Sandy formations we're exposed and
Iimestones eroded and water chan
neled so that they could function
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
1910 COMPETITIONS

Oil well competitions in Mon
tana in 1910 dropped behind the
records of the previous years, owing
to a dearth OF new drilling in
Kelvin field.
Cut Bank had 1913 compilations;
go Gil wells, six gas wells and 10
dry holes
Kelvin field had SO compilations;
SO oil wells, six gas wells and II
dry holes.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
west kelvin
WILDCAT IS
Due IN S0ON

With holiday delays ever, drill
ing is proceeding with rapidity at
the spectacular High Gravity Pro-
duction company's Horner No.
well, perched on the cliff of the
west Rimrock of Kelvin field. A
depth of 1880 is reported, with
900 feet to go.
This well is being watched with
great interest because its success
will mea@sa@aKsastpg Of all Of the
West K6Virl Us witl1tnl thas i So.
foot contour ET0fne 8 is
drilling onsa losaa shigha :, asia Sbpcd
by Fred K Hoaston. pioneen Kew
ing geoiogist ON which map the
high gravity pool was de-
by some of the same
people who are responsible for the
present /, test. High Gravity Pro
duction company is headed by Char
ley Wrighter of Kevin.
Scotland AfcNamer No. 4, CNL
NEA SN 29-35s3W, in the high
gravity knFock pool was complet-
ed this III with an initial OF 20
barrelsyok M and seven barrels OF
waters peg gky, FOLLOWING 4 4, goo
gallopwaa sh o& "a viii be fs-aci-s
died III A fornat5op Fed tor
be 1deai Tor acidixafi0H
Twin FieIds-Thompson NO. 8, al
so in the high gravity pool, in NV
NWA SEA 2S35-3W, is making
S5 barrels of oil and 10 barrels
tConttnued on Page Five
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
DEVONIAN OIL
FOUND ABOVE
MONTANA LINE

Commercial production in the
upper Devonian became an estab-
lIshed fact in southern Alberta this
week as Standard OF British Column
bia rs. o. of California; brought
in a we'll at Steveville that Is esti-
mated at 100 barrels per day. This
estimate was based on bailing test.
John Galloway, superintendent for
the Standard, announced that tank
sconrinueo on Pags PIvs'
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04
IS THERE OIL In THE DEVON1AN
In The North Rocky Mountain Region?

Of It's
the Coff
article
Dvoniani the producin Norman oil field
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04

That the Devonian is one Of the greatest Of oil
the United States is questioned the Devonan ranking
of the four greatest beds for petroleum The
great Bradford sands of West Virginia which have been
producing for more than half century, of Devonan
age The upper Devonan gives Pennsylvania West Virginia
and New York their oil Devonian development in
Montana has been discouraged because of the hazards of
deep drilling
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04

Here are two snapshots Of tho
High Gravity well, perched on the
side of an SOO-fOot rimrOck cliff.
The circle shows the nearest oil
well to this test west of Kelvin. IL
is 800 feet lower and something
over a mile and "A half away. The
shelf for the well location was
gouged out of the side of the wall
with IA tractor.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-04

The Kalispell-Keyin Oil company paid
Christmas dividend for its stockholders Of
record December 2. This dividend is for
two and one-half per cent per unit making
s. so per unit according to Secretary Treas
urer James K. Lang: A five per cent divi-
dend was declared earlier in the year, making
~ per cent for 1910.
I The Kalispell-Kevin has paid more divi-
bends sseR4he noney invested than any other
eompany.ifi tlas Rafa. oil. mining, or other en-
terprises TIE l5sieSlsi fuv lstment in the COM
pany was $1,000 putsuV9by II members, the
late Charles Emmons 6eing a non-paying
members having locatea the acreage. The
$L250,000 paid in dividSnis were paid from
royalties and bonuses Revived from oil men
leasing from the company. This huge sum
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
PARA La MUJER DEL HOGAR

.Gi-a Y afina en- Los Novelistas
ESranoles y Nuevo Viaje al Par
naSo.
La tirsntez de su eagaeter, l1
decor6 con cierta gravedad i'm
patiea. Mientras la jueen-
tud de bohemia, Clubs y aven-
turaS ~alborOtaba con la "euerda
grandma" en- los BufOs y en-
Paul, y los 'francmasones' en-
las Juntas Revolucionarias, Pa
lacio ValdeS, recogido en- la BIZ
blioteca del Ateneo, escribia
eel Senorito 0ctavio", que a.
sombr6 al pGblico v a la criti-
ca.
DeSpues, ell eScritor, SECURE,
en6rgico. asIende hasta las
cumbres de Marta y Maria, fe-
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
il y suntuosa parafrasis evan

liz y suntuosa p~arafrasis evan
5elioa. Y Ell plena juventud al
canza jerarqrfa de maestro. Asi
lano, mettd;co, logra Ell arte de
.ra6ajar sin prodigal;dad nj
atiga, EYectaior, atalaya, via
gro infatigable, lector de pom
dorado gusto, abre las puartas
de su alma a tOdoS los hijos pro
digos y escruta con sus ojos ella
ros azales Ell claustro de La Her
mana San Sulpicio, los suntuo-
SOS Salones de La Espuma, los
cc.maos de~Los Majos de Cadiz,
los mares de Ell Captain Ribot,
los paisajes de La ALiea Perdi-
Ga, las r~edacciones de La Hija
de Natalia, ell preside de Santa
RoPelia, los roman cos Carme-
mes de Granada, su Ultima no
vela, escrita deSpues de los Sc
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
Combatiendo Ia obra destnnctora
y antihumana de Hitler

ne un deseo Y este es ell verse Ii
bres de los que han saquiado, va
ciado nustras tiendas, robado
nuestros stocks de comestibles,
de zapatos, de lana Y de TODD
cuanto han podido echar mano.
iNuestro coraz6n suspira por la
liberaci6n de nuestra amada pa
tria. Maldecimos a los que nos
han entregado al enemigo, alta
dos de manos y pies; nuestras
imprecaaiones son para aque-
Hos que nos privan de dar a
Mussolini 10 que Sc merece.
Mantengamos nuestra esperan-
"a bien viva. Tai vez alg1n dia
tazas de verdadero cafe
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
amos Y tan iva. aifo.a '

tenta amos y tan Viva. aifoca Y
jIvenil como LIS ore n-,rio m
cinclenta, afcs anteg; poro -u15
RIGA en- tscnisa j mas ST 4 %
se.gacitn.
La pcrddrabs lozania 5e Pa
acio Vald5s sall6 su vida y su
2bra con los siete sellos de Lu-
ciano.
DE NADIA demasiqdo," era SUI
lena.
Pas6 entire las pasiones hrma
mas como Daniel entire las fie-
ras, ilesO, pulcro, sin una que
madura en- la piel nj una arru-
ga en- Ia tdn;ca de rrofeta.
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
Pahc0 valdA

Era Don Armando Pa,acio
Valdes Ia puleritud personifica-
da. Vida limpia. obra limpida.
Linaje Intellectual limpio tam
bien, como sus ojos claros Y sus
barbas de plata.
Desde nino empez6 a escribir
articulos para los peri6dicos. Su
primer libro, "Semblanzas Lii
terarias," reveal una mocedad
ir6nica y polemica que Sc agi-
La gaceta., 1941-09-20

Temple B~autista", 1909 Gale
Is. Rev. ]. B. Silva, Pastor
Escuela Dominica, 10 a. m.
Quito y Sermon, 8 p. m.
Quito de Oraci6n, Microbes.
800 p. m.
Mission Presbiteriana, Ybor
City, 953 IL ave. Rev. W B.
Passiglia, Pastor.
Escuela Dominica, GAS a. m.
Quito y Sermon IL 100 a. m.
%Esfuerzo Cristiano", 7:30
p. m.
Quito y Sermon, en- espahol,
Microbes, 7:45 p. m.
"San Marcos, Iglesia Meto-
dista, 16 y II ave. Rev. R. j.
Parker, Pastor
Escuela de la Iglesia, $50 a.
m.
Quito en- ingles, 1920 a. m.
Quito en- espanol, 8 p. m.
Quito de Oraci6n, Microbes,
500 p. m.
"San Pablo, Iglesia MetOdis-
ia Italiana, 2401 Gale 81 y ID
ave. Rev. A. NJ. D. Riggio, Pas
tor.
Escuela de la Iglesia, $50 a.
m.
Quito y Sermon, IL 100 a. m.
Quito en- italiano, 800 p. m.
"Asamblea de Dios", Mission
Latina, 170115 ga ave. Vev. d.
Valdes, jr Pastor.
Escuela Dominica, 1915 a.
m.
Quito y Sermon, 800 p. m.
West Tampa Congregational
les, 1929 Laurel, st. Rev. V. A.
Venezia, Pastor.
Escuela de la Iglesia $50 a.
m.
Quito y Sermon, 1920 a. m.
800 p. m.
ia Esperanza", Mission, 1922
Laurel st. Rev. C. H. Corwin,
Pastor.
Cultos en- espanol, 10 a. m.
8 p. m.
Cultos en- ingles, 10:45 a m
y $50 p. m.
Iglesia La Union de Los Glen
2408 Gomez ave-, Drews. Rev
c. H. Corwin, Pastor.
Quito y Sermon, 5 p. m.
''West Tampa Metodista", N
Albany Y Union ~.
Escuela de la Iglesia, 9:45 a
m.
Quito en- ingles, IL 100 a. m.
Quito en- espanol, 800 p. m.
Quito de Oraci6n, Jueves, g
las 800 p. m.
Mission Nenonita, 1910 IA ave
Rev. j. Paul Sander, Ste,
Escuela Dominica, 10 a. m.
Quito y Sermon, 500 p. m.
Quito de Oraci6n, Microbes
500 p. m.
La gaceta., 1941-09-20

y de leche que no ha sido desna-
tada, sobre ~nuestras mesas. Tai
vez tambien. dia vendra en- que
ell carnicero abrira sus puertas
por mas de I'm dia a la semana".
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
Ell TEMPO

Vientos frescos del nordeste.
Nublados y probables lluvias.
Maxima, aver, S8 grades; mini
ma, IS.
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
A confession de pdrte

la tozudez de ciertos fran
ceses", escribe ell peri6dico "a
jourd'hui", que esta bajo ell con
troll absolute de los Nazis, 'es co
mo la de los Anglomaniacos. Sc
creerian libres 81 tuvieran pues
tas un par de espOsas hechas en-
Londres."
CGrtG de la Francia ocupddG
Una carta que Sc pudo sacar
de contrabando de la IONA ocu-
pada de Francia, proviene de u
ma mujer francesa que escribe
a su hijo, y decia: 'tSupongo
comprenderas Guam desdioha-
dos somos La perdida de toda
es muy dolorosa. Ell
pueblo frances en- masa solo tie
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
Los iRcendios Sc eztienden
q GreciG

Incendios de caracter suma-
mente misterioso Sc estan pro-
duciendo con frecuencia aterro-
rizadora en- Grecia y hasta en-
Atenas. AL principle ell servicio
Official aleman "Transozean"
los atribuia al "calor excessive.
Pero en- las Gltimas semanas Sc
ha visto obligado a admitir que
dichos incendios son "sospecho-
sos.
No Sc jacta de su circuI0ci6n
En- ell dltimo ndmero del pc
ri6dico pro-Nazi noruego "Ha-
mer Arbeiderblad", ell director
escribe quejandose amargamen
te sobre la circulation ridfcula
que ell peri6dico obtiene actual
mente. FL director Hoff fu6 Ell
primer periodista noruego que
ingres6 en- Ell partido Nacional-
Socialista. Con su primer ar
ticulo anunciando su "conver-
sion, Ia circulation decay6 de
manera alarmante.
-. Los alemanes temen a los Gee.
paracaidds
Debido a la frecuencia de Ia
les hechos, las penas por ayudar
a los rusos han sido elevadas en-
Rumania. I'm decreto que aca-
ba de ser publicado en- ell "Uni-
versul' de Bucarest, las sehala !:
Por dar asilo Y no delatar a
un paracaidista enemigo... Pena
de muerte.
Por cortar alambres de tele-
grafo o por estorbar la tele-
troasmisi6n... Pena de muerte.
Por hacer sehales a aviones
| enemigos Dor medic de luces 0
de la radio. Pena de muerte.
Por dar asilo y no delatar la
presencia de extranjeros... 5 a
10 amos de trabajos forzados.
Los telegrafiStas o telefonis-
tas que no atiendan Immediate
mente a personas q. deseen de-
latar a paracaidistas recibiran
de Is a 20 amos de trabajos for
zados.
La gaceta., 1941-09-20
Seccion de Cultcs

Domingo 81 de Sepdembre
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Italians Believed Told
To Fight as British
Mass al Tobruk
English RedoubIine
Preparations for
Grand Assault
By EDWARD KENNEDY,

WITH BRITISH FORCES OUT
SIDE TOBRUK, Libya, Jan. 10
Guarded by a 30-mile defense line
against massing British assault
forces the garrison of the be-
leaguered port of Tobruk, estimated
at 10000 italian regulars, appar-
emily has been ordered to hold out
as long as possible.
British soldiers, breathing sand
free air for the first time in a week,
are redoubllng preparations for the
grand assault.
Tobruks position is about the
same from a military point of view
as Bardia's was week before 1t fell
January to the British offensive
into Libya.
British armored units are to the
west and British infantry and artil-
lery to the east and south, while
wal ships keep watch on the Med
iterranean front of this Italian base
Big guns are firing and patrols en-
gage defense units in sporadic
sklrmishing.
With moon-lit nights, it is doubt
full that even small boats can evade
the British watchers and make sup
ply contact with Tobruk, as was
done for some time at Bardia.
All civilians were removed from
Tobruk before the British arrived.
The Notifications, though not so
strong as Bardia's, extend over a
longer line, running to 7 miles in
land from coastal points east and
west of the town.
The defenses include a recently
dug ditch, 10 feet deep and 10 feet
wide.
Apparently the garrison has Or
ders to hold out long enough to en-
able other parts of Marshal Rodolfo
Grazianls hard-pressed army to Or
ganize in the Bengasi region about
200 miles west of Tobruk.
This correspondent has stood be-
hind cannon firing salvos into To-
brlk, but, as the artillerymen said,
these were just a taste of the
bombardment to come when the big
assault starts.
The ring of guns surrounding
the town has been firing steadily
despite seven days of heavy sand
storms, but the whitening fire such
(see KENNEDY, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Hungary Will Suspend
Rail Traffic Tonight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, Jan. 16.-An official
announcement said today all traf-
fic on Hungarian railways. except
international trains, would be sus-
pended at midnight. 1t was indi-
Gated the suspension would last
three days.
The reasons given for the order
were unfavorable weather, technical
difficulties and lack of foreign con-
nections. The population was asked
to abstain from travelling. Inter
national trains and buses will op-
crate only on restricted scale.
A movement of German troop
trains, carrying men and equip
ment, through Hungary to Rumania
got under way Christmas and was
expected to last until January 81.
At that time, it was reported that
probably 100000 men would be car
ried over the Hungarian railways,
besides tanks, armored cars, bridge
building equipment and other sup
plies.
Evening star., 1941-01-16

For seven hours on January 10
German dive bombers rained ex-
plosives on her in an attempt to
send her to the bottom as she
plowed through the Central
Mediterranean with other fleet
units escorting a big eastbound
convoy.
Between 40 and so Nazi planes
participated in the attack, diving
low to release 1000 pound bombs,
whose conclusions Shook the
23,000-ton vessel as cat shakes
a rat.
In all, 100000 pounds of high
explosive bombs were aimed at
her flight deck and many tor
pedoes at her sides.
I witnessed the first part Of
the attack from the bridge,
where part of the time I was fiat
on my face, my hands folded
across my head, while splinters
II steel swept the carriers decks
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Plane Carrier FoHs 7-Hour Nozi Attack
Britoins Iustrious Makes Port After Terrifying Assault
By 40 Dive Bombers in Mediterranean

and the "thump, thump" of anti
aircraft guns mingled with the
spine-chilling scream Of the dive
bombers and the crash Of burst
ing bombs.
The second time the Germans
came over, a low-fiying Stuka
dropped a bomb which exploded
near the starboard side of the
ship. The blast threw a column
of water over the bridge and
hurled me down a hatchway to
Aviation Intelligence Quarters
one deck below. A sheet Of fire
burned my face.
Throughout the assault the
carriers pom-pom guns kept up a
continuous fire. putting up wall
of fire through which the Nazis
dived head-on.
A fight Of British planes
which succeeded in taking of
from the Illustrious before the
(ses INDUSTRIOUS. Page A-2l0
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Later Hours for Schools, Earlier
For Some U.S.. Offices Proposed
Van Duzer Incorporates Pupils Into Plan
To Ease Congestion by Staggered Hours

The commission, with four regu-
lar members were present, plus En-
gineer Commissioner McCoach, an
ex-offcio commission member, and
Commissioner Young were told by
Mr.. Van Duzer that he had worked
out a tentative schedule to stagger
Government Office opening hours at
l5-minute intervals from. 7:45 to
9:15 am. and to provide for the
opening of classes IN public and
parochial schools at $50 am. in
stead of 9 am.
At present. he said half of the
10000 Government workers and
10000 public and parochial school
children come to work at 9 am,
casing a terrible peak of congestion
at about 8:45 am.
Highway Director H. c. White
hurst, who also was present at the
(See TRAFFIC, Page A-2.)