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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-12-27

Comes New Year-a Happy New
Year, in that we have homes and in
situations worth defending, and a pros
pect of Happiness to follow. We are
indeed fortunate. Wishes for a Happy
New Year are not a mere bromide
There is something to be done about it.
Comes New Year and serious bust
ness. The oil industry in 1912 becomes
a stern war enterprise. Our humble
little Montana oil industry takes on an
aspect of national Importance as the
sinking of Pacific coastwise tankers
figures in the daily news-nuch sooner
than any of us had expected. We had
foreseen that Puget Sound, with its
great airplane factories and shipyards
would be an early target of the laps.
We knew that they would strike first
at the motor fuel supply without which
Puget Sound war industries cannot keep
pace with growing demands of the war
in the Pacific. 1t has already struck,
and the war is less than three weeks
old
1t would not surprise us if the war
department would start moving the
entire output of Montana and Wyo-
ming refineries westward toward Port
land and Puget Sound 1t is the closest
source of refined products, while avia-
ton gasoline will move from Califor-
mia by trainload and truckIoad to the
Northwest aviation centers.
Yes. the Montana oil industry has
an important and difficult role in this
war of the Pacific If Puget Sound
had some refineries, the problem would
not be so great, but as the Spokane
and Pocatello refineries are the closest
to the great Northwest market, it fol
lows that Montana refineries must carry
the chief burden of providing that part
of the motor fuel supply which cannot
be moved by tankers through the
blockade of submarines and the mines
which will shortly be sown through
the Pacific lanes of commerce. Mon
tana could increase its output of crude
much easier than increase its output
of refined products and it is too late
to think Of refinery expansion in Mon
tana at this time. Every refinery is OPP
Grating at capacity today and must
continue to operate at capacity-and
all that they can produce will be only
a relatively small part of the require
ments of the Northwest
Many of us thought it impossible for
to operate within sight of
the Pacific coast, just as we thought
Pearl Island impregnable and just as
we thought the great British battle
ships safe from Japanese attack. We
are slowly awakening to the fact that
these "impossibles" are the things in
which the Japs are specialized. We have
long been lulled by magazine articles
and interviews of experts" who as
sured us that the Japanese would be
helpless in an encounter with the United
States No propaganda conceived by the
laps themselves could have been more
in handicapping the United
States in its defense. Apparently the
officers of the fleet at Pearl Harbor
had been reading the articles and were
convinced thereby
Magazines which were in type before
he events of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 3
are still giving us these half-baked
theories. The current January Readers
Digest contains an article by Hallett
Abend, distinguished foreign cores
oondent who has recently visited the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-12-27

HdIld 10 Grill enough wells to take care
OF current requirements. It will require
united effort on the part of oil oper-
ators of Montana to bring this sit
uation TO the attention of those author
tiles who will make it possible for
Montana to get more casing, more drill
ing equipment and finances to drill
enough wells to insure Puget Sound
with an adequate supply of motor fuel
Without united effort, nothing will
be done. 1t is time for oil men to for
get past differences and get together
in united organization that can carry
the message to the proper agencies and
bring back casing, tools and supplies.
That is the outlook for the New Year.
1t is grim outlook.
We forecast that the government will
shortly call upon Montana oil produc-
ers to get MORE OIL.
Unless willing and patriotic operators
can get tools to go ahead; and unless
the larger companies owning storage
will cooperate, the call for help for
the Nation will go unheeded for lack
OF preparation: another Pearl Harbor.
Montana oil men should, we believe,
start moving now, first in organizing
among themselves to take the necessary
steps to impress the local situation and
its needs before proper agencies.
Next, they should prepare to drill
wells-not now needed-to build up a
reserve that can be quickly supplied
when needed-rather than wait until
after the blow has fallen.
Montana should have the greatest
drilling program of its history and
should produce the greatest volume of
crude in its history during the year
1912, if it is to do its patriotic part
in national defense
When we Remember Pearl Harbor"
it should mean more than the spirit
of revenge. 1t should mean that we see
that the contributory neglect which led
TO the Pearl Harbor massacre shall not
be repeated in any element of national
defense; that we shall look the facts
in the face and prepare accordingly.
Those too-numerous fathers at Cut
Bank and Shelby and other north Mon
tana towns who have received those
stern casualty lists in recent days are
the ones who best understand the les
son. They know that the time to start
preparing to supply the Pacific North
west is NOT after the Coast motor fuel
tanks are dry. They remember Pearl
Harbor in terms of PREPARATION
so that those things shall not happen
again.
There is necessity for normally in
business. If every man mining ere for
steel for tanks should drop his tools,
grab gun and rush off to war, we
would lose the war for lack of tanks.
Likewise, there is a soldiers duty in
carrying on the oil business. There is
absolute necessity for profit, else there
will be none who can pay taxes enough
to carry on the war That carries with
it the necessity of financing new enter
prises, with attendant risks as well as
promise of profit.
We repeat our offer of last week to
furnish geological data and history of
development of promising areas and to
point out available leases in Cut Bank,
in Kelvin and in semi-proven and wild
eat territory, available for drilling by
individuals or groups of
associates. This is free service offered
20 responsible people
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-12-27
Submarines Pick
Coast TdnkerS

SEATTLE Japanese submarines, op-
Grating along the Pacific coast, have
concentrated their attacks on oil car
riers. Five Of six vessels attacked have
been tankers. All the attacks have &C.
cured near the California coast.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-12-27
WE BELIEVE

WE BELIEVE
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS have been definitely proven in
dspenbe in Montana Every wildcat should have both
Madison and Deyonan highs" determined by reflection
seismograph before drilling begins.
DEEPER DRILLING is essential to write the real history of
the Montana oil industry. The major source of Mon
tana petroleum is in formations BELOW THE BIG
LIME Abandonment of wells at the Cat Greek horizon
is stupidity No we'll should be considered a completion
until it is drilled into the Devonian
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-12-27

Night Waterman: Young man, are
you going to kiss that grip"
Young man: NO"
Night Waterman: Here, then. hold
this lantern"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-12-27

Pennsylvania produces more an
thracite coal than any other state.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
Quinis After
pIayoff BerlIls
City Teens to Fight
for Four Positions

OHowie's Service, holder of
first place in the City Recreation
basketball race, will face the
last place Gilbert's team next
Monday night In the Mount
Clemens High school gymnasium
as the regular season draws
near a conclusion with the
playing of the 18th round.
Hot contests are In order for
the evening as only two more
rounds remain following Mon
day night pairings, and teams
will fight for playoff berths. The
18th and 14th rounds will prob
ably be run of the following
week in order.to get the playoffs
underway as soon as possible.
Williams, tied with the Owls
in third place, will face the fifth
place Snay outfit in the second
game Monday. Koleky. current
'ly In second place. will attempt
to hold Its lead over the Mer-
chants when It takes on tho fast
rising Kibble Toggery quintet,
which this week dumped Howie's
for its first defeat of the season.
The Owls and Merchants will
clash In the fourth and final con-
test of the evening.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
Introduce
Tag Team
Mat Show

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Ire
mendous response to the first
Tag Team Wrestling Match"
ever held in Michigan today led
the management to offer Z, Sec
ond exhibition at the weekly
show in st. Joan Of Arc Hall this
FIR. day night. y
Last Fridays card enve the
fans their first view q the two
man team show. This week the
winning team Of Pat Riley and
Lefty Pscer will be matched
against Gil Lacrosse and Walter
Miller.
Each wrestler's team-mate
stands on the ring platform Just
outside the ropes md exchanges
places with HI partner when his
psrtner CONES within reach. A
fall for either partner scores for
the team.
In the regular feature heavy
weight bout Coach Dean Rock
wei whose East Detroit high
school team Just scored On over
whelming victory 4 state COM
petition win display his wares
an n5t Dsrt Rnbk The bout viii
Be :. tvo out Of three falls match
with a hour time limit.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27

uSELFRIDGE TIELD-Credit-
ed with Is victories in ID games
with Detroit area Class A bas-
ketball teams, the hign-scoring
Selfridse Field Flyers fly to
Boiling Field. Washington, DC.
Friday to play three , games
with Washington teams.
Friday night the Selfridge
Field cagers meet George WASH
ington university's freshman
team. On Saturday they play
the strong Boiling Field Flyers,
while in a special Sunday after
noon game they meet the Fed
eral Bureau of Invest gat on
team, rated as strongest in the
District of Columbia.
Lieut.. John D. Pearson, coach
OF the Selfridge Field team and
post athletic and recreation Of
ficer, will also study Boiling
Fields excellent sports pro-
gram and recreational organic
alton. He Is developing a SINH
lar Athletic and Recreational
program here.
Two Of the Selfridge Field
Flyers, Sergt. Joseph U. Kneib
and Sergt. George Harmika, Jr.,
are formereBolling Field basket
ball stars. Kneib, assigned to the
4fst Pursuit squadron, comes
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
Fort Bliss Becomes Coack,s Paradise

The 200th has q near-corner
on basketball with q ready-made
quintet from Arkansas state
College. This OUTFIT, Battery e u
Jonesboro. played together from
Junior High school days, annexed
two Arkansas state champion
ships, and now has .copped ~
first game In the Regimental
League, 77-f3, from Hot Sprints.
On hand also. ID The EitllS
Rock softbsll team, twice Ar.
kansas state champions.
From Arkansas Tech, Russell.
VILE, 10 about the entire football
squad Of g players including
Captains Jim Rasburry and Nm
Keeton. Tech lost 1o4 rnen 70
Uncle Sam when the 3ooth W.
called = scttve duty.
VIVA Tssh's iQns1 snd 1Gajee
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
Picard Leads
Open With IS
Plans Retirement
After Tournament
u~v apnv nnvvYN,c

prrERSBURCH

AST. PETERSBURGH, Fla,
Feb. 27-B - Henry Picard, a
former national P.G.A. champion
and q topline golfer Tor years.
Is planning semi-retirement from
tournament competition at the
height Of one Of his greatest
scoring sprees.
When Picard shot a five-un-
der-par SO yesterday to lead in
the $4,000 st. Petersburg Open,
II marked his seventh consecu-
tive round as front-runner OF
the professional brigade.
He began his splurge in the
last two rounds of the Texas
Open, won the New Orleans
Open with q record 276, and
resumed here after skipping the
Thomasville, Ca, tournament.
Subject to a change Of mind,
Picard plans to leave the tourna-
ment circuit after the st. Angus
tine pro-amateur March 1915.
He will take over his new duties
as the Twin Hills Club in Okla
homa City April /, and there
after expects to play only in
the national open, the PEA.
championship and perhaps q
couple Of other Journeys annual
~.
Preferring the stability of a
teaching professional to the
tournament grind, Picard re-
signed his present post at Her
shey. Pa, where Ben Hogan will
take over. Hogan, conversely,
hopes the change will permit
him to continue playing the full
tournament schedule.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
Cage Standings
OFinal MIAA basketball
standings:

Gel PASO, Texas, Feb. 26-
(R--Fort Bliss Is looking like q
coachs paradise these days.
There's an athlete under every
mesquite bush.
From almost any barracks Of
the Fort Bliss anti-aircraft train
ing center, with its 1000 troops,
lis possible to shake out an ath-
lete of sizeable dimensions
among the trainees from I'LL
nois, Arkansas, the District Of
Columbia. Texas New Mexico
and way points.
The nod. however. goes 70 the
200th Coast Artillery, Arkansas
National Guard. for what u
probably the most remarkable
athletic contingent ever 70 an
swer me9 can IN This mans
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27

W. H. (Bill) Wood. former coach
at West Point to handle IT, K d
not hard 70 foresee some rid
iron fancywork next fall. Major
Wood recently arrived for duty
at Fort Bliss.
The 201nd Coast Artillery Of
Illinois (Chicago) has it, share
q baskstball bis-shots. includ-
ING Harry Petraitis, Olympic
basketball star. Also playing On
n Illinois regimental team u
Pat Connolly. former Texas Col
leee Of Mines hoopstsr.
In boxing the 3o1nd counts
Johnny Sows, Chicago Golden
Gloves champion, and RoD Bar
ber, another Golden Glover and
. member u the victorious C.Y.
q. Hawaiian squad.
Ainong the pros BUY ooslh
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27

former weller wrestling cham
pion, now = corporal with the
202nd, wrestles In FL Paso mat
emporipms on nights OF. VI
The 260th Coast Artillery Of
the District Of Columbia has
shaped up Z frst-rate ring team
under the membership Of 1t.
George w. Booker, former star
athlete Of Mississippi State. On
the squad Il Phillip Swsnner.
Golden Gloves heavyweight a.
nalist; Eddie s augster and
George Trupp-sll well known
In Warrington rings.
There are others - plenty Of
them-and generally. It's pos
sible to report that the boys who
kept the folks cheering back
home are doing ell right IN the
olive-drab Of Uncle Sans
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27

ODETROIT, Feb. 27-R1-The
first Of Promoter Mike Jacobs
new series of fistic ventures In
Detroit takes the center ring at
Olympia tonight with Nathan
Mann, the Connecticut Yankee.
squares of with Gus Lesnevich.
the little man from Clidside
Park, N. j.. who has heavyweight
aspirations.
In the virtual absence Of bet
ting, Mann was Installed - .
slight favorite on the basis Of his
record. The New Haven vet
eran has met-and in many cases
lost-to the best in the heavy
weight division during q seven
year ring career.
A suggestion that the winner
may qualify for a Shot at the
heavyweight title of Champion
Joe Louis has created barely q
rustic among the fight faithful.
Lesenvich is a current contender
for the light-heavyweight throne
abdicated by Billy Conn, and
Mann met Louis before, winding
up as a third-round knockout
victim in 1893. At best. tonights
crowd will probably not exceed
5000 spectators.
Promoter Jacobs made q last
minute entrance on the scene,
arriving from New York last
night by airplane, while former
champion Jimmy Braddock, who
has helped drum up business for
several days, will be in Mann's
corner.
The UNDERGRAD will feature the
appearance of Ray Robinson,
one-time Detroiter who has COM
piled a spectacular knockout
record in New York. The Har-
lem negro will meet Gene Spen-
Ger, of Chicago, in an eight
rounder.
Other bouts will pair Bobby
Mcintyre, Detroit, and Speedy
Johnson, Pontiac, eight rounds;
Joe Sutka, Wyandotte, and Billy
Bengal, Dearborn, eight; Joey
Miehielove and Larry Ray, both
Detroit, six; and Johnny Martin,
Detroit, and Sattino Terracina,
Chicago, four.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27

~ 0lL1 UVySa
oNEW YORK. JDo., 3J-ts1--A
lean guy NJ 4som J0a1 with
sagebrush tor hair. sleee ~ RIBS
and rocks n he Aeth VIII 90
into Madison Square Garden
ring tomorrow nlgfsf hnund and
determined g show hseone man
who can LICK Lou AmDo9S ana
make II stick.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
.JemI ilSI Is av,IslDxkte
BOYS WITH 1aE DOUGH CAN'T SEE HOW
's,f LEW CAN FAIL TO REPEAT
OVER AjNBERS

can't ~ how Jenkins can Lon.
for they've made him = 3 70 -
fayorite. IN fact thsre seems -
be hardly anyone who seos how
Jenkins can lose except AlmborS,
who couldn't b expected - -
things that way encept under
pressure. Amhsrs, IN met I'M
sists one reason he lost The Arst
time u that Jenkins tagged him
two beauties aftsr the bell end
ed the secoud round.
4 Just whist Amber1 tactics viii
b b something thats pushing
the combers along Jacobs beach.
The one time Herkimer hurrj.
cane has lost . good deal Ct
velocity, and lost with Il 10 most
81 that bouncing. bounding style
that used 10 make him the little
man who wasn't ever where YOU
expected him.
From LOUIS training camp
comes . hint he's going TO turn
slugger-will come In flat-foot-
ed and hail away. They my
that in his bootleg amateur days
he stopped Ave OF his Arst six
foes that way.
In that case It's likely to be
one OF those "hold your hats.
boys, here we 60 again" things
for II there's anything Jenkins
likes better than an elusive tar
get, it's one that comes right at
him.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
Slois Crowned
kIAA Champs
Edge kalsmaxoo
70 clineh Tits

by the Aoopeeoeo0 troso
OThe Alma Scots will hear
their praises sung tonight
Thursday at q hometown ban
quet which will be staged to
raise money for q trip to the Ma
tional intercollegiate Tourna-
ment March 1918 at Kansas
City. Mo.
Coach Gordon MacD Donald told
his newly-crowned Michigan
intercollegiate athletic associa-
ton champions last night that
he had received and accepted an
invitation to the tournament.
Officially the Scots clinched
their title last night by defeat
ing Kalamazoo College. 80 to IS,
and thereby became the first
M.I.A.A. team TO complete an
undefeated season since the 1881
80 Olivet teams record Of no
losses. a
IAAsO0SSeASA IbAAAs0 "SAA - SVAA-
secutive games, including 10 in
conference competition.
The conference finale, staged
at Kalamazoo, was q see-saw
battle. Sub forward Jack Howe
went into q second-half scoring
spree Of eight points which
made the victory certain. Keith
Carey, star Alma center, was
benched by a lame back. -:
The evenings high scorers
were Bob Kirby of Alma and
Gerald Gilman of Kalamazoo,
each with IL points.
Tonight's Michigan college
basketball program lists three
games: Western State at Wayne,
st. Mary's at Michigan Normal
and Detroit Tech at Grand
Rapids University.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
Field Cagers FNEast
to Play Three Games

from Frackville. Pa, where he
played high school football.
Sergt. Harmika is also . Penn
sylvanian. coming from West
Aliquippa.
Sergt. "Hank" w. Capron, the
Selfridge team high scorer, Il
the only married man on the
squad. He Is radio operator In
the field flight control tower
and veteran of four years Army
Air Corps service and basket
ball. His home is in Cypress,
Ill.
Another four-year Air Corps
man is First Sergt. John A.
Buckles, second high scorer this
season. He is assigned to the
list Pursuit squadron an d
comes from Leroy, ILL.,. where
he was a 10-letter man in high
school. Sergt. Buckles has had
year of College competition
and holds the 100-yard dash
record at Selfridge Field.
Two Michigan air soldiers are
on the Selfridge Field squad,
Corp. Edward "Slim" Borkow-
ski, of Detroit, and Private Ed
ward Guzzonsfo, Of Norway.
Mich. Borkowski, an Air Corps
machinist, learned his basket
ball in the army during more
than two years service. Private
Guzzonato Is. Z graduate OF
Michigan State college and has
been in the Air Corps but four
months.
Ohio Is represented on the
Selfridge Field Flyers team by
Bellaire's Sergt. Mike Radawec,
and Sergt. Warren e. Steinbeck,
of Newton Falls. Both men are
in the Fifth Pursuit squadron.
Sergt. Fred D. O'Neal Of the
Sixth Pursuit Wing staff Is the
third Illinois boy on the Self
ridge Field outfit. His home was
in Farmer City until he Joined
the Air Corps three and q half
years ago.
Manager Of the Flyers Is First
Sergt. Norman Blackwell of the
cath Pursuit squadron, First
Pursuit group. Coach Pearson ID
q University of Minnesota grad
uate and has been stationed at
Selfridge Field since last No
vember.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
County Cagers
nee First Round

two defeats. The victory gives
Lake Shore an outside chance Of
moving into . tie for the league
title. So far, Lake Shore is the
only team to hand Lakeview a
defeat. They swamped Lake.
view Al to ID several months
ago,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-27
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sOAllN ARBOR, Mich, Fsb. a.
University Of Michigan
!. eRimm4rs -swept the field Of
Michigan 4. n. u. mans cham
r6pnshlps Wednesday night and
~ tvo new xecprds.
lin skinner dniversity Soph-
'cpaofA won ~ 210-yard breast
utToko In & minutes l2.6 seconds
q break : record oe 3 minutes
Ala SECONDS ~ By Ray Kay,
DetToit Athletic club, Ia 1857,
Four 81 SINNERS teammates,
Jim Welsh. 3ill Beebe, Bin
Holmes and Charles Barker, I'll
seniors 1t the university, swam
the 400-yard relay In 3 minutes
30.5 seconds for Q new Adiehi-
gan A. A. u. mark. Ths former
record, made by . Michigan
team In 1928, wan 8 minutes
5O.2 seconds.
Welsh took individual honors
Of the evening, winning the 100
yard free style champi6nship
and 440-yard title In addition TO
contributing to the relay rec
ord. Fran Heydt. Michigan, cap
tured the l50-yard back stroke
championship.
Competition was close Ia the
10-foot diving board event,
which Jack Violin, Michigan.
won with 416.0 points. Stroller
Martin, Michigan, scored HOS,
and Bob Gardner, Wayne, 400.1.
Birgit Lagerkuist. Detroit
Athletic club. triumphed In the
women's 50-yard back stroke,
finishing ahead Of two fellow
club members, Gloria Noble and
Betty Lord.
In the women's 50-yard free
style, Caroline Clayton, Kronk
Athletic club. won the title.
with Henrietta Menningef and
Pat Sullivan, both of the De-
troit Yacht club, close behind.
The summary:
loc-ysrd nee .tyie-won b. welsh.
Michigan; second. Barker. 1ichi9ans
third, Sharemst. Michigan. Time SAL.
220syard handicap-Tie between Fries.
Ann Arbor. and Tsytton. Michigan fresh.
m.p; third, Stewart. Time 2:30:l.
220-yard breast stroke-v1on By Skin.
ner. Michigan: second. Sharemet. Michi.
gan: third, DoT, Michigan freshman.
Time A%a:S thew Michigan A-A.v. req
So-yard free style handicap-won b
Rose. Grand Rapids Y.M.c.A.: ssednd.
Pullman. Kronk Athletac Club: third.
vrias, Ann Arbor High school Time $50
\ - yard breast stroke kindergarten By
Idema. Grand Rapids Y.MC.A.; spcena.
KirkpatTick, Michigan frsshmAA: third,
Williams. Michigan. Tine ss.a
.1o.ysrd Tree :tyiEwoa q Welsh.
Mems io.Soot beard Sivine.-won By
Violin, Michigan: second. Marting. Mich
isan; third. Gardner. Wayne. Score l1as
So-yard back stroks TOT wom9-won
By 0ireit LaGerkuist, Detroit Yacht Club;
second, Gloria Noble. Detroit Yacht Club;
third. Betty. Lord. Detroit Yacht Club.
Time 3A7.
So-yard free style for women-won By
Caroline Clayton. Kronk. Athletic Club:
second. Henrietta Menninger. Detroit
Yacht Club; third, Pat sullivan. DETROIT
Yscht Club. Tins 3o.l.
too-yard rslay-Won b. Alehisan Ssn-
tors welsh. 0oobe. Holmes 8aree): Sec
ond. Michigan oophomoroe More, Allen,
West patton). Time 33o:b, New Nichi-
gan A. A. y. record)