davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-03-14

Completion data on the NO. fol
lows: Finch cemented at 2878; Sun
burst sand, 1892 2250, with showing O
oil: upper Cut Bank, 2785-29l4i lowel
Cut Bank, main pay, 2914-2920; Ellis
1920; total depth, 1921. Fluid level COX
feet before shot. It was shot with sc
quarts Of nitro glycerin and thereafter
swabbed 80 barrels in "a hours.
This was the only completion Of the
week IN Cut Bank although several
wells are getting ready to drill In. One
new location was announced:
William HanIOn- Tribal 1913 No. 2, SW
NW3 NE3 3O-32-5W, rig up. This is
an approved" well If the pattern
adopted by the OPC accepts the Tribal
pool as a separate field from the main
Cut Bank field. This well Is 330-foot
location, $50 feet south Of the north
line and 2310 feet west Of the east line.
Mckenzie Tribal No. /, located 1850
feet south of the north line and $50
feet east Of the west line Of Section
2o-32-5W, not conforming to the pat
tern. is shut down at 46O, the top Of
the Colorado, awaiting approval from
the OPC.
Castle-Pardee- Tribal 1913 No. 2, SW
NW4 Nwa SO-32-5W, drilling, 1900.
Francis OiI-TribaI POI No. 2, Sc SEA
NEs 30-32-5w, which swabbed IS bar
rels In the first "a hours, averaged 20
barrels during the first 10 days.
Francis OiI-Tribal 1877 NO. 3, NV
SWa NW4 30-32-5W, is now swabbing
1855 barrels after shooting with 60
quarts of nitro giycerin.
Glacier Production-T hayer No. 2, @,
SWa NE4 28-33-5W, drilling, 2710.
Glacier Production Bonnet No. 10,
@. Lot 2, Sec. 4-32-5W. has 7-inch cas-
ing set at 2975, ready to drill IN.
indian OiI-Reichoff No. 2, Lot 10,
Sec. 3-34-6w, averaged Al barrels dur
ing the first 10 days on production.
A. KatIey-Agt. -Mats0n No. /, Lot 2,
Sec. I5-34-6W, is drilling into the Cut
Bank sand at 1928 feet with showing
Of OIL
Par OiI-TribaI 204 No. 2, NV corner
Lot 3, Sec. 13-32-6W, fishing, 2640.
Santa Rita-Klein No. 2, @ NE3 NWz
II -32-5W, drilling, 780.
Santa Tribal No. IL, CIVIL SW3
Continued on Page Four)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-03-14

In the senate by Senator OMahoney
Of Wyoming for Senator Hatch Of
New Mexico. 1t gives lessees and hold
ers Of oil and gas leases granted under
the act Of Aug. 81, 1885 (48 Stat. 674)
preference rights.
Such measure is not only equitable
but win serve to encourage maximum
exploration and development for oil
and gas on public lands, the reSolu-
ton recites.
A letter was sent by President B. B.
Brooks to Senator Schwartz urging
that the present percentage depletion
Of 27a percent be continued.
CAS- you know. the discovery of new
pools for oil and gas In the Rocky
Mountain region is increasingly diff
cult and increasingly expensive" says
the letter. VERY much time and money
must be expended In geophysical ex-
Continued ON Page Fourl
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U. S. Engineers Say They Can
Not See Running Wolf IRON Ore;
And Owners Know They Can't

determined effort to prevent exploitation Of the Running Vol iron
trust but into official WASHINGTON has become apparent in recent months
conclusion Of mining who letter received
0 The al Washington.
which accessible
the mountains in which
a
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Trapped Mine
Mule Is Rescued
After Nine DGus

BOULDER-Hungry but unpertnbed
old Ted-imprlsoned mine mule-was
brought to the surface by weary miners
who had labored for nine days to
reach the underground coal mine tun-
mel In which the animal was trapped
by rocksIde.
J. w. Robertson, superintendent Of
the Crackerjack mine In which old
Ted has been hauling coal cars for
many years, said the mule was 'the
only unexcited thing around" when
rescuers finally reached him.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-03-14
Crushed TO Death
In Lead Nine

Robert Emmett Bailey, Is. was
crushed to death between an ore car
and an ore chute at the Block T mine
Of st. Joseph Lead at Hughesville.
This Is the first fatal accident since
resumption Of work In the famous old
lead camp south Of Great Falls.
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RAA index

AS shown by these figures, the index
for gasoline demand has increased %
points over last year while the index
for crude oil production has moved up
II points to supply this demand. The
increase in gasoline stocks Is about
equal to the increased demand while
crude stocks are somewhat lower than
last year. Prices remain at approx
mately the same level that they have
held for the past nine months.
During the coming months it win
be interesting to observe the effects
Of changing war conditions on this
IPAA index.
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Fourth Try Brings Good
Well On Milestone Farm

Whet
in
S A.
Of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-03-14
Association Asks Preference
Rights On Renewal Of Leases
On u. S. Oil and Gas Lands

expiration OF the first nveyear term existing
resolution
Mountain association In meeting here Tuesday.
introduced Robinson
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-03-14

supply the increased demand without
waste unless important new discover
les are made in the near future A
shortage of supplies and materials may
hamper the industry in supplying the
demand. Decreased output of rubber
for tires and of automobiles them
selves may cause a decline in demand.
Difficulties in transportation, partic-
ularly to the East Coast area, may re-
suit in forced restriction of demand
In the near future.
Despite the confused supply and de-
mand situation, the industry's oper-
atoms during February Of this year
showed little signs Of curtaiIment or
restriction. The IPAA index for Feb
ruary shown in the accompanying
chart proves that the industry con-
tinued to operate at high levels under
the stimulus of the war effort. The
figures on which this index is based
for February and the corresponding
month Of the previous year are as fol-
lows:
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BGsed on dotu from U. S. Bureau Of
Mines. American Petroleum Institute.
and N0tionol Petroleum News. Seq
sonol adjustment for MOTOR fuel de.
mond and stocks. Current month data
0s follows; stocks end prices. begin
ming Of month: crude oil production.
average 4 weeks ending middle Of
month: motor fuel dem0nd. estimaIsd
COR month.
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'PUNCH-IN-NOSE'
THREAT IS FATAL
Major Hammett Of Home
Guard Wounded, Major
WenStrOn Is Dead.

Santa Barbara, Cal, April g.
CUP)-Maj. Duell Hammett of the
California Home Guard, accepted
the challenge CT Maj. William H.
Wenstrom, retired army officer ito
come over to my house and tell me
that to my face."
The ensuing argument last night
over administration of Home Guard
affairs developed into gun fight.
WenStrom, 43, was killed, Hammett
was wounded and WenStrom'S wife
was injured critically by stray bull
let.
Hammett, a prominent figure\ in
Southern California society, had OBJ
jected to q letter written by Wen
strom and published by the Santa
Barbara NewS-Press. The letter
criticized Hammett's administration
Of the Santa Barbara Home Guard
unit, from which Wenstrom had re-
signed.
The newspaper said Wenstrom
had called shortly before the shoot
ing to report that Hammett had
told him to stop criticizing the
guard.
IT told him to come over to my
house and tell me that to my face
and I'd punch him in the nose
Wenstrom told the newspaper.
Police said Hammett accepted the
(Contlnued on Page A.
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Fort Dix, N. J.. April Sup
Military authorities invoked a board
of inquiry today to investigate a
battle between negro soldiers and
white military policemen last night
in which three soldiers were killed
and five were wounded.
The battle occurred across the
narrow street which divides the
Fort Dix military reservation from
the adjoining town of Pointsville.
The negro soldiers were firing from
their barracks ON one side Of the
street; the white military police
men from business houses and the
sidewalk on the Pointsville side.
The dead were Private Mamie w.
Strouth, Honey Camp. Va. q mill
tary policeman, Private Isaac w.
Brown, Henderson, Tenn, negro,
and Corporal w. E. Hall, negro.
The wounded, all negroes. were:
Private John L. Robinson, Corporal
Hammond r. Millotte. Private Pink
ley Re- Private II n. Martin,
Gyss. Private Ryarf
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Weber. None was in a serious
condition.
Private Robinson was not involv-
ed in the battle. He was taking a
shower in the barracks and stray
bullet hit him.
Pay day was Tuesday for the
negro troops: therefore, officers said
not many were in the barracks as
early as 8 p. m.
But many were lined up in Wall
dron's Sports Palace, billiard par
lor, restaurant, and bar across the
street, in PointSville, waiting to use
the public telephone. There were
both white and negro troops in the
line. There was a dispute in the
line; angry voices rose. A military
policeman. believed to have been
Etrcuth, tried to quell the disturb
ance. Soon he was involved IN q
verbal alteration with one Of the
negroes.
The negro soldier, Major Aage
Woldika, pest pubic relations OH
~ sd nueed fog the military
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SAILOR PLAYS TAG
WITH N. Y. POLICE
Firemen Get Into Game on
Giant Electric Sign on
Broadway

New York, April 3-CJP)-Maybe
sailor Joe Debrowski of the navy
was sick of the land and .yearning
for the rigging, Police thought he
had done too much celebrating.
He slipped away from five COM
panions in a dance hall early to-
day and scurried up the lattice
work of a giant electric sin, two
stories above Broadway. When Joe
reached the top, he lighted a Gig
arctic, folded his arms and grim
ned down at the gathering audience.
His five friends were attracted
by the cat-calls and cheers of the
crowd that numbered more than
1000. They went up after him. Joe
came down. When they came down
he went up, and when they went
outside the lattice-work, Joe
scrambled inside.
This went on until a squad OF
police arrived, and then Joe's aero
battles became more daring. He led
sailors and police all over the sign
until all but Joe were exhausted.
The police summoned a fire truck
1t ran up a 65-foot ladder. Joe
didn't wait for the ladder to reach
him. When it was FIVE fet away, re
sailed into the air, screeching like
Tarzan, and grabbed the top rung
The firemen hauled him in and
police took him away in station
wagon.
They left him sitting in a cell
waitin to explain to an officer from
his ship.
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Negro Soldiers In Fatal Battle With
White Military Police At Fort Dix

policemans pistol, ripping the hol-
ster. He failed to get the pistol.
The negro, ran then, Woldike said,
with the military policeman in pur-
suit. Outside, the policeman saw
he couldn't overtake the negro and
fired one shot over his head, shout
ing for him to halt.
"This brought forth a fusillade Of
shots from the barracks across the
road" Woldike said.
The negroes firing from within
the barracks were presumed by Of
ficers to have been using their
service rifles which troops take into
barracks with them. The soldiers
were at target practice yesterday
Major Woldike said, and, though It
Is strictly prohibited, he presumed
that some had retained few
rounds Of ammunition.
The military p0liserlen are apl1ip-
ped With riot guns saMed-oR siaot-
guns ard the nature ct tie wounds
Of tie wounded naen Indicated that
they we're mostly III " these
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-03
Mine, Mill, Smelter
Board In Statement
Three Representatives of International Union Say
They Are Here to Survey Organization
Status in City

A three man board of the Inter-
national Union of Mine, Mill &
Smelter Workers today issued a
statement saying that 1t was in Wa
terbury to survey the "organiza-
tional status" and to assists in pre-
pairing for Forthcoming labor cleo
tons at the Scovill Mfg. Co., ano
the Chase Brass g. Copper Co. The
statement made no reference to a
quotation attributed to Reid Robin
son, international president of the
union, that the group was here 'in-
vestigating routine matters of local
union"
Pressed for more specific informa-
ton on the purpose of their visit
the board members would only say
that a further statement, to be is
sued later, would clarity the situa-
ton.
Comprising Board
On the three-man board are Mar
win Edwards, of Deepwater, Mo.
William Mason, of Butte, Mont, and
Angelo Verdi, of East st. Louis, I'll
All three are members of the Inter-
national Executive board.
1t is reported that the trio has
been in Waterbury for more than
a week. Lengthy consultations have
been held with John j. Driscoll
executive secretary of the Water
bury Brass Workers Union and Don
Harris, director of the Brass Work
ers Organizing Committee.
The mystery with which the
Continued on Page q
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Four sons and a daughter of the
late William 8. Jones, prominent
local clothing merchant for genera
lions, are named principal benefi-
Charles in his will, which Judge Pat
rick Healey today admitted to pro-
bate. Each will receive one-fifth
Of the residue Of the estate.
Mr.. Jones, president Of the Jones,
Morgan Co, Inc. died March IS, at
the age Of SO, at his home on South
street, Middlebury. He had not been
active In business for several years.
Sharing the estate win be Mrs.
Marguerite z. VoIlmayer. William
H. Jones, Samuel J.. Jones. Edwin
r. Jores and Or. Oswald r. Jones
OF New York city.
The win provides beQuest o.
AZ 500 COR Asr Jones' sister. Margaret
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Lenten Season Is Fast
Approaching Climax
Catholics, PrOtestants Observed Good Friday With
Appropriate Services; Factories Busy,
Stores Are ThrOnged

The end Of the penitential Lenten
season was rapidly approaching to-
day as Waterbury's Catholics and
Protestants observed Good Friday,
marking the anniversary Of the Cru
cifixion. Lent will end at noon to-
morrow, and on Sunday the Chris
tan world will celebrate the Resur-
rection in joyous Easter ceremonies.
The threat offered to America
by the Axis powers kept waterbury
factories operating as usual to pro-
duce war weapons. Stores were also
open as usual, but state offices,
public buildings and courts were
closed for the day.
In the city hall the only offices
open we're those of Mayor Vincent
A. ,Scully and of the four Selecttve
Service boards. The county court
house was closed, but city court held
a regular session. All liquor estab-
nshments were closed, sale Of liquor
being forbidden today.
Good Friday ObserVances
The Good Friday observance to-
day followed celebration Of Holy
Thursday yesterday. Special services
were held in Catholic and Protest.
ant churches.
In Catholic churches this morning,
the Mass Of the Presanctified was
celebrated. The Mass was followed
by veneration Of the Cross. Three
Hour services concentrating
Continued on Page ~
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COX HEARING IS
OVER TO TUESDAY
Lawyers Still Talking
About Sensational Story
By Inspector Brown

Hartford, Conn, April 3-(UP)--
The removal hearing of suspended
State Highway Commissioner Will
liam j. Cox was in adjournment to-
day until next Tuesday after an OBJ
vious attempt by defense counsel
to keep the name Of acting highway
commissioner Frank Upman, Jr., in
the forefront of the trial.
Testimony still was being pre-
sented on the Gammino Construc-
ton Company's building of two
small bridges at Ledyard when the
hearing recessed over the holiday
There will be no Monday and Fri
day hearings next week.
Chief defense lawyer Joseph F
Berry brought out in cross-exam-
ming Roland D. Brown, Junior high
Continued on Page a
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The official China daily news as
well as Chinese leaders today called
for an Immediate solution" of the
India problem because of the grave
Japanese threat to all of Burma as
well as to India herself
(The German radio reported from
Bangkok that GeneraliSsimo Chang
Kai-Shek had sent a personal mes
sage to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
of the all-India congress, indicat-
ing that the Chinese leader who
recently visited India was interven-
ing in an effort to aid in bringing
about a solution.)
The China Times, streSsing the
Importance Of India In the present
acute state Of the war, said that
India stands as a barrier against d
Junction Of Gernlany,s armed forces
striking eastward in Russia and the
Japanese who already are IN control
of southern Burma and the Bay of
Bengal of the Indian coasts.
India Serves China
India also serves China by pro-
viding ports of entry for vital war
supplies and materials, it was point
ed out.
Therefore the British insistence
on the defense issue "a British Of
ficer in charge of midas defense)
is based on realistic considerations
Continued on Page ~
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CASUALTIES IN
ENGL and were
BELIEVED BIG
At Least One Great South
east Coast Town Suf-
fered Heavily
NAZTS FEAR FLEET
INVASION ATTACK
British BOmbers Also Were
Busy in Furious Night
Attacks
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS

NOHhSCW EESsS EUNUASH EWASvAp
One of the biggest night
bombing forces that Ger
many has sent over the east
ern England front hammered
at ports Berlin said they
were Dover and Portland)
last night, apparently in
flicting considerable damage
and casualties Dispatches
from London said the pattern
OF these raids indicated that the
Nad bombers were attempting to
strike at the bases of British Com
mando invasion units In an effort
to break up expected new raids on
the German held coast of Europe.
The possibility OF full-scale
United Nations invasion Of Europe
to open a new front this summer
sim seemed comparatively Remote
but the Nad air attacks were re-
garded as proof Of the effectiveness
OF British stabs against the con-
tinent, designed to harass the Ger
mans and force Hitler to keep strong
air and land forces in the west.
In addition, the British continued
their own strong air attacks on Nazi
industrial centers in Europe, report
ing that the Raj attack on the big
Matford auto truck works near Paris
the second most vital target" in
that region--had been most success
full.
The Matford industrial center has
been made useless" to the Germans
for months to come as result Of
the British attack, 1t was asserted
Continued on Page. A.
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Four Sons, Daughter of VIM.
S. Jones Are Beneficiaries

Jones Kilduff Of Long Island City,
N. Y. Each of six grandchildren
viii receive a bequest Of $500.
The five children are left a be-
quest Of $4,000 each, and are to
share the remainder Of the estate
after the other legacies have been
paid.
AS drawn, the will provides for
the establishment Of trust fund
for Mr.. Jones wife, with the prin-
cipal to be shared by the children
after her death. However, she died
about seven years ago and an alter
nate provision, giving each of the
i've children an equal share of the
residue becomes operative
The win was drawn Eeb. l, 1885.
william III Jones and the Citizens
3 Manufaes ters National Bank are
tie executors.
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Figure This Out In
Your Leisure Time

Portsmouth, N. H.,
April 3. (UP) - A
Portsmouth re 81 d ent
earned $3.50 in 1941 but
expects the federal gov
ernment's income tax
division to pay him
$4.4O. Here's how he fig
lared ,its
Fa m lily exemption
$500, dependents $500,
balance $50, surtax on
this amount, So.
Then he took an
earned income credit of
$235, subtracted his $50
balance to get an 'excess
earned income credit" of
$1S5. he then took A per
cent of $1S5, of $7.4O,
and subtracted the So
surtax from it.
This, he thought, made
the government owe him
$4.40.
But Income Tax Bu-
reau Chief Farnum C.
Stevens says this ''math-
ematical genius" better
not start spending the
money because he won't
get it-and furthermore,
he'll have to pay the gov
eminent the So surtax.
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PLENTY SHOES TO
FILL 1912 NEEDS

Boston, April 3-(UP)-Civilians
win have enough shoes for all 1912
needs despite the three or four-fold
expansion Of the army and navy
shoe buying program over 1871,
Executive Secretary Maxwell Field
OF the New England Shoe and
Leather association. said today.
In q statement, Field said 1S4l
production OF 500,0O0,O00 pairs ci
shoes was approximately 100000 00C
pairs more than the 1910 total. Lat
est figures from tanners sources
Field said, indicate that there is q
six to seyen-month supply Of hides
and feathers IN plants and process
equal 10 the l9s9-l041 average.
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FIVE FLYERS OF
ARMY ARE KILLED
Two Officers Were Among
Victims; Plane Crashed
in West Greenwich, R. |.

West Greenwich, r. T., April g.
(UP)-Five army flyers including
two officers were killed today when
a medium bomber on a routine
flight crashed, exploded and burned
in woods on Hopkins Hill.
A spokesman for the First Corps
Area at Boston said the charred
bodies removed from the wreckage
had not been identified, but that a
casualty list would be announced
later In the day.
He said that the bomber, which
was reported overdue at Westover
fNnvakiVS,ad ~ pano Cl
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RUSSIA REPORTS
MANY NAZI DEAD
Claim $4,000 More Ger
mans Have Lost Their
Lives Against SOviets
BY WILLIAM r. DOWNS
United Press STAFF COrrespondent


London, April 8 - (U.P) - Rus
sian communicates reported today
the killing of at least 24,248 more
Germans, and indicated that battles
were mounting in ferocity as the
enemy threw additional men, tanks
and planes into counter-attacks.
A special communique late last
night said 10000 Germans were
killed on the Leningrad front from
March 20 to March 81, and 10000
were killed on the. Kalinin front,
northwest of Moscow, from March
81 to April /.
The regular communique last
midnight, covering more recent cp-
erations, asserted a rifle unit on the
central front had dislodged the Ger
mans from a community and killed
(ContinuAd on Pare ~