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Evening star., 1943-07-31
Wine Truck Turns Over
Blocks RuiIwoy Tracks
~ the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
KEYSVILLE, Va, July 3l-A
truck loaded with wine failed to
negotiate a curve on route 800 and
rolled over on to the Southern Rail-
way tracks here yesterday, blocking
the Richmond-Danvi branch for
about an hour until it could be re-
moved. Blow torches had to be used
to cut it away.
Passenger train No. IL. Richmond
to Charlotte. and eastbound freight
No. 56. were delayed. The truck
driver was uninjured,
Evening star., 1943-07-31
rMAsHNGToN SATURDAY g. 1913
ChennauIt's Flyers
Down 81 Jap Planes
In Week, Lose Five

U. S. 14TH AIR FORCE HEAD
QUARTERS IN CHINA, July 80
Delayed Maj. Gen. Claire Chen
nault, reviewing operations OF the
14th Air Force for the week ending
1T midnight July 2s, said at q press
conference today that 81 enemy
planes were destroyed in the air, 7
on the ground, Al we're probably de-
stroyed In the air and on the
ground and 7 were damaged in the
air.
American losses totaled five planes
destroyed, but four pilots parachuted
to safety. One pilot and his plane
are missing.
Gen. Chennault also said the 14th
Air Force had destroyed during
July seven enemy ships totaling
"a 900 tons and had badly damage
four totaling $4,000 tons All this
had been achieved, he stated, with
only "a tons Of bombs.
This was the most productive
week against hostile aircraft, and
the most productive month against
enemy shipping since the formal ton
of the United States Air Force in
China July 4, 1922" Gen. Chen
nault declared.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20

You don't really believe putting that
rabbits foot in your pocket viii bring
you luek7
most certainly do. 1t brought me
luck only last night, when my wife
felt of it in my pocket and thought it
was a mouse.
Now that baby food is to be rationed,
it is expected there viii be definite
swing back to the original distribution
plan from maker to consumer.
In Washington they're telling this as
a true story:
A young ensign took a directive in to
one of the brass hats. The Admiral
signed it and it was duly posted on
the bulletin board. 1t read;
"All officers wishing to take ad-
vantage of the stenographers in the
pool viii go to Room s01 and show
evidence of their need"
A very dull play was talked of, and
one attempted defense by saying, at
was not Kissed"
'True," said another, "no one can
hiss and yawn at the same time"
An owl, planning to visit his lady
love, put on all his best clothes, but
on coming out of his hole saw that it
was raining hard.
Sadly he exclaimed: "To wet-to-woo."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20
Super-fuels
Result From
New CatalYst

One of the most important in
dustrial changes resulting from the
war will result from improved meth
DDS of refining petroleum, in the
opinion of Frank V. Long, Compton,
Calf, manufacturer of refinery equip
ment and president of Petroleum Re
filming Corporation of Shelby. Mr.. Long
was a visitor in Great Falls enroute to
Shelby to complete arrangements for
shutting down the Shelby plant until
such time as price ceilings on refined
products make possible the operation
of the plant
Mr.. Long revealed that plans had
been drawn for cracking unit for
the Shelby plant but these have been
suspended for the duration. The de-
velopment of catalytic processes is
progressing so rapidly that the post
war refining industry will utilize but
little of present processes, he said.
Every day brings discovery of new
catalytics, he said. Even potato peel
ings have been successfully used as a
eatalytic. These discoveries are largely
responsible for the work stoppage on
butadiene plants throughout the coun-
try Plants based on older methods
have been outmoded even before they
could be constructed Production of
butadiene is being simplified to a
point where existing refining facilities,
with little alteration, can be utilized
to make both aviation gasoline and
butadiene for manufacture of rubber
Newly discovered catalyties pro-
duce gasoline said to increase available
power output of aircraft engines by
from % to 35 per cent and yields of
aviation gasoline can be increased from
10 to 80 per cent. From this better
fuel, fighter planes will gain sub
stantial increase either in maximum
speeds or rate of climb and the greater
lifting power for bombers can mean
an increased load of 2 to tons out of
every 10 tons carried.
In the postwar period, Mr.. Long
believes, automobile engines will be
built to utilize the new super-fueli
now being developed for the military
Mr.. Longs Shelby plant was one Of
the last Montana topping plants t,
suceumb to the malady of price cell
ings and crude shortage. Glenn A
Dies, superintendent, will continue t.
maintain the equipment, meantime en-
gaging in contract work on the Alaskan
highway.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20
Spelling Our Penny Ante Game

of the Sweetgrass Arch. There is no
other fault of which we know with
a known displacement of as much as
go feet, crossing the Sweetgrass
Arch. Any operator who knows the
history of other great oil states
knows the Importance of major
faults, such as the BALCONIES fault. So
far as is known, the Pendroy fault is
the major fault of the Sweetgrass
Arch. Wells drilled on both the high
side and the low side of this fault
have FOUND OIL. True, the oil was
not in commercial quantities, but
with such showings, why should any
one go prospecting in areas where
there is NO showing of oil and where
structural conditions are not deter
mined, as at Pendroy, by both drill
ing and by geOphysical methodist
There are hundred promising
structures WIDE OPEN in Montana
today. Many of them are "dis-
proven" by shallow tests that we
now know reached no possible pro-
ductive horizon. The "natives" know
these facts and fallacies.
We contend that there is no oil
company big enough to deprive the
"shoestring boys" of Montana of all
their opportunities.
There is room for everyone.
There is more money to be made
by everyone if there are more play
ers in the game, especially if there
is @.new money"
Our desire is to see more develop
ment. We think we know that there
are a score or more of major oil
fields to be developed in Montana
and we hope that they will be de-
veloped in our lifetime. This devel-
opment of necessity involves outside
capital, outside talent, geophysical
crews and rotary drilling equipment
which must of necessity come from
the outside.
We hope and believe that these
newcomers win make millions, in adj
dition to providing crude necessary
to win the war. During the great
feast, the "shoestring boys" should
be able to pick up a few of the
crumbs which fall off the table. Nc
matter what happens to the "shOe
string boys,v the program is going
ahead. It is our hope that we car
buy some royalties in the areas to b.
prospected. If oil is found, we hops
that our members viii enjoy mod
est share of the resultant prosperity
To those desiring to buy royaltie
AHEAD OF THE DRILL we win b.
glad to send our current informative
publications. An inquiry entails N
obligation.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20

They are leasing up potential Mon
tana oil lands at a terrific rate. BY
next summer there will be half mil
lion acres under lease, if the present
rate continues. The suggestion of
having 100000 acres of potential oil
land snatched away from them is
perhaps alarming to "native" oil
men, unless they stop to think.
These companies are going in to
develop lands which have been kick
ing around for 90 years, with no
takers. There is no native" oil man
who begrudges the big companies the
$4,000 acres leased up between
Choteau and the Blackfeet Indian
reservation.
There is no "native" oil man who
begrudges the loss of the area be-
tween present east limits of Kelvin
and the Sweetgrsss Hills-supposed-
ly a synelinal area.
Every "native" oil man has had
his chance to get the North Cut
Bank folds-even after the Reagan
pool revealed the likelihood of Madi-
son lime oil on each of these Noses.
r EFT us suppose that the outside
companies take a MILLION
IL acres-there viii still be plenty
left for the natives" We do not
know one native" who would trade
Bannatyne oil field for the entire
leased area between Choteau and the
Blackfeet Indian reservation. Yet
Bannatyne is wide open-a proven
oil field where a 3600-fOot hole will
test the Madison lime, the Devonian,
the Ordovician and possibly the top
of the Cambrian.
We do not know of native" who
would trade Flat Coulee oil field for
the entire area from eastern Kelvin
Sunburst to the Sweetgrass Hills. It
would be stupid trade because Flat
Coulee is proven oil field that
looks like Cut Bank did in 1881. The
proven producing horizon is the Cut
Bank sand, found at the same depth
as at Cut Bank, producing identical
crude. There are no dry holes to dis
courage its development. 1t has the
advantage that it has more evidence
of structure than Cut Bank. Yet Fla
Coulee stands WIDE OPEN -. I
proven oil field in the hands of /;
local company that is without fund
to develop it. There is not one lott
of data, geological or otherwise, tina
indicates anything other than tina
Flat Coulee may be another Gu
Bank-perhaps greater, because tn
lower horizons are known to be oil
bearing in the Sweetgrass Hills
We do not know of "native" VIII
would trade the area of the Pendro
fault for all the undevelOped balanc
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20

~ EFORE there was any oil pro-
r. duction in Kevin-Sunburst there
- was a group of store keepers at
the town Of Sunburst who played
poker nearly every night. There was
"BilP O'Haire, who had the bar,
"Bill" Davis who had the postoffice
and P. R. Gorham who had the store,
and one or two others who whiled
away dull days, playing penny ante.
Their total capital was around three
dollars. That was about all the
"loose" money there was in town dur
ing those drough years following
World War /. But they had lot of
fun, winning that three dollars back
and forth.
Then came a stranger to town who
called himself "geologist." He told
the natives that there was OIL to be
found in that region. The prospect
of a new source of revenue caused
the natives to invite the stranger to
sit in ON the little poker game. The
geologist was lucky-he won THREE
DOLLARS. The game ended. The
geologist left town. The town was
virtually ruined and morale ran low.
The loss of that three dollars from
the community seemed like a major
disaster until the geologist returned
with many others who brought new
money, and these others found oil
and the "natives" were thereafter
too busy to play penny ante.
The story comes back to us now
when we hear complaints from one
or two natives" who fear the com
ing of 'sbig companies" to Montana,
lest they deprive the "shoestring
boys" of the pennies they have been
playing with for the last decade.
T7HE so-called "big companies
which are arriving in Montans
n are amply able to take care OF
themselves and even if they were
not, we could defend them. 1t is
probable that wherever they &c
there is always some individual ready
to heave a brickbat at them, charg
ing that they are predatory inter
ests" and that they are out to erusf
the "shoestring boys"
We have been praying for "neV
talent" in Montana for many years
Montana producers have had to pull
themselves up. by their boot top
ever since 1880. In the past dozel
years there has been no "outside
money in Montana to buy proteetio,
acreage, none to whom producin
properties or even crude oil could b
sold.
There has developed a marke
situation which has caused outsid
companies to come into Montani
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20

Norwegian patriots in a Trondheim
movie palace were astonished to see
propaganda film showing the German
forces giving food to the Norwegian
civil population. For a few minutes
they were too amazed to speak. Then
one of them stood up and cried, "Stopl
You're running the film backwards"
"HOw do you get rid of these awful
coolest"
"That's easy. Take bath in sand
and rub down in alcohol The coolies
get drunk and kill each other throwing
rocks"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20
Oil Men Even
Begin Doubling
The Calender

Sunday is the first day of spring
but the only way Montana oil men
know it is by consulting the calendar.
During the past week it has been
below zero nearly every day in north
Montana oil fields. North Montana oil
men are beginning to grow grOuchy
with "cabin fever" as the longest,
most disagreesble winter of many de-
cades continues.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20

I've got to get rid Of my chauffeur.
He's nearly killed me four times.
Oh, give him another chance
"How do you know she's ladyf"
"Look at the sign on the door she
just came out Of"
Have you anything for grey hair
Nothing, madam, but the greatest re-
spect.
''Your friend Joe seemed to be the
life of the party"
ayes, he was the only one who could
talk louder than the radio"
In the spring young girls fancy.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-20
GOES FOR ALL OF Us

Between 8 and 1919 Of net earnings
Of Pure Oil Co. were expended in
compiling statistics questionnaires and
information asked by various govern
ment authorities, during 1919, accord
ing to the annual report Of Henry N.
Dawes, president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-04
KegIer Wounded At EIks' Foir

Willimantic, Sept. 4.-Hubert J. Kegler, 40, of l4e Windham road, former well known semi-professional baseball player, was fatally wounded when shot through the forehead in the shooting gallery at the open ing of the twenty-fifth annual Elks Country Fair Friday night.
 Kegler, member of Willimantic Lodge of Elks, was attendant in the gallery and had been standing just inside the counter or rack on which rifles, for use of patrons, were laid out. Eye witnesses were quoted as saying that he bent down where he was standing, as if to pick up some- thing, and when he strengthened up was struck by a bullet on the right side of his forehead. The bullet, 1t was reported had been firef from a .22 caliber rifle in the hands of Rexford Santerre, 28, of Gendron Road. Moosup, who was shooting at a target.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-04
FIRST MATCHES CARDED SUNDAY
 SEPTEMBER 26

Harry x. Cashin of 21s woodlawn avenue, the man who drinks nothing but Grade A COW juice, has taken over the presidential reins of the 1e34-44 ss. Peter and Paul mixed bowling league from rollicking Ed die Bergin, the merry mortician who never says die,
 With the duckpin season just around the corner the new proxy hopes to usher in Q banner campaign at the Mattatuck Alleys on East Main street Sunday, September 26, with 8 possible entry of 18 teams. Each team, as in past seasons, will be named after 0 famous Catholic college.
 Miss Jeannette Blake, petie secre- tary to Attorney Frank Healey, has been elected secretary of the popular East End circuit and 1t will be her headache to see to 1t that scores and statistics reach the Democrat sports editor weekly. Dennis Mccarthy will see to 1t that each bowler pays his or her dues in his capacity of treasurer, and also see to 1t enough do-re-mi is left over for the annual banquet at the close of hte season.
 President Cashin is earnestly hop ing many newcomers to the East End will sign up for the matches this year. These spirited yet friendly games mean for fellowship and af- lords new residents of the section to get better acquainted with their neighbors. Registration of new bowlers will be readily accepted at the next meeting of the league, Monday evening, September i3, at 7:30 o'clock in SS. Peter and Paul school basement.
 Members of the by-laws commit tee includes: Al Wiefn, chairman, Edward Bergin, Maurice Donovan, Harold Ashley, Jeanette Blake, Jos- eph Dunn, Mary Candy and Henry Brodeur.
 The entertainment committee comprises Mrs. E. Griffen, chairman, Frank McWeeney, Mrs. John Grady, Edwin White, Betty Cruess, Bart Quilter, Helena Geary, Thomas Me- Givney, Mary Kyle, Ralph Shove, Mrs. Harry x. Cashin, Frank Blum, Mary Warner, Mrs. Altman and Mrs. William Fitzlnaurice.
 Prizes will be taken care of by the following committee: Ralph Blum, chairman, Floyd Lyttle, Mur- iel McDuff, William Warner. Rose mary O'Neil, Mrs. E. A. Post and Dennis Mccarthy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-04
.MusioI Still
 Hitting Hord

New York, Sept. 4.-(UP)-Stan Musial of the st. Louis Cardinals maintained his major league bat ting lead during the last week with 6 $50 average for 128 gaIneg. Luke Appling, veteran Chicago White Sox shortstop, continued his dominance of the American league with .S37.
 The world champion St. Louis Cardinals continued to pace the majors in team hitting with Q mark of .279, and the Detroit Tigers led the junior loop in that department with .264. Club fielding laurels again went to the Cincinnati Reds whose .esl mark tops the major leagues. The last place Philadelphia Athletics were still the best field- ing club in the American league with a .oT5 percentage figure.
 The Pittsburgh Pirates Rip Sewell led the major league hurlerS into the 20 games won circle but Spud Chandler of the New York Yankees with IT games won and only three lost for 6 percentage of $50 paced the major league hurlers.
 The leading hitters:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-04
CIuney-SIovin Match Sept. 5

Semi-finals of the annual Chase Country Club Ladies' Golf Tourna- ment will be held tomorrow after noon on the links atop the South ington Mountain featuring Helen Cluney against Margaret Slavin and Eleanor Kirschberger against Helen Cochard.
 Sundays two winners will vie the following week for the l943 title on the same course.
 Last Sunday Miss Kirchberger won over Mrs. Clarke by default while Mrs. Slavin defeated Martha Bensen, Sand ?, in Q quarter final round encounter. Mrs. Cochard ad- vanced with a 5 and 1 triumph over Mollyee Harris.
 In the beaten eight division last Sunday Wanda Kraft won over Rosemary Smith, and l, while Mary Cronin scored a 4 and 2 vic- tory over Joan Ann Schuster.
 Wanda Kraft will oppose the win ner of the Mary Cronin- Florence Coughlin match in the beaten eight finals tomorrow,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-04
STRAND

Capturing the full violence and suspense of whole town bent on 6 merciless crime. 'The Ox-Bow Incident" now playing at the Strand Theater, is a film of such scope and vigor that 1t will at once be com- pared with the top achievements of the screen.
 The story that thrilled thousands in the novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark carries a shocking sensation like the lash of a whip across ones face as lt comes to life on the screen. The two-fisted action begins when Henry Fonda and his part ner. Henry Morgan. get caught in the swirl of murderous mob fury. seething to . frenzy in the town Of Bridger's Wells.
 4 raneher named Kinkaud has been reported slain. Because sus- pielon is directed at them. Fonda and Morgan join the posse hunt ing for the killeFs~-an undertaking which develops into one Of the most ruthless Fnan-hunls ever to be pic- tured on the screen.
 The action gains in tension. when the poaae apprehenda three ulen enmefiled in clEcnnislanklai evl- eenee and screams for 'iFnch" Justice on lAe 41Qk Although eaanls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-04
NATIONAL GRID
 LOOP HARD HIT !.
 BY REDUCTIONS
By JACK CUDDY

(Unfted Press Stan C0rreSpOndent)
 New York, Sept. 4-(UP)--The National Football league, beset by "raiding" colleges and draft boards, takes to the gridiron tomorrow for two exhibition games: Chicago Bears vs. New York at Buffalo, N. Y.; and Green Bay vs. Washington at Baltimore, Md.
 These exhibitions--to be followed by i've others-unofic ficially launch the 1943 pro pigskin campaign, ale though Washington was beaten by the College All-stars Aug. 20 and the championship opens Sept. lo.
 Readying for the season, the league (reduced from 10 to eight clubs) received a hearty go-ahead from administration officials at Washington and went into training two weeks ago, hopeful of @ pros- porous program. The schedule was reduced from II to 10 games; the player limit was pared from 36 to 2S, and prospective travel was cut 47 per cent, or about 1,06S,000 pas- sengers miles. The vista was rosy.
 Since then, however, every team has been assailed by draft boards, which apparently are out of sym pathy with the administrators of- the-record appraisal of pro football as a valuable stimulant to civilian morale.
 Additional annoyance came from certain Big Ten universities which put reverse English on the proselyt- ing racket. They recently tried to hire stars away from the league, not as coaches, but as players. For ex- ample, one member of the Green Bay Packers was offered $50 Q week If he would return to college to get his masters degree and represent that August institution of learning on the gridiron.
 Now that wartime revocations have let the bars down. almost any, one can play on Q college varsity. This puts the cleat on a different foot than in the days before colleges had working agreements with or. ganized professional sports. In those days ivy clustered professors screamed distraughtly every time a ball club induced an athlete to leave the campus before graduation.
 Tn addition to these attempted raids on players, we learn that the Big Ten Conference has been trying to wean away some of the National League field oftlcials. A pretty pot of piscatorial viands, indeed.
 But the pros can take 1t; they aren't squawking-much. They are preparing Q salubrious menu of grid- iron fare for the public-a menu that should be appreciated highly, in view of the uncertain fodder now simmering on college gridirons.
 The league carries on with eight of 10 clubs, following Cleveland's withdrawal for the duration and the merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers into one outfit-the Phil-Pitt Eagles. The other clubs are Washington, defend- ing champion; Chicago Bears, Chi cago Cardinals, Green Bay, De- troit, Brooklyn and New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-04
Dodgers Win Seventh In Row As Wyatt Conquers Giants

Giants losing streak to five; Whit Wyatt's pitching streak to six vic- tories, and Bill Hermans batting streak to IA games.
 Tn the only other National League game scheduled the St. Louis Card inals came from behind to defeat the second place Cincinnati Reds, 5-4, in @ night contest. Trailing 40 going Into the seventh, the cham pions jumped on Johnny Wander Nicer for two runs in that frame and three more in the ninth to increase their lead to l3 Ia games. Harry Brecheen, the third Cardinal pitcher, received credit for the victory.
 In the American League the New York Yankees defeated the Wash ington Senators, 4-o, behind the five-hit pitching of Hank Borowy. Bud Metheny and Bill Johnson, two rockies, paced the Tanks attack Metheny with 6 triple and home run and Johnson with @ pair of singles that drove in three tallies.
 The Detroit Tigers won their fifth straight game from the St. Louis Browns when Pinky Higgins hom- cred with two men on in the ninth inning to break @ 5.5 tie and end the game, 8-6. Hal White was the winning pitcher, Al Hollingsworth the loser.
 The Philadelphia Athletics won their second game in their last 25 contests by defeating the Boston Red SoX, 5-4. Orie Arntzen received credit for the "A's" chanbe of pace, though he needed Russ Chr1sto- pher's help in the seventh inning, when Boston scored three times.