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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-30
Northwest Kelvin
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in its No. 2 well, on block of fed
eral leases taken over from j.
Bland Catlett Location is NE NV
SW 9-35N-3W. If this well gets oil
il will be the signal for widespread
drilling in vast area hitherto viz
tually neglected.
Another completion of the week
was on the rimrock above Kelvin,
several miles west of the PrevOl &
Shay well. This was c. N. Wrighter
Trustee-AutZ No. 4, NE SW NV
lS-35N-3W. II got the top of the
Madison at 2445, drilled to 2455, had
/. 500 feet of fluid in the hole, and is
being placed on pump for test.
Only one new location was an
nounced during the week. The full
field report:
III. AGEN-KRAUsE NO. -
NE Sc Sc 9-35N-3W
Spudded 8-20-44; drilling, $40.
COBB-HARDROCK-CF 0s464s NO. s.
G NV NV SW 18-35-3W
Spudded 9-5-44; repairs 1l45.
A. r. CRUMLEY & sONs-LARsON NO. A.
NV SW SW 17-35N-2W
Spudded 9-16-44; drilling, $50.
CUT BANK REFINTNG-GF OS4ztT NO. s.
G NV Sc NV 1s-35-3W
Spudded e-6-44; drilling 1860.
cuff BANK REFINING-GF OS421T NO. g.
SW Sc NV 1S-35-3W
Rig up. (FTRST REPoRT)
DAKoTA.MoNTANA-GF 0S2o9s NO. 27-
CEh NE NV 19-35-1W
Spudded 9-4-44; drilling, 1880
DEIORAINE-McKEE NO. s.
NV SW 7-35N-1W
Spudded 9-24-44; drilling, 40.
DONOVAN & FAUQUE-GF O52fS6 NO. II
Studded sfe44 Est. bbls. ALAG grav-
Ity oil in Burwash sand 1010-1030. Drill
ing 1855.
ENFIELD OIL CO..GRAss NO. -
Sc SW Sc 17-35-1W
Spudded 9-4-44; pipe set, 1918.
HANNAH-PORTER-sTAT NO. T.
c NE Sc NV 21-32N-1W
Spudded 9-2044; drilling, 45O.
PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CORP.-GF 0SSs4S
sW Sc Sc 4-35N-3w
Rig up.
PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CORP.-GF Osss4s
Ne NV sw s-s5N-3w
Spudded 9-21-44 drilling, 675.
c. T. OTEN-GF Oss2as NO. s.
c SW SW Sc 2-35N-2W
Spudded 9-16-44; drilling, 1850.
PILOT PROD. OIL CO.ABELL NO. s.
SW NV SW 35-35N-2W
Spudded S-6-44; repairs, 100.
PBEvOL q sHAY-GF 0ss247 UNIT 1 NO
cNw sw sw 1o-S5N-3w
Spudded s-26-44. COMPLETED 9-21-44.
I'd 1892 Showed ] Dbl per hr. from
EN- 1881. Acidized and testing.
C. N, WRIGHTER, TRUSTEE-AUTZ NO. 4
NE SW NV 1S-35N-3W
Spudded S-12-44. COMPLETION 9-23-44.
It'd, PASS EN-, 2445. 1900 fl. fluid. To
pump.
TExACO-D. X. BRUINS NO. IT.
NE NV Sc 10-35-2W
Spudded 9-9-44 drilling, 1895.
TExACOLIND NO. IL
c NV NE NV 11-35N-2W
Spudded 9-13-44; drilling, S75.
TExACO-SWAYZE NO. T.
NV NV SW 35-36N-2W
Spudded 9-13-44; drilling, 1915.
TEXACO-R. X. WEST NO. 4
NE Sc Sc 33-36N-2W
Spudded s-22-44. COMPLETION 9-17-44.
I'd, 1887. EN-, 1886. 1877 it. water in
4 hrs. P.B., 1851. Shot so OTIS. in Sun
burst sand, 1550-61. Pumped % bbls.
first "a hrs, bbls. next "a hrs.
HENRY VANDERPAS-PUTNAM NO. ga
c NE SW Sc 31-35N-1W
Location.
L. j. YEALEY-SHAW NO. 49,
Sc Sc NV 35-36N-2W
Spudded 1904; drilling, 160.
Want war workers who will work
anywhere. United States Employ
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-30

Want war workers who will work
anywhere. United States Employ
ment service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Rebels Capture
 Ends Revolution

Bogota, Colombia, July l2-(UP) President Alfonso Lopez resumed power in Colombia today after re- bellious army officers, who had kid- naped him and several other high officials, were captured while att tempting to flee towards Ecuador.
 The leaders of the revolt, Col. Diogenes Gil and Maj. Paz Figueroa were seized in an automobile last night in the small frontier town of Tuquerres and personally surround. cred to the president.
 All rebel leaders will be brought to trial before a military court, under martial law now existing in Colombia. There is no death pen- alty in the nation, however. under any circumstances.
 Lopez, who was Kidnapped while reviewing maneuvers at Paste Monday, was not harmed by his captors and was expected to fly back to Bogota today, where a large popular demonstration was being planned to welcome him.
 With the liberation of Lopez, Labor Minister Adan Arriaga and members of the Superior War Col- lege staff, all of whom were hd- mapped with him, Inter Minister AL berto Lieras Camargo announced that normalcy had been restored throughout the nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
COP. Leader Scores Presidents Use OF Title C0n1n1ander-ln-Chief

Albany, N. Y, July 12-(UP)- Republican National Chairman Her. bert Brownell, Jr.. after confer ence with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, attacked President Roosevelt today for using his title as commander in-chief for political purposes.
 MT. Roosevelt is the first of 32 presidents of the Unitetd States to claim that the title of comman- der-in-chief makes him soldier and to use that title as 8 preteXt to perpetuate himself in political office" Brownell said. "On Nov. 4, 1940, MT. Roosevelt made this statement: You will have a new president in 1944' when he said that he was right"
 Brownell said he read his state ment to Dewey at the breakfast table and the governor had no com- ment.
 The new Republican chairman read the statement to newspaper men at a press conference follow ing an overnight visit with Dewey.
 The presidents statement refer red to by Brownell was said to have been made the day before the 1940 election in an address to his Duchess county neighbors.
 Brownell said it was "too early" to discuss details of Deweys cam paign for the presidency but news men learned that the basic strategy will be to carry the 26 states which now have Republican governors.
 Should be Dewey-Bricker ticket carry the states now under Repub- lican control, a COP victory in No- vember would be assured. There are well over 300 electoral votes in the so-called Republican states, with 266 necessary for election.
 The Republican National com mittee, it was understood, will seek to coordinate the activities of the various party organizations set up in those states.
 Brownell's only comment on DeWey's campaign plans was that several requests for personal ap- pearances had been made, espec- ially for Republican leaders in the midwest.
 Asked concerning the partys fl- nances, Brownell said he understood there was a substantial sum" left after the Republican National con- vention at Chicago, one of the most economical conventions ever held.
 How much do you intend to spend during the campaign?" re- porter asked.
 "The lowest amount will be $l and the maximum amount $3,000,000 the amount permitted by law" Brow nell replied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
War Production Chieftain, Serpice Chiefs End Dispute

squabble developed, provided these dates for the start of various parts of the program:
 July l5-Order lifting some of the present restriction on the use Of aluminium and magnesium,
 July 22-Order permitting manu- fracture of a minimum number of models for experimental purpose.
 July 29-Order permitting re- quests for certi9n incahine tools and equipment.
 Aug. l5-Order permitting man. ufaeturers "who have facilities anG nanpoWer not needed for the war effort and where material is avail able" O secure permission Of WIPE field officials to produce civilian ar- ticles, production of which now is arohibited
 WIPE Executive Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson, who announced the staggered schedule of reconVer- sion orders, said that Nelson con- cured with the plan,
 Wilson pointed out that the schedule was arranged to give the War MOnpOwer Commission time to perfect its organization and ad- ninistratiye controls and to give in- dustFy time to prepare for the grad- ual change without jeopardizins war production schedules,
 The plan virtually is the same as Nelson's original proposals except for the delay in the time schedule
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
By FRED ". PARKER
Limited Press staff COrrespOnder

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, July i2-(UP)-War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson was regarded as the winner today in his dispute with the armed forces over his plans for prompt start in limited reconyersion of industry.
 The differences, which had gone as high as the White House, were settled late yesterday at a meeting between WIPE officials and repre- sentatiyes of the Army, Navy and Maritime and War Manpower Com missions. Nelson emerged with yir- tually all his original proposals, al- though the military won delays, none of any great length. in the ef- fectiye date for some of the pro- visions.
 Nelson originally had planned to put into on July program to per init recOnyersion in areas where manpower was available and on products for which materials were not scarce, It was delayed by his illness, from which he still is con- Valescing, In the meantime the military high command developed strong objections on grounds the program would jeopardize war pro duction.
 The final settlement, worked out just 24 hours after War MobllIza. ton Director James '. Byrnes had said he would step in k . protFActea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Choice or Cigarettes
 To Be Restricted Soon

other brands.
 Faced by ever mounting demands for the armed forces overseas and in service branches in this coun- try, cigarette manufacturers al- ready have dipped heavily into their leaf reserves and are using cigar cite leaf much faster than 1t is being replaced by growers.
 Manufacturers leaf inventories are low, more severely for cigarette leaf, but also for cigar leaf. One reason is that tobacco Is the only agriculture crop under acreage and marketing quota control, and last years plantings totaled only i,44e.. 300 acres, compared to the i93S- i042 average of I.534.03O acres, This year. however, the War Food Ad- ministgation allowed . 20 per cent increase in tobacco area, and early indications place the seasons plant- ings ct i,Ti6. 500 acres.
 The outlook for future civilian supply Q cigarettes hinges largely on this years tobacco crop. which looked gloomy during the rainy spring season, but has shown such A great improvement since June that growers expectations are high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Jops Launch New Assault

Chungking. July i2.-(UP)-Jap- anese forces in desperate assault climaxing a two-weeks old siege against the Chinese stronghold of Hengyang on the Canton-H -Hankow railway in Human province have launched a general onslaught sup- ported by aerial and artillery bom- bardment and gas attacks, a Chi nese army communique reported to- day.
 The communique said Chinese of- ficers and men in the embattled city were seriously affected by the gas and that many fainted but that others "brayed the dangers and held the enemy at bay"
 Two enemy units south of Leiyang were destroyed. the Chinese com- munique said. At Liling. previously taken by the Chinese. the enemy again broke into the city and street fighting was proceeding, the war bulletin said.
 On the Kwangtung front. an en- eniy column driving northeast of Tsingyup, 43 miles northwest of Canton. was reported to nave reach- ed the Lien river. where 1t was en- gagged by Chinese troops.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
15L|VES LOST
 IN CAMP, ARMY PLANE TRAGEDY

South Portland, Me, July 12. = The death toll climbed to IS early today while nine other persons fought for their lives after a flaming Army plane crashed into a congested trailer camp and turned 20 of the tinder-like homes on wheels into blazing pyres.
 Eleven blackened and twisted bodies-eight adults and three chil- dren-were dug from the smoking debris after a veritable cloudburst squalched the flames that came when the plane crashed late yester- day, bowled its way through the war workers village of 400 trailers and sprayed wide area with bla2- ing gasoline.
 Four persons-three of them chil- dren-died at 8 hospital last night or early today.
 Thirteen others were being given emergency treatment with blood plasma and sulfa drugs but nine were in such desperate straits that hospital attaches dispaired of their lives.
 Identification of a sort had been made of only eight of the victims. These were:
 Lieutenant Philip Russell of South Portland, pilot of the plane.
 Sergeant w. Mifflin, the planes other occupant.
 Gordon Gorham, 40.
 Edward Alfred Gerrish of Orono.
 Mrs. Hazel Little, about 40, mother of the two little children.
 Three children, George Robert son, James Little, Nancy Little
 The remaining bodies were at morgues awaiting identification.
 Most of the victims of the tragedy sustained burns. But an elderly wo- man and a child identified as Jackie Jordan were hospitalized with fractures incurred in a man. Ier yet to be determined. The boys HAAS4kt Weo UAlC AAAVAC oCAAVAo hAsA A~SS last night he was operated on for a skull fracture and brain concussion. Physicians said his condition was critical.
 Cause of the crash was being in- vestigated by both army and civilian authorities. They learned that the plane travelled north from Barksdale Field, La., early yesterday, stopped at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks, Conn, for fuel and proceeded to the Portland airport where It. Russell's wife waited with their 3 n1onth-old son who had been brought to see Daddy" land. His plane failed to reach the port.
 A fog was rolling in as It. Rus- sell approached the field at roof top level and the ground crew or
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
REDS DRIVE TOWARD REICH
 ALARMS NAYS
BY M. s. HANDLER United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Moscow, July 12. = (UP) = The thunder of Soviet cannon and treetop sweeps by Stormovik assault planes today carried the war to East Prussia where the Germans braced for the first defense of their homeland against Russian forces already Strik- ing within some 50 miles of it.
 Front dispatches already outdated by the swift march of events said Soviet mobile units slashing into the German positions below embattled Wilno were less than 55 miles from the East Prussian border.
 (The German transocean news agency reported heavy fighting east of Alytus, 30 miles due south of Kaunas and 25 miles from the East Prussian border, as established in 1899 after the partition of Poland)
 (Alytus, small town on the Me- mel river, is 32 miles west of Ol- kenshki, the nearest point mention ed in the Moscow communique last night0
 (Trans-ocean also reported that the Russians were half way from Wilno to Kaunas, the new and pre- war capitals of Lithuania, the lat ter only 40 miles from East Prussia.)
 The Red Army was advancing in many sectors as rapidly as @ dozen miles a day. Now 1t was opening three great new battles-those of East Prussia, the Baltic, and vest ern Poland.
 Front reports said the Soviet col- umns were eating up territory in flaming out far westward of Wilno and driving toward Bialystok. They were approaching Volkovysk on the railway east of Bialystok and had entered Bialystok Province.
 To the south, Red Army artillery had opened up on Pinsk. defense outpost of Brest Litovsk, from posi- tions only eight miles away.
 GA dispatch in the Stockholm newspaper Aftontidningen, reported to the office of war information, said the approach of the Red Army had produced the highest state of alarm in East Prussia with Nazi authorities closing the frontiers, mining the approaches and forbid ding anyone to leave or enter the country without special permission.)
 Russian cavalry and infantry pushed along a secondary road
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
25o,000 Leove London Sector

London, July l2. (UP)-Neariy 25O, ,OOO persons have left London in the past 10 days for the safety Of the provinces, 1t was estimated to- day as the Germans resumed their robot bomb attacks on the capital after an all-night Hull.
 The government alone evacuated o6,5OO mothers and children under a voluntary registration scheme, Of. ficial sources said, and an additional l6OO0 were scheduled to leave to- day, The total comprised 66,0OO un- accompanied children and 3O,5O0 mothers with children,
 Those who have left the city without government aid were estl" mated at approximately l50,OOO.
 Railway stations presented scenes reminiscent of pre-War holiday eK- curslons, with women and children waiting In line for hours to board trains, No extra trains were being used because of military require ments, and in some ears % to Se persons were damned into com 2 paTtments built to accommodate eight. Corridors were filled and many persons rode In baggage cars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
State Probes Certificates

Hartford, Conn, July 12-(UP)- The public welfare council reported today that there had been an "un- due use" of commitment certifi- cates, confining persons to state mental institutions, with result that an increasing load had been placed on already overworked hospital Staffs.
 Tn many cases" said the report, when the commitment certificates were issued. there was no real nec- essity for immediate admission be- cause patients had not become sud- denly violently or mentally ill."
 The purpose of such certificates, said the report, was for the pro lection of society,"" and it was "im- portant at this time that every pos- sible effort be made to make fewer admissions to our state hospitals of persons who should not be sent there"
 Without specifying a period of time, the council said that the three state hospitals-at Middletown, Fairfield, and Norwich-reported TITO admissions and that 5l9 of these either died or were discharged 30 days after they were hospitalized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
U. s. Bombers Roid Munich Again Today

London, July 12 -(UP)-- More than 1900 American heavy bombers accompanied by 750 fighter planes bombed communication and trans portation targets in the Munich area for the second time in 24 hours today and Liberators based in the Mediterranean theater smashed at rail targets in southern France.
 The attack on Munich by such a force made 1t the greatest American raid on single target during the war.
 The raiders apparently encoun- tered no fighter opposition and 8 high officer of the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, ob- serving that the German air losses have eXcedeed production since Jan- uary, said the Luftwaffe was no longer major factor on any front.
 In support of British troops on the Normandy peninsula, mean while, American twin engined bombers struck at supply depots of German mechanized forces backed up on the Orne river line south of Caen.
 Two forces of Ninth Air Force Marauders, operating a quarter of an hour apart, attacked a big fuel dump in the forest of Cinglais, 10 miles south of Caen-and incident ally punished concentrations of troops in the area.
 Other Marauders went after other fuel dumps along a secondary sup- ply line farther behind the front, striking one in Forest d'Ecouvers 30 miles east of the front, and an- other at Forest d'Andaine, eight miles east.
 Due to continued adverse weather, the bombers again were forced to drop their bombs through clouds by means of instruments and were unable to observe the results.
 Before the targets were revealed by the United States Army tactical air force headquarters, the Nazi radio reported bomber formations
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
No Monopoly On AirIines
BY CHARLES CORDDRY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, July 12.-(UP)-A majority of the nations big airline companies have woI an initial round in their fight against 8 proposal of Pan American Airways for cre- ation of a monopoly company to represent this country in postwar international aviation. it was learnel today.
 Aviation circles said that a con- gresSional resolution urging such a chosen instrument" or monopoly had been contemplated by Senator Owen Brewster, R., Me. member of a special senate commerce avia- tion subcommittee but other com- mitee leaders were said to have de- cided to oppose it after charges by the other lines that it would have resulted in overwhelming advantage to Pan American.
 These circles said, however, that the airlines still face a major fight if they hope to defeat the Pan. American proposad, pointing out that an almost identical monopoly plan is proposed in a bill by Sen Pat McCarran, D., Nevada.
 In 8 move to intensity their fight against any attempt to prevent regulated competition" in interna. tional aviation, 1T airlanes making up the committee for U. s. air pol icy last night appointed a special new committee to step up their opposition to the Pan American plan.
 An airlines spokesman issued a statement contending that any of the monopoly proposals advanced so far would give "Pan American con. triy of a monopolistic instrument clothed with power to fly anywhere in the world backed by the credit of the U, s. government"
 Any other airline participating in the monopoly, he said, would find itself in a hopeless minority posi- ton (There would bel no op- portunity to contribute in the way of opening new lines or development of new operating methods or equip- ment on a competitive basis"
 The spokesman asld that only the larger aiTlines could afford partici' patton in the monopoly ubecause there would be e2O0. 900. 600 in vot- ing stock of which each participant would have to hold at least 5000. GOO. This he said. would rule out ell lines except these i0--AmeFiean, American Export. Braniff. Eastern, Northwest, Northeast, Pan Ameri' can, Pennsylvania Central, Trans continental and Western Air, and United.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Ask Leniency For Murderer

Pittsfield, Mass, July 12. (UP)- Gov. Leverett Saltonstall will give most thoughtful consideration" to any pleas for clemency for Atty. John F. Noxon, Jr., of Pittsfield who is awaiting execution for electro cutting his 6-month- old imbecile son Lawrence last Sept. 22.
 However, the Governor said, he was unable to act while the case still is in the courts despite letters that continue to arrive during con- mutation of the sentence imposed last week on the socialite who was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury.
 An investigation of alleged ir- regularities in Noxon's first murder trial will be continued Monday when two deputy sheriffs must appear in superior court to show why they should not be held in contempt for allegedly attempting to fix" the jury. The first trial ended in a mis- trial because of a jurors illness. An appeal from the second jury's ver- dict is now pending.
 Meanwhile Noxon is confined to the Berkshire county jail awaiting removal to state prison at Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
FDR's Letter Preci pitotes Bottle Royal
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Staff Corresponds


 Washington, July 12-(UP) - President Roosevelt's advance &C., ceptance of an inevitable fourth term nomination by next weeks Democratic National convention apparently assured today conserv- ative-New Deal battle royal over se- lection of his running mate.
 Vice President Henry A. Wallace's associates were hopeful that the president will announce publicly he would like to have him again on the ticket.
 But the power of compulsion was gone. MT. Roosevelt deliberately sac- rificed it when he announced yes- terday that he would accept the nomination if offered and serve if elected. He thus will be unable to repeat the strategy of 1940 when he threatened to refuse renomina- ton unless given his vice presiden- tial choice. The sacrifice appears to have been in appeasement of an- ti-Wallace party members who are numerous, determined and angry.
 Under these circumstances, it will be difficult to charge MT. Roos- evelt with forcing Wallace upon the party a second time even if the Vice President is able to make the most of divided opposition and ob- tain renomination.
 Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Stephen T. Early refused to confirm or deny published re- port that MT. Roosevelt conferred with a group of Democratic poli- ticians last night on the vice presi- dential question. Asked at his press conference about the report, Early said:
 T will have to stand on the re- port. There is no information I can
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