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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-27
Sausage And Wine
Stolen At Market

Assorted items valued at $35,
were stolen Wednesday night from
N. and j. Market, operated by J.
T. Saleeby at 1901 North Fourth
street, by thieves who gained en-
trance by removing a whole plate
glass window, police reported
Thursday.
Stolen were Is quarts Of wine, 10
pints Of wine, and Is pounds Of
sausage and livermush.
An examination of the glass for
fingerprints of the robber was be-
ing made today by Harry E. Fales
OF the New Hanover Bureau OF
Identification,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-27
North Carolina Bar
Meeting Opens Today

RALEIGH, Oct. rs. -(R-- The
North Carolina bar will open its
18th annual meeting here tomor-
row with discussion of methods
of assisting lawyers returning
from service as high-light of the
opening session
Discussion leaders will include
c. w. Tillett of Charlotte, Judge
Johnson j. Hayes Of Greensboro,
Fred S. Hutchins of Winston-Sal-
EN-, Willis Smith of Raleigh, F. E.
Winslow of Rocky Mount and r.
is. Womble Of Winston-Salen.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-27

Dewey's charge Of selling spe.
cial privileges" was completely
ridiculous" Rep. Hebert (D-La.)
who said ne is one Of three ex-
ecutive directors of the lone
Thousand club, asserted mem.
bership carried no special priv
lege except that each member
would have an opportunity to
meet Mr.. Roosevelt. Hebert add
ed that the club was conceived as
"a thoroughly democratic vehi-
cle," which could serve as an
advisory council to the Presi-
dent.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-27

Waxed surfaces tend to resist
water and other types OF spots.
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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and is getting stronger all the
time Moore added. THE people
are thinking of his experience in
handling foreign affairs and taat
is helping a lott
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-27
LIKE LOUIS XVI

GREENSBORO, Oct. 26.-Dr.
Eugene R. Pfaff of Chapel Hill,
director of the Southern Council
on International Relations, told
the North Carolina College con-
ference today that in world crisis
the United States was like Louis
XVI, who always meant well,
but never knew well what he
meant"
Evening star., 1944-07-30
ITO the most discriminating ears in Washington

Or YOURS NAV be the ears Of an exact
ing music lover. who has hoped for the
thrill of well-loved tones and chords =.
who has searched for full-bodi,d realism
in the reproduction of voice the
piano or the symphony orchestra.
Then this challenging statement is
directed especially to your ears:
4 nru and improved POSTWAR FM-AM
radio bho"ograbh is coming whieh ~W
span the entire range Of human hearing.
Here are the facts:
The pre-war PHILHARMONIC was
awarded first ranking by impartial mu-
sical experts and radio engineers in its
Evening star., 1944-07-30

This is probably the most unusual
message to music lovers errr published.
But it uiU appeal oni, to a limited )r,O.
For only limited Efw m'H be able
to owm the Incompatible, custom built
PHILHARMONIC Radio -Phonograbh.
Perhaps yours are the ears of the great
est Iiuing conductor >. who has all too
often wished that radio could bring YOU.
unimpaired and undiminlshed, the price
less harmonics that give music its soul.
Or yours may be the ears of noted
record reviewer. who seeks some day to
hear an original performance re-crea,ed
in his home without compromise.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

vev first year. Each year thereafter, it
was again awarded first place.
-. And this distinction unique in
radio history-was enjoyed only by the
laboratorymade PHILHARMONIC.
When civilian production is resumed,
YOU will find PHILHARMONIC at lead.
ing musical establishments. Then: Hear
it. See it. Mranwh,it: Write for the un.
usual brochure ''What My Ears Await"
how to judge high quality radio
phonograph. Addres your inquiry to:
PHILHARMONIC RADIO CORPORATION
52S East 72nd Street, New York, NY.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
'IRise to Remark

per cent yes and 1875 per cent no
The west still thinks for itself.
The reason is the attempt to
freeze prices on more than 8 mill
lion articles. The regulations for
the food alone are estimated to
cover 1900 pages, each page of
about 1000 words of very fine print
These are in more thap Is vol
umes. That's 15,690,000 words, If
YOU care to figure it out. Who rea6S
them? Pity the local Offices!
HERE'S EXAMPLE
Take fruit cake for example: The
instructions to bakers on how to
bake a fruit cake filled four pages,
letter size page, very small type.
When the bakers read it, they
couldn't understand it. So they
sent a committee to Washington to
ask to have it simplified. The SIM
plified regulation is Amendment 7
to Maximum Price Regulation 319:
"All commodities listed in APP
pendix A are those known to the
trade as such excepting therefrom
such thereof, If any, while sub
iect to another regulation
Now, as congressman Hartley of
New Jersey said, when he read this
to the congress, Now. go out and
bake yourself fruit cake"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22

SACRAMENTO, June %. (UP)-
Coy. Earl Warren has signed into
law a sl,0l4,882 supplemental ap-
preparation for the California farm
production council, one of whose
housing contracts is being probed
by the Alameda county grand jury.
The appropriation measure, pass
ed by the special session of the leg
islature, was amended to provide
for budgetary control over the
councils expenditures following dis
closures before a state senate COM
mittee that one firm made 40 per
cent profit on a housing contract
and a former council employe as
sertedly was paid 5000 by the con-
tractors.
Warren also signed four miscel-
laneous bills dealing with education.
They permit school districts to hold
war production training classes on
SUNDAYS and holidays; freezes state
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22

For children and small tots these
colorful laStex trunks in red
navy, blue and gold, 2 and yeai
sizes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
BY CONGRESSMAN John Phillips

The reaction to D-Day in the con-
greSs was impressive. Both houses,
meeting separately of course, were
led in prayer by their chaplains,
and the members of both houses
stood silently. and then repeated
the LorC's Prayer. The "one-minute
speeches" which precede each ses-
sion, seemed more like prayers. Mass
and special services were held in
the capitol
We wait for more news with the
same anxiety as do the folks back
home. There is a feeling here that
we may not yet have been fully in
formed of the costs of the landing
in killed and woun6ed. I recognize
the urgency of the need for care
in releasing news which might IN
any way give information to the
enemy, but l repeat what l have
said several times in this column;
the American people can take it. l
do not like the idea of having any
one adjust the news to what he
thinks we ought to be told.
REACTION TO OPA
1t is a curious thing that a sur
vey made recently should have come
to my desk during the debate on
the OPA Bill The question was
asked in all parts of the U. b,
Should OPA price control be con-
fined to essentials?" You'll recall
this is one of the things l have
talked about. The job was so much
better done in World war l. from
the standpoint of administrative
details. One reason is, it was con-
fined to essentials. This is what
the people think about it now:
GOA per cent answered yes, 1876
per cent answered mo-. More in
teresting was the division geog-
raphically. In the New England
states it was $40 per cent yes and
42.l per cent no; in the South it
was 45S per cent yes and 54.2 per
cent no: the average for all the
west was 600 per cent yes and 400
per cent no. But for the Pacific
coast, the percentages were Bis
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
! to II Year Sizes

These sturdy bib style cveralls
for boys in / to IA year sizes 49,
twill or cham5ray that stano
many trips to the tub - just the
cool garments that boys like.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
School Petition
Makes Ballot

SACRAMENTO, June %. CUP)-
Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan
announces that an initiative petit
ton increasing state grants to
schools by about $l4000,000 annual
ly had qualified for the November
election ballot by a wide margin.
Jordan said that 274,405 sigma
lures in support of the petition had
been flee up to today without sup
Elemental reports from Los Angeles
and San Francisco counties. A to-
tai of 178,764 signatures is the
minimum for qualification.
The measure will increase the
state ALLEGATION to elementary
schools from $66 to slightly more
than $50 per pupil in average daily
attendance per year. Backers of the
measure claim it is necessary to in
crease teacher salaries and main
tain adequate educational facilities.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
PUPILS ENDS OWN LIFE

SACRAMENTO, Cal. June %
(UP)-Nine-year-old Elmer Charles
Kline was dead Thursday, appar-
emily the victim CT strangulation in
a grammar school clothes closet
where he had been sent for talking
in class. Autopsy surgeons were to
perform post-mortem examinations
on the boy, the coroner's office
caid
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
DANCER SUES CANTEEN

HOLLYWOOD, June %. tUP)-
The Hollywood Canteen Thursda,
was sued for $17,100 by Jane Nc
Nabb, professional dancer, who said
her left ankle and foot were broker
last Dec. 13 while dancing at tn,
Canteen.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF STOCK
IN BULK

IN BULK
Notice is hereby given pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3440
of the Civil Code of the State OF
California, that M. ETHEL WIT
TER intends to sell to PAUL A.
JENKINS all that certain personal
property consisting generally OF
equipment. stock. accounts, sub
scription lists and good will of a
newspaper and commercial print
ing business. known as THE BRAW-
LEY NEWS belonging to said M.
Ethel Witter anc located at 525
Main Street, City of BraWley,
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, and that the purchase price
thereof will be paid on Friday, the
30th day of June, 1914 at Pioneer
Title ms. & Trust Company. 628
Main Street, City of El Centro,
County of Imperial. State of Cali
fornia. at 1000 o'clock am. That
the address of said vendor is 525
Main Street, City of BraWley
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia. and the ADDRESS of said
vendee is $50 Wensley, City of Ell
Centro. County of Imperial, State
of California.
DATED: June 81. 1914
M. ETHEL WITTER,
Vendor
and/Or
PAUL A. JENKINS,
Vendee.
Pioneer Title Insurance
& Trust Co.. 628 Main.
Ell Centre. Telephone 919.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
Governor Okehs
Council Funds

grants to schools of less than 500
enrolment at l94l-42 levels; re-
ouires school districts to deposit
receipts daily with the county
treasurer, and allows elementary
schools to maintain seventh and
eighth grades cespite presence OF
a Junior high school in this district
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
KIWANIS ELECTS

CHICAGO. June %. tUP)-Mor
than $50 delegates to KiWaniS in
ternationals 1914 convention Thurs
day elected Ben Dean. Grand Rap
ids, Mich, advertising executive
president for the next year to sue
ceed Dcnald B. Rice, Oakland. Cal
j. hudson Huffard, Blue field. w
Va, and J. j. Smith. Regina, Sas
katcheWan, were elected vice-presi
dents from the United States ant
Canada, while Hamilton Holt, Ma
con. Ga, was named treasurer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-22
GETS HAWAII POST

WASHINGTON, June %. CUP)--
Gerald r. Corbett, Los Angeles, at
tcrney and a native of Wisconsin,
was nominated Thursday by Presi-
cent Roosevelt to be secretary of
treasury of Hawaii
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05

failed when tools were lost and
funds became exhausted.
Nettie Thompson's money was
gone, her cattle gone, and her
claims were forfeited. She left
broke, but was still a believer in
the possibilities of the lower sands.
There are other stories of earlier
day Elk Basin, but none so inter-
esting as that of Nettie Thompson.
Numerous other ventures were
made by groups formed In Billings
and the Wyoming towns of Cowley,
Lowell. and Byron; and about 162
wells were drilled in the basin be-
tween 1915 and 1921. Some of them
found oil in commercial quantities
in the second Wall Creek sand,
topped at about 1900 feet, and a few
of those wells are still pumping.
Some wells in the first Wall Creek
sand had obtained about 50-barrel
initial daily production, and others
in the second Wall Creek sand were
good for an initial production of
$50 barrels. There was and is a
ready market for this light crude
from the Frontier formations, and
since 1917, when pipeline was laid,
oil from Elk Basin has been loaded
at Frannie. Later this line was
connected with a line to the Stano-
lind refinery at Greybull, Wyo.
Meanwhile, Henderson had held
on to most of his leases, in spite
of discouraging reports of geol-
ogists, and in 1912 the Minnelusa
Oil Corp. became interested In the
Elk Basin field. A contract was
signed by Minnelusa, the Hender-
son Producing Co., the Yale Oil
Corp, and the Fain Drilling Co. AS
result, the most significant dis
covery in the area came in Deem
Der, 1912, when the Henderson No.
found black crude in the Tensleep
sand, which was topped at 4,492
feet A three-hour test indicated an
5 open flow initial of $500 barrels
day.
Since that time, interest in Elk
Basin has been revived to a high
pitch, and the daily production
from the Tensleep sand stands at
about 1900 barrels a day under a
local pro-ration set up because of
inadequate transportation facilities
and the limited capacity of the Elk
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05

later, after she had moved away
Today, the Elk Basin field is the
second largest oil producing area :
in the Rockies and gives promise
of surprising the Salt Creek field,
IT'S miles to the southeast, which
has produced more than 308,0O0,OO0
barrels of crude oil since 1911 Two
wells are being drilled on Nettie
Thompson's homestead, and pro-
duction seems assured, since there
have been no dry holes so far in
the Tensleep sand horizon of Elk
Basin field. The outside limits of
the field have not been located. It's
too bad that Nettie isn't around to
see her dream come true.
With the discovery of oil in the
area in 1915, Mrs. Thompson guard
ed her claim with defiance to In
truders. She backed up her sharp
words by toting a revolver and a
shotgun. Mrs. Thompson had a
garden, a small herd of livestock,
and did laundry for other home
steaders, most of them bachelors,
and for a, time cooked at the Ohio
Oil Co. camp, walking down steep
Mormon hill each morning and re-
turning in the evening to sleep on
her claim. One night a wagon driver
hauling rig timbers camped on her
homestead, and she stayed UP all
night, fully armed, taking no
chances on the rig being set up on
her land
In 1921, after the first boom sub
sided, Mrs. Thompson became
partner in the Thompson-Elk Basin
Co. Val Kirk, who later brought
in the Frannie field about Is miles
east, contracted for the drilling, and
several Billings men put money
into the drilling venture, including
J. A. Henderson, who has figured
prominently in the developments,
including recent ones. The com
pany's first well got a showing of
oil and gas in the Frontier sands
at about 1900 feet, but didn't make
commercial production. A few
years later Mrs. Thompson formed
syndicate for drilling another
well, but it also failed to reach
commercial proportions. An at
tempt to 90 to a lower horizon
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05

Basin-F'rannie pipeline. Most of the
Tensleep crude is marketed TO the
Yale Refinery at Billings, the In
dependent Refinery at Laurel,
Mont, and the Standard (Indiana)
refinery at Greybull. Some is
shipped 70 Spokane, Wash, and TO
Idaho and Canadian refineries.
Only a few weeks ago PAW an
nounced approval of plans for lay
ing a and s inch pipeline from
Elk Basin to Billings, and a sec
ond from Elk Basin, connecting
with the Stanolind's Lance Creek
to-Salt Lake City line.
Elk Basin is a thriving field and
hopes are high. The Carter's inter-
est in the area last month sprang
to light with the announcement
of the company's purchase Of the
Minnelusa corporation, one Of the
larger operators in the field. At
present the Carter has six produc-
ing wells in the field with a COM
bined potential in excess of 5000
barrels day, and each is produc-
ing about 500 barrels a day. Three
others are being drilled. Drilling
Is slow, however, because of hard
formations and steep dip of the
beds demand extreme caution TO
prevent crooked holes. It requires
about three months to drill a 5000
foot hole.
Continued Next Week.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05

Almost a mile high and surround
ed by some of the scenic splendor
of the Rocky mountains. % produc-
ing oil wells dot the horizon of
the Elk Basin field, which strad-
dies the Wyoming Montana line.
To the northwest are the Bear
Tooth mountains and the Granite
range, capped by Granite peak, ele-
walton 1850 feet, which towers
mile and a half above the basin
To the west and southwest is the
Absaroka range; on the east are
the Pryor mountains, and to the
southeast are the Big Horn noun
tains.
Yellowstone national park is
about so miles away, to the west
and southwest, and many other IA
nous scenic spots are even closer,
including the spectacular Shoshone
canyon, the Buffalo Bill monument,
Shoshone national forest, and Mys-
tic cave, all near Cody, Wyo., Al
miles south. To the north and west
are other national forests and the
Red Lodge-Cooke City highway,
one of Americas greatest mountain
highways, two miles high at one
place. To the southwest of Cody
is one of the nations greatest para
discs for hunters OF big game.
Elk Basin itself is no tourist at
traction. Without its picturesque
surroundings, the basin holds little
beauty except to biologists who
are interested In surface evidences
of faults, dips, and anticlines. But
it was that type of beauty which
led to the discovery of oil at Elk
Basin, and there's an interesting
story of this growing fields de
velopment.
Neftie Thompson, the first home
steader in Elk Basin, probably
could tell the story of the area
better than anyone, but nobody
knows where she is or whether she
is still alive
A famous character in early day
mineral development In the area,
and now an Elk Basin tradition,
Mrs. Thompson came from some
where in the south and lived in
Cody, Wyo., for short time before
demonstrating placer claim on the
rim of the barren basin in 1914.
The placer mines did not develop,
but by 1915 the exploration Of oil
in the vicinity resulted in dis
covery well which brought in a
small production In the first Wall
Creek sand at about 1850 feet.
Mrs. Thompson became firmly
convinced in her own mind that
her land would become a part OF
a great producing field. 1t did
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05
Deep Drilling Brings New Life
To Structure Long In Production

Some OF the facts behind the story OF Elk basn ROCKY
herewith the Link publication of the Carter Oil Co Geoo
gss will like the information given structural conditions will
possibly gasp slightly may productive
closure of $500 #eet Monanans noting this shallow field
enormously productive by deeper drilling will wish for
producing areas he follows:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05

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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20
FREAKISH STORM
HITS M0REHEAD

MOREHEAD CITY, July 49,
A freak windstorm swept in from
the Atlantic ocean before dawn to-
day, wrecked a house on the More
head-Beaufort causeway and Their
spent itself in the far reaches Of
Newport river without further
damage.
Cutting 5O-foot wide swath
across the narrow strip of land
the wind lifted part of the root
from the summer home of DR..
Frank Cox of Greensboro, deposi-
ted part of it on the opposite side
of the highway, scattering timber
and furniture in every direction.
Several persons were sleeping in
the building but nobody was in
jured although most suffered
shock.
Observers expressed belief the
storm was a throwback to the trop-
ical disturbance which moved out
to sea Monday night without strik-
ing the coastal area.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20
319 KNOWN KILLED
IN PACIFIC BLAST

SAN FRANSICO, July 19.-lR-
The terrific explosion Of two am
munition ships at Port Chicago
resulted in at least 319 men known
dead o. missing, and millions OF
dollars in property loss, the Navy
announced today.
The cause of the explosion Mon
day night probably never will be
known. Navy and civilian workers
were busy digging out the. DEBRIS
in the nations worst wartime blast
which shook IA counties and was
heard 80 miles away.
Damage to the Navy ammunition
depot, IS miles from San Francis
co, was listed at 100000. Losses
to civilian.owned structures were
estimated at 100000. Government
officials said the two vessels
represented 81, $1,000.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20
CHINESE FORCES
REGISTER GAINS

CHUNGKING, July 10 IN A
strong Chinese force is driving
against Hengshan. headquarters of
the japanese in Human provice,
after couterattacking Chinese de-
tenders Is miles to the south
smashed a hole in the ring of en-
circlement around the Canton-Han.
kow rail junction of Hengyang, the
Chinese high command announced
tonight.
The battle for Hengyang was ap-
preaching climax. government
spokesman said, with the Japanese
bringing up strong reinformements
1t was believed here that Chinese
plans embraced not only the relief
CT Hngyang, but also decisive
Illustration of the japanese attempt
to conquer the 1.0O0-mile rail route
Fl ON north to south China. The
enemy still has ITO miles to GO
before this objective can be &C.
conplished, and even if it should
succeed, Chinese here believe the
route could be rendered sufficient
ly insecure to nullify the value o.
the conquest.