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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-03
BY RAY l. DUDLEY
Publisher. Oil Weekly. Houston, Tex.
Reprinted by Permission


T STOOD in the blazing sun at Ellington Field
in Texas last Monday and watched the cadets
file by, fine manly chaps, watched them come into
the hall in which they were to receive their wings
as commissioned officers in the United States
Army Air Force. My third and last boy, lad of
10, was among them.
Two years ago. his mother and | had seen
similar group file into the chapel at Ellington to
receive their wings, and our second boy was among
them.
Today, he and his elder brother, who had
chosen Navy Air, are memories, precious memo
ries it is true but boys to be spoken of in hushed
tones as boys who would have made good citizens,
two boys whose memories will never be dimmed
in the eyes of their father and mother.
They, with thousands of others, have made
the supreme sacrifice for America as they knew
it and loved it.
THEN Monday heard again the prospective officers
take the oath necessary to their commissions:
II do soIemnly swear that will support and defend
the Constitution of the United States against all enemies,
foreign domestic that will bear true faith and aegi
ance the same that take the obligation freely, with
out mental reservation purpose Of evasion and that
will well and faithfully discharge the duties Of the office
upon which am about to enter SO help me God"
For moment, my thoughts drfted from the son
whose burned body lies somewhere in France and from
the other who lies in native SOIL
Our forefathers who wrote the Constitution knew
that they giving to future generations document
precious that it would be worth the loss of American
lives to preserve and they knew that there would
arise enemies to it, domestic we'll foreign.
THEN, my mind went back to time nearly three years
ago, when my first two boys volunteered, and the
pledge | made them then:
ITO the best of my meager ability, shall do all
to defend against foes at home the institutions you
boys have enlisted to uphold and shall do that with
out fear of sacrifice if il costs everything have in
Guiding my life, so help me Cod
1t not necessary that pledge my fullest efforts
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10
LANDER AREA
HAS OIL PLAY

LANDER, Wyo. - More than a
score Of oil exploration crews may
be expected in and around Lander
this summer. Exploration crews of
Carter Oil Co, Sinclair, Stanolind,
Continental Sicily, Kerlyn and
Pure are already in Wyoming,
some of them in Fremont county.
Location has been spotted for
the first well on Carter and Kerlyn
holdings on Sheldon Dome and the
well Is a joint venture of the two
companies.
Negotiations were completed this
week for the lease Of the Amoretti
and Peck ranches on Horse Creek
above Dubois by the Stanolind Oil
& Gas Co.
Stanolind and Carter have each
opened geophysical crew headquar-
tiers in Lander and their crews
are already in the field, although
somewhat hampered by the almost
continuous rain of the past week
or so.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10
EMERY GETS HIGH
POST WITH OHIO

OF interest 10 many In Montana
and Wyoming is announcement of
the advancement of w. B. Emery
to the post of vice president and
manager of the production depart
ment of the Ohio Oil Co.
AS manager of the production de
partment, newly created post,
Emery will have charge both of
exploration and development &C
tivities, co-ordinating the work of
10 divisions to which the company's
production operations are assigned
A native of New England, Emery
graduated from Yale with the de
gree of bachelor of arts in 1911.
The next three years were spent
in studying geology at Yale Grad
uate school. He received his Phi. d.
in 1914, and in August joined the
U. S. Geological Survey. He re
manned with the survey until 1919
when he was employed by the Ohio
Oil Co., at Casper, Wyo. He was
transferred to the home offices at
FindIay in 1889 as chief geologist.
In 1913 he was given the added
responsibility of assistant manager
of production
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10

Politicians are still arguing con-
corning the entry of the Dominion
government into the Abasand pic
ture. Boiled down to a finality. it
appears that the Dominion govern
ment is being criticized for attempt
ing to prove once and for all time
to come that Alberta tar sands are
either a good commercial oil prop
osition or a dud AS often pointed
out, Alberta tar sands have been
one of the most prolific stock selling
bait ever put forward in the oil
game
CAS- often stated before in this
magazine, the possibility of extract
ing oils in commercial quantities
and of commercial quality has still
to be proved. The Dominion govern
ment in following the footsteps of
others who have also tried and
failed would do well to adopt the
suggestion that as a good hard sur
facing material for roads, Alberta
tar sands are superb. They can be
laid hot or cold, and if care is taken
as to the deposit from which the
same are taken a uniform asphalt
mix is almost assured. If, as is sug-
gested, some 100000 or more
may be ventured-why not give the
taxpayers who will put up the
money a break and spend that
amount in putting these sands on
the highways across Canada that so
badly need a surfacing?
And, whilst all this argument Is
going on-whilst opposition politi-
clans and demagogues are freely
flinging charges against this policy
of the Dominion government, the
fact remains that without govern
ment assistance despite many diff
ficulties the tar sand deposits at
Bitumen are being mined success
fully and a good grade of bitumen,
paint and other roofing material is
being obtained. Bitumount is so
miles north of MucM Murray, right on
the waterways system of the north
and its products can be floated
down stream TO Fort Smith, there
to connect up with roads needing
surfacing. Whilst the bitumen ex.
tracted from these sands may not
be 100 per cent as to content, it
makes ideal road material"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of two
drilling sites in the Fradd Exten-
sion to the Cat Creek oil field got
under way the past week with
tractor and bulldozer moved to the
location to build smah water hold
ing reservoirs.
Nels D. Fradd, supervising the
operations, planned to secure a
drilling contractor from the Cut
Bank and Kelvin fields and an
nounced that drilling would begin
as soon as a contractor could get on
location.
Drilling site is in sections 5, 8 and
9, in twp. Is n. Rye. % =.
Daughter: Should I marry man
who lies to me, mother?"
Mother: Daughter dear, do you
want to be an old maid?"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10

declaring:
This condition is following the
pattern which we have anticipated.
In the face of mounting demands
for military grades of gasoline. the
refineries cannot increase their out
put of civilian grades. Therefore, it
was necessary to build up civilian
stocks to the fullest possible extent
during the winter months to take
care of summer and autumn de-
mands
Civilian demand is increasing
largely because of the seasonal use
of gasoline on the farms and in
commercial trucking and to the
point where it is now necessary to
draw on reserve stocks that were
accumulated during the past win
ter. u. S. stocks of civilian grade
motor gasoline at the first of this
year totalled Al 100000 barrels, by
the first of May stocks were in
creased to a total of 50,50O,0O bar
rels, and by May 6 stocks were re-
duced to 100000 barrels. Com
parable peacetime stocks totalled
81 100000 barrels"
1.-THE nationwide supply situa-
ton is very delicately balanced"
Davies said, "and it would be
serious mistake for motorists to
assume that the recent changes In
food and tire rationing indicate that
more gasoline will become available
for civilian use That is not the
case because there definitely Is
still a shortage of gasoline and there
will continue to be a gasoline short
age until military requirements are
lowered"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10
GAS DEMAND SCARS

For the third successive month
the daily average demand for do
nestle crude petroleum was at rec
ord levels, the March figure of
4,544.5 barrels representing a gain
of $1,000 over February. Net with
drawals from crude stocks of do
nestle origin averaged 139,600 bar
rels per day. Total stocks of foreign
and domestic crude petroleum de
clined from 248,271, 900 barrels on
Feb. 20 to 243, 296, 900 on March 81.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10
LIBERTY COUNTY TRANSFERS
BY Liberty County Abstract 90.
Chester, Montana
on AVN cas- LEAsEs

OIL AND GAS LEASES
r. P. Breese TO The Texas Co., lots 8,
10, II sec L; lots 10, IL, u sec 2, twp SIN
ASSIGNMENT OF ROYALTY
Ray G.. BarkuIoo to Gertrude Gallogiy,
2 9/16T5 s sc sec IA; n ne sec g. NV sec
"a, twp 33n rye 4e.
d. G. McCabe TO same, u of 10 Sc
sec IA; ne sec 49, NV sec "a, twp 33n
rye 4e.
Thomas j. McFarlane to Mae McFarlane,
7h% n sec 10, twp Gin rye 4e.
Same TO Thomas J. McFarlane ct al
T5k% sw Sc, ~ acres south Of railroad In
Sc Sc sec 9; e, 3 sw, ne sw, sec 4 gw sec 8,
W sec IL; ne sec 10, NV sec 20, all in twp
Gin rye 4e.
RELEASE OF ROYALTY
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. to Edwin
Obie, sw, sc sec 21, twp SIN rye 7e;
sw sec "a, twp 37n rye 6e.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10
Crude OUTPUT DROPS

The daily average production of
crude petroleum in March was
10000 barrels below the high level
of February. The March output of
4, 100000 barrels daily was 484, 600
barrels, or II percent greater than
that of March, 1913. Texas produc-
ton declined $4,000 barrels daily,
but California continued a steady
increase to the highest levels since
1929.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10
REAL WORTH OF ALBERTA
TAR SAND UNDETERMINED

Expressing the view that perhaps the possibilities
Atabasca sands presented bit too rosy the follow
ing from the Nor West Miner Edmonton Alta viii be of interest
to many oil SAYS the article.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10
Civilian Gasoline Output Slumps
Below Demand by US. Consumers

Seasonal demands eneres and terminals of civilian grade
gasoline exceeding nationwide production of this product
Acting Petroleum administrator Ralph Davies has announced
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10

1t takes a girl baby approximate
ly two years to learn how to talk
and between so and rs years to
learn how to shut up.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-06-10
FATsL.ON COUNTY TRANSFERS
By Fallon County Abstract Company
Baker, Montana
REIMBURSEMENT OF on AND GAS
LEASES

Fidelity Gas Co. 10 r. H Clarke, ct ux,
lots 1, 2, 3, A, s, Block 3, Hitch's First
Addition, Baker.
Same to Minnie c. Clarke, ct homo, lot
6, Block 8, Hitch's First Addition, Baker.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25
CHEWING A Up

Raleigh, Sept. 27-The Raleigh dis
trict Office Of Price Administration
has raised the retail ceiling price Of
the former l7-Cent packages Of
sWeetened scrap chewing tobacco to
II cents per package. The new list
prices to retailers is 81. SO per dozen
packages.
The increase was granted, OP.A
said, to adjust current earnings of
the scrap chewing tobacco industry
to the 1868 level.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
In The Superior Court
Before The Clerk,

State Of North Carolina:
County of Vance:
Willie Wester Steed and wife. Bessie
Steed.
Jasper Steed and wife, Maggie
Steed. David Steed and wife,
Flossie Steed. George Steed and
wife, Abel Steed, Jerry Steed and
wife. Christine Steed. Nora s.
Reed and husband, - Reed,
Euna S. Foster and husband, Hay
wood Foster. Mary Steed Hayes
widow of Edward Steed, Jr.).
and husband. Tom Hayes, Gertie
Steed, Willie Francis Steed. Helen
Steed Solomon and Weldon Solo
mon, her husband. Edward Steed
III. Minor, AL Steed, Minor. Judge
H. Steed. Minor. Johnnie w.
Steed, Minor. and Alma L. Steed,
Minor.
The defendants, Nora S. Reed and
husband, - Reed, Willie
Francis Steed, George Steed. Abel
Steed and Jerry Steed will take
notice that an action entitled as
above in the nature of a Special
1 OCCSulllS Ids Dctll commenced III
the Superior Court of Vance County,
North Carolina, for the sale Of GER
tain real estate for partition:
And the defendants above named
Will take notice that they are requir-
ed to appear at the office of the
Clerk of Superior Court Of Vance
County IN the Courthouse in Hen
derson. North Carolina, on the 26th
day Of October, l944, and answer
u demur to the complaint in said
action, u the plaintiffs will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the 23rd day of Sept. 1914.
E. O. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court
Vance County.
|Gholson & GholSon,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
~l25-2-9-l6 vrV'7
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25
ON THE OCEAN.

Under the broad blue sky,
With a very deep sigh
I walked on the shore,
With the sand for a floor.
I thought Of my home,
Where | could roam
All over the whole town
With my friends white and brown.
Where | could ride
With a friend by my side.
Cary Page Boyd.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

The German army, according to I
news item, is drafting noVelists Tor
front line duty, Under the impress
sion, no doubt, that the pen is really
uishter than the sword.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

Now is the time when the never
say-die poet puts a little reverse
rNglish on his spring poem.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

An optimist a quickly become a
pessimist if he takes down to the
window screens too early.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

II the German army IN Italy
doesn't get a 10Y on and start maxi
ina tracks for home, it is going to
lind the front behind it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

How time flies-it was Just a few
lamps were eatin' ivy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

OVER ID
years old as Carrier-Sales.
men. Those employed must be
able to post $1,000 Bond.
Good routes with good pay
for the right boys. Apply
Circulation Manager Daily
Dispatch
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25
Words OF Wisdom.
Hints on Ito uctte.

Wicked men obey from fear; good
men. from loNc.-Arl>tutle
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

Germany's schools have closed
Does this mean the Nazis have learn
ed their lesson?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25
NOTICE..
State Of North Carolina:
County of Vance:

State OF North Carolina:
County Of Vance:
The undersigned, having qualified
as Administrator of the estate of
Thomas Gilbert Smith, late Of Vance
County, North Carolina, this is
notice to all persons having claims
against the said estate to exhibit
them to the undersigned Admins
traitor, Henderson. N. c., on or be-
fore the 18th day Of September,
l945, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of any recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make prompt settlement.
This llth day of September, 1914.
CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO.,
Administrator Of the Estate of
Thomas Gilbert Smith, Deceased.
ll-l8-25-2-9-l6
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

FOR SALE-ONE OIL BURNER
hot water heater With coils. Sl5OO
Call al. 25-1ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

VIZ MAKE Up DOG HARNESS
TO fit your dog. Bring your dog
afternoons only. Carolina Shoe
Shop. 23-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

DELICIOUC 3 POUND FRUIT
cake packed in wooden bov
ready to mail to service men and
women overseas. Parker's ReXaIl
Drug Store. 22-5li
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

WANTED AT ONCE EXPERT
enced wool presser, also colored
boy or man to learn Dry Clean
ING. May-Smith Cleaning Co.
25-3n
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25
WANT ADS
Get Results

II. o. FALKNER & son. C0N1
and Wood. Phone 2GO. Can ~
Falkner, he appreciates the 49,
vilege OF serving you. Il,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

PAINTS, PAINTS, QUALITY
paints for most every burmese
VISIT The Place Of Values.
Where quality tells and prices
sen. AieA :. watkins. 25-Itl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

FOR SALE - MALE COCKrr
spaniel, three months old. Phone
-o-" '" IL 25-ltI
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

ALL WORKERS, MALE AND FEE
male, must be hired under pro-
vision of Wan ManpoWer Commits
sion's Sterilization Program. IN
der the new priOrities referral
plan all male workers., and all in
migrant female workers, must be
hired through the local U. S. En-
ployment Service Office. Those
now employed in essential war
work, including agriculture, need
not apply. TT
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

State Of North Carolina:
County Of Vance:
Willie Wester Steed and wife, Bessie
Stood
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-25

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SEBv-
icemcn now ON display. See orr
large assortment Of Gifts for over.
seas boxes, School Bags. School
Supplies Fountain Pens, Scotrh
Tape, and many other crjtirai
items. Affords Pig. & Office SIM.
ply Co. 1917
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Marines Active in
Combat TruininQ
Ideal Weather Conditions Permit
Year.Round Use Of Base Air Sirips

Over two years ago the ground
was first broken for construction
CT the Marine Corps Air Station Of
FL Centro. Set in the heart OF I'M
perial Valley, this desert air base
has been built on an area which at
one time was among the most val
liable sections of farmland in Amer
ica.
Less than seven months after
ground was first broken on May IS,
1912, an air group arrived and be-
gan to organize. Today trained Ma
rine Aviation perSonnel-fighter
and bomber pilots and their most
essential crews. gunners, radiomen,
photographers and experienced
ground crewmen are the yield OF
this land.
LtCol. L. j. McQuade, first Com
manding Officer and veteran Ma
rine flyer, was the first officer to
arrive. He came aboard July IA.
1912. AT that time no quarters or
offices were available so Col Nc
Quade operated" from El Centro
Six weeks later, still with no quar-
tiers available, the first enlisted men
arrived, and they too were quar-
tered in town.
Preparations fer the coming OF
active SquadronS and station ad-
ministration was accomplished from
a partially completed BOO, the
only uSeable building on the station
at that time.
Active flight operations COM
menced December %. 1912. Other
station organizations include Head
quarters Station, Women's Reserve
Squadron No. 3, and the guard de-
tachment.
Primarily dsslsned to prepare
squadrons for active combat duty.
the station is also training aerial
gunners for duty with combat crews
through the Gunnery School located
on the station. Enlisted personnel
of Marine Aviation are selected for
this school primarily on the basis
of mental and physical ability. A
rigorous course of eight weeks gives
them the required training. Officer
III charge of the school is Captain
w. J. Sims.
LtCol. Karl E. Voelter, an old
timer" in aviation with q years
flying experience, arrived at the
station TO take over the duties of
Continued on Page Six
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Homoja Hu+s Solve
Housing Problem

With the opening Of the HomoJa
Huts for occupancy on June |, the
problems of many Marine and Nav
al personnel for providing housing
facilities for their families have
been solved.
Those returning from overseas
duty or those awaiting orders to be
sent overseas may rent the apart
ment for their families for period
of 60 Gays at the cost Of $l.0O per
day.
Designed to cover the needs of
small families, the hutS are well
equipped with everything from
cooking utensils to sufficient bed
ding. They are modernly furnished
and have desert coolers, electric re-
frigerators and gas stoves.
There are 60 furnished apart
ments, and application for them are
made through commanding officers
To It. william d. j. Schmidt, officer
charge of the housing project.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
EnIarging Runways
Is Gigantic Task
Thousands of Yards of
Concrete Used in Work

An expenditure of over $1,500, 600
has been made in the construction
and enlarging of runwayS at MCAs.
This work was completed the latter
part of June.
All materials used in the runways
were available in great quantities
in Imperial Valley. Huge deposits
of sand and gravel. found through
out the valley and which are
source of concrete aggregate, and
disintegrated granite were invalu-
able materials used in building the
runwayS.
In constructing the runWayS II
was necessary to excavate fully two
feet of earth and then place an l8-
inch base of a mixture OF the ABOVE
aterials combined with loan. ms
base was rolled out in layers Of not
more than six inches thick, wet
down and rolled until hard as con-
crete. When the base was finished,
an eight-inch strip Of concrete
completed the runway.
II was estimated that 1900 cubic
yards of concrete were poured for
a period Cf so days. There were 800
truck loads, bringing 5000 tons OF
material in every day before the
concrete could be poured.
A small concrete manufacturing
plant was constructed on the base.
where all bulk basic materials Wert
refined and mixed A testing labor
atory was also built and all mate
rials tested daily to meet the eX-
acting requirements for compaction
and grating.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
S11, 100000 Expended
In Establishing Meas

Keeping pace W-:n the expansion
OF Marine Aviation itself is the
expansion of this base. Already a
station representing an eXpendi-
ture OF over SIX million dollars, an
appropriation of almost five mil
lion more was approved. Additional
landing strips and enlarged rum
ways have been completed and work
on hangers, increased aircraft space,
and miscellaneous buildings and
services is rapidly nearing compile
ton. These developments should al
most double the capacity of the
station.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-06-09

the ingenuity of the operator and
the needs Of the community re-
quire. The basic function of
locker plants is to provide for the
processing Of meats, fruits and
vegetables including subsequent
frozen storage. Additional side
line operations such as the freez-
ing Of surplus fruits, vegetables
and broken eggs for sale to the
trade or TO locker patrons may
also be undertaken.
"The wholesale distribution Of
quick frozen foods, commercial
cutting and aging Of meats, the
product seryicing Of home freez-
ing units are an indication Of the
possibilities offered the manage
ment to supplement an already
profitable locker patronage. Of
particular value in most com
munities is the provision for
chilling and refrigerated curing
Of pork to prevent the large loss
encountered each year with farm
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-06-09

Buy War Bonds at P. O. or Bank
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-06-09

les or electricity are especially
wanted.
There is no maximum age
limit, but applicants must be 18
years old unless they live in
Washington, D. c., or within a
50-mile radius, in which case
they may apply if they are 16.
Applicants must also be citizens
of the United States and must
pass a written test. Complete
information may be obtained at
the nearest post Office.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-06-09
Movement to Establish Freezer Locker Plant

and vegetables: 2 cents a quart
(or ! cent a pound or pint.
DR.. D. E. Brady, animal indus
try expert at the State College,
has written an article, "The
Frozen Food Locker Enterprise, "
in which he says:
1T has been recognized for
years that many types Of fresh
food could be preserved by freeZ-
ing 50 a. to maintain the original
palatabiIity and nutritiye quail
ties Of the fresh product. In
proved processing and storage
techniQues have established the
superiority Of many frozen prod
ucts when compared with those
processed by other methods. At
present, freezing is d supplement
to rather than d substitute for
other good methods Of preserva-
tion such a, canning, curing and
drying. The increasing recogni-
tion given freezing by the food
processing industry is, however,