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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05
APT. Gives Estizaute
OF Crude Oil Output

The American Petroleum Insti-
tute estimates that the daily aver
age gross crude oil production for
the week ended Jan. %, 1914, was
4,389, 200 barrels. Daily production
for the four weeks ended Jan. %,
1914. averaged 1870, $50 barrels
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05
Ruling Affirms Clear Title Royalty
Nav Not Be Sold for Surface Tax

Royalty sold by landowner who had clear title at the time Of
SALE thereafter from of the landowner
which eopardze his surface rights underground rights
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05

TExAC0- BONNETT NO.
SW NV 17-32-SW
Rig UP. tFIRST REP0RT)
TExACO-FEE M see NO. 49,
G NWM NEA 31-32-5W.
Drilling, 2845.
TExAC0-HOPE-McCAU NO. t.
G SWN SWM 10-53-BW
Spudded 11-1S-43. COMPLETION, 1875
"A. r. D., 3037. Main pay, lower Cut
Bank, 3007 -3Oz5; 800 feet of fluid.
Swabbed 4s bbls. first "a hours. Shot
so qts. Re-shot 40 OTIS. Swabbed SO bbls.
first "a hours.
TExACO.IHFDQUEgT NO. 0
EM NE NV z0-3z-5W
Spudded 2-1-44: drilling, $50.
TExACO-MUELLER NO. s
c Sc SW 2-35-6W
Spudded 2-1-44; drilling, $50.
TRKGOOD-sEC. STATE BANK no. t.
Sc NEA NEM 1-31-8W.
Spudded 11-20-4S; drilling, 27O0.
TRTCoOD.TRTBAL sas NO. S.
NV NwM SEA 30-S2-Sw
Drilling, 2s96.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05

From Files of the Montana Oil Journal,
Twenty Years Ago This Week.

burst field producer The WELL first be completed
field in 1924 extended the producing mile and half south
west of the Shoshone All other wells in the field shut
down, due to deep and extreme cold
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-05

Senator S. Hogan has announced deep test of Ten Mile
Balantne the county line between Yellowstone
Big Horn counties W. NJ Fulton will drill the we'll NE ii
29E 1t to be drilled at least 3400 feet Senator Hogan
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with the men and, if they survive, console
the families of the boys who die.
D. Stewart Patterson, executive secretary
of the Methodist Commission on chaplains
told class of candidates at Chicago the other
day that chaplaincy casualties are third highest
in the armed services.
mo longer do they wait for the men to
come to Them he said They move from
gun to gun, stringing wires with signal bat
talions, riding with glider troops and jumping
with paratroopers.'
When it is all over. when they come home
with the men who have triumphed over the
enemy, this nation will owe a debt to the
chaplains that must not be written off the books
of gratitude and actual reward.
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Rome to Milan and trans-Alpine Europe
and Pisa to Bologna and Venice, made Flor
ence the commercial center of Italy in the
Middle Ages. Wool, silk, wood and agriculture
were the bases of industries that created one
of the richest communities in Europe Flor
ence's coin, the florin, was Europe's standard,
and the free City-State was ruled by its wealth.
lest merchants.
Hand in hand with commercial prosperity of
the 18th to 18th centuries went political strife
On these Europe's Renaissance of the arts
and sciences progressed. This was the at
mosphere in Florence that produced not only
the wealthy Medici 'bosses,'' but the genius
of many artists poets and philosophers
Michaelangelo, Raphael Leonardo da Vinci.
Giotto, Botticelli, Fra Filippo Lippi, Luca della
Robbia, and Cellini are but few of the
masters OF canvas, marble and metal who
found inspiration for immortal works of art
IN Florence OF the Middle Ages. Dante, Boo
caccio, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Brunelleschi.
Savonarola, and Amerigo Vespucci, had the
stamp of genius among many Florentines in
other fields.
Hardly less of task than listing Rome's
historic attractions would it be to mention
the landmarks the Allies will soon see if For.
ence is spared. Almost every building in the
old part OF the city has some claim to re-.
cognition as Renaissance shrine
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Florence

When this was being written Allied forces
were but eight miles from Florence Will the
enemy spare the city, when the time
comes for him to move out? Florence is an
open city, but tie Germans are not
squeamish. They glory in destruction The
mere fact that city is declared "open," thai
is exempt from destruction, will not make
them hold their hands if they feel like venting
their wrath in defeat upon the city. For the
sake OF civilization and Florence's tremen-
dous contribution to art, science, literature
1t can only be hoped that they do not sack it.
With its $4,000 prewar population, Florence
was seventh city of Italy in size, but second
only to Rome in artistic and intellectual dis
tlnction. Nestled among pleasant, villa-cover-
ed hills it is an impressive assembAage Of
churches. palaces, museums, galleries, gar
dens, bridges fountains and piazzas.
Its situation at the intersection of vital routes,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-28
BY JOHN SELBY

JEIHRO HAMMER, by Mi
chaeI Vennirg (Coward-McCann;
$3.50
The only group with less humor
ttan book publishers that l have
found in a fairly long newspaper
career would be painters (picture,
not house,. Painters seem wholly
without humor and entirely with
out conversation, in my expert
cnce.
In 'Publishers Weekly" for July
8 appeared this paragraph:
Coward Mccain will publish
Jethro Hammer by Michael Ven
mig on July "a at So. so. The book
was announced some time ago un-
der the title "A long Time Dead
at So. The book is beng resold
to the trade. The publisher is can
ceiling all orders on hand for "A
Long Time Deai'.''
Without even q giggle, the pub
Usher has changed the title of
81 book, and reIssued it at $3.50.
lie reason, as a couple Of letters
from him have explained, is that
when people about the publishing
house got to reading MI. Venning's
took they decided it was too good
or a mere whodunit. And then the
idea that a novel; can
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The Literary Guidepost

ct sell for less than $3.50 be-
came operative. so exactly tn e
same text and, for all 1 know ex.
actly the same printing and bind
i..-g job, automatically b m e
worth four bits more. Nobody
laughed-except me, of course.
The publishe. is quite right
about Mr.. Vennirg's book. It is a
good novel. 1t is also a mystery Of
the unfair type the kind that
orives real whodunit fans to drink,
but doesn't bother the more bal
anced reader at all. Mr. Venning
holds out on his reader; he pro-
vides no clue by which even the
most astute customer could pin
the crime on the rear end of the
right donkey.
1t is the side-matter tina makes
"-Jethro Hammef' good. Jethro is
founding who is taken in by
a village blacksmith. He never
quite "beloags," and w h e n the
Blacksmith dies after making mil
Lions, the other children tn w
Jethro out. Jetnro, in his turn,
ruins the family by usual stand
ards; actually. his action is the
of the lot. But Jethro had
to know who he was, and it is his
futile search that provides the un-
DERIVING motive the suspense, the
CUTS of this excellent novel.
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The Battle Of Normandy

In comparison with Russian gains on the
eastern front, the battle now being waged in
Normandy would seem to be little more than
skirmsh But on its own account, and in
view of it's potentialities, it is in every sense
a major engagement.
The Germans so view it, and estimate it's
importance so greatly that they have thrown
into the fight soldiers from far sectors and
materials from wherever theycould be trans
ported at heavy sacrifice to the source areas.
The stubborness with which the enemy is con-
testing every foot of ground on the French
into the action clearly indicate the opinion the
Germans have of the battles significance and
the irnplic cations of defeat.
On the other hand General Eisenhower
visit to the Normandy beachhead for confer
ences with Generals Montgomery and Brad
ley show with equal clarity that the Allies
are fast approaching the time for an about
assault of great magnitude with the purpose
Of driving Rommel and his armies like chaff
before the wind as happened in north Africa,
until no Firtzy is left on French soil.
That this has not been done before probably
is due to the time required to restore the
port facilities of Cherbourg which the Germans
damaged as greatly as they could before the
collapse of it's defenses. Once Cherbourg is
reftted for the receipt OF great numbers of
troops and large quantities of supplies, NUM-
tons and armored equipment far greater
than have thus far been landed under difficult
ty - we may expect to learn that Montgomery
and Bradley are driving forward at a greatly
accelerated pace. with Paris only an inter-
mediary goal on the way to Berlin. Of course,
the speed OF this action will be dependent
upon the weather, which recently has been
adverse. Troops cannot do their best in deep
mud. nor can warplanes accomplish great
things without fair visibility, two conditions
which have delayed Allied progress of late.
With fair weather. with an increasing flow
Of men and materiel. and with right on their
side, the American and British forces in Nor
mandy will soon be moving with the rnomen.
tum that carried them to victory in Africa
and Sicily. When that day comes. the Battle
OF Normandy will have emerged from the
skirnish category. In conjunction with what
the Russians are doing In the east and the
Anglo-American forces in Italy, this often
sive will play its part in forcing the Germans
into the unconditional surrender demanded nv
The United Nations.
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Salute To Chaplains

A chaplain's admonition to praise the Lord
and pass the ammunition attracted such
wide attention that a song was made of it.
But 1t was more than good catch phrase It
told of the stamina and quality of the men
who are looking out for the spiritual needs
Of our service men. It directed public atten-
ton to the strange combination of attributes
they possess They are strong for prayer and
strong in battle. Two strengths without which
men at arms cannot win.
It is to them that soldiers and sailors pour
out their woes open their hearts, lay bare
their souls. and find TIE comfort and courage
that * to be found only in the counsel of the
devout. 1t Is they, who 60 forth to battle
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The War .
BY KIRKE L. Simpson,
Associated Press War A.,

Nazi admission tina pa
srearheads had punched acvo s as
Vlstula southeast of WARSAW 5o .'
lined the war news from F, 4sa''
although sustained second w
r'ogress of a closely knit ao "a
can air tank advance in '' Ta
mandy holds promise of sig oas
cant events to come in tha n5 9''''
AS the air escorted tank co1 %as,e
mnshroomed our to east and ' n..'
from the deep penetration ~ .VS'
my lines below St. Lo tbe~o ~ .. s''e'
Cd no question that the deqn 9o..I'
Nezi effort to Contain the srs
INVASION had failed. Front Iina n-.to
patches told of American infs s w.
swarming through tie air ' a~s
tank cut gaps 10 consolidate tL
ground, disrupt German rear o -
e1on seriices and outfIank hi, t ",
lie lines in both directions Vat
THREATEN CoUTANcps
West of the St 10 dent Am..,
can troops had taken Lessav s 'N'i,
passed the Periers Nazi roaJb,a
block to threaten Coutanceq fr.
the north while tank columns ro s..'
ing down the ST. 10 Cout.ss W.
highway pressed upon If a. o,H s'
closer range from the east T y,..
was little doubt that German s,
ty retreat from the Coutancss
Lessay coastal triangle Of N,
Cherbourg peninsula was in nrn.
ress to escape closing AT5.
trap. '''''0
While it is as yet doubtful 4...
TIE Allied immediate purpose ON.
farther than to widen and dee a,s
the Normandy rridgehead ia ~.
commodate larger forces in nreY
aratlon for more decisive actiog
the means for Immediate eynIoi,
ton of enemy confusion aopeay
TO be at hand. Tie situation in Cor '
man ranks as well as in German,
itself invites bold action,
Russian crossing of the vis+nl,
On the 80 mile span where tbcr
| ad reached the river soutbeaet =,
Warsaw had not been confjrme3
by Moscow but seemed big6lv
probable. Red forces had sei7si
cast bank towns, Deblin and Phi
ANY,, guarding the important rail
and road crossings west of Lubljr
Nazi evacuation of Brest Litovsk
was clearly impending since n.
breach in the Vistula line meant
Warsaw was due for thanking No,
frontal attack, and the Brest Lii.
oVsk garrison was in growing dan.
ger of being cur off and annibjIst.
ed.
Once beyond the river in III.
su!Ms pInoo sue!ssng eVl 'oonr
6ue u! Io4oes 6MeInd unqar
rorthwestward to take the old po.
lish capital from the rear, its vD.
nerable side, or cut Its commmi,
cation lines.
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Our Chief Aim
To aid In every way the prosecution Of
the war to complete Victory.
TOP o. THE MORNING

King George vi called upon his subjects
TO offer up Earnest and continuous and
widespread prayer throughout the present
crisis of the liberation of Europe
prayer" he said, ''would fortify the de-
termination of our soldiers sailors, and
81 desire soIemnly to call my people to
prayer and dedication"
From CHOW"
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rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWc'

July rs, 1919 ,..;..3
Lieut.. Latham HarrI5s' O t..r,
States Navy, is home on ~ NJ.
for weeks visit with ms E T.,
ents, Major and Mrs. W. y '-'
rss.
NEW YoRK-The transport N. H.
ron arrived with a record pa. a
ger list of French war orlae, I'm
brides were on board 81 OF ''''
French and two English
The Pacific Fleet, which p s.,
successfully through the Faa r,s.
canal yesterday on the '0y ,,;.
from Hampton Roads to laV ..il.a
cast of the United States -, d.
tonight from Panama for 0S''
ego.
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Mazi Collapse May Come
Sooner Than Is Expected

WASHINGTON - The smashing
victories of the Russian army are
causing military authorities in
Washington to revise their ideas
as to the probable end of the war
in Europe. Some experts think the
German army may collapse as
early as September.
1t is no secret among Allied mil
itary men that Germany is in very
bad shape, and that she is virtual
ly defeated so far as any hope of
waging a successful military cam
paign is concerned.
However, the German army is
expected to fight until the will to
resist is knocked out of it and
some conservative authorities
therefore are wary about predict
ing the end. But an increase in
peace feelers" may be expectd
from now on.
Gneral Ho Wing chief of
the Chinese general staff, and min
lister of war in the Chang Kai-shek
cabinet, believes the current Jap
offensive in central China is part
of the enemy's long-range strategy
to assure an escape corridor for
its forces in the southwest Pacific.
According to the general, the
Japanese are attempting to cut an
escape corridor from north China,
which they occupy to Canton, along
the Canton-Peiping railroad, which
they can use In the event their
sea communications are cut.
He points out that this strategy
is the result of spectacular Amer
lean successes at sea and in the
air. Once American forces reach
the Philippines, Jap garrisons in
the Indies will be in an almost
hopeless position.
The Flying Bomb has made it
highly essential, in the opinion of
many informed persons, that real
ly effective machinery be set up
and maintained to prevent another
world war.
Although the robots that are be-
ing dropped over England are dis
counted as of no real military
value, the plain truth is that this
new weapon is something which
the future will have to reckon with.
1t may not even dent British
morale, coming at a time when
Germany is already virtually beat
en-. But the future can scarcely
take a chance, informed observers
believe, on such an all-weather air
force being Embossed suddenly on
helpless civilians.
The flying bomb, these observers
say, should be of particular in
terest to the United States, be-
cause it has not merely narrowed
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Daily Prayer
FOR SONS AND DAUGHTERS

FOR SONS AND DAUGHlERS
Daily and hourly pay TO
Thee, O Infinite Father in Heay
en-, for our sons and daughters
and husbands and brothers, who
are in the armed forces Of Our
country. We have sent them forth
as patriots, obeying our countryS
call to do service for humanity
and Thee. Keep fresh in the..
souls the conviction that they are
engaged il a holy war, born Of
the ideals taught in Thy word.
Ncurish their spiritual convlctlon2
and may each preserve his owl
most sacred personality MAXI,
Warm their hearts with the con-
seriousness of ola constant affec'
ton. Amidst new and mighty
temptations, save them from SA
And speed the day Of victory 0
God in whose hand is the OUT
come of battles and the fate Oh
nations, that they may soon r.
turn, to be EMBODIED in our gra'e
ful love. We commend our dea
ones, in body and in spirit
Thy guardian care Amen.-Wlh
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]
ties in the state, had the secona
largest E bond quota of any OF 'A'
othe:-' SO counties, beng tpoP''
only by Mecklenburg with a P'E
u'ation double This county's.
In this connection, he SAD ins
New Hanover had done so WEI
in previous campaigns, thai '.'
quota for the county had oeeN J"
creased each time.
He disclosed that $40 O00OUO b
al types of war bonds have os H.
purchased in New Hanover o0i",
the bond campaigns, a sum NV, y
tran double the total resources
Wilmington banks four years ~
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COAD APPOINTED

RALEIGH, July 81 R Gov
ernor Broughton today appointed
James E. Coad, of the commerce
and industry division of the Board
of Conservation and Development,
to be the states representative in
patriotic program to be held soon
in all textile communities.
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but has erased the oceans. A bar
rage of lotion or larger robots di.
rected against Manhattan by dis
tant radio control is believed to
be a definite possibility if there
should be World War Ill.
Some Quarters in Washington ex-
ect a public endorsement of the
Dewey-Bricker Republican ticket
by John L. Lewis, head of the
United Mine Workers.
One stra win the wind was the
platform.
Except for repeated attacks on
the Roosevelt administration
Lewis has been on thu political
sidelines since 1910, but he is ex.
pected to jump back into the spot
light, probably at the miners con
vention in Cleveland in September.
Powerful Forces of the French
underground are expected to play
an important role in aiding the
Allies when the big drive begins
on Paris.
Since D-Day, French under
ground troops estimated at more
than $4,000 have been doing i'm
portant work behind the German
lines cutting communications and
generally harassing the Nazis.
AS the Allies sweep forward, the
French guerilla armies are expect
ed to form important units in the
Allied lines.
The Belief is Growing in military
circles in Washington that Ameri-
can and Allied forces will be back
in the Philippines much sooner
than previously expected.
Gen. Douglas McArthur's forces
now are less than 900 miles from
Mindanao in the southwest Pacific
and Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
and his powerful fleet are only
1,400 miles away in the Marianas.
Thus developments indicate tina
American and Filipino forces may
be fighting side by side again in
the Philippines, probably weeks be-
fore the third anniversary of tn
Jap sneak attack.
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Within the period October la1
TO January 1913 planes Of the HI
Transport Command flew more
than 100000 air miles in Africa
carried 1900 passengers.
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Editors Note.-The Star and tho News accept no
responsibility for the personal views MI Perler
ana OFTEN disagree with them much as many Of
MS readers His articles serve the good purpose of
making people think. "
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Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, N
Y. was the first rrivetely endowed
college for women in America.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04
Shower rendered Mrs.
Geo. Smith Wednesday

Park City, Oct. 4.-Friends ar
ranged a miscellaneous shower
Wednesday evening at the hall for
Mrs. George Smith, formerly Miss
Madaline Roberts.
The evening was spent in singing
and the writing of favorite recipes
for Mrs. Smith. Guests from out
of town were: Mrs. Elmer Fink,
Mrs. Alex Maggie, Mrs. Alvin Wal
tiers of Billings; Mrs. Ed Branstad-
ter of Cody, Wyo., Miss .Luthena
Carpenter of Seattle, Mrs. Irwin
Roberts, Mrs. Eliza Roberts, Mrs.
Elliot, Miss Marion and Georgia
Weber, of Laurel. Other guests
were Mesdames Dunsworth, Davis,
]. Wagner, E. Kober, Tompkins, H..
Sands, Cosseboom, A. Fox, ]. Ben
ner, C. Eastlick, S. Flood, Helgesen,
c. Rymer, Wells, Spry, Vandenburg,
J. Kinney, E. Hedges, kellogg, l..
Smart, Misses Ellen Ware, Lois
Fink, Peggy Roth, Anna and Gloria
Jensen, Marjorie, Lorraine and Flea
nor Fox, Juanita and Mary Alice,
Allowayne Rymer, Marion Gebo,
and Phyllis Eastlick.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04
Columbus SpOrtsmen
Entertained By Park
City Club Monday

Park City, Oct. 4.-Members of
the Columbus Rod & Gun club were
the honored guests at a dinner Mon
day evening at the hall of the local
club who were losers in the varmint
hunt held in the summer. Column
bus won with the total of 27,125
points to Park City's 11,220. Thirty
Columbus sportsmen came for the
wild duck and chicken dinner.
Alex Fox served as POSTMASTER
and introduced H. j. Hofacker, sec
rotary of the Billings Western Wild
life League; N. G. Ashley, president
of the Montana unit of Western
Wildlife League, and Ellis Smith of
Greenacres, Wash.
John Jensen was high point man
of Columbus with Alfred Jordan
Secretary, and Otto Steinbrink third
in points for the hunt. William
Armstrong won with most points
for Park City and Dallas Cunning
ham was second.
Speakers of the evening were E.
A. Blenkner of Columbus, Nh. Ash
ley and Mr.. Hafacker of Billings
and DR.. j. F. Den Sc of Montague,
former vice chairman of the Wis
consin Sportsmen's Association.
John Brock of Milwaukee was
also a guest of the club.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04
PARK CITY Get
Four Wagner Brothers
In Armed Services

Park City, Oct. 4.-David L
Wagner returned from Helena We'd
nesday where he enlisted in the
naval reserve service. He is the
youngest and the fourth son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wagner of Park
City to go into the armed forces.
His brother, Lieut.. Charles Wagner
is stationed in Washington, d. c.;
Philip Wagner, a lieutenant in the
marine corps is in the South Paci-
fic, and Staff Sgt. Thomas Wagner
is at present with an army unit in
France.
David Wagner is a senior in the
high school and will be called in
the near future for service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Wondering
of Billings were guests last Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Williams.
Mrs. w. D. Whitcanack of Bill
lings came Friday and remained
until Sunday night. Mr.. Whitca-
mack came Saturday evening and
returned to his work Sunday.
The Saltwater county road crew
made a trip around Park City Sat
urday, filling up the holes in the
pavements of the town.
C. V. Mosier spent Friday at
where he was n of the
auctioneers at the Dudley White