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Evening star., 1944-05-08
ChennouIt Flyers Moved
Nearer Tokyo. Nozis Soy
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON. May g. - The Berlin
radio broadcast dispatch today
quoting the Tokyo newspaper Asahi
Shimbun as saying the United States
l4th Air Force under Maj. Gen
Claire l.. Chennault in China is
being strongly reinforced from India
and being moved $50 miles closer to
Tokyo In preparation for an air as
sault on Japan.
Evening star., 1944-05-08

American raid on the German cap
ital. A dispatch by the Scandi-
navian Telegraph Bureau said tar
gets in Berlin "are getting scarcer
and scarcer' and Berliners less and
less impressed by the raids. Ber-
liners are saying their city has been
condemned to death" the Berlin
correspondent of the Stockholm
Morgon Tidningen reported.
After the big bombers carried out
what the German communiQue
called terror attacks on Bucharest
and Berlin, approximately 200 9th
Air Force Marauders struck today
at military objectives in Northern
France and railroad bridge on the
outskirts of Rouen.
Nazis Attack in Waves.
German fighters drove bitterly
against the Brunswick raiders. re-
turning crewmen reported. and they
said the Germans attacked in waves
for half an hour.
The Americans said it was the
first German fighter defense in
strength since the April % raid on
Berlin. A heavy overcast forced the
Liberators to bomb through the
clouds. FLAX was described as light.
At least three crewmen told of
seeing German fighters ram or COL
llde with American bombers in
the Brunswick fight.
There were fighters and bombers
colliding all over the sky" said 1t.
L. Houston, Helena, Mont. MY ship
flew through the wreckage of a
couple Of them.
One Focke-Wulf came in 50 close
to US that I figured he was out of
control and going to ram us. l
nosed down and he did. too Then
he nosed up at the same time as I
did. l don't know how we missed
each other"
One creWman said Messer-
schmitt, its tail shot off. went down
out Of control then nosed up."
hlttlng a bomber head on.
24th Day of Offensive.
Today's daylight operations pressed
the tremendous preinvasion air Of
fensive into its oath consecutive day
and capped 24-hour period in
which probably 5000 Allied planes.
flying from bases in Britain and
Italy, dropped about 10000 tons of
explosives on installations with
which Hitler hoped to combat the
Allies western invasion and stem
the Russian drive into the Balkans.
The RATS home-based night fleet
last night hit Rennes Airfield. north
OF Nantes, and other targets in
nantes, Tours, Salbris. 35 miles
south OF Orleans. and military in
stallatlons on the Normandy coast,
As we'll as the great Nazi chemical
center. LeVerkusen, just north Of
Cologne. Nine planes were lost in
the Raj night operations, which
included the sowing of mines in
enemy waters.
Rennes. in Brittany. about 40
miles inland from the channel
coast, is an important rail center
through which supplies are routed
Tor submarines and vessels in
French Atlantic ports. Blows at an
ammunition dump there and at
Salbris last night were in line with
the new campaign begun recently
in an obvious effort to DESTROY as
much OF GermanyS antiinvasion
flrepoWer as possible before the
Allied invasion forces sweep against
the continent.
In weak return. German raiders
struck last night at the South coast
OF England, but the British said
tSee RAIDS, Page A-l2J
Evening star., 1944-05-08
Highest Court to Review
Associated Press Case
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASsociateG Press.
The Supreme Court today an
nounced it would review the case of
the Government against the Asso-
ciated Press, Jointly appealed by the
Government and the Associated
Press. No date was set for the
hearing
The court also granted a 9Th Fed
eral Circuit Court request that it
consider the appeal of Mitsuye Endo
American woman citizen of jap
anese descent, who seeks release
from a War Relocation Authority
center in California.
Evening star., 1944-05-08
Finnish Hurbor Is Roided

Kotka HORROR. east of Helsinki
on the south coast of Finland, was
raided by 20 dive bombers thi.;
morning, the Finnish communioue
announced. The communique was
recorded by United States Govern
ment monitors from Finnish
broadcast.
Evening star., 1944-05-08

home leave, holds the present record
OF enemy planes destroyed by an
American pilot. with a total score
of 30, of which seven were destroyed
on the ground
Capt. johnson, a stubby. blond
youngster who asked for Is addi-
tional hours of combat duty after
See JOHNSON. Page A-12l
Evening star., 1944-05-08

tSee JOHNSON, Page AID
Evening star., 1944-05-08

Fair, warmer; low near "a tonight.
Tomorrow cloudy aid warmer.
Temperatures today-Highest. &C. at
80 pm: lowest, 48, at 40 am. Yes
terday-Highest. ST. at 2:55 pm;
lowest, So, at II so pm.
Evening star., 1944-05-08

CSee ROOSEVELT, Page A..
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
G0tdm, Campbell Missed Flowing
Well by 1aly Few Hundred Feet

Gordon Campbell narrowly missed drilling flowing well
when ne completed his discovery well in the KevnSunburs field
than 20 years ago.
This REVEALED Prevol Shay completed their
18th well gov ~armit only hundred feet
of the discovf a well which the
forna company pugg~ 5oss, fter completion APP
proximately two decades ago feasoSsIl
The Prevol Shay we'll in SW 3W made three flows
the top of the drilling after fAdng the EsMadon
contact dry ITS and drilling feet further break
1882 It flowed 85 barrels the "a expected
to make substantial increase when acdZed The
mediately made another location, $50 feet due north
Completion of the Pevo Shay well Immediately focused
ton wdeopen in the extreme northwestern part of the
field and expected lead further drilling the district
The Gordon Campbell we'll while given unofficial rating
from 10 to 20 barrels commercial producer While
proved KevnSunburst for production it and the
left behind when operators moved open acreage and ushered
in of gusher production
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19

tease DIOCk.
Another location made by the
company is its No. l Hanson, on
the company's west Utopia block,
six miles west of the company's No.
State, discovery well on the Utopia
block. The Hanson we'll is in c NE
SW NE 21-33-N-3E.
Thus the Tevas company is drill
ing three wells in a row and one
slightly off center and to the north
east of the others, making a
thorough test of a region passed up
by others, and roughly in a semi
circle south and southeast of East
Butte, and paralleling the general
contours of the butte.
In all, the company is playing
around in eight townships, an area
of more than 2550 square miles,
with not a single well previously
drilled in the central portion of
the district. Some wells drilled on
the fringe found showings of both
oil and gas.
The Raabe well will be drilled to
the Madison lime, expected in this
area at about 1920 feet. 1t will be
drilled to a point near the top of
the lime with rotary tools, now
rigging up
Meantime, what appears to be a
Continued on Page p
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Kicking Horse
Due to Reach
Lime Shortly

The closely watched wildcat
of the Husky Refining company
ON Kicking Horse structure,
mapped as connecting the
Sweetgrass Hills and the Kelvin
Sunburst field, continued to
show life this week.
After fighting a heaving bridge
and failing to get back on bottom
at 2030 feet, the crew landed a
string of finch pipe at 1860 feet,
and was bailing sand in an effort
to clean out the hole and drill in.
At 204O, the tools were blown 800
feet up the hole, which bridged
When the drilling line was I'M
snarled and the tools recovered,
they were covered with a very
heavy asphaltic oil.
For about two weeks, the crew
has been trying to get the pipe set
at the bottom of the hole 1t is ex-
pected that it will drill into the top
of the Madison lime within the next
"a hours The well first attracted
attention when it began gassing at
shallow depths, one flow igniting
and burning the rig with which the
well was Spudded.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Carter Starts
Test TO Lime.
Alkali Dome

On a structure which scouts say
looks even more forbidding than
Elk Basin on the surface real
bad lands" area-the Carter Oil
company this week is rigging up
for a test in c SW SW 2-6N-32E.
To be tested is the so-called Alkali
dome, in Yellowstone county, about
q miles straight west of Hysham,
in Treasure county.
Mapped as an anticlinal fold with
a northwest-southeast trend, 1t is
slated to be tested to the top of the
Madison lime by the well now rig
ging up. Rotary tools are to be used,
with contract let to the Kerlyn
Drilling Co.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
New Pipeline Plonned
As Outlet for Frunnie

Oklahoma Pipeline Co. is consid-
ering laying miles of s-inch crude
oil line from the Frannie pool, in
Wyoming, to Warren station on
Yale Oil Pipeline Co.'S 83-Inile sys-
tenn from Elk Basin, Wyoming, to
Billings and Laurel, Mont, now
ported to have been made in laying
the line and installing equipment
at three pump stations IN the pro
gram for completing the Yale sys-
tenn this month.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19

ent seasonal demands exceeding re-
finery production, the nations
stocks win continue to decline"
Deliveries of civilian grade motor
gasoline from refineries and termi-
nails in the United States exceeded
production during the period July
/. through August 5, by 800 bar
rels daily. Deliveries totalled ], $780,
200 barrels daily while refinery pro
duction totaIIed 1927, 700 barrels
daily. Corresponding deliveries dur
CONTINUED on Page Sd
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Well North of Brody
To Test Madison Soon

The Texas Company Is near com
pletion on its third test near its
eight-barrel Sunburst sand well on
the Schlepp farm near Brady, in
POndera county. After recording
dry holes northeast and southwest
of the pumper, 1t is now heading for
the Madison lime in its No / K.
lesser, c Sc NV Sc 17-27N-2W. The
lesser well found no Sunburst sand.
II Is slightly more than a mile
northwest of the Schlepp pumper
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19

weeks.
Alphabetically, the Carter lead
off the list with two. the company's
Fee 25 No 2 in c NE Sc 25-34N-6W,
and the Weaver No. ?. in c Sc SW
27-35N-6W. The first swabbed ~
barrels an hour for the first II
hours, the second swabbed 81 bar
rels the first is hours. was shot
with 60 quarts, and then swabbed
31s barrels an hour
With potentialities still TO be de-
termined are Consolidated Gas
Frary Allotted S745 No 2, NV NV
SW 13-32-6W, which had 1900 feet
Of oil in the hole when drilled in,
and G. S. Frary-Tribal Contract 8
No. 4, c Sc NE NV 13-32-6W.
which had $50 feet of oil in the
hole and is to be shot
Locations for four new wells
Continued on Page p
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Corter Drills to 1891
In South Stute Wildc0t

The Carter Oil company this
week reported hole made to 1921
feet in its Bowler No. l, on the
Fox-Luther dome, c SW NE 1865
10 z. This is in the extreme south
ern part of the state about 9 miles
northwest of the Dry Creek field
and 80 miles northwest of the Mon
tana portion of the Elk Basin field.
1t is on an anticlinal trend marked
as paralleling the eastern edge of
the Beartooth thrust fault, and
about six miles from the fault.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Union Tests
Uncompleted

Developments of conclusive
character continued lacking
this week i'm the area between
ChOteau and Collins i'm Teton
county, where the Union OIL
company has two wells under
test, and location made for an
other.
The company's No ! John j.
Greene, NV SW SW 28-25N-3W,
has repeatedly plugged off the
Ellis Madison contact after acidiZ-
ing a showing into water, with pipe
left in the hole to permit perfora-
ton testing of the Bannatyne sand,
in which a saturated core was
taken,
Half a mile to the southwest. in
c Sc SW Sc 29-25-3W, on the Carl
son farm, the company is reported
to have drilled to the top of the
Bannatyne sand with rotary tools,
to have run pipe at 1929 and to be
standing waiting for spudder to
drill in.
The area is one in which numer-
Gus wells have found promising
oil showings, on a Madison lime
stone nose running from the Pom
dera field to Great Falls.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
PENDROY WILDCAT
AWAITING SPUDDER

The Texas Company has made
hole to 1850 feet in its No. / Row
land, C Sc NE Sc 31-27N-5W, about
two miles south of the town of
Pendroy, and has run casing. The
hole was drilled with rotary to
within about 20 feet Of the Ellis
Madison contact and will be COM
pleted with a spudder, probably
next week.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19

Deputy Petroleum Administrator
Ralph K. Davies explained that
stocks of industrial fuel oils, heat
ing oils. and civilian grade motor
gasoline totalled 1914 million bar
rels during peacetime 1941
This year, on August l, these
same products were reduced to
1872 million barrels" Mr.. Davis
said. with civilian gasoline only
within So percent of pre-war levels,
heating oils reduced II percent, and
industrial fuels declining TO 81 per-
cent of peacetime levels. With pres
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
One Spudded. Another
Dry in MidWoY Sector

Score IN the Midway area east OF
Conrad this week was one small
well completed as q dry hole and
another spudded. The dry hole was
r. c. Tarrant's No. / Berland, NV
NV NV 2-27-1W, plugged and
abandoned after getting water in
the Sunburst sand at 1875. Spudded
was r. G. Tarrant's No. / Gehrig,
c NV SW Sc 21-28-1W, reported
drilling at so feet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Completion Neur in
Texoco E0st Won Test

Likely to be a completion inside
of the next few days is the Texas
Company's No. J. p. Hurley, wild
cat in the east Van area, about 10
miles northeast of the nearest pro-
ducers in the Kevin-Sunburst field.
The well, in c SW NE NV 9-35-1E,
has made hole past 1880 feet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
WILDCAT IN HILLS
rs DRILLING AGAIN

Arch Apex-Parsell No. 1. Sweet
grass Hills wildcat in NV NV NE
4-36N-3E, is reported drilling at past
$50 feet in its second hole, after
losing the first one at 400.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Starting of New Wildcat Focuses
Interest on Area South of Hills

Interest vast unested potential OIL south Of the Sweet
Hills and of the field heightened
this week when the Texas Company announced location
the its No the Raabe farm, NV Sc Sc 19S6E This
is the company's Prescott lease block.
The location IL miles due south of the Bears Den field and 10
miles northeast of the No Laas NV SW SW 3N
AZ, waiting drill in with rotary tools with hole made
point the top of the Madison lime the companys Utopia
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19

All but one of the competitions
was bad news. The exception was
Oien-GF 083246 No. 5, in G NV SW
Sc 11-35N-2W, which has an esti-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Nations Crude Stockpile Drops
81 Percent Since August, 1911

sockpe of essential civilian petroleum products
has been reduced percent August 194 This revealed
monthly petroleum supply bulletin released today by the
Petroleum Administration for War
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Cut Bank Comes Out of DOldrums
With Good Compilations Reported

Life took cheere hue in the Cut Bank field during the week
good competitions recorded them giving prom
of being better wells than those drilled to the sand
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19
Prevol & Shay Well Best to Reach
Pay in Kevin-Sunburst This Week

Prevol Shays No 10 their federal permit in north
western which flowed initial of IS barrels nat
feet below the of the Madison lime
operators the north field registered several competitions during
the week and announced four additional locations
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-08-19

mated initial of 20 barrels follow.
ing acidization.
Continued on Page 81
The Apache sentinel., 1944-08-11

bout throwin' duece OF days on the
Big -12 grades" to get their flaps low
cred so the cats in the company can
get Strengthened out. Perhaps one
would think that the barber, being
named Major has given his customers
in the Big II" all the go while the
Little T. CPvtS. M /Sgts.) have to sit
back and get their mops Strengthened
out whenever possible. Look out Son
fore you hear from the Great One"
Should be huff said.
Bob Beamon has gotten booted by
now and has Strengthened up and
started flying right. 1t was reported
that a jar of Catsup accidentally fell
upon his knowledge box in Fry town
a few days ago and when the kid fell
in the office of the Great One" the
Father" thought he was related to
the devil the way that hicky was
sittfn' on his konk piece.
"THE ROBIN" b.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-08-11
Sixth Graduating Class
Is Feted By Councils
At Friday Night Party

The USO WAC and Soldier Coun-
clls honored Fort Huachucas sixth
graduation class of Wac Techni-
clans with a prom, Friday night.
August 4, at 800 o'clock in the Fry
USO auditorium. Music was fur
nished by gig" from the swing
section Of the Post Band.
A floor show from the Post Spe-
clal Service Division was the feature
of entertainment with Pfc. Emmett
(Babe) Wallace acting as master of
ceremonies. The first number in the
show was Bring Enough Clothes
for Three Days." which was written
and sung by Pfc. Wallace. Pfc.
(Lady) Olive K. Deadeaux danced,
followed by two numbers, Marie
and You'll Never Know" by Sgt.
William Ellis, former director of the
758th Tanker'S Glee Club.
Pfc Phillis Branch sang three
numbers as a result of applause and
more applause, Time Waits for No
One" I'll Be Seeing YOU" and DO
Nothing Till You Hear From Me-"
The band swung out with the
"One O'CLOCK Jump" with Sharkie
Hall on the drums, and Babes ver-
sion of Cab CalloWay's Minnie the
Moocher" Eugene Jackson, Freddie
Baker and Maceo Anderson. one of
the Special Services best teams,
danced and jived.
The honored guests were: Dental
Technicians Pvts. Adeline T. DAN
ielS and Margaret D. Stevens; Lab
oratory Technician Pfc. Bertha M.
Hayes; Surgical Technicians Pics.
and Pvts. Dixie M. Bacy, Thelma B.
Giddings Flora L. Graham, Geral-
dine v. Lunday and Florence E.
Woodard, and Medical Technicians
Pics. and Pvts. Mary E. Bethel,
Alive S. Charles, Ann M. Highsaw,
Dorothy M. Hobson and Frances G.
Sherman.
Refreshments were served.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-08-11

are plugging the song enroute to Ohio
and Washington as of Tuesday. No
use in wishing them bon voyage be-
cause they will have good time.
Keep on the alert for a gala cele-
bration on about the last of August
It's the 333rd's first anniversary and
we are planning big blow out. After
a years activation we find that, not
meaning to be boisterous. we, the men
of the detachment, have really ac-
compliShed something.
If you've been at the Artillery club
much lately, you'lI have noticed a cer-
tain couple of patrons who practically
open the doors. 1t has been rumored
that they own stock in the joint. Can
that be the only reason you two are
always together here of late, Winbush
and WimberIy?
Sykes has sworn off playing for
the duration (of a whole week. and
further deponeth and sayeth quote
I'm going to be good PERIOD. Tell
it to the Marines, Ace, because we
know better. It's in your blood and
you'll always be a playboy.
Mitchell has originated an imagi-
nary character by the name Of "To-
paz." Whenever he is in a melancholy
mood, he calls on her for a heart to
heart discussion of the events of the
day. Poor kid, ! think he could use a
furlough too. They told me there
The Apache sentinel., 1944-08-11

Should one look at 1st/Sgt. john
sons record, the idea of a hard
guy" would be further implanted
in his mind, for the sergeant has
been in the U. S. Army since Feb
ruary 8, 1923, q5 years. having
soloiered with the 25th Infantry,
and the 733 NJ P. Battalion before
coming to Fort Huachuca in May
1914. The record will also show that
Sgt. Johnson is an expert marks
man.
However, the old saw that zap
pearances are deceiving" also cuts
here. Not man in Sgt. Johnson's
outfit has ever heard him raise his
voice in giving commands, or utter
a curse word, or lose his temper in
handling a situation He is definite
ly not the whistle blowing, order
believing, red-tape-happy type of
commissioned officer which he
appears to be, and for that reason,
he is the best liked instead of most
bitterly detested man in the outfit.
Sgt. Johnson has a wife and an
IL year old son on the Post with
him. He enlisted for Army service
Immediately after his graduation
from high school in San Antonio,
Texas.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-08-11

Once again the Bird" was out on a
limb, but the Great One" copied a
plea to the big fellows, Uptown, and
the train rolled on-minus the BIRD. :"
One of the four eyed boys with a bar
of silver under his wing, layed hipe
the other eve. that he personally
would see that the Bird would flop
his wings in some foreign port if his
handle jumped in the column some
gain. From the way he's been beefin'
to the new ANC's l don't blame this
-kiddy from whining his time away
wonderin' if the Robin would put
his business on the street.
Such fine people as Hicks, Holmes,
Copelyn, Mondore, Rose, Haywood,
Gillianne and Murray, have gotten the
hipped kitty from the small city,
grinnin' from ear to ear. Better beat
the chops up like mad cause T/5
Smith is back in town after spending
a few days on the short and KNOWN
the lad like / do, he's capable of laying
a brand new issue that will bust the
fair damSelS konll tissue. BY the way,
you shouldn't let the cats at the
'View of Many Mountains" drag ole
Dad" the way they did on the last
Sixth Black. Pops" amt for that
frantic mess they laid on him. After
all he still figures where there's life
there's hope, eh, Me?
There are many long faces being
sported round 345 way, since Nesbitt,
Won Dickers and Charlie Hill
jumped down from the joint of many
aches and pains. Fred Hill was dug
laying a fine spiel on a Josephine"
on the sad Seventh that just passed,
at the new Club Uptown (Sgts.
Mess). Better wake up Sweet Thing"
in 'Skirtville' fore you end up like
the bears brother, gettin' not a darn
step further Glamour Boy Wright has
been duckin his chum- -chums round
991 since he became the head stud"
in the area of barracks 345. .- q, 80
Smitty, of transportation, has, be
come the new playboy round skirt
Vile" All the kitchen mechanics have
gone wild over him. Sorta stealth a
little of Caldwells' glory, aren't you
ole man. Have mercy-Macy!i! a."
According to Big George there's
certain stud round 322 who wants
to drill to the altar. Don't know where
or when but the Bird" will take a
guess that it might be near a border
town. 'Tis a fine thing you're bout to
latch on to ole fran so play it cool
and do nothing til you hear from me
Mr.. "B." They've been telling me
that it's the W.O. that has all the go
Beef to the chief Merrick before your
/ fran Barney hits the derrick
Before you cats get Moody, l better
pull the coat of the "OX." A.W. the
"Livin' y" figures you could come on
like Rinshaw rather than squa1lin'
like Bradshaw especially since
you've gone ''Cook Happy" j dug the
way you and SaXton beat up the late
scoff for the boys on the past Seventh
Black. The boys have been whisperin'