davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-26

neering, University of Oklahoma
Among its findings is that when
a mud is used which has a poor
wall-building property, productivity
of the well may be permanently re-.
duced by infiltration of water into
the formation. The article stresses
that such damage is more serious in
zones of relatively low reservoir
pressure" where the high differ
entail pressure necessary to purge
the sand of the water cannot be
obtained, regardless of steps taken
after the water has once entered
the zone"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-26
Article Stresses Possible Damage
Due to Rotary Water Infiltration

Appearing add little weight the arguments OF those who
insist that rotar wholly unsted for completion wildcats
Montana article
the WaBung Property of Mud appears the Feb IL issue
of The e. Gas of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-26

The article Is one of series pre-
pared by Glenn M. Stearns, asso-
ciate professor of petroleum engi-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-02-26

A War Bond is a nest egg thai
will hatch.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Sunday Band Concert

1t was with keen interest that we learned
he R.O.TC band is to play at Greenfield
bark bandstand on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday band concerts have been among our
avored projects long time. We have felt
hey would prove a happy escape from the
weekly grind of SO many of our citizens who
are carrying extraordinary burdens of work
and worry in these war times.
And, while we have encouraged them as
pest we could without suggesting a scene for
hem, we have often wondered if the old
,andstand at the park which has been idle
% long would not be an appropriate place
or them Without measuring the stand we
believed it too small for the R.O.TC band.
t now proves that we were wrong. There is
ample room in it to seat the band comfortably
This concert, which is a part of Whining
IONS observance of Music week, will afford
he people of the city and surrounding area
a splendid opportunity to show their apprecia-
ton of the bands willing services whenever
it is asked to play for public affairs. 1t is a
notable fact that few public gatherings are
held at which the band is not present and
those occasions are at hours when the players
cannot be excused from classes.
There is no more public spirited organiza-
ton in Wilmington than the R.OTC. band.
It deserves to have a large audience on Sun
day afternoon
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Cetennary Of The Telegraph

On May "a plaque is to be unveiled out
side the old Supreme Court chamber in the
Capitol at Washington to the memory of Samu-
ell F. B. Morse who on the same day cen
fury before sent the first Geographic message
from Washington to Baltimore.
In addition to this belated tribute to the
great inventor special interest centers in the
fact that the ceremony itself will be re-enacted
and Morses original telegraph set built with
former Morse operator, Ernest E. Norris,
president of the Southern Railway will tap out
the naessage-"What God Hath wrought
1t will be received by R. B. White, president
former telegrapher, who will be at the Mt.
Claire station which is near the spot where
Alfred Vail, Morses partner, picked up the
first message and retransmitted it to Washing
ton to complete the circuit and prove that
Morses invention really worked
After years of disappointment and vicissi-
tudes, Morse was at last on the way to sue
cess. 1t was not until eight years after Morse
had perfected his apparatus that Congress fl
nally appropriated fund for the creation of
the line between Washington and Baltimore. In
the meantime he had gone to Europe to take
out patents England fatty turned down his
application France granted him a patent
which was subsequently appropriated by the
French government without compensation to
himself His negotiations with Russia were fu-
tile. After years absence, Morse returned to
New York, his spirit all but broken. Then in
1843, Congress made an appropriation to con-
struct the first telegraph line, and on May
a. 1874 the first message, as noted, was
transmitted. By 1858, Austria, Belgium.
France, Holland, Piedmont, Russia, the Holy
See, Sweden, Tuscany and Turkey had made
monetary appropriations in recognition of the
use of his instruments in those countries.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Freight Peak Nears

The public won't hear much about it, but
sometime in the near future an event will
occur here in this country that will be one
of the great victories of World War II. Both
the Office of Defense Transportation and the
railroads expect the peak of rail freight and
passenger traffic to come in 1914. Once the
peak is mastered, the railroad men will know
they have met the challenge of the war OF
movement and Won
As the final test approaches, the railroads
prime worry is manpower. Locomotives can
be oiled, repaired and kept on the move night
and day. almost without stop, but human be-
;ngs must rest Shipment of war materials is
being slowed because of insufficient help to
keep the trains moving. To combat the man.
power shortage the rails are calling for more
people
Over seventy per cent of all inter-city
freight is moved by rail- This alone gives a
pretty good idea of the importance of the
railroads. Major General c. P. Cross Chief
of Transportation, United States Army, has
said: 'Our railroads are essential to our ma
TONS capacity to make war. That was proved
in World War l and has become again over
Whelmingly evident in this war. They must
be sustained by the American people with
full appreciation that they are vital to us and
must always be prepared to go into action to
make effective the might of the United
States'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Odds Favor Roosevelt

Since the 1914 political pot began to boil it
has been a reasonable assumption that Presi-
dent Roosevelt would become candidate for
= fourth term only if he could be we'll assured
that his nomination would be overwhelmingly
snnroved by the democratic national conven-
lion and. with that disposed of, enough
strength is mustered to give him the necessary
electoral college votes to assure his election
The first seems to be in way of being full
filled. State primary elections thus far con-
Quoted have pledged 40 delegates to back
his nomination. The total required is $780,
Only 179 more votes remain to be secured to
NIT him over on the first ballot. Wall street
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
BY JOHN SELBY
Some spring fiction


Victor Whites "Peter Domanig"
is rather long and has a foot in
two great traditions, if that figure
makes sense. It is the story of
an lllegitimate boy growing up in
Vienna. of the town and it's peo-
pie, and OF revenge that does not
materialize, but that does condi.
ton his life. On one side it is
a European novel, with the involv-
ed mechanics and the attention to
exploratory detail of the Russians
But on the other hand it is an
allegory, for the hero is a man
with every reason for entertaining
an inferiority complex, poten-
tial Hitler. Certain things saved
him: Bobbs-Merrill; $3).
"Homeward the Heart" is Mar
garet NJ Mackay's statement of =
pretty general wartime problem.
Captain Lawton is in Honolulu.
glad that his wife and children
are safe in California, and that
Paul, who is a lifetime friend of
his and of his wife, is there for
advice and support when these are
necessary. But Honolulu is a lone
ly place, and Captain Lawton finds
girl whom he comes to adore.
It looks like standard quadran-
gle, and in Ense it is. But
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Behavior Code

New York City's junior school pupils
numbering approximately 100000 in eighty
three buildings, have drawn up a code OF
behavior for themselves. The important thing
to remember is that they did it all themselves.
They selected their own code committee. The
committee itself drafted the code.
1t is perhaps the most notable experiment
in student democracy ever undertaken in this
country. That it will attract national attention
and be emulated elsewhere is reasonable
hope.
Every pupil in the metropolitan junior high
schools will receive copy of the code, with
space at the bottom for his or her signature.
Those who sign up declare:
l. will never, knowingly, by word or
Decd injure anyone's person, feelings or
property in any manner.
2. will always respect the religious be-
liefs Of others as I will respect my own.
3. will show courtesy to other people
at all times, particularly to my elders.
4. I will abide by the laws and regula
tons of my school and community.
5. I will be honest with myself and 9TH
ers and I will practice cleanliness of mind
and body at all times.
DR.. Elias Lieberman assistant superintend-
ent of schools, who announced the pupils ac-
ton, added
$50 bold an experiment in student democ-
racy, on so large scale has not before
been attempted in any part of our country.
Certainly, amidst all the talk about what's
wrong with our youth, the work of the code
committee is convincing proof that there IS
much that is right with youth. that it is es-
sentially sound.
And he added that behaviour code sincere
ly accepted in early adolescence, latter THOR
ough democratic give and take discussion
should be a genuine influence in Shaping 1ne
ideals and determining the practices OF our
future generations"
True enough.
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One Nurses Experience

Some of the Americans who grumble at
working conditions, '1oW'' wages and poor
housing in defense ceners would do we'll to
consider the case of an Army nurse recently
returned from foreign service and what she
endured in the line Of duty while serving
with the Allied forces in Africa
The nurse is Lieut. Eleanor H. Althoff of
Camp Grant, and left for overseas duty in
April. 1913. Now in Denver, she told report
Frs of her experience as dinner guest of
the Sultan of Morocco at the gentleman S
nalace. when, she said, Il felt as if I were
dreaming of wandering around on movie
set in HOLLYWOOD The dinner was a cere-
,ooa;a1 affair. with special emphasis on try
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ditional native practices. 'You are held in a
trance by the rapid changing of table set.
tings, she explained.
That dinner was the bright spot OF her time
in Africa. For the rest, she knew only mud
and filth and the suffering of broken bodies
She was in the group of nurses sent to BIZ
zerte She slept on the ground. Once an enemy
bomb tore her tent to pieces. She changed
clothes only once a week. She did not I'M
dress for bed Her daily shift lasted for twenty
hours, with no days off. At last she was re-
turned to this country and is now seeking
needed rest at Denver hospital.
Twenty hours a day. No baths. No quick
changes of raiment No bed. No house. Just
work, work work, in battle-torn city with
the fighting still under way.
And we at home still demand the dainties
and indulgences of peace times, and strike
when we don't get them.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
You're Telling Me

Mussolini is training new Italian army
within Germany, according to report from
Berlin. If this is Hitler's long-threatened
secret weapon, the Axis jig is up.
Those Allied babies are plenty tough as
tbs Japs will discover if they attempt to
take Handy from them.
Whoever would have dreamed of the loWly
prune ever being described as 'deliciosu,
point-saving dish?
Grandpappy Jenkins visualizes the plight
of newspaper artist who, comes the peace,
finds himself stuck with thousands of those
little arrows left over from war maps.
Those millions being wagered at eastern
tracks prove that while the horse may not be
as speedy as the jeep he's more expensive
Canine pictures are box-office hits. Thus
Hollywood goes to the dogs. proftably.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Daily Prayer
FOR SOBER MINDS

AS we approach Thee, o Eter-
ma Father, whose throne is in the
highest heavens and whose home
is in the hearts of Thy Children,
we pray for character and uplift-
ed minds. We are so prone to
grovel in our own petty interests
that we pray now for heavenly
mindedness. May our simple faith
in Thee, our unfailing Father, be
undergirt by deep reverence and
awe. We are praying to Thee in
a bewildering, desperate time, with
the whole world Attire, May we
have minds to meet this hour
sober minds, exalted minds, mindc
of simple faith. Strengthen our
child-like reliance upon Thee r
the safety of our sons and the
success of our Cause. Take us into
partnership in Thy good purposes
for all mankind. Amen.-W.T.E
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lis offering two-to-one odds that this will be

lis offering two-to-one odds that this will be
done.
Fulfllment of the second point is not so
easily foreseen. But it may be said that what
ever dissatisfaction with President Roosevelt
exists in the Democratic party, there is no
less dissatisfaction among republicans with
that party's most promising candidate Thorn
as E. Dewey and that President Roosevelt
has great advantage in that he is already
in office, that many voters will look askance
at proposal to swap horses in midstream,
particularly with the war unwon, that Dewey
is an unknown quantity in national politics,
has refused to make any effort to get the
nomination and would be up against the
snoothest running political machine the coun-
try has had since the good old days of the
G. O. P. old guard.
If it is a race between Roosevelt and Dewey,
the determining factor will be found in the
electoral college. If the Roosevelt opposition
hopes to be successful it will have to con-
centrate its effort in states with the heaviest
electoral vote.
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With Ernie Pyle

to day in a strange place for a
plane to get ready to go some
where. You don't feel like settling
down to reading. You've seen So
much foreign country already that
you don't enjoy sightseeing. So
you just lie, on a bed and look at
the ceiling and count the slow
passage of the hours and days.
One day, however, Colonel Ash
worth and l got a guide and went
through the medina, which is the
Arab quarter. 1 had been in medi-
mas before, and they're picturesque
but horribly filthy. 1 would just as
soon never see another one.
Another afternoon we hired a
horse and buggy and took a long
drive out along the seashore road.
We passed the country hotel where
President Roosevelt stayed when
he was there.
A couple of friends who helped
us pass the time were Lieut.. Col.
Tom Cassidy, of Pittsburgh, and
Maj. Charlie Moore. of Inglewood,
N. j., old acquaintance of mine
from Marakech and Dakar.
Everybody was wonderful to US,
and Casablanca is the incest city
I've seen in the Mediterranean the
alter, and the weather was lovely
and yet person who has nothing
to do but wait almost goes crazy
under the best Of circumstances.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
The Literary Guidepost

Mrs. Mackay does not write drug
store fiction John Day; $2.50.)
Theodore Pratt is nothing if not
experimental. He likes very much
to try new things, and in 'Thun-
der Mountain it is the Grand
HOTEL set-up. Alexander AIRING
ton, somewhat fatiguing million
aire, is the king pin, and his fam
lily reunion, held in a mountain
retreat reminiscent of Hitler's lit
tie nest in the Bavarian Tyrol, is
the setting. The family, and an
outsider or two, are cut off there
with no apparent means of ever
getting away, at which point love
affairs and tensions begin build
ing, and gorgeous tangle swiftly
follows. Mr.. Pratt certainly knows
that the whole thing is highly i'm
probable, but he writes it for all
1t IS worth. DUEL, Sloan and
Pearce; $3.50.
IN Frederic F. Van de Waters
Mrs. Applegate's Affair." there is
announcer war problem "a separa-
ZION which husband and wife agree
70 use W tn complete freedom,
since marriage is pretty dull after
10 years. But here the touch is
very light, the result is a ladle
run OF charm. Duell, Sloan and
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Col. Sellards Makes
Graduation Address
At Dixon High School

1t. Col. David F. Sellards, OF
Camp Davis, made the principal
address at the graduation exercise
of Dixon high school last night.
Allen H. Stafford presented
awards to outstanding seniors, and
Capt. A. D. Owen, of Camp DAVIS,
presented the diplomas to the 1894
class.
Graduates of the class Of 1914
are Alden Davis Navy, Leonard
Fisher, Louie Foy, Marvin King
S. W. Lewis. Franklin Lucas. Fora
Marine, Horace Padgett, Willie
Parker, Herman Smith, Alton
Thompson J. z. Thompson Stacy
Thompson, Kenny Vandiver, Bon
ME Allen, Edna Mae Emmett Doro'
thy Ennis, Mary Hobbs, Maxine
Morgan, Magdaline Owens, Eliza
beth Padgett, Ethel LIE Padgett
Cora Marie Parker, Ruth Parker,
Rose Kicks, Estelle Sanders anu
JacQueline Smithson.
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Five Wilmington Women
Enlist In The Waves;
To Go To New York City

The U. S. Navy Recruiting ouD,
station announced yesterday tna'
five women who enlisted IN 'A'
Waves from Wilmington, VIII It,
ceive their boot training at Huf''t
College. New York City, begihnlns
May 18th. They are: Myrtle D ,5!,l,'
Maude D. Long, Margeret hln,
mons Peer, Gladys Greer h0 ,c.
stein, and Ruby Irene Shoe. I n
following men were sworn IN sn ~.
U. S. Navy at Raleigh this |eTn'
Herbert Lee Holt and DeWard LeI
vern Murphy, Wilmington L 3o.
Eugene Ward, Chadbourn, Goluo"
Kinlaw Boen and Hubert St2AlV!'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
ACTRESS SUED

LOS ANGELES, May 5. --(P)--
Jennifer Jones, who rose to screen
fame by her academy award -
winning role in THE Song of Ber-
nadette,'' was sued for S613, 1000 to-
day by Twentieth Century Fox
studio on the allegation that she
had ignored a call to work in a
picture last April.
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$50 YANK

STOCKHOLM, May s. Up -
Sweden now has $50 American
filters under internment. About
half of them, it was learned to-
day, will move from their present
quarters at Falun to a former
health resort at Lokabrunn. The
remainder will stay at Falun,
which has been ove.-croWded.
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AWARDED

WASHINGTON, May 5-P-I"s
War Department announced '4T ~.
award of the Distinguished f!!'
ing Cross to Capt. cAarIsS r.
Daniels, Jr., WilllamstoN' , ~
and Capt. George H. Ma MAJ, III
Charlotte, N. c., both mem oeIS Air.
he U. S. Army Fifteenth All
Force
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Soldier boy! 1 hear the bugles blow,
But where you are they say l may not
know.
I hear the war news on the thin blue
air
But where you are, to ask l may not dare.
Shame on me, shame! sent you in Gods
care;
He'll keep you safe, no matter when or
where. SELECTED.
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Fair Enough

responsibility for the personal views OF Mr.. Peger,
and often disagree with them much many of
his readers His articles the good purpose Of
making people think.
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rs Years Ago
Today
(From the files
of the Star-News)
MAY 6, 1919

MAY 6, 1919
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Davis left
last night for pleasure trip to
Washington, D. c.
London, May eyes, the Prince
of Wales is very busy man. He
gives a lot of his time to his es-
tate, the Duchy of Cornwall, and
it brought in $250,000 last years,
of which the prince spent $125, 900
in betterments.
New York, May 6.-Sherry'c, for
more than 20 years one Of the
most famous dining places, will
close its doors within the next two
weeks. In view of the expected
demand after July l for sweets,
Louis Sherry, the proprietor, it
was announced today, will become
a caterer.
Friends and relatives of Rear
Admiral Edwin S. Anderson, USN
will be delighted to know that he
and his wife are guests in the
city. Admiral Anderson was a son
of the late DR.. E. A. Anderson of
Wilmington. Until Admiral Ander-
son entered Annapolis his home
was in Wilmington. After a short
visit to his old home and at Ma
sonboro Sound, where is located
the country seat of his parents,
and now owned by him, he will
leave for Key West to rejoin the
fleet
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Our Chief Aim
To aid IN every way tia prosecution Of
the war tn complete Victory.

TOP OF THE MORNING
Evening star., 1944-11-03

and the Brass -Hatters Dance Band
Of National Airport.
Film: "Guadalcanal Diary" with
Preston Foster and Lloyd Nolan,
USO. Eighth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, $50 O'Clock tonight.
Offlcers.
Bridge tournament and card
party, Junior Ofiicers' Club OF Wash
ington, 735 Seventeenth street NV,
8 o'clock tonight.
Dances, Omcers' Service Club,
1855 Twenty-flrst street NV. and
Scott's Hotel, $50 o'clock tonight.
Servicemen and women may OBJ
tain information on other activities
BY calling the United Nations
Center, National 5000, or any of the
following USO numbers: Executive
)428, National 3431, National 0614
Evening star., 1944-11-03
\XE.:;:if5E : E
DANCES.

DANCES.
/ War Workers Council of War
Hospitality Committee, National
Press Club auditorium, 8 o'clock to-
night. Service personnel invited.
Texas State Society, Wardman
Park Hotel, 10 o'clock tonight. Texas
service personnel welcome.
EXHIBITS.
Nan Watson paintings and Frances
Ferry pen drawings of Portugal,
Public Library, Eighth and K streets
NV, 9 am. to 9 pm. daily except
Sunday, to s pm, through Sunday.
Therese Bonney photographs,
United Nations War Relief Center,
1720 l street NV, to $50 pm.
daily through November H.
Army Air Forces paintings, Ma
tional Gallery of Art, 10 am. to s
pm. daily except Sunday, 2 to 10
pm, through November IL.
Block prints by William 8. Rice,
Oakland, Calf, division Of graphic
arts, Smithsonian Institution, on
Mall, 8 am. to 4:30 pm. daily
through November 10.
Seventh Metropolitan State Art
contest exhibit, Natural History
Building, National Museum. Tenth
street and Constitution avenue NV. =,
8 am. to 4:30 pm. daily through
November rs.
Photographs by Eugene Kibbe OF
Elsah, Ill, section of photography,
Arts and Industries Building. on
Mall, 9 am. to 430 pm. daily
through November.
FILM.
know Your Allies Belgium, "
YMCA, 1876 G street NV, 8 o'clock
tonight.
LUNCHEON.
Harvard Club, Hotel Annapolis,
1890 pm. tomorrow. Members and
guests.
MEETING.
National Association of Retired
Federal Employees. Natural History
Building, National Museum, 2 pm.
tomorrow.
SMOKER.
University Of Virginia Alumni,
Willard Hotel, o'clock tonight.
Members and guests.
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Iheater, tonight: Mike Hunnicutt
Evening star., 1944-11-03
CorpI. Thomus Hier Rites

A requiem high mass for Corpl.
Thomas Hier, 20, Of Washington,
who died September "a at Camp
Rucker, Ala, will be celebrated at
7:30 am. tomorrow at st. Martins
Church, North Capitol and r streets.