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Washington Calling
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isolated from Paris and that mys-
terious,. all persuasive, all power
full entity called Shaef. In the same
way, men who have been IN ParlS
and London or at supply depots
for year and a half or two years
feel cut off from America.
It's fact we must try to under
stand when the men come nome
what this isolation has done to
them. And it's our responsibility
to make them feel that they are
back in a fanilier world, are a
part of it once more.
At the command post in the rear
Major General Edwin P. Parker,
Jr.. explains how his division ad-
vanced to the Roer. He draws
rough diagrams on pat, OF paper
to show how they moved against
German strong points.
Pillboxes were the most difficult
of all to take. Some of them had
twelve feet Of concrete and. on top
of that, sixteen inches Of steel.
BY painful experimentation, the
technique of taking them had to be
worked out. Flame throwers were
of some use, but mostly it was a
matter of fortitude in moving up
close to do the job with explosives.
In the dim light of the basement
command post, Parker talks east
ly, quietly. On the rough map that
he draws on his pad, he dots in the
German towns taken in the ap'
proaches to the Roer. Each one
was battle. And the towns Of
Schmidt was the final key to the
huge Schwammenauel Dam, which
is in turn the key to the defensei
of the Roer.
Concentration on their job is, fol
all the men in the forward areas
from the General down, 100 percent
It never stops, night or day, be
cause the enemy is always there
exploiting the miseries of the wea
ther and the terrain. "Out of this
world is the phrase for it al
right.
Copyright, 1s45, BY United Fea.
ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Atkinson Woman Hurt
In Automobile Crash

Mrs. C. L. Lewis of Atkinson,
who was injured in a truck-auto.
mobile collision on the Castle
Haynes highway Monday, was re.
ported yesterday by James Walker
Memorial attaches to be in a much
better condition." She sustained
head and lower limb injuries.
State highway patrolmen said
she was hurt in the collision of
her automobile, operated by her
son, DR.. William H. Lewis Of
Petersburg, Va, with a truck,
driven by G. ]. Bryant, of RID.
l, Castle Haynes.
The accident occurred, police
said, as the physician, 'trave;l ring
at fast rate of speed" applied
his brakes and skidded rs feet
inte the truck that Bryant was
attempting to turn onto a road on
his left. DR.. Lewis, pleading
guilty in Recorders court to reck-
less operation, paid a SIS fine
and court costs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
0PA MAY REDUCE
POINTS ON BEEF

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-WD-
The OPA probably will cut the
ration point value of some beef
steaks and roasts beginning Sun
day, but raise the value of GER
tain low-point meats.
There has been no official an
nouncement. But OPA indicated
that some such adjustment might
have to be made to equalize the
purchases of various meats. 1t was
pointed. out that, at present, high
point meats are not being sold as
rapidly as they should be- Some
thing might have to be done to
prevent spoilage. On the other
hand. low-point meats are bought
Up quickly.
1t was expected that point values
will be cut on the following meats:
Porterhouse, T-bone and club
steaks which now sell for - points
a pound; round steak and bone
less sirloin steak, both now selling
at 13 points, and short loin tbone-
less, rolled and sirloin (boneless,
rolled roasts now selling for y
points pound.
1t is expected that point values
will be increased on short ribs
(now valued at one poinD chuck
homeless NOW four points; bris-
ket bone-in (now one point and
brisket homeless (noW two points,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
WLB OPENS WAY
FOR PAY RAISE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81 up -
The War Labor Board today open
ed the way for establishment OF
minimum wage of SIS cents an
hour in all American industries,
provided it won't increase prices.
Thousands of workers would be
affected by the new ruling, which
increases from so to SIS cents the
dividing line between what the
board now considers substandard
pay and that providing a decent
standard in war time.
The increase does not go into
effect automatic ally. But the board
authorized it's regional boards to
approve hourly wage rates up to
SIS cents where employers volun.
tarily seek the increase or h e
union and employer join in the
request.
In dispute cases, however. the
board authorized its 10 regional
units to take into consideration
appropriate prevailing rates in
making their determinations. -
Today's action makes possible a
wide extension of the SIS cent min
imum voted for the textile indus
try last week.
-V-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
VETERANS SERVICE
GROUP WILL MEET

1t Col. Thomas H. Upton, OF
Raleigh, chairman of the State
Veterans Service committee, Will
meet with the Wilmington Veter-
ans Service committee today
to outline the North Carolina Vet
Grams Assistance and Postwar
Employment P g r m, H. K:
Emory, chairman of the local
committee, said yesterday.
The committee, meeting at p.
m. in the conference room on the
fourth floor of the Tide Water
building, comes under the Refrain
ing and Unemployment Admins
tration set up by the president
last wear as branch office OF
War Mobilization, with Gen. Frank
T. Hines as administrator.
The order provided for the es-
tablishnent of the State commit
tee, comprised of representatives
of the War Manpower Commits
sion, Selective Service and Veter-
ans Administration. It. Col. Upton
was selected chairman of the COM
mittee, set up last summer.
The order further provided that
the State group should assist in
setting up local committees or
work through already existing To-
cal committees of similar ma
ture. The Wilmington committee
last fall was recognized as the
official committee of that nature
for this county.
The local group acts as a cen
trail point to mobilize the efforts
~ volunteer groups or Of other
agencies in the community in re-
Iation to veterans activities and
to be the contac. point in the COM
munity for the State committee.
Wilmington agencies represent
ed in the committee are the U. S.
Employment Service, local draft
boards, City Council, County COM
missioners, American Legion and
Auxiliary, American Red Cross,
Chamber of Commerce, Depart
ment of Public Welfare, Associ-
ated Charities, Housing Authority.
U. S. Travellers Aid, High School
Vocational Training department
and labor organizations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
HILL MENTIONED
FOR CUSTOMS JOB

The reappointment OF LII. COL
John Bright Hill to the post OF
Collector of Customs for the dis
trict of North Carolina. is being
seriously considered, it was re-
vealed here yesterday by a wen-ln-
formed source. 1t. Col. Hill S
ARMY service may yet prove the
deciding factor in the appoint
ment, it was added.
Amid rife speculation, several
names have come into prominence
for the appointment in addition to
It. Col. Hill. Most actively talked
have been Fred Poisson, Repre-
sentative j. @. LeGrand and
Nathan S. Haskell.
The post, which is filled by po-
litical appointment, carries an
honorarium beginning at $4,000 an
nually with the maximum being
S.. 400. Each term is of four years
and the current one ends May l,
1945.
Customs District Number Is, in
GLIDING all of North Carolina, is
comprised Of the Headquarters
port of Wilmington, which admin
listers the functions of the entire
district, six supports, Winston
Salem, Durham, Reidsville, Eliza.
beth City, Beaufort and Morehsad
City, and one station, Washington.
1t. Col. Hill, now serving with
the Army in Texas, on military
leave from Customs Service, has
held the office since June 8, 1888
His current term began when he
took the oath of office May 1
1941.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
State Assistants TO Aid
Local Income Tax PAYERS

Assistance to New Hanover citi-
zens in filing State income and
Intangible tax returns will be a.
valuable at the office of the N.
c. Department of Revenue in the
courthouse daily through March Is
it was announced yesterday.
Deputy tax collectors here for
the purpose of assisting taxpayers
are D. l.. Latta, E. A. Womble,
A. Love, and r. ]. Lamb.
A tax representative will help
taxpayers at Whiteville March
IL; Burgaw, March S; Southport,
March 6; and Elizabethtown,
March 7.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Laison Officers Inspect
Local Customs District

Liaison officers ]. F. O'Neill
and K. G. Linden from the office
of the Commissioner of Customs
in Washington, are in the Will
mington office of the Collector of
Customs making a routine exam
ination of the North Carolina dis
trict, Martin H. Raw iyns, acting
Collector of Customs or the dis
trict, announced yesterday.
Emphasizing that the check
was in no way connected with the
coming appointment of a collector,
Mr.. Rawlyns explained that the
examination was part Of a Nation
wide program, the purpose of
which is to insure uniformity of
procedures throughout the Gus
toms Service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Wanted-2OO Fat Fleas
By Doctor In New York

YONKERS, N. Y, Feb. 27.-U.H
DIR. J. H. Standen scratched
his arm reflectively today and
said:
81 could use couple of hundred
fat fleas right now"
He meant it.
Standen, who conducts expert
ments on flea control, revealed
that there is shortage of the
ctenpcephalus CAMS - ordinary
dog fleas.
He pays three cents each for
fleas. Live ones.
But before ycu shake down
Fido, there are some instructions
from Sander. Be sure and put
them in small bottle with a
two-inch square of moist card
board, he said.
That's supposed to keep 'em
alive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Acute Housing Shortage
Reported By USO Worker

An acute shortage of housing in
the Wilmington area has arisen
in the past several weeks, Miss
Elizabeth Mason, secretary of the
USO Travellers Aid society, said
yesterday.
In making an appeal to citizens
to list all available rooms and
houses, Miss Mason particularly
emphasized the heavy need for
accommodations for families with
children.
Listing of facilities is no longer
being carried on, except on week
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Dog Jumped With Filler

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. ".
-W.p)-Two-year-old cocker spaniel
Ace, is back in this country with
his master, F-O George Arnold, af-
ter both were reported missing in
action. The dog and his master
had to parachute out of their plane
over Germany, when it was shot
down. Although Aces parachute
dropped him many yards away
from Arnold, the dog found his
master and both have been reas-
signed together again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
President Makes 1t Terse

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 81
U'P)-1n response to QUESTIONABLE
from the secretary of his Harvard
class of 1904, President Roosevelt
wrote that his hobbies are "the
same, only more" that he has
written "altogether too much"
and that he has Travelled "about
a million miles" AS to public serv-
ices performed, he noted simply:
president of the United States. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
DOGS LIFE SPARFn

q oA dan Nd Calf, Feb. 49,.
To-Day lay, in overruing a clan risfed
a VIII that Gypsy, a cooke 1s sa, N
lel' be put to death. Gvns,. SPAN
o owned n by the late Mrs. E gjy wa'
D. Reynolds, teacher. E H. b'..
nano' Cecil Reynolds, cont. .a',
the clause. @oii'eSted
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POPE RESUMES WORK

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 27-UH-
Pope Plus XII today worked on
papers accumulated during his re-
cent illness and announced he
planned to begin regular audiences
Friday, his siXty-ninth birthday
and the sixth anniversary of his
election TO the Papacy.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14
FIVE FINISH
PAST WEEK
AT CUT BANK

Five competitions, one appar-
emily OF unusual caIiber, were
registered I'm the Cut Bank field
during the week, with one new
location made and with 10 wells
rugged mp or drilling.
Best completion Of the week was
Carmen Cobh's Tribal Contract II
No. 4, G NV SW NE 23-32N-6W,
westward extension of the main
producing area of the southern part
of the field Drilled to 3240, this well
swabbed rs barrels the first six
hours.
Also in position to have extended
the main producing area of the
southern part of the field to the
west was Plotke- Inland Empire
Tribal 300 No. /, Sc NE SW 14-32N-
6W. This we'll, drilled to 1892,
swabbed only half a bailer of oil in
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UNION NEARS
TOP OF LIME.
REAGAN NOSE

Union Oil company is drilling
past 3414 feet with rotary tools
i'm its possible deep test on the
Reagan Nose structure north
west of the Cut Bank field and
only a few miles south of the
Alberta border, in NV Sc SIC
27-37N-7W.
The well is being drilled on a
block of approximately 10000 acres,
acquired last year under a working
agreement with Ed Reagan, who
drilled in the discovery well, a
gasser, following it with an oil pro-
Queer in the top of the Madison
lime
The gasser made 100000 feet
daily from the top of the Madison at
1859 and the second well made IS
barrels of oil daily from the top of
the lime at 3816-97.
Following its acquisition of the
block, Union made an extensive
seismograph survey of the struc-
ture, prior to locating the well now
drilling. If drilling corroborates the
seismograph when the top of the
lime is reached, 1t is reported that
this well will be carried through
the Madison for a test of the Devon
ian, never previously tested in this
area.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14
DEVON POOL
COMPETITIONS
DUE SHORTLY

Two wells are near compile
ton In the area between the
Devon and Kevin-Sunburst gas
fields, recently proven for oil
production by the Texas COM
pany.
Texaco-Weir No. 3, NV SW NE
4-33N-1E, a quarter mile west of the
nearest oil producer in the pool,
has landed and cemented pipe at
1923, preparatory to drilling in.
About two and half miles to
the southeast, Devenbaugh Nc
Hugh-Simoni No. /, G SW NE NE
14-33N-1E, is drilling past 1920 feet
and should be a completion very
soon.
Approximately half a mile south
of Texaco-Weir No. 8, Frontier Re
filming company is rigging up its
No. ! Christiana, in NV NE NE g.
33N-1E.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14
STANOLTND
DEEP TEST
PAST 5000

Stanolind Oil & Gas COM
pany's wildcat I'm southeastern
Montana, in Powder River
county between BrOadus and
Miles City, deepest well now
drilling in Montana, last report
ed hole made to S215 with
heavy-duty rotary tools.
This we'll is making history, test
ing horizons never before reached
by the drill in an area embracing
thousands of square miles.
The bit is working in pink grey
lime dolomite, and is presumed by
biologists to be in the Charles mem
Der of the Big Snowy formation,
above the Madison lime. There is
only conjectural information con-
corning the probable thickness of
the Big Snowy in this area.
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SAGE CREEK
WILDCAT TO
STOP DRILL

Drilling operations have been
suspended In the wildcat of
Smith-Gulick-SOrensOn, ct al, on
the Sage Creek structure a few
miles south of the Alberta-MOn-
tana border, due north of Joplin
In section %, Twp. 81 NJ, II. 7E.
This well has been making hole
for nearly four years, having
spudded Dec. Is, 1941. In that time
it made hole to a total depth of
4440 feet, ending up with toy tools
inside of a string of 3-inch casing.
Considering the size to which the
hole had been reduced, the drillers
made good time, punching the hole
down from 1918 feet to present
depth since operations were re-
suIned in March.
The hole has not been abandoned
and the present shutdown is re-
ported to be due to refusal of some
of the landowners to grant further
extensions on leases.
Approximately 100000 has re-
portedly been expended on the well,
which is notable in that it upset
considerable geology in drilling
through a thick section of Big
Snowy formation, though this was
previously not believed present in
this area
Drillers report that this well has
not yet reached the Madison lime.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14

TexacO got its unusual well
on it's ID. X. Bruins lease In SIC
NE SIC 1O-35N-2W. This well,
the Goth drilled on this lease,
got the ElIis-MadisOn contact at
1923, was drilled TO 1885, shot
and acidized. The first "a hours
after treating 1t swabbed 161
barrels of oil and no water.
Five other competitions made dur
ing the week will apparently make
small or medium-sized producers
following acidization.
The lone dry hole reported was
wildcat of the Lee Edwards trust in
G NV Sc NE 35-36N-3W. This we'll
drilled to 1858 and got sulphur
water after logging an oil show at
the contact, 1885. II would have ex-
tended the producing area of the
northwestern portion of the field
CONTINUED on Page y
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ORsCAL @6Gie
fsss is Wildcat at Joplin
{ as Oil in Ellis Sands
HISTORICAL @eSae-
@Ag= aaReRdn&w a. ri A.

Genie . Eat deal Of interest during the past week
Texacos state lease north of Joplin Liberty county
in the center a Twp SO N. r. E. Spudded 20
drilled in record rotary tools by Ike Taylor drilling
With elevation of 3402 topped the Sunbu 5000 the ribbon
sand $780, and the Ellis 315 The EsMadon
at 1858 The Ellis sand with good oil oang
II feet in sand sections between 1901 and 1922 feet
On drill feet open
minutes so feet of drilling mud and show of oil recovered On
drill stem test from 1926 3348 open minutes $40
sulphur water recovered On drill
1861 feet 80 minutes recovery drilling
Testing is continuing at total depth of 1868
This well Is miles of the companys Utopia block which
last drilled the Nick LAS farm with 100000
cubic feet the Ellis with 1925
pounds at 2319 feet
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14

Vi "a Genus oil ACRE.
The exception was the bid of
Winston Cox of Billings and
Casper, covering $40 acres on
the Montana-W yOming border
between the Frannie and Elk
Basin fields. Cox bid $2.25 an
acre for all of section is, Twp.
0S, n. 24E.
The Capital company bid rs cents
an acre for three scattered blocks in
the Immediate vicinity of the Devils
Basin field in Musselshell county.
The acreage included Sc NV, S1k
NE and Eh Sc section 4; all of sec
ton Is, and all of section SO, all in
Twp. I'm, R. 24E
N. X. Harris of Billings and
Casper bid IS cents an acre for
two blocks In Cascade county
CONTINUED on Page Al
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TExAc0'S BIRCH CREEK
TEST ABANDONED, ALAS

The Texas Company has plugged
and abandoned its wildcat on the
Birch Creek structure southwest of
the Cut Bank field after drilling to
total depth of ALAS. Top of the Madi.
son was 1893. Drill stem test from
4123 to Alas, open 30 minutes, re-
suited in the recovery of 200 feet of
sulphur water
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14
NEW CONCERNS SET Up
CASPER HEADQUARTERS

CASPER. - Offices have been
opened here by the Bay Petroleum
Corporation and its subsidiary, the
Chalmette Petroleum Corporation.
Chalmette is starting an east extern
sion test in the East Lance Creek
field In Niobara county, with the
Dakota sand as the objective.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14
DRILLING ON BAILER

Hagan Structure Oil Company's
No 1 Lavina Horn, wildcat south
west of the Cut Bank field on the
Blackfeet Indian reservation, Is
drilling on bailer at 2725 feet It was
enormously reported recently that
this bailer had been by-passed and
that new hole was being made The
crew this week reported drilling
on iron"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14
STAN0LIND BIG TIMBER
WILDCAT PASSES 1000

Wildcat of the Stanolind Oil &
Gas company on the Big Timber
structure in Sweetgrass county is
making hole at 4,042 feet, in dark
sandy shale, with rotary tools. It is
four miles southwest of a wildcat
drilled to 5793 feet several years
ago by the Shoshone Consolidated
OIL company.
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START RESERVATION TEST

Kerlyn Drilling company,
holder of the contract for drill
ing the joint Carter-PhiIIips
wildcat on the BIackfeef Indian
reservation, Carter Phillips
Lucy WeaseIhead No. 1, Is
building derrick for the heavy.
duty rotary that will be used.
Location Is i'm 28-34N-12N, about
10 miles northwest of Brown
ing and ~ miles straight south
of a deep test drilled many
years ago by Bill Fulton, dean
of Montana wiIdcatters.
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KLUTH MAY ABANDON

FL NJ Kluth is reported planning
to abandon his wildcat north Of
Ethridge, between the Kevin-Sun-
burst and Cut Bank fields. II got the
Madison contact at 2210 and
was drilled TO 1927, getting a very
encouraging showing of oil and gas
but also getting lot of water.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14
ALBERTA DEEP WELL
TESTING AT $500

The deepest well ever drilled in
the British Empire, Imperial Oil
Company's wildcat on the Coalspur
structure near Calgary is testing
after drilling TO 1895 feet, into the
Madison lime. In attempting to test
a gas flow at 8, 500 feet, this well has
developed q bad fishing job
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an CREEK TEsT sPUDs

CAT CREEK TEST SPUDS
SChrOck ct al have spudded
in their Fifer No. I in NV NV
NV 2t-15N DOE, a test of flank
possibilities in deeper sands
than those that have yielded
more than $4,000, 900 barrels of
oil in the Cat Creek field in
Petroleum county. Lease on
which this well n being drilled
has been carried for years I'm
the hip pocket of r.. NJ. (BObl
Fifer, state manager for the Ma
tiOnaI Supply Co.
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BR0ADvlE,N DOME TEST
DRILLING PAST $500

Billings Oil & Gas Company's
wildcat on Broadyiew dome in Gold
en- Valley county, about 35 miles
northwest of Billings. Is reported
drilling past 3515 feet.
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NORTH EXTENSION GETS SULPHUR WATER
TexacO-Brtlins Well Makes l6l
Barrels of Oil In Initial Test

Completion of unusual well by the Texas Company lease
that has been production approximately decades failure
of well that might extended the field to the
nued activity by operators the northwestern the field
hghlights activity the field during the
Five wells were
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-07-14
Move Back Into Old Areas
Revealed In Lease Auction

Revealing interesting trends oil leases auconed Tues
Helena by the state land board taken by various
and individuals that have long been dormant With
exception brought price
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-16
Conference Set
by Army edieos
at Percy Jones

FORT CUSTER, Aug. Is -
Up Problems confronting the
Army hospitals will be discussed
here at q three-day conference
starting Aug. % by approxi-
mately 100 key medical depart
ment officers, it was announc-
ed today by Brig. Gen. Joseph E.
Bastion, commanding officer at
Percy Jones hospital center.
Following a day of inspection,
the officers will discuss on Tues
day a recent survey Of GONZALES
cent hospital and centers. In the
afternoon specialists will report
on neuropsychiatric problems
with emphasis on the use Of con-
valescent hospitals in treating
this type of injury.
Patients will participate In
Wednesdays session which will
center on convalescent pro-
grams. Percy Jones hospital CEN
ter now has one of the Army's
largest convalescent hospitals in
this country.