Test Well At Fairbanks
Now Below 10,000 Feet
Projected For 12,500
FAIRBANKS, UR — Humble
Oil’s test well on the Alaska
Peninsula now is down more than
10,000 feet and projected to
12,500 feet, a company official
reported Saturday.
Joseph F. Homer, in charge of
Humble pil Refining *Co.’s drill
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ing operations near the southeast
end of Becharof Lake, discussed
the project at a technical session
of the Mining, Minerals and Pe
troleum Conference here.
Drilling problems were magni
fied, Homer said, by remote
ness of the site and severe
weather conditions.
The decision to drill was
reached in May last year. With
in four months all material and
equipment was purchased and
assembled in Seattle, barged to
Alaska and unloaded on a beach
at Jute Bay. Five miles of road
into the mountains had to be
built to the location.
“Drilling started Sept 23, Homer
said, and now is in progress
below 10,004 feet.”
Both butter and razor clams are
produced for market in Alaska.
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Foremost English
Attorney Plays Part
In “Man Who Never Was”
It’s a rare event when one of
England’s best known lawyers
puts aside his wig and gown to
become an actor, if even for only
one day. But when the Honor
able Ewen Montagu traded court
room for sound stage, it was a
great sentimental occasion for the
Queen’s Counsellor and Fleet
Judge Advocate.
Montagu, author of the best
seller, “The Man Who Never Was”
and creator of the naval intel
ligence plot on which it is based,
had asked the producers of the
20th Century-Fox film if he could
play a small part in it “just for
fun.” But in order to play just
a bit part the noted lawyer had
to join Equity, the British actors’
trade union.
To add a particularly ironic
twist, Montagu was cast a^ an
Air Marshal who was completely
opposed to the author’s plan. He
is seen briefly at a staff meeting
in the War Cabinet offices.
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Vanguard To
Circle Earth For
Possibly 200 Years
WASHINGTON, UPl — The
Navy’s Vanguard satellite will
orbit the earth for at least 200
years. Dr. John P. Hagen, direc
tor of the Vanguard satellite pro
gram, said long observation will
be necessary to determine a more
accurate prediction of the life of
the small sphere sent aloft on
March 17.
Hagen said the Navy satel
lite is slowing down at an almost
unmeasurable rate because of the
dimensions of its orbit, 405.1
miles away at its nearest point to
the earth and 2,463 miles out
at its greatest distance.
At this distance from the earth,
there is a small amount of drag
on satellites moving at a speed
of five miles a second. In time,
this drag will cause the Vanguard
to fall back toward earth, Hagen
said, “but we now know that
Vanguard will be with us for at
least 200 years.”
Rep. Griffin (R-Mich) quoted
Hagen as telling him a new Van
guard satellite will be launched
within a few days at Cape Cana
veral. This satellite will trans
mit back to earth 20 channels of
information, about five times as
much as is being received from
the first Vanguard.
Successful Trip To Moon
Would Not Necessarily
Result In Ownership
SEATTLE, (jP> — It would take
a device as big as the Empire
State Building and weighing
about 125,000 tons to send a man
to the moon and bring him
back, a group of lawyers were
told Friday.
And the first man on the moon
wouldn’t be the recognized own
er, the lawyers believed.
^ The group was discussing prob
lems of space sovereignity at a
regional conference of the Amer
ican Society of International Law.
George Stoner, weapons sys
tem manager of the Boeing Air
plane Co., spoke of the size of
the moon vehicle. Its cost would
be so great, he said, that the rea
sons'for going to the moon would
have to be “‘more clearly defined”
than they are at present.
Ralph W. Johnson, University
of Washington professor said
ownership probably would be
disputed. The first arrival might
step out of his space craft and
claim the whole moon for his
nation, but other nations prob
ably wouldn’t recognize the claim.
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Alligator Frees
Shipment of Bees
In Baggage Car
JERSEY CITY, N. J. UP)—A 16
foot alligator broke its crate in
a railway baggage car today and
its whipping tail freed a shipment
of bees, forcing the car crew to
bail out when the train pulled
into Jersey City.
The car was put on a siding
and a call made to Palisades
Amusement Park to come get its
’gator.
But the bees were the immed
iate problem.
A Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road spokesman said the alli
gator broke its crate as the Met
ropolitan Special from St. Louis
neared Jersey City.
The ’gators tail knocked over
a shipment of bees, providing a
lively time for the crewmen un
til the car got into Jersey City.
EASTERN STAR TO SEE
SLIDES AFTER MEETING
Members of the Order of East
ern Star will enjoy slides this
evening following their regular
meeting.
Hawaiian pictures taken by
Harry Lewis on his recent trip
as well as interesting scenes
taken at Diomede Island by
Dick Miller are planned.
Marine pilots landed on
Guam March 17, 1921, marking
the first time Corps aviation was
deployed outside the continental
limits of the U. S.
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Northwestern Alaska
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Meets Every Monday Noon at
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Jerry Manning, President
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