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...Province. But his big strike came last month, after he made a deal with the Carter Oil Co., a Jersey Standard subsidiary, to drill a 15,000-acre tract in Montana, near Roundup (pop. 2,645). Every Rocky Mountain geologist had thumbed it down. But Hawley struck oil on the west side of the tract. Hawley and the Carter Co. promptly divided their holdings in the area, Carter taking the western half and selling the eastern half of the area to Hawley. Smartly he moved his rig to the eastern side. There he brought in a 5,000-bbl. well...
Shortly after, he opened up two new pools in Victoria and Coke Counties, Texas. By last week he was drilling for oil, or preparing to, in 18 states. Confidently he announced that his first oil "province," the one near Roundup, Mont., and his Texas wells will pay off more than 10-to-1 for the cash sunk in dry holes...
...start of what was hopefully called Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Week, a detective-sergeant was shot and killed in Montreal, a 17-year-old and a 15-year-old were arrested and charged with the murder. In the roundup of suspects, police grabbed 150 other youths, obtained confessions to 50 other crimes...
Last week another automobile bearing Amerigo Dumini raced across Italy. The murderer of Matteoti was trying to escape the blackshirt roundup of the Badoglio Government. In his car were forged passports, a wad of currency and his mistress. But he did not reach the Swiss frontier. One story said that the carabinieri captured Dumini after a fierce gun fight. Another had him stopped by a barricade on the highway. All stories agreed that he was betrayed by a discarded mistress...
...Postwar possibilities are obviously enormous, and the product's wildest enthusiasts stop at nothing: observing that a 10-ft. vat can produce as much meat in a year as 1,000 acres of pasture, they fancy that the world's cattle may be heading for the last roundup...