Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1947 — Page 2

Cause for Alarm rer Oil Supplies, - sa Expert es

Bill Skelly xP Reserves Are Huge And Will Continue to Grow

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and resourceful men and one of the most rugged of them all has bgen Tulsa's W. G. Skelly,

back as in 1803. He followed the opening of new fields through Ohlo, " Indiana and Illinois into a dozen Western oil- producing states. Today, As presi f Ske i dent. of Skelly ofl, a strong | oy 000 all-time peak

» h Hispmden ® Speaks from ex- or the industry, 5,184,000 barrels,

was reached one day last week, Bil 11 i t is n } Sally believes there But new demands, Including con-|

cause for this country to go alarmist on talk of a critical oil short- version of millions of homes to oil age. heating, strains the industry de'spite this record-breaking output. He admits the percentage of “hits” in drilling has dropped de-| Have Greater Reserves spite more scientific methods of Under old methods of finding and finding ofl. But he says reserves drilling wells, Mr. Skelly says it ae Hugs and wi Solis foe would have been impossible to elbow room to work, maintain new reserves to match Needs Market for Oil |such huge consumption. It's smart, he s for this! Mr, Skelly's own company, proony its ofl Ee oh 50 ducing now in Oklahoma, Texas, much greater than anywhere else in Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, New the world, 10 draw on other nations Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Misfor some supplies. Latin America| |sissippl and Illinols, will end the [ needs a market for its oll so we ‘year‘with greater reserves than it should buy there. He thinks it is {had Jan. 1, nothwithstanding large all right to look to the Middle East Output. for a supplementary supply, -too, When it is time for oil producBut he warns that oil should not tion, as known today, to be eased be imported in such volume that off, Mr, Skelly says, there still will it: might threaten a stable and be tremendous shale oil deposits to healthy U. 8. oll industry, be tapped, such as those in ColoIn the old days a “nose for oil” ™40 oi and some surface geology was about! But it will mean costlier producall that went into finding ofl. To- ton—perhaps $3.50 a barrel instead day the searcher works with a Of just under the $2 average today ' seismograph, also an adaption of Process Natural Gas Kip, and |b dealirs In REOPhYSICK| Another source for gasoline and we e io pias, OY 8 a Start Now Fifteen or 20 years ago 4000 feet. = oo would have been. pretty good depth a price comparable to TSAR for a well. Today it's only a start|from crude oil, on wells which reach down 12.000| There are plans now for a $25 to 15,000 feet. Today you can spend million processing plant in the a half-million in drilling a single’ {Hugoton field in Kansas, another is well—and perhaps even then not get under - construction it Brownsvikg, a hit. ; Tex. and still another—is planned.

lofl will come through processing

about 1,400,000 barrels daily, there|along with them.

Now production averages perhaps'present proved oil reserves.

He was drilling in the Venango county, Pennsylvania, fields as far

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Surgeon Critical Of ‘Speed-Artists’

Declares: No Need For Fast Operations

By PAUL xT BLS. United Press NEW YORK, Pig 15 "or P.) ~~

The “quickie” operation along with TULSA, Sept. 1 Y The oll business always has been one for tough the speed-artist surgeon is on its

way out, Patients are being kept Wr ‘the operating table longer

‘days, a veteran surgeon said Ry.

This expert, Dr. Samuel Standard, associate professor of clinical surgery, New York university, said that time definitely “is fio rye a

‘critical factor.”

Better Prepared Dr, Standard, attending the 33d annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons, sald there were numerous reasons why it is not necessary for a surgeon to work so quickly, Among these were; ONE: Better anesthesia. TWO: New techniques in blood’ and plasma replacement. THREE: Control of infections, FOUR: Proper preparation of the patient for an operation. Speed in an operation today Is not a good psychological approach,” he said. “It is better to have organization of motion.” Dr. Standard sald that the most important element in an operalion is to have “absolute knowledge” of

the anatomy of the part of the body

involved in the operation, Dr, Standard sald another important element in performing an operation is gentleness in handling tissue, He also urged the use of fine suture material Drugs Help The development of many new drugs, he added, such as penicillin, had taken out many surgical risks. The same holds true for the better type of anesthesia, he said. Surgery, hqwever, according to Dr.

man’s health. Science, he said, must find ways to correct diseases before operations are Necessary. “The goal of the surgeon,” he said, “is to eliminate himself.”

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TRAGEDY ON THE ROAD—A splintered wind the pain-crossed face of Joseph Manfre, who receives aid from a | fatter Jott) after suffering facial cuts in a three-car collision at

Canning Boosts Factory Payrolls

oo AMAL cgnning from mid-July to mid-August gave Indiana manu-|

Study Cosmic Rays In Subway ‘Lab’

LONDON, ‘Sept. 15.—Cosmic rays, [years hence—six-engined jet bomb|which have been counted in V-2/ers capable of flying faster than {rockets at an altitude of more than 500 miles an hour. 100 miles and deep in the earth in {facturing production worker em-| mines, are getting a new check-up {ployment its greatest boost since underground, two English scientists the top outfit of the U. 8. air forces. 1946, the Indiana. em- have disclosed. ployment security division reported

one-month period.

Employment in Hoosier factories, London, reached 413,770 at mid-August, " The scientists have their counting bl gain of 1.8 over mid-July and a 4.1 equipment set up in the Holborn

increase over the same time last subway station.

Rotary to Hear Story eh | | The bomber command won't say Of Round-the-World Hop. how many planes and men it has Edward 8. Dowling, an Indlanap- now. But it is expanding rapidly. vom Iuslmasernan mio, took an si... Cae YW Taveommy 15. tour round the globe to check on {Receipts at Forest Park, popular the state of the world, will describe playgrounds owned by the city of his adventures to fellow-members, of Noblesville, during the month of{the Rotary club at the organiza- '| August totaled $8660. It was one of tion's luncheon-meeting tomorrow. ithe best monthly records in the 20|year history of 'the park. : The swimmin 1, h g Mr. Skelly recalls that In world for East Texas. Chemical process- ward modern low-cost houses with- tronized during on early ht COMPLETES TRAINING 8 war 1, when the U. 8. produced ing plants for other by-products go out basements raises new construc-| accounted for more than half of the Apprentice Seaman Philip Edgtioh problems relative to which ma- (total receipts with $4702. The g was worry that the supply might be present proved natural gas re- terfals in the slab-on-the-ground course turned in $1567, and other | Edgington, Indianapolis, has com-

Noblesville Park Has Busy Month

‘NOBLESVILLE, Ind. Sept. 1

landard, Is not the answer 10

The affair wil be held in the

son of Mr, and Mrs. H. H.

Crews Put on 4-Hour Practice Calls

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (U. P.).

that it's all right to lengthen their

are blasting Pacific island changes in uniform regulations. at

ay have to reply to foreign assault ond battleships, but it would soon-

er give away the atom bomb than

They are under orders from their talk feminine styles, The navy , Gen. George C. Kenney, to be knows its limitations.

{one squadron of B-50's, a bigger land better heavy bomber with 9009{mile range. Later, the bomber command will have—for what use circumstances) warrant--the mammoth B-36, of 10,000 miles range, and--five or six

Rated as Top Outfit General Kenney’s men are rated

[He says they are better trained

The-~fiysterious particles from than the B-20 crews who dropped outer space are being counted by, {the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Approximately 7200 factory work- E. P. George and A. C. Jason of (NagasakL. ers were added- to payrolls in the Birkhead college, University of London, in a unique laboratory under

| General Kenney's theory is that this country would be the. object of

four hours’ notice to leave What talking the navy does on elds in Texas, Nebraska, Ari- this subject it will do to WAVES. ad-| snd WAVES alone. For instance,

there's a mysterious communique from Lt. Cmdr. Julia Wilson,

Ask about it, and the navy in-| quires, what communique? It in-| sists no communiques have been issued. Never heard about an order on women's styles.

our, spies say Omdr, Wilson bul-| letined all hands: | = “ONE: Some questions have been | raised regarding possible changesin uniform regulations to conform to current styles, such as longer skirt lengths, darker hose, etc. “TWO: It is not believed necessary to make any changes in uni-| form regulations at this time. “THREE: I have taken particular | notice of skirt lengths at recent in-|

attack in any future war. So it/spections, and find the majority of

ows of retaliation, Strategic bomber command bases {are well dispersed over the United |States and are protected by high [speed jet fighters,

must be ready to deliver knock-out our women have let down hems t:

the specified conventional ot proper for uniforms. “FOUR: Beige will continue to be the color required for hose,

“FIVE: Those who desire deeper ®Dlist at Stout field for duty with shades can ‘satisfy that saving, the air reserve training detachment

when wearing civilian clothes.” Face-Saving Gesture io |

Druids “Lodge Leader To Visit Order Here

Richard Sedlatschek, Paterson, N. J., supreme arch of the United Ancient Order of Druids of America, will visit Indianapolis Groves and Circles of the order tonight in|. Druids hall, 29 8S. Delaware st, Other supreme officers who will attend are PF. Earl Geider, junior past supreme arch, and Louis C.

pleted a two-week training cruise to Nova Scotia.

Schwartz, past supreme arch, Indianapolis.

Te TTS Sey Cite tery S ITSISTETIOE I; on hosiery is a facessaving gesture. It held out for short skirts as long as it could and lost. When the army's WACS capitulated, the navy was doomed. So it decided to ignore lowered hem lines when the girls stand inspection. But it's going all out for beige

Irs Whispered, is 18) That Longer skint _ Permitted, Beige Hose a ‘Must’ By JIM G. LUCAS, Scripps-Howard Staff x WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—~The navy has whispered°to is WAVES

S, WAVE director for the Potomac | river command, to the girls work-/

ing in Secretary Forrestal's office.| william Beavers, teacher at War« Silent About Order {ren Central high school the past |seven years, has been appointed vice principal. Leo . Shively, formerly teacher at Versailles, Ky., Is the ase

skirts.

Officially, the navy says it is * not. believed necessary to make any this time.” Tt won't get involved in any argument between the girls who like long skirts and those who belong te just-below-the-knee clubs.. The

navy will talk about rockets

Decatur Central Adds 6 to Staff

Six new members have been added ! to Decatur Central faculty for the

opening of ‘the fall semester.

sistant coach.

That's what the navy says, but | Other new teachers are Paul

Hobbs, 6th grade; Miss Nellie Ree cord, 8th grade; Miss Marion Robey, commerce; Mrs. Dorothy Smith, {first grade and Miss Vera Card, ofe

| fice,

Three replacements at West News

ton include Amza Key, principal;

Mrs. Golden Thomas, first grade land Mrs. Clementine Haverstick,

fourth grade.

! Sergeant Re-enlists At Stout Field

8. Sgt. Roy W. Modglin, 2542 Mary

[Hill st, is the fifth man to ree

[there since the first of this month,

-During his nriar_enlisimant. Sek...

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Modgiin setved 19 months overseas,

He is resuming duties with the ene

gineering section.

Openings for Typists y The regional office of the veters ans’ administration in Indianapolis

hose. One admiral's secretary drew|1008Y announced 25 openings for

three days’ restriction when she

typists at salaries ranging from

came to work without stockings.($1756 to $1954. Applicants will be

The admiral said he liked it, but he was powerless to help her beat the rap.

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