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Bob Pemberton, above, recently
of Los Angeles, has joined the
staff of The News-Review ad
vertising department as an assist
ant. He is a graduate of Las
Angeles High School and has
attended the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles, where he
majored in journalism.
Pemberton Is residing with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H.
Pemberton, at Sutherlin. He
has an interest in sports and was
a member of his high school
track team. He has had experi
ence on school papers and this
summer wrote a sports column
for the Sutlierlin Sun.
Canada Lifts Ban
On Meat Exports
To United States
OTTAWA, Aug. 13-(.p Agri
culture Minister J. G. Gardiner
announced today the lifting of
Canadian export control ol beer
cattle and calves, effective next
Monday.
The relaxation applies to beef
and veal, dressed and other edible
beef and veal products, canned
foods containing meats, and meat
pastes, as well as to livestock
on the hoof.
It means the United States
cattle market closed to Canadian
beef producers for six years,
again will he open to their pro
ducts. It means a greater supply
of beef tor tables in the United
States. It also means that retail
beef rices in Canada will shoot
up possibly as much as 20 to
30 per cent
The ban on exports was Impos
ed In September, lini, to main
tain supplies of beef for Canad
ian consumers and to aid in the
enforcement of price controls.
Had it not been put In force.
Canadian beef supplies would
have drained Into the higher-
paying U. S. market.
Gardiner also announced that
export permits now will be issued
freely to anyone wishing to ex
port oats and barley from Can
ada. Since Aug. 1, equalization
fees formerly charged on the ex
port of oats and barley have been
discontinued.
Labor Day Weekend
Safety Aim of Council
Plans to conduct a holiday
safety program for the Labor
Day weekend have been made
by the Douglas County Safety
Council.
A tie-In program with adver
tisers In the New-Review and
Radio Station KRNR Is being
worked out, to bring to the at
tention of motorists and vaca
tionists the Importance of tak
ing every possible precaution in
driving or recreation to prevent
Injuries and death on the high
way! or at resort areas.
Further announcement will be
made by the council relative to i
the program.
Douglas County Coast Range
Area of 200,000 Acres Closed
To Entry, Beginning August 15
Notice of closure to unregulated entry of an area of approxi
mately 200,000 acres along the Coast Range In Douglas County Is
contained in a proclamation signed by Governor John H. Hall, It
was announced today by Fred Southwlck, district warden of the
Douglas Forest Protective Association.
The area was cloed for seversl i
seasons prior to mi, nut was
not closed last year because the
excessive amount of rainfall
made such action unnecessary.
Fifty per cent of the area is
covered bv the old Callahan and
Tioga burns, but Is now well
stocked with young timber, said
South wick.
The area affected by the gov
ernor's proclamation extends In
a strip about 34 miles long ana lmoking except at places desig
about seven miles wide, starting nated as safe in the permit, (21
near the Wells Creek Guard Sta-1 1 build no open fires except In
tlon on the Drain Reedport places designated as safe In the
1 1 1 1. h n i- mnA nnlnv smith tO the Mrnll enrf I 1 1 I n hii-, tmrt
Hubhard Creek drainage near
l.nr. lxkmil
Because of the high fire bar-, uuhing tires, excepi wnen me
ards In the area caused by an person is traveling as a pedes
exressive number of snags and Irian and' or ramping at desig.
Inflamable debris on the g.ound, I nated and Improved camp
due to logging operations and old grounds.
burns no persons may enter the The governor's proclamation he
area without a permit Issued by i comes effective Aug. 15, said
the Douglas Forest Protective ' Southwlck.
Establish 1(73
Young & Co. Branch Bank
Will Operate at Sutherlin
Doors to Open
Soon, States
T. B. Garrison
First Expansion Of
Oakland Institution
Sinct 1854
Permission to establish I
branch at Sutherlin of the E. G.
Young and Co. Bank of Oakland
has been granted by the State
Banking Department and the
ratio' Itwa's" announced Soday
by T. B. Garrison, president of!
the bank. 1
Sutherlin has been without
banking facilities since 1&
rison said. Negotiations for a
lease of the old hank buuuini,'.
now owned by C. P. Smith, pub
lisher of the Sutherlin Sun, are
in progress. The step will mark
the first expansion of the bank
outside the Oakland community
since its establishment in 1854.
Opening date of operations will
be announced later, Garrison
said.
One of the oldest banks In Ore
gon, the E. G. Young and Co.
was founded in old Oakland,
about a mile north of the pres
ent city. The business moved
with the town to its present site
in 1870, when the Oregon and
California Railroad was con
structed. The bank's present
building was erected in 1802.
Cits State Charter in 120
The firm originally was a gen
eral store with a banking and
credit department In connection.
The store business was sold in
1909. The institution continued as
a private bank until It was char
tered as a state bank Dec. 21,
1920. The bank has been a mem-
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Slaying Victim's Wife
Also Feared Killed
ONTARIO, Ore., Aug. 13 (
Officials identified a slaying
victim and expressed fear here
today that his wife also had been
killed.
The man, whose body was re
covered from the Owyhee Canal
Aug. 2, was Identified aa J. C
Perkle, a transient last seen July
24. His wife also has beea miss
ing since that date.
"It is definitely a case of homi
cide," District Attorney Charles
Swan said. Perkle's head was
crushed. The district attorney
said a heavy blow or a closeup
gun shot might have been to
blame.
Perkle's car was found burning
In the Vale City dump July 25
The dav after Perkle disappeared
and Swan said he believed the
auto was set afire to destroy
evidence.
Tired Postman Puts Mail
In Bushes, Faces Law
PORTLAND. Aug. 13. (Jt
A postman, John Oscar Vaux, 32,
awaited Grand Jury actton today
on a charge of putting his mail
In the bushes Instead of In mail
boxes.
Postal Inspectors said he told
thrm he got "tired" of carrying
all that mail. He was bound over
to the Grand Jury by the U. S.
commissioner.
Astociatlon.
Permits may be obtained from
the Association headquarters in
Roseburg. or from the Tyee war
den station. Landers Lookout,
Tenmile warden station. Wells
Creek warden station, and Elk
Creek warden station
Persons Issued permits must
comply with the following re
quirements: 111 To refrain from
j of his' or her equipment tools
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WILL HOUSE NEW lANK-Thi. !. th. old bank building at
Sutherlin, where quarters have baen leased for occupancy by
kra.ek of the E. G. Youna and Co. Bank of Oakland. The buildina
is owned by C. P. Smith, publisher of the Sutherlin Sun. The leas
was signed for a period of five years with the privilege of re
newal, said T. B. Garrison, bank president.
Local Talent To
Broadcast to Aid
Salvation Army
An all-request program fea
turing local talent will be broad
cast over KRNR on next Tues
day evening between 8 and 8:30
p.m. In behalf of the Salvation
Army building fund, according
to Mayor Al Hegel, chairman of
the drive.
Persons desiring to appear on
the program are urged to make
their services available for "auc
tioning" to the highest bidder
whose contribution will go to
swell the building fund, r'legel
stated that' several prominent
business men and amateur mu
sicians have already come for
ward with offers to broadcast
their talents. Requests should be
phoned into KRNR.
More than 50 requests were
received by the station for the
Salvation Army program last
week, Flegel said. These were
in response to the offer of a free
box of candy in exchange for
contributions to the fund. A
limited amount of candy is still
on hand, he said, and will be
awarded persons making the first
request calls. Highlight of the
program was the singing of the
woodpecker aong by the Mayor.
Two U. S. Planes Crash
At Berlin; Crews Survive
BERLIN, Aug. 3.-tJPt Two
United States four-engined "Fly
ing Coalman" planes spanning the
Soviet blockade of Berlin crash
ed while landing during a heavy
rainstorm at Tempelhof Airdrome
today.
One smashed through a fence
a i ill uui nru uui mv iirw ui mir-tr
edosaecht
escaped through an emergency
hatch without serious Injuries.
The other plane, coming down
through clouds, landed on a half
completed runway and was
heavily damaged. The crew was
unhurt.
The crashes brought to five
the number of crashes since the
air lift to Berlin was started. Five
Americans have been killed in
these accidents.
; Jrjo Souaht for Short
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I Rjd in Stolen TOXI
The Roseburg Police Depart
ment la on the lookout for three
persons believed to have been
responsible for the theft of a
BAB Taxi 194 Plymouth sedan,
which was stolen snd later re
covered on Jackson Street in the
vicinity of the Kohlhagen Apart
ments, reported Police Chief Cal
vin Balrd.
The .axl was reported by Chief
Balrd to have been taken from in
front of the taxi stand. Three
men were seen in the car headed
south, and State and City Police
were alerted. A cruising cab
driver found the car a short time
later less than four blocks from
where It was taken.
! Traffic Tickets Ignored,
I Warrants are Prepared
City police are clamping down
1 on traffic violators who have
I failed to come Into Municipal
tickets
Court In answer to
ranging fom parking violations j
to speeding, enter of ponce Cal
vin Balrd reported.
Total of 43 warrants have been
prepared by the City Recorder,
and the offenders will be cited
into court, said Balrd. who re-
Quested that as many persons as
1 possible come In without the
necessity of police action.
CHASM KILLS YOUTH
ST. HELENS, Aug. 13 HP
Donald Black. IS. Clatskanie.
was killed Wednesday night when
his car crashed off the highway
Into a ditch, near Deer Island.
ROSEBURS, OREGON.
Pay Accord at Atomic
Plant Waits Approval
OAK RIDGE. Tenn.. Aug. 13
Up) Three thousand atomic
plant workers will vote soon on
whether to accept their second
wage boost within nine months.
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals
Corp. and Local 288, CIO United
Chemical Workers, agreed last
night on Increases ranging from
five to 24 cents an hour.
The union and company an
nounced jointly that the wage
negotiations begun a month ago
were the shortest in the history
of this atomic city.
Minimum wage of the workers
under the new contract would
he Increased from $1.06 to $1.1 L
The contract will be signed, the
company and union said, after
the union membership ratifies it.
Trapped Youth Gets
Unwanted Sea Journey
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 13. f
Remember that aong: Open the
Door, Rlchardr
Well, because 10-year-old Rich
ard Serrao couldn't ooen It, he
was in Los Angeles today, Instead
of at home In Honolulu.
He went aboard the Matson
Liner Lurllne at Honolulu with
his mother to see some friends
off for the mainland.
He said he went Into the rest'
room, the door slammed and he
couldn't onen It. He wasn t dli
covered until the Lurllne was far
out at sea.
His mother wired him S120 for
a round-trip ticket. Richard Is
watching his doors, for the Lur
llne is due to sail tonight for
! home.
Ligthning Bolt Pierces
Hospital; Nobody Hurt
AUDUBON N. J., Aug. 13 '1
A bolt of lightning bounced
crazily between two floors of the
Audubon Hospital yesterday but
In lured no one. '
After striking a second floor
window, the bolt glanced off Into
a first floor diet kitchen where
it upset a pot of soup and knocked
a spoon out of the hand of the
woman w-ho was stirring It.
The second floor window was
shattered bv the holt.
Fire Marshal Edward Hull of
Audubon said the hpavv charge
of electricity in the bolt likely
was grounded by a metal fire
escape and he pronounced the
hospital safe after an Inspection.
Conviction on Game
Law Charge Appealed
E. 'R. Lemley, convicted at a
Jury trial in the court of Justice
of Peace Clarence Leonard at
Drain July 30 on a charge of
hunting and killing a deer at
night and spotlighting the deer
with automobile headlights, has
filed notice of an appeal to the
Circuit Court.
Lemley was sentenced by Jus
tire Leonard to pay a fine of
$130 and to serve 30 days In the
county Jail, with the Jail sentence
suspended. He was arrested by
state police July 24. according to
the report filed with the appeal
notice.
Trailer Camp Tax of $50
; Fought by Occupants
LARGE, Pa.. Aug. 13 P
Residents of I-arge's trailer ramp
said todav they are going to
court to fight Jefferson Town
ship School Board's trailer tax.
Attorney Harry J. Benjamin,
representing the trailer rest
den... said the SV) levy I. unu.l
because It Is a flat sum ana
makes no allowance for differ-
ences In trailer values.
He said also the trailer tax Is
at a higher rale than that on
residences. On a' similar basis.
said Benjamin, "trailer rest-
deneet should have to pay no
' more than S4 per year."
FRIDAY. AUGUST 1 3. 1948
12 Airmen
Die in Crash
Of Superfort
ROtWELL. N. M.. Aug. 1S
(Twelve crewmen were kill
ed and eight othtra ware In
jured dangerously last night In
the erash ef a 0-2t Superfort
ress, The Roswell Record said
today.
The ship erashtd three miles
south of Walker Air Fares Base
near here.
Col. John D. ftyan, field com
mandant, announoed that eight
men escaped but declined to say
how many were dead ponding
notification of relatives.
The Record said Its count en
the death toll came from a re
sponsible source but one which
could not be quoted.
Colonel Ryan said the big
bomber crashed and burned
while taking oft on a routine
flight. The crash oecured about
11:30 p. m. (MST).
The ship did not catch tire
until after It struck, th officer
said.
Bunyans Off To
Celebration With
Axes and Turkeys
Annroximatelv IS members of
the Roseburg Paul Bunyans are
leaving today for Oregon City to
participate In the Centennial cele
bration paraae in mat city Satur
day morning.
During the parade the mem
bers will throw to the crowd 25
turkeys, as a promotional scheme
lor the forthcoming Northwest
ern Turkey Show In Roseburg
this fall.
The Bunyans will "give the
ax" to three visiting governors
in a ceremony at Kelley Field at
2 p.m. Saturday. The three gov
ernors, the only ones known for
sure to be present, will be John
Hall, Oregon: C. A. Robbins,
Idaho, and Earl Warren, Cali
fornia. Abe Bean will take the place of
Jack Josse aa Bull of the Woods
for the ceremony, and Bob Lay
zell will be keeper of the conse
quences. Among the Bunyans who will
participate are L. B. Hicks. Tom
Par gel er. Bill Millhollen, Wayne
Crooch, Bud Torier, Ton Gum,
Steve Fowler, Al .dcBee, Bob
LeGat, Sid Fredrickson. Bill Pyie
and probably three or four others.
Plane Wreckage Sighted
In Lane County Region
EUGENE, Aug. 13 ((1) A
searching party left McKenzie
Bridge ranger station early today
for the wreckage of a plane sight
ed In the Cascade Mountains.
It was believed to be the Globe-
Swift plane missing on a Klam
ath Falls-Portland flight since
Aug. 3. Aboard were Pilot Earl
Williams and Edward Suppea,
both of Shoshone, Wyo.
An Army search plane from
McChord Field reported the
wreckage yesterday, two miles
northwest of Sardine Butte. There
was no sign of survivors around
the plane.
No Improvement Shown
By Stricken Babe Ruth
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 PI)
Babe Ruth, baseball's ailing
homemn king, showed "no Im
provement In his condition" to
day. Memorial Hospital announc
ed. "Babe Ruth continues to run a
moderately high fever and In
general there la no Improvement
In his condition," the hospital
bulletin read.
This contrasted with a bulletin
yesterday that the sick, retired
baseball star had rallied and was
Improved.
Truman Facing Republican
Counter-Attack in Criticism
Of Probe of
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. UPv-
tion today of accepting President Truman's challenge to make a
nnlitlral Issue of the congressional hunt for Communists In the
government.
Mr. Truman's second declaration that the Senate and House
Investigators are nothing hut a red herring with the added phrase:
Of the strongest type you can smell brought burst of answering
fire from GOP ranks.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's cam
paign manager declared at Al
bany that the people are
"shocked" at what he called the
president's attitude "In seeming
to cover up" Informstlon bear
ing on Communist activities.
Herbert Brownell, Jr., the cam
paign chief for the Republican
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Washington In the last three
i k .""'d ,m",cn '.n' '"''"j
f've " Interest showi In the spy
i Investigations,
Rep. Mundt (R.-S. D.), who has
been acting chairman for many
1 of tt.a hearings before the House
L'n-American Activities Commit-
Russians Sever
Joirif Control
Tie in Berlin
Rag at Kommandatura
Building in American
Sector Hauled Down
BERLIN, Aug. 13 (JPi The
Russians evacuated the Allied
four-power Kommandatura build
ing In Berlin today and hauled
down their flag.
This action appeared to com
plete the division of Berlin be
tween the. East and West at
least aa far aa the Russians are
concerned.
The Russlana withdrew July 1
from the Allied Kommandatura,
which had provided four-powei
administration for this city for
three years. They pulled out with
the comment that "the Kommon
datura no longer exists."
They then announced they
would retain their sentry and
flag at the building until their
archives have been removed. The
Kommandatura la situated In the
American sector of the city.
Although they walked out on
the Allied Control Council for
Germany on March 20, the Rus
sians still fly their colors and
maintains sentries at the Allied
control authority building.
They also maintain a repre
sentative in the permanent Allied
secretariat there, which now has
little to do but exchange Inter
allied messagea and handle pro
tocol matters.
After the Russian withdrawal
from the Kommandatura an act
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Freight Truck Driver
Hurt, Taken to Hospital
A Pleree Auto Freight Lines
truck and trailer were forced off
the highway causing Injury to
the driver and considerable dam
age to the truck and eargo about
2 a. m. today, reported State
Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell.
The accident occurred on High
way 99 several miles north of
Drain at mile post l.VI.
According to Harrell, one car
was attempting to pass another,
both going north, when they met
the southbound truck. The truck
left the highway to avoid colli
sion, and the two care continued
on without stopping.
Name of the truck driver was
not obtained. He was taken to
a Eugene hospital for treatment
of Injuries. C. E. Knight, local
Pierce representative, was gone
this morning investigating the
accident.
Bedsprings Trap Women
During Fire; Death Ensues
SEATTLE, Aug. 13 IIP) A 27-year-old
Seattle woman waa fa
tally burned last night when her
hand became entangled In bed
springs and trapped her In her
flaming bed.
George Adis. chief of the
Greenwood Fire Department,
said the woman, Mrs. Margaret
Shields, was unable to escape be
cause her hand was wedged be
tween the bedsprings and the
bedstead.
Brief Power Failure ,
Occurs This Morning
Kleetrie pewsr In dewntown
Reseburg was shut eft far si
most 20 minutss late this morn.
Ing. Callfernia-Ortgen Pewsr
Ce. officials had not yat deter
mined the cause ef the power
failure early this afternoon.
Power was restored by switch.
Ing Into the Coos Ssy trans
mission lino.
Red Activities
Republicans gave every Indica
tee, shaped his aerentanee In the
form of a counter-dare.
"I rhallrnge the president,"
Mundt said, "to authorize the
FBI and other government agen
cies to make available the evi
dence substantiating or disprov
ing the existence of these espion
age activities."
Mr. Truman Indicated by his
second jab at the congrelonal
hearings he expects the Repub
licans to dwell on testimony that
some government officials gave
away secrets to Moscow agents.
Ilia vigorous assertion that
these Inquiries are nothing but
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LIGHTNING VICTIM Rudolph
Pundt (above), Berkeley, Calif,
and Robert Becker, Los Gatos,
Calif., war killed when struck
by lightning while huddled in
cave on Bugaboo Spire, Brit
ith Columbia mountain. I wo
companion!, Ann Strong, 18,
Berkeley and Ian Meckinlay,
San Francitco, were injured.
Pundt, 35, was a cousin of Mrs,
E. T. Schoito of Clide, Oregon,
nd a nephew of Mrs. J. Krom.
minqa, formerly of Roseburg
He was- formerly teacher at
Bekartfield, Calif., high school
Murder Charged
To Section Boss
In Negro's Death
EUGENE. Ore.. Aug. -J.M
Clarence Edgar Ellis, 32, S.P.
railroad section gang foreman,
has been arralnged in District
Court here on charges of first
degree murder In connection
with the shotgun death of Earl
Bowers, Negro sec Hon gang
worker, near Cascade Summit
early Wednesday morning.
Following tne arraignment,
Judge Chester N. Anderson con
tinued the case to allow Ellis to
obtain counsel. Ellis Is being held
In the Lane county Jail.
Five others, all Negroes, were
arraigned as material witnesses
and ball waa set at SUHM) earn.
They are Samuel Walton, 47;
Robert Lee McCoy, 33; Loyd
Headspeth, 27; Gad Williams, 4
and James Butler, 41, all section
gang workers.
Williams was also sentenced to
30 days in Jail for carrying a
concealed weapon.
Ellis allegedly killed Bowers
with a shotgun in an altercation
after Bowers' car became atuck
In the mud when he was en
route from Odell Lake Tuesday
night, according to preliminary
Investigation by County Coronor
Bartholomew.
Two Quizzed in Murder
Cose Awarded Damages
CHICAGO, Aug. 13 W One
of two janilors questioned In the
Suzanne Degnan kldnap-murder
has effected an out-of-court set
tlement of a $.r0.000 damage suit
against 11 policemen.
The lanitor Is Desere Smet, 35,
who was questioned by police
during the hunt for the little
girl's slaver. He charged he was
mistreated and asked IM,0(
damages. His attorney, Allen A.
Freeman, announced settlement
yesterday but declined to reveal
the amount.
The second Janitor, Hector
Verbureh. received $20,000 in a
similar settlement of his suit for
$125,000 against 17 policemen.
William Helrens was convicted
of the murder as well as those of
two grown women and la serv
ing life sentence.
Women Survive 40-Foot
Auto Plunge Into River
. ASTORIA. Ore.. Aug. XX-J.V)
Two women were recovering
today despite a plunge from a
highway bridge to the Lewis and
Clark River 40 feet below.
Their car crashed through the
bridge yesterday after colliding
with annlher vehicle. The women
Mrs. Eleanor Smith and Bar
bara Jane Hansen escaped with
minor Injuries and a drenching.
Portland Unlikely to Get
Any of Surplus Tax Fund
PORTLAND, Aug. 13 d)
Portland's chances for a cut of
the surplus state Income tax fund
were dim today.
The city attorney Informed the
Cltv Council that he could find
no way for Portland to claim a
share for u.e In relieving city
property taxes.
U. S. Assures Haven To
Teachers Not Wanting '
To Return to Russia
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13-WI
Two top government aides of
tne. Roosevelt administration
Lauchlin Currle and Harry D.
White took the witness chair at
congressional spy hearings today
and denied giving secret Infor
mation or aid to Soviet agents.
Lach declared, too, that he was
no Communist and had never
done anything disloyal to the)
American Government.
Their testimony came as th
events stemming, directly or In
directly, from the hearings con
tinued to Involve the highest dip
lomatic levels.
Ambassador Walter Bedell
Smith told Soviet Foreign Min
ister Molotov In Moscow that the
United Statea government la not
Involved in any legal action In
the cases of the Soviet school
teachers In New York. Molotov
had charged American authori
ties connived in "kidnaping" the
teachers.
Smith also gave notice In ef
fect that if Michael Samarine.
one of the teachers, and his wife
do not want to return to Russia
the United States will let them
stay here despite Soviet displea
sure.
Woman Can Also Stay
Mrs. Oksana S. Kosenklna. the
other teacher, who jumped from
a high window of the Soviet con
sulate In New York yesterday,
presumably will also be allowed
to stay here If she wishes. Con
sular officials were permitted to
visit her in the hospital today.
ine reportedly rejected a sug-
fltstlon she he moved to another
lospital, saying, "You kept me a
prisoner, you would not let me
8;"
Mrs. KosenKina pawn in a
cloak-and-dagger struggle be
tween ned ana antt-Kea rtussians
suffered Internal Injuries, a
fractured right leg, a possible
fractured pelvis and back Injur
ies. She was placed on the criti
cal list at midnight.
Hospital attaches said she
"rested fairly comfortably" last
night and at times was cheerful.
Dr. Grant P. Pennoyer, her
physician, said later she was In
'"serious but not critical condi
tion" He estimated that she
would be a patient In the hospital
for 12 weeks and that It would
be several month! after that be
fore she would be fully recovered.
Excitement ran through tne
fashionable neighborhood when
the teacher leaped at 3:20 p. m.
yesterday from the ornate con
sulate on East 61st street, a few
steps off Fifth Avenue. The build-
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Commissioners
To be Chosen In
Water Dist. Plan
Petitions bearing 182 signa
tures asking for an election on
the pioposed Wlnston-DUlard
Water .District are soon to be
filed within the next few daya
with the Douglas County Court.
A meeting to consider the
nomination of commissioners
will he held next Monday at 8
p. m. In the Diilard Grade School.
All persons who signed the peti
tions are being urged by Mar
shall Haughn, temporary chair
man, to be present at the meet
ing. Five commissioners are to he
elected to serve, If the water dis
trict Issue, carries. The voting
upon the commissioners will take
place at the same time as the
election upon the proposed for.
matlon of the district. Nomina
tions of the commissioners must
be made by petitions bearing the
signatures of 25 qualified voter
at least 10 days prior to the elec
tion, according to Attorney J. V.
Long.
The petitions are now In the
hands of Attorney Long being
checked prior to filing. The
County Court will be required to
set the date of the election not
sooner than 30 days and not later
than 50 days after the petition!
have been accepted by the court.
Liquor Commission May
Halt Issuance of Permits
POrtTLAND, Aug. 13 (OPl)
The Slate Liquor Control Com
mission will decide Aug. 25
whether to Issue any new liquor
licenses In the next three months.
"There are getting to be Just
too many licenses," said chair
man Joseph Freck, explaining
how the proposed moratorium
came tip for consideration.
The Commission listed 3,827
retail outlets, 2,286 of them
licensed for on-premlse consump
tion of alcoholic drinks. About
one-third of th total Is In Port
land. LvityFactnJ
y L, T. Raiasaateia
Hank Wallace say III effect
that he It opposed te Comma
itm but that ha doesa't intend
to purqe his party ef Communlit
members. Jtnt like qtiy wha
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