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Gambles Away Money
To Cheat 'Jerk' Relatives
LOS ANGELES - CP) A Long
Beach housewife tay the gambled
away $15,000 at the Roulette and
dice table of Las Vegas, Nev.,
no there wouldn't be any money
"for these jerk relatives to fight
over."
The woman, Mrs. Thclma Sny
der, 40, is accused of converting to
her own use most of the $16,500
from the estate of her aunt, Mrs.
Mattie Hurley.
The administrator of the es
tate claims Mrs. Snyder forged
the signature of her aunt on three
certificates of stock in a public
utility, and is suing for recovery.
"I gambled It all away," Mrs.
Snyder testified, "that is, all but
about $1,400 which I gave to my
sister to pay for my aunt's funeral."
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Everybody's Gripe During
Twelve Months Every Year
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. .
SALEM (AP) Did you ever get sore at the state
highway commission? If you haven't, you're an unusual per
son., It seems like all citizens have better ideas about how
and where to build roads than the highway commission does.
They don't hesitate to tell'the commission about it, either.
side pick up 2 col lead betly
Investigating the complaints of
citizens takes a lot of time, but
the commission does investigate
each one thoroughly. Some of the
complaints lead to improvements,
but many of them are a little
silly. .
The commission ge'js about 25
complaints a week, not counting
the many kicks about trie price
the commission is willing to pay
for right of way.
Many of the complaints are
about poor county roads. The com
mission answers these by saying
the county courts control the county
roads.
W .W. Stiffler, assistant state
highway engineer, handles most of
the complaints. Those aren't his
only headaches, though, because
ha also handles enforcement of
truck overloading laws, and deals
with matters pertaining to the
commission's Columbia river fer
ries between Astoria and Megler,
Wash.
Claims Pose Trying Task
Quite a few people try to collect
claims for damages to their cars,
but the commission only pays about
one of these a month.
These claims are hard to run
down. Perhaps a car is splattered
by painters working on a highway
bridge, or a car is hit by falling
tree limbs on a state highway.
Most o? these claims are filed four
or five months after the incident
and the commission can't even lo
cate the workmen involved, or find
anyone who witnessed the alleged
incidents.
' The commission got a petition
from 43 persons, asking that the
highway be straightened and wid
ened at P'red Ray's corner and in
Gellatly canyon. Not knowing Fred
Ray personally, the commission
worked several days to find out
where that road is.
By-Passing Stirs Cities
There's usually a lot of trouble
when the commission wants to
build a new route by-passing a
city. The chamber of commerce
and leading citizens usually battle
hard to keep the road running
down Main street, fearing lost of
business.
But in some cities, where there
Is severe traffic congestion, l'3
merchants are happy to get the
highway moved outside of town. .
The commission rvently a n
nounced plans to build a cut-off
to by-pass Dallas on the route from
Salem to the coast. The cut-off
would be 4.43 miles of straight
road, replacing 7.1 miles of danger
ous, narrow, curvy road. .
That stirred up a hornet's nest
of opposition in Dallas and among
the farmera whose land would be
crossed by the new route. But
the commission, whose slogan is
"to do toe greatest good for the
greatest number," is going ahead.
Fishermen Also Peeved
Stiffler has the Astoria fisher
men on his neck, too. They claim
the Astoria ferries are tearing up
their nets, which the commission
admits.
The fishermen want the number
of lerry trips' reduced, and want
one fcrryredesigned so it might
pass over the nets. Stiffler doesn't
know what he'll be able to do about
it. but the commission wishes
the fishermen would keep their
nets out of the way.
A tourist recently wrote the gov-
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Smaller A-Bombs
Better For Attack,
Fechteler Says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -UH Ad
miral William Fechteler said here
that as atomic bombs get smaller ;
and lighter, a carrier can launch '
a multi-bomb attack from any :
place on the world's oceans at tar
gets up to 600 miles away.
At the same time, the chief of
naval operations suggested conver-1
sion of ships in the mothball fleet
to various types of guided missile !
launching ships. I
Fechteler discussed the present'
and future rules of the navy In
atomic age warfare in an address
firepared for a meeting of the Navy
eague here. In it, he said:
"Our new and modernized car-1
rlers are capable of delivering the
atomic bomb.
"The usefulness of carriers In
delivering the atomic bomb 1 n
creases as the bomb becomes !
smaller and lighter. This means 1
that the navy has the capability of
delivering an atomic bomb, or j
many atomic bombs, from any
where on the earth's surface that !
is covered by water to a target
within the radius of action of car
rier-based planet a distance of
some 600 miles.
"During a war this means, fur
ther, that within the radius of
the carrier's planes we can launch
an atomic attack without using a
previously prepared position or
airfield on land. And more impor
tantly, it seems to me, we are
able and we are free to launch an
atomic attack from the high seas,
from international waters."
ernor that between Aurora and
Estacada, there is a nice view
point across the road from a tav
ern. The viewpoint is on top of a
cliff. There is danger of falling
off, because there isn't any guard
rail.
The eommtsainn found ih ,,..-
ist knew what he was talking about,
ana ine commission got the Clack
amas county court to put up a
railing.
Now the tavern customers can
cross the road and gaze with
safety.
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