t it lts to i.us tnat me real
hot spot, in post-war reconstruc
tion will be the CAA the Civil
Aeronautics Authority. ' This '. boss
let the airways pants licenses to
t companies to .operate, lays down
Ithe rules' for safety , in; aviation.
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methods and standards.".' ;
f Already , applications" are pour-
Ing , In for licenses. The railroads
- or their bus Affiliates want ? per
'. mission to go into air 'transporta
.tion. Coming up to the Authority
.lor decision is the policy regard
.ing foreign operations and the
aluis u aueiH ;m uac nwuit.au
airports r airways. Commercial
Interests are going to press for
recognition of jlfeeder airlines,
serving the smaller cities. -The
CAA then faces problems thai are
Dot only highly controversial but
Which are of vital Importance to
this country and the whole world.
; .Freedom of the iair inayoecome
far - more difficult than freedom
, f the sea. Our country, as It ex
, tends aviation, must either 6b
. tain 'air bases of its' own, which
V would immediately bring charges
f aggression-and imperialism, or
it must .make " deals with other
nations. . The ' latter course . seems
more sensible. But, will we permit
: Germany to reestablish its lines In
' South America? Germany used its
' : 1 Z i." A mav.feavita fifth
"columns all over the southern con-
" tinent Our good neighborly pol
icy will hardly go so far as to per
mit thelrl early revival. -
i To the editorial desk;- comes a
folder of. the Southwest Airways
- company, with, a map . showing
proposed feetier .lines through- the
" three coastal states. Its "route H"
would cover Oregon , City, Glad-
'atone,' Willamette,; Beaverton,
. Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Newberg,
McMinnville, Woodburn, Mt. An-
gel, Silverton, Salem, Dallas, In
dependence, Albany; Corvallis,
i Junction City, Eugene, Spring
field,' Cottage Grove," Reedsport,
Marshfield, North Bend, Coquille,
Myrtle Point, Roseburg, , Grants
Pass, Medf ord. Its "route .X would
serve the towns. - from Portland
: (Continued on editorial page;
TiniberiWolves
See Firepower
Dcinbnstration
; . CAMP ADAIR, July 17 Graph-
Ic first-hand demonstration of the
devastating fire power of Ameri?
"-ein air and ground forces com
- bined was presented to ' troops of
the entire -Timber Wolf division on
-r the range area of Camp Adair.
T -Taking part were P-39, P-SS
" and B-25 planes from the Portland
' air base ' and from Seattle, and
units of the division firing med
ium artillery, light and heavy ma-
; chine guns, mortars, automatic ri
ffles and rifles. ' . j 'syi-.'ly.
T , Various , types of bombing iri
eluding even a" fewj&f the heavy
600-pound and 800-pound "block
busters' were demonstrated by the
planes. Coming in at 300 miles per
hour, they also demonstrated the
use of cannon and heavy machine
' guns from the air, blasting away at
a target visible from the area In
which the divion ws seated. J
1 Following the aerial demons tra
ction, ground fire was concentrated
: upon another target, while silhou-
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Biillitt Eyes ; .
Mayor Race
PHILADELPHIA, July 17 -P)
William C. Bullitt, former US
ambassador to France and Soviet
i- Russia, announced himself, as a
candidate - for the democratic
nomination for mayor of Philadel
phia, Saturday.
Bullitt is now a special assist
ant to Secretary of ' the Navy
Frank Knox.
A if base Officers Will
Name Miss Bombar-Bear
"Miss Bombar-Dear?" Who is
she? How will you know her?' '
; After August 10 you may recog
nize her by the glow on her face,
; the new watch on her lapel and
; by the face that you have seen
- pictured in The Statesman. -
"Miss Bombar-Dear i to be se-
- lected lor her pictured charms by
; officers at the Salem airbase to be
! feted and honored and to receive
; first prize in the competition which
opens this week in Salem a la
pel watch, gift of Stevens & Son,
jewelers. i--.;T:-iJ:i
( The "girl with the most Zoom,"
to be named also by the airbase
l officers' judging panel, will share
I Jionors with :MissV Bombar-Dear
and will receive from ; the same
Jewelry firm a string cf pearls.
To the "neatest . pursuit Job
, among the girls whose pictures
; are entered (free of charge) In the
competition will go a - bracelet
f roni Stevens & Son and a share bi
t.e honors. . . . -; -
t Who is eligible? How do you
enter 7 T,hat's the catch? -
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Largest American
- Force to Attack ;" '
Nips in Pacific
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN JTHE SOUTHWEST PACIF
IC,? Sunday, July 18-OTT-More
than 200 United States torpedo
bombers, dive bombers,- heavy
bombers and fighter planes
greatest force ever sent against
Japan .in the south and south
west Pacific sank seven ships,
including a cruiser and two de
stroyera, and downed 49 Japanese
planes Saturday in 20 'minutes of
dazzling action in the northern
Solomons, i - '
The ; big force struck ; at the
Buin-Faisi harbor northern ter
minal of . the "Tokyo Ei press,"
those fast 7 warships which ' the
Japanese 'try to slip In at night
to aid garrisons in danger of fal
ling1, such as their imperiled air
base at Munda to the south of yes
terday's brilliant action,
dauntless, dive bembcri.
Avenger terpede' bembers, lib
crater and Flying Fortress four
engtned heavy beeabers. Cer
sairs j aad Ughtnlaaa ' started
great fire n destroyed nearly
half ef the ' warships and mer-
ehawtmen" fn the harbor at
BviB-FaJsl, 's4BUiera Beegaia
vflle. "
In addition to thf light-cruiser
. the communique .said it was
either, that or a destroyer, leader
and, tbe two, destroyers, sub
marine chaser, atanker andtwe
cargo,, ships were blasted to . the
bottom of the anchorage. -
v The price the Americans " paid
for the- big- aerial vieiury a ' six
planes.-, . . ,
A.I third i cargo vessel was so
badly damaged by the raiders that
it; had -to.be beached .
1 Below Bougainville on , New
Georgia, Dauntless dive bombers
supportkig our Jungle fighters
moving south toward M unda, ' at
tacked ; enemy " positions In the
Bairoko area.
- - There was ae farther report
ef treund actiea areand Manda,
where some ef ears advanced
. patrols have penetrated within
less than twe miles ef the air
rAs the forerunner for. the heavy
assault- on - the u Buin-Faisi , ship-
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Gas Ration
Equalization
Is Announced
WASHINGTON, July- IT.PH
Petroleum -Admmiatrator' Harold
L. Ickes announced late Saturday
night that he expects to equalize
gasoline rationing In the area be
tween the east coast and the Rocky
mountains within - the next 30 to
60 days. ' ". ;-
Ickes said that completion' of the
"Big Inch" pipeline from Texas
to the east coast will release a
large number of railroad tank
cars which can be used to divert
gasoline from the midwest and
southwest to the eastern seaboard,
and thus- make possible the equal
ization. No change was indicated
for the west coast.
Every girl who likes fun and
who has an expressive '. eounten
ance when she Js in , front of a
camera may enter the contest
by simply apearing any weekday
afternoon -between the hours of 2
and 4 'p.". m. at- Bishop's photo
graphers, on State street across
i . - .... -
from the courthouse.' There will
be no charge for the taking of the
picture . or for entering the con
test; nor will pressure be put upon
contestants 4o -get "them to buy
their photeraphs, Bishop's man
agement declares. -...
-, And there Is HO catch, promises
Lt. Lillian Garrick of the WAC,
who will serve as chairman of the
officers' judging board. Names of
winners will be announced at 9 p.
m. August 10 from the stage of the
Grand theatre, as "Bombardier"
closes there. V1! V
Pictures of contestants and of
the airbase officers who are judg
ing the competition "will appear
daily In The Statesman.
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on - - -
:nrrr tzzd tekx tz
Eicenlwweryisits Sicilian Front
Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower allied chief ef the western Mediterranean
theatre ef operations (toft, cap in hand), greets Canadian officers
while inspecting the front eerSlcUy. Elsenhewer asked CapU.J. E.
Meore ; (right) ; te cenvey Ids
snan (Associated Press phote
MilituryL Governors
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
The invasion -of , Italy wag; barely hours old before AM GOT
a brand new branch of the allied
unlimbered for action.
AMGOT was so new that not
War Fatality
John T. Keynelds, 20, wbe died In
action In the Sonth Facifle July
5, presumably in New . Guinea
fallowing the Nassan bay land
,ing In which a number of men
from Salens are known to. have
participated. . Young Reynolds
was the sear ef Mrs. Kath Key
nelds afLHayesvine and the late
State Senator Ueyd T. Key
nolds. Die was a Salem high
school graduate.
Lay ton Faces r
2 Indictments
'Man Charged T7ih
..- Slaving tbjGive : "
Plea July 22 r "
DALLAS, July 17 Two new
indictments having been returned
against Richard Henry Layton,
28, former Monmouth- policeman
charged with the slaying of Ruth
Hildebrand, 17, of Dallas; exten
sion, of time has been granted for
entry of his plea, until . next
Thursday, July 22, at 9'ajn.
One of the indictmentsi accuses
Layton of having deliberately and
with premeditation forced Miss
Hildebrand into the -Willamette
river "whereby she was drowned."
The other . specifies that the girl
was drowned as a result of being
forced into the river, while Lay-
ton was engaged in an attempt
to commit the crime of rape.
Circuit Judge tE. ) M. Page ; of
Marion county presided at today's
hearing. Layton and his attorney,
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p.czj
j
empllnents , te the Canadian
by radio from US signal corps.)
IN NORTH AFRICA, July 17-ZP)
army had waded-ashore and
even the troops had heard of it.
f It mean "allied military gov
ernment of occupied territory' and
it ; is composed - of British and
American officers who have re
ceived special training in govern
ment,
' Its , function Is to administer
occupied territories, to relieve the
actual fighting forces of. the job
of securing the areas in their rear
and at the same time to alleviate
hardships of ; the native popula
tion. Amgot's job Is to restore
order and organization as rapid
ly as possible after, the wave of
battle passes.
' The landing of military govern
ment officers on Sicily was -dl
closed only; today Gen. Sir, Har
old Alexander - is the military
governor 'of Sicily; and rAmgot
officers will carry out his procla
mations.
Amgot Itself is headed by Maj.
Gen. Lord ' RenneU-. of Rodd as
chief T civil affairs officer.' Brig.
Geaf Frank J. McSherry of the
United States is deputy chief.
Former Gov." Charles PoLetti of
New York is in Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower's civil government di
vision, but it is not known whe
ther he now Is In Sicily. (A Brl
1 1 s h' oorrespondent reported J a
former New York governor -was
m the Invasion leet but did not
give hi name.) 1 . '
An official announcement said
Amgot had "no political Implica
tions of any kind that it would
Toe benevolent to civilians but
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Railway Errs;
She Wanted
mie Ballet?
DALLAS. Jaly 17 Letters
are salssent " and newspaper
headlines err dae te cenfastoa
between: the similar names af
twe. cities in Oregon. Dallas and
The Dalles. Bat It remained far
Mrs. JsLn ZTerfcIe, and. her twe
children eT Dover. NJ, te start
a trip bound tat The DaCes, pass
through It ia the nlsht and wind
np In Dallas before the mistake
was discovered. .
t: Mrs. rerlcle's act sal desti
nation was. Eorse Heaven, Oie,
In, Jefferson county, where ' her
fcnsbasd is erryeJ la tie cop
per iaiaes, bet he ha planned
te meet, her la The DsSes.
Tbreurh an error la the J ew
Jersey ticket af rice her Ucket
was t-: 's c-t ta Dallas. Arriv-
: lag here, t" e discovered tie in
take aaJ C rzrteJ by bus for
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PCUND3D IC")
Sclssu Oxaca, Cvadarr Morclnc. Jul?
ami!kee
EflE.EeicIlii
: Nearly 50 Enemy. J
Fighters Bagged, r -To
Two Lost r.-T
: LONDON July 1 i7-P-Tight
flying formations of US heavy
bembers,' returning from north
west Germany unescorted," beat
off more than 200 enemy fight
ers in one of the most clear-cul
victories of " the bomber-versus-Cghter
war over western Europe
Saturday while "" another group;
with fighter escort, gave Amster
dam its first American bombing.
: The Americans downed ' up
wards of 9 enemy fighters against
a loss of two bombers in a run
ning battle that lasted half : an
hour." Some crews reported be
tween SO and 75 Messerschmitt
and Focke-Wulf attacks.
!Thus the Fortresses brough
their lop-sided score for two con-
Cicts in four days to almost 100
fighters downed against perhaps
10 bombers lost. f . '
' In the Amsterdam' raid, the
Americans ;l were ; escorted .by
Thunderbolt fighters and return--;
ing crews reported that fewfen
emy planes got far enough through
the protective screen even to be
seen by the bombers.
' The unusually large number of
filters encountered by, the bomb
ers indicated that "the enemy is
apparently maintaining Its Strong
defenses over northwest Germany
despite' demands from other
fronts,' air - force headquarters
said. - -
Campaign Ckist
Bill Prepared
Hatch Plans Law to
Have Treasury Pay 'K
Political Funds :
WASHINGTON, July 17 -(AV
Legislation under which the trea
sury would pay the cost of politi
cal campaigns ; for. federal offices
may be '. sponsored ' by Senator
Hatch (D-NM.). , ;
Hatch, ; author of the act ban
ning pernicious political activities
by government ' officials and. em
ployes, said in an interview that
he is attempting to draft such a
measure. ' He Is "not satisfied," , ha
said, with the present limitations
on contributions, adding that the
only way to . end the abuses may
lie in outlawing all private dona
tions. , y.',:,.y -1 f ' ' .
"The people pay the costs af
these ..campaigns in one way er
another, any hew," he said. "and
the financing might aa well be
done directly eat of the treasury
where regulations ; can be : en
forced and the amount af ' ex
penditures Umlted."
Hatch said he concurred in the
view expressed by the'senate com
mittee, headed by Senator Mc
Farland (D-Ariz.), which Investi
gated the 1942 compaigns, that
"despite state and. federal n laws
the limitations placed . on expend
itures lot campaign purposes have
been largely ineffective, -
Reds - Condemn
11 for Treccon
LONDON, Sunday, July lSHD
T2ght of It Russians charged wilh
high treason ia connecuca " with
the slaying r.sovlct. cit!xaa- fcy
the Germane when they occupied
Krasnodar; in the Caucasus last
fait have been condemned to death
by hanging, the Moscow radio an
nounced early Suzday. :
The other' three were sentenced
to prison for 29 years, said the
broadcast, recorded by the soviet
monitcr. Oae wom&n was tner
those condsriaed to death.
Hen, nnr:r!5 5:C9
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Prlca le
In. Navy
"SPEC" KEENE
OT Athletic '
Director Is
Lt. Commnndeii
K S. Spec" Keene, head coach
and director of athletics at Wil
Lunette .university,- will leave-1
week from today for New York to
take up duties as a lieutenant
commander in- the US naval re
serve In" active r service, he re
vealed to The Statesman Saturday
nights
" "Glad for. him. because I know
he. so much wants to do this and
for the navy because I think he
will ,do -an outstanding -piece of
work for it," President G. Herbert
Smith said. Saturday night, adding
that he ' would "certainly recom-
mend to the board tharfspeV bi
granted a leave of absence for
the duration. - "- '
The . university will . miss the
man who came here in 182$ to
pull its athletic teams from a
slump to the top' of the heap in
Northwest conference play.' and
who at the same time has served
the city and state in youth-build
ing activities as widely divergent
as playgrounds and parole board,
President Smith was- frank to ad
mit. . - - r
However; the .institution may
expect to have Keene back at the
close of the war, and "under the
circumstances, , we : are glad , that
we can let him go,". Smith .said,
explaining that he had no plans
to announce as to the coach's re
placement f
Keene,. a, : veteran of - the last
war; saw his overseas service with
the army. He is e member of the
state parole board and has for a
number of years;. been- a; member
of the city, playgrounds commit-
tee.
;i
Youth
Guilty to
Charges '
Pleading guilty to - charges of
disorderly conduct, R. J. Alforde
(Jean "Polecat" Turner) remain
ed in the Marion county jail this
weekend in. lieu of 1250 bail
awaiting the sentence Justice of
the Peace Joseph Felton will pro
nounce Monday.. '- .- - 3
Meanwhile, All orde's friends of
the Salem s -Wolf pack," were
speaking, of him as a "new! mem
ber and declaring the , organiza
tion -with - which Alforde , was
traveling when arrested Thursday
night - a peaceful - organization
merely interested la : defending
the property of ita members.-'
Only threat of gang warfare
which-has arisen, they said, was
rVrtad- by the "Frisr and tha
Cears,"' outlawed Cslcra. hlj.
scLocl secret societies. - . - "
US to Talie
Daby Carri
POnTLAT.T), July 17 -(-The
Kaiser company announced Cat-
urJ?y its reriss cf flnt-dze tir-
crz.lt enrrkrs will go ta C:s Un'irl
States navy instead cf the-Erit-
The carriers, beijxj built la Van-
couverk yard ere cne ci
tl newest tnti-sutnrrine wca
pcs ucsd In protecuoa cr ccn
vcrs. - - - ' -' f z
Ho. 7
G
Close Jeii
4.- ft l i-"vs.-:. . .''i,-:-. -i
B-':0ireIl
.Thousands of Nazi
; Reserves Killed '
: . In Red Attack - :
. . .
l, .LONDON, Sunday, July 18
(JP-The Red army smashed six
to" eight miles closer to tha riazi
fortress; of Oret Saturday, cap
turing four more villages and
cutting' down thousands of Ger
man reserves, hastily hurled, into
the breach In a furious , effort to
halt the massive Soviet drive on
that city. It was announced early
today in Moscow. , . , . ,
Battlefront dispatches said Sov
let heavy artillery now was with
in range of the . vital communi
cations hub seized by the Germans
in the fall of 1841. . .1
' . A. special cemmanlqne and a
midnight belleUn ; else an-
' naanced that Eosslan treeps had
"eempletely restored their pe
sitiens In the sector between
Orel' and Knrsk te the south
where the German, offensive,
began Jaly 5, had failed "with
unprecedented . losses- In saaa-
' newer and equipment." " ' ' '
The special communique Issued
lata Saturday night said that in
Friday's fighting, in the Orel-Kursk
sectors, 163 German tanks were
knocked out, and ICS planes shot
down;::"TX:.''; -i'-k-.-In
Saturday's . battles the later
bulletin said that a total of : 77
tanks had been knocked out and 84
artillery and mortar batteries der
stroved along with hundreds . of
enemy supply trucks. . . ;
At least - 4300 v more Germans
fell Saturday as the Russians swept
on, beating down German reserves
and gravely menacing Orel's ' defenses-In-depth
and the railway
behind the city running northwest
to Bryansk. -i-V
German tank crews again were
burying, their machines -and, using
them and their guns- tr immobile
pillboxes,' the Russians said. :
The-' Red: air force wan- laying
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Duce RepKes,
T6fGiveUp9
Message;-:- - r-'.
STOCKHOLM, ; July "l7
The Italian ministry of propagan
da has devised an-answer to the
leaflets dropped from allied planes
and - bearing the Roosevelt
Churchill demand for Italian sur
render. " .. ' ' ",..:-' ;
The ministry is-distributing its
own handbills the Rome corres
pondent of the Dagens Nyheter
said,- with this message:
"Italians;-read the enemy leaf
lets. "We order you to do this in
famy. The bombs try to kill you.
The' leaflets try ,. to -dishonor you.
The bombs want 'your ' physical
death. The leaflets want, to kill
you morally,-- . j--.
Commission
On Independence Bridge
Construction, of ; a ; highway
bridge across the Willamette river
at Independence was the principal
theme at a luncheon Saturday In
Salem at which members of the
state highway commission were
guests, -.-at the conclusion, of their
'st cf ". three- rcr-lOTl - tours for
His- purpese." of .... discussm wr.n
cou-ty.ccurts en- esttsiive r-c:t-war
ccastructica j.rcrsx-
State Sen. Dean Walker pre
sented at the luncheon the "casa"
for the I.T:rion-rolk county brides
project, linkin it with davclcp-
mcr.t cf the Salem-Isdcpcndence-Kinrs
Valley highway project. The
luncheon was sponsored Jointly by
the association crtruied ta pro-
rr.ci3 t:..t t:-.v.v;cy, f:.i .3 Li;V
way. ccrr.J;ice cf t!-a Clcra
cr.arr.bcr cf commerce, rresivzent
Carl IIc-j ef the chamler pre
ill:2. Gov. rrl C.-!l, members
cf tLa Ilricn and Tcli c:v-t7
courtj tl a r".r-ver cf crcl
rcrj t-yr.xiTiif.s iv.-r.: :i ui i..e
fcJhway c.r:'rifonrs, CI. a in '-n
. ..... ,
h f ! f v j
Road Junclicxi
Of Ariento
ALLIED ; IIEADQUAHTZ?. 7
IN NORTH AFRICA, July 1?
(AV The British Eishth arm
fought a , stubborn German f c a
on the edge of flaming, shell
pitted Catania Saturday, and
the, battle for that prize port
half-way up the eastern Sicilian
coast, entered the final stare.
On the southern Sicilian
coast American troops , occupied
Agrlgento, a key road .junction
and axis troop concentration cen
ter Agrigento represents a 12-
mile gain from the last known
American position, and is 25 miles
northwest of ; the . original . beach
head at Licata. The town is three
miles inland from Porto . Enipe
docle. . . ..
Still another Italian generaL
erstwhile commander of a coastal
division,, was captured. His name
was hot announced Immediately.
Seizure of Agrigento ' put the
Americans on 'railways running
northward to Palermo, and al o
gave them access to three roaJa
leading into northwestern Sicily..
Capturing Lentlnl. IS miles
belew Catania, and . CcerIa,
nine miles Inland, Gen. Zlt
Bernard L. Montgentery's Erl
tlsh treeps broke the back cf
ene German armored . division
and parts af another in eae cf
the . mesi deeisivo . en aremcBts
yet tenant- tn SUUr. Xnemr -remnant
then retreated toward
Catania la a last ef.'crt t pre
vent capture cf tvt f"-, whoss
fall woc!l fva tl i k een
tret ef n are part of k"j.
Southwest of the tsnl-t'.re-n
Catania p 1 a I n , Canadian tror. a
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Puerto Hico
Home Rule
Is Scheduled
WASHINGTON, July 17-An-A t
President Roosevelt's bidding. In
terior; Secretary Ickes and seven
men. will go into -a huddle Mon
day on how. to grant Puerto Rico
home-rule in harmony with the
Atlantic charter's respect for "the
right of all people to choose the
form of government under which
they will live." -
The' president's committee of
eight four ma inlanders and four
insular citizens Is about to begin
sessions out of which, in the
words of Mr. Roosevelt, - are. to
come recommendations for legls--
lation to ".rpermif the; people ef
Puerto ' Rico to elect their own
governor, and- to redefine the-functions-
and powers of the' fed
eral government and the govern
ment of Puerto Rico respective
ly. - - . . :
Father Raymond A. McGowan,
assistant director of the social
action department of the national
Catholic welfare conference, ia
the only non - administration
mainland representative ' on the
committee. Others from the
states., in addition . to . Ickes as
chairman, are Abe Fortas,. under
secretary of the Interior, and Rex
ford G. Tug well, governor of
Puerto Rico.
Hears Talk
T. IL Banfield of Portland and
Merle Chessman of, Astoria were
present, ' Commissioner A. V.
Schaupp of Klamath Falls having
started for home earlier.
Earlier.. Saturday the commis
sioners met with the Marion and
Polk county court members. Coun
ty Judge Grant Murphy cf I.Isr
ion sui.iitci the Indcpendcnca
brides prcject and ave assurance
that both counties were willing to
participate tnd to provide sub
stantial rr-rth money. He svj
Ctcted a Izttr nectlri at whkh
tha ccurds ir.-.ht cr.tcr, into an
agreement - with 'the commission,
specifying a definite .' time efter
ths- war f commencement cf
cc:;strucllcn.
. Jul-3 ' Murphy listed, ts ether
projects Li which I'ari l ce-ur.ty
13 interested, rtlocat; l in I c i-
pUtloa cf C.2 2,'cit.i :
h!-hwsy, the Illchrc: dl-ru
way which would r--t:r"
duce th dh. tan.ee frt-i r
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