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The Bonneville power admin
istration and Oregon Stat college
are joining in research to find
additional uses for electricity on
farms. Bonneville puts up most
of the money, the college pro
vides f acuities ana personnel and
conducts the investigations. There
is more to this project -than
'meets the eye and it isn't poli
tics, as Board Member Groesbeck
feared. .
ir and when tne heavy war
load on Bonneville-Grand " Cou
lee; power runs out the adminis-
i ti ration will have "power to burn.'
Naturally it is concerned with
market, not only in industries but
on farms. The latter offers a field
with great possibilities.
Mentioned 'in ! the news report
of the research project are irri
gation, j farm refrigeration, water
heating, space heating, preserva
tion of forage crops and feeding
with electrically dried hay. Oth
er 'possibilities lie in studies of
special ; rays on animal growth.
egg production, hothouse vegeta
ble and flower production.
- Don't think that 'reference to
special rays is silly. 'Experiments
in California showed that raisins
dried under infra-red rays dried
in ; seven minutes as compared
with 17 hours by the hot-air me
thod, and retained more of their
flavor and aroma.
So broad is the field for use of
electricity in farming and
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Take Over at
Plywood Plant
SPRINGFIELD, Ore July 25-
CiT'J-Acting j under orders from
President Truman, VS. army of
ficials took, over tba - Springfield
Plywood corporation plant at 5 p.
m. today. j. -j ' ' '
Lt Col. Leroy Bums, in e com
mand, said all employes are ex
pected to report for work on their
regular shifts tomorrow, and that
conferences with union officials
will begin tomorrow morning.
The mill, which employes 300
men on a two-shift -day, has more
than nine, million board feet of
war orders on hand. .
Workers have been out since
July 19, and despite CIO efforts
to muster an operational crew, the
plant, ! 100 pe cent engaged in
war production has remained idle.
Firemen were permitted to re
main on the Job to cut down fire
- hazard.
Gty of Berlin Felt
76,652 Tons of Bombs ,
LONDON, July 23 Berlin,
the mast bombed city In the world,
was on the receiving end of 76,652
tons of bombs, it was announced
today.
Of these, the RAF dropped 50,-
960 tons and the American air
force, in '19 major daylight at
tacks, added another 25,682.
Essen Was listed as the second
most bombed .city with 36,420
tons followed by Cologne, 34,711,
Duisbtrrg, 30,025, Hamburg, 22,-
880, Kiel, 18,712, and Nuernberg,
13,021.
' Animd Crcchcrs
P By WARREN GOODRICH
'"Itet fm not swimminx
fm boating"
Am v Officials
Only One
Kre,Not
topped
Crew Trailing
jWilsou Blaze to
Prevent Spread
PORTLAND, Ore- July 25 -Wi
Except in smoke-blanketed Tilla
mook county, in . Oregon, all of
the 'northwest's major forest fires
were either out or under control
of thousands of fighters tonight.
In the one remaining hot spot,
where around 50 square miles
haVe been blackened, effective
control measures were impossible
and the scores of spot blazes sim
ply, were burning themselves out
A late report Wednesday night
from Wendell Ewing, chief dis
patcher of the state forester's of
fice) here, said that the eastern
and; western perimeters of the
Wilson river , and ' Salmonberry
fire have been trailed and fire
crew chiefs - were hiring every
available7 man with woods exper
ience to help fell snags to keep
?e fire In its present bounds.
The Polk county fire f is com
pletely trailed; Ewing stated, and
mop up action is beginning in that
area. Efforts were being made to
quell the danger which may arise
with the lower humidity and high
er winds that are anticipated later
in the week."
In southwest Oregon a fire cov
ering about 300 acres, which start
ed I Tuesday near the hamlet of
Rogue River, was brought under
control Wednesday with the help
of about 12JJ troops from Camp
White near Medford. Ewing said
that there - was vidence that
shewed thi fire , therev to ' have
started frdb itMiM4 tigarette
which - was Jtossed eross "the
highway. .'. -
Fire crews discovered several
spot fires on Spruce creek on the
east tributary of the Nehalem
river and immediate action was
taken to put down the blaze. The
number . of men on duty in all
arias will remain the same until
all fires are completely under con
trol, the forestry office said, al
though plans have been made to
relieve some of the troops who
have been fighting the burn on
the Wilson river and Salmonberry
area as soon as possible with a
fresh crew of soldiers.
B-29s Score
Good Results
On Oil Plants
GUAM, Thursday, July
B-29 bombers scored "rood to ex
cellent" results on three oil. tar
gets in the Tokyo area bombed
last midnight in their twelfth blow
at Japan's oil refining centers.
Only one Superfort of the nearly
100 attackers was lost to antiair
craft fire, which at some points
Was intense. There was no fighter
opposition. . -.:-..
Twentieth air force headquar
ters reported simultaneously that
two more Japanese cities had been
hard hit by Superforts, increasing
total damage to urban Industria.
I areas to 143 square miles among
39 cities on the raemy'i home
! islands.
BOW TIMES BATE CHANGED
LOS ANGELES, July 23 -(p)
How times have changed! A motor
scooter-was the get-away vehicle
for two teen-agers today after one
of them snatched a purse contain
ing $1 from a feminine pedes
trian. -
owerful Support Develops in
U. S. Troops to
. rTTTmnMkT T..1 f ink
Powerful i support developed In
the senate today for the argument
that United Nations pacts assign
ing American troops to keep the
peace will be treaties subject to
two thirds approval of the senate.
I Another group f senators,
fearing that this might. spell de
feat of the pacts to be submitted
long after the basic United Na
tions charter is ratmea, nouy ar
gued that the documents be
agreements requiring only major
ity approval by senate and house.
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont), a
critic of the United Nations char
ter, took the position yesterday
that the later pacts will be trea
ties. Senator Connally (D-Tex),
one of the foremost supporters of
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Gen.! Malin Craig
Former Chief
i . ! i j h is ; .
Of Staff, Dies
WASHINGTON,; July 25-(P)-
Gen. Malin ! Craig, former army
chief of staff ;and head, of a war
department board which; has pass
ed on. all general officer promo
tions in the present war, died to
day. ; I : II M ' -f
Craig, 69, succumbed' in Walter
Reed General hospital,! where he
had i jfceef uhder i treatinent since
suffering a heart attack a! year
ago. -! His death I was announced
"with deep regret" by: Acting Sec
retary of War Robert P. Patter
son. 1 j li I I W -1
General Craig j succeeded Gen.
DouglasI MacArthur las chief of
staff in 'October, 1935, (He served
ahnost four! years before retire
ment in' August, 1939, to be suc
ceeded by the present army chief,
Gen. George; C Marshall. .
i Returning to active duty Just
before the United States entered
the present ;war, "Craig became
president of; the war department's
personnel board. ": l
Born August li 18754 at St Jos
eph,fM Craig was "appointed to
West Point from Pennsylvania. He
served n the Spanish-American
war, the Boxer rebellion in China
and as chief of staff pf the 41st
division and the First American
army corps In Europe during the
first world j war, - g
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Tax Head Not
Yet Selected
; Following a lengthy ' executive
iMsInn hf th stat board Of con-
rtrol here Wednesday, members of
the board Indicated that they had
failed to agree, upon; the selection
of a state (tax commissioner to
succeed . Earl B. Day, Jackson
county,! who resigned effective
August 1. II v !i ' if . ! - j
State! Senator Coe- McKenna,
Portland; County i Judge Carl
Chambers, Umatilla county, and R.
L. Gile Roseburg, were reported
to be under consideration for the
position. There was some talk fol
lowing Wednesday's meeting that
a-fourth person may enter the
picture later in the week, as mem
bers of, the board Indicated - an
other meeting would b held prob
ably Friday, j ;
Keep Peace Be
the cnarter; said today that In bis
view, they will be : treaties. The
same position was taken by Sen
ator White; IR-Me) and Taft (K-
Ohlo).l j
S .. r ...
of I these
The question
pacts,
which ili; determine; how many
American troops win oe assignea
to the! peace-keeping role and
where they will serve, came up
during Idebate on the; basic char
ter.; I ., :: I j .
' Disagreeing sharply with the
Wheeler view, Senator Lucas (D
111) referred to the failure of the
old League of Nations, to gain two
thirds ftpproyal !of the senate f
i "I want to take my chances
with congress, not with one third
of the United States senate for
General
Point Values
On Meat Will
Be Reduced
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DENVER, July 25 Point
values on all cuts of beef, lamb
and veal will be reduced an aver
age of 21 per cent, effective next
Sunday, District OPA . Director
James R. Sledge announced today.
(The cut has been anticipated
but has not been formally I an
nounced by OPA in Washington.)
The reduction will be based up
on the average quantities avail
able, Sledge said. While the num
ber of red points allotted remains
unchanged, the reduction will have
about the: same effect as an addi
tion of 10 points to the 50 validat
ed for each ration book holder. "
Sledge s- added the reduction
would not apply to pork, which is
used only to a, limited extent in
hot weather. '. ;; ?
Grose to
Loan Division
For iVeteraris
Al J. Crose, Salem, was appoint
ed head of : the loan division of
the recently created state depart
ment of veteran's affairs, Hugh
Rosson, director of the department,
announced Wednesday.
Crose has been an employe of
the state since 1927 when he was
made property, manager for the
world war veterans state aid com
mission and has continued in that
capacity since. Two years ago,
when the commission merged with
the state land board, he was also
put in charge of the veterans loan
division of the land board.
Mrs. Pearl Victor, who has been
his secretary for the past 10 years,
was also! promoted to be secretary
to Rosson. as well as continuing
her work with Crose. Other mem
bers of the staff will probably be
announced later, j i u .
The newly created department,
which was recommended by Gov.
Earl Shell in his message to the
1945 legislature, will handle loans
for both fann and home proper
ties for Veterans of World war II
only. Offices for the department
are in the State Library building,
Befef Portion
Foi: Army Cut
WASHINGTON, ' July 25 - Jt) -Secretary
of Agriculture Ander
son, acting upon army recommen
dations,! today reduced the pop
tion of I beef which federally-in
spected I slaughterers must set
aside for the armed services.
. Effective July 29, the army's
portion of army styled beef will
be reduced from 25 to 20 per cent
and of 'utility, canner and cutter
grades: from 65 to 55 per cent of
the production of such slaughter
ers. i a - ! - j
, These reductions in military set
asides were made to bring army
procurement in line with the
share allocated the military serv
ices for the current quarter, r
The reductions reflect increased
marketings of cattle. - T
Patton Due in Prague
PRAGUE, July; 25-(P)-Gen.
George S. Patton,1 jr will arrive
in Prague Friday from the Amer
ican occupation zone, it was an
nounced today.'. Patton will be
awarded a medal by the Czech
government and will be the
luncheon guest of President Benes.
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HALIFAX FLIES TO ENGLAND
WASHINGTON; July 25.-(ff)-
The Earl of Halifax, British am
bassador to the United States, left
by plane today for- England and
what embassy officials described
as "a routine summer visit" .
Senate That Pacts Assigning
Subject to Tiw
rve seen what has happened here
before," Lucas said.
Majority Leader Barkley of
Kentucky sided with Lucas, and
he warned against anyone "lying
in ambush to nullify our solemn
agreement' when, the implement
legislation! comes up. . - : -
Wheeler 'took this ; "personally
and retorted that he didn't think
"anyone Is lying In ambush."
He referred again to John .Fos
ter Dulles, chief: adviser to the
American delegation at San Fran
cisco, who testified at the senate
committee hearings he ; thought
the later ; agreements would be
treaties. Senator Vandenberg (It
Mich) jumped into the debate,
observing there had been a good
deal of discussion about what
Questions
Marshal ent
On Praising i
Of Hitler jCliarge
By Relman Morin
PARIS, July 25.-tfV-Aged Mar
shal Henri Philippe Petain, his
face like an image, bluntly re
fused at his treason trial today
to answer questions! whether he
hf d congratulated Adolf Hitler on
the British defeat ai -Dieppe and
asked Hitler's permission, for
French troops to Tight alongside
the Germans. I j
The marshal's b, on or is at
stake, a Juror shouted across the
jammed and overheated' courtroom
in the palace of justice, land mut
terings and protests from jurors
and spectators met Petain's re
fusal; ,(; r i
But the. 89-year-old former Chief
of the Vichy state remained adam
ant He said through his lawyers
that he would not reply ' .
Premiers Testify r
The dramatic issue was raised
during the third day of Petain's
trial on charges of intelligence
with Germany and of plotting the
security: of the French; statea
day in which formej: French Pre
mier Edouard Daladier and Albert
Lebrun, last president of the third
republic, testified against the old
soldier.! - ! V .
Much pf the day Petain appear
ed uninterested. Once he said he
hadn't heard a question. He saw
Lebrun! near tears as the former
French ' president said he could
hardly 'express his fprofound, dis
tress at the sight before him of
V manl a warrior of France, who
k&s .risen so high, to have fallen
so low.- j i -A
Side-step Questions! !
Both Daladier and Lebrun side
stepped: questions Whether they
though j Petain ' guilty of treason.
saying there were many different
definitions, Daladier; said: "He be
trayed his duties as a Frenchman.'
Lebrun: iaidi "I reserve! my Judg
ment on that" I .
Only once did Petain . break his
self-imposed silence, That was to
answer! a juror's question as to
when the marshal began organiz
ing what later became' the Vichy
government. It was 'another of the
24 jurors hearing jthe i testimony
who brought up the alleged mes
sages to Hitler. . j j
Kaiser, Plans
Low Cost Car
DETROIT, July 25-ir1)-nJoseph
W. Frazer, president of Graham
Paige i Motors corporation, an
nounced tonight that he and Henry
J. -Kaiser, west coast shipbuilder,
had entered into a partnership for
the i production of a . new light
weight low-priced automobile, i
The i new corporation, to be
owned: jointly by Kaiser Interests
and Graham-Paige Motors corpo
ration, will be known as -' the
Kaiser-Frazer corporation. It will
produce on the Pacific coast
full-size, . lightweight j low - cost
car to be known a) the; "Kaiser."
Another larger automobile In the
medium price bracket win be
built by Graham-fc'aige. in De
troit, to be known as the Trazer
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
LONDON July 25 -W- George
Bernard Shaw will be 89 tomor
row, and if he'd comment on the
occasion he undoubtedly ; would
say as- he did last year: To hell
with aU birthdays" !
- Thirds Vote
Dulles meant so ha took the "un
ique" course of calling him today
to find out Said Vandenberg:
HThe sole question presented to
him' was. the choice between
treaty on the. one hand : and
presidential executive i order on
the other. It Is Mr. Dulles view
that these agreements should be
made Cy treaty but he; wishes me
to say for him .that! he never
passed on the question of whe
ther there may. not be an alterna
tive choice between a treaty and
a joint resolution 'of congress.'
The tall, incisive Lucas point
edly challenged any critics of the
charter to offer any reservations
or amendments now "not
year hence" when the agreements
come up. ;
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KYUSW
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Bomb blast symbols locate target
f Hensha by more than a thousand carrier planes from Admiral
Hakey's Third fleet, a record fleet ef mere than 0 Superforts
and Iwo and Okinawa-based aircraft July. 24. The Jap naval
base t Kare was hit by the carrier planes, ihOe the Superforts
struck Okayama, HlmeU, Tokushima, Kobe, j Osaka, Wakarama,
Knwana and Nagota. (AP Wtrephote map) 1
Magazine Says
Peace Offer
- To Meeting
i NEW YORK, July-
eralissimo Stalin took to the big
offer with the proviso that the
free of American invasion and
The magazine says I also, without giving the source of the
information, that Widar Bagge,
Japan, transmitted to the United
States early last May a "Japanese
request for clarification i of the
American "unconditional j surren
der formula." ; -!'
The article says In part:
"As a price of Russian non-in
tervention, the Japanese offered to
withdraw from Manchuria in fa
vor of Moscow. : Moreover, they
offered to ."recognize the principle
of Independence' of lndo-China,
Burma and the Philippines and to
submit to American occupation of
Korea and even Formosa on one
condition that the Japanese home
islands should remain free of
American invasion and i occupa
tion. ..:,: ' I" ;
"It will be up to President Tru-
snan and to his closest advisers
How in Potsdam to decide whether
the' Japanese offer to Russia falls
within the American Interpreta
tion of "unconditional surrender."
:- The magazine said the state de-1
partment's July 18 denial of any
knowledge of Japanese peace pro
posals was "technically correct be
cause the Russo-Japanese nego
tiations concerned primarily Rus
sia's attitude toward the Far East
em war." . r . , - . , j
Gagge's action, Newsweek said,
wai the "peace feeler" referred to
by Acting Secretary of State Jos
eph C Grew on July 10 and cred
ited to a neutral diplomat in Tokyo.-
,' i j.
(Additional details on page 2)
86th Division
Will Retrain
: i t !-: -":
; CAMP G RUBER, Okie, July 25
HJfy-Tnopt of the 86th (Black
Hawk) division, veterans of action
in Cologne, the Ruhr pocket and
Bavaria, swarmed into this $40;
000,000 post today and settled
down to await the start of a pro
gram to harden them additionally
for Pacific duty. ; : ,
. Personnel of the division, first to
bej redeployed from Europe
through the United States to the
Pacific, will continue to arrive for
a week or ten days before reach
ing its full strength of 15,000. Not
until then will the men go into a
course "stressing individual initia
tive and operations by small units,
regarded as much more essential
in the Pacific than in the Euro
pean theatre. ' i - .
Car Injures
2 Small Girls .
Two small girls, Patricia Evans,
6, 765 Marion st, and Bernadine
Field, 7, 1835 Center st, were in
jured Wednesday afternoon In an
automobile accident at the inter
section of Court and (Winter
streets. . !H '' i
Police officer Charles Creasy
who was at the scene of the acci
dent said that the girls walked
Into a car driven by Otis Shepard,
route six, Salem, and that both
were badly shaken up and extent
of j their injuries not determined
as they were taken to the Salem
General hospital for observation.
Weather
Sa Francisco
Eugene
S&im
Portland
SetU .
l, Willamtt river -3.4 ft.
FOHiAST (from U. S. Weatber bu
reau, Me Nary field,: Salem) : Gener
ally lair today with normal tempera
ture, fcugnur cooler. Maximum
pected near W 4erea,
Max. Mia. , Haln
U St , M
. 81 J j -SI . JDO
7S 1 jM
X
too
HTUTt Mil
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areas en the Japanese home island
Stalin
Took
From
J
of ?Big Three";
25:-&P)-Newsweek magazine says Gen
three meeting a Japanese peace
Japanese home islands remain
occupation, j- '
retiring Swedish minister of
Truman Plans
Report to U. S.
3 Meet
POTSDAM- July 25-tiP)-Presl-
dent Trumari. is expected to re
port' to the nation by . radio on
results of the Big Three confer
ence immediately after he returns
to Washington, if congress has re-
cessed, it was announced; tonight
The disclosure of the presi
dent's plans s for a heart-to-heart
talk with the people at home was
made at "the little White House"
as Truman prepared to go to
Frankfurt -on-Ma in tomorrow, to
review- U.! S. -troops 'during !a
lapse in the Big Three discussions.
The lapse was caused, by the
return to England of Prime Min
ister Churchill. The prime minis
ter flew home today to be present
for- the announcement tomorrow
of the results of the July 3 Brit
ish election.
The announcement concerning
the president's plans for a broad
cast said: i
If the president returns to the
united stale xrom the interallied
conference in Berlin after con
gress has recessed it Is believed he
will make a radio report to the
1
nation.'
Shortage Isn't Quite
That Bad Yet, We Hope
GALLUP, N. M July 23 -UP)
The cowboy approached the laay
clerk and whispered; "Some lace
pants, please:
Mindful of the shortage of men's
underwear, the clerk didn't blink
an eye as she produced a pair of
ladies' panties, snow white and
edged in frothy lace
The - cowboy blushed painfully
and explained that what he had
in mind was a pair of riding Bants
with lacing at the bottom of the
legs. .
231 Oregon Men Freed
From Army Last Week
; Two hundred thirty-one Oregon
men were released from the army
last week under the point system,
coi. timer jv. wooton. state di
rector , of selective service, said
Wednesday. Of this number. 54
went into active service when the
Oregon national guard was called
out In September, 1940, he said.
On Big
Honest Samarium Adds to Joy
Of-SVeterseiJL S Homecoming
: Sgt Leslie' Petersen of Turner,
paratrooper! and veteran of five
years In the army, found a friend
twice-over on the last lap of his
long trip htanej : I :
The sergeant, who was report
ed missing dn D-day last year only
to turn up safely later after a har
rowing experience, recently was
sent from Europe to the Vancou
ver hospital, then was granted a
45-day leave a few days ago. v
Hitch-hiking, he was picked trp
Just .outside of Salem and taken
to Turner by James H. Harvey cf
Salem, western representative find"
field editor; for the Building Sup
ply News of Chicago.' ;
3 BaUlesliips, 6 i
Plane Carriers ;
Included in'Bair
By MorUn Speneer
GUAM, Thursday, July 28.-n
-Twenty Japanese warships, in
cluding three battleships, six air
craft carriers and five) cruisers,
were damaged by American and
British carrier pilots in Admiral i
HalseyV great 1200 plane strike
against inland sea basest Tuesday.
One of the ships, an escort air--1
craft carrier, probably was sunk
by British pilots, who also dam
aged an old destroyerj Admiral
Nimitz reported In today's com
munique, . - ' j
Yank fliers damaged 'the other
18 warships at the great Kurt
naval base. I ' . J :
American and British pilots de- '
troyed or damaged 170 Japan
ese aircraft and added; 39 more
yesterday morning for a total ti
209.' Nineteen enemy planes were
Shot out of the air, the Remainder
caught on the ground, f
Merchant Ships Hit ! .
'British and Yank fliers aIo
safik or damaged 32 j Japanese
merchant ships and damaged 53 ;
small craftj- I '
All of Nimitz figures, except
the 39. aircraft wrecked yester
day, were for Tuesday's attack
which wrought destruction an
damage along a 323-mile swee i
of southern Japan and center
on shipping in the inland sea.
Joining in the concent rattc
blasting1 of the enemy Jhomelanc
nearly 100 1 Superforts attacked
oil refineries south of Tokyo las
midnight. This 12th B-29 attack
on Jcpan's vital fuel centers foli
lowed by less than 36 hours -a
eza-ptane u-29 raid on tne Osa-
ka-Nagoya area.
Weather Hiaders
Announcement of the heavy
damage 1 to the Japanese fleet
came as heavy weather hamperea
renewal of the strike on inland
1 ft A
sea oases centered around Kurt
naval base and Kobe j yesterday.
There , wrre only - meager report
of that strike,.- v.;,-
Halsey1 report, t radioed front
bis flagship off the coast f-Jap&n,
carefully listed the 'warships a
"heavily," moderately or "slight- ri
ly" damaged, i v
In the latter class was the bat
tleship Haruna, . which- was re
ported sunk in the early days cf
the. war and for which Capt Co- ! I
lin Kelly ef the army air fore !
posthumously was given a con- r;
gressional -medal of honor. Last
October the Haruna! escaped,
damaged, from the battle of Lcyte
gulf. - i
Big Ships Dasaaged ; .
The converted battleships Hy
uga and. Ise - - the only ones ti
their type left to the enemy -
were heavily and jmoderattry
damaged, respect! velyj Each was)
equipped with a small flight deck
aft from which' airplanes could
be catapulted. .!'-:-r '
Among ships damaged but net
listed in the. Nimitz report y ester
day were two large aircraft car
riers, the Amagi andi Katsurag
the. light carrier Hosho and th
escort carrier Kaiyo.jjThe large
carrier reported previously a
damaged was identified as the)
Aso. ;: - : j . ' . i
Assessment of these new re
ports: made it obvious that the
Japanese fleet no longer could b
considered an important factor in
the Pacific war. On the basis cf
accurate reports, they now have
only a few warships ; remaining
undamaged and these .mostly art
cruisers and destroyers.
Silverton Phoney G. .
Buys Gervais Exchange
fsiLVERTON, July' 25 Interur.
ban Telephone company of Sil
verton has made arrangements to)
purchase the Gervais Mutual
Telephone exchange,' officials el
the .Silverton company said Wed
nesday. ?'.-;'.- 1 i". '
They stated that they expected
to assume control of the Gervais)
company August L ,
. Home at last, the sergeant sud
denly found a new worry fc?
billfold with $200 had disappeared.
But , the worry didn't last long;
Early the next morning Harvey
telephoned the home of the ser
geant's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Petersen, to say he had found the
billfold and money in his car, In
tact t . V:. , .')
v The homecoming also had an
other welcome highlight Sergeant
Petersen's brother, Morris, boat
swain Cc in the merchant marine,
was on a 30-day leave at tht
same time. - -'' .
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