THE BND lULLETIN, BENfe,GON, FRIPAY, MARCH 2. 1945 PAGE EIGHT - ' i i . Oregon Purchase Of Distilleries Under Cross Fire Salem, Ore., March 2 W Ore. eon's legislative liquor Investigate ing committee today contrasted conflicting testimony on the Washington - Oregon purchase of two KentueKy distilleries, includ ing State Treasurer Leslie Scott's flat charge of "manipulation of ac counts." Scott said he always had been suspicious of the legality of the 1943 liquor purchase and contend ed the liquor commissions of the two states "showed lacK 01 acu men" in dealing with Harry E. Collin of Toledo, O., who held op lions on the distilleries. "It looks suspiciously like there has been a mysterious shrinkage of credits and what I consider a ' manipulation of accounts," Scott said. And referring to tne investi gations, he suid the two legisla tures should have worked In con cert rather than separately In get ting all the facts. Issue Cleared Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., also a member of the Oregon state board of control au thorizing the purchases with Scott, said the attorney general had cleared legality of the purchase and he knew of no irregularities. Scott said he based his charges on two audits made of the Water- nii ar mazier anu nawnan uikiii-1 leries purchase, one by S. E. Rat-, lif f, chief examiner of the division of departmental audits of Wash-' ington, the other by the Ray H. Leshcr company of Portland. He said both reports showed dlsap pea ranee of certain credits amounting to $30,000 and in-' creased liability amounting to about $150,000. The commissions bought the two distilleries in December, 1943, then sold them back to Collin. I Head Allied Armies Hurling Nazis Back' h a .i t ferv ' (NEA Kadio-Telephoto) The commanders of parts of the present major offensive ripping through Germany's western defense, confer somewhere on the front. Left to right: Oen. H. D. G. Crerar, commander First Canadian Army; Lt. Gen. Sir Miles G. Oempsey, commander Second British Army; Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, commander 21st Army Group; Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson, commander American Ninth Army; Air Marshal Sir Arthur. Con Ingham, commander RAF Second Tactical Air Force supporting 21st Army Group drive. British official photo radioed from London. -;-. Terrebonne Terrebonne, March 2 (Special) Terrebonne grange held its reg ular meeting Tuesday evening with Master B. C. Allen in charge. Joe Howard, Jr.,, was voted in as a new member by initiation. Herby Eby reported that all signers of the A.A.A. must be signed up by May 1. Borden Beck gave a report on the mechanical schools operating throughout the country. Nellie Allen, insurance agent, reported two furniture policies were taKen out tins week. served supper to the group. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith of I son came home from the Red mond hospital last week. They Forest Grove spent the week-end; named the baby Leonard Abra with thpir nnn.in.lnw nnri rlauph nam. Rnnnlrl ManPpann Mnn4iu1 ii.-i ,uw unni-is wen.- icm- tne work done by the degree team chased by Collin, the remaining at Powell Butte last Friday eve C8.000 barrels were divided, with ning. 57 per cent to Washington because , Mrs. L. Knorr was appointed that state handled the liquidation you chairman for this commu and -43 per cent to Oregon, nlty. c.nc'JilJJ8 10 29,577 bnrrels for Borden Beck was in charge of $3,225,000. the program which consisted of Members of the Oregon liquor ! the F.F.A. boys conducing "par commission testified the gross , liamentary procedure." Those profit will be about $4,500,000. taking part were Art Foss, Fay Chalrmun Paul Patterson of the Scoggins, Gerald Eby, Richard committee, formed on recom-, Kribbs, and Nels Hansen, mendation of Gov. Earl Snel), said f HE club chairman Mrs. J. J. reputations' of Gov. Snell's ap- Phillips reported on club work, pointees to the liquor commission Each person is asked to donate had been Impugned during the old clothing for the Russian re Washlngton political campaign lief. . last year. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cyrus iewd mm to. 953 Wall St. Allen Young, Proprietor Phone 4 DENTIFRICES SOc Milk of Magnesia... 39c 50c Ipana 39c 50c Klenio 39c 50c lodent ......39c Pebecco,, Lge. 47c" 1 xlKtS I . ' I E S ,r'uiii t? PES '''too" "sT"" ffilttr I ,yc 1.00 , "cf ...:'rv ter, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thorn- burgh and family. Mrs. R. L. Knorr received word from her brother, Roy Hulley of Gresham, stating that their son, Roy Halley, Jr., a paratrooper in Belgium, was not missing in ac tion, after receiving word from the war department that he had been. John Saxton was honored at a dinner Saturday on his 71st birth day, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Thornburgh. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith of Forest Grove: Mrs. and Mrs. Eldon Mc- Coln, Miss Becky Saxton, Mr. and Mrs. John Saxton, and the host and hostess. Alvln Phillips, delegate from Terrebonne local No. 278, went to Salem to attend the annual con vention of the Farmers union Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the Salem Chamber of commerce. Terrebonne grade school pub lished its first issue of their pa per. "Rimrock Echoes," last week. The staff is editor, Loretta Ras mussen; assistant editor, Jimmie Swift; reporters, Stephen Skidgel, Raymond Cyrus and Shirley Phil lips; art editor, Raymond Cyrus. Mr. and Mrs. mu uonsiant oi Redmond spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Olen Vestal and Bertha Inman. Everett Thornburgh spent a few days last week in Portland on business. Mr, and Mrs. C. Svarverud and children made a business trip to Eugene over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor and sons of Redmond, spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lester Knorr and son. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald MacGreg or, Mrs. Crystal Henderson, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Eby were among those who attended Po mona grange held in Bend last Milton Felslett entertained hor son, Layton, last week at a birthday party. Twenty-three lit tle guests were present. Cake and ice cream were served. Mr. and Mrs. Folmer Bodtker Terrebonne degree team went to Powell Butte grange Friday 1 evening to put on the 3rd and 4th degree work. Team was Ron ald MacGregor, Pearl Knorr, 'Alma McClay, Irene MacGregor, Nettle MacGregor, Carrie McCal lum, Pearl Drew, Margaret Bodt ker, Andy Bodtker, Bettie Allen, Nellie Allen, Earl Dexter, Joclne Dexter, Harvey Drew, and Billy Hall. Those from Terrebonne who received the degree work were Mr. and Mrs. A. De La Gurrea and Mr. and Mrs. E. Burger. Terrebonne P a r e n t-Teachers club will sponsor a pie social Fri day, March 9, at the school. A one-act play and other numbers will be presented by the program committee., Everyone is invited and each lady is) asked to bring a pie and six sandwiches. Carl Hershey and son, v Bob, were callers at the Bob Knorr home Sunday. u -; A large group of young people attended the Bend-Redmond bas ketball game in Bend Friday eve ning. ... , . ition ByStateP.U.D. . Salem, Ore., March 2 IP The I going began to look rougher to day for the "P. U. D." bill, (SB 62) which would prevent people's utility districts from acquiring utility facilities outside of their own area, after a public hearing by the house utilities committee last night. Strong objections to the bill. and to its emergency clause, were presented by pud representatives and the Oregon grange. The bill resulted from an at tempted bond issue In Hood River in 1943, in which a contemplated purchase of a number of north western utilities was defeated narrowly by a vote of the people. Clatsop county representatives, Sen. Merle R. Chessman, father of the bill, Rep. Fred Hellberg, and Dr. Orval Eaton, mayor of Astoria, appeared for the bill. One amendment suggested by Eaton would prevent discrimination against one citv in a PUD system; and would allow municipalities to vote on an issue separately. Tompkins Speaker Morton Tompkins, state grange master, said that if "the bill is to curb promotional deals" such as tne one at Hood Kiver twnere evl dence showed Promoter Guy Mey ers due to gain more than a mil lion dollars),- "then make it do that but don't cripple the PUDs." Tunis wyers, Hood Kiver pud attorney, said that he was famil iar with the deal of which the bill is a result, and that "it's nothing to be afraid of." The bill is "clearly unconstitu-' tional," he said, and pointed out two attorney generals' opinions to that effect. He also stated that the bill as drawn would "force a series of small PUDs, where one Inte grated system would serve all most eficiently." . Another main objection to the bill was the provision that all agents and engineers fees must be paid for by ad valorem taxes. This would work a hardship on oper ating PUDs, opponents said, be cause they cannot levy taxes when operating, qn revenues.- , Yank Guerrilla 1 f f : ; ""V -V. m S.I :-o, V- Vi l One of the few American sol diers who escaped from Bataan in 1942, Lt. Clayton Rollins, above, led a Filipino guerrilla force in northern Luzon for three years until- MacArthur's forces invaded the island. He is pictured at U. S. -25th Division headquarters, where he gave valuable information about Jap activities Inquest Into Fire Ends in Tacoma War Briefs LeRoy E.Wilson ; Wins New Rating Ah Advanced China Air Base, March 2 Promotion of LeRoy E. Wilson, husband of Mrs. Marv A. Wilson, Redmond, Ore,,- from ser geant to staff sergeant' has been announced by a troop carrier squadron of the 14th air force In China. -', i- Sergeant Wilson is an aerial engineer on a C-47 airplane, and has completed over .100 combat missions. He recently was award ed the air medal for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight supplying front line. Chinese troops with food and ammunition. Sergeant Wilson graduated from Redmond high school and formerly was employed by R. G. Raymond, Prineville, when he was inducted Into the air forces in August 1942. He came overseas in January 1944 and saw service v ... II GREAT NORTHERN RY. COMMISSARY UST 708 ITEMS Chickens Turkeyi tamb -Bef Veol Pork Clry Applet -. - Orongl .. Melons t. Atparagm Carrot) . Beehv . Tomato! i Potoioei lettuce Com v Peai ' of Junction City, were guests at in North Atrica and ImIla prior "ujr ijuinti ..unit iu, jut io coming to umna uuy t-vi-iiiug. v ii: ouiki-ih ui nuuu River, was also there. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jones spent Saturday evening with Mr: and Mrs. Lester Knorr. The eve ning was spent playing cards. Mrs. Glen Shortreed took her daughter, Ardys, to an optician in Bend Monday. Mrs. R. L. Knorr spent Thurs day in Redmond with Mrs. Min nie Cox. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Foss and children, Art and Marjorle, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herby Eby and family. The occa sion was Marjorle Foss and Faye Eby's birthdays. Mrs. M. Felslett spent last week in Portland where she went through a clinic. Mrs. Andy Bodtker was hostess to the H.E. club at her home last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. J. J. Phillips, chairman, conducted the meeting. Members were asked to donate clothing for the Russian war relief and bring them to the next meeting which was held at the grange hall Thursday. Mrs. Lester Knorr was hostess. Mem bers are making scrap books for the children's and servicemen's hospitals. Members present were Mesdames E. Parr, M. Jarrard, A. Bodtker, L. Knorr, George Mac Gregor, D. Ferguson, W. MoColn, J. J. Phillips, A. De La Gurrea, E. Burger, H. Drew, J. Hanson, J. V. Preeszler, and C. Svarvurd. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Prszler and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ferguson at tended a surprise birthday party in Redmond for C. K. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Eby were callers at the R. L. Knorr home Tuesday afternoon. The A.A.A. meeting was held Feb. 23 at the Terrebonne grange hall where committeemen met to make plans for 1945. Mrs. Ranee Williams and infant COLDS FIGHT MISERY where you feel lt-rub I throat, cheat and llea W VapoRui t.l tck with time-tee ted . . -(By United Preee) Western Front Germans with drawing across Rhine ahead of re ported American break-through in Muenchen-Gladbach sector, ii Eastern Front Germans rush reserves in attempt to halt red army drive to Baltic. Pacific -- B-29's blast Japanese naval base at Singapore; U. S. marines drive through main Japa nese defenses to within 1,200 yards of north coast of Iwo; American occupation of Palawan ir Philippines cuts Japan's stolen empire in two. Air War . Allied air armadas blast Cologne and eastern front targets in support of American and red armies. ' -' Italy Action remains confined to patrolling. Tacoma, Wash., March 2 IIP) : Although an inquest jury failed to find evidence of criminal negli gence in the death of 19 persons who died in the disasterous Mae- fair apartments fire Feb. 17, cor oner Paul Mellinger said today he would press for legislation re quiring automatic fire alarm sys tems for public buildings. "I plan to send Gov. Mon Wall- gren a copy of the jury's findings in support of legislation pending which I believe will prevent a re currence of Tacoma's most tragic lire, Mellinger said. Rep.' Dwight Bunnell, Pierce county, previously had introduced a bill calling for automatic alarms in dwelling places housing six families or more, in all rooming houses where 10 or more persons reside and in all apartment houses, hotels and public places. The provisions of the bill are almost Identical with a recom mendation brought in-by the cor oner's jury following the inquest yesterday. Jury Adds Note In spite of its failure to dis oyeV evidence of criminal negli bence the jury added: "There are many buildings in Tacoma in which tenants are not! adequately protected from fire be cause of the lack of automatic alarm systems." Fire chief C. J. Eisenbacher testified that the high loss of life could be attributed directly to a delay In summoning the fire department and to the panic which prevented tenants from evacuating the blazing building "as they could have if they hadn't lost their heads." Although Mellinger expressed satisfaction over the jury's re commendation, he said' he was disappointed that none of the 22 witnesses could shed light on the origin of the fire. , QUITE A CARD Fort Wayne, Ind. iipi When J. G. Birkmier was suspended of his gasoline rations for going hunting in his .car in Michigan, he told Robert H. Joseph, special OPA hearing commissioner, "I hope to do business with you very soon," and handed him his card, reading, Tree frogs have special adhe-1 J. t. Birkmier & &ons, mauso- sive disks on their toes to enable leums, monuments, and markers." them to climb trees. k, COMMISSARY LIST 708 ITEMS V 3 , Chlckem ' Vf I Turkeyi . . .s t . lamb , U bm ' 1 I eK7 I Butter- Cereals j P 1 ' eoth 1 f I I V 3 Jellies t V i - : , .1 . 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