Labor Conclave Demands Repeal of Six Per Cent Tax Limitation
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SPILLED MILK - Bernnadette
Kaven, 5, sadly leaves Pittsburgh,
Pa., dairy with empty bottle.
Dairy farmers to the Pittsburgh
and Washington, D. C, area are
forced to pour down the drain
milk they can't sell because of a
drivers' strike.
icial Count of
Primary Election
Ballots Released
Salem, Ore., June 14. U.R)
The official tally of the May 19
Oreeon Drimary election today
gave Sen. Wayne L. Morse of
Eugene a 56,678 majority over
his nearest opponent, Dave
- Hoover of Deadwood.
The close race between Lew
Wallace of Portland and Austin
Flegel of Portland for demo
cratic nomination for governor
ended with Flegel holding more
than a 1.600 vote edge, flegel
had 59,417, Wallace 57,730 and
Walter J. Pearson of Portland
46,549.
McKav Vol Largest
Gov. Douglas McKay, who
was unopposed for republican
nomination garnered the largest
individual vote in the primary
with 180.564.
Morse had 119.633 votes,
Hoover 62,955, and John Mc
f Bride of Portland 16,322.
, On the democratic side of the
senate race, winner Howard La-
Tourette of Portland won by
' more than 10,000 votes with
81.168 votes to Louis A. Wood
of Eugene with 71,098.
William E. Kimsey of Salem
won over Howard Morgan of
Monmouth for labor commission
er, 146.809 to 117,872.
Results of the four congres
sional districts:
First district: republican
Walter Norblad, Astoria incum
bent. 54,474, democratic Roy
R. Hewitt of Salem 22.971 and
L. T. Ward of Philomath 12,689.
Stockman Polls 23,578.
Second district: republican
Lowell Stockman, Pendleton in
cumbent, 23,578. Democratic
Hugh Bowman of Pendleton
8.644, Vernon Bull of La Grande
9.274, and Benjamin C. Garske
of Bend 3.993.
Third district: Republican
incumbent Homer D. Angell of
Portland 44,966, R. J. (Bob) Jen
sen of Portland 8,267, and Don
ald C. Walker of Portland 16,143.
Democratic Carl C. Donough of
Portland 32.661, Phil Dreyer of
Portland 27.917, and H. H. Satll
ard of Portland 10.337.
Fourth district: Republican
incumbent Harris Ellsworth of
Roseburg 34.232. Democratic
David C. Shaw of Gold Beach
14.169 and Walter A. Swanson
of Springfield 12,688.
i Prospect Bus Service
To Resume Tomorrow
C. L. Cox. of the Cascade
Rogue Bus line, today announced
resumption of service between
Medford and Prospect effective
tomorrow. The bus will carry
passengers to Eagle Point, Shady
Cove. Trail, Cascade Gorge and
Prospect. The public utilities and
interstate commerce permits will
allow the firm to carry express
shipments. Cox said.
The bus will leave from the
Medford Trailways and Grey
hound depots at 4:30 p m ar
riving at Prospect at 6:45 p.m..
and return trips will start at
8:30 a.m., arriving in Medford
at 10 a.m. (all daylight saving
times).
The service was discontinued
for the winter last September 31.
Portland Population
Placad at 371,011
'Portland, Ore.. June 14 lft
District Census Supervisor Carl
J. Gilson said today that Port
land's census count was 371.011
inslead of 370.257 as announced
earlier.
Gilsun explained that clean-up
operations in the district office
made the difference between the
final total and preliminary re
ports. The snpervisor said he be
lieved the count was complete
but that the census office would
a remain open until September for
specialized work.
Portland's ten-year population
increase was 21 per cent.
Medford
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Scene Indicates
Craft in Flames
Prior to Wreck
8 Bodies Recovered
By Searching Party
Elkins. W. Va.. June 14 (U.R)
Nine U. S. air force men were
killed today when their B-25
bomber became lost and crashed
into a rugged mountain knob in
the Monongahela national forest
wilderness.
Olmsted air base officials at
Harrisburg. Pa., definitely identi
fied the craft as the plane which
vanished shortly after stopping
in the keystone state capitol on
a flight from Philadelphia to
Omaha. ?eb.
8 Bodies Recovered
cjght ot the bodies were re
ported recovered and the ninth
victim sighted by a searching
party of state police, sheriff's
deputies, state conservation conv
mission officers and civil aero
nautics administration officials.
Air force officials said one of
the men killed was from Hamil
ton field, near San Rafael, Cal..
and the eight others were from
Hill air base near Ogden. Utah.
Spokesmen said identification of
the dead would be released by
their home bases.
Flaming Wreckage
The big ship crashed in flam
ing wreckage just before dawn
after smashing into the peak of
Spruce Knob, three miles south
of the isolated mountain hamlet
of Circleville.
Searchers said a long, flame
scarred path cut over hundreds
of yards of three tops indicated
the plane was burning when it
cracked up.
Bodies of the victims and the
plane s debris were charred al
most bevond recognition.
CAA authorities said the big
ship was identified as the miss
ing B-25 from markings salvaged
from the wreckage and a count
of the casualties.
Misleading Report
Hurts Inn's Business
The management of the Chung
king Inn, in North Front street,
today said that business had fall
en off sharply the last few days,
due to the publication of a mis
leading report that a man had
died this week after eating there.
The police report on the death
said the man ate a meal after
leaving work at 5 a.m.. It was
pointed out by the proprietor
that the Chungking Inn was
closed from 2 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.
that day, and that the victim
could not have eaten at that
establishment.
Despite first indications, death
was not due to food poisoning,
an autopsy indicating that it was
due to a heart condition.
Lions Club to Aid
In Clean-UpWeek
Crater Lions club will cooper
ate with city officials and resi
dents during "clean-up week,"
set for June 19 through June 24,
it was announced by Lloyd
Evans, committee chairman.
The Crater Lions will work to
beautify entrances to Medford in
particular by getting cooperation
of private property holders on
Court street. Central and River
side avenues.
Evans said that garbage dis-
Eosal will be available at regu
ir prices and that limbs and de
bris will be hauled at the usual
extra charge by regular carriers.
Evans is assisted by Cliff Horn,
who is contacting businessmen;
and Dr. Paul Bray, who will
work with property owners.
Cave Junction Man
Selected to Raise
Flag at Observance
Salem, Ore., June 14 (U.R)
Pvt. Jack E. Sterier of Cave
Junction, Ore., has been desig
nated to raise the Oregon state
flag in the third annual "salute
to the states" at Asbury Park,
N. J., June 24, the governor'! of
fice said today.
Sherier now Is serving at Fort
Monmouth. N. J., and he was as
signed the honor by Maj. Gen.
Francis H. Lanahan Jr., com
manding general it the Installa
tion. GRADUATION SLATED
Portland. Ore., June M. (U.R)
Forty-eight students will receive
medical degrees from the Uni
versity of Oregon Medical school
here Friday.
Astoria. Ore.. June 14 !U.R)
Extra ferry service across the
Columbia river from Astoria to
Megler, Wash., went into effect
yesterday.
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West Democracies
Must Not Relax
Vigil Acheson
Dallas, Tex.. June 14 (U.R)
Peace-loving western democra
cies must keep their military,
economic and moral defenses uni
field if a third world war is to
be averted. Secretary of State
Dean Acheson says.
In a major speech on U. S.
foreign policy. Acheson said
Proposed Lumber
Wage Increase
Settlement Told
Weed, Cal., June 14. A pro
posed settlement between AFL
employees and a major lumber
firm here has been reached on
wage demands.
The Weed local of the Lumber
and Sawmill Workers union,
AFL, reached a proposed settle
ment with the Weed division of
the Long-Bell Lumber company
for a 10Vs cent per hour wage
increase retroactive to June 1.
It is being submitted to about
1,100 mill workers and 300
woods workers for approval, ac
cording to W. A. Davis, the un
ion's business agent.
Independent Settlement
Davis said the proposal was ar
rived at independently of the
area-wide negotiations now un
derway at Klamath Falls be
tween the Klamath Basin Dis
trict council, AFL, and employer
representatives, where the major
point of difference is the effec
tive date of the wage increase.
May 1 is demanded by the union,
and June 1 is offered by the em
ployers. Vacation pay eligibility
hinges on the effective date.
It is estimated that more than
3.000 workers including those
of at least three Medford area
companies are involved direct
ly or indirectly by the union de
mands. Negotiating sessions are
continuing both in Klamath
Falls and in Medford, the latter
largely with firms not represent
ed by the Pine Industrial Rela
tions committee, which is bar
gaining for many of the employ
ers. Significance Told
Some observers feel that the
Weed settlement is of particular
significance at this point in the
negotiations, pointing out that
the Weed local reached the pro
posed settlement independently
of the district council. Similar
independent action has already
been taken by three other em
ployee groups, two at Dorris.
Cal., and at the Siskiyou Forest
Products company at Grants
Pass, where employees accepted
a 10 cent wage Increase effective
June 10.
Firms affected by the dispute
are located in Klamath Falls,
Medford, Lakeview, Grants Pass
and Central Point, Ore., and Wil
low Ranch, Tcnnant, Yreka and
Canby, Cal.
Corvallis Fire Engines
Will Have Radio Phones
Corvallis. Ore., June 14 (U.R)
Fire department officials said
here today that Corvallis fire en
gines will be equipped with radio-telephones
if present plans,
are carried through.
A call has been issued for bids
on the equipment which would
be operated through an exten
sion of the present police radio
system.
Policemen
For Oklahoma Badman Who Escaped Jail
Munich, Germany, June 14
Hundreds of heavily armed po
lice with orders to shoot on sight
searched through Munich and
the Bavarian countryside today
for Germany's public enemy No.
1, Oklahoma Badman Homer
Cook, who broke out of jail for
the third Ume in two months.
Ordered Ts Shoot
American military police were
ordered: "Don't ask any ques
tions. Fill him full of lead.''
The 27-year-old Cook, i 200-
pound, six-foot-one former box
er, ripped a bar from a window
of the Dachau prison library,
leaped outside and dashed across
a field into the Bavarian woods
just after dark last night.
at scaled Uuea wails, on 12
WEDNESDAY, JUNE
last night that war could come
if the western democracies re
laxed their vigil. But he said
dropping an A-bomb on Russia
as a preventive measure was "un
thinkable." Russia Frightening
Acheson said Russia has set up
a military machine "far beyond
the reasonable requirements of
defense" and is using it to fright
en weak nations into riding the
communist bandwagon.
The Soviets are using their
armed strength as a "poised blud
geon to intimidate the weak, and
it does confront the world with
the possibility that the Soviet
leaders . . . may be tempted to
make use of military force as
an instrument of their policy,"
he said.
Acheson's speech, sponsored
by the Dallas civic federation
and the SMU community course,
was made before a sweltering au
dience of 4.000 at McFarlin audi
torium on the campus of South
ern Methodist university.
War Not Inevitable
Acheson was guardedly opti
mistic. "War is not inevitable," he
said. "It is our responsibility to
find ways of solving our prob
lems without resort to war and
to exhaust every possibility in
that effort. That is what we in
tend to do."
The secretary listed three ap
proaches to the problem of deal
ing with Russia, including isola
tion and appeasement which, he
said, would be costly and dan
gerous. The third course, which Ache
son ruled out automatically, "is
that we should drop some atomic
bombs on the Soviet Union."
Course Unthinkable
"All responsible men must
agree that such a course is un
thinkable for us," Acheson said.
"Such a war would necessarily
be incredibly destructive. It
would not solve problems, it
would multiply them."
Resorting to isolation would
be "to pull down the blinds and
hit in the parlor with a loaded
shotgun, waiting," Acheson said.
Isolationism, he added, would he
"both unrealistic and costly
while appeasement would whet
Russia's appetite for power."
Affiliation Urged
For Oregon Grange
Ontario, Ore., June 14 (U.R)
A special committee of the Ore
gon state Grange recommended
yesterday that the body affiliate
with the Washington State
Grange Insurance company.
The committee's proposal fol
lowed the defeat of Ray Gill,
president, for reelection to the
board of the Grange Mutual Fire
Insurance company.
State Master Morton Tompkins
was elected to succeed Gill on the
board Monday and moved yester
day that the committee's recom
mendation be adopted.
Following his defeat by Tomp
kins. Gill was nominated to fill
the unexpired term of George
Woodward of Pendleton, who re
signed, but Gill was again de
feated, this time by George Mur
phy of Bend. .
Verne Lindsay, Portland, was
re-elected a director of the com
pany board and later chosen as
president to replace Gill.
Murphy was named the board's
vice president and election of a
new secretary was deferred.
ITALY GETS ARMS
Naples, Italy, June 14 (U.R)
The U. S. freighter Robin Trento
docked early today with the
fourth cargo of American arms
for Italy.
Search German Countryside
feet high and topped with barbed
wire. A prison guard said he
took aim at Cook but that his
rifle jammed.
A cold rain fell throughout the
night. Cook, with no money and
clad only in cotton trousers and
an undershirt, was expected soon
to make some break for food
and clothing.
Camp Searched
American and German mili
tary police, led by blood hounds,
hunted him throughout the night.
Their chase "took them to a
displaced persons camp near
Dachau shortly after midnight
Terrified residents of the camp
were awakened bv 50 soldiers
and policemen armed with
binei and putoli. He resident
Tribune
14, 1950
NO. 70
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STATE'S BEST Joanne Durant, at, M(ra Son Diego entrant, re
ceives Miss California trophy from Jone Ann Pederson (right, last
year's title winner. Miss Durant will represent California In the
Miss America contest next September. Beated are ninners-up Jan
Ice Sutter, 18, Miss Oakland (left), who placed third, and Jeanne
Cooke, 18, Miss Los Angeles (right), second-place winner.
3 Candidates Seek
School Board Posts
Three candidates will seek
election to the Medford school
board June IB. Mrs. Moore (Eva)
Hamilton yesterday afternoon
filed her acceptance of candidacy
with the school office here. A
nominating petition was filed on
her behalf last week by friends,
and she deferred decision until
yesterday.
Candidates who previously
had announced their intention
of seeking office are Dunbar
Carpenter and Dr. Leroy Jensen.
The election is for a five-year
term succeeding John P. Mof
fat, who is not seeking reelec
tion. Polling hours will be from
3 to 9 p.m. (2 to 8 p.m., standard
time) at the girls' gymnasium of
the senior high school.
Alms Told
Mrs. Hamilton said today her
aim is "for the continued prog
ress of the schools, which can
best be achieved through the
harmonious cooperation of the
administration, teachers and par
ents." Mrs. Hamilton, a native of
Table Rock, was educated at the
Table Rock and Central Point
public schools, and was grad
uated from the University of
Oregon in 1927. She is the wife
of Acting Postmaster Moore
Hamilton. They have three chil
dren, Alex, in senior high school;
Nancy, In junior high, and Rob-
Elks Complete Picnic
Plans for Thursday
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the annual stag picnic
of the Medford Elks lodge to
morrow, according to Bob Gil
strap, publicity chairman for
event. Games, a tugo'-war, a
barbecue and entertainment will
feature the event at the newly
renovated picnic grounds on the
Rogue river, he said. The picnic
will start at 3 p.m.
Lady Elks only will be enter
tained with a crab feed at 6
p.m. Thursday at the Elks
temple.
admitted seeing Cook, however,
and a thorough search failed to
show a trace of him.
The last time he was seen was
at 3:45 a.m., just as dawn was
nearing. A soldier said he saw
Cook dash across a road In
Dachau and plunge into the
underbrush.
Wearinq On Shoe
Cook was wearing only one
shoe, the soldier said. He had
lost the other Just outside the
prison. In one of his previous
escapes Cook left his shoes be
hind on purpose, explaining
later: "You can run faster with
out your shoes, mister."
Cook was under guard by
car-fPfc. William King, a neighbor
from Cook s noma town of Mas-
WEATHER
Forecast: Varltbl rlntidlntit
and ml Id tonight and Thiin
day, Afttrnoon thunder ihow
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ert. In Jackson school.
Memberships
Mrs. Hamilton engaged In
newspaper work here in 1928,
after doing advertising jobs in
Portland, She has been a mem
ber of the executive hoard of the
Jackson County Public Health
association, as publicity chair
man, for 10 years, and is now a
member of the board of the
county chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis, having served since the chap
ter's organization.
At present the candidate Is
secretary of the county Red
Cross chapter, and is on the ex
ecutive board of t h e Jackson
school Parent-Teacher associa
tion. She said today she has always
bpen Interested In better educa
tion for all children as a stu
dent, newspaper reporter and
parent.
World-Telegram, Sun
Suspend Publication
New York, June 14 (U.R)
The New York World-Telegram
and the Sun suspended its edi
tions today for the second day
due to a strike of approximately
S00 editorial and business office
employees belonging to the New
York Newspaper Guild (CIO).
Lee Wood, executive editor,
announced at 10 a.m.: "The
World-Telegram and the Sun will
not publish today. There are no
new developments and no meet
ings are scheduled at present."
Smuts Suffers Relapse;
In Serious Condition
Pretoria, South Africa, June
14 (U.R) Field Marshal Jan C.
Smuts suffered a serious relapse
during the night but rallied this
morning, his doctors announced
today.
Smuts. 80, has been In serious
condition for a week with sciati
ca, pneumonia and complications.
He became ill during a celebra
tion of his 80th birthday anni
versary. kogee, Okla., when he made his
break.
King was summoned before a
board of Inquiry of high-ranking
army officers which met in an
all-night session at the prison.
No one would comment on re
sults of the meeting after it end
ed, but one officer said:
"It looks like the United
Stales army is very embar
rassed." Trial Scheduled
Cook was scheduled to be
tried next Wednesday by a
United Stales district court on
19 charges resulting from his
two previous escapes after he
returned to Germany illegally to
see his Bavarian girl friend, An-
na Sporer. 21.
Advocates Claim
Act Hamstrings
government Bodies
Jrande, Ore., June 14
The Oregon State Federa
it Labor, holding an annual
day convention here, ao-
jed a resolution demanding
. repeal of the state's consti
tional six per cent tax limita
on yesterday after a daylong
Jebate.
Opposition to the resolution.
headed by Pete Pankratz of the
Salem Papermakers, contended
that the slate's taxes would sky
rocket without definite controls
on spending.
But the move to save the
limitation was defeated by a
vote of 153 to 59 and the repeal
vote was carried by an over
whelming majority.
Advocates of repeal claimed
limitation hamstrings govern
ment bodies, curtails services
and holds wages down. .
The tax issue was the first big
battle of the convention, which
entered its third day today. The
resolution included opposition
to earmarking funds and called
for the elimination of various
exemptions and of restrictions
on local governments.
City Manager Plan
"Menace" to Election
Other resolutions proposed
yesterday condemned the city
manager plan as a "menare" to
direct election of public officials
and called for an end to endorse
ment of political candidates by
the state federation.
A prediction that CIO lumber
workers would soon return to
the AFL was voiced by Kenneth
Davis, secretary of the north
west district council of lumber
and sawmill workers. He said
CIO affiliates were dissatisfied
because their health and welfare
fund was not provided while
'Salt Smog' Covers
Vast Ocean Region
Honolulu. June 14. (U.R) A
white haze dubbed a "salt
smog" blanketed more than
3.000.000 square miles of the
Pacific today and weather ex
perts said it would remain until
strong winds blow it away.
The blanket of smog-haze out
visibility to three miles in some
spots and extended over the
ocean from Wake Island to Hono
lulu.
Most of the haze fi composed
of evaporated salt, which was
trapped beneath a layer of dead
air at the 8,000 foot level when
the usual trade winds died.
R. H. Simpson, chief of the
Honolulu airport weather bu
reau, denied the fog had any con
nection with a possible atomic
explosion.
"I never made even the re
motest suggestion of that sort,"
Simpson said.
The meteoroliglst said checks
with the other island scientists
confirmed that the evaporated
salt theory is the explanation of
the phenomena.
Two Transients Given
Larceny Jail Terms
Two transients, one from
Oklahoma and one from Cali
fornia, are in Jackson county
jail today after they pleaded
guilty to a petty larceny charge
involving the theft of a bicycle
at a carnival in Central Point.
Judge W. P. Tucker yesterday
sentenced Charles Wesley Tib
low, 28, Vinita, Okla., and
Claude Lee Brown, 53, Red
Bluff, Cal., to 60 days in the
county Jail. Judge Tucker said
the pair was arrested on the
basis of a tip volunteered by the
younger of the two. Under ques
tioning by police officers, the
pair signed a full statement ad
mitting a long list of petty thefts,
committed all the way from
Seattle to Jacksonville, Fla., that
were used to finance their trav
els. Though they are charged with
petty larceny here. District At
torney George Neilson said it is
possible authorities in other jur
isdictions may want to prosecute
them on more serious charges.
Bend City Budget
Defeated by Voters
Bend, Ore., June 14. (U.R)
Bend's city budget for the 1950
51 fiscal year was defeated in
an upset election yesterday, by
a vote of almost two to one. The
count was 231 no and 134 yes.
The budget called for $204,
495.01 to be raised through tax
ation. Bend has been above its
six per cent limitation for so
many years, due to sudden
growth, that city officials even
have lost track of the tax base.
Always up to now the budgets
have been approved without
question.
City officials were conferring
today on legal aspects of the
problem. It is expected that the
budget will be revamped and
a new election called.
Astoria. Ore., June 14 (U.R)
Rep. Walter Norblad today re
ported that Dr. Kalle Tcodor
Jutila. Finnish minister to the
United States, would visit As
toria next fali
AFL workers obtained a 10V4
cent raise.
Community Chest Favored
Other resolutions introduced
called for:
Support of the Vanport exten
sion center; combination of all
money-raising drives into o n
community chest; a fixed prica
on beer; 10 per cent salary in
creases for lower-paid public em
ployees; AFL representation on
the state civil service commis
sion; repeal of the state law call
ing for licensing of practical
nurses; empowering the state
civil service comission to re
store an employee whose dis
charge of demotion is found to
be unjustified; a requirement
that a 1 1 barber shops display
signs and be located on public
passageways; and closer coopera
tion between farmers and labor.
New Election Set
By NLRB for Bear
Creek Workers
Word was received her tnH
lhat the national labor relations
board has set aside the results n
a January 26 labor election.
when employees of Bear C
orchards rejected the local AFL
teamsters' union as bargaining
agent.
A new election will h V..M
within 30 days under the NLRB
ruling.
The January election w a a
among non-seasonal employees at
Bear Creek and Southern Ore
gon Sales. Inc., to determine
whether local No. 982A. Team.
sters. Cannery and Fruit Pack
ing Workers, AFL, should repre
sent them in bargaining.
Union Protested
After the election the unlnn
protested the election and asked
the NLRB to hava th results
thrown out.
The Washington newi rennrt
said the board based its action
on evidence that the election ex
aminer had informed tha union
prior to the voting that its repre
sentatives could not use Its own
list of employees for purposes of
challenging certain voters, and
that only employers' lists eould
be used.
Of the 137 votes east in tha
election, 41 favored the union,
57 were against and 39 vote
were challenged.
In its ruling, the board said
that by the election examiner's
ruling the union's observer wax
denied full opportunity to enter
challenges. In such circum
stances, the ruling said, tha
board would not attempt to de
termine wrmt might have been
the effect upon the election if
the petitioner had been accorded
full opportunity to challenge tha
ballots of voters it believed to ba
ineligible.
No mention of the SOS firm's
election was made in the newa
report from Washington. In that
phase of the election a total of
10 votes were cast, three favor
ing the union, seven against. Tha
day following the election M. E.
Linder, NLRB elections examin
er, said he considered the SOS
issues settled.
Statements Readied
For Wilson Hearing
Vancouver, Wash., June 14
(U.R) Defense and prosecution at
torneys in the first-degree mur
der and kidnaping trial of Tur
man and Utah Wilson readied
their opening statements to the
jury today as the trial entered its
third session in Clark county su
perior court.
The Wilson brothers are ac
cused of abducting and slaying
lo-year-old JoAnn uewey March
19.
After yesterday's session, all
that remained In the selection of
the jury was the naming of two
alternates who will hear evi
dence and replace any jurors who
Aoeome incapacitated during the
trial.
Prosecution attorneys indi
cated yesterday that they would
not exercise their peremptory
challenge on any of the 12 now
selected, but might challenge any
replacements named if the de
fense used Its eight remaining
"without cause" challenges.
The panel seated yate yester
day included nine men and three
women.
City Firemen Called
To Answer False Alarm
Firemen reported a false alarm
yesterday afternoon when they
were called to 832 West Jack
son street, apartment 7,
They said there was no fire
and no one home and that a
youngster had turned in the
alarm apparently as a prank.
Another false alarm run waa
made to approximately the same
address recently.
Fire Chief Ed Canoose point
ed out that each false alarm re
sponse costs the city a consider
able amount of money. He said
also that statistics show that most
accidents to firemen and equip
ment are caused by false alarmi
and mentioned the heavy expense
involved in injury to men and
damage to equipment.
Canoose said the penalty for
maliciously turning in a false
alarm is a $50 fine or 25 dayi in
Jail at both.