t A n fl IR TATCIS POT flfiilfPR
THRUST FOILS
Tl
fw.i rnn " - . : .. e tub
- FHANK JENKINS
kr northern Rhine iillll holds
Pwar now Potllht. The
i'n't yet decided, but Bocm.-i
going llivuruuiy nil uiii
LITTLE study or geography
I, needed I" undowtund the
l"0".' .... ll. ..n .V.oi-o ii,
it auovf niu ..
Is holiest todliy, the
. FiiviDCS. Its muln than-
...,. through Nljmogon,
trait l crowed by n ureal
f '.i.n.hiiir-loiiu r I (I u c,
Eri our side has CAI'TUHED
Fact the Germans having
in driven out so quickly they
, t have llmo to destroy It.
Liiw.r mul smaller chnnnel
PIIUM'V. , .,,..
6CS tlirOUKM iihuiii, u Hiiit-a
'111 01 IVIJinCKl-'"- 1,,u viun.-v
.1 Arnhein WliS seized Blld
Ling he''' by 0''r ' 'borne
Lpi who nre being fiercely
teked by the Germunn who
I trylllK 1 piuYiu u.n Hum
Ling thin l8t river barrier
0fC "I" puiiiis ul iiwi uiu. ii
. ,
Ever Hie 1U1 luniiitiy nnviu
nrnn bricliio our ground
tcs nre pouring forward to
Etio nd link up with our nlr
fie troops who nre holding
crossing "I Arnnuin.
B1AT Is the story today. Much
will depend on who gets in
llicicnt reinforcements Ilrst.
lit a literal demonstration of
iornl Forrosts mucn-t uotou
ixlm that victory goes to the
Imt nets lucre "win mo
lot men fuslest."
slop the Germans from
sending reinforcements In
unto numbers to ino critical
imeRcn-Arnhem battle, our
orcans are pushing inem
d farther south, whoro Pal-
i famous Third army Is ro-
Icd this morning to be fight
ills toughest tank bntllo since
I Normandy break-through.
Hill farther south, Patch's
cnlh army, which came up
m the Mediterranean, is
eatcning the Belfort gap on-
Inco into southwestern Gcr-
Iny, If the nazls weaken
imselvcs fatally at ANY point,
ro in a position to striko ana
jk through. . . .
That is tho tough situation
t Hitler (who Is beliovcd to
o taken command again) faces
his western front.
N tho eastern front, the, ftus-'
slain arc still concentrating
tho Bultlc stales. They seem
be held un nl Warsaw.
There arc reports of early fall
1ID In Poland. - There aro
fcvy rains In Italy. There has
ten much rain and bad weather
long Ihc western front.
i Those early signs of fall stress
t necessity to nush hard and
lenllessly before winter comes
jong to give tho nazls a breath
spell.
HE situation In the Pnciflc
rcmnlllR unchnnL'nH. ' We're
ll cleaning up In the Palaus.
mc Jan tola! nf kil nrt on
plcliu is un toward 7000 be
. . . 7-" . .
vea to bo at least two-thirds
the one nnl .Tun Garrison
if losses have not yet been
vuuuncca,
HE Chinese say toddy the
Jan: ore fnrtlfvlnff n 12(1(1-
ilo Stretfh nf tho rhlnn nnnst
N are sending in roinforce-
to meet on oxnoctea
r"-iiin innaing there.
THE China picture grows dark
Cr and rtjirknr no Ihp hilhnrto
irliRllt censnrshln hncinq to
Sack a littlo
The MYTH that China is one
c no Big Four of tho United
lations is becoming more and
Jorp evident to tho naked eye
P me ordinary citizen. It has
fen apparent for some time to
frcwd guessers who have seen
f Chinese pushed Into the
F'-isnJiinci ni nil the Dig comer,
cos of the top men on our side,
I'no Chinese were "among
pose present" at Quebec, but
l' seems to have been about
c-extent of tliplr nnrt cina.
ion,
iLL th Is. of course, rincsn't de-
trnnl r,nn. n ii.ii,i.i.nn.
Mcrod maBniflcent . struggle
nat has been mnrin hv (lin Chi-
lftn T7 y .. . ,
r- rcufijis. They have been
war for SEVEN vnnra. Thev
VC been linM n IcDmnnrlnliq
JMIcap from tho start, lacking
Wet cnllw IUI l tl-.
P of material resources that
Cso necessary In modern war.
The Um. I I.1J nr.
Inj "ii:j imvu iivm
Pi STOOD UP has been littlo
f rt of marvelous.
.
JVErtY normal civilian out
sider has the feeling that
Iffi-i . uen lar too inuuu
Im , 1 hush-hush about China
I"a India. The veil of secrecy
IlinKi con practically impen-
l.'flPlO. Evpn tTtinacurnrk- Hnpsll't
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KLAMATH FALLS, 'OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1944'
Number- 10268
RUSSIANS RACE
OVER ESTONIA
f J EAR
very satisfactory results.
ihe home front today,
f rn,arman Sabnth (Democrat)
1 ln0 llOIICn MiIob nnmmlllna Intq
L typical political blast to
'Ah iiiat bills uuiliuuu lyi
i "Slonal investigation of
i,ki! narnor Is all wicked ite
jf'n politics "pure polit-
'(rt-?. slPerflcIal sort of way,
iontiiuied on Pago Twelve)
Pacific Yanks
Hold Three of
Palau Islands
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
... Awociated Press War Editor
i i .j"!" ' the Joponoso-mandated Palau islands are
socuroly hold by American invasion forcoi today.
tlPhUrf .' ? ,0U,rth' PoIoliu' 7" m"nent. Soldiers and ma
rlnoi have takon Angaur, southernmost of the Palau group)
Ngarmokod. south of Pelollu, and an unnamed island off PeielhVs
northern coast.
"Tho enemy resistance Is bitter, but slow progress is beino
mado In the sixth day of fighting on Peleliu, Adm. Chester W.
wtmtts announced yestorday. Marines had killed 7645 Jananeso.
Tor inrce-iourins oi tne defend
ing garrison.
(Reporting action on the sev
enth day, Webley Edwards said
In a Blue network broadcast
that all but a small strip on the
norincasi coast nad been taken).
Six hundred miles east of
Palau, 50 Liberators made the
second successive heavy land
based strike at Davao, principal
city of Mindanao, southernmost
of the Philippines. Fires were
icit blazing .t the airdrome,
barracks and supply depot. Bad
weather was about the only ob
stacle the Liberators encoun
tered. Little Opposition .
Nor did the Japanese throw
up any noteworthy opposition
to a recent British carrier raid
on Sigli, railway maintenance
point on northwestern Sumatra,
Associated Press War Corre
spondent Charles Grumich re
ported in a delayed dispatch,
He said lack of Japanese oppo
sition might result in the Brit
ish fleet storming down Malac
ca strait and neutralizing or
seizing two Nipponese naval
bases on the way to Singapore.
Significant of allied power
was a navy announcement that
strafing Hellcat fighters naa re
cently sunk three Japanese de
stroyers in the western PacUif
wan maenme gun nre.
Cold Winter -
-j, Tokyo broadcast. sSW'
Japan faces, a cold winter with
production or iirewooa uu
nhnrenal for industrial and do'
mcstic purposes falling off be
cause of labor ana transport
shortages.
Tokyo radio claimed rein
forced Japanese-, recaptured
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Robombs Again
Smack London
LONDON, Sept. 21 (P) Fly
ing bombs zoomed over London
and the southern counties last
night for the fourth successive
night as the Germans continued
sporadic attacks apparently aim
ed at keeping Britain's lights
from coming on again,
Casualties included several
children recently returned from
the safety of country districts.
"This is a grim and unhappy
lesson." said one man whose
house was badly damaged. "My
house was empty except for my
self, but several of my neigh
bors were at home when a bomb
fell." '
In one section at least two
people were killed and four
others were seriously injured
when a row, of homes was des
troyed. ':
LONDON, Sept. 21 (VP) Rus
sian troops have completely
cleared the 30-mllc wide isthmus
between Lake Pclpus and the
Gulf of Finland and now are
within 55 miles of the Estonian
capital of Tallinn, Moscow an
nounced tonight.
The broadcast Russian com
municate said soviet forces ad
vanced 20 miles in 24 hours and
captured tho key railway Junc
tion of KaKvcrc, cast ot inuinn.
Two columns of Marshal
Leonid A. Govorov's Leningrad
army have Joined north of Lake
Pcipus for a combined assault
on the Estonian capital, it was
disclosed.
Rahlkn Takon
One wlhK of Govorov's forces
thrustlnl! west from Narva has
captured Rahlka, less than 65
miles cast of Tallinn, a Russian
war bulletin discloSCffltlSt tttBht;
and presumably was oven closer
today, uovorovs second wing
was spearing north from Tartu.
(London estimated this force was
less than 50 miles from Tallinn
on the southeast.) .
Red Salute
Moscow's cuns thundered a
salute to Govorov for his four
doys' gains ranging from 37 to
44 miles, winine out formidable
German, defenses between Lake
Pelpus and the Finnish gulf.
Govorov's -. northern troops,
following the Narvu-Talllnn rail
way, were within artillery range
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Cardinals Clinch
National Pennant
BOSTON, Sept. 21 (fl5) The
St. Louis Cardinals clinched the
National league pennant today
by defeating the Boston Braves,
5 to 4, in tho first game of a
doublehendcr. The Braves drove
Morton Cooper from the mound
in four in..inRs, but Harry Brech
een held them to three hits in the
remaining frames.
Frankic Drews, Braves second
baseman, suffered a slight con
cussion when hit by one of Coo
per's pitches in the fourth inning
and was obliged to retire from
the game.
Pearl Harbor Issue Brings
Sharp Political Discussion
n K. S. EASTERLY
DAI 'I'lMflNE. Scot. 21 UP)
Governor John w. oriunui uu
clnred today Hint he would ex
pose the facts oi me i-c-an um
bor tragedy as quickly as pos
sible "if ever it is in my power.
Thn nhin envernor. who has
accused the national administra
tion of withholding details of
events preceding the attack, de
clared there was nothing in them
now which wouia injuic mo
"withholding the facts," he
remarked, "is injuring the war
0t Ar'court martial of Rear Ad
miral Husband E. Kimmel. and
V.'i r Wniim. C. Short, who
figured in tho Pearl Harbor dis
aster, has been postponed on the
ground of "military necessity.
The Iload to
Berlin
By The Associated Press
Western front: 305 miles
(from neai Arnhem.)
2. Russian front: 312 miles
(from outsldo Pulutsk.V
o noil frnnt.: B80 miles
(from 25 miles below Bologna.)
congressional investigation of
the Pearl Harbor disaster were
called "pure political bunk."
Chairman Sabath (D-Iil.) said to
day he has no Intention of call
ing the rules committee together
to consider resolutions demand
ing an inquiry.
Sabath disclosed his stand as
Chairman May (D-Ky.) of the
house i.. Hilary committee turned
a deaf i.ar to a request for a joint
military-naval committee investi
gation and as verbal repercus
sions from the Jap sneak attack
continued to echo through the
halls of congress.
"It's politics, pure political
bunk," Sabath said In an inter
view concerning a resolution in
troduced earlier this week by
Rep. Harness (R-Ind.), proposing
creation of a special committee
to determine who, if anyone, was
negligent at Pearl Harbor. Har
ness says he wants it shown whe
ther persons "in high places"
were negligent. ,
The resolution was referred to
the nil 3 committee, and unless
Sabath is overruled by his group,
it will gather dust there until
forgotten. - '
. : ".They knew thew wasn't time
to consider it before tne -recess
we expect to start this week."'
Sabath declared. - xney ro usi
making a ' gesture for political
reasons."
Klamath Girl Meets the Dewey Family
It - 1 ; iv
&s r
f.L-ll ii ' j , 1. ,,. $.. ImkmO.
.Governor and Mrs.-, Thomas E.-Dewey ...were .presented, with; e., sample cJfKlamath' puloriritudeielongtwithoriucU wild, plums-
gladioli and peaches as Jheir special stopped ierelast ntghtl- Sally Muellers center,: dughtai of Mrs.' Helen Mueller, extended
areetlnas .to the Dewevs and ' the 'cameraman catches an aoDreciative gleam in the y-of. the -republican candidate fot. the
presidency. Said Sallys "Mrs. Dewey OEM-iff t- nd. he . looks like- -aie -actorl" Sally represented the Klamathi Kratet and
- was given -the moWOTicIJlng asiignment. ot th year, i? . , '-! ? i: .. r .' - : ,;; --.
nnrnnm n inn 1 nrrp f n J rii- lAJ'ii'iLii".!-:
Appearance HeFelCpm
Valleys ProiectGeis W at S.F
ES
PENDLETON, Sept. 21 (!')
State, police and Grant county
officers were searching the tim
bered country 15 miles' east of
Seneca today for the bandit
who stole S1000 from the Prai
rie City bank early yesterday
afternoon,' Sgt. w. . . itpacn,
Pendleton state patrolman, re
ported this morning. . . -Discovery
of the robber's car
in that-vicinity about 7 o'clock
last night indicates that he may
have taken to the hills, hoping
to hide out ftntil the hunt dies
down, Roacrf said. The;, car,
stolen in Vancouver, Wash.; was
found abandoned in , sparsely
settled mountain - country to
ward which the bandit was re
ported heading after the noioup.
Rnneea is on the main high
way almost mid-way between'
canyon ;iiy ana curns- in me
middle of eastern Oregon. '
E. -P. Truesdell, , Pendleton
East Oregonian correspondent
at Canyon City, said late yes
terday that the thief and an
other man were seen by a forest
ranger- in the heavily timbered
Logan valley south of Prairie
City a few hours after the
crime.
Greeks imperil
Adriatic City
ROME. Sent. 21 (fl5) Greek
troops of the eighth army fought
to within 2000 yards of Rimini
on the Italian Adriatic - coast
yesterday but rain slowed down
the fifth army's offensive after
American forces had captured
heights dominating Firenzuola,
aft important junction on the
road; to -Bologna. ; , ,
Headauarters described fight
ing, on both ends of the front
as intense and declared the Ger
mans were "clinging desperate
ly" to their defensive positions.
The enemy s noio on nimini
and the catewav to the Po val
ley was jeopardized by the Can
adians, who broke through Ger
man defenses southwest of the
port and advanced to San Lor
enzo, less than two, miles south
west of Rimini. ...
Chiloquin Man
Wounded, Report
Pvt.' Truman P. Hall, son of
Mrs. ;Marie E. Hall of Box 225,
Chiloquin, was listed .as wound
ed, in action in the European
theater; , . ' '
Details of the action were not
given by the war department
which made - the .official an
nouncement, Thursday, -
Radiantly smiling. Thomas E. i
Dewey made a lU-minute ap
pearance on the rear, platform
of his -special train . here last
night, telling a cheering crowd
that all the- west needs is a
"national government that says
go to it and .there will be jobs
and opportunity for all." . ..
With Mrs. .Dewey beside-'him,
the republican presidential .can-!
didate received a shouting ova-i
tion from- the crowd' of -about
2000 persons which braved a
light rain' to greet - the- special
train on an "unscheduled stop"
.here. '-. , - , -.-, -
; The crowd waited patiently
while the train was ' held for
about 20. minutes, on, a iservice
stopi It then moved Tip to a
point where Dewey's car ' was
in the center of the station
area, and the candidate came
out of the rear door, smiling
and waving, with . Mrs.;, Dewey
preceding him. . . " .
No Trace of Strain
Frank Z. Howard; chairman
of the republican central com
mittee, stepped on the platform
as Governor, Dewey's secretary
stepped off. -He introduced the
republican candidate amid
cheers and turned the micro-:
phone over to Dewey who -appeared
dapper, at ease and with
out trace, of, the strain , of a
speaking campaign.'. There was
no' evidence" in ' the appearance
of either Governor or Mrs.
Dewey that they had survived
what newsmen called "a severe,
Death Decreed to
Roman Chief
ROME, Sept. 21; (JP) Pietro
Caruso, i.ome's police-chief dur
ing four months of German oc
cupation, was sentenced to death
tonight.- -...-v.'-
He will be shot in the back.
Roberto Oc.chietto, Caruso's
co-defendant and secretary, was
condemned to 30 years impris
onment f.r collaboration- with
the Germans. . ,
Caruso was accused of turning
over to the Germans 50 hostages;
for execution,! seizing Italian
citizens for labor, battalions, vio
lating the Vatican's extra terri
toriality at St. Paul's church and
authorizing his secretary t and
others to attend, a. German
school- for sabo'tage..' .
At the beginning o ,the; trial,
one of the key witnesses, -Jailer
Donata Carretta,' was seized by
a Rome mob 'and - beaten, to
deaths
shakeup" 'in the southern Wash
ington, train wreck. ,
Dewey called for I a "cabinet
that "wholly -represents the peo;
pie ' of' the : 'Uhited "State's arid
does, riot forget "large rsectipns
of the. country." ' : .. ".
"There is no ' heed," Dewey
continued;-" Vfor ?a ' government
that tells every-'citizen iwhat ,to
do from, the- time -he 'drinks his
," (Cohtihued oh Page-Twelve) i
16-Year-OldSaTly ;
Of Klamath Wishes
She Could Vote .
Editor'! Note:- Sally Mueller, - lS-year-old
Klamath high school girl, appeared
momentarUy- oh the -rear platform, of
Rnmrnnr JJewey's - ipeclal ' train last
night.- , A reporter on the Krater,.:hlglv
school paper, v ane -arew . -me exciting
assignment ' of trying to Interview
Dewey. ..She, didn't get a chance to' ash
him any .questions, but she got to -shake
his hand .. on ' the platform. ' Here - she
tells' her -impressions. .. .; .- -...-'
, By SALLY MUELLER ? ;
I can't vote. - Gee, I'm only 16.
But if I could vote next No
vember, I'd vote for, Thomas E.
Dewey. :,. ';
He looked just like a president
should look to me.. This is. the
first presidential candidate I've
ever seen.' I've seen lots of 'pic
tures of Governor Dewey but I
think he's- lots better looking
than his pictures. , To me he
looked tall but he really wasn't
when I stepped- up on' the' rear'
of his special car. '-..
'' Was I thrilled!' ' Never - so
; thrilled in my life. - It . seemed
ime ne a never come ioui oi nis
car. ' But finally-he did. ., And I
got : the biggest-.thrllljof Thy .life.;
Seeing the 1 governor ' of ' New
York and the future president of
the United States. You see,' I'm
a republican. And I can tell my'
grandchildren that I hiet - the
president! , i. .. .'.",,'. v:' : - ' : '
, It seemed to me he looked like
a movie actor. Sort of. ' From
pictures I'd seen', he didn't seem
to have smiled much. But 'last
night he smiled all the time .and
he seemed to have u good sense
of humor. ' ' -. .- )"' : '
He -jUst sdid H,hello" !to nie, I
think.'. ; His wife said "How are
you?"' I was so excited I can't:
remember exactly what they; did'
say. Mrs. ..Dewey.' was ) awfully'
pretty, and looked'; to me just
what a "first lady',' should; look
like, All-in-all-I Certainly wa'sn't
disappointed with- the Deweys. -
When- Mr.' Dewey gets in 'the;
best - looking president , we've
ever had.,. '
Gee,.I. wishI. could vole!-
' ; - By JACK BELL
-SAN FRANCISCO. -Sept.. 21
(JP) Gov. Thomas . E.r Dewey
called at . a. news -conference to
day for completion of the Central
Valley California .-. reclamation
and power project by either the
state or federal, governments, or
both..' - , v ' ' ; '
.Greeted ''here by a ' cheering
crowd of thousands ' who lined
downtown San Francisco streets,
:the republican presidential nomi
nee held a. series, of conferences
preceding. - a, major -campaign
speech here tonight in which he
said, he would discuss tne iunoa
mental approach . of a new rela
tionship , between tne govern
ment and -the-neoDle." '.:
',; A At a hews-conf erehce attended
by about aoo. reporters, tne gov
ernor was asked for his views on
the'Central Valley project.; ;' "y
Cites Warren View:-.
:!"lt is a' very . necessary nroi-
eet."'he said, "and it ought. to be
completed' by . one authority " or
the otfter or Dy ootn. -
The New York governor said
it was his ' understanding that
Gov. Earl Warren of California
favors federal completion of the
nroioet. ;-.'" ' - ' ' i
A reporter asked Dewey if the
republican nominee nao any -in-(Continued
on Page Twelve)
OFBIuSPIHi
Troops Move . To End
: Pressu re On Sky. , ;
Men At Arnhem '
By JAMES M. LONO
LONDON, Sept. 21 (IP) Brlfi
ish armor and American para
chute troops have captured th
Nijmegen bridge across the mair)
branch of the Rhine in Holland,,
saving the important span from
German destruction and paving
the way into Germany. , i
Today the allied forces swung
across the bridge- toward Arn
hem. where . surrounded sky
troops had beeft battling grimly
for- 'control of- the last river
crossings before. Germany. Ger
man broadcasts, tonight said the (
cutoff- airborne' forces had been' .
relieved by -troops of the British:
second - army. . The Germans
claimed with no allied : con
firmation that 2800 of ; the
British first airborne: division,
had-been captured. : . o
Tank Struggle Rages :y?
With the northern end of
their historic Rhine . river dec
fense. line punctured except for;
its: last watercourse by. the
sweeping' threat, the Germans
scraped up a large part of their
remaining armor and: hurled it
Intn hbHIa alrniri tha Mnoallo.
iw. ua.ui., aiuiifi .biic
200 . miles to the south. There
the U.-S.i third -army -was eni
gaged in its greatest series of
tank battles since the invasion
of France. - f
Fightingr.through rugged .hills,
and' forests northeast of Naftcyy
veteran-American tankmen . de
stroyed 105 nazi tanks, field dls
patches stated, as the German
struggled desperately to save at
least thrir yryrr Rhine line.: V
: Despite'; the 'ferociousness of
the -German- effort, however
French -troops of the ihirdr army
drove: close- to; Flin, five'rhiles
north of . Bacarrat and 20 miles
southeast Of .Nancy. ,' . -;
: ". Taken Intact . ..; ".
, The. Nijmegeh. bridge, a mile?
and half long concrete structure,
was seized intact by British" '
armor striking swiftly from the
south; and 'American elements
of- the' first allied air-borne army
which, hit from the north..
.- ;The.'British tanks then cross?
fdvjthe Waali the- Rhine's largest
arm,- ;anr ':: ..streamed " .northward
to'ff he relief of the beleaguered,
air-borne pocket at Arnhem, kejr ,
to the Emmerich--gateway to the
Ruhr "arid northern V Germany;
Arnhem. on the Nedger Ryn, Is
eight miles north of Nijmegen; '
Some i: Germans.! were : reported
still- holding out in .. Nijiheger
itself, -however. '"-". '
; American. Flying. Fortresses
and -Liberators flew .to bomb
(JODienz and mainz, ceniriu
Rhine distribution points be-,
ViinrT the -front as the fiehtins -s
flhrpH -to '.a decisive stage with ,
the allied armies a month ahead
of their timetable. ' i '
The Germans counter attacke
by land and bombing from the
air In- a- desperate attempt to
. (Continued onPage' Twelve) t
Axis Claims
Vargas Captive
; BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 21 (JP)
The' pro - axis newspaper Me
mento Argentino .today- quoted
the Berlin radio as announcing
that President Getulio Vargas o(
Brazil had been overthrown bji ;
Braziliaft fascists and imprisorg;
ed; (There was no confirmation
of .this report from Brazil.) .
The Associated Press bureau,
in Rio de Janeiro, apprised of
the Buenos Aires dispatch, said
police -and foreign office activ;
ities in the Brazilian capital
were normal this afternoon. Of
ficial comment on the Buenos
Aires report was being soughtt
Klamath Hospitality H it j
; B High Rentis. Says G
'' Daniel Gage, district OPA rent
control- chief , said at a Kiwanis
club luncheon today that heis
sure1 "Klamath Falls will not
want to-see; its. fine record of
hospitality jeopardized by sky
rocketing rents." .-.:
Gage -is here to . handle the
preliminaries to OPA rent i con
trol which starts October 1, and
will roll back rentals to October
1,1943. , ' '- ',''
f In order to protect both ' the
laftdlord and the tenant, the rent
regulations provide generally
that all rented premises must be
registered,-, Gage stated. Two
; Bulletin !
' WASHINGTON,; Sept. ; 21 - (JP)
Congress1-adjourned late today
for an electioneering holiday,
after an -eight- weeks session in
which .it' passed program; de
signed to cushion the impact of
the' war's' end on tho nation's
economy. The lawmakers will
meet again November 14.
types cf regulations have beeo
Issued by the OPA. The housing
regulation applies to houses,
apartments, flats, and tenement
The hotel and- rooming house
regulation applies to all rooms in
hotels, boarding and . rooming
houses, and to auto and trailer
camps. ". .,;."'..) ; .''..-. '--'i ;.';'
' Gage went on to say that u
landlord could raise his rents by
petition on various grounds. Sub
stantial alterations to the pren
ises is one and substantial In- :
crease in services or furnishings
is another. Also rents based ort
personal 7'obligations f between
landlord and tenant -and In a ;
case where there has been an In.- ,
crease in "the : number of occu
pants of the property. These are
a few of the grounds upon which
a landlord may' petition. ;' i
: ''We find .our share Of two-bit
chiselers," he said. People who
throw in 'a' used davenport or
chair and- then attempt to raise
rents on improvement grounds. ,
(Continued, on Pae Twelve)