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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1948)
la 111 ElMS fin ji luTI"" . . i . , . . . . fly HUNK JKNKIMt R.S tlli'M) win ill Ml Wllltrll, Mill " M'lMim In bo Jlltnr duy In the news. II i In Ketchikan I Alaska! Uio Dully Chronicle quotes louring woman congressman inlmulri one say "coiigicwmiiiin?" trout Maine as suylng llmt Husslaii plonra hvc "violated" Alaskan skies. 'Mm iirtliir. udiU that both Amer ican ami lliiiuilnn iliinr hnvo crossed llifi bonier Into ciii-h other's territory uvnr it period o! several mouths. 11 goes even laiilicr hIiuiii Una line. II iiiiiiIiw reports limn mi American ll-U lliul crashed nrur Nome (turn lliollllla ago "hull Hovlct shell III Iter belly." JIIKItlC In more ol II. The Ketchikan paper tells of a "mystery nuljinurliir" Unit Inn tod around in Aleutian wiitcrs lor about ,a days, 't he navy, according to the tory. hull a radar "Hit" on It several t intra nnd "awaited wont from Washington to what action to lake." The lute goes on thai personnel I A Init lull bones were alerted and Iratea wen ranccllcd un sea-going croft." ylllH wilier haa been expecting ' lor days to hear that the nilnea Unit are pouring III on Pacific bciiiles ale liellnt aowil by theae "mystery" ubmnruir.v iThe latest riitiiiinte plural the number ol Jup inlnea thnl mil loose dining the war at around tu.ooo, II they all drill over to tia In the ocean current, well huve to watch them lor a limit time i BM to these minet, there wlerd title In the newt the other day. Home boy lotind one ol them on a beach, did what boya will do iimler audi circumstances, and later eportrd the mine "no good, because wr tried to take Die lionia oil II, and It WOUl.UNT WOHK." sYou know what theae "horns' are. They are the JUtitera that ex plode Uie mine. They are flrxlblc and tilled with acid contained In glass tubes. When the horn hlu aomelhliif and bends, the glass lube la broken and lire acid apllla out and eta oil the exploitive. Then ttha.mli American boya bring what Ihey are i alert, adventurous and almply running over with curiosity the wonder ol It I that o many ol them live to (row up. BNOTHKIl wurd on Ketchikan. " Thryrc havlnit a UltOUTH up there, and are scared they won't have water enonith to go around. iKeuhikaiia normal rainfall U.IM hihc a j'wt.i Thl U certainly a sciewball sra aou. polNll on with Jitter day. rumor U got louse hi Juthind i Denmark's northernmwil province' Una morn ing lhal war had broken oul be tween the United State and Russia. Newspaper telehoiie llnea were jammed with frightened Inquiries. The Copenhagen dlsualch telling ol It dd that Ihe origin ol the rumori couldn't be determined. PHAT rUe a question thai all I newspaper people are Interested In. Where IX) theae minora atari? every newspaper ha day when It telephone system U swamped by aome uch tale. Another odd thing: People always acem lo be DI8AP POINTKI) when assured there la nothing to the atory. a AIIIO la nexl on ihe big national U qulr. progrnm whose M question la: Who la going to be IT? Her primary election coinea on May 4, and both Tall nnd Htasscii are head ing there for what might be the big ahowduwn. If Btasscn ahotild WIN IN OHIO. II would about tell the Uile. Yets Bonus Move Starts V i POHTLAND, April 15 iTi A move to put bond Issue on the Oregon ballot to llnnnco a veteran' bonus ol tip lo $500 was underway today. Tttomna 11. Mnhoney. attorney, aald the Vank Legion, an ex-servlcc-inun's grotii here, haa asked the at-torney-gcnerar office for a ballot lltlo tor the measure. lie aald the 1)111 would provide pay ment of lift for each month of do mestic aervlco and an additional tlO for each month served overseas. The legislature would be required to enact Iho regulation for 0rat Ing the bonus program. Prill Wins to put the mcasuro on Ihe ballot are to be circulated Inter. WEATHIR Haa. lA.rll III . Mil. IS riailallaliaa lail II ham Xlfaam raar la 4ala ls I all . Ill Nannal ...tit rararaall rarllr elaaat, l-ltll'K F'VK TKNTM K Reds Losing Out In Last Italian Drive vSvt r-AI.I.S, OltK.liON, Tllt ltHDAY, AfKlL IS, 1 Telephone gill No. 1317 Second Youth Picked Up In Connection With Theft At Bonanza Wednesday Offlrrri In If WriltirwUy nfUriUMin plrkrd up 17-yriir-old Indian Hi m ron lluclimton Kldiile Jr. In ronnrcllon with the attrmpttrd burflnry of n Hon an lit Uvrrn rarllrr In thr day, Tltr youth wai found riding hurmrbark on the recurvation near the (troigr plurr at Itratty. Ilr la rhargrd with burglary. Jlla com panlon. Italph Wrlwr, la In Klamath Vallry hospital rrrovcrlng from ft bullrl wound In tlir right thigh. Welrr, ahut by Itllry Coiner aa the two entered the rear dour of Pete and llahe'a tavern, la a I bo rhargrd with burglary. Ilia condition waa reported good today. Young Itldillr, known aa 'Junior," waa alio the target for t'oraer'a revolver, but the bullet itrurk a flaahllght In lilt porket. The Impact tunned Kiddle and bruised hla abdomen. Hlatr pollre and Indian officers were busy today following up Incidents which Ird to Ihe shooting In Hon mum. The two Wrlser and Kiddle are aald to have left Kiddies home In Hprague Klver at about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning nd entered a blacksmith shop In Ilea it y to get a art of bits for a brace. They Irft the blacksmith shop, traveling In a green Dodge pick-up stolen fain Mra. W. J. Itunnela of Hprague Klver, and entered a Krittty pool hall "operated by Curley Harris. The two uwd the bruce and bit HST Levels Criticism At Symington H'ASIILMITON, April 15 ol' rrealtlent Truman aald today he doea not know why Air Force Sec retary Kymlnglun la differing with Ihe administration's recommenda tion on alae of the air forces. Aaked whether he plana to "spank1 Hymlnilon for proposing a 70-group air force, Mr. Truman aald he will have to amwer that later. lelense Secretary Kuftealal pre viously had asked for a smaller force, along with universal military training and a dralt. Mr. Truman had called this a balanced program which the nation can allord. The president told a news con lerence he la supporting lo the lim it the defense program outlined by Korrestnl. - Most Important ' Hmylnitlmi Inkl the house armed services committee Tuesday that an air lorce ol 70 groups Is mute Im portant to the Country's security than UMT. House, members have shown they lavor a larger air force than pro posed by Vorrcslal. They have be gun legislation looking to a 10 group loree rather than a 55-group force Die defense department haa suggrated. Asking how he accounts for Sym ington's stand, Mr. Truman sold he does not account lor It. He said the expanded defense program outlined by Pnrrealal la a balanced program agreed to by all the services. One reporter suggested that dif ferences between Symington and Torrestal may Indicate that the armed services unification Is not working. Mr. Truman replied sharply lhal unification will eventually work. Hist the program will have to be Implemented and the services will have to get accustomed lo It. Driving Charge Names Official State police have filed a charge of driving while Intoxicated against Glenn Terrlll, 49, Klamath county assessor. The complaint, signed by Ser geant Earl Tlchennr, was filed In Justice Joseph Mnhoney'a court late Wednesday. Tlrhenor said Terrlll was arrested early Tuesday by a stale pollre officer on South Sixth street. He saltl the assessor was In a county car, having Just returned from a trip lo Weed, and state police Impounded the county machine. Terrlll was held temporarily In the cotiniy Jail but later was re leased on his own recognizance. He was represented In Justice court by Attorney J. C. O'Neill, nnd it time for plea wns set for Trldny morn ing. Terrlll, who is serving ns asses sor after appointment by the coun ty court, Is a cnmlldnto for the republican nomination to that position in the May primary. on a door lo gain entrance. Hlole Shell. Two cartons of cigarettes and a t-uituii of candy burs were taken Irom the pool hall. After driving ground, officers suld the Indian ooyt, decided ui return lo Curlcy's place. On the second try they too a iiiniuiiy of Ti shells, and the cash box out of a Juke box con Uiulng aome $25 In coins. From Heutty Uiey drove to Bo nanza where they again wed the brace and bit to enter the tavern. Kllcy Comer, night watchman, wan sleeping In the room and as the two gained entrance, shot At the pair with a XI calibre Iver John son revolver. One shot wounded Welser, but the second struck Kid dle's flashlight. Officers said the Iwo fled from the building and drove buck lo Sprague River, arriving there at about 6 a. m. They abandoned the pick-up near the Fred Woods home and sought help trom a young Indian boy who started to drive Welser to the hospital In Klamath Palls. En route, Welser decided to give hlmsell up and ordered the driver to lake him to Bonanza. He was taken In custody of Constable Jack Kelly and Pete Bray, the tavern operator, into Klamath Falls where the bullet waa removed Irom the thlglv Riddle said he made in attempt to see Welser In the hospital later In the morning but waa refused admittance to the room. He re turned to Beatty. got ft horse, and "started to ride around." He was picked up by Special In dian Officer Leo Bellleu and slate pollre near Uie Oeonte place. Shasta Dam Unit Starts REDDING, Calif., April 15 (TV The third generator began turning at Shasta dam today to send new electrical energy over the lines ot power-needy California. During Ha initial hours. It Is cre ating 65,000 kilowatts, with the two ahead In operation, the current aggregate production Is 335.000 kilo wattsor 6.600.000 kilowatt hours per 24 hours. Concurrently with the first turns of the generator, the giant reser voir behind the Sacramento river barrier holds more w ater than ever before. The midnight measurement was 3.497.000 acre feet, having risen from 3.458.200 during the previous 24 hours. The previous record was 3.469.000 acre feet set on May 13, 1946. The reservoir's capacity Is 3. 714.000 acre feet. Anderson To Quit Post On May 10 ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April 15 (flV-Secretary of Agriculture Clin ton P. Anderson said today he will leave President Truman's cabinet May 10. The nexl day he Is to speak before the economic club In Chicago. Anderson arrived early today to lay plans for his campaign to seek the democratic senatorial nomina tion In New Mexico. Dead Man Proves Threat To Political Peace In Riot-Wracked Colombia As Widow Protests BOGOTA, Culombin, April 15 W) A tlrnri man threatened political pcuco today In a rlol-wracked Co lombia. He was Jorge Kllecer Oiillnn, assassinated lender of the llbcrnl opposition to Conservative President Mn rhino Osplnn Perrx. Ills widow snld yesterday the dny set for his slulit funeral she would hoi let him be burled until Iho presi dent resigned, The funeral was postponed. Chilian's fatal shooting last Fri day touched off a Colombian re bellion thai ravaged this cupital and Interrupted the Pan American con ference here. That meeting the ninth Interna tional conference of American states resumed yesterday nnd swiftly spilt over a name for n Pan American rcRinnnl organization, with the United States on the losing side. It rhoso "Organluutlon of American Slates." In the Bogoln Holing, officials hnvc cm limited that 300 were killed and 1000 hurt, but many persons be lieve other dead lie In the ruins ol looted and burned buildings. Over the government radio Inst, night, Finance Minister Jose Matin Bcmal announced that Ihe U. S. export -Import, bunk has offered and Colombia will accept a $10,000,000 reconstruction loan. A plane arrived yesterday with $5000 worth ot Amer lean Red Crass medical supplies. Mrs. Qnltan mnde her statement to correspondents, United Stntes army officers nnd Uruguayan rilplo mats. She told the Uruguayans "the people do not. want" her husband burled while Osplna Pctci holds of flee. The president has set up a liberal conservative cabinet nnd clnlms to hnvo put down what, ho nnd others call "A communist Insurrection." But ninny fenr a publlo funeral for Onltan may undo the pnrty truce. National DAV Commander On First Klamath Falls Visit ' ' ", , ;t(i ' ' J i " -.. . .. : . V. ROME, April 15 W-Italy'i bit ter election campaign entered its last phase today with the commu nists apparently still losing ground. The government mounted guard lor any last-minute leftist maneu ver In the country's "red north." A government decree closes cam paigning at midnight tomorrow, al lowing a 32-hour cooling off period before voting starts Sunday morn ing at 8 o'clock. Premier Alclde de Oaspeii, Chris tian democrat leader, has warned that the government will not toler ate trouble on election eve, and has promised It has enough troops to maintain order. An Interior ministry report that the communist-dominated chamber of labor at Mantua had called a general strike in the northern prov ince of Mantova could not be con firmed. Mantua Is the capital of Mantova. The ministry said the reported strike call was in protest against the arrest Tuesday of Cleantl Ar mondl, communist mayor of Serra vale. near Mantua. It said a cache of small arms was found In. his home, and Included five rifles. Police at Ostlglla. south of Man tua, said a crowd gathered by agi tators who wanted to release Ar mondi from Jail, attacked reinforce ments coming to the Carablnleri barracks, but that order was re stored. Campaigning by all the politicians went Into the last, strenuous round. National Commander John I., flolob of the Disabled American Veterans organization (second from right) visited Klamath Kails Wednesday for the first time and was escorted on a tour of the Oregon Vocational school, nith him are Kobert I- llugelman, adjutant ol chapter 1Z, DAV (left), Lynn Bkeen, (atanding) and Dirk Meek, commander of chapter 12. House Okays Air Force Up I WASHINGTON. April 15 A Pittsburgh Visitor Spurs Hopes Of 'Black Snow' End By HALE St ARBKOI GH Klamath Falls is in the same boat with Pittsburgh. Pa. if that's anv The house unanimously voted ad- I consolation to people here, dltional funds today to start ex- The problem ot "black snow" Is panding the nation s air force ' common to boUt. But Pittsburgh, the from 55 to 10 groups. ZS.SL ZJVZ? By a vote of 115 to 0. It added , .,- Rhou. ... DroBiem. 1822.000.000 to a $2,376,100,000 bill chBries J. Graham, president of originally designed to finance a j lne Pittsburgh and West Virginia 55-group air furce. All of It Is 111 ! raiwayi a , town Wednesday contract authority for which cash i and B0, ,nt0 . dijcuMion of ,he soot must be provided later unless con. gress cancels It. The Increase wns proposed by Chairman Tabcr IB-N. Y.i of the house appropriations committee. The action was not final, how ever, since the house still must act on other parts of the bill and the senate has not considered It at all. $860,000 Bond Goal Set Here Klamath county's quota in the Security Loan campaign which opened today Is $860X100. The E bond goal Is $540,000. and It Is hoped to sell $320,000 In F and O bonds. This was announced today by A. M. Collier, chairman of the drive which closes on June 30. In 1S47, without the pressure of a campaign ot any sort, Klamath county people bought $1,413,597 In bonds. In Uie same period, redemp tions aggregated $1,402,744, so pur chases exceeded redemptions by $10,853. George Mimnaugh, deputy direc tor of the U. S. savings bond divi sion with the treasury department at Portland, telephoned the Quotas to Collier. He snld that the drive to goal will not be easy, but that Oregon has always done well on bond sales nnd is sure to "come through" again. and smoke situation. He was one ot the planners who put through a city ordinance In Pittsburgh that legally and actually cut that city's smoky reputation down by 90 per cent. Graham said the way Pittsburgh, an Industrinl center ot some 800.000 persons, licked "black snow" was to Snowfall Near Record At Park Records and near records were chalked up by rangers at Crater Lake national park this week when they brought, their April weather reports up to' date. A minus 3 was recorded April 7 as the coldest April dny at park headquarters. This wns ft record brenker. A winter storm lasting from April 1 to 11, wasn't n record but It left 85' a inches of new snow In one storm. A storm In April of 1932, put 91 Inches of snow In the Crater aren. Bombers Land At German Airport WEISBADEN. Gcrmnny, April 15 (! A group of D-29 bombers from Smoky Hill nlr base, Kns. landed today nt Fuerstenfeldbruclt nlr bnse. An nlr force announcement snld the plnnes will be based there tempor arily before returning to the United States. Slide Blocks Highway Today A state highway crew was called to a point south of Modoc Point near the rock pit at 5 o'clock Thurs day morning, to clear a small slide from the Inside lane. Tho slide was reported at 4 o'clock by n Greyhound bus driver who stopped nnd placed flares on both sides of tho slide. Highwaymen snld everything wns under control by early morning. Navy Slates Europe Trip WASHINGTON. April 15 i The navy announced today 12 fight ing ships will visit European waters this summer on a training cruise. The vessels are the 45.000-ton battleship Missouri, the 45.000-ton aircraft carrier Coral Sea, two heavy cruisers and eight destroyers. A landing ship dock also will be in the squadron. Aboard the ships will be 3720 trainees, including 2460 naval acad emy midshipmen, 735 midshipmen from naval reserve officers training corps units. 500 officers and enlisted reservists nnd 25 army officers from West Point. The cruise, Uie navy said, "win continue the pre-war practice of providing an opportunitv for mid shipmen to become acquainted with foreign countries." The cruise will be carried oul "In the Enstern Atlantic and Mediter ranean" June 21 to July 12, the nnvv snld. The ships are sched uled to leave Norfolk. Va.. June 7. The first port of call Is Lisbon, Portugal, where the entire sound ron will put In from June 21 to 26. Nc other ports were announced. pass an ordinance with teeth In It. lorcing Industry and residents alike to take measures to abate the smoke and soot problem. Installation of better burners, of smoke abatement devices, switcn over from coal to "smokeless coal" was expensive, but the ordinance had public opinion behind it and was forced through. "That's Uie only way to do it." Graham declared. "Citizens who are Interested have to arrive at solu tion, then put it in the laps of poli- ttcwtns to accept or reject. If enough pressftre Is on, they'll accept." Pittsburgh's smoke-abatement or dinance went into effect In October, 1946, for railroads and industries, and a year later tor residences. "I saw more sunshine In Pitts burgh this past winter than I .ever saw before," Graham said. He termed Pittsburgh's smoke-abatement push a success. The same type of solution prob ably would be workable tor Klam ath Falls, on a much smaller scale. Graham and his Portland general agent, Carl G. Anderson, are start ing an extensive tour of the North west, traveling in the railroad exec- uuves "home and office on wheels" which was on a siding at the South ern Pacific depot Wednesday. They will end the tour in Vancouver, B. C. June 20, but Graham said he plan ned to make two quick business trips back to Pittsburgh during that time. A telephone was hooked to the car and Graham phoned back to Pittsburgh to ask about the Ohio river flood. He was Informed that water was being pumped out of the basement of the company office building. Bogota Revolt Probe Ordered WASHINGTON, April 15 (0) President Truman said today that he was as surprised as anyone else about the uprising In Bogota, Co lombia. Mr. Truman told a news confer. ence he was very ' sorry that the -toting did happen but that he had no warning of it. A congressional Inquiry already has been started to find out whether United States intelligence agencies had advance word of the revolution and warned proper officials. A reporter asked Mr. Truman whether he considered the revolt as warning to the Americas of the communist danger in this hemi sphere. Mr. Truman replied that Secre tary of State Marshall had com mented on that, adding he did so very well. Marshall, who Is attending the Inter-American conference in Bo gota, has blamed International communism for the uprising. Mr. Truman said the United States had received information that there might be pickeUng or demonstrations at Uie conference. But. he added, there was no In dication that anybody was going to get shot. House Group OK's Tidelands Bill WASHINGTON, April 15 11 The tidelands bill was approved by the house judiciary committee to day. Chairman Michener iR-Mich.) told a reporter that no recorded vote was taken. He snld it wns not unnnlmous. The measure would grant the states title to certain off-shore lnnds nnd lnnds beneath navigable waters within state boundaries. A similar bill hns been approved by a senate Judiciary subcommit tee. The measures are opposed by the Justice department. Two Killed In Train Wreck KREMLIN, Okla. April 15 iJPi A dump truck crashed into a speeding Rock Island train yesterday derail ing three coaches and killing two psssengers. Thirty-nine others were Injured, three critically. The Impact knocked the conches Into a freight train on a siding and two of Uie coaches caught fire. The left sides of three coaches were ripped off. Those killed and most of the Injured were riding in tne coach hit by the truck. One of the dead still is unidenti fied. The other passenger, Mrs. Enrl McClintock. 35. Wichitn, Kns.. was killed In Uie blazing crash yester dny. The critically Injured Included: Prof. Raymond Dvorak, nnltonal-ly-known music leader and member ot Uie University of Wisconsin music faculty, Madison, Wis.: right arm amputated: Enid General hos pital. Memory Aid Is Banker's Worry BERLIN, N. H.. April 15 ( Flre- I man James E. Sullivan rushed into a bank here four times within 10 minutes making a deposit each time In the same account. A Curious cashier a bit annoyed nt whnt he thought unnecessary work for everyone asked SulllVBn why he didn't make a single de posit. "That bank account Is for my son, Edward, who wns born today," replied Sullivan. "I think It's a good way to remember Just when every thing happened. Sullivan's first deposit was $19.48 study a progrnm whereby such I (year), then came $4.14 tmonth nnd gifts can be sent to needy children I day), $13.03 (time) and $7.98 In Europe. 1 1 weight). Enrollment Gains At OYS OVS, April 15 Enrollment at Oregon Vocational school today reached 515, well above the 400 fig ure estimated by the state legis lature for the school's first year. Director Winston D. Purvlne said that the substantial increase was made possible in large part by pro vision of 135 apartments and Uie assistance of Uie public housing association with 31 additional units available for OVS students. Of the remaining two apartment buildings being remodeled for stu dent living quarters, one will be ready for occupancy by late this week, and Uie other, about May 1. This will complete the housing con version program planned for this year. Huge Plane Cracks Up At Eire Drome SHANNON AIRPORT, Eire, April lit lFi A Constellation flying from Calcutta to New Vork crashed today almost a half mile short of its land ing runway here and all but one of the 11 aboard perished. Pan - American World Airway aald the plane. "Kmpreaa of the Skies," was making a routine In strument approach. It crashed Into flaming wreckage 2400 feet from Ihe ronway, the air line added. The dead Included 19 Americans and Sir Homl Mehla, wealthy In dian Industrialist. None of the Americans killed were from the Pa cific coast. Marc Worst, 38, of Bureau':. Calif., was the sole survivor. He said the force of the crash threw him out through the baggage com partment. His wife, waiting at the airport to meet him, witnessed the tragedy. Worst Is manager of Lock heed Aviation corporation's base at Shannon. Lockheed builds the Con stellaUons, four-englned craft cost ing about $1,000,000 each. (The passenger list released In New York eonUlned the name of Georie Henderson. . care of . the American legation In Damsacus. In Washington, the state department said It had no official word but as sumed the dead man was George D. Henderson, recently transferred to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as an American diplomatic official. ' (Henderson formerly was second secretary of the embassy and con sul In fi-mie). No Explanation There was no Immediate expla nation concerning the cause of Uie crash. Basil Wamock, American overseas airlines statlonmaster at Shannon, said weather observers ' reported three-mile visibility at the time of the crash 2:34 a. m. OMT (6:34 p. m. Wednesday P8T). Other sources said the celling was about 400 feet. Worst told reporters: "We had come around once and we were making our second ap proach when the crash occurred. Up t this, everything appeared to be normal. I was slung out through the baggage compartment but I waa only slightly injured on the right hand." Witnesses said the plane appar ently hit an obstruction, skidded along the ground for a ways and then burst into flame. The wreck age burned more than three hours. Set Record The "Empress oil the Skies" clairor ed to have set a new trow Atlantic " -" record April 19, 1947, by landing here five hours and 55 minutes after leaving Gander, Newfound land. " Mrs. Worst, who was told first there were no survivors and then learned her husband was the only one, commented: i "You cannot imagine how I felt." Then she added: "We are going back to California immediately. And by Constellation, too. You can quote me on that." It was the second time Wont had walked away from a plane crash. The first time was when he cracked up in his own plane in California several years ago. The plane was bound from Kara chi, Pakistan, 'to New York. . The India office in London said one of the victims was Sir Homi Mehta, 77, Bombay millionaire and a director of Uie central board ot Uie Reserve Bank of India. He represented India at the League ot Nations in 1933-34 and also in ne gotiations last year with the Brit ish government. PANIC COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 15 of) Rumors that war had broken out between Uie United States and Russia caused near panic today in Jutland, in North em Denmark. Newspaper telephone lines were Jammed. The origin ot the rumors could not be determin ed. ' Lake Rotary Club Hears Talk On Liquor Control Program No More Apples For The Teacher SALT LAKE CITY, April 15 lPl That old "apple for the tencher" routine Is out nt Suit Lake City schools. k Dr. M. Lynn Bennion, city super intendent, told a meeting of prin cipals and supervisors that a school board ruling prohibits teachers from srceptlng gifts. But the traditional grade-provoking fruit can still piny its part. Bennion snld officials planned to LAKE VIEW, April 15 Oregon's new liquor control commission has established itself as a general policy board and has charged the admin istrator and his staff with certain details over which the old board maintained more direct control. Big Year Liquor sales In Lakevlew in 1947 were the highest In the his tory of the Lakevlew agency, State Liquor Administrator William Hammond said today. The 1S47 total was $197,5$, as compared with $191,481 In 1948. Hammond said, however, that 1948 sales are running behind 1947. In January, 1947, sales hit $13,855. but In January ot this year they dropped to $12,077.50. A similar drop occurred in February. William Hammond, state liquor administrator, told the Rotary club here Wednesday. For example. Hammond said, the old board conducted all hearings on licensing matters. The new commis sion has set up a hearing committee, composed of the administrator, supervisor of Uie license division, and supervisor ot the enforcement division, who conducts hearings, This makes It possible to hold more frequent hearings with ample time for applicants to present their cases. Hammond said the new board has continued supervisorial control over all matters charged to It by law, but hns delegated power where pos- slble to make administrative pro cedure more speedy and more con venient to Uie public. Hammond said the new board had set up a policy of having all "de mand brands" of liquor on the shelves at all times. He said that at present there are 381 different brands of alcoholic liquor handled by the state stores. The administrator reported there are 43 stores and 103 agencies oper ating In the state at present. He ex plained the difference between stores which are manned by em ployes of the liquor commission, and agencies, which are handled by pri vate Individuals on a retainer basis. Agencies, he said, are maintained at places where volume Is Insuffi cient to warrant a store. Hammond said that In general. Oregon liquor retail prices are run ning under those In Washington, Montana and Northern California, and about the same as Idaho. This is true despite Uie fact that after the last session of the legislature, prices were boosted ft little In the hope of coming closer to meeting the state's need tor publlo welfare, which Is largely financed by th state's liquor sales. Hammond said that out of the cost of ft typical blend of $3.60, 93 cents represents federal taxes, $1.41 the cost to the state of the liquor less federal tax. 10 cents approxi mate cost per bottle of freight from distillery to warehouse, 17 cents all operational costs charged to ware housing and stores and agency oper ations, and 93 cents Is turned ovel to publlo welfare.
