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Newspaper Page Textgra. mm mm m Br FRANK JKNKINI JN th wmmtr, we have hot weath- r, mosquito and politicians. The mosquitoes bit siui th pol lilciena give out wiili alufl like Una: SenaUir Brewsler, ol Maine, chair man ol Ui Republican senatorial campaign oununlttee: "111 admin istration hu nuUung but Uii old pump-prUning answer to uy r cession in buslneaa. 11m counuy turd Uiel lit Uii 30a. Mid alter 40 billiun dollars hid ohu spent Unit atlll our eight mllllun unemployed. ' Henalur McUraUi. ol Rhode Island, cltalruiau ol Uit DemocreUi; national cumailltM: "Bomi Kcpub- liceita art whooping It up lur a da- I ptcasioti because Uicy Uuuk It would make a ittca poluical 1m ua In lMI . . . Wf II. maybe Uia depression Issue would ba a good laau lor Uia 'Re-; publican parly. It governed Uit country longer durlm Uia naUon'a wont depression Ulan any other party. U liaa Uia experience." I t cyppOoE. with depression tor a' recession, or a dUiiillaUon. or a ; prica readjustment; whatar you ; ujhim to call It) in Uia wind, Uia oanwe ol a paruwrahlp grocery 1 atora got togaUier to decide what uuaht to ba uone to meet Uia situs tkju and could put out nothing betur than Uia bov-quoied twaddle. What would happrnt utcK. you know what would happen. TMK STORE BROKE. WOULD OO COMETIMES. in my gloomier and " Dura cynical ' moment. 1 as prrtty aura Uia I unlaaa you can gal a dilferent breed ol poiltlclana thl country will go broka. t?OR nearly 70 yeere. Uia aala ol liquor waa banned to Kaiuaa. For Uia paal 33 yaara, th aula bone-dry law mad possession ol aa much aa a thlmblctul ol Uia Hull punishable by a )ail arnlence. Than, laat November, tua paopla ol Kaiuaa voted to iia-llO to repeal prohibition. Uquor will go on aala legally In Kansaa thl wark. a tir.RE'B 1 aala conclusion: n Kaiuaa didn't Ilka Ute law that forbade aala ol liquor. It wont Uk tha naw law Uiat prrmila aala ol liquor. Thar la NO aatulactory way w nanaia iiquw or iaw, " w can't trrm to gal along wlut It. and a can't aaara to gal along without It. Whan you aom right down to U, tua or muuaa ol liquor aaama to b pratiy largaly a pmaonaJ problem, a BACK In Chaboygan. Michigan, tha " othar day mowrut en ona aid t tha nvar atartad orar to tha otacr aid. Th bridg had a lift, to an abla boat to paaa. Jut aa Uia mouUt atartad ovar. th lilt aiart ad to riaa. Ha waa In a hurry. Ha rarad hla car up tha InclirrM apan. JUMPKU THB rOUR-rOOT OPENINO In tha can tar. and landad on Uia other aida with an Impact that blaw out all four ol hla Uraa. a UERC8 an Idla. bot-waathar quant: ' What do you auppoa ha DID WITH THE TIME ha rUkad hu nack lo aavaf Danes Deny US Naval Base Rumor COPENHAGEN. July II Th Danuh foreign mlnutry denied any knowledn today of a email Ameri can naral operating baa In a fjord near th anuthweat tip ef Green land, aa reported by official quarter In Washington. The Oreenland administration au thority, a government agency, took tha aama view. "I think there mutt be torn mil understanding here,' an agency epokeaman mid. laa f a T bl IIHWBjil SMatf'. irf I i . VOI-A.WJ r I V I V"" . FIREMEN STOP BLAII Picture shows firemen putting out blaze In a house at 208 Eldorado Sunday night. The small residence, occupied by Mrs. Pearl Enough Foster, was badly ,thor red but interior furnishings were saved. (Story, page 10.) WSDWSJ raw Mill FIVE CENT P A' " 'ALLS, OHKIION, MONDAY, JI'LV II. IMS Bridges Asks "Walking Man Of Oregon" To Vie With "Big Red" To See Whether Horse Or Man Is Better Walker LEBANON, July M ) Tha lawoapaopla haca ara going la naat aundar whalhar tba -walking man af Ornoa'' aan ml-alrtd nana tar a l-all eoaraa at tha aaaamnnlly'a naw rara track. Laat aarnmar. tha gantry and thair ladlaa hara about war all Mg arar a haraa a, man lag-af-war. Tba nan waa la that Tha -walklna man af Oraaa- City, waa aaraad tha Ulla la in whaa ka flnlahatf alnalaaath u a walking apra from Laa Anialaa to Nrw Vark. Tba haraa la "lug Bad." award and to ba rlddaa by Balpb Imlth, l.lna taunt raarbrr. Mmllh. wh la a kla at In Mill City aalry. will ataa aata aboard kU aaa. ImhuM, aga It. Th.y wlU kagla at a. m. bandar, July 14. araaad tha half mil track l Labaaaa maadawa. II will laka 1M lapa to llobh. Hmlla. aa laat, nparl II will Uka hla abaal 11 or aa bwir. Rmlta. aa hmrkark. brllrrra -Bl( Brd" aaa maka K la abMl It kaara. -raar lag ara battar laaa two, aayUaw. laatato tha awaar of Big Bad." Tha iginaira. ridrra f ta kaaUam Wraailars. araa'l taking aldaa. aflklaUy. Bat yaa aaa gat ad da rm laaamaraM faaa. The Show Just Can't Go On . . ! DALLAS. Tri.. July II Tha rinai nariwnuivt of ''Bloomer Oirl" a, r .1 1 . t . M j i a BtACMiad abrupily laat night when th laad tm lady ran acmunlng oil th atag. Tha eatla el It all waa a bug. which hit Mlu Nanette Pabray in tha lac and then fall down her boaom. Mux Pabray waa wearing a low narked, hoop-aklrted coiwime ol tha law a. Bh had begun tinging "Sunday in Cicero Palta In tha aecend act whan th bug at ruck. Bha turned her bark on lh audience, ahouted lo tha wlnga -I cant go on. I can't ( go on" and began acreaming. Charlea R. Meeker Jr.. managing director ol lh enow, came on atag to cancel th performance. BoirBlasf In Barcelona Kills One BARCELONA. Spain, July II Two bomba exploded her laat night, ona of them killing a man and In juring nine other peraona In th city main aqua re. th Plata d Cateluna, Two large Um bomba were dlf corared early thla morning In Uit largeel hotel In Barcelona and re moved by artillery olllccra befort any damare waa don. Th first bomb laat night scat tered window! near the square. Two of th mm Injured were women who ware hurt ao critically they at re not expected to lit Tha second smaller bomb explod ed eeveral hours later, about thre mile from tha tint. Mo on was Injured. Th blast was In a garden near tha Pedralbe palace, the resi dence of Oertarallsslmo Prancleco Franco when h visited Barcelona laat month. There were several bomb blasts during hit visit to Uit city. The time bombs were found today by cleaning women In a balcony reading room la tha hotel. i 4,V' - MMHMMfcMM""1""" t .4. .1 la M-yaar-ald Paal nmllh. Mill Jap Testifies At Trial Of Tokyo Rose BAN rRANClSCO. July 11 i A young Japanese, aarume super visor of Radio Tokyo, testified to day that Mrs. Iv Togurt D Aquino, aa Tokyo Rom," com out tad what th government charge war eight open ku ol treason against Uia United Suiaa. The prosecution of Uia IJ-yrer-old , woman, oorn in iam Aiiaeiea, ixoma vlruy through teaUmoney In Uit morning session. Th msin witness ass Kenkichl Oko, M, born In Sacramento. Ht want to Japan In Itua, ha aaid, be- I cause or hie family a buMuesa. and in IMO became a clUaen of Japan. Th government contends Mrs. D Aquino, as an American el Uteri, broadcast enemy propaganda to U. S. troops willingly and volun tarily. Th defense argue ah did it under lh threat of force by the Japanese polio and army. Oko testified he waa production supervisor for the "Zero Hour" show; that Oeorge Mltauahlo waa hu superior; that tha purpose of lh broadcast waa to cause war weartneaa In allied force and to lower their morale. Ht aaid he. Mrs. Togurt. Mltau ahlo and several other war pres ent when the Mltsushio outlined the purpose of th program. Locusts Said In Lake County I.AKIVIIW, July IS ir Be, gulls sre joining th fight against locu.ua Inrading Lag county from Nevada. Trartlera aaid here that great fl if hla of guilt were moving Into the area, moat of them apparently coming from Albert lake , ' Members of th Order of Ante lope, returning from their annual meeUng at Hart mountain, aaid they dror through swarma of lo cust east of the mountain. One Injured In Knifing Scuffle ROBEBURO. July II lV-Frank Henry of Cottage Grove la recover ing In a Eileen hospital from knife wound Intllcatrd during an alter cation at tha Hayhurtt danc hall, eaat of Yoncalla. early Sunday morning, according to 8tte Police Sgt. Lyl Harrell. Sergeant Harrell aaid he was told the knifing took place when Mel bourn Crltew, Roteburg. guitar player, objected to the attention hit wife waa receiving from Henry. Crllea waa to fare charges here to day in Justice court. 'fighter From Decatur' Issue To Be Thrashed Out By Texas Town's Council DECATUR, Tex., July II () All over Ui world dire player have been crying "tighter from Decatur," Uie county teat of Wise. Now th Decatur city council hat taken It up. Tha council will decide tonight whether It want to put lis official stamp of approval on thla fame the North Texai town hat among crap thnniert looking for a point of eight. "Mainly, were going to decide about that stun." Mayor Byl Hard wlch of Decatur said. He waa referring to a fading big signboard near the railroad ttaUon which proclaim: H'Elghter From Decatur, the Coun ty Seat of Wis." Tourists stop by th algn and hsvt their pictures made In crap-shoot-Ing poses. This tort ef tomfooltry mml Moitafci a 1 ya'-aj'" " " ' " -- i " J! w ' Caa. rridauui Two Generals On Charges Handling WA8HINOTON. July II ir,Qny aaid Indicated they exhibited An Investigation of army contract a lack of Judgment and aerue ol handling waa Mill underway today. ! propria-jr." I It hat led thua far to the ttupenuon ol two major generala and a con grewman'a demand that Prealdent Truman aend hla military aid to Ui aldellnea. The Inspector general a office hat order from Secretary of tha Army Gordon Oray to continue lla probe ol Mai. Oen. Herman Peldman. the qu.nrrmaster general, and Aiden H. Walt, ,. 0( ,hr chemical corns. Both were relieved ol duty Sat- unlay alter a senate Inveatigsung conuni,. produced evidence whlcn t . . US Improving" Armed Forces In Far North WASHINGTON, July It (V-New IndrtaUons of quiet move by th United State to Improve Its mili tary lookout In th lar north wer disclosed today In official quarter. Among th project Is work on a small naval operating base located In a fjord at Orondal. near th aouthwest Up of Oreenland. Thl little-known Installation la used to provide limited repair and general aupply emec to ship op- i a rating In that area, the navy say. so far as I known, this It one of the moat northern of the navy secondary base In the Atlantic and Arctic regions. Increasing emphatlt It being placed on the possibtllly of air at tack on the United State across the polar region. Thu both th navy and air force have been Intensifying fforu to maintain patrol of thoa regions. 'Wolf Man' Dies In Scotland PERTH. Scotland. July II ) The man who aaid he could talk to wolve la dead. Announcement was made today of the death In a nearby hospital Fri day of Douglas Stuart Spent Steu rt. 77. Sleuart. a fellow of th Zoological society, became known at the wolf man of th London too. A tall Scotsman with a beard, he said he could, talk to wolve and understand them. He tamed them and owned four himself. "To me," he once said, "wolves re Just like human beings, very Intelligent and lovable when you get to know them doesn't please tome of the people of the town. But other filling stations and restaurant men particularly aay the fact that tourist ttop to are the tlgn meant more business. Cliff D. Oates, author of "The Pioneer History of Wise County," supplied the historical background on how Decatur became famous among dice players. Some years ago a Negro girl In Decatur waa named Ada. "She waa a favorite of Negro cow boya at the Waggoner ranch," Oates said. "These boy started yelling. 'Ada from Decatur, county teat of Wise' when they were trying to roll an eight." White gsmbler misunderstood. They chnged th phras to "tight er" instead of "Ada." Aldra Waitt Suspended Of Contract Irregularities On the heels of this development Rep. Bhs'er cR-Mich.i demanded that the president suspend Ms). Gen. Hsrry H. Vaughan. White House aide. A member Of the house armed services committee, 8haler said In a l Bridge t fighting far eeUMisa statement that Vaughan was -m- I men! the principle f arbitra plicated in the same case" with ! Feldman and Want. He gave no ! If lh,t Is won by th union, the detail but said the aide s conduct .uomcy said, -collective bargaln "has been, to put it mildly, in the . m, u done in Hawaii poorest tatte." Dominatloa Felt totn Ayera, auutani presmenuai aVivs sccrcLary. iaa a.ss.ea. afc a nr"s ooulereuce lor comment on (ihafer t demand. -I haven't heard the nreaidenL mention K." Avers aaid Speaker Rayburn. alter Mr. Tru man a regular Monday conference with congressional leader, was asked if th president mad any reference to tha matter. Rayburn tald the president did not. None of the generals hss com mented on the developments. Their name were mentioned in recent newspaper story telling ol (genu who allegedly us their In fluence to obtain government eon- tract for fee of five per cent. Car Upsets, No Fatalities TULELAKS. July II Thre occupants of a speeding automobile escaped with only sever bruises and cuts after It over-turned on a county road two miles east of Tulelake at IJ:30 a. m. Sunday. Injured were Mr. and Mrs. Clif ford Brown. Malln. and Michael Mitrovich, SI. Sacramento. Calif, driver of the car. Mitrovich. who it a talesman for the Berven Carpet corporation, San Francisco, suffered bruise and cut about the head. Mr. and Mrs. Brown, passenger In the car, were badly bruised and cut about the head and body, and Mrs. Brown has a sever right ankle sprain. Officer Marvin Daniels of the California highway patrol who In vestigated stated that the car was apparently traveling at a high rt of speed when It struck the crest of a high bridge, skidded for 400 feet and then rolled over sev eral Umea and came to rest on Its top. The ISM sedan was demolished. The Injured were treated by a local physician. Mitrovich will appear In Justice court probably later this week to answer to a charge of reckless driv ing filed by officer Daniels. Textbook Probe Draws Criticism PULLMAN, Wash., July Washington State College it iP) Presi- dent Wilson Conipton has complied with the request of a house Investi gating committee on textbook. But he protested the committee ac Uona. In a letter to Rep. John Wood (D-Oa), Compton aaid he was sending lists of texlbooks and sup plementary readings now being used In literature and social science studies at WSC, as requested. But he told Wood. "Your request It unwarranted and unwise." "Unless the committee wishes to engage In tome sort of censorship of Idea it should not undertake a promiscuous Investigation of thl kind. One of the soundest teacher I ever had, a man totally devoted to the American system of consU tutlonal government, used aa one of his required text 'Da Kap'.tal' by Karl Mam," wrot Compton. Klamath rails Vlehallrl fair Usr wll aia-rasaa hlfh rUatlaeas lamtcbl so Ts-aauy, Mlsb I4r tl; hm Uwlgbl Hi feti taiMar s. . IJajl 171 . aa Slla... M lrMlpllaUa IM4 s BSors aa Irlephen 1111 ILYU Chief Pledges To End Strike WASHINGTON. J I f II A Harry Bridgetv, bra4 mt tiikinf toncavhtwrfoett In Hawaii, mod an rmpi7rJ rprrnlUn acreed m meet vttb a faTcrmaient mdlatar Unifht In mm effort t end th ?B ay aid Havxiiaa tterk strike. Senator Dotuxlu (D-Ill.), vba has had long experience la th field af labor reUtiao and labor ecoAomira, acgeated tha aeeting' at a bearing before I be senate labor eocnsnJUre. Rrtdrr arrepted In media ttly and the coojuoitte alaa approved. James P. BlalMleU, attorney for the seven ste-edore companies whoae operations have been halted by the strtke, said he lacked power to commit his firms, but later ; agreed to call In from Honolulu a riM)rttienltivt lhn miitii nMfttiaiL with Bridges. ( Bridges told the senate labor i CMnmitlee today that the suiioa will end its crippUng- shutdown af E - Island potts If President Trsnu will appoint an arbitralion -board. Stevedoring opera lions, on whu the Islands vital shipments of siiKar, pineapples and other com modities depend, have been closed down by a 79-day strike of Brtdtrea International Longshore men's snd Warehousemen's union. James, P. BlaidsdelL attorney for serea Hawaiian stevedoring ! MmBanlrs. told the eoasmiuee thst , -You nave to realir tba com- , , piets oouunairan ol tne temiory of Hawaii by Mr. Bridges union, i Blaiadell testified. He said the em- ' pioyers hsvt been willing to ac- cept a 14-cent hourly wage in crease recommended by a fact finding board appointed by Gov ernor Stainback of Hawaii. The union rejected It. The eenate committee St eaa sideling a bill by tw California senators Kaawland (Rl and Downey (D) t permit appoint ment ef aa arbitraUea beard af President Traaaara. BridKes objected to soma de tails of the Knoa land-Downey bill. i but 'i "On behalf of the ILWTJ I am authorised to state that If a board lot Impartial citizen Is established : by the president of the United ' States for the purpose of arbitrat j ing the Issues In dispute in the ( Hawaiian strike, the striking work- ers are preps red to immediately call off the strike, return to work, tend accept the decision of euch a board.' Senator Mara IFt-Ore.l said he agreed thai the Hawaiian attaa ! tiea I a serieaa ss to fsll wtthta the Intent af tha Taft-Hartley act "even Ihoaga I'm apposed to the Taft-Hartley lav aad ta Injunction." "I believe use of the act would create greater problems than It would solve by breaking the strike Morse aaid. - t If we are going to have the law, it It Is ever going to be applied, it should be applied here." Pickets Fail To Halt Unloading HONOLULU. July It (JV-CIO pickets (ailed to halt the first ship unloading by a new non-union etevedorlng firm. Police arrested M picket Satur day trying to stop S men from boarding the Isthmian Steamship Co.'s Freighter 8teel Flyer. And yesterday Hawaii Stevedores, Ltd, organized only last week, used tugs to get 70 workers on the ship with out crossing the pier entrance picket line. The 8teel Flyer, however, lost 3 AFL member of Its 46 man crew. They walked oft after th striking CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's union can celled their picket line passes. Baseball Scores NATIONAL LEAGI'E BOSTON, July It W Swell Blackwell and Kd Erautt limited the Boston Brave to three hits to day at the ClnclnnaU Reds took the odd game of a three-game series, t-1. The Braves' tally waa Tommy Holmes' fourth homer of the season (gainst Blackwell In th fifth In ning. Cincinnati 005 000 0011 IS 1 Boston 000 010 000 1 3 0 Blackwell, Erautt IS) and Howell; Blckford, O. Elliott (3), Barrett (el and Livingston. 8U Louis 100 000 1304 t t New York 000 001 42x 7 12 3 Brasle, Staley 7. Wllka (I) and D. Rice; Kennedy and R. Mueller. v. : -r- eat1' ' mj1 mmr .Mm-ikMr-jKr ... i l raw-i . YUP HOLLYWOOD This two-ton ploster leg, 34 feet from top to toe, is being in stalled otop o hosiery mill in Hollywood and already is known as the film capital's "most sensational leg." It is a copy of Act.-ess Morie Wil son's curvy gam, will be light ed by wight spotlights. Committee OK'sPayUp For Services WASHINGTON. July II OP) The senate armed service committee today approved a nay rait for the uniformed services. The vote was to 1 to accept the biU already pauaed by the house. The measure, estimated to cost WOO .000.000 a year, would raise the par of almost everybody In military uniform. Individual boosts would range I from 3 tier cent lav laarar jankine enlisted- -even to JI per cent tor brigadler generals. Although the committee endorsed the bill. Chairman Tydlngs (D-Md.) said he doubts the bill will pas th senate "unless savings to offset It Increased coals result from other legislation now pending before con gress." Tydings and some other sens tors hsve taken the stand that military pay should not be raised unless ser ines are made In other costs of the armed forces. Backer of the uni fication bill contend It would per mit savings of up to a billion a oilers a year. Freedom House Awards Slated NEW YORK. July It UP) The 1MB Freedom House award will go to David S. LiUenthaL U. 8. atomic energy commission head, and Gen. Lucius D. Clay, former U. S. mili tary governor of Germany. Former Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, Freedom House pres ident, announced the winners yes terday. The awards will be pre arnated at ceremonies October 13. -For 149," Patterson said, -we are making a break In our prece dent by giving two awards Instead of one a In previous years." Previously honored have been Columnist Walter Lippman, Oen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bernard M. Baruch, Sumner Welles. Gen. George C. Marshall. U. a Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. and Wen dell L. Wilkie, who waa ntuaied posthumously. WHEAT MEET CORVALLIS. July It W The first of four meetings to acquaint wheat growers and county com mitteemen with the wheat acreage allotment program was held In Salem today. Other meetings will be held In Medford Tuesday; Bend. Wednes day; and Pendleton, Friday. Kansas Deserts 'Bone-Dry' Rule For Package Sale In Stores; Most Still Unhappy By J. E. LAWSON TOPEKA. Kss., July IS W"i Liq uor will go on tale regally In Kansas this week. It will mark the end of an era of colorful crusading and multi-million dollar bootlegging business In this long-time stronghold of prohi bition. For almost 70 year the sale of Uquor haa been banned in Kansaa by the stale constitution. And for 33 years the state bone dry law made possession of to much as a thimbleful of liquor punishable by a Jail sentence. But, last November Kansans voted 422.294 to 35SJ10 to repeal prohibi tion. After a two months' itruggle, mainly to retain local option, th legislature passed a Uquor control act. It wiped the bone dry law from the statute books. Then followed four months of Schedule Of Hearings To Be Made WASHINGTON. July It en The fact-finding board la tha ateel wate dispute arrsnlsrd tvlsy at a White House meeting. Aa they did aa, tha White Moos made public a letter from Hamoel I. Itasenmaa, one ef Ita member, and a farmer tpeeial counsel to rreai dent Tramaa. Rosenman wanted It to be made a matter of record that hi New York, City law firm It counsel to the Ro tary Electric Steel company of Detroit. On of hit law partner! la a director of the company which haa a contract with a local of the CIO United 8teel Workers. Rosenman aaid he had breeiht thka ta the attention ef Cyrus ( hint, federal mediation and conciliation alrerter. when be waa aaked ta eerv ea the board. N DtseualilLcation "Mr. Chlng stated thst. In his opinion, those (acts did not in any way constitute a disqualification.' Ronenman's letter to the president said. "I. nevertheless, requested him to bring them to your attention be fore you made the appointment, and he stated that he would." The three board members met with Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman to discuss such things as a schedule of hearings. With h eyes af all indaslry aad anions ism them, the three atrea aera will hear argaaaeata for and against a fsortL nam: z.' peat-war wag raises ia the steel Indus trv. and far aad against larger pensiea and msaraae plans. Arthur Goldberg, general counsel of th CIO United Steelworker of America, ha told .'eportert: "We are ready to proceed. W believe we have sufficient data at our own disposal respecting the fi nancial altuatloru of the various companies to proceed Immediately. Mr. Tramaa appointed the three, asaa beard, headed by Dr. Carroll R. Daeghtery, prufi star af business ecenaaaica aft NarlhaM4-- - . tty. t tady the steel dispute and j aaake rrraiaaiiadatlaaat ev August I - Td" hT member are David U c,le rateraoa, N. J, and Raaea- I aaaa. Greeks Ban ! . tlevsmeri In Some Areas ATHENS, July It lV-Th Greek general staff today banned Ameri can and other foreign correspond ents here from territory comprising half the total land area of Greece. An order by Generalissimo Alex ander Papagos, th Greek army commander, bars correspondents' from an area of about 25.000 square miles. Including the 500-mile long frontier. He said the order was issued because reporters had vio lated censorship regulations. American reporters here told Uie U. 8. embassy and the U. S. military mission the order apparently vio lated the American aid agreement under which correspondents are supposed to have freedom to report how aid funds and material a? used. Police In Athens, meanwhile, an nounced that a communist organi xation headed by a woman doctor, ha been shattered. Police said Msria Nikoletoy, 35. headed a band which operated In terrorist group of three Demons each. A Kozane military court today sentenced IS persons to death on charges of crime committed while members of a communist under ground In Western Macedonia, dis patches said. Shori Causes Fire In Truck A fire reported on East Main street across from Lucas" Furniture store shorUy before noon todsy turned out to be a small blaze in a truck caused by a short in th vehicle's wiring. The truck was owned by Frank Lowell of Lowell's Lockers snd waa driven by Don Stroud. City fire men answered the call and said slight damage was done. feverish work to establish a control and licensing setup. Late today, the atale liquor con trol "''t will mall out licenses for more than 200 privately owned store to retail liquor or high per cent beer. Beer of less than 31 per cent alcohol waa legalised In 1B37. Despite the seemingly radical change for a traditionally dry state, no wild binge It In the making. Saloons and public drinking are barred. Liquor will be sold only In packages at ttore Ucensed solely to sell Intoxicants. Kansas desertion of prohibition leave liquor Illegal only In Okla homa and Mississippi. Disgruntled K n t a n t who had hoped to have drinking In note la and restaurants and on train legal ized, lay Kansaa merely Is being transformed from th -wettest dry ttat into th driest wet state.- fl