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Senator Warns That Drought With Al Its Evils Will Lead To Prohibition Again Unless Checked; |

‘Probe of Facts’ Under Way.

By THOMAS L. STOKES

Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—The current liquor drought, with all the evils it has created, will lead to prohibition again unless checked, in the opinion of Senator VanNuys (D. Ind.),|wt

judiciary committee chairman,

who will direct an exhaustive

investigation, starting next week. : Describing the situation as “a stench, ‘and a racket,” he

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said it would be-his. purpose]

to explore the facts, and thus head off the threat of prohi3 bition.

ananimously, with a request from)

the senate for a $10,000 appropria-

He recited the various dangerous aspects discovered in his preliminary inquiry—the withholding of liquor stocks-from the market, the

“fis extortionate prices, concentration of large supplies in the hands of a

few who are reaping handsome profits, -the.- wholesale. purchase by

and wineries which seem to him to

the requirement by some Midwest wholesalers of a “cash bonus” on the side on top of ceiling prices. “That's what brought on prohibition,” he said, “and it will bring it on again. I'm against prohibition. 1 think the investigation will a service to the legal liquor

“sald he had seen evils of prohibition hen he was U. 8. attorfiey in In-

“tration. ~The big distillers dre to be called, first. Their books and accounts are ‘to be examined.

Seeks Information

Senator VanNuys sald he wanted _all available information—including - lists of ‘officers and directors, ““salaries, bonuses, profits and losses “on all types of whisky, differences “in prices to state liquor systems and others, costs of different brands, ks and what has happened to

is particularly concerned the new brands which apin droves, some 3000 altowhen OPA froze liquor and sold at very fancy He said he has learned has been wholesale “cutting” brands, 75 per cent of the 25 per cent neutral spirits, then are sold as the original. factors, in the senator's , Aare.’ responsible for the shortage—withholding of liquor to tax, which is payable

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price. Public interest in the projected investigation is indicated in heavy mail to Senators VanNuys and

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. 18 (VU. P)~The National Grange today selected North Carolina as the site of next year’s convention at the

SPONSOR CARD PARTY . November Band members of the . Altar society of St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic church will spon“sor a card party in the school hall

mushrooming black. market with

--big-distilleries of smaller distilleries

during. the Wilson sdminise|

“Getting ready for “publication of another edition of the U.S, Army Dispatch, . Pfe. Paul Jones of Indianapolis, art editor (standing) and Cpl. Earl Hanson. of Chicago; associate art editor, look over a war map for the coming issue. The Dispatch is published in co-operatiori with the Middle East edition of The Yank, army weekly.

Deserter Takes 9 Brides i in 2 Yeats

AKRON. G.. Nov:-16 AUP: Two cases involving a pair of hus- - ‘bands with -a total of 15 wives confronted policé here today. One was Kenneth Jordan, 22, army . deserter, who confessed to marrying nine women in the last two years. : . The other was a rubber worker

He still was under investigation, and his name ‘was being withheld. Jordan probably will be turned over to military police in a few days. Three of his wives were from Cleveland, two from Rochester, N. Y.,, two from Akron and one each from Detroit and Midland, Pa. }

STATE COURT GETS ABDUCTION TRIAL

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Nov. 16 (U. P.).—The government has agreed to state prosecution. of three persons on kidnapping charges in connection with the abduction of 7-year-old Billy Vosteen of Goshen, assistant U, 8. Dist. Atty. James E. Keating said today. The defendants are the boy's mother, Mrs. Grace Plummer; her husband, Robert- C.. Plummer, and her half- -sister, Mrs. Irene’ ClingDaniel, ~-Jeenting said thé trio, now held in default of $25,000 bonds, would be tried in Elkhart circuit court but that the federal government will hold a restraining order pending outcome of the trial.

' SOLDIERS REHABILITATED CAMP UPTON, N. Y., Nov. 16 (¥, P).~Lt. Col, Frank T. Madigan, in charge of the army's re habilitation ¢enter here, announced y that 353 soldiers out of

conviction in military courts

at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow. Mrs. Anna Roembke is chairlady.

been returned to duty.

Association of ‘Cost Accountants,! Sigm “dinner meeting, Hotel Lincoln. MARRIAGE LICENSES

Fie bate. wav. fpuiy’ stricta fecobds SINREED . The Times, there-| O%

|voys moving to and from Rabaul,

* | ments shipped in by the enemy.

: |said the Japanese evidently were

| |Ining fighter pilot, Lt. Ralph Tuttle ; of Coffeyville, Kas., in two strafing

which “followed world war I.

wito; detectives said; had six wives. 1;

‘I(U. P.).—Employees“ of the A Mc-

Airdrome Near Bougainville. cathy

ny navnoN c. TAVES : Staff Correspondent ~ hip EADQUARTERS, A Catalina patrol bomber scored a |bassador direct hit on a Japanese cruiser Saturday in a new raid on the Rabaul area hot tors battered Bonis sire Bougainville with 51 tons of explosives, it was

attacked 10 miles from the big Jap|certained but the 1000-pound botiib

Fifty miles northwest of Rabaul another “Catalina “hit a 10,000-ton

ers. The vessels were in small Son-

which has been blasted heavily in recent weeks to crush reinforce-

While only minor patrol clashes occurred between the Japanese and American troops on the Bougainville west coast, the Liberators hit at Bonis, on Buka island off the north tip of Bougainville.

Smash Repairs

‘A dispatch from Adm. William F. Halsey’'s South Pacific headquarters

trying to rebuild bomb-wrecked facilities at Bonis, one of five. airfields rendered inoperative by aerial

cf the island, The latest attack smashed the effort. Mitchell ~ bombers raided the

Liberator attack and a single Lightruns over Bonis and nearby

Machin bay, destroyed three enemy grounded planes, wrecked a troop-

-{iaden.barge and killed or wounded] . 115 Japanese unloading a craft at

the jetty. Haley's spokesman was quoted as

{ng in all directions from the Bou: gainville beachhead. They had killed six of the enemy in small clashes Thursday and Friday.

OPPOSES POST-WAR "LAND SPECULATION

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (U. P). —Seriator Guy M. Gillette (D., Ia.) wants congress to act now to prevent a repetition of land speculation

‘He introduced ‘a bill yesterday imposing a tax on the transfer of property to deter speculation. He said it was merely for the information of the senate “because I realize that revenue bills can only be introduced in the house.”

speculation such as swept the country after the last war when land changed h#nds eight to 10 times, and a family had a difficult time buying a farm,” he said.

M'QUAY STRIKE VOTE RESULT IS AWAITED

CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Nov. 16

Quay-Norris Manufacturing Ce., today awaited announcement of results of a strike vote taken last night under the direction of the national labor relations board. Following return to work after a walkout Oct. 13, the members of the United Auto Workers requested] the strike vote under the terms of the Smith-Connally act. Workers said the regional war labor board had failed to announce a decision upon recommendations of a hearing officer on wage adjustments and job classification.

COMMISSIONS OPEN IN NAVAL RESERVE Lt. (jg.) Charles R. Lohmeyer will be at the naval procurement office, 120 W. North st, today. and tomorrow to interview men for commisi in the naval reserve. Requirements for a commission are a degree from a recognized edu-

cational institution or two years of college and sufficient experience.

according to the type of

George, Josephine O'Connor, at St. VinWilliam, Martha Whitworth, at St. Vincent’

LH Harry, Aga th a aiethodist

Liberators ‘Batter ‘Bons nasedive 4

today. Fate of the enemy light cruiser}

MacArthur's spokesman - said. /

attacks- in -support of -the invasion] --

Bougainville-Buka area before the} -

reporting 'U. B, patrols were mov-|

“1 want, however, to curb land|

Age limits range up to: 49 years) e| varying _| duty.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Serippa-Howard Fon same direction to Teach our frontier got ey ‘united nations circles! . | A © matic sources in Mexico City, could mean ‘only

News soporti ali Wiaiag” Poros west of Kiev, had reached a point less than 60 miles from the Polish border. border, Community on this. Ae Oumansky said he wished Byers go. rtunately,” he added, “I am liens I IRTons 00 ee ta

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bas-| that Moscow intends to ignore all

treaties with Warsaw and revert to the 1939 pact with Germany under which Russia was to retain the eastern half of Foland, then occupled by the ‘Russian army. Two circumstances gave the news from Mexico its somewhat alarming character. First, the Oumansky pronouncement came only a few days after publication of the agreements of Moscow which seemed to

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voiced it. It is the opinion of all who for years Knew Oumansky here

that he would have made no such|;

pronouncemerit - without clear authority. This also seems to be the impression In Mexico: City. Simultanesusly, of State Hull stated that all liberated nations would be given a chance to +ehoose- their own governments.-And;-he added, this would apply to the Baltic states as well as to the Balkans, The corollary, of course, is that territories are not to be shifted from sovereignty to sovereignty by unilateral action. In Mexico, it is understood, some

preclude arbitrary boundary changes of the kind indicated.

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from various ped “FLEECES” Animal Kingdom . .. to warm you and to Ses TO S100 comfort you . .: to shield you from the blasts of AND MORE. winter . . . to protect your health .. . to contribute to body well-being i make life kindlier! FASHION PARK _ FLEECES-—$50, $58, THERE ARE Fleeces from $88, $85. : the CASHMERE GOATS ‘ : who roam the upper reaches oa : . of the Himalaya plateaus. MANARAJAN ,. , , ! SAMELDOWN AND "THERE ARE Fleeces from wWooL, $68. ‘the CAMEL— (the twome humped Bactrian Camels from the Chinese highlands). FEATURE . . , : A Soul oF But the Fleeces, fine and as choice as they are, = l MOHAIR AND oe only fhe. begining wooL, $48. Mill have taken these precious fibers and coaxed " ALPAGORA . . . thowi AMERIGA'S hardiness and sturdiness info th Serer’ vets (UAT + And in the hands of skilled tailors the coatings 37.50 AND 32.50. achieved that richness . . . that protective Quality

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Oumansky incident. Moreover, in

reply to a question at his press con-|'

ference, Mr. Hull said there were no secret agreements. The Rusio-Polish frontier treaties are of recent date. On July 23,

1932; Russia signed x non-aggression 8

treaty with Poland on a basis of

the status quo as of that time,

Renewed in May, 1034, it was to run until Dec. 31, 1044. In September, 1939, however, Russia and Germany partitioned - Poland, Germany taking the western half, Rus-.

sia the eastern half. Whereupon

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