THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE l^E]
- “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,597
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
FWS GIVES
i EXTRA DAYS
FOR FISHING
f
Limild Extension Next
Week to Utilize Run
of Chum Salmon
Clarence J. Rhode, Alaska direc
tor of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, announces a limited ex
tension of the Southeast Alaska
commercial fishing season, previous
ly scheduled to close tomorrow.
After a closure of four days,
fishing may be resumed at 6 a m.
Thursday, September 7, and con- j
tinued until 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept- I
ember 9.
The announcement followed a
meeting in Rhode’s office yesterday
of representative fish packers, Ter
ritorial Fisheries men and other
1 interested persons, with Fish and
Wildlife officials.
In frank and harmonious dis
cussion, packers and government
conservationists went over the sad
situation of the 1950 season, the
cannery operators requesting a
week’s extension.
The present season, which began
August 15, was scheduled to ck»;e
tomorrow at 6 p.m. As Sunday is
always a closed day, the fishing
actually would stop today at 6 p.m.
Unusual circumstances marking
the 1950 season made it possible
for the two groups to come close
together in their viewpoints, if not
eye-to-eye.
All agreed that there has been
no pink salmon run. (Pinks make
up approximately five percent ot
the present catch.)
For west coast fishermen and
traps, last week’s storms virtually
cancelled out four days of legal
fishing.
It was pointed out that, based
• on experience of previous years,
there still is a chance tor a late
run. If so, there should be signs
of it by the end of next week.
The limited fishing period, which
meant concessions by both parties,
was suggested by Clarence L. An
derson, Territorial Fisheries direc
tor.
At the close of the session, Rhode
said, “We want to avoid any reg
ulation that means a hardship.
However, I am not willing to gam
ble on a big run, or that no storms
will interfere with further fishing.
"Should an extension be granted,
it will be because we believe there
has been a sufficient escapement
so that future runs will not be
jeopardized, and to utilize the ab
undance of chum salmon which
make up a large percentage of all
catches.”
One prominent packer had said,
“The fishermen and the canners
need these salmon more than the
streams do. They’re good eating.”
The FWS summary which opened
the meeting, as well as comments
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Inc-’
J^ASHINGTON — At every Cab
inet meeting, President Truman
makes the rounds of all present
and asks if they have anything to
report. At a recent meeting, Stu
art Syming’on, chairman of the
National Security Resources Board,
Bald:
"I think I should tell you, Mr.
President, that the stockpiling pro
gram is a total failure, or almost
s0_due to the inability of the mil
itary and the munitions board to
tell us what strategic materials they
need .
"We have been after them foi
months to tell us,” Symington con
tinued “but, we can’t get the an
swers. And it’s impossible to stock
pile intelligently unless we know
what the military will need for
war.”
As Symington gave further de
tails, Secretary of Defense John
son’s face turned a bright red. The
munitions board is directly under
him. It and the military are sup
posed to decide what strategic ma
terials the nation needs in case of
war; and following their decision
the’ National Security Resources
Board is supposed to acquire them.
Symington’s report caused some
Cabinet members to believe that
4Continued on Pago Pour)
by cannery operators, pointed up
the fact that the 1950 pink salmon
catch has been the lowest in years,
and that no sizeable run is ex
pected at this date.
Rhode said, "An early escape
ment in several districts was con
siderably better than that of 1948,
and may serve the basis of a better
return in 1952.”
Among those taking the lead ill
yesterday's discussion were Nidk
Bez, head of Todd Packing Com- \
panv, P. E. Harris Company and
other fisheries; August Buschmann,
whose companies have operated in
Alaska for hall a century; Jeanice
Welsh, owner-operator of Icy
Straits Salmon Company; Clay
Scudder, formerly of the FWS and
now Alaska Native Service fisheries
official, and Peter Gilmore, Juneau
manager of Alaska Salmon Indus
try, Inc.
Others participating included
Mike Goodman of Whiz Packing
Company; Don Davis of P. E. Har
ris; Art Wolfe, Hood Bay trap
owner; Frank Wright of Pyramid
Fisheries, Sitka; Stanley Tarrant,
Pacific American Fisheries; Mr.
Stockwell of Chatham Straits;
Charles R. Mountjoy and Reinholt
Brust of the ANS; Louis McDonald
of the Territorial Fisheries Depart
ment; Seton Thompson of Wash
ington ,D. C., who heads the FWS
Division of Alaska Fisheries, sever
al members of the regional FWS
staff.
Fishermen had been invited to
the meeting, but they were busy—
fishing!
DRIVE BY CONCERT
ASSN. FOR TICKET
SALES IS STARTED
In the Gold Room of the Baranof
Hotel, 20 enthusiastic members of
the Juneau-Douglas Concert Asso
ciation met Wednesday evening and
planned the 1950-51 membership
drive which has now opened.
The telephone directory for Ju
neau and Douglas has been divided
among those selling and an effort
will be made to contact every per
son in the area.
With artists assured for the sea
son, dates already set, the mem
bers feel that patrons are assured
of a rare musical treat this season.
Opportunity of hearing such out
standing artists as Luigi Silva, cell
ist, in October; Desire Legiti, basso,
and Marcus Gordon, pianist, in De
cember, with outstanding Virginia
Davis, in her "Portrait of Songs” in
March. The season can be looked
forward to with anticipation.
The following members of ttie
association will call or contact each
person in the community: Mes
dames Ernest Gruening, Earl Hun
ter, Jr., Earl Cleveland, Dewey
Baker, Henry Green, Gerald (Jean)
Marsh Henry Harmon, Ted Lupro,
Lee Dunlap, George S'undborg, Opal
Sharman, Bertha Ellinger, Helen
Roff, Edna Heaton Lomen, Carol
Beery Davis, Manuel Diaz, Jake
Cropley, William Reedy, Mildred
Maynard, Rosie Maier, Ethel Mur
phy, Marcilee Jones. And in Doug
las, Mesdames Leigh Grant, Moe
and Wm. Hixson. Tickets will also
be on sale at the Alaska Music
store and Baranof Hotel in Juneau,
also Val Poor’s drug store in Doug
las.
Mrs. John McCormick, member
ship chairman, urged those selling
tickets to stress the fact that the
purcase of a season ticket meant
membership in the association, a
voice in the conduct of the assoc
iation, meant assured concerts with
outstanding artists and that the
budget of the association could be
met and the indebtedness on the
concert piano would be paid off.
Adult tickets are $6—$1.20 tax
and student tickets are $2.50 plus
50 cents tax. Three concerts and
six artists are the results.
The budget this year is $2100 for
artists, $600 rental of theatre, $300
plus interest due on the piano, $400
advertising, tickets, tuning of piano
and miscellaneous expenses. This
amount comes from the price of
the tickets as the tax is paid direct
to the Federal government.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Alaska from Seattle is scheduled
to arrive Sunday afternoon.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver tonight, due Tues
day. B. C. maritime strike ended.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 6 pm. Monday.
Freighter Ring Splice scheduled to
sail from Seattle Sept. 15.
Aleutian from west scheduled
southbound Monday morning.
HOUSING TAKEN UP
BY ANNEXATION AT
CITY COUNCIL MEET
Need for additional housing in
the Juneau area was brought out
at a regular meeting of the City
Council last night when a majority
of the residents of West Juneau
petitioned for annexation to Ju
neau. A 50-unit ^ow-cost housing
project slated for Juneau cannot
be built there unless the area is
part of the City of Juneau, Keith
Wilder of the Alaska Housing Au
thority, pointed out. Clearance
with the Federal government has
already been obtained he said, but
investigations revealed that the
necessary 4Vi-acre tract needed is
not available within the present
city limits. A difficulty to be
ironed out is that the West Juneau
area is in the Douglas Independent
School District. The matter was
referred to City Attorney Howald
Stabler for study.
Other minor matters were pre
sented. A letter was read from the
Alaska Territorial Federation of
Labor requesting retention of rent
controls next year. Fourteen-foot
test holes have been dug on the
library site but no rock encoun
tered. A resolution was passed
which cleared the final legal de
tails for the construction of the
Juneau Memorial Library. The
future site of the Municipal Safety
Building near the waterfront has
been filled in. Harold Foss, archi
tect, presented revised plans for
the new city building which are
to be considered at a future infor
mal meeting of the council.
Specifications were announced
for a new city flat bed dump truck
to be advertized and bids opened
in two weeks for delivery in 90
days. Persons wishing to connect
with city sewers should contact the
city officials so work can be done
before the freeze.
New boundaries for the three
voting precincts were voted on and
will be advertized.
The equalization board is to meet
Sept. 11 through 14.
Judges for elections will be ap
pointed September 15.
The Alaska Electric Light and
Power Co. was authorized to insta'll
25 meters in the small boat har
bor for $2500. Bids will be called
September 11 for digging and back
filling of sewer installations on the
Highlands Drive. A bid of $2,579
was accepted from the Lemon
Creek Sand and Gravel Co. for
street widening on 4th Street from
Seward to Franklin. It was decided
to go forward with a project to
connect two dead-end streets, Dis
tin and 8th Streets.
Stabler reported on a four-day
meeting of Alaska mayors, council
men and city attorneys which he
attended in Anchorage at which
Waino Hendrickson was chosen to
head the board of trustees.
Attention was called to the fact
that some merchants were collect
ing tax for purchases less than 35c
HOLIDAY BREAKFAST
OPENS NEW YEAR FOR
JUNEAU^ TEACHERS
Juneau teachers will start the
1950-51 school year with a get-ac
quainted breakfast at 8:30 o’clock
Monday morning in the Baranof Ho
tel Gold Room.
The party, for which all 47 teach
ers have reservations, will honor the
15 new members of the Juneau
teahing staff.
Miss Rosalind Hermes is chair
man of the committee, assisted by
Miss Margaret Maland and Miss
Avis Aamot.
After the breakfast, all will at
tend a meeting at which School
Superintendent Sterling S. Sears
will preside.
JUNEAU CITY BAND
TO PARADE MONDAY
The Juneau City band will take
part in the American Legion par
ade next Monday, weather per
mitting. All bandsmen, in uniform,
are urged to meet at the Grade
School auditorium at 10:30 o’clock
for a short practice then go to the
front of the Elks Hall from where
the parade will start at 11:30 o’
clock.
This will be the first appearance
of the band since the Fourth of
July and Manager Bill Matheny
requests all bandsmen to report.
WILL FIGHT
RED THREAT
SAYS TRUMAN
U. S. Forces to Be Doubled
-To Step Up Production
-President Gives Talk
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2— M —
President Truman announced last
; night that American fighting power
[ will be doubled to nearly 3,000,000
! men to meet the threat of Com
I munist aggression.
He said in a report to the nation
j that Red gains in Korea had reach
; ed their peak and pedicted the in
! vaders would be crushed.
| But that won’t end the hard work
i and sacrifice ahead, he warned.
; To meet dangers elsewhere, he said,
the U. S. will need large forces
j for a long time:
Inevitably his words pointed to
, such Congressionally unpopular
1 things as greater spending, higher
| taxes and larger draft calls.
J Yet the plan for a broader mobil
ization, announced in a worldwide
I broadcast last night, drew quick
i pledges of Congressional support,
i Mr. Truman said “further increas
! es may be required."
And to “arm ourselves more quick
j ly,” he said, we must step up sharp
! ly production of guns, tanks, planes
i and other military equipment, in
i crease stockpiles of vital materials,
■ expand war production capacity,
work hard and sacrifice, give up
many things we enjoy.
With this program, the President
coupled a warning to Russia against
underestimating American might
the way Hitler and the Japanese
generals did. We have the ability
and resources, he said, and let no
“would-be aggressors" make any mis
take about that.
If aggression were allowed to suc
J ceed in Korea, Mr. Truman said,
j it would be “an open invitation to
! new acts of aggression elsewhere.”
“Korea,” he said, “is the front line
j in the struggle between freedom
| and tyranny.”
i The Red invasion, the President
j said, “has reached its peak,” and
i we now have a “firm base” in South
| Korea with the next job to crush
! the invaders. Our forces and the
i United Nations command, he said,
| are confident that will be done.
I There was an assurance that the
i Korean conflict will not flame into
i a general war—unless "Communist
imperialism” pulls in other armies
| and government.
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NEW AUK LAKE PASTOR.
! FAMILY ON WAY HERE
_
Parishoners of the Chapel-by
I the-Lake, who have been without
a pastor since January, look for
ward to te arrival next week of
the Rev. R. E. McCluggage and his
family.
A brief note to the Rev. Willis
R. Booth, pastor of Northern Light
i Presbyterian Church, said the Rev.
and Mrs. McCluggage and their
three children are driving over the
! Alaska Highway in their station
wagon. They are accompanied by
one of the children’s granmothers—
the Rev. Booth did not know which
one.
The note was mailed from Pueblo,
Colo., where the Rev. McCluggage
has been Presbyterian Sunday
j School missionary for the area.
I The party planned to be in Eu
! monton, Alberta, last Tuesday, and
board the motorvessel Chilkoot at
! Haines next Tuesday.
The Rev. McCluggage will con
duct his first service September 10
in the picturesque Auk Lake church,
which has had lay services since
departure of the Rev. Fred Telecky
in January. He now is pastor ol
Faith Presbyterian Church, An
chorage.
There have been no summer ser
vices.
DR. TRIPODI TO LEAVE
Dr. A. M. Tripodi of the Tacoma
j Veterans Administration office who
has replaced Dr. Henry Harris as
medical officer here during the past
month will leave here tomorrow,
j This is his first trip to Alaska, he
j said and that he has enjoyed the
j beauty of the country.
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FROM PETERSBURG
W. A. Lund of Petersburg is stop
i ping at the Baranof Hotel.
Day of Great Hope—Five Years Ago Today
HOSTILITIES ENDED officially when Gen. MacArthur staged this scene on the Missouri.
WALKOUTS ,
IN NATION !
SCHEDULED!
_ I
Strikes Reported, More
Threatend-Thousands of
Men Idle Over Labor Day
(By Associated Press)
Labor disputes hit hard at some
of the nation’s important segments
of industry today with strikes and
threatened strikes.
In three industries alone—electri
cal, farm implement and W'allpaper
—more than 90,000 workers were
made idle by strikes.
Nearly 23,000 CIO workers at Gen
eral Electric Co., in New York and
Massachusetts plants already are
on strike and 35,000 are scheduled
to quit work Tuesday in plants
across the country.
The CIO International Union of
Electrical Workers (IUE), which
has nearly 60,000 members in 51
GE plants in 25 cities, called the
Tuesday walkout in a dispute over
pay and pensions.
The current walkouts at Lynn and
Everett, Mass., and Syracuse, N. Y.,
has cut production of jet engines,
aircraft instruments, television tub
es and other equipment, some class
ified for military use. The threaten
ed walkout will hit the 400 workers,
at the Atomic Energy plant that GE j
runs for the government at Schen- |
nectady, N. Y. i
More than 60,000 farm equipment |
workers are on strike, including,
nearly 50,000 at 19 International j
Harvester Company plants. Two un
ions are involved, the CIO United |
Auto Workers and the Farm Equip- 1
ment-United Electrical Union. They I
are negotiating separately in a wage
dispute. j
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BOAT BEACHED: NO DAMAGE j
Lester BJorge’s troller 31A696 was
(rounded on a sandbar near Tread
well at midnight. A U. S. Coast
Guard vessel stood by until it was
refloated. There was no apparent
damage ,the Coast Guard head
quarters reported.
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• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
» In Juneau—Maximum, 56; •
• minimum, 51. •
» At Airport—Maximum, 55; •
• minimum, 50. •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Increasing cloudiness 10" •
• night, and rain Sunday; •
» partly cloudy Monday. Lowest •
• temperature tonight, about 50 •
• highest temperature Sunday, •
• about 58. •
•
» PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau—One inch; •
• since Sept. 1—1.27 inches; •
• since July 1—16.60 inches. •
• At Airport—.71 inches. •
• since Sept. 1—One inch; •
• since July 1—13 inches. •
• ••••••••••
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OBSERVE SCHOOL !
CROSSINGS URGED '
BY POLICE CHIEF
Starting Tuesday, September 5,
the "Stop” at the school crossing |
in the Waynor Tract will be strictly |
enforced, according to Frank D. I
Cavanaugh, assistant Chief of Po
lice.
"Let’s cooperate by observing all
school zones and crossings. A
thoughtless motorist can mean a
child s life. The few seconds saved
is not worth a life time of regret.
Think about it. It could be your
child. Observe all school zones and
crossings during school hours,” said
Cavanaugh.
Thordis Larsen Is
Bride of Mr. Cash
In Keithahn Home
Miss Thordis Larsen became the
bride of Mr. Gene Cash last eve
ning in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward L. Keithahn, the Rev. G.
Herbert Hillerman officiating in a
candle-light setting of red and
white gladiolus and greenery.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Larsen, flew here from Palouse,
Wash., for the wedding, and her
father gave Miss Larsen in mar
riage. The bride's gown, of white
lace over taffeta, was fashioned
w'ith fitted bodice, a scalloped ber
tha collar and ballerina, and she
wore white lace mitts. Her flowers
were a coronet of stephanotis and
a Colonial bouquet of white roses
and stephanotis.
The only bridal attendant was
Miss June Eliason, who wore a sim
ilarly styled frock in red lace, a
white stock coronet, and carried red
roses and white stock.
Mr. Cash’s best man was Mr.
William Gilmore, and Mr. Wilbert
Kivland served as usher.
About 60 guests attended the
marriage service and w’edding re- •
ception, at which assistants were
VIesdames Floyd Fagerson, Linn A
yorrest, Tom Parke, and Pat Grove
md Misses Mary Lou Fagerson,
Lois Smith, Betty Hammond, Olive
Vfontel and Virginia MacLean. Miss
Lou Keithahn was in charge ot
he gifts and Miss Ruth Rogall took
■are of the guest book.
Following a short honeymoon trip
if undisclosed origin, Mr. and Mrs.
Cash will make their home in An
chorage where they have been
transferred by the Alaska Road
Commission.
STORES AND OFFICES
TO CLOSE FOR LONG
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
With Monday a legal holiday,
all stores, Federal, territorial and
city offices will be closed, in fact
business will be suspended except
for restaurants and lounge buffets.
NEMA ELLIS ARRIVES
Mrs. Nema Ellis of Anchorage is
here to attend the Legion Conven
tion. She is stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
Excursion
Trains in
Big Crash
Five Are Known Dead,
Maybe More-Eighty Re
ported as Passengers
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 2—UP—Two
interurban excursian trains, carry
ing 80 model railroad fans each, col
lided head-on today. An Associated
Press staff reporter counted l'ivf
dead as they were removed from the
wreckage and said “there arc more.'
The forward car of one train
telescoped into the first car of the
other, trapping many of the pas
sengers. The second cars of both
trains remained upright on the
tracks.
Both trains, operated by the Mil
waukee Speedrail Co., were excursion
specials arranged by members of the
National Model Railroad Associa
tion which opened its annual con
vention here today.
The Association had arranged pic
ture-taking roundtrips between Mil
waukee andHales Corners for con
vention delegates. One of the trains
was northbound on its way back to
waukee and Hales Corners for con
route to the suburban community.
They were traveling a single track.
The crash occurred about nine
miles from downtown Milwaukee on
a straight stretch of track. There
was no immediate cause given.
Nine ambulances answered the
first call from the Milwaukee sher
iff’s department and others respond
ed as the Jijured. estimated as high
as 50 persons, sped back and forth
between Milwaukee County General
Hospital and the scene. The hospi
tal is only a few miles away.
Cutting tools were rushed to the
scene to heip remove trapped per
sons from the wreckage.
Rita Haas Honored
At Bridal Shower
Miss Rita Haas, bride-elect, was
honored last evening at a miscellan
eous shower by Miss Rosemary Doo
gan and Mrs. Ethel Whyte, in the
Doogan home.
The honor guest, who is the
daughter of Mrs. Lillian Haas of
Dubuque, Iowa, plans her mar
riage to Mr. James D. Ray at a
morning ceremony September 22 in |
the Catholic Church of the Nativ
ity.
Her fiance is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ray of Delavan, Wis.
Both have been in Juneau for
several years. Miss Haas is with the
Department of Taxation, and Mr
Ray is employed by Parsons Electric ]
Company. He formerly was with the j
Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Guests at last night's party were
Mesdames Maurice Haas, Melvin
White, Lowell Trump, Elmer Jones, ■
George Gullufsen, Jr.; Arthur Sug
orsky, Gail Carver, Gene Mitchell
and Gordon Burnett, and Misses Ag
nes Dobner, Jo Troutwine, Mary
Lou Mix, Rosie Maier and Ann
Smith.
THREE-DAY
OFFENSIVE
IS BLUNTED
Lost Positions Reported
Regained by Americans
Red Losses Are Heavy
(By Associated Press)
United Nations forces seized the
initiative along the 120-mile blaz
ing Korean front today in an ef
fort to blunt and turn back a Com
munist three-day offensive aimed
at seizing Taegu and Pusan.
In the south, the American 26th
Division sent two North Korean
divisions reeling back across the
Nam River counting a toll of 10
000 Red casualties.
A divisional briefing officer said
'the 25th Division has generally re
occupied all former positions held
when the enemy launched his of
fensive.”
Farther north, the U. S. Second
Division drove into blazing Young
>an and pushed the Communists
Jack another mile west of the city
This is where the Reds made their
deepest penetration in their major
offensive aimed at Taegu, anchor
of Allied defense. Three strategic
hills were recaptured from the Reds
in the Waegwan sector and South
Koreans reported the Communists
were retreating north of Pohang,
vital east coast port.
New Power Blow
The Communists, however, were ‘
preparing for another big power
alow at Taegu. They were report
ed massing tanks and men near
Yongsan, where they had made an
eight mile bulge in the Allied lin<
m the Naktong River.
The Red thrust near Yongsan still
eft exposed the right flank of the
J5th Division. This dent in the Se
cond Division line was a real danger
out field dispatches said the divis
■on’s counterattacks apparently
have broken the North Korean
imash eastward. The central and
•outhern sectors of the division front
made contact late Saturday and
joined firmly. They had been split
m the three-day Red offensive.
Battle Scene Changes
While field dispatches described
-he battle scene as swiftly changi
ng and at times confused, Gen.
MacArthur's headquarters clamped
1 strong ban on identification of
troops. The order came after one of
MacArthur's Intelligence officers id
entified 12 Red divisions—120,001
troops—along the Allied perimeter
A directive said the order ap
plied to both United Nations and
North Korean troops and was ‘■en
tirely a matter of present secruitj
and not because of any reverses.’
Air Power in Battle
Lt. Gen. George C. Stratemeyei
-oday threw the full weight of A1
lied air power into the battle W
hold the Korean bridgehead. The
American commander sent mighty
B-29s into direct tactical support
of ground forces. The planes ham
mered at enemy concentrations at
Bumchon, kochang and Chinju.
Fighters and light bombers swept in
from bases on Japan in close sup
port of ground troops. Enemy cas
ualties were heavy- and B-29 crews
reported their pin-point bombing
of Red forces had ‘‘excellent results.”
Gets 10 Years
After Admitting
Theft of Auto
YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 2—of)—
Mayburn W. Bringle Just couldn’t
seem to sell a 1949 model sedan to
Bremerton used car dealers. He
talked and talked and finally low
ered the price to $200.
No soap. The third dealer called
the police who held Bringle for
Yakima authorities. He had told
the dealer:
“It's stolen, but you can get a
new title to it.”
The judge did the talking in
Superior Court yesterday. He as
sessed Bringle not more than 10
years in the penitentiary for auto
theft.
BOY FOR REYNOLDSONS
An eight-pound eleven-ounce boy
was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Rey
noldson yesterday afternoon at St.
Ann’s Hospital.