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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-06-24
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Prosecuting Attorney Christie
Did Right Thing In Welch

Prosecuting Attorney Samuel
Christie. living now in WEIGH
or whose head office is in that
city, was in Keystone the other
night, on t h e streets, meeting,
and talking to and shaking
hands with his many friends.
We now recall the gallant
thing he did in connection with
a very regretful incident in con-
nection with the recent election
in WEIGH, charges had been pre-
ferred against one of the most
outstanding, reliable, trust
worthy cofored men and .colored
women accusing them of viola
ton of SO m e slight phase Of
the election law. The defendants
was brought before the Justice
of the peace Hon. Lockhart, and
after reviewing the evidence,
finding nothing in it and finding
that the very best white and
colored people were frowning
down on such infnitesimall stuff
as h a t Prosecuting Attorney
Christie recommended to the
Justice that there was not by 2
milestone the slightest reason
for such apprehension and that
he wanted, it known that the
policy Of his as he understood
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AlgOma Coal Company In Full
Blast; Operation Republican

The Algoma Coal and Coke
company has taken on new life
and new light is dawning on at
the door of each camp. Men
are at work plentifully and
smiles are being worn on every
face these days. The manage
ment, composed Of the Hon.
William (BilD Beury, General
Manager; Superintendent }. j.
Huddleston, and that ever-awake
+. G. Wygal treasurer and office
director, are all happy as larks.
They have Il strong organization.
The employees have Il high re-
gard for their employers and
politically it m ay be set down
once for all that Democrats are
scarce on this operation. r n &
registration is remarkably Re
publican and complaints against
the Democratic hard times are
being sounded from every side
of the road Democratic white
men are swearing vengeance
against t h g New Deal. Labor
unions are declaring they never
at any one time b lev d that
times would show up so ugly on
the rough HEle Of the ledger.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-06-24
c. w. RICE WINS SECOND
VICTORY IN LEGAL TILT
WITH MEDIATION BOARD
Labor Leader Wins Suit to Stop
Qualification of Brotherhood
of Carmen as Sole Bargaining
Agency; AFL Intcrvcnes

Washington, ID. c., &C. w.
Rice, Houston, Texas, labor lead
er, won another victory in his
suit tostop the National Media
ton Board from certifying the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
as the bargaining agency for
the coach cleaners in Texas and
Pacific railroad, when the court
OF the District of Columbia
granted his lawyers their motion
to take dispositions from persons
voting in the coach cleaners cleo
tion and had the case continued
until October 10. The National
Mediation Board and the ALL
9ppesea the rsrnCtions cnS,stht
'kfounn TIN a t.; dispositions weif
jrrevelant and the case should
be called for trial. '
The suit is an outgrowth of
an election held by the National
Mediation Board last December
to determine the choice of repre-
sentation of the coach cleaners
employed on the Texas and
Continued on Page TwO)
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OBERLIN COLLEGE CELEBRATES l5Oth COMMENCEMENT
Day; Keystones Young Daughter
Bachelor OF Arts Degree

cult Court of Appeals, Cleve-
land Joseph Bartlett Eastman,
,Federab CeOrdise4oF of Trans
portatipBgUandsa Sehen Dickip-
son, pasproOf tha Congregations
al thllTGb,nCastslia, Ohio. 81
In thsESsniopICass of the Cola
legBG bfnAbts and Sciences was
AnAh' Vivian Brown, daughtgr
of DFL and Mrs. J. f.. Brown, of
Keystone, West Virginia, Miss
Brown received the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, having major
ed id1 Sociology, and taken IA
d0nblk minor in Bible and Ger
nn6r1 o. -
i2oJR1h ong the outstanding
rAlnfirti back for the reahioh1ysas
DdEtOt rR. Nathaniel Dett, 9bpsl
most Negro composer who 1874
tthsd kauagfHgq elssseibRsI9Oe
fxbHt OberliTDO1 SssI 40 b7n1i'"
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Dressing Room
Scene of Joy
Overflow Crowd of Followers The & h a m u Did II.
Only Had To Throw Thr Punches" Saws joe Not
Least Doubt Is Great Fighter

New York, June 22. - Joe
Louis laughed loud and long in
his dressing room tonight when
an admirer shouted: 80 hey
don't come back, en- Joe?
Il got what the folks call re-
v,nge - and how" said the
brow bombing heavyweight
after his sensational onr-round
knockout of Max Schmcling in
the Yankee stadium.
II h al to throw only three
good punches to get him." Joe
said. IL shook him up a bit
with left that was right hard.
but the body punch that came
right afterwards was the one
that started him down the hill.
Then IL right to the jaw did the
work.
MAX hit me only ona good
punch. That was a right when
was backing away, but it didn't
hurt me none"
Told that Schmeling claimed
The body punch Joe, referred to
was. in, the region of the left
kindey and low, the champion
retorted: "Shucks, that was
body lick and not low one, at
that. IT was good punch"
will you give him another
fight, Joe?" He was asked.
What for?" Grinned the big
Negro, then added: IL feel sure
better about being champion
since | got even with him"
Two doors down the corridor, a
beaten and disappointed German
who had hoped to become the
first man in history to win the
heavyweight title twice, took his
trimming in his usual stolid
fashion. "He hat licked me and
now no home" he said. "but |
come back and lick him again;
you watch and see?
Max said Joe popped him
couple Of good rights and lefts
(most of the experts agreed it
was nearer a dozen), then shot
II stiff ripht ON the left kidney
W h &c h left the German partly
parlvZed.
"My mind was clear, but I
couldn't move" he said. 1T was
right on the kidney"
Referee Donovan said it must
hav" been a murderous blow for
he heard Max Scream w h en- it
hit him. Those at the ringside
could see the German grimace.
Il am not quitting" Max
promised 81 want another bout
and this time it will be differ
emit" said the German.
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ALWAYS READY CLUB
HOLDS INPERESTING MEET

. Sunday az the Presbyterian
church there was meeting of
Always Ready club recently or
ganiZed am4an number of
men and one (which has been in
creasing in membership by leaps
and bounds. The ATTENDANCE was
large and THOSE present tbqk an
active intefest in everything
that tends t6opresent a Coming
public administration inhtHe near
futile 4 BiiS viii BE- 6bR IT. time
IbHgiI IT, 10 remh9d ydthto look
f8fd'sohnetRmR thaF 3aay Five
pS4ayureiM tHi9 ah% Arfoqhd-
IfhS sdCoHRi6Mtie8,u e"yuggest
V You look out. ~ y
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be, however, a small fee for
room and board. 1t is the desire
of the college that all miners
will plan. to attend at least one
day, and q representative num-
her from e q ch section of the
state. is anticipated.
: "A brief outline of the course
10. as follows: Care of minor
Wounds, control of bleeding,
Ute saving and resuscitation, the
Importance of first aid, treat
Ment for. shock, and lectures by
FEDERAL and State Mining Off
cials. Certificates will be award
ed for those who complete the
course. For further information
write L. A. Toney, Director of
Extension, or u. G.. Carter, head
of the mining extension service.
Carter, it is to be recalled, is a
local man who taught mining
education for a number of years
in the Kimball high school, and
now a faculty member of t h e
West Virginia State college.
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pioneer ssts5esS a Sasi3 owaiI
county land -arJSetsrann OF tie
. ~tconasnnsdI oalFfss youSj -


T The Negro miner win have an
opportunity, TO attend &. fifSt
short course In coal mining edit
|eatfo6 at Weat. ,Yitginia State
collage {roTp Jlne, ITO .Julv &
L it: ~ Vkpscted Stk&taa LARGE
tend lids :fiketI eo1Tsse Il, ft''f coal
mining sh9catioH u their Own
state . college Th6 Extension
,9efvice .!of !. Ehs- WSst,' XirsiRia
Iskate college ..is ipskfng. every
ekorf, to Help 1irPtogs TIE sffi-
cheney Of the Negro. miner. and
Isl making an o its facilities
available to improve Negro
miners thFou4oHt the state. The
president of the college has been
for a number of years interested
In the development Of the newly
fcreated extension service Of his
institution to benefit industrial
and agricultural workers through
out the state.
Anyone Is eligible to enroll.
The tuition is free. There, will
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Wl&&7H#T"s ~

Oberlin, OhhO, June 1AsCWith
President Efhest HatcbFNilkins
presiding, 0berlin college csls-
.brated 36S otnsslmndredtsa8 fsbhh
S9mmendemenn today; Dnf Alan
Valentine, 7kbirty-four tT6ar mid
president or the UnWaTAty Of
.RochesteU9 delivered tho e0at-
-EIencemeut address to three
hundred forty-one candidates
Tor degrees from the college Of
liberal arts. and the conserve
tory Of music. .yItt
'IdI0beElin rt@G&V dds hoRor ito
fosn pbopladysh0 hAvOrhEhte9ed
Observation-Disclosures chPaAni haldsI
4Ennefsrg degrees went to ORA
,GAEtIaIfi oROdzlntli, cortauctor5Of
bh er Cleveland I,SVgtphOny , On,
|ebestra o. NdHeiiBl dnc@ 6 Allen,
Judge O61hB iIAd Id nAAtSsIChS
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Wings Over Jordan

wings Over Jordanf is the
title Of Sunday morning broad
cast of Jubilee melodies origin
ated by Rev. Suite, a Negro
Baptist clergyman Of Cleveland,
Ohio, and maintained by the
Columbia Hroadcasting Com
pany for.the Negroes of America
My only knowledge of DR..
Suite is derived from; his re-
lation to this broadcast. I am
thoroughly convinced, however,
that he is . man Of sound inteli-
gence, deep-seAted piety and of
earnest conservation and devo-
tation to the welfare of his race.
His conduct Of the Sunday morn
ing program is characterized by
a reveraht and devout spirit
which Is deeper than the require
nent Of q, broadcast program.
One m q st ALEC admire, his re-
seircefulnesb In .devisinx such
n spiritual ptarps;se ~ wen IS
HIS peyspat iSens Ia fisaaeiiiSu
Sh6 E0IHmhis Bkead II :Sys
stem 20 support and maintain
it and the executive aptnsss with
which he directs the proceedings.
The radio is being universally
utilized as a Sunday morning
medium Of worship before tn {
regular church services begin
late on. The air is made reson-
ant with the radio matinee pro
claiming Lord in the Mornings
Thou Shalt Hear My Voice AS
csnding High" Had the psalmist
been acquainted, with the mys4
teries- OF modern science he
doubtless would have added AM:
ether instrument to his orches..
TIA, and we, would have HesTr
called upon TO Include the radio
as On instrnnaeBt Of praise along
with the sound of the trumpet,
IL c0ntinuady on PsKa {ope) +,
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Ado!phus Young Graduates

AdolphuS Young, nephew of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Wade, and
who has b"en cared for and
schoolcd by them. graduated
June 17th from the TUITION
Zones School Of Embalmihg in
Nashville, Tenn. -
The term is nine mohths.
Adolphus entered in October.
1897 and graduated June 18th
with an average Of % per cent.
We feel very proud of Adolphus,
his first and biggest day afte
being born was when he gradu-
ated from Key-Eck Jr. Hi. His
next big day was graduating
frem BtUwns Greek District
High School at Kimbail, and his
laSp big NAy, SO 'far,, Vas, June
1TtAg A9fSiphuS igSteady now
!to, lsH4N1is All ddf eff8fts have
iif vain. God AdoF
+Ihk book HbdI III 20 eif'd
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cQMMUNf1T, THEATRE

Saturday night at II o'clock
it was our pleasure to witness
an all-colored cast Western show
Those who saw it,. to be fair,
must say 1t was good. The acting
good, the singing par excellence.
Shakespeare's Puck had no
thing on the comedians, in fact
he could have been given points.
The order was the best. Mr..
Rogers Is to be compaimented
in the line Of pictures he dis
plays as well as the manage
ment generally, and it's courtesy
to the public.
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ChiIdFen'S Day Program

Last Saturday, June 10th, as
we all know, was celebrated as
Fathers Day. In connection
with this at the Presbyterian
church quitst = nice Children's
Day program was had, Among
the events that merit special
mention ceuId;bf nIentl0Red the
solo, by Mite Mary Alice Wit
chez snd TIE IHv9estion BY Mary
McLemofe. 49, Il
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-06-24
(From Welch Daily News.)


West Virginia was seventy
five years old June goth.
Born rs years ago to s t a e.
hood m on g the throes of the
war between the states, it's popu-
dation small, i is resources un-
known, its people impoverished,
its situation precarious fir o m
every standpoint, West Virgil
MAS progress has been rapid,
its prosperity substantial.
Materially, West Virginia is
one of the richest states in the
Union, with immense resources
of coal, oil gas and timber, and
with a combination of soil and
climate that makes for great
agricultural possibilities.
Commercially, it has m d e
rapid progress, its territory lac
ed by numerous railroads, it g
streams navigable for many
miles, it's industries among the
leaders of the world; it's. people
Industrious, enterprising and
progressive.
Climatically, it's great reach
from South to North, together
with it's approximately four
fifths of a mile difference in alti-
tude, endows it with a variation
that is equaled by few other
states-truly an Aforementioned
climate. 80 \.
The youngest state east 81 ina
Mississippi river; it has the
pep and enthuiasm Of youth.
Yet, as offspring of Americas
oldest colony, it has many of the
traditions and much of the his
toric backgrounds of the Old
Dominion.
And so June 20 West Virginia
celebrates with pride the rio h
achievements Of seventy-five
years.
On this occasion, let's pro-
pose a toast to West Virginia,
first offered about 80 years ago
by a West Virginia artist - H.
L. Thompson, of Charleston:> =
Here's to the land of laurel and
pine, - "
Where men are strong and ,wo-
men divine,
Where crystal stream and noun
tain peak 1850.
Reflect their tint in many q
cheek,
Where honor and truth make
great,
West Virginia - the Mountain
State.
dTTDnNnUnHy
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The RIRhttMan

At last, the Rspablican Nd
tiOnal committee hsS got itselfq
director Of pubhchPd twhoIqlts
the title like the freBeBes on, Ahb
wall. IT, has been aClong,dfm
since the committee has hsd Aone
like that. He is RrAnklyn Wik-
man, the local Posts star man;
indeed, a whole constellation
within himself. It must have
been a Jolt to the Post and the
committee must have bid 30
high, ib0eouldn't m ee,t It and
Mailman couldn't turn It down.
He devel0ped hiS talents on the
Batirhoge,Sun from 1922 TO 1888
when tia Post gCSs lucky enough
ia get AinLi Hes 3kioyears to ~
before bseIsafbegsAis. paAlDEpBY
b, yopGontinued on Page FOuEliI1edt
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KeystOne's Streets Being Fixed

The state road commission Is
getting right down to business
now and the. street work long
since promised and which, has
beep Figidly pushed is still show
ing encouraging signs Of getting
somewhere.
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Many Happy Re-
turns West virginia..

the spirit of the law always
meant that the duty of the pro-
secution was as much mandatory
on exhoneration as was for con-
viction ~ especially when there
was no proof Of any fraudulent
intent.
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aHs, aSs IL sAy w
Ell IN TO POST

Hobart p. F. Y, one of the
very few ,aatis orn residents
Of Welch spds of the out
standing Rep9 IN leaders in
this section, nnourced his
candidacy for lection to the
Office Of cirr1 elerk Of Nc
|Dowell county3 ject to nomi-
nation by the plfcan p arty
at the August primary. Mr..
Payne 10 the f candidate to
file for Office H. De Republican
party, and ID eifp tied to be un-
opposed for The Zee of circuit
clerk in the PR BY. :
= The record q hat MIR. Payne
has achieved d1xfHg his IL years
In this office iaS63e of the most
noteworthy-in g. state, accord
ing to many httornies and
others who seel Goods and files
in the circuit dtf s office. The
efficiency and q tnience Of the
indexing .systA which PAYNE
employs: assure Nat every D.
erd ~ill be Up the minute 81
all times !. -,
> Not once dor his term OF
office, which bed Fin 1927, :haFeA
the ;audits Of th ircuit clerk res
cords shown AIay ing otRef than
aeon EaIcvr n trS<&RSH-sS "a stv.TL.,,
through Mr.. IS yehss ofs
experiences I'M eapAcikyt. I'M
adhttiosis n has ~, sthfe that
k AaAi sSk8ed 81 kblig E 80
{Althfully Ssfd b soSt}
: ~ 9
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MAILMAN NEW PUBEICtYI
HEAD OF REPUBLE ANS
Washington Post C0lumnist APP
pointed Director as National
Committee Charts New Acti-
vities

Washington, June 21.-Frank-
Ign Mailman. chief of the nation
al news staff and political
columnist of Washington Post;
a Washington newspaper man
with long experience in governt
ment affairs, was named direc.
tor Of publicity for the National
Republican Committee today,
His appointment to q post where
he will. match wits with Charles
Nicholson, the Democrats publicc
city mentor. was taken to repre-
sent a program Of new activity
in the Republican command. :
"Mr. Mailman will bring to.
the Republican national head!
quarters the fine talent and capae
city for work with which he Has
served during the last fifteen
years two Of the couptry'S great:
newspapers, the Baltimore Sun.
and The Washington Post, john
Hamilton, Republican National
committee chairman, declared ipt
q statement. "Just tliirty-five]
years Did, he becomes snothert
Of t ne many aggressive youngl
men who in recent years have,
entered the councils Of the Res
publican party because OF their
deep conviction t hst The M
Deal Is de8fT6yinR the AfnsEiekii
fystem Of free lsIi EaSi 8
Aez9E
Tor =
! '.Those Yamfi mar VT NJ q
mans NEWSPAPER. work, pad iSui- (
hrly during the last year, besdI
not be. Informed of his, ability.
They know him to be q clear
minded, painstaking and VigoY-
GUS writer, well Yersed In politics
p n d national affairs, respected
not only by the newspaper pro.
fession but by a IL having com /
tact wi t h him, irrespective of
party. His factual analysis oil
the Supreme Court 'packinR,a
bill was an outstanding Journal
istie aehieVefnent Of last yeart
and that W'o Tfk, ! by sroubisfRI
public sentiment, - Contributed +
materially to the defeat Of Rooes-
y4lt's dan9srous proposal. 9 ~
PUHder Mr, WaltMaii's difec-
tiph' the publicity tli@ision 81 the
Republic8n, y atdinalf Committee
will be re6rganized and feyttRl-
lied In order that the lninorityl
party may more effectively full |
fill its function as an intelligent,
alert opposition which is essen.
tisl to the preservation of ourI
system Of government, especial
ly at this time"
For his reporting to the Sun
on the work of the Forbes Com
mission in Haiti in 1880 Mr..
Waltman won the 1000 Pug
sley journalist award.
On the Washington Post he
has been writing q column, poll
tics and People" Mr.. Waltman
wrote for the Post the chief
news stories from both national
political conventions in 1886, He
also has been a radio news COM
mentator. He Is a member Of
the Gridiron Club.
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WILDLdFE ACRES In
u. S. TOTAL NEARLY
EIGHT MILLION NOW

WASHINGTON, June %. (UP1
Wildlife sanctuaries in the United
States have been nearly doubled
in extent during the last two
years, the Interior Department re-
ports, and now total 7,951,937
acres.
Another 4,064,104 acres have
been set aside in Alaska, bringing
the grand total to approximately
100000 acres.
The 969,000-acre Desert Game
Range in Nevada and the 1,033,-
647-acre Fort Peck Game Range
in Montana are the two largest
feeding and breeding grounds for
wild animals created since 1886.
An antelope refuge of $4,000
acres in the Hart Mountain region
of Oregon also was established.
Scattered from corner to corner
of the country, 30 migratory bird
and waterfowl refugees were ere
ated, the largest of which is the
Sabine Refuge in Louisiana, con-
tanning l43,110 acres.
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BIC WILLOW

BIG WILLOW, June 22.-Miss
Thelma Drake and Hall Drake
visited Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Orr
Sunday.
Marvin Higgins, Robert Bell,
Foulds Drake and Senell Higgins
are employed at Brevard for this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Higgins
spent Sunday with their daughter,
Mrs. Robert Cole, at Campobell0,
S. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hix Summey of
Indian Cave Park spent Sunday
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey fitzpatrick
spent Thursday night with the for
mer's mother, Mrs. Luther Kilpat.
rick, of Bowman's Bluff.
Mrs. F. M. Higgins and Mrs.
Senell Higgins visited Mr.. and
Mrs. T. A. Drake last Tuesday
night.
Max Drake called on Hall and
Newell Drake last Tuesday night.
Mrs. J. V. Blythe is spending q
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Foulds Drake.
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BEREA

BEREA, June 22.--Mr. Newell
Saltz and family, Mr.. James King
and family and Lock Saltz visited
Mr.. Cling Capps at Swannanoa
Sunday.
Mr.. illus King visited his mota-
er at Tuxedo Sunday.
Mrs. Jane Pace visited Mr.. L.
V. Sentell at Hendersonville.
Iron Camp visited his brother.
RATE Camp, on the McCabe place
Sunday.
Mrs. Rosa Capps visited at Mr..
Ernest Bane's recently.
Mr.. L. C. Pearson was a dinner
guest of Mr.. Harry Camp Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Capps, who has
been i'll. is much improved.
Mr.. Volnie Pace, who is vet
eran. was at Asheville for a SOL
diers' meeting Sunday.
Bub Camp made a business trip
to this section last week.
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Small Maine Area
Wants In Canada

OTTAWA. Ont. June %. (UP)
Residents of Estcourt, small set
Element on the Maine-Quebec bor-
der, caused CONSERVATION in the
house of commons when they pre-
sented a petition requesting an
nexation by Canada. 1t was placed
on file and probably will be rele-
gated to the archives.
The settlement, which covers
an area of approximately five
square miles. is just over the in
ternational boundary at the most
northerly tip of the state of
Maine.
The residents are Of French
Canadian extraction and the ma
jority still retain their Canadian
citizenship. They have farms,
some of which straddle the inter-
national border although all the
residences are in United States
territory.
COMMUNITY is ISOLATED
The settlement is isolated from
the rest of the state by forest
between 80 and IS miles wide
through which there is no trans
portation communications. Lack
of shipping facilities have forced
the farmers in the region to seek
markets for their products on the
Canadian side.
International shipments involve
payments of customs duties, the
petition said. and supplies. too,
must be purchased in Canada
which necessitated payment of
duties to both the American and
Canadian governments.
The petition asked the Cana
dian government to seek permits
sion from the United States
government to annex the COM
munity and incorporate it into
the province of Quebec. Annexa-
ton proceedings. government Of
fcials said. would require chang
ing of an international boundary
which could only be accomplished
through an international treaty.
SCHOOL QUESTION RAISED
The annexation would be no
loss to the, United States, the pc
tition said, but would enable the
residents to send their children to
Canadian schools and permit the
Quebec government to levy school
taxes.
Under the present arrangement
there is no municipal organization
in Escourt and schools to educate
the children are not available on
the American side of the line.
State department officials adj
vised the settlers the only solu-