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MP. LYONS NAMED 0N NINE (l0liNI'nlli1is Representative Richard J. Lyon's of Mundelein, has been appointed to nine committees by Speaker Richard Shan- ahan including the chairmanship of the house committee on congressional apportionment, according to reports from Springfield. Gets Several Important AP oint-l Independents and other "rsidents ments in Legislative (fr- of Benton .township began me'asures ganization List last week to void the efforts of the -- Board of supervisors to declare Zion The chairmanship is considered one of the most important to be given out by the speaker and it seldom goes to a second termer, especially in view of the fact that congress has ordered the creation of two new congressionnl districts and the abandonment of the two congressmen-at-large. The task will be accomplished within the next two years in the opinion of Lyons. Other Committees Other committees on which the Luke county representative was given a place were appropriations, banks and buildings and building and loan ussoeiations, charities and corrections, civil service, industrial "airs, roads and bridges, public utilities and trans- purtatiom Representative William M. Carroll, of Woodstock, was appointed to the Committees on agriculture, congres- sional apportionment, conservation, fish and game, farm drainage, insur- ance, judiciary, roads and bridges and uniform laws. ‘ Representative Thomas A. Bolger, uf McHenry, the only democrat from the district, was placed on the com- itteés of agriculture, congressional apportionment, conservation, fish and game, education and revenue. No Chance for Armory in Waukegan Just Now; Governor Wields Ax Any hoped that Waukegan may have had for the construction of a new armory were dispelled last wtrtk when Gov. Louis L. Emmerson emphatically announced that he would stand for no armory appropriation during the present session of the legislature. Should the legislature act enntrary to thetovernor's wishes and pass any of these measures up to him, a cer- tain veto awaits them, he states. T Rep. Richard J. Lyons of Munde- lein a few weeks ago introduced a bill in the house culling for an ap- propriation of $250,000 for the con- struction of. a new armory in Wau- kegan. Several similar bills were also introduced by representatives seek- ing armories for three or four other cities. Thursday. Feb. 12, 1931 Flat refusal of Gov. Emmerson to approve any appropriations for such jobs means the death of the Wauke. Can plan for at least two more years. Even though the legislature passes an appropriation for such a purpose, it can hardly muster enough strength Rep. Lyons pointed to the need of the state projects as a means of re- lieving unemployment in Waukegan. to pass it isvtr tht gpvernorjs veto. Regarding the wheel tax, the gov- ernor has let it be known that he is opposed to a three-way division which would give the cities one cent out of the three. . . Benton Residents to Fight Zion Township Organization, Report a separate township. The Rev. Thomas Nelson urged that court pro- ceedings be started to restore the township. Attorney James G. Welch of Wau- Kegan, who talked before the group. was retained as counsel to represent them. Attorney John R. Bills, of Waukegan, was also a speaker at the gathering. Reward Is Offered in Taxi Driver's Murder; Authorities Puzzled A move for a Lon and Winthrop Harbor high school was begun. Pars ents protested the expense of send- ing their children to the high school in Waukegan township, declaring that the monthly fare was $9 from Winthrop Harbor and $7 from Zion. In hopes of breaking the impasse that has thwarted the solution of the murder of Ewing Cambridge, Watt- Kegan taxicab driver,.fotmd dead in Washington Park in that city, Feb. l, with n bullet in his chest, a re- ward of $l,000 was offered last week by States Attorney A..V. Smith. The money will be spent for infor- mation that will lead to substantial evidence, and for tips that could be construed arvaluable to the case, and for the arrest and conviction of the boi. and $7 from Zion., T Offered in 1 ff" '3 iver's Murder; 2 \/ ithorities Puzzled) m T A THE PRESS murderer as well, Col. Smith pointed out. The money w" paced with the approval of embers of the county, board of supervisors, The main hunt is for the Int pu- songer seen to enter the Cambridge cab at 11:55 o'clock Saturday night. While three men, Peter Dointoski, H. B. Frankin and Otto Grimm - this fellow and (mild give a good de- scription of him, nothing was Been of the man later. 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