Show Woman Mayor of Washington Town Called Dictator Defies Recall Br UT Associated Press ISSAQUAH Wash July 22 Her 22 Her honor the mayor Mrs Stella Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander defied the attempts of her opponents op op- today to recall her from of- of Lice ice Her opponents described Issaquah's Issaquah's Issa Issa- quah's first woman mayor maor as a dictator dic die ator Recall proceedings were instituted as the outgrowth of a turbulent council coun m cil dil meeting from which Councilman Charles T. T McQuade was ousted by Mrs Alexander who threatened him with an upraised chair The real issue is whether we elected elected elect elect- ed her mayor or dictator McQuade said We Wc thought we elected her mayor but she thinks she's the dictator dicta tor tar and is trying trIng to run the whole show ow All the trouble said Mrs Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander came from her cleaning up the town When I took office in June 1932 she said the town was inthe inthe in inthe the red Today we haven't a single warrant outstanding At the council meeting Mrs Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander also summarily dismissed Town Marshal Paul J. J Tenry and appointed his successor She announced she expected ex cx- to call in the county sheriff sheri f fand and his deputies at the next meeting The recall petition bore signatures signatures signa signa- tures double the number needed Her husband a British subject believes believes believes be be- shell make Issaquah one of the finest little towns in the world if It they'll theU just leave her alone |