Petition of Gani

PORTERIE, District Judge.

The petitioner for naturalization, Robert Gani, is a native of Syria, 58 years of age. He has resided in the United States and in the state of Louisiana since 1903. He is married to a native of Syria and they have eight children, all born in the United States. The petitioner has owned and operated a saloon in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, just outside, the limits of the city of Lake Charles, for many years., , Since at least 1943 he has obtained annually a Louisiana state license to deal in intoxicating liquors in the name of his son, Jack Gani, as the ostensible owner…