U.S. To Buy Turkeys In Price Support
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture recently announced a pro
gram lor the, support ol producer
prices of live turkeyi at a na
tional average price of about 31
cents a pound. The support price
is expected to approximate 90 per
cent of parity for the marketing
season.
The program will operate for
the period Aug. 1 through Dec. 31,
1949, in support of producer
, prices through purchases of fro
, en dressed turkeys. In addition,
. the program provides for the pur
chase from vendors, during the
month of July 1950, of frozen
dressed turkeys In storage which
were purchased from producers
In 1949. The program is being an
nounced to encourage orderly
marketing of the increased pro
duction expected this year as com-
pared with output in 1948.
The purchase of dressed turkeys
will be made on an offer-andac-
ceptance basis at announced
prices intended to reflect a na
tional average live weight price
. to producers of about 31 cents a
pound. The announced support
prices will provide a floor below
which average farm prices should
. not fall. Last year, producers re-
eeived a U. S. average live weight
price of 47.4 cents per pound for
turkeys sold from August
through December an all-time
record level.
Purchases of turkeys during
the month of July, 1950, have
Deen arranged under the pro
gram to encourage the trade to
store turkeys during the normal
marketing season. Purchases for
that month will be confined to
these turkeys in -storage which
were bought from producers dur
ing the period Aug. 1 through
Dec. 31. 1949.
Procedure Explained
Under the price support pro
gram the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture will purchase box-packed
frozen dressed young turkeys
in carlot quantities of Grade A
and B only from producers, pro
ducers' agents, cooperative organ
izations, or processing firms. Pur
chases will be made only at pub
lic or private warehouses approv
ed by the production and market
ing administration of USDA.
The department will purchase
turkeys only from those vendors
who certify they have paid pro
ducers the announced support
prices for each month for all live
turkeys purchased from August 1
through their contract delivery
date. Vendors offering turkeys
during July, 1950, must certify
that they have paid producers not
less than support prices for each
applicable month on all the tur
keys they purchased from August
1 through December 31, 1949. The
program requires that all dressed
turkeys bought by the depart
ment meet federal grade specifi
cations. Four zones have been establish
ed in which producer support
prices for live turkeys and prices
for dressed turkeys have been
Distributed in Roteburg by Bates Candy Co.
designated for each month of the
1949 marketing season August x
through December 31. Oregon Is
in zone 1 where the live weight
prices that vendors must certify
that they have paid for all grade
A live weight turkeys oDiamea
from producers in each of the
months are as follows:
Weight Aug.
Class 1949
Under 18 lbs. .34.50
18 up to 22 lbs 31.25
22 up to 24 lbs. 27.75
24 lbs. and over .25.00
Producer prices for grade B tur
keys live weight will be three
cents per pound lower than grade
A prices.
The prices at which the Depart
ment of Agriculture will buy
Wartimt Exctst Taxes
Held For This Session
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. CP
House Democratic leader McCor
mack (Mass.) said after White
House conference Monday he sees'
no prospect for repeal of any of
the wartime excise taxes at this
session of Congress. -
Sept. Oct.
1949 1949
34.75 35.00
31.50 31.75
28.00 28.25
25.25 2530
Nov.
1949
35.25
32.00
28 50
25.75
Dec.
1949
35.25
32.00
28.50
25.75
Weight
Class
Under 16 lbs. ..
16 up to 20 lbs
2U up to il ids
22 lbs. and over ..
Aug.
1949
45.75
41.75
37.75
34.25
grade A, box-packed frozen dress
ed young turkeys, f. o. b. any ap-
firoved warehouse from vendors
n zone 1 during each of the des
ignated months and for July, 1950,
are as follows:
Sept. Oct. Nov. 'Dec.
1949 1949 1949 1949
. 46.00 . 46.25 46.50 48.00
42.00 42.25 42.50 44.00
38.00 38.25 38.50 40.00
34.50 34.75 35.00 36.50
Grade B prices for dressed tur
keys will be 3 cents below the
prices for grade A dresesd tur
keys in each of the zones.
Purchase regulations provide
that more than one grade and
class of turkeys may be delivered
in each carlot, but that each car
may not contain more than 30
per cent of grade B birds. Deliv
eries must be made within 30 days
of the date that turkeys are
dressed, except for purchases dur
ing July, 1950, and offers are sub
ject to cancellation by the vendor
10 days before date of delivery.
Lightning Kills Thrtt
Ball Players; 50 Hurt
BAKER, Fla., Aug. 2. GF
Three players were killed and 50
other persons were injured by a
lightning bolt that ripped into a
baseball game and scattered a
crowd of 300.
The bolt plowed a ditch three
Inches deep and 20 feet long in
the baseball diamond and spread
flashes of electricity and sparks
throughout the park.
The two semi pro teams. Ba
ker and Munson, La., were pre-
fiaring to begin play when the
ightning struck.
Baker is in northwest Florida
about 50 miles east of Pensacola.
In Oregon It's
McCredie Hot Mineral
Spring Resort
Highway Travelers
Welcome, Too.
On Short-Cut Highway 58
McCredls Springs, Oregon
Arrested For
Kissing His Own
Wife On Beach
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-im
noy Muneton, 31, kissed his wire
and was arrested for disorderly
conduct.
ftliffleton and his wife Eleanor
joined some friends for an outing
at Mayo beach, on Chesapeake
bay, Sunday.
According to Miffleton. here's
what happened near the end of
the outing:
Mrs. Miffleton went into the
bathouse and changed from her
swim suit. When she came out,
Miffleton kissed her lightly, on
one cheek.
This was in full view of the two
Miffleton children, Edward, 12,
and Arlene, 6, who approved, and
3f Mrs. Mary Trablng, wife of
the resort owner, who didn't.
No kissing on this beach, said
Mrs. Trablng.
Then, said Mrs. Trabing. Miffle
ton told her he'd kiss his wife
whenever he wanted to, and that
this was one of the times he want
ed to.
Argument.
One of Miffleton's friends. John
Cain, 28, defended him. More ar
gument. Cops called.
Miffleton and Cain were ar
rested on a disorderly conduct
charge, and each posted $12.50
Dona.
They'll appear before Trial
Magistrate Norman Hazard at
Galesville, Md and let the judge
decide:
Can a man kiss his wife when
ever he wants to?
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The meeting between the College All-Stars and the National
Football league champions of 1948 will bo broadcast exclusively over
the coast-iu-ccaot Mutual Don Lee network. The game will be played
at Soldier field, Chicago, on Friday, Aug. 12, 3 p. m., PST to con
clusion. Harry Wismer will handle the play-by play description with
Harold "Red" Grange, the famous "Gallopin1 Ghost" of football,
doing the "color" and statistics tor the broadcast. The All-Stars
will be facing the powerful Philadelphia Eagles team, which won
the championship last winter. MBS sports director Paul Jonas also
announced that this year's game, the 16th in the annual series, will
be shortwaved around the world to all military personnel In over
seas stations or on the high seas via the Armed Forces Radio Serv
ices. The broadcast is being presented by the Wilson Sporting Goods
company.
A regular featur of the week-day "Ladles First" program
(11 to 11:30 a. m.) Is the "shut-In salute," wherein all "shut
Ins" on the West Coaat have a song dedicated to them by
singer Ken Carson. This week, Ken Is a shut-In recuperat
ing from a recent operation. But producer Larry Hays
Journeyed out to see Carson, took along a tape-recorder,
and cut a "Shut-In Salute" song for "Ladies First" listeners.
Hear tell that the annual Oregon Shakespearian festival will
open at Ashland today. Governor and Mrs. Douglas McKay are
expected to be In the first night audience, to see "Romeo and Juliet"
enacted. The festival's outdoor theater is an exact model of the
Elizabethan stage used during Shakespeare's era. Student actors
from 10 states will take part In (he other Shakespearian plans
"Richard, the Second," "Midsummer Night's Dream," "Othello," and
"Taming of the Shrew." The festival ends Aug. 24. And frankly,
the drive from h'yar to thar to catch one of these performances
is well worth It!
KRNR
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KLHAIMNU HOURS TODAY
4:00 Phelps A dame.
4:14 Frank Hemingway.
4:30 Pausing Parade.
4:45 News.
8:00 B Bar B Ranch.
5:30 Champion.
8:43 Curley Bradley.
8:00 Cavalcade of Safety,
6:15 Mutual NewireeL
6:30 Sports Paie.
:M Muilc.
S:40 Local Newt.
6:45 Southland Sinfinf.
655 Bill Henry.
7:00 Frank Purdy. '
7:15 Munic You Remember,
7:30 Mualc.
6:00 Box Thirteen.
6:30 Jovin Jamboree.
BOO Newt.
9:15 Music.
930 Guest Star.
9:45 P he I pi Adam.
10:OO John Steele.
10:30 Barclay Allen Orchestra.
11:00 Curfew Club,
11:30 Sign Off.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I Itll
6:00 Sunrise Serenade.
6:15 News.
6:20 MuiiC.
6:3( Yawn PatroL
6:45 Munic.
7:00 Newt,
7:15 Breakfast Gang.
7:30 Muilc.
7:45 Local News,
7:50 Muaic.
8:00 Mum tc.
8:30 Modern Borne.
8 45 Mimic by Morgan.
9:00 Welly's Coffee Time.
9:15 Book of Bargains.
9 30 Man About Tows.
9 40 Musical Interlude.
9:50 Shopper' Guide.
10:00 News.
10:15 Gospel Sin gen.
10:3O-Say It With Music,
10:45 Art Baker.
11. OO Ladles First
11:30 Queen for a Day.
12:00 Music at Noon.
12:15 Sports Page,
12:25 Music.
12:40 Local News.
12 45 National New
1255 Market Reports.
1:00 Man on the Street
115 Party Line.
2:00 Against the Storm.
2:30 lis Requested.
3:00 Johnson Family.
3:15 Music.
3:30 Show Time.
345 Loral Loan Show.
4:00 Phelps Adams.
4:1 5 Fra nk Hem i ng way.
8 30 Children's Story Hour.
8:00 Religious Request Program.
Mother Leaps From Auto
With Baby As Train Hits
OREGON CITY, Aug. 2. (TP)
A 24-year-old mother grabbed her
10month-old daughter and jump
ed to safety Monday just before
the Southern Pacific Shasta Day
light struck her stalled car.
The car had stalled on the
railroad tracks here. Mrs. ft. E.
Tobin, 24, McLoughlln Heights,
Vancouver, Wash., tried vainly
to start it until the train was
almost upon her.
The train shoved the car
against a signal, knocking it
over, and into a plate glass win
dow in the Oregon City Banner
Courier business office.
5:15 Music.
8:30 Adventures of Champion,
5 45 Curley Bradley.
6:00 Riverside Motors.
6:15 Mutual NewsreeL
6 30 Sports Pag.
6 30 Soprts Page.
6:35 Music.
6:40 Local News.
6.45 Southland Singing.
655 Bill Henry.
7:00 Dick Hay rues Show.
7:15 Sammy Kaye Showroom.
7:30 CUro Kid,
8:00 What's the Name of that Song.
8:30 Tex Bene k a.
8 45-Rob Eberle.
8:00 News.
9:15 Hi Neighbor.
830 Scandinavian Melody Time.
0 45 P helps Davis.
10:00 Gregory Hood.
10:30 Munic.
1100 Curfew Club,
11:30 Sign Off.
Tu., Aug. 2, 1949 The Nawt-Ravlaw, Jtosabura, Ore. $
State Park Development Program Recommended
PORTLAND, Aug. 2. WPW A
thorough program of state park
development was recommended
Monday by State Highway Com
mission Chairman T. H. Banfield.
He asked the state highway
parks superintendent, Sim Board
man, to prepare an over-all plan
of what Improvements should be
made in Oregon state parks and
what the work should cost.
The matter came up when
Board man requested 10.000 to
deepen the Wallowa lake channel
to permit launching of motor-
boats. The commission agreed to
call for bids on the work, but
asked for the general survey.
"wnat we need ana want, said
Banfield. "is a complete Droeram
of what Is planned so we will
know just how much money we
can spend each year on these
parks. We can't just go along
spending some money here and
I there.'
The park superintendent also
recommended construction of ov.
ernight parking in Wallowa lake,
Emigrant Springs, Cove, Silver
falls, Sunset bay. and Wallowa
mountain parks.
Raided Club Swept
By $100,000 Blaze
PORTLAND, Aug. 2. .P A
three-alarm fire roared Monday
through a club which had been
raided by police Saturday, and
caused an estimated $100,000
damage.
Some 350 firemen fought the
blaze, In a two-story brick build
ing in downtown Portland. The
second-floor Sportsmen's club,
wnere tne lire started, was com
pletely burned out, and eight
ground floor shops were dam
aged by water.
The cause was not determined.
The Sportsmen's club operator
naci been arrested last Saturday
on a charge of operating a gam
bling establishment.
ran - vs.
TOMORROW .V
John Bromfield
ic Alyce Louis
it James Cardwell
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Melody Mountain Barn j- Jw
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Dancing 9 to 1 i ' ' ff . ' fs'i"
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